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Published by Alpha Omicron Pi, 2015-09-17 14:36:10

1925 September - To Dragma

Vol. XXI, No. 1

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TABLE 4

Charter grants 1909-1924 (1909 being date by which all the 18 fraternities
in the tables had at least two chapters).

jjame Average time
betivccn installations

GROUP 1. ULTRACONSERVATIYE

No N. P. C . fraternity

GROUP 2. CONSERVATIVE •« years

Alpha Phi 1 1428

GROUP 3. EXPANSIONIST .i

Kappa Kappa Gamma 11.2941 months
Alpha Omicron Pi 1J.6666 months
Gamma Phi Beta 9.6000 months

Delta Gamma • J'X^r
8.0000 months
Alpha X i Delta and Kappa Alpha Theta 7.1111 months '
Alpha Gamma Delta and Sigma Kappa 6.6206 months
Alpha Chi Omega 6.1935 months
Pi Beta Phi
5.3333 months
GROUP 4. R A P I D EXPANSIONIST 5.0526 months
-4 4 6 5 1 months
Alpha Delta Pi 4.3636 months
Delta Zeta and Phi Mn and Zeta Tau A l p h a . . . . 3 7 6 4 7 months
Delta Delta Delta
Kappa Delta
Chi Omega

TABLE 5

Charter grants last five years, 1920-24. during which period all 18
fraternities on a similar footing.

GROUP 1. ULTRACONSERVATIVE

N O N. P. C . fraternity

GROUP 2. CONSERVATIVE 1.2500 years
• 1-0000 years
Alpha Omicron Pi
Delta Delta Delta

GROUP 3. EXPANSIONIST .NNNNN ,
10.0000 months
Alpha Phi and Kappa Kappa Gamma 8.5914 months
Kappa Alpha Theta 7.5000 months
Gamma Phi Beta and Pi Beta Phi 6.6666 months
Delta Gamma and Alpha X i Delta

GROUP 4. RAPID EXPANSIONIST - 5.4543 months
5.0000 m o n t h s
Phi Mu • 4-2857 months
Alpha Deita p i ' . " • f-0000 months
Sigma Kappa 3.7500 months
Alpha Gamma Delta 3.1578 months
Alpha Chi Omega 2.8571 months
Delta Zeta
Zeta Tau Alpha 2.4000 months
Chi Omega and Kappa Delta

And now having compiled the tables, do they prove anything? Do they
throw any interesting light on the vexing problem of conservatism vs. radi-
calism?

When making the compilation a number of points interesting to us
emerged, but viewing the completed work these points seem less significant
or else contradict one another, so we leave the tables to speak for them-
selves. Make your own deductions.

TO DRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI 41

While convinced that that is the wisest as well as the most artistic
finish, we can't resist making sure you'll attempt to answer a few questions
the tables raise.

Can a fraternity reach the saturation point? Are there two distinct
policies here revealed—rapid growth until a certain number of chapters
attained and then a swing toward closed doors; or slow development and
then a rapid extension after ground work well laid? Does the fact that a
few fraternities maintain the same position in all the tables mean their
policy of growth is more uniform, more governed by a definite plan than
that of others? Does the swing of a fraternity from one extreme to
another mean a radical change of policy? Or is it mere chance at work?
Or the selection of new leaders who are not in accord with the fraternity's
history? Or the opening or closing of tempting opportunities for growth?
Who knows? We doubt if members of any one fraternity would give the
same answer to these questions, let alone all fraternities. Yet, somewhere,
somehow there must be a reason why behind each situation. ( A reason
why behind each situation but probably not behind extension as a whole.)

Note that but five fraternities are "expansionist," and but five "rapid
expansionist" in every table, while no fraternity stays put in either of the
conservative classes. Also that among the conservatives of the last five
years is a rapid expansionist of the two preceding tables, while the more
frequent conservatives are down the line in the expansionist group for the
same period.

Two interesting facts of the study do not show in the tables. While
the average time between charters is as indicated, every fraternity has had
periods of from three to eight years when no charters were granted. The
fraternities with early extension all have about the same number of inactive
chapters, charters granted at institutions that fell behind in the race for
lack of endowment or other causes. The younger fraternities show propor-
tionate lists of inactive chapters, mostly in similar under standard institu-
tions, removed from their active lists to quality for National Panhellenic
membership. The "middle agers," those whose growth started in the
eighties or nineties, largely escaped this inactive chapter problem, except in
the few colleges where opposition to fraternities banned them all.

[EDITOR'S NOTE: The authors failed to point out one significant point—
one they probably did not realize—that any month, if not any week, the
figures' for any fraternity may become inaccurate, since the installing of
just one chapter could shift the position of many a fraternity in these
tables where between averages are so slight. So accept these percentages
as true only up to December 1, 1924.]

via The Trident, AAA.

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THE FRATERNITY AND SCHOLARSHIP

T HESE is ALWAYS the constant and much disputed question as to whether
fraternities maintain as good scholarship as the unorganized students,
or whether social life and other interests make too great an inroad upon the
educational side of a college career. The fraternity, defending itself and
its existence in some places, has always maintained that it raises the scho-
lastic standing of its groups, due to the initiation requirements and general
educational policies of the fraternity.

J . A. Bursley, dean of students at the University of Michigan, has
issued a scholarship record of men's and women's fraternities for the past
ten years, comparing the results, too, to the record of the unorganized
students. It brings out some interesting facts which may be taken as a
criterion, since the University of Michigan is representative of the modern
university of today.

Averages from 1914-15 to 1922-23 were based upon the following scale
of grading: A-100; B-85; C-70; D-40; E-0. In 1923-24 the scale was
changed in the following grades: D-50; E-20.

The following table shows the averages for the year 1914-15. in which
professional fraternities and general sororities are in the lead.

1914-J 5 Average

General Fraternities 72.3
Professional Fraternities 74.7
General Sororities 82.1
Professional Sororities 81.4

In the ten-year period, averages slumped slightly for all sororities and
were raised slightly for all fraternities. In 1919-20, the year just following
the war, fraternity grades went as low as a 69.8 average, due very probably
to the changing conditions and to the return from life in the trenches.

Averages for the year 1923-24 follow:

Average

Entire University 74.5
All Fraternities and Sororities 74.4
All Independents 73.8
All Men 73.3
All Women » 77.7
All Fraternities 74.6
All Independent Men 72.6
General Fraternities 72.9
Professional Fraternities 77.6
All Sororities 78.9
All Independent Women 78.1
General Sororities 78.9
Professional Sorority 79.1

The fraternity and sorority grades show a higher average than those
of independent women, and higher than that of the entire university. Pro-
fessional organizations lead general fraternities and sororities by a small
margin. Sorority averages in every year are above those of fraternities.

Elcusis of Chi Omega.

TO DRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI 43

THE SMALL COLLEGE AN EXTENSION FIELD

THIS INFORMAL editorial comment is not intended to be a brief in defense
of the small college in comparison with the large college. The pros and
cons of that subject have been discussed and rediscussed ever since Mark
Hopkins sat on a log with his first college student, and we have nothing
to add except as may be incidental to our present topic.

State universities and other large institutions are rapidly becoming
Upperclass and graduate schools. One who is more or less familiar with
conditions in the larger universities would at the present time undoubtedly
hesitate to send a young daughter to meet the exacting conditions of scho-
lastic and social life that one finds there. An unprejudiced observer who
herself attended a large university believes that this feeling will steadily
increase and that it is not impossible that the type of young women Alpha
Chi Omega wishes most to attract will at least begin their collegiate educa-
tion in the smaller, endowed colleges.

Granting that the large universities will continue to attract upper
classmen in greater numbers, will not the time come when our chapters
will be composed largely of women who will have at the most only a little
more than a year of active fraternity life? We find such a condition in
almost every large state university, especially those in states where there
are a number of excellent endowed colleges, and there is every reason to
beliVve that it will become increasingly true. Is it not going to be difficult
to interest and hold women who have had so little of actual fraternity
life? Their college habits will have been formed as nonfraternity women,
and the fraternity is very likely to be much less of a real influence in their
lives.

It seems, therefore, as if the small college would have to be looked
to as the real backbone and background of the fraternity world, not alone
of Alpha Chi Omega. May we suggest, therefore, that extension in some
of these institutions be given serious consideration?

In addition to the advantage to the fraternity that chapters in smaller
colleges would bring, there is another side to the question that is at least
worth mentioning, and that is that a fraternity doubtless means much more
to a student in a smaller college than to one in a larger institution. Every
college fraternity finds that it continually has to combat a tendency among
its university chapters to regard the fraternity house as a pleasant club or
eating place. There is not engendered the idealism among its members
that makes a fraternity house a home rather than a club. In the small
college, on the other hand, the fraternity engenders that ardent partisan-
ship that one displays toward one's real home and that is a lasting source
of pleasure and happy memories throughout life.—The Lyre of Alpha Chi
Omega, via the Anchora of Delta Gamma.

Let Mattie Higgins, 2122 Evans St., Omaha, Neb., take your
magazine subscriptions. The commission goes to the National Work
Fund.

44 TO DRAG MA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI

W I L L W E B E AN INTERNATIONAL SOME DAY?

A LTHOUGH T H E establishment of chapters in Europe comes as a new
thought to some of us, yet we are more or less accustomed to chapters
in Canada, and any sorority or fraternity which has chapters in Canada
is certainly beginning to take on the aspects of internationalism. We find
six sororities maintaining chapters at the University of Toronto—Alpha
Gamma Delta, Alpha Phi, Delta Gamma, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa
Kappa Gamma and Pi Beta Phi. Several of the fraternities have chapters
not only at Toronto, but at other Canadian universities as well.

* ***

The Alplui Phi Quarterly notes briefly that
Alpha Tau Omega voted at its last convention to appoint a committee
to visit Canada, England, Scotland and Ireland, with a view to the estab-
lishment, in the leading universities of those countries, of active chapters
of the fraternity.
This interesting possibility of extension across the Atlantic is com-
mented upon at length in The Purple, Green and Gold of Lambda Chi
Alpha:
The fraternity world generally will view with considerable interest
Alpha Tau Omega's inquiry into the desirability of extension into colleges
other than those of the United States. This fraternity, we are inclined
to believe, hitherto has had a constitutional provision limiting its chapters
to the United States.
Delegates to the Philadelphia convention this month, according to press
dispatches, authorized national ofiicers to undertake a study of the question
of extension beyond territorial limits of the forty-eight states. Alpha Tau
Omega would not be a pioneer in Canada, but certainly it would be consid-
ered such in nations across the Atlantic, regardless of the fact that Chi Phi
had a chapter at Edinburgh which initiated fifteen men in 1867-70. The
Chi Phi chapter was composed of young southerners studying at Edinburgh
because of the disrupted conditions of the southern colleges at that time,
was founded by Chi Phi transfers, and confined its membership to Ameri-
cans.
Irving Bacheller, the author, was active in urging the adoption of the
Alpha Tau Omega resolution. Mr. Bacheller has been speaking of the
project for several years, suggesting the first extension into Canada, then
into English-speaking institutions overseas, and then, possibly, into other
important universities of the Old World. At the convention he expressed
the opinion that the Rhodes scholarships go "not a fly's step toward foster-
ing mutual good will and fellowship between the English speaking nations,"
as Cecil Rhodes had hoped that they would.
Dr. Otis Glazebrook, one of the founders of Alpha Tau Omega and
now United States Consul at Nice, France, if the press dispatches are
accurate, expressed his pleasure at the extension plan, which, in the words
of its proponents, "will cement more closely the bonds of fellowship and
will add greatly to the maintenance of international peace."
The Alpha Tau Omega delegates did not adopt the investigation reso-
lution without debate. Opponents argued that the plan would meet with
great difficulties, owing to "deep-rooted traditions and differences of opinion
in the various countries and warned against involving the fraternity in
politics." The Purple. Green and Gold rather subscribes to the latter views,
although we realize that the barriers may not be insurmountable. Prob-
ably early fraternity men were equally pessimistic concerning the Alle-
ghenies, the Mississippi, the Rockies, and the Canadian border.

Triangle of Sigma Kappa.

TO DRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI 45

1

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"MOTHER KNICKERBOCKER'S" PANHELLENIC
HOUSE

Do you believe in chapter houses for undergraduates?
O F COURSE Y O U DO !

Do you believe in Panhellcnic Houses in big cities for
fraternity women?
WE EXPECT YOU TO!

Fraternity women everywhere are helping "Mother Knickerbocker"
take care of her embarassing number of daughters by purchasing stock in
the New York Panhellenic project. H A V E Y O U D O N E Y O U R
PART?

The common stock has now been taken over by fraternity women, and
a campaign will be launched this fall to dispose of the preferred stock,
which may be sold to the general public, as well as to our own girls. So
be talking this project to husbands, fathers, brothers, friends, and all
fraternity women you meet. For with the preferred stock sold this house
will become a reality in a short time.
LET'S HAVE ALPHA OMICRON PI RANK HIGH IN "MOTHER

KNICKERBOCKER'S" LIST OF HELPFUL "BIG SISTERS."

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ITEMS O F INTEREST

A QUATIC DISTINCTIONS, as well as legal, are now claimed by Nu chapter.
^ * Some time ago the Rotogravure section of the New York Times con-
tained a picture of Ethel McGary, Nu '28, as she Australian crawled to
victory in the 880-yard swim at the A. A. U . Outdoor meet in Detroit.
Her time was twelve minutes and fifty-seven seconds, just one minute and
thirty-eight seconds better than Gertrude Ederle's. In 1924, she was a
member of the Olympic swimming team.

X J E W HONORS have been given Thelma Brumfield, the recipient of last
1 ™ year's Fellowship award. This coming year she is to have a White-
head Research scholarship which carries with it the privelege of investiga-
tion under Dr. Jordan, one of the leading workers in blood formation and
cell origin. In addition to beginning her work along this line this sum-
mer, Thelma took charge of her father's class in hygiene while he attf nded
a medical officers' training camp.

*T*iifc PLEASURE of seeing her name in print has been Beryl Dill Kneen's
several times again this summer, as a number of her articles, some

of them written in collaboration with her husband, have been published
recently. "The Olympics, Last Wilderness of the West" appeared in the
June Mentor; the July Outdoor Recreation contained "The End of the
Elk Trail," and "The Hunter's Paradise" was in one of the recent numbers
of the London Graphic. Mrs. Kneen, who is a member of Upsilon chapter,
has filled in during the summer on the staff of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
first as club editor and later as society editor, during the vacation periods
of the regular staff members.

A NOTHER A L P H A O who cannot resist the call of the newspaper office
is Muriel Fairbanks Steward, of Tau. Upon her return from Seattle and

the national convention of Theta Sigma Phi, honorary journalistic sorority,
Mrs. Steward became a member of the Minneapolis Journal staff again after
a year's vacation. For the next two years she will serve as Grand Vice-
President of Theta Sigma Phi. She is the retiring Grand Secretary.

H p H E FOLLOWING, quoted from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer of August 23,
1925, contains the high lights of Dr. Henry Suzallo's address at the

banquet of Delta Upsilon's national convention. As president of the Uni-
versity of Washington, Dr. Suzallo should know of what he speaks, and
his comment on the ever present question of the fraternity and college life
is an interesting and valuable one.

I regard the fraternities at the University of Washington as
the greatest single asset in the maintenance of a high moral character
among the students.

If I had my way, no undergraduate fraternity would have more
than thirty members. When a group of college students becomes too
large, they lose that intimate contact that is the greatest asset of the
college fraternity.

TO DRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI 47

O N E NIGHT this summer, two-thirds, to speak mathematically, of the
program at a performance in the Birmingham Little Theatre was
of Alpha O inspiration. Two of the three one-act plays which made up
the entertainment were written by our girls. Lorena Morton, Tau Delta,
and Felicia Metcalf, Omicron, are the future Zoe Atkins. Their plays
received honorable mention in a contest held this spring under the
auspices of the Birmingham Little Theatre Association.

A N INTERESTING outgrowth, or rather expansion, of the city Panhellenic
idea is the State Panhellenic Association of Indiana. The movement is
traced in the following article:

jn FEBRUARY, 1923, a group of Greek Letter women from five Indiana
1 towns, Lafayette, Huntington, Muncie, Delphi and Shelbyville, met with
the Indianapolis Panhellenic for the purpose of showing their interest in
the idea of a State Panhellenic Association and of taking steps toward its
organization.

During the following year, a constitution was adopted and a definite
program of work was agreed upon. The result of this endeavor was that
a number of city Panhellenics throughout Indiana sought membership in
the Association and several city associations were formed in order to become
members of the State Association.

At the present time, the Indiana State Panhellenic Association has a
membership of nearly seven hundred persons from the cities of Lafayette,
Delphi, Huntington. Shelbyville, Lebanon, Roachdale, Evansville, Bedford
and Indianapolis.

The purpose of the association is to form a connecting link between the
City and the National Panhellenic, to promote the organization of City
Panhellenics throughout Indiana, to assist in any way possible the Indiana
College Panhellenics and college fraternities without infringing upon the
rights of the National Panhellenic Congress, and to promote the higher
ideals of fraternities among college women.

Membership in the association is open to any Greek letter women in the
State of Indiana, whose fraternity is a member of the National Panhellenic
Congress and to any City Panhellenic in the state which includes in its
membership only national fraternity women.

The administration of the affairs of the association is vested in an
Executive Council, composed of a representative from each City Panhel-
lenic belonging to the State association. The officers of the association
are elected by the Executive Council.

The Indiana Panhellenic Association grew out of a need for more
definite knowledge, closer associations and comparison of ideas among city
groups in Indiana. Its growth has justified its existence. It is living up
to its high ideals and purposes. It is enabling city groups to realize their
own possibilities, valuation and capacity and to appraise highly the work
which as college women and fraternity women they are able to do.

|~~\ OESN'T T H E attractive Mother Knickerbocker poster in this issue make
you feel generous and kindly toward the Panhellenic House Corpora-

tion? What interests us is that it is the work of an Alpha O, Olive Cutter
Towle, of Sigma, who now lives in New York.

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A L I F E ON T H E OCEAN WAVE is no idle boast for Joanna Carver Colcord as

*• • almost the whole of her first eighteen years of life were spent aboard
her father's sailing vessel. This personal contact with the sea later lead her
to compile one of the first authoritative collections of American sea chanties,
Roll and Go, which came out last year. Besides this, she is the author of
several books on sociological subjects, among them Broken Homes. During
the war she had charge of public health work in the Virgin Islands under
the Red Cross. For some time she has been Superintendent of the New
York Associated Charities, but September 15 she took up her new duties
as General Secretary of the Family Welfare Association of Minneapolis.
The article, Professional Volunteers in Social Work which appears in this
issue of To DRAGMA is the text of the speech which she gave at convention.

A WEIGHTY MATTER

WE HAVE been asked to answer a question alleged to be announced for
discussion at the Christian Endeavor Convention at Portland, Oregon:
"Can a girl roll her stockings and still be a Christian?" This reminds us
of the question, "Can a man be a Christian on a thousand a year?'' the
answer being, "We do not see how he can afford to be anything else."

As to the first, we think she can if she gives her heart and mind to the
matter; the highest success requires both. The human knee, after infancy,
is not alluring as a spectacle and we do not take it seriously—not as we
did when hanging across mother's—even though our girls are getting kneesier
and kneesier to look at. If, as a London physician asserts, their scanty garb
tends to make them healthy, then they must also be getting healthier and
healthier. We hazard a guess that the individual who proposed this weighty
topic was past forty, but you never can tell. It may have been some "lovely
boy" in long, baggy trousers.

"Nowadays," says Punch, "a boy cannot hide behind his mother's skirts,
but he can hide behind his father's Oxford bags." Rebecca West, while
admitting that the skirt is feminine, declares that she never yet has come
across a woman so effeminate as to want to wear two skirts, which the
Oxford trousers are, to which Duff Cooper replies that he has never heard
of a man who so desired to become effeminate that he was prepared to wear
one trouser instead of two, which the modern skirt is.

This looks like the impact of the proverbial irresistible force and the
immovable body. We prefer a large-minded tolerance. Let the girls roll
their stockings and the boys wear the skirts of their choice. They will do it,
anyhow and the less it is protested the sooner it will be over. It is five
decades since youths at Yale tried to set a similar style, so we may as well
be calm.

Alpha Phi Quartet ly.

TO DRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI 49

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Registrar—The Registrar is Elizabeth Heywood Wyman, 456
Broad St., Bloomfield, N . J . A s many reports go to her which for-
merly went to other officers, chapter officers should consult the cal-
endar before mailing their reports. A detailed account of the duties
of the new office will appear in a later issue.

Changes of Address—The Registrar should be notified of all
changes of address, and names of new officers. Changes of address
for the To DRAGMA mailing list should go directly to the Business Manager.

Fraternity Supplies—Song books, constitutions, directories, gowns,
stationery and symbols are to be ordered in the future from the
Registrar. Jewelry orders should be sent to her.

Appointments—Executive Committee appointments not listed in
this number will appear in the next issue.

New Districts—Alumnae and active chapter officers see the fra-
ternity directory, which gives the new districts of the fraternity.

New York Alumnae Chapter hopes that every Alpha O coming to
New York City to stay, or passing through, will send her name and
address to the chairman of the hospitality and membership commit-
tee, Helen N . Henry, Room 1404, 18 East 41st St., New York City, so
that some member of the committee may get in touch with her as
soon as possible. The regular meetings are held on the fourth Satur-
day of the month from September to May.

50 TO DRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI

EDITORIALS

GREETINGS to our new chapters! For four of them have been installed
since the last issue of To DRAGMA came from the press. Two of
these groups are active and the stories of their installations are told else-
where in this issue. Many of you met their delegates at convention. Tau
Delta at Birmingham-Southern College, and Kappa Theta at the Southern
Branch of the University of California are twins, for they were installed
on the same day, May 23, 1923. Elizabeth Heywood Wyman installed
Oklahoma City Alumnae, which will be a great help and encouragement to
Xi, on her visit in the spring. What a unique privilege to be installed by
one of the Founders! Chicago South Shore Alumnae was chartered at
convention, so our active chapter list boasts of thirty-two names, and our
Alumnae list, thirty-three. Won't some mathematically minded person
figure out how much these additions will advance us in the expansion tables
printed in this issue?

Y ou WILL NOTICE, if you look very carefully in the Directory of Offi-
cers, that a new office has been added to the list, that of Registrar.
Created at the 1925 Convention, this office should do much toward the
efficient and economical conduct of the affairs of the fraternity. In the
next issue we hope to have a special article on the new office, what it does,
and what it hopes to accomplish. It seems especially fitting that the first
person to hold this office, should be one of the Founders; that one of those
four who gave our order its first impulse to be and under whose inspiration
and guidance it flowered and grew into what it now is, should also help put
it on a firmer and more businesslike working basis. We are confident that
Elizabeth Heywood Wyman will set a high standard for her successors in
the conduct of the office.

O O M E T H I N G MORE for the actives to learn anew. With four new names
fcJ on the chapter roll, a brand new office created, a whole group of fresh
names to be memorized, and a new set of districts to learn, they will have
to be quite industrious before the next fraternity examination. The rapid
growth of the fraternity during the last few years and the desire to keep
the rapidly growing family together under the influence of the District and
Alumnae Superintendents brought the whole matter of redistricting to a
head; such an action was sanctioned by the last convention. The execu-
tive committee, acting under that authority, has regrouped the chapters
in the fraternity under six districts. The new districts are given in the
directory of officers. The executive committee feels that in making the
districts smaller and in grouping the chapters according to geographical
position within these smaller sections, more intimate contact between the
chapters will result. Through closer proximity, the various chapters may
be mutually helpful. It is the hope, too, that the new grouping will enable
the Superintendents to keep more closely in touch with their chapters and

TO DRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI 51

will put them in a position to give intimate personal assistance where ever
it may be necessary. We feel certain that the fraternity will profit by the
action of the executive committee and we hope that the fraternity examina-
tion will not suffer.

THE NEW YEAR is a time for good resolutions and turning over new
leaves. And surely the fall is the beginning of a new fraternal year
(there is a fiscal year, why not a fraternal?). Fraternities and sororities
need to make, and abide by, good resolutions just as much as the individuals
within them. One leaf which we wish every girl who has anything to do
with official fraternity business would treat to a dutch wash is that upon
which is recorded the promptness of her transaction of fraternity business,
We really have twinges in our conscience about this, when our book, as
the Grand President calls it, which is supposed to come out by the middle
of September, is just going to the printers then, and when the next issue
has every indication of being late too. But, as they say about grape nuts,
'there's a reason/ and we ask you to be patient. Wouldn't it be nice
though, if every chapter officer would have every report in on time, every
chapter letter at its destination promptly. What a good opinion the
National Officers would have of us! And if this one virtue of complete-
ness and promptness were really seriously cultivated and attained, who
knows what other good traits might come to the fore. Our grandmother
used to say she could judge a girl's character by the condition of her
burer«i drawer. We can tell what kind of a girl we are dealing with
by the kind of a chapter letter she sends in. We have little else to
judge most of you by, so when your letter or report comes on the
wrong sized paper, illegibly written, dated two days after the late date,
and obviously scrambled together at the last minute, our general
impression of you, and your chapter, for^you represent your chapters to
us, isn't a very good one. Can't we all work toward a perfect time record
this next year?

* ND SPEAKING of goals, wouldn't it be fine if all our active chapters
J \ would set as their goal the winning of the Jessie Wallace Hughan
cup at the next convention. Of course only one of us can get it, but we
can all work and make it hard for the committee to decide the award. We
are sure no Executive Committee would mind a few extra sleepless nights
(for what are sleepless nights among convention goers?) devoted to decid-
ing which of the many deserving chapters is to have the honor of receiving
the cup. Think what a fine group of chapters we would have if each one
conscientiously set about to improve her standing on the campus, in the class-
room, and within the fraternity, and to be really deserving of the honor. And
an honor it surely is, one of the greatest that a chapter can be given. For
the next two years Omicron will have the cup. Didn't you who were at
convention envy Ruth Beck as she took it from the Grand President on
banquet night? Omicron is proud of her cup; letters from Omicron girls

52 TO DRAG MA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI
are full of enthusiasm for the next year with the added inspiration of the
cup to gUIde them And Alpha Omicron Pi i, proud of Omicron, proud o
all her honor chapters. Can we not have many of them ?

FISHIN'
Pse fishin'.
Care, quit talkin' to me !
Pse fishin.
Trouble, jess let me be!
Am' wishin'
No visits f'urn you ;
Tryin' to forgit 'bout feelin' blue.
Jess swishin'
Hyah in de reeds
An' de ole water weeds,
In a pirogue canoe,
Fishin'.

STELLA GEORGE STERN PERRY.

TO DRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI 53

YOUR OWN PAGE TO EDIT

To make our magazine a success every To DRAGMA reader must place
herself on the editorial staff.

W I L L Y O U DO YOUR SHARE?

If you know of any Alpha O who is doing especially interesting things,
let us know about her and her work. We should have a department in each
issue devoted to prominent alumnae.

If you know of any Alpha O who has had a story, poem, or an essay
published in any periodical or college publication, let us know about it,
and, if possible, send us a copy.

If you know of any Alpha O who is living or traveling in "furrin'
parts," and who might send us an interesting letter or article for a future
issue, let us know her name and address.

L E T US KNOW!!!

54 TO DRAG MA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI
ALUMNAE CHAPTER LETTERS

NEW YORK

We have had quite a husy summer in spite of the fact that so many
of our number have been away. Our June meeting at Arleta Kirlin's was
a jolly affair. Each one brought her pet "white elephant" carefully
wrapped in tissue paper and ribbon, to be auctioned off "sight unseen."
Mrs. Glantzberg was the irresistible auctioneer. About fifteen dollars of
our Panhellenic pledge was made that afternoon, and many Alpha O's
were delighted with their great bargains.

Early in the summer we took steps to discover any visiting Alpha O's
and have been rewarded with the names of sixteen. Our first meeting
with them was a dinner at the Stockton Tea Room, with sixteen present.
Helen Henry had returned from convention just in time to liven our party
with her convention news.

A picnic was planned for July 25, and the six who turned out in spite
of the rain reported a jolly time. Since the rain spoiled the picnic for
all of us but the six, we decided to have an informal dinner meeting on
August 3, in the Congo Room of the Alamac Hotel. Seventeen attended
this delightful dinner.

We sincerely hope that succeeding summers will find us plentifully
supplied with visitors, for it livens up the summer for those of us who
can't spend it abroad.

MARJORY K. MANTON.

SAN FRANCISCO

(No Letter)

PROVIDENCE

Unfortunately our chapter has held no meeting since the April letter.
The May meeting was postponed until June, and June passed without a
meeting. June is such a busy month in college communities that it is well-
nigh impossible to crowd much else in, except, of course, the customary
number of weddings.

But in spite of our lack of meetings Providence chapter has very
important events to report. On April sixteenth we went in a body to the
Homeopathic Hospital to inspect the new building, but more especially to
give our approval to the Children's Ward, which stands as a memorial to
Lillian MacQuillin McCausland. The ward consists of a three-room suite,
two rooms with cribs, bassinets, toy and medicine closets, and a completely
equipped bath. The mural decorations are especially attractive—done in
bright colors—representing Bo-Peep and her sheep. Little Miss Muffet,
Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater and his wife in the pumpkin shell, Rock-a-Bye
Baby on the tree-top and Mary. Mary Quite Contrary watering her garden.
We hope that every little one who is admitted to these delightful rooms
may be speedily restored to health.
newsW:e are also happy to add two other exceedingly important items of

On Tune 20 Barbara Mott Willis was born to Mrs. and Mrs. Lovell
Acton Willis (Ethel Remele Willis, Delta '08), of 622 No. Broadway, East
Providence, R. I .

On July 20 John Watson Foster was born to Dr. and Mrs. Alfred
L. Potter (Merle Mosier Potter, Epsilon '14), of 16 Grotto Ave., Provi-
dence, R. I .

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These events should make our fall meetings most interesting. We
have had no new babies among our Rhode Island members in Providence
for seven years.

I O R M A U D E E. C. COVELL.

BOSTON

(No Letter)

LOS ANGELES

The red letter day in the last few months f o r the Los Angeles Alumnae
Chapter was the installation on May 23 of Kappa Theta chapter at the
University of California, Southern Branch. Formal initiation was in the
afternoon at May Chandler Goodan's beautiful home. Rose Gardner
Marx, Muriel McKinney and Martha Benkert conducted the initiation of
the thirty-two girls. Alpha O'S from long distances came to attend this
beautiful ceremony. Those of us who had never seen or heard an instal-
lation service were particularly impressed by the dignity and simplicity
of the ritual. The newly initiated sisters were so thrilled and delighted
they fairly beamed with enthusiasm. The banquet was held at night at the
Mary I-ouise in Los Angeles. About a hundred and fifty AOII's were pres-
ent. It was a wonderful party, inspiring toasts, a splendid entertainment
by the new chapter, enthusiastic singing by all of us, and fine food. It was
particularly thrilling to hear the telegrams read and to realize that these
greetings and good wishes came from all parts of the country. Nearly
every chapter was represented at the banquet that night and we were more
than ever convinced of the wonderful bond of Alpha Omicron Pi. The
Los Angeles Alumnae Chapter presented the girls with a beautiful silver
tea and coffee service and are looking forward to being able to help and
work with them in ever so many ways. We are delighted to welcome in
our sisterhood this splendid new chapter. We give them our love and
every good wish for success.

MARION BLACK WAGNER.

LINCOLN
While the summer is almost over and it will soon be time to begin
another school year, it seems that we have done very little during the weeks
since school closed. We are still working to raise money for our new
house: our last undertaking was to fill and raffle a cedar chest of linens.
We each either gave two dollars or furnished something for the chest and
then sold the chances at fifty cents each. This way we were able to add
$150 to our building fund. Now we are busy trying to think of some
other means to make it grow.
We haven't had a real party since Miss Wyman visited us in May.
Although she spent most of her time with the active girls we were able
to have her to ourselves for a Sunday afternoon tea at Darrina Turner
Paige's home. We are all so in love with Darrina's cunning studio house
that we simplv jumped at the chance to have our party there. Some of us
knew Miss Wyman from former conventions and as every one wanted to
get acquainted we were very informal. We spent some time telling her all
our troubles but most of the afternoon we just "visited" and were all sorry
when it was time for her to go.
A l l of us that had to stay at home during convention were green with
envy when we saw the girls leaving for Minnesota. Zeta chapter was able
to send quite a delegation and it certainly was not our fault that we were
not all there. Margaret Watson and Viola Gray went from Lincoln and

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were joined by Helen Hayes, Alice Sheehe and Mattie Higgins from
Omaha. Mildred Brehm of Talmage and Helen Reynolds were also guests
during the convention. Dorothy Gannon, who has been spending the sum-
mer with her parents at Lake Minnetonka, attended all the meetings, and
Emily T r i g g Myers, whose home is in St. Paul, and Nina Troyer Mitchell
of St. Peter, Minnesota, were able to be present at some of the sessions.

ELSIE FITZGERALD.

CHICAGO
Summer days, with their scattering winds sending our members this
way and that, make the writing of news letters something of a task. For
what is a news letter sans news?
Our chapter is at present in a static condition as regards activities.
The June meeting which was a rousing one held at Melita Skillen's home,'
saw the installation of the officers f o r the coming year. Marion Abele,
president; Cora Jane Stroheker, vice president; "Gerry" Meek Stephen-
son, secretary, and Frances Urwan, treasurer, took up the reins of office.
Marion Abele was elected convention delegate at this meeting.
July saw the few of us who were in the city gathered at Edith Shultz'
for a swimming party. Although only the hardier ones ventured into the
water, f o r the day was cold, all of us joined in the delightfully served
supper.
I t is with regret that we see the passing of some of our most valued
members into the new South Side chapter, but we are glad that its estab-
lishment will enable them to participate in fraternity affairs without finding
it necessary to travel great distances. We congratulate the new chapter on
its fine start and we give them our heartiest good wishes.
Our first function this fall will be a luncheon at Marshall Field's on
the second Saturday in October and we urge any alumnae who will be in
Chicago on that day to communicate with Cora Jane Stroheker.

MARION ABELE.

INDIANAPOLIS
Our May meeting was held at the home of Florence Srout Triggs, who
was assisted by Mildred McCoy. A ritual meeting was held, followed by
the regular business meeting. A letter from Melita Skillen was read and
plans f o r convention were discussed.
I n June we were delighted to have Miss Elizabeth Heywood Wyman
as our guest. A dinner party was given in her honor at the MacLean Arms
Tea Room on Tuesday evening, June 2. About twenty-four AOITs
were present. After dinner an informal meeting was held at the home of
Elsie Waldo. Convention plans, suggested amendments and new rulings
were discussed.
Indianapolis alumnae met with Cleo Wood on July 23. This was not
a business meeting. We simply enjoyed listening to the reports from con-
vention, given by our delegate. Mary Gertrude Manley. Mildred MacDon-
ald, who also attended convention, was present. Baskets, which had arrived
with the guests, showed that there was going to be a real picnic. Twenty-
four grown-ups" and four children gathered near Riverside Park f o r a
wonderful feed. Darkness threatened to break up the party but M r . and
Mrs. W . T. MacDonald came to the rescue and invited us to their new
home on North New Jersey Street where the party continued to the wee
small hours.
Leura Thomas and her family are home again after about a year's
sojourn in the west.

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We are also glad to have Grace Willis Smith, who spent last winter

j n Tennessee, with us again.
Florence Srout Triggs has moved to Champaign, Illinois.
Barbara Porter and Wilkie Hughes will not be here this winter. Bar-
bara is going to do some commercial work in Spanish and Wilkie, who
received the A O n scholarship, will be in school.

A daughter, Mary Janet, was born to M r . and Mrs. L . T . Allis (Faye

Brvan) on May 24. ..

A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. O. M . Jones (Ruth Ritchie) in

^ U Y' SUSAN SMITH ALLEN.

NEW ORLEANS

It has been so long since our last meetings that an account of them
seems rather stale, but there is really nothing else to tell you about. Our
May meeting, which was at Anna McLellan Kastler's, was devoted to a
discussion of plans f o r a party for the actives. The result was a bridge
party given at the home of Louise Church, and, though there were fewer
present than we had hoped for, every one seemed to have a good time.
Usually there is no meeting in June, but we made an attempt this year
to have one. I say an attempt, because only five or six showed up at the
Renshaw's. However, we had a delightful time, the discussion being chiefly
on finances and Mildred Renshaw Stouse's adorable babies, who were
present. -
While on the subject of the Renshaws, I must tell you that Dagma K.
LeBreton has accepted an appointment in the French department at New-
comb. W e congratulate both Dagma and Newcomb. And Gladys Anne
Renshaw is to have a book published very soon. As might be expected it is
quite an unusual type of book, being a collection of games and puzzles and
stories in French to be used in the class room.
As many as possibly can have left New Orleans for cooler places.
Margaret Lyon, having returned f r o m convention, is spending the remain-
der of the summer on the Gulf coast. Andrea Martinez is making an
extended tour in the northwest and Anna Kastler is in Chicago.
Because of our depleted ranks and f o r other reasons, our work has
practically stopped, but we really haven't forgotten i t ; it's only that this
is vacation time. We have two clinics now operating, though the second
one, the Lucv Renaud Clinic, has never been formally opened and dedicated.
By the time" the next letter is due we hope to be hard at work again and
to have something really interesting to tell you.

LOUISE CHURCH.

MINNEAPOLIS

(No letter).

BANGOR
This season of the year is Bangor alumnae's quiet time. Our girls are
scattered with their families and it's hard to get together. Next week, how-
ever, we are planning a grand picnic at Phillip's Lake. Lennie Copeland,
Rita' Bickford, Betty Bright and Helen Cleaves expect to be with us and
we hope that others of our absentee members can be there. Our annual
picnic is a red letter day for both active and alumnae girls. We can
hardly wait for reports from convention. Three of our girls, Estelle Beau-
pre, Kay Stewart and Marion Jordan, and Gamma's delegate, Beulah
Osgood, made the trip in Estelle's car, without a single mishap, not even

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a flat tire, during the whole 3,900 miles. Quite a record, isn't it? They
are still raving about the scenery, and the good times at convention.

We are making great plans for next season's work and expect to get
much inspiration and heaps of new ideas from Minneapolis.

Our officers f o r next year are: President, Helen West; vice president,
Hazel Buzzell; secretary, Priscilla Knowlton; editor To Dragma, Corinne
Furbush; and treasurer, Florence Ramsay.

CORINNE FURBUSH.

PORTLAND

(No Letter)

SEATTLE

Summer activities of Seattle alumnae chapter have been mainly social.
W i t h all except about $25 in hand of the $250 needed for the second year
of the Alpha Omicron Pi bed, the members have been resting from their
year's activities. Some sort of benefit affair will be held in September to
finish up the sum which is due about October 1. The scheme of finance
which will be carried out during the next year to raise the fund for the
third year of the bed has not been decided upon.

On August 1 the chapter held its annual picnic at the home of Ethel,
Adah and Minnie Kraus. We abandoned the plan of dancing for a change,
and spent the evening after supper in games and about the camp fire on
the beach.

On August 15 the annual summer luncheon was held at the Women's
University Club. Active members were invited to attend and a large
crowd was present. After the luncheon Laura Hurd gave a talk on the
convention and bridge followed for the remainder of the afternoon.

A number of brides have been added to the chapter this summer.
Helen Lewis has been married to Forrest Schaefer and has moved to
Seattle from Raymond, Washington. Alice Turtle was married early in
the summer to John Wolfe and is living in the university district. Mar-
garet Shotwell was married to Jack Gregory in a pretty wedding at the
chapter house. Ruth Jordan was married to Sterling Peterson at her
home in Oregon and is now living in Seattle, not f a r from the house.

Alice Campbell, one of the most active of our members, is in California
this summer and has been in the San Bernardino mountains as an assistant
director of one of the Los Angeles playground camps. She has been plan-
ning entertainments and leading songs.

A number of the alumnae worked on the Theta Sigma Phi convention
in Seattle in June. Beryl Dill Kneen was vice-marshall, handling pub-
licity, commissary, program arrangements and entertainment features. Kdith
Korres handled the housing and worked on advertising. Mildred Fruden-
feld assisted in publishing the convention paper and directed the stunt
night.

Minnie Kraus enjoyed a trip to Yellowstone during her vacation.
Ethel Kraus has returned to Seattle after taking her master's degree at
Columbia.
A number of Upsilon girls have been in Seattle during the summer,
including Lois Wiley, who is teaching music and singing in Pittsburg, Car-
oline Paige of Portland, and Eloise Fleming of Yakima, who attended
summer school, and Anne Seeley Gilbert of Yakima.
Word has been received in Seattle of the birth of a daughter to Elinor
Peterson Allen. The baby has been named Elinor Jean. Elinor and her
husband live in Spokane.
Anita Pettibone has been married to Robert Schnelby and is living in
Spokane.

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Florence Semmen Heikel of Hoquiam made a short visit to Seattle in
June and attended the alumni affairs at commencement time. Vivian
Sorelle Williams, of New York, who recently returned from several years
in Paris, was also in the city at that time and spent most of the summer
on c ° a s t -
fiERYL d Kneen

KNOXVILLE

The Knoxville Alumnae Chapter has had monthly meetings except in
July, which are better and better attended. The last one was held with
Lucretia Jordan Bickley. A l l the town actives were with us and it was
wonderful to have thirty present. W e were very happy to have Jess Ed-
munds Cromer visiting here, all the way from San Diego. We had expected
Laura Swift Jernigan to be here, but she had gone on through Knoxville
to Elkmont. We discussed and planned rushing, and Lucretia told more
about the installation of Tau Delta and the good times in Birmingham.
Ruth Beck gave a glowing account of convention, and the thrilling experi-
ence of receiving the Jessie Wallace Hughan cup, which she proudly
exhibited. The alumnae discussed plans for the winter, and just to show
that the chapter is busy and efficient even i f we have no organized welfare
work, we will report a little of what the girls have done.

Louise Wiley McCleary has a new son—Richard Calverton McCleary,

June 13, 1925.

Helen Sheridan is bringing up two babies.

Elizabeth Kennedy works at The Health Centre, doing welfare work

as her regular job.
Ailcy Kyle Pert has been on The St. John's Orphanage Board, and

was chairman of the Junior League Sewing Committee last year.
Dorothy Brown was on the Junior League Preventorium Committee
and Girl Scout Committee and is a Scout Councillor.

Ciel Pennybacker is to be married to Frank Pettway on Oct. 6.
Gray Bane (Kappa) has too many and too varied demands on her
time to mention. Her husband is Director of Public Welfare of the city,
and they are a very popular and hard working couple.

Lucretia Jordan Bickley was president of one of the city Parent-Teach-
er associations last year, with all its demands for work in their city lunch-
room, the Chest Drive, the Fair, at the polls, and in every other civic
movement. She also does Junior League work.

Elizabeth McClamrock has a small daughter and does Junior League

work.
Billy McLemore Stewart was chairman of the advertising committee
of the Junior League Follies, besides her regular work in the League,

Minn Elois Hunt teaches.
Lyda Moore McLean has a small daughter.
Helen Sonner is working.
Eleanor Burke taught last year, but will be at home this year.
Vivian Logue Seymour is secretary of the Director of Finance of the
city and has a very responsible position.

Alice Hayes Graf has two small sons.
Alice Calhoun Cox has three small children but finds time for Parent-
Teacher and Sunday school work too.
Harriet Greve is our charming Dean of Women at the university, but

with her many duties finds time to help with all sorts of civic work. The
Y. W. C. A., the Chest Drive, at the polls, and in any other work where
she feels the university should be represented.

Blossom Swift Edmunds has two daughters and leads a very busy life.

Margaret Harvey and Dorothy Hays are our latest additions, just out

of school, and they are last but not least. ELEANOR BURKE.

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LYNCHBURG

The usual scattering of our members f o r the summer months was more
complete than usual this year. As many are still away and we have had
no meetings since June, I am afraid that the "interesting and informal
account of the activities of the chapter" which the editor's directions
demand that this letter should be, will not be up to its usual high level of
gossip and rhetoric!

But do not blame the chapter editor for the poverty of this letter,
because in her absence the president of the chapter, wary of fines, is sending
this contribution. I f the editor has also sent in a letter, this will be sup-
pressed and the world will be none the wiser as to what it has missed!

A f t e r all this introduction, what news I have been able to gather will
follow.

First and most exciting, Katherine Hodges was married in June to
Holcolm Adams of Lynchburg, and after a wedding trip, touring the
country in their car, they are at home in a charming apartment on War-
wick Lane.

A t this time of the year we always take census of who will belong to
the chapter next winter. We are very sorry to lose Llewlyn Johnson, who
has been a great addition during the three years she has been teaching at
Lynchburg College. She has accepted a position elsewhere and we will
miss her very much.

To fill the vacancy she leaves, we are lucky enough to have Bessie
M inor Davis of Lynchburg, who taught last winter in Pulaski and will
have a position in the public schools here this year. We welcome her as
one who is sure to be an interested and valuable member.

Frances Allen, who has been sick all the year and unable to take any
active part in chapter work, we regret to say is still not recovered and
has been in Richmond all summer f o r treatment. We hope most sincerely
she will soon be well enough to be home again.

Lily Blanks Clarke Stokes was quite i l l this summer too, with typhoid
fever, but she is entirely recovered now and her constant indoor sport is
standing before the mirror with an expression of hopeless regret and mut-
tering sadly: "Where are the hairs of yesteryear?"

I modestly keep until last what is, to me at least, most exciting news.
A new house has been absorbing me all summer and I eat, sleep and dream
plans and furnishings! I t will be completed by October, I hope, and one
of the things I look forward to and like most to picture is the December
meeting with all the chapter gathered around my big open fire and tongues
wagging like a flock of blackbirds.

V I R G I N I A STROTHER BLACKWELL.

WASHINGTON

(No Letter)

PHILADELPHIA

The last formal meeting of the season was held at Psi's house in June,
and extensive plans were made f o r the chapter's activities in the fall.
Our president, Stella Wells, reported on a meeting of the new executive
committee where all phases of the work had been fully discussed. She
classed the chapter's interests under four broad headings: meetings, phil-
anthropic work, membership and finance, and appointed committees to per-
fect plans for the coming year.

The executive committee felt that it would be of great value to have
the ideas and suggestions of every Philadelphia Alpha O ; and, as it was

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impossible to make a personal canvass, a questionnaire was sent to every
member. This asked for suggestions and opinions on the type and place of
meetings, type of philanthropic work and methods of giving service, ways
of increasing membership, amount of dues and methods of raising funds,
da n plans to assist Psi in purchasing a house. This questionnaire is an
entirely new feature and one which should prove most effective.

A t this June meeting it was voted to spend $75 to send handicapped
children to the Children's Seashore Home at Atlantic City, N . J. Harriet
Seely, who is connected with the University Settlement House, selected
children with whom she came in contact whom she felt would be most
benefited.

Eleanor Spencer invited the chapter to an informal supper meeting at
her home sometime later in the summer, so that those who were not fortu-
nate enough to be able to attend convention could hear all the news from
the members who were there.

ALICE CONKLING.

DALLAS

I am at rather a disadvantage in writing this letter about our "doings"
this summer, for I have been away for a month and just received the letter,
much delayed and relayed from town to town, telling me that my report
was due.

When I left Dallas on Monday, July 13, I missed Catherine Rasbury
and Margaret Pepple by a few hours, my train pulling out at eight-thirty
a. ni. and theirs coming in at noon. I would like to have heard all about
convention. I am sure it accomplished great deeds, as usual. Any group
of human beings located in such a beautiful setting must be inspired indeed
to great things.

A month ago the news and excitement in the chapter centered about
Margaret Vaughan Branscombe's departure from our group. Her husband,
Professor Harvey Branscombe, is leaving Southern Methodist University to
go to another Southern university, the name of which I can't remember
up here in Colorado. We all agree, I am sure, that Margaret's absence will
cause a gap that can never be filled until she comes to us again. Maude
Rasbury Courtney is going to Tyler, Texas to live. Her husband's busi-
ness carries them there, we hope only for a short time. Eleanor Manning
Walker is up here in Boulder at the Boulder Sanitarium with her little girl,
who has not been strong. She is improving under a dietitian's special care,
however, and seems to be quite well now. Florence Allen Volk is abroad
this summer with some Dallas friends studying art. Louise Zeek leaves
next month with her husband and family f o r France to remain a year or
so. There were some very lovely parties given in Dallas last month for
Grace Pope Manning who came home from Randolph-Macon to be mar-
ried, but who then left again to live in Georgia, I believe. We can't seem
to keep her with us, but we haven't given up hope.

I wish there were an AOn chapter up here at Colorado University.
I get homesick hearing about the different fraternities and sororities. This
week they are planning their rushing parties. They have some of the most
beautiful houses I've ever seen. The girls are allowed houses too. Parties
are easy and "rushing" should be simple with such attractive homes to
bring the "young hopefuls" into. I am resting up and trying to put some
fat on my baby girl up here, but in another month will be back in Dallas
among the girls and will have some more interesting news to tell you then.

ELEANOR HORNER H U L L .

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KANSAS CITY
On July 18 we had a very lovely meeting at the home of Irene Peter-
sen. A goodly number were present and all were anxious to hear the con-
vention news. Thrilled we were when Valborg Swen son told us of our new
district superintendent—Mary Rose Barrons! And to think we have her
right in our midst all the time; I should say most of the week-ends, for
she's planning on teaching in Independence this winter.
A great deal of time was spent at this meeting in planning a benefit
bridge July 28. The proceeds we used on a rushing party in the form of
a morning bridge and luncheon f o r several Kansas City eligibles going to
college this fall. Lovely prizes were awarded f o r the highest scores, cun-
ning little bowls of flowers were favors f o r the guests, and to cap the
climax a dainty, appetizing luncheon was prepared by Mary Rose and her
mother. Everyone (not only the rushees) had such a good time we are
anxiously looking forward to our next meeting.
Mary Rose Pecha, our president, has been away most of the summer,
her sister in Denver having died several weeks ago. We miss Mary dread-
fully so will be glad to see her back in the "official harness" this fall.
I f all the girls remain in the city this year who have planned on it, we
should have quite a lively flock and expect to do things on a larger scale.
Let's all do our best!

FLORENCE K. BRUCE.

OMAHA
Convention has come and gone, leaving many pleasant memories of the
wonderful days we spent at Christmas Lake. Those attending from Omaha
Alumnae chapter were Mattie Higgins, Olive Wrightson, Alice Sheehy,
Ruby Hagen and Helen Hayes. Two former members, Avis Sunderland
and Grace Gannon Grady, were also present.
On July 8 Stella Harrison invited the chapter to her home to hear
reports from convention, but unfortunately for various reasons no one who
had been at convention reached the party. However, plans for summer
rushing were made. I n consequence there have been swimming parties,
bridge parties and luncheons.
Many of the alumnae girls have been or are now on vacations. Esther
Smith and her family motored to northern Minnesota. Lorene and Dr.
Davis also motored north. Blanche Potter, with her husband and two
sons, spent about five weeks in California. Alice Sheehy is now on a Great
Lakes cruise and Heien Ayres is vacationing in Alaska. Nell Briden-
bausrh is attending summer school at the University of Wisconsin. Olive
Wrightson and her husband spent the month of June in Minnesota and
Iowa.
Margaret Carnaby was married August 5th. She is now Mrs. Robert
Hayes and will live in Minneapolis.
Elva Carter, an Omaha girl of Zeta, was married July 29 to Philip
Lewis. They will live in Lincoln.
Beginning in September we shall hold our regular meetings the first
Saturday of each month.

HELEN HAYES.

SYRACUSE
Our April and May meetings were held at the chapter house. Ruth
Dibben arrived in Syracuse after a trip through the West on the evening
of the latter meeting and brought us news of the other chapters which she
had visited enroute.

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Emily Tarbell was hostess at her home for the summer meeting in mid-
August. Mary Lutz, Agnes Crowell Rood, and Thelma Vinal were special
guests, all fortunately in town for the summer. Cordelia Vance sent us
a report of convention, a most delightful one.

The chapter plans to have a different one of its members act as hostess
at the chapter house each day during the rushing season. The alumnae will
have charge of one of the six parties allowed under Panhellenic rules.
Great is the interest in planning it.

The spring meeting of the Inter-fraternity Conference of the Women's
Fraternities, at Syracuse, brought the alumnae Greek-letter women closer
together. I t was decided that Miss Louise Leonard, Grand President of
Alpha Gamma Delta, should be asked to address a convocation of all incom-
ing freshmen women at the university to explain fraternities and fraternity
life to them. The alumnae are to cooperate in keeping rushing expenses
at a nominal figure. One hundred and fifty dollars is suggested as an
adequate sum to cover the expenditures of the ten days of the rushing
season.

E M I L Y A. TARBELL.

DETROIT

(No Letter)

NASHVILLE

Summer time in Nashville is not a very busy season, due to the fact
that most of us are in transit for at least a part of the time, visiting our
more fortunate friends in cooler climes. We have had only one meeting
since June, and that a convention meeting. The two delegates just returned
from the "Land of Ten Thousand Lakes" gave glowing accounts of the
hospitality of the girls of Tau and Minneapolis Alumnae chapter who made
possible our most successful and enjoyable week at Radisson Inn.

On May 28, when we, together with N u Omicron, were in the midst
of a local Founders' Day banquet at the Hermitage hotel, a note was sent
up from the main dining room asking i f a visiting Alpha O might join us.
We were very glad indeed to have with us for the rest of the evening
Lucy Somerville, Kappa '16, who happened to be passing through Nash-
ville at that time. We wish that all Alpha O's who come to our city from
time to time would let us know so that we can meet them and help them
to enjoy their visits.

A l l our efforts this summer are being concentrated on making money
for N u Omicron's chapter house into which they move in the fall. A t
present we are filling a chest with handmade household articles to be
raffled off at so much a chance. W i t h this money we expect to buy a living
room suite for the house. A charity card party which we hope will also
net us a nice little sum is on our list of activities f o r the fall.

NELL FAIN.

CLEVELAND

(No Letter)

MEMPHIS
Summer vacations have greatly thinned our ranks. Ruby Turnbull,
our president has been away f o r many weeks and Dorothy Nolan, the
vice president, is having a wonderful trip abroad. Josephine Hobson has
been acting as president in their absence, but she hasn't many alumnae
to superintend. Elizabeth Clinton is in Columbia and will be there all

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winter, working on her master's degree. She has been an earnest worker
and we will miss her. Adelaide Gladden is going to a library school in
St. Louis. Elise Keebler, Shirley Lake, and Lida Belle Goyer have been
away on summer trips.

We made some plans in the spring, however, that we hope to carry
out when we assemble in the fall. After investigating the various
charitable institutions in town we decided to help the Calvary Day Nur-
sery. Working mothers may leave their children there f o r ten cents
a day. I n May we gave these kiddies a festival and we are going to adopt
one f o r our own.

The girls from the active chapters who are here for the summer have
been doing a fine bit of rushing. They got a list of all the girls in town
who graduated from high and prep schools; they called each of these
and asked i f she were going to College. They immediately offered to help
all the college prospects in any way possible. Thus they scored a point
with all AOIT material and did no harm by lending a helping hand to the
others.

We are quite enthusiastic ever Southwestern University, which opens
here in the fall. Several AOITs f r o m other schools are changing to it.
We hope to have some big plans SOOP.

SADIE RICE RAMSEY.

MIAMI VALLEY

Next door, at Mother Clark's, Big Scotty is thumping away at the
notes for Omega alumnae, and while the spirit is in the air, we too shall
write.

How to summon the details of our April meeting on such a hot night
as this, I no not know. I t was such a glorious warm spring day in April,
when Ada Wilson had us down at her home in Hamilton, and served such
delightfully coolish things to eat, that it is hard to write comfortably about
it all now. There, among many other things, we elected officers. Esther
Fowler Schmalz was elected president, and Mary Heck is our vice presi-
dent. ( T o our great sorrow, however, we have learned since that Esther
is leaving" our Valley for Ann Arbor.) Scotty, too, announced at this
meeting that she would not be with us for the next year. How we shall
miss these two props! (Perhaps they may think we could have selected
a more pleasing word than props.)

Our Commencement meeting in O x f o r d with Mildred Dennison was
well attended. We had an "at home" f o r all A O H s who were back, there-
fore, we had no formal meeting whatever. This was the first meeting
which Leafy Jane had missed—and we are hoping that that small person
Peter will let his mother come to all meetings in the future, for we have
come to feel that she is indispensable in our affairs. I f the alumnae only
knew how much we all appreciated their letters which they had written in
for the meeting, they would feel repaid. We attended Frances McNutt's
wedding in spirit (she was married that very afternoon, you know) when
we read her letter giving all the vital details; and we vowed to read all
New Perfection Oil Stove ads henceforth after hearing Lucile Dvorak's
proud letter announcing that she was copy writer for the above mentioned
N . P. O. Grilles: we also hearkened with great interest to Martha Jane
Hitchner's tale of the Mothers' Pension as she knows it in Philadelphia.

Please remember that the next meeting is in Oxford at homecoming.
This meeting will be for all alumnae of AOn, with the Miami Valley girls
as hostesses.

(No letter.) BOZEMAN

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MILWAUKEE
The summer finds us vacationing, that is, most of us. So very few
remain to toil in the city that meetings have perforce been abandoned.
We were very glad to see Rochelle Gachet in Milwaukee a short time
ago. Her visit was so very short that only a few of the girls had the oppor-
tunity to meet her.
One attempt has been made at a meeting in the form of a picnic at
Mrs. Dorner's, summer home at Pine Lake. Of course it rained! How-
ever, we haven't quite given up hope of having that picnic soon.
We're all looking forward to our first meeting in September when we
can hear all about Convention first hand.

DOROTHY L. WIESLER.

BIRMINGHAM

(No letter.)

OKLAHOMA CITY
No different from anyone else we are still very much excited over
Convention and can talk of nothing else. We can not help being some-
what envious of all those who were fortunate enough to attend. Ruth
Black, our delegate, has told us what wonderful hostesses the Tau girls
and Minneapolis alumnae were until we feel cheated because we didn't
get to meet them too. We are playing Pollyanna, however, and are so
glad we received our charter in time to go to Convention for we were
all there in spirit.
Oklahoma City alumnae chapter was installed on May 18, 1925, at the
X i chapter house at Norman by Miss Elizabeth Wyman. That privilege
will not soon be forgotten and will surely act as an everlasting inspiration.
Since our installation we have followed Robert Herrick's advice to
make much of time and have given a benefit bridge, a food sale, and a
rummage sale. The money will be used for the chapter house at Norman.
We attempt to meet every other Wednesday night in the homes of
members but our sessions so far have been rather irregular, called meetings
being necessary to make plans for our financial ventures. For the last two
times we have had spend-the-day parties, the first at Ruth Black's and the
other with Emily Hess, an active member of X i . We took our lunches and
made decorations for the fall rush. We were very pleased to have with
us for lunch, not only because she is an Alpha O but also because of her
own charming personality, Miss Vandenburg of Iota. She is assistant to
Mr. Barton, new superintendent of schools of Oklahoma City.
Since we sent in our petition we have lost two of our members. Helen
Webb moved to Poca City and Helene Brasted, a charter member of X i ,
has gone to Fort Worth where she will teach in Texas Christian University.
We are sorry to lose her, but are very proud just the same. Pauline
Edwards, our president, threatens to leave us for Montana. We hope she
will find friends among our Alpha Phi sisters. Ruth Black, our vice
president, can very ably carry on her work. I n spite of this shrinkage in
numbers we have a source of supply from which to draw. Six X i alumnae
in Oklahoma City and Norman have expressed their desire to join us and
Mrs. Emenheiser of Nu Kappa has already met with us.

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ALUMNAE NOTES

ALPHA
(Where are Alpha's notes?)

PI
Louise Withers, '19, sailed f o r France in June and will spend the
winter studying in Paris.

NU
Mary Figuiera was appointed a member of the staff of District Attor-
ney Charles J. Dodd in Brooklyn. She is also a member of Mayor Hylan's
Child Welfare Committee.
Sallie Burger leaves this month f o r Pine Mountain, Kentucky, whero
she is going to teach high school subjects in a community school attended
by children from many miles around. Sallie obtained her master's degree
in Education this June.
We have several new alumnae who are going to teach this fall, Alice
Knecht at Suffern, N . Y., and Beatrice Purdy at Camden, N . J. Margaret
Brown and Peg Proche will teach at New York University this year.
Edith McCleary is associated with the National Council of Girl Scouts,
working on their monthly magazine, The American Girl.

ENGAGEMENTS

Edna Hawes to Albert Ehlers, Jr., N . Y . U . , '23.

MARRIAGES

Evelyn Helland to Louis Rivers Sprigg, instructor at New York Uni-
versity, June 11, at Park Ridge, New Jersey.

BIRTHS

A son, to Mr. and Mrs. Adolph E. Meyer (Margaret McDonald).
To Mr. and Mrs. H . E. Feer (Cecile Iselin, '16), a son, Robert Ernest,
August 8, 1925.

VIRGINIA LITTLE.

OMICRON
Elizabeth Clinton, '23, attended Columbia University Summer Session.
Mary Rust, '13, is an instructor in the Nurses' Training School of St.
Luke's Hospital, in New York.

BIRTHS

Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Wood McCleary (Louise Wiley), a son, June 13,
1925.

ENGAGEMENTS

Ciel Pennybacker to Frank Pettway.

DEATHS

I t makes us very sad to report the deaths of Blossom Swift Edmund's
mother, Martha Lou Jones' mother, and Mary Rust's mother.

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KAPPA
Fannie W . Butterfield attended the Summer Session at Columbia Uni-
versity. She has been appointed as a secretary f o r the Y. W . C. A . in
Atlanta, Georgia, f o r the coming year.
Frances Hardy, '20, attended Columbia Summer Session, too.

ZETA
Martha Walton left New York in May to spend an indefinite time in
Europe. A t present she is in Paris where she is studying French.
Darlene Woodward has been attending the summer session of the Uni-
versity of California and is now visiting her uncle and family at Monrovia,
California.
Maude Williams Heck and her son Charles of Raleigh, N . C , are
spending the months of July and August with Mrs. Heck's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. M. L. Williams.
Mrs. F. J. Ayres, our house-mother, has been visiting her daughter
Helen in Omaha but is spending the month of August with relatives in
Burlington, Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. Burnham Campbell attended the Sigma Chi convention
at Estes Park and later spent some time at Troutdale and Denver.
Beulah Rush Collins and daughter Janice of Trenton, Mo., are guests
at the home of Roma Rush Pickering and her husband for several weeks.
Mabel Ritchie Fordyce with her husband and daughter Nellie Marie
spent several weeks with Dean and Mrs. Fordyce at Lake Okoboji.
Mabel Williams Beachly with her husband and two children have been
spending their vacation at Alexandria, Minn.
Irma Hauptman Latsch and Maude Pierce Logan with their families
motored to Minnesota this summer.
Annie Jones Rosborough with her family has spent the summer at their
home in Estes Park.
Gladys Lowenberg of Albion was a guest f o r two weeks at Estes Park.
Edna King who has been very i l l this summer is now with her mother
at Lake Minnetonka.
Margaret McNerney is spending a few weeks in Lincoln with her
parents after attending the National Kindergarten School in Chicago.
Gisela Birkner who has been attending the summer session at Harvard
expects to visit a short time in Lincoln before going back to Cleveland to
resume her teaching.
Mary Herzing of Waterloo, Iowa, is spending her vacation with her
parents in Lincoln.
Madaline and Lorene Hendricks of Wahoo spent one day in Lincoln
last week. Next year Madaline is to teach at Albuquerque, New Mexico,
and Lorene at Elko, Nevada.
Elsie Piper who has been Dean of Women at the Wayne State Normal
has been appointed assistant to the Dean of Women at the University of
Nebraska.
Winifred Waters who has been spending the summer in Lincoln with
her family will leave soon to resume her teaching at Indianapolis.
Mary Waters has spent part of the summer at home and part of the
vacation with Esther Perkins at Orleans who has been in San Francisco
for the last year.
Genevieve Rose Faust, ex '20, is living in New Haven, Conn., at
Trimble St.
On April 18 Dorothy Woodward was married to Hawley N . Barnard
of Jackson. Michigan.
Dorothy Hoy was married to Cullen Hubbard on May 21.

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Margaret Watson and Joe L . Edwards of Lincoln were married on
July 25.

Elva Carter was married on July 29 to Philip Lewis of Lincoln.

ELSIE FITZGERALD.

SIGMA
Grace E. Morin, '10, who received her M . A. from Columbia this sum-
mer has accepted an appointment as Housing Specialist on the faculty of
the College of Home Economics, Cornell University. She is the first per-
son to hold this position. She will make a hurried trip to California before
taking up her new duties.
Kate Foster, Daisy Shaw, and Rose Marx attended Convention from
Berkeley. They were accompanied by Mildred Bell and Dorothy Mills
of Sigma chapter, and Lillian Force and Wana Keesling of Lambda. They
returned by the way of Banff and Lake Louise, making short stays in Seattle
and Portland. A l l report a wonderful convention and trip.
Mrs. Edington Detrick (Helen Mclntyre), has been visiting her
parents in Piedmont.
Lillian Rice is leaving soon on a trip through Spain, Italy and Northern
Egypt. Lillian is a very successful architect of Southern California and
will study while abroad.

BIRTHS

To M r . and Mrs. F. C Mills (Dorothy Clarke, '14), a daughter,
Helen Catherine, on May 7, 1925.

HARRIET F. BACKUS.

THETA
Helen York, ex '21, and Nell Foster, ex '13, were at Columbia this
summer. Nell will be at Columbia this winter, also. Her address is 434
West 120th St., N . Y . C.

DELTA
Eunice Bassemir is at Cornell Summer School and living at the Alpha
O house.
Marion Bennett is in Europe f o r the summer.
Rena Greenwood Smith, '15, writes that she and Richard have bought
a new home in Wellesley Hills. The address is 35 Clovelly Road and they
are moving in the first of August.
As you know Carolyn Eraser Pulling is living in Minneapolis and
Octavia and I had such a good visit with her while we were at Conven-
tion. Besides being active in the Minneapolis alumnae chapter she is
treasurer of the Minneapolis College Women's Club and active in all col-
lege activities. They have recentlv brought a new home, 53 Seymour Ave.
Katherine Stebbins Stevens, '98, lives at 55 East 76th St., N . Y. C.
Her daughter, Monica, is eight years old and Katherine says, " I am house-
keeper, graduate nurse, secretary; I do these simultaneously, alternately or
intermittently as occasion arises."
Beatrice Davis Wilbur, '12, has recently been elected vice president of
the Home Study Club, the Woman's Cluh, of Ashland, where she lives.
Octavia Chapin, '13, returned from Convention by way of Duluth and
the Great Lakes to Buffalo. Now she is spending the summer at their
camp on Lake Winnepesaukee.
"Millie" Ward, '25. is to teach in Medford High School this year.
Etta Phillips MacPhie, '13, writes that they have moved to 30 Talbot
Ave., Lowell.

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The lure of the H i l l at Class Day brought Mary Sears, '24, all the
way from Texas. A f t e r a week at the Delta houseparty and some visits
she returned to teach in Fort Worth another year.

Sue O'Brien, '24, was also on the H i l l Class Day. She expects to
return to Florida another winter.

Our sympathy is extended to three of our girls who have lost their
mothers recently, Dorothy Potter, Alma Wiley, '13, and Marion Phil-
lips, '20. Marion has given up her position in the Salem High School to
make a home for her father.

Marjorie Dean will continue to teach science in Beverly High where
Lorna Tasker also teaches.

"Dicky" Prescott and her husband have driven to Florida but will
return in time for the opening of college as "Dan" is an instructor at
Harvard.

Dorothy Houghton, '15, was on the H i l l for her class reunion, sport-
ing a "bob" and acting quite the same old Dorothy, even tho' she's living
in New York now.

Mabel Taylor Bodge, '05, has moved from Winchester to Fall River,
Mass.

Margaret Kimball Maynard (Mrs. E. B . ) , is living in Brooklyn, at
226 East 21st St.

Another change of address is that of Margaret Durkee Angell. George
and "Margo" have bought a house on Dover St. West Medford.

Timmie Brooks, ex '24, is selling gowns in a new York house and is
"just crazy about it."

While Rena Smith was at Rye this summer she met Isabel Owler
Drury and her baby, who from reports is a darling.

Ruth Morris, ex '25, spent two months in Europe this spring. No
later report.

Betty Miller is working for Lever Bros., in New York City.
In May, Marjorie McCarty wrote that she was so busy, "working for
the Roycrofters, studying shorthand at night, keeping a few (?) social
engagements, being an alumnae advisor of Pi Delta chapter (and I surely
am proud of the girls at Maryland) and have recently been elected Presi-
dent of Washington Alumnae! Isn't the last item really humorous?" Since
then I've heard indirectly that Marjorie was in Canada. So you can suit
yourself.
I t was a pleasant surprise to see Kennetha Ware Townsend at Betty's
wedding, f o r it is the first time she has been back f r o m Canada since she
was married in April.
"Kay" Smith Brackett has been traveling through the Black Hills since
her wedding but is to live in St. Louis.

MARRIAGES

On Sunday afternoon, July 26, Annette MacKnight, '14, was married to
Shirley W . Harvey, in the Harvard Congregational Church, Brookline,
Mass. Mr. Harvey ("Steve") is a Dartmouth, '16, man now studying at
Harvard for his Ph. D. He is teaching English at Harvard and also at
Northeastern so they will probably live in Cambridge.

"Betty" Sargent. '18, was married to Harry Highriter, Tufts, on Satur-
day evening, June 20, at the Broadway Congregational Church, Somerville.
Ruth Robinson was the maid of honor and Betty was the sweetest bride.
They will live in Naugatuck, Conn. There was quite an AOn reunion at
the wedding reception.

Kennetha Ware was married on April 20 to James Townsend, M . I . T.
Madeline Perkins was maid of honor for Kennetha as well as for "Kay"
Smith the week before. The Townsends are living in Montreal.

ALICE J. SPEAR.

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GAMMA
Zella E. Clovin, '16, received her M . A. degree from Columbia Uni-
versity in June.
Florence Harvey, '09, is Clinic Executive at the Presbyterian Hospi-
tal, New York City, and lives at 344 Lexington Ave.
Helen Wooster Cleaves (Mrs. Charles B . ) , '12, has moved f r o m
Verona, N . Y. to Baltimore, Maryland.
Joanna C. Colcord, '06, who was one of the special speakers at con-
vention, has moved to Minneapolis.

EPSILON
Margaret Mashek, '24, and Anna Pearl Bowman Rose, ex '15, attended
summer school at Columbia university. The former will teach in W i l -
mington, Delaware, this year.
Mrs. Nathaniel Schmidt spent the summer in New York. Her hus-
band was a member of the Columbia summer school faculty.

RHO
Geraldine Kindig, '14, attended Columbia summer session.
Marie Vick Swanson, ' 1 1 , with her husband and two sons and Myrtle
Swanson Johnson, '20, spent the summer in Europe. The Swansons return
to Evanston this winter after a year in New York.

BIRTHS

To Mr. and Mrs. Harry Simpson North (Faith Morse, ' 2 2 ) , a son,
Harry Simpson, Jr., on July 8.

To M r . and Mrs. Blumberg (Kate Blum, ' 1 7 ) , a daughter, at Oslo,
Norwav.

To Mr. and Mrs. W . K. Hood (Lucille Loyd, ' 1 8 ) , a daughter, Bar-
bara Dawn, on April 1.

To M r . and Mrs. Walter P. Hanson (Coila Anderson, ' 1 4 ) , a third
son, Hugh George, on January 28.

LAMBDA

MARRIAGES

Katherine Chase was married to Sherwood Wheaton the latter part
of July. They expect to make their home near Bakersfield.

Gladys Stelling was united in marriage to George Homer Green on
August 9.

Katherine Steiger was married to Paul Chandler on May 23. They
are making their home in Vacaville.

BIRTHS

A son, George Robert Junior, was born to Olive Larimer Green in
May.

A daughter, Nancy Helen, was born to Margarette Roberts Ames
the latter part of July.

ELLAWENE EVANS, '24.

IOTA
Minnie Phillips was camp physician for a girls' camp at Green Bay,
Wisconsin, last summer. She will be located at Normal, 111., next year.
Josephine's baby, Jo is Pido's sister as you all know, is doing finely.

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Mate Giddings had a lovely trip during the summer, Denver and Colo-

rado, Yellowstone Park, California (where she saw and visited with Bert

Stein) thence to Portland and Seattle back over the Canadian Pacific and

home. Mrs. Giddings went with her. Mate will be at Wesleyan Uni-

versity, Bloomington, 111., next year. Being so close together she and

Pido are delighted at the prospect of seeing so much of each other.
Mary Caldwell Wedge spent a month of the summer visiting her
sisters at Yellowstone Park and Great Falls, Montana..
Frances Dolbe, and Lucie Burwash attended Columbia summer session
this summer. >;*<*fffV
Velda Barmesberger has been awarded a research scholarship at Teach-
er's College, Columbia, this next year.

TAU

A goodly number of the 'old girls' came back for convention, f o r a few
days of it, at least. Don't any of you be offended at being included in
this category, any one is eligible after six months' possession of a
diploma. Marion Barclay, Catherine Tiftt, Margaret Wilson, M i n Hanson,
Mildred Haugland Claggett, Marion Mann Falkenhagen, Gertrude Falken-
hagen Bonde, Irene Buckley Sieben, Alice Buckley Goodwin, Alice Van
der Hyden Damon, Zora Robinson, Doris Lohff Schlampp, Lucile Z.
Haertel, Helene Oliver, Betty Bond, Janet Howry, Edith Goldsworthy,
Kathryn and Marie Bremer, Adele Zieglemaier, Orpha Hanstad, Margaret
Boothroyd, Myrtle Abrahamson, lone Jackson, and Martha Wolff Benkert
spent all or part of the time at the Inn.

Helene Oliver set out to see a little of the wide, wide, world between
the middle of May and the last of June. She reports a very enjoyable
trip through the west.

Marian Mann Falkenhagen is enjoying the life of farmer's wife
hugely, and rural life certainly suits her for she is getting downright
plump. Needless to say it is becoming to her. Coop's farm is just out-
side Montevideo so she has Alpha O neighbours, Gertrude Bonde, Winifred
Eliason, Mildred Claggett, and we hear rumors that another is to be added
to the group soon. Almost enough for an alumnae chapter.

Convention came just in time for Doris Schlampp. Edward, Junior,
came down with the measles shortly afterwards.

A f t e r convention, Adele Zieglemaier went east, visiting Washington,
Baltimore and New York.

Edith Goldsworthy spent the week immediately following convention
at Mille Lacs, Minnesota. Numerous week ends since have seen Edith
heading f o r the Mille Lacs bus. What's the attraction, Edith?

Myrtle Abrahamson left the day after convention f o r two weeks on
the west coast.

lone Jackson left last week for a month at her home in Allen, Wiscon-
sin. Oh, yes; it's on the map all right, but I admit I never heard of it
before. lone hails from there though and that is some recommendation
for it.

Martha Wolff Benkert spent most of convention week iii bed with ton-
silitis. Frequent long distance telephone calls f r o m friend husband in
Los Angeles and visits from the girls helped pa,ss away the time, though.

. Marian Barclay spent the week before convention with Betty Bond.
The remainder of the summer she spent in Stillwater and in Marble, Minne-
sota. Marian will teach this year ih Aitkin, Minnesota. She and her
mother will have a little apartment there. She plans on getting down to
most of the football games, though.

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Helene Oliver will teach Home Economics this coming year in Albert
Lea. She expects to be in Minneapolis once a month throughout the year,
though, as her family has moved back. The Olivers live in the popular
Alpha O neighborhood, as her address is 3301 Irving Avenue South. I n
the next block to her is Dorothy Womrath, active chapter president. Two
blocks over, Cecile Yelland, Betty Bond and Edna Schlampp Johnson live
within a radius of half a block. Another block away lives Elsa Feldham-
mer Johnson, while three blocks f r o m Betty is Doris Lohff Schlampp's
house.

Betty Bond is working as a reference librarian in the Business and
Municipal Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library in the New York Life
building. I f you want to know how many cans of corn were canned in
Alabama last year, the average rainfall of Honolulu or the number of
unmarried women in Omaha, Nebraska, just ask Betty.

Irene Fraser is in the Reference department at the main library. With
Betty, Irene, and Dorothy McCarthy Murphy, who is head of the children's
room at the main library, on the job, we should have all our book needs
supplied.

Muriel Fairbanks Steward attended the national convention of Theta
Sigma Phi this summer in Seattle, as Grand Secretary. A stay at Banff
and Lake Louise were events of her trip. Muriel was elected Grand Vice
President of the national journalistic sorority at this convention. She is
once more a member of the staff of the Minneapolis lournal and we enjoy
her clever stories in the feature section again.

Winifred Whitman planned on attending convention but had a chance
to go to a girls' camp at Hackensack as medical counselor. One afternoon
before she left she stocked up on catgut and the proper variety of needle
in case she got a chance to do any human fancy work while in her official
capacity. Look out f o r your tonsils, girls; W i n will have her M . D. next
June.

Marie Bremer is the latest one to fall for the "snip snip" of the bar-
ber's shears. Shorn locks are very becoming to Marie, too.

Irene Fraser took a trip on the Great Lakes during her vacation,
returning in time for Edna's wedding.

Louise France Quigley spent the summer at home in Eyota, Minnesota,
going to Bemidji for a vacation at the lakes the last month. M r . Quigley
was on the Political Science faculty at the University of Chicago during
the first part of the summer. Louise will continue having her lovely
Chinese things for sale this year.

Janet Howry is a secretary to the office manager of the Pillsbury M i l l -
ing company in Minneapolis.

Cecile Yelland spent a few weeks at Belle Isle after convention.
Margaret Borum St. John has moved into an attractive new bungalow
at Worthington.
Florence Brande Fitzgerald lives in St. Paul now. Her time is fully
occupied keeping an eye on the twins. A full time job.
Frances Graham McClure spent the spring and summer at home in
Rochester. She was in Minneapolis f o r a month visiting Betty Bond,
Louise F. Quigley and Mary Ellen Chase. She will live in Philadelphia this
winter as Ben is to study at the University of Pennsylvania this year.
Zora Robinson spent her vacation at Burnside Lodge.
Ruth Jones attended summer school at the university of Minnesota and
was able to be at convention a good bit of the time.
Lillian Kirwin paid the Twin Cities a brief visit this spring. Irene
Fraser and Betty Bond saw her for a little while.
Mary Dee Drummond has moved. Only you who know Mary Dee, Tan
chapter and Minneapolis alumnae, can appreciate what a catastrophe this
is. Who will now make our football doughnuts for Homecoming open-

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house? Lest you think, however, that all we cherish about Mary Dee is
her culinary accomplishments, let me hasten to add that there are a thou-
sand and one ways in which she will be missed, by the group as a whole
and by individuals within it. But you are wondering where she has van-
ished. Really not so far. She is living in Evanston now, and some of the
girls are already planning on paying her a visit in the near future.

Edith Huntington Anderson attended convention with six months' old
Barbara Jane. A f t e r convention she stayed on a few weeks with her
husband's family. A good visit with Edith made a bright spot in conven-'
tion memories for many a Tau girl. Edith and Mary Dee, the only girls
not of Tau whose names appear in these notes are just as truly of Tau, in
our estimation, as they are of Alpha Phi and Beta Phi, their own chapters.

Spike Reinertson has spent the summer in Virginia, driving the family
Ford, and acting as athletic counselor for two weeks at the Y. W . camp.
Spike will be through the cities and will spend a few days with Betty Bond
on her way to teach at West Concord, Minnesota.

Grace O'Brien has returned to Cleveland. She spent a month in
Duluth with her family after taking her M . A . examinations this spring at
the University.

Ruth O'Brien will teach Latin at the University High school this

year.
Helen Gates will teach mathematics in Austin, Minnesota this year.

She will be near Helene in Albert Lea. Helen spent the summer at Yel-
lowstone.

Helen Turner Dawson was in St. Paul this spring when she and her
husband attended the international Kiwanis convention.

Lila Kline was called home this summer by the illness of her father.
Margaret Howarth Nelson reports a very interesting time as a libra-
rian in the lending department of the Boys' and Girls' Bookstore, which
is run by the Women's Union in Boston.
Margaret Doyle Stevning has been very i l l . We are glad that she
is better now, and that she had been home from the hospital over a week
when this went to press.
Katherine Doyle will teach Home Economics at Superior, Wisconsin,
this year.

ENGAGEMENTS

Catherine T i f f t and Bill Merrill, Acacia, are to be married, we hear,
sometime in October. They will make their home in Montevideo, Minne-
sota, where Bill is engaged in the practice of law.

MARRIAGES

Dan Cupid has been more than busy shooting his golden arrows
around in Tau chapter's preserves this spring. We have no less than seven
weddings to record. ,
Margaret Doyle was married to Oliver O. Stevning in May. Margaret
and Oliver will make their home in Minneapolis.
Wilma Helen Smith, a this year's senior, was married at the Grace
Episcopal church in Sioux City, Iowa to Leland F. Leland, whom many
of you will remember as editor of the Minnesota Alumni Weekly. Dor'u
Bowers was maid of honor at Wihna's wedding. M r . and Mrs. Leland
will be at home after September 15 in their new home in St. Louis Park.
Wilma will take some graduate work in the English department at the uni-
versity. She will make a dandy addition to Minneapolis alumnae chapter.
Irma Fliehr was married on September 12th to Arthur Regan, a Beta,
and a graduate of Princeton. Arthur and Irma will live in Minneapolis
too. Dorothy Womrath and Spike Reinertson were Irma's bridesmaids.
Her wedding took place at Virginia, Minnesota.

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On August 29, the wedding of Edna Schlampp and P. Lloyd Johnson
took place at Edna's home in Minneapolis. Margaret Brix was Edna's only
attendant, aside from Virginia Schlampp, a niece of the bride and daughter
of Doris Lohff Schlampp. Irene Fraser and Margaret McHugh Amberg
stretched the ribbons leading to the altar. Edna and her husband will be
at home in Minneapolis.

Margaret McHugh was married early in August to Raymond Amberg.
They also are Minneapolis residents.
* Berenice Nelson and Robert Gamble were married late in July ; Berenice
and Bob are living in Minneapolis.

Wilma Arnold will be married this fall to Fraser McGregor. Another
addition to our Minneapolis colony. We are glad so many of our girls
like the home product.

• DEATHS

Many of you will remember Mrs. Ward, the mother of our former
chaperone, Mrs. Cummings, and will regret to hear of her death this sum-
mer in Waseca, Minnesota.

Mary Blanche Meade died just one week after convention—the con-
vention that she had planned so on attending—was over. Although we
heard a day or two before convention of Blanche's illness, we had not real-
ized that it was so serious, so her death came as a shock to us. Blanche
taught in Minneapolis last year and lived at the chapter house, so she will
be greatly missed by both actives and alumnae. lone Jackson, Marie Brem-
er, Catherine T i f f t and Margaret Wilson went to Alexandria f o r Blanche's
funeral. There are many little things about the house to remind us of
Blanche; an old bedroom set brightened up and given a real French air
with a coat of gray paint by her clever and willing hands; attractive drapes
and bed spreads for some of the rooms and numerous other things will
keep her before us.

CHI
A certain one of our ever busy sisters, it is reported, desirous of having
her husband shine in community affairs, once tried to persuade him into
holding offices for which business left him neither time nor inclination by
promising to do all the work i f he would simply sign his name. Even
my not over-tender conscience forces me to point out one rather striking
parallel between what would have been that husband's embarrassing situa-
tion and what has actually become mine. W i l l you allow me, then, to
acknowledge that fully three-fourths of the notes to follow are founded
upon information painstakingly gathered by the busiest of our alumnae?
Emily, I feel sure, will do the same for any one of you who will take the
place. Applications should be made to Emily Tarbell '16, with stamped
addressed envelope enclosed. I t is probably unnecessary to complete this
acknowledgment of indebtedness by the admission that, while the news is
largely Emily's, for the unkindest cuts I alone am to be blamed. Of course
I have tried not to draw blood.
Our sisters have grown a bit restless of late, it would seem. Ruth
Dibben '17 started it last December by setting forth (all alone, too, unless
she weakened at the last moment) f o r over a half year of wandering. Ruth
can give you a fascinating account of everything from Mexico to Alaska,
with emphasis upon a thoroughly delightful Alpha O luncheon in Los
Angeles and a glorious visit in Seattle.
I suspect that she found some spare minutes to write an envy-inspiring
account of her good times f o r the 1917 Round Robin, for, school once out,
Edna Hatisner '17 shot off forthwith for a western tour of her own, to
include, like Ruth's, a stay in Alaska.

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Thelma Robertson '24, convention-bound, did not have so far to go, of
course, but she displayed equal promptitude the day school closed in packing
her things into the useful little car that, I verily believe, has carried, some-
time or other, every Chi in Jersey, as well as many neither of Chi nor of
Jersey. We feel pretty safe in asserting that the new tires bore her and
Poll}* Howalt '25, whom she picked up at Syracuse, to Minnesota without
disaster, for we ourselves heard Thelma declare, with unwonted earnest-
ness the last time she had to leave the car at a garage and seek home by
other means, that never, never again would she burn out anything, even
if she had to stop at every second station f o r oil.

We have heard of no other Chi alumna who managed to reach conven-
tion. Kay Gilcher '20 went quite in the opposite direction to spend her
vacation in Europe, and Marjorie Townsend '22 restricted her wanderings
this year to New England.

Tq make up a bit for the many who fled from Syracuse this summer,
two former Syracusans returned for a time: Agnes Crowcll Rood, ex-
'17, came from Detroit f o r the month of August, and Flummie Rich, ex-
'19, breezed in from Lancaster for a glimpse of her friends of this section.

A few of the girls have, most commendably of course, chosen study
rather than travel f o r the summer's recreation. Irene Becker '19 has been
continuing her French work in Middlebury, Vermont; Edith Smith Haus-
ner '14 went to Albany Summer School; Edith Gessler '23 attended the
Berkshire School of A r t at Monterey; and Mina Gordon '25 motored west
for summer school at the University of Wisconsin.

Those who remained in Syracuse f o r the first part of the vacation
enjoyed at least two gatherings: the first, the shower that Ted Petrie
Olrich gave at the chapter house f o r Gertrude Marks, which included
eight Chi's among its guests; the second, the meeting out at Emily's, where
Cordelia Vance, active delegate to convention, enthralled her audience by
the narrative of happenings at Radisson Inn.

Emily herself has been busy studying housekeeping during her family's
absence in Europe. She mentioned a trip of her own in August, but, char-
acteristically spent so much time giving news of others that she neglected
to tell more of herself.

Gertrude Shaw '16 gave over the first part of the summer to the
revision of her math book. A new edition is to come out soon.

Edith Rauch, '18, has been entertaining herself of late with a new Ford
sedan. We guess that she is preparing f o r the next convention.

Jane Gooding is working for the Mercantile Acceptance Corporation in
Syracuse and living a tthe house.

Marcia Rosbrook '21 will begin dietitian work at the Memorial Hos-
pital, Syracuse, this fall. Mary Lutz '23 has been in charge of the labor-
atory there all this summer.

One of the newly graduated, also, Helen Howalt, plans to work in
Syracuse this winter. Three of her classmates will be teaching not far
away: Helen Roszell at Genoa; Faith T r u l l at Vernon; and Mary Williams
at Horseheads.

Gladys Ames '22 will teach at Leroy. New York.
The 1925 news column should include the information that Ethel
Hunter is now out in Los Angeles; that Mildred Riese will be supervisor of
music in Whitehall, New York, next year; and that Lorraine Brett, accord-
ing to present plans, will remain at home.
Lorraine is by no means the exception. Lillian Battenfeld. '18. is to
continue her teaching in the high school of her home town of Amsterdam,
'where, as she gently pointed out in reply to a far-from-gentle lecture on
epistolary sins, she is kept fairly busy by supervising her home, teaching
strange subjects, coaching basketball and managing a Girl Scout group.

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I fancy Peg Kreisel '21 will stay at home in Amsterdam, too, for she
starts teaching this fall in Schenectady, not many miles away.

The commuters in the New York City section will include Marjorie
Townsend, who has a position in School 131, New York, and Thelma Rob-
ertson, who is to be music supervisor in Ridgefield, New Jersey—I believe
that is the name of the town.

Kay Jenkins '24 is to teach at home in Ridgewood again next year.
Indeed, it is going to be impossible, I foresee, to get Kay to teach any-
where else, lor that hope chest, she declare;, is becoming too heavy to be
moved until it is shipped back to Chicago. Go away without it, you offer
as a suggestion? But then you haven't lived with Kay and that chest.

I t is not generally known that Alice Coulter ex-'2S is almost as able a
cook as a business woman. One day last June when New York University
having closed its winter session and not yet opened the summer, Alice had
no more to do than an ordinary person (simply her work at the bank), she
found time to run out to Ridgewood to prepare a meal for us, and dis-
played surprising culinary skill in so doing. We feel that this valuable
information about Alice should be published for the benefit of all Chi's
busy housewives of the vicinity, for, now that her University work is near-
ing completion, she will, doubtless, have hours to spare where before she
had seconds.

Helen Gregory '19 and Esther Baker '22 gave last June a subscription
bridge at Helen's home, for the benefit of Chi's house fund. I t seems
good to have Helen in Brooklyn again instead of in California.

Helen Schrack, M.D., writes she works daily from nine to nine doctor-
ing those Camden people. I t is a relief to hear that she is to have a little
vacation after all, in the form of a camping trip in the Catskills.

"My soul! am I never to get through studying?" wailed Bertha
Muckey in her last letter. The cause of her grief was her parents' removal
to Idaho just after she had passed the New York bar examinations, and her
consequent immersion into a whole sea of new laws for the different state.
Of course, we feel that i f we could sail through law college with an aver-
age away up in the nineties, as Bert did, we should really enjoy taking
any examination that came along.

LOST—Like that disobedient mother ( I trust familiar to all you who
read rhymes to your children), for whom "King John put up the notice,"
one of our own alumnae is "lost or stolen or strayed." Gertrude Hall '19,
reported to be teaching in New York City and actually known to be living
in a certain apartment house, was lost so completely that letters addressed
to her there were returned to the sender instead of being forwarded. Per-
chance, 'twas just the heart that was lost, though—you will find Gertrude's
name again in these notes.

FOUND—Four times within the last year Florence Gilger O'Leary has
been found. First, we heard she was in Syracuse; but before we got around
to writing there came the news that she was in Buffalo; then while we were
telling that to our friends, arrived a card from Florence, pleasantly settled
m Iouisville, Kentucky. But she is not there any more; she is back in
Buffalo—or was, at the last hearing. Flo always did have a tendency to
enjoy surprising us, you remember.

ENGAGEMENTS

Dear me ! I find they were all married this summer!

MARRIAGES

1 had just finished writing a note of the engagement of Reva Snyder
19 concluding with a slightly pert remark about her failure to send the
information I asked for, when, lo! the special delivery boy brought the
reply to my letter, delayed by my mistake in name and address. For my

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correspondent is no longer Reva Snyder of Wayland; since June 29 she
has been Mrs. Clifford Mather Vanderbilt of East Orange, New Jersey.
After the wedding the bride and groom spent a month in the Finger Lake
region and then went f o r the rest of the season to the Vanderbilt summer
home in Denville, New Jersey. They will be in East Orange this winter.
Last Christmas Ina Miller '19 married Thomas Higbee, the physical
director in the South Orange High School, where she has been teaching
for several years. They are living, Reva writes (Ina's pen has been lost)
a t 6 Jefferson Avenue, Maplewood, New Jersey.
Esther Koon '21 was married June 27 to George Cornell, physical
director at one of the New York City Y. M . C A.'s. A f t e r a two months'
honeymoon at Lake Placid the Cornells will be at home in Brooklyn.
A l l Chis become New York alumnae sooner or later.
Gertrude Marks '21, I judge, is donning her wedding dress even as
this is being typed, for August 8 is the evening set for her marriage to
Alfred Forssell of New York University. *
Gertrude Hall '19 was married this summer, somebody told me—and
neglected to tell me any more. I t will be harder than ever to get a letter to
her I suppose, now that we know neither name nor address.

' T h e wedding of Greta Coe '21 (the '19's and the '21's have been a bit
careless about their hearts this year, one might judge from this page)
occurred some time in June. Alas! in this case, also, my informant failed
to give the man's name.

Marion Mount's married name, I note, is in neither the new directory
nor last year's alumnae notes. I wish I could repair the omission, but
though I remember distinctly that he plays excellent bridge and is a minis-
ter's son, I cannot for my life recall her husband's name. Oh, that more
of us were friends of the famous M r . Addison Sims of Seattle.
Nine of our alumnae, in addition to the seven just listed, have changed
surnames since the arranging of the new directory. Have you made all
the corrections in your copy from the information Peg Kreisel gave last
year? I shall be glad to Sell the corrected list to anyone who missed a
notice or two, and since Peg's news, unlike mine, was exact and detailed,
you will find it well worth my price: one good letter about yourself and
the Chis of your class and vicinity.

BIRTHS

Master Richard Campbell Williams, weight seven pounds, took up his
residence in Favetteville some time in June. We trust that he won't take
so much of Sadie's time that she will refuse to manage for us another
house-party as delightful as the one of 1924.

Ethel Williams Hoskins "20 is also entitled to one of the silver cups
which Chi gives its babies. Is this a girl?

The last two '18 babies, still rather wee things we believe, have a«
surnames Talmadge and Dexter. I f Clara and Ethel will tell us the rest
of the appellation it shall surely be written next time

FRANCES CARTER.

UPSILON
Adelaide Brown '24 is in New York City for the winter. Her address
is Tatham House, 31st St. and Lexington Aye.
Dorothy Redmon *23 has a studio at 43 West 9th St., New York City.

NU KAPPA

(Where are your notes, Nu Kappa?)

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BETA PHI

Shirley Armstrong, who received her M . D . at Indiana University in
June, will do interne work in the New England Hospital f o r Women and
Children at Boston this year.

Miriam McCoy has been spending the summer in a clerical position
at Culver Military Academy, Culver, Ind.

Beatrice Coombs Harris and small son are spending the summer with
Biddy's mother in Crawfordsville.

Nelle Covalt enjoyed a camping party with friends in Michigan this*
summer.

Helen Duncan and her mother left Bloomington in Helen's Ford coupe
early in June and spent two months camping and traveling. They jour-
neyed by Chicago to Yellowstone, went through the Park and on to San
Francisco. They carried their own beds and visited the tourist camps,
and are prepared to give authentic information on "traveling de luxe."

Mary Louise Fitton, who is in the library at the Oshkosh Normal
School, spent the summer attending library school in New York.

Vallie Messner spent the summer doing social service work at the
Lakeside Hospital in Cleveland.

Dr. and Mrs. Russell Hippensteel (Ethel Bender) motored from Indi-
anapolis to Florida and spent a month visiting relatives this summer.

Beta Phi alums who attended convention this summer at Radisson Inn',
Christmas Lake, Minnesota, were: Mary Neal Mcllveen, Mary Gertrude
Manley, and Edith Huntington Anderson.

Edith Huntington Anderson and small Barbara Jane spent six weeks
in Bloomington preceding convention, then joined their husband and daddy
and motored on to Minneapolis. They visited relatives and friends in
Minneapolis after convetnion, returning to State College July 20.

Wilkie Hughes has been granted the Alpha Omicron P i scholarship
for next year and will spend the time studying at Columbia.

Louise Hutt Jenkinson and small Jimmy hove been spending the sum-
mer in Monticello while Bill was at Camp Knox. They will live in Indi-
anapolis this winter and Bill will attend I . U . Medical School.

Mr. and Mrs. John Arrowsmith (Lela Baker) live at 296 Willanl
Avenue, Toronto, Canada. John is assistant plant engineer at the Canadian
Kodak, the Canadian branch of the Eastman Kodak Co.

BIRTHS

To M r . and Mrs. L . T. Allis (Fay Bryan), a daughter, Mary Janet,
on May 24.
RichTaord, Monr .Jaunlyd 7M. rs. William Jenkinson (Louise H u t t ) , a son, James'

To M r . and Mrs. Fred Taylor (Evelyn McFerren), a daughter, Jerry
Jo, in March.

To M r . and Mrs. William Ballenger (Peg Schmalzried), a daughter,
Rachel Jane, on May 29.

To M r . and Mrs. J. Max Cowan (Lelah Whitted), a daughter, Mary
Etta, in May.

To M r . and Mrs. John O. Arrowsmith (Lela Baker), a daughter,
Marian Joan, on November 14.

MARRIAGES

On Easter Sunday occurred the marriage of Isabelle Weybrigth ex-'21,
and John D. Terhune, Acacia of Indiana University. For some time Isa-
belle has had a position in Cleveland, but the wedding took place at the
First Christian Church in Blopnjington. The Terhunes are living at 1110
17th Street, Parkersburg, West Virginia, where John is employed by the
National Cash Register Co.

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ETA
E~' • (Eta's notes are missing, too!)

ALPHA PHI

Among this year's graduates Elizabeth Powers is taking nurse's train-
ing at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland, Oregon. Edith Kulins
is happy in her work as Assistant Director of the State Hygenic Labor-
atory at Helena, Verna Willis has been recovering f r o m an appendicitis
• operation and hasn't decided on her work for the year, and Laura Asbury
will teach Home Economics at Hardin, Montana.

A number of the "Alums" returned to Bozeman f o r Commencement
Week and tell us of the wonderful time they enjoyed. The non-Bozeman
residents were: Myrtle Kuhns, Helen Tripp Davis, Henrietta Moebus
Bolitho, Charlotte Cooley Dickinson, Mary Egan, Marie Moebus, Chloe
Cox, Harriet Nordstrom and Peg Chrystal. One of the many parties given
at that time was a shower f o r our three prospective brides, Marie Moebus,
Harriet Nordstrom and Peg Conkling.

Charlotte Cooley Dickason and her adorable twins spent the summer
visiting in Bozeman and Butte.

Helen Rose has been with her family in Bozeman, but will return to

California to teach this fall.
Gladys Mathews visited at President and Mrs. Atkinson's home in

Bozeman for a part of her vacation.
Etta Norcutt and her husband stopped in Bozeman en route on their

trip from Panama to New York.

Leila Linfield Nye and Azalea Linfield Sager visited in Bozeman dur-

ing the month of August.

Mary Egan exhibited her usual energetic tendencies and was critic

teacher at Dillon Normal College.
Marie Moebus surprised us by taking a short business course. How-

ever, she assures tis she is still loyal to her Home Economics profession.
Lucille Staebler spent another enviable summer in New York. She

studied Commercial Advertising at the Parson's Fine and Applied A r t
School. "Lou" plans to return to North Carolina this fall.

Mildred Forrest attended summer school at Oregon Agricultural Col-
lege, Corvallis, Oregon.

Genevieve Hall, with her sister, attended the University of "California

at Berkeley, California.
A f t e r a six months* visit in Montana, Helen Tripp Davis will return
with her husband and baby to Vancouver, the first of September.
Dorothy Noble Scott and her husband spent a month on the coast and
visited Barbara Scott while in Seattle. ,

Helen Chase Walter and husband motored to Yakima, Washington,

and visited with his parents.
Helen Waite enjoyed a splendid trip to California and a visit with her

sister there.
Chloe Cox and Mary Baldwin were dietitians at the Deaconess Hospi-

tal in Spokane, and also spent a part of their vacation in Seattle. Chloe
has accepted a position in the high school at Kalispell, Montana, f o r the
coming year.

Peg Conkling has been preparing f o r her wedding, which is to be an

early fall event.

MARY L. BALDWIN.

ENGAGEMENTS

Harriet L . Nordstrom '24:.to Robert L . Kimmons, S.A.E., University

of Colorado. /•

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MARRIAGES

Azalea Linfield '19 to M r . B. Sager, April, 1925. Mr. Sager is a grad-
uate of the University of South Dakota and is in the printing business at
Billings, Montana, where they are living.

NU OMICRON

Cornelia Lamb '24 is employed at the Peabody Demonstration School
and will be in the city this year.

Nell Fain '23, who received her M.A. degree at Vanderbilt University
this past year, will do work in journalism on the staff of The Tennessean
this year.

Annie Sharpe Garrett Brown '21, who lives in Jonesboro, Ark., was a
guest of Florence Tyler's this summer.

Sarah Hopkins '23 and Clara Rust, Randolph Macon '21, are both
touring abroad this summer. They are not together but both write back
glowing reports of their experiences and thrills.

Ruth and Nell Fain brought back so much pep and enthusiasm f r o m
convention that we hear of little else. We only wish that more could
have gone f r o m our chapter.

H E L E N H . MORFORD.

ENGAGEMENTS

The engagement of Irene Wade '25 to M r . Robert White, both of
Fulton, Ky., has been announced. The wedding will take place some time
during August. Irene was the active chapter president for the past year
and was very prominent in all school activities. The wedding will be of
sincere interest to a wide circle of friends, both in Fulton and Nashville.
They will live in Fulton where M r . White is connected in business.

(And yours, Psi?) PSI
(PMs too!) PHI

OMEGA

Omega alumnae who returned for commencement and the Miami Val-
ley alumnae chapter met with Mildred Rothhaar Dennison at her charming
O x f o r d home on June 13, Alumni Day at Miami. I do not know what
alums were there in person, but Martha Hitchner, Lucille Dvorak, Helen
Haller, Mary Young and Frances McNutt responded to their invitations
by letters—and such letters! Chuck full of news!

Martha Jane is in Philadelphia where she is in the employ of the
state in distributing and overseeing the Mothers' Assistance Fund—"the
most interesting work I have ever done," to quote her. I wish that you all
could read her sixteen pages which tell most "Martha-Janeishly" of her
work and play.

Lucille Dvorak is with an advertising company in Cleveland ancl this
fall, i f you look carefully, you'll find her ads in the leading magazines
wherever the New Perfection O i l Stove is displayed.

Helen Haller, in her letter, sent a plea for the sadly depleted wedding
present fund. We planned that fund long ago, didn't we; so that each
bride might have an Alpha O remembrance, and Omegas insist upon
getting married with amazing rapidity. One dollar will put you on the
right side of Helen's ledger f o r four years. After the financial business

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was over a "confirmed booster" sang California's praises, as usual. Her
vacation this year was to be spent with her sister in Montana, and later
word says that she carried out that plan.

Mary Young's letter was written in the midst of finals at the Univer-
sity of Chicago where she has been pursuing a Master's degree this last
year. She sees Mary Hartman (Mary has another name, acquired by the
Lohengrin route and I ' m sorry not to know i t ) , once in while and Roma
Lindsey Saunders once in a longer while, f o r "Rome" lives on the north
side—almost another planet i f one is a dweller on the south side in Chicago,
it seems.

Frances McNutt sent a description of her wedding-to-be, and it
sounded to me just as the plans f o r a garden wedding should sound! " M y
new address will be 604 Main Street, M i l ford, Ohio, and my name will be
Mrs. J. E. Jackson," she added.

Ruth Cox Segar and her husband "flivvered" to New York City and
visited Marjory Manton on their way to a boys' camp in Canada. Marjory
and Tom Manton, Miami alums both, came from New York f o r com-
mencement and visited the Dennisons.

Margaret Westfall is to be in Warren, Ohio, this year as Girls' Work
Secretary of the Y. W . C. A .

Katherine Rice expects to teach in Cleveland, where there are already
a number of Omegas.

Cleon Johnson will study at the University of Chicago—an M . A . in
psychology being the star to which she is hitching her wagon.

Clarissa Scott plans to study at the Prince School in Boston this win-

ter.
Grace Willis Smith is again in Indianapolis where she will teach while

"Smitty" does some special hospital work in Pediatrics in Louisville, Ken-
tucky.

Rumor says that Jane Sickels and Etta Fox are soon to change their
nanus, and that Elizabeth Andrews and Betty Murray are already called
"Mrs." Please, oh please, you who are brides and you who are to be, i f
you would like to see your fine new names in print send me the news and
I ' l l try to pass it on correctly—"me" being Helen Josephine Scott, of
address indefinite, but always reached at Shandon, Ohio.

Irene W i l t of the active chapter was camp dietitian f o r the summer
home of the Ft. Wayne, Indiana, Y. W . C. A . on Winona Lake. During
August Clarissa Scott was director of the camp, and Martha Jacques went
up to see the combination at work.

MARRIAGES

Helen Ballinger '23 to Joseph Raymond Gump, Ex, at Denver, Col-
orado on June 9, 1925.

Frances McNutt ex'23 to J. E. Jackson on June 13, at Williamsburg,

Ohio.

BIRTHS

May 1—A son to M r . and Mrs. Russell Stephens ("Sid" Lehrer '19),
of Abilene, Texas.

June 19—A son, H a r r y Van der Veer Hilker I I , to M r . and Mrs.
H . V. Hilker (Leafy Jane Corrington T4).

I am sorry not to include the given name of our Liddy's son, but the
cunning announcement is in Ohio and the writer of these notes is cooling
off in Colorado where the columbines grow.

OMICRON PI
Betty Gratton Youngjohn has been attending summer school in Ann
Arbor. I know she hasn't been very lonesome, because letters bring news
of bridge parties and afternoon teas.

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Katherine Swayze Monroe (married June 17) has been living in Ann
Arbor this summer; also, as "Chuck" wanted to set some extra credits.
They are going to Schenectady, N . Y., in the fall to make their home.
Katherine had a very quiet wedding and I guess Bca Hoek was the only
one of "us" there, but just the same we thought of you, Kate.

Charlotte Ewing Waggoner '24 has just returned f r o m the snows
where she and Paul spent the month of July.

Frances Barrett lias left f o r a trip to Quebec. Her plans for the fall
are not definite.

Irene Lutz is going to leave her shop in the Arcade and try her luck
at Hudson's in Detroit. The girls will miss her in the shop. We used to
run in between classes for a little chat and it was the A O I I meeting place
on the campus.

Margaret Hanselman has secured a position in the chemistry library.
That means that Margaret will be at home and only a few blocks away from
the active chapter. Lucky Margaret!

Before I write of all the weddings, I must tell you about "Lorry's."
I t happened June 24th in her garden at Niagara Falls. "Lorry's" sister
was maid of honor, and the bridesmaids were Isabel Waterworth, Char-
lotta Ewing Waggoner, Sue Crawford, Virginia Smith and Lucille Bel-
lamy, all room mates in their senior year. The senior class of '24 was
there with the exception of Florence Fiebig. After the wedding Velma
Leigh Carter entertained at a house party at home in Cleveland. Everyone
had a wonderful time. "Lorry" and Harold are living in Saginaw, Mich.

And then as a complete surprise came the announcement of the mar-
riage of Elva Langdon to Clinton Capeling. Elva had been home for a
year and we expected her back at school in the fall. They are living in
Flint.

A letter came from Bea Hoek '23 bearing the news of her wedding,
to be late in September to Charles Finley. O f course we all knew it would
come eventually, but Bea emphatically stated that it would not be soon.
I was expecting her down for a visit but she is now almost too busy to
write.

Lillian Herman is to be maid of honor and there are to be four brides-
maids. Gladys Hinmon is to be one and I haven't heard who the other
three are.

Lillian Herman is engaged, though no formal announcement has been
made. I know she will forgive me for telling i t as nearly all the girls
in Detroit seem to be aware of the fact.

Another letter today brought news of Nan Gabler's marriage to Fred
Sparrow, which will take place September 2 in Sarnia, Ontario. Marjorie
Kerr is to be maid of honor and Arline Ewing is chosen as one of the
bridesmaids.

Virginia Smith has been at Camp Cavell all summer and will start
library work in the fall. "Ginny" didn't like teaching in Traverse City.

Velma Leigh Carter is attending summer school in the east and plans to
take a year's post-graduate course at Michigan this fall.

Florence Fiebig took a trip through Canada this summer. She likes her
teaching in Portland and has signed a contract for another year.

Helen Howard is not going to teach in Belding again. She has her
application in the Detroit library. This summer she has substituted in
office work at the General Motors building.

Bea Bunting spent part of her vacation in Binghamton, N . Y., and
planned to go back the last two weeks in August.

Ruth Morey has arrived in Venice, California, to spend the remainder
of the summer. In the fall she will go to Phoenix, Ariz., and then some
time in the spring she and Lloyd are to be married. We hated to have her
go so far away but she just couldn't help it.

TO DRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI 8.5

Betty Hayes is busy this summer with playground work. She recently
spent the week-end with Lucille Bellamy in Grand Rapids. Lucille is
eo'mn to teach in South High this fall.

Marian and Frances Murray are planning to teach in Detroit and expect
to take an apartment with Marjorie Kerr.

Pat Brown is going to Florida f o r the winter. A letter f r o m Kentucky
pros ed she was on her way.

Dorothy Wylie is resting this summer for a strenuous winter. She
plans to live with two teachers from the Detroit High School of Com-
merce.

Helen Boorman has accepted a school in Farmington. We hope to see
her often.

Louise Boer is trying to get into advertising work, but has not been
successful in getting just what she wanted.

Doris Bessinger and Janet McColl have had a marvelous time in
Europe this summer. I imagine it will be difficult f o r Doris to settle
down to the somber task of teaching.

A t a picnic the other evening some one said Emma Jacobs was engaged
to a professor at Columbia University and that was all she knew.

Lorna Ketchum, who was very ill this spring, has improved and left for
a complete rest at the lake.

MARRIAGES

Elva Langdon to Clinton Capeling, June 27 in Flint.
Nan Gabler to Fred Sparrow '24, A24», September 2 in Sarnia, Ontario.
Beatrice Hoek to Charles Finley, A T A , in Grand Rapids, Mich.

VIRGINIA V A N ZANDT.

ENGAGEMENTS

Ruth Black is always keeping her name in print, f o r she is always doing
something for Alpha O. I t is different this time, though. She is wearing
a diamond on her left hand. The lucky man is Van Endcott and we're
sure they're going to be very happy, because he is always helping Alpha O
too. She says the wedding is to be in the early winter.

MARRIAGES

It is rather late for this announcement, but perhaps you haven't heard
it. Pauline Mills was married on June 10, 1924, to Warren Hamilton Ed-
wards in the First Presbyterian Church, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Mary
Louise Fox and Helene Brasted were bridesmaids.

"Always a bridesmaid but never a bride" does not apply to Mary
Louise, f o r in October she was married to Scott Squyres, Alpha Sigma Phi.
Their home is in Oklahoma City. Mary Louise is just back f r o m a trip
on which she visited Omicron Pi chapter.

Elsie Hoover is now Mrs. Wisker.

BIRTHS

Faye Newby has a young son. Her other baby is a future Alpha O,
but we fear we'll have to give the new one to the Sigma Nu's, especially if
his daddy insists.

ZOLIA HILL.

PI DELTA
Immediately following a successful year of teaching at Blackstone Col-
lege, Va., Lillian Earnest '24 sailed aboard the Homeric to study at Oxford
during the summer. Lillian has been having a perfectly wonderful time

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in Europe, and it is understood that she spent the remainder of the summer
in touring Italy*. Did you select Venice as the most heavenly place to
spend your honeymoon, Lillian?

Lucille H i l l '25 accompanied our chapter president to convention at
Radisson Inn. She gave a most glowing account of her trip. Our alumnae
members hope to be represented at the next convention by a greater num-
ber of attendants.

Everyone was glad to see Mildred Morris '24 back for commencement
in June. She's still the same old " M i l , " even though she spent a strenuous
year teaching in an "impossible" Eastern Shore High School. But now
she writes that she is to teach English and history at Salisbury, M d . M i l -
dred says that she is "just wild for some news." So won't you girls save
her f r o m such an untimely disaster, by writing?

Betty Swenk '25 and Libby Flenner '25 returned to their alma mater
to attend summer school.

Frances Lemen '24 has spent the summer flitting around from place
to place. This year she is to teach domestic art at the Hamstead H i l l
Junior High School in Baltimore. I n addition she is going to start her
master's work at Hopkins. We wish Frances the best of luck in her most
promising career.

Ruth Alderman '24 wrote in the n A Round Robin Letter that she is
leaving her position as dietitian at the New Haven Veterans' Hospital,
Conn., for an even more desirable place in Rochester, N . Y . Ruth, who
started the letter on its route, wrote in a most interesting and instructive
manner.

The Round Robin letter mentioned above has been adopted by our
chapter as a means of correspondence during the summer months. I t has
been such a pleasure to keep in touch with the others in this manner, that
I see no reason why we alumnae girls shouldn't continue the practice this
winter. Am anxious to know what others think of this plan.

GRACE COE '25.

ALPHA OMICRON PI CALENDAR
1925-1926

(The postmark on late letters is the evidence which determines a
fine. Do not wait until 9:00 P. M . the last day to mail your report—
they might not stamp it until next morning.)

Oct 3—Chapter Secretary mail monthly report to Registrar, Miss E l i -
zabeth H . Wyman, 456 Broad St., Bloomfield, N . J. This re-
port must be sent irrespective of the opening date of college. $3.00
fine for late or incomplete or no report. Alumnae Chapter Presi-
dent send report to her District Alumnae Superintendent.

Oct. 8—Active and Alumnae Chapter Editors mail material for the
November T o Dragma to the Editor. $5.00 fine for missing or
late letters.

Oct. 10—Chapter Treasurers mail monthly report to the Registrar.
This report must be sent irrespective of the opening date of col-
lege. $3.00 fine for incomplete, late, or missing report.

Oct. 27—Alumnae Adviser send report to District Superintendent.

Oct. 31—Chapter Panhellenic Delegate mail report to National Pan-
hellenic Delegate. $2.50 fine f o r late or missing reports. Chapter
Study Plan Officer send report to Miss Octavia Chapin, Examin-
ing Officer (since Examining Committee can not be announced
this issue).

Nov. 3—Chapter Secretary send report to Registrar. $3.00 fine.

Nov. 10—Chapter Treasurer mail report to Registrar. $3.00 fine.

Nov. 12—All active and alumnae chapters plan for Founder's Day
celebration.

Nov. 15—Treasurers of active and alumnae chapters and associations
send Grand Council Dues to Grand Treasurer. Fines for all late
dues.

Dec. 3—Chapter Secretary send report to Registrar. $3.00 fine. Pan-
hellenic delegate send report to National Panhellenic Delegate,
$2.50 fine. Study Plan Officer send report to Examining Officer.
Alumnae Chapter President send report to District Alumnae
Superintendent.

Dec. 8—Founder's Day Observance throughout the fraternity.
Dec. 10—Chapter Treasurer send report to Registrar. $3.00 fine.

Dec. 15—District Alumnae Superintendent send reports to Grand Vice
President.

Dec. 27—Alumnae Adviser send report to Alumnae Superintendent.
(Remainder of Calendar will be published in November issue.)

DIRECTORY OF OFFICERS
1925-1926

FOUNDERS OF ALPHA OMICRON PI

Jessie Wallace Hughan, Alpha '98, 132 West 12th St., New York, N. Y.
Helen St. Clair Mullan (Mrs. George V . ) , Alpha '98, 118 W. 183 St,

New York, N. Y.
Stella George Stern Perry (Mrs. George H . ) , Alpha '98, 12 St. Luke's

Place, New York, N. Y.
Elizabeth Heywood Wyman, Alpha '98, 456 Broad St., Bloomfield, N. J4

OFFICERS

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Grand President, Katrina Overall McDonald (Mrs. C. C ) , Box 188, Bay
St. Louis, Mississippi.

Grand Secretary, Joanna Donlon Huntington (Mrs. James C ) , 1919
Lawrence Ave., Detroit, Mich.

Grand Treasurer, Rose Gardner Marx (Mrs. Ralph), 1028 Oxford St.,
Berkeley, California.

Grand Vice President, Josephine S. Pratt, 156 West 170 St., New York,
N. Y.

Grand Historian, Stella George Stern Perry (Mrs. George H . ) , 12 St.
Luke's Place, New York, N. Y .

Registrar, Elizabeth Heywood Wyman, 456 Broad St., Bloomfield, N. J .

Extension Officer, Margaret Vaughn Branscombe (Mrs. Harvey), Haynie
St., University Park, Dallas, Texas.

Examining Officer, Octavia Chapin, 102 Summer St., Mcdford, Mass.
National Panhellenic Officer, Rochelle Rodd Gachet, 17 E . 62nd St.,

New York, N. Y .
EditoMrinonf esToota.DRAGMA, Elizabeth Bond, 3137 Holmes Ave. S., Minneapolis,
Business Manager of To DRAGMA, Kathryn Bremer, 855 West 7th St., St.

Paul, Minnesota.

DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS

Atlantic District (N, A, T. E , X , nA).

Amalia Shoemaker, 103 Forrest Ave., Ogontz, Pa.

Southern District (n, O, K, NO, T A ) .

Lillian Chapman Marshall (Mrs. Carl), Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.

Ohio Valley District (6, I, B3». Q). :

Geraldine Kindig, Monticello, Indiana.

Great Lakes District (P, T , H , On).

Mejita I L Skillen, 5902 Magnolia Ave., Chicago, Illinois.

Mid-Western District (Z, #, NK, A * . S ) .

Mary Rose Barrons, 5700 Central St., Kansas City, Mo.

Pacific District (2, A, .T, A S , K G ) . .. . - .

Daisy Shaw (Mrs. Norman), 2929 Qaremont Ave., Berkeley, Calif.

ALUMNAE SUPERINTENDENTS

Atlantic District (New York, Boston, Providence, Bangor, Washington,
Philadelphia, Syracuse.)
Edith Huntington Anderson (Mrs. A. K . ) , Heatherbloom Apts., State
College, Pa.

Southern District (New Orleans, Knoxville, Lynchburg, Nashville, Mem-
phis, Birmingham.)
Nell Fain, 315 22nd Ave. N., Nashville, Tenn.

Ohio Valley District (Indianapolis, Cleveland, Champaign-Urbana, Miami
Valley.)
Mary Neal Mcllveen (Mrs. A. V . ) , 221 East 7th St., Bloomington,
Indiana.

Great Lakes District (Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago
South Shore.)
Margaret Boothroyd, 4744 Garfield Ave. S., Minneapolis, Minn.

Mid-Western District (Lincoln, Dallas, Kansas City, Omaha, Oklahoma

City.)
Catharine E . Rasbury, 5005 Gaston Ave., Dallas, Texas.

Pacific District (San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle, Tacoma
Ass'n., Bozeman Ass'n.)
Muriel McKinney (Mrs. V . C ) , 902 Insurance Exchange Bldg., Los
Angeles, Calif.

ALUMNAE CHAPTER PRESIDENTS

New York—Ruth McDonald (Mrs. J . G . ) , 434 West 120 St., N. Y . C .
San Francisco—Margaret S. Eddy (Mrs. A. J . ) , 902 San Benito Road,

Berkeley, Calif.
Providence—Muriel Wyman (Mrs. P. H . ) , 225 Norwood Ave., Providence,

Rhode Island.
Boston—Alice J . Spear, 32 Pierce St., Hyde Park, Mass.
Los Angeles—Martha Benkert (Mrs. R . , ) , 4002 Walton Ave., Los Angeles,

Calif.
Lincoln—Helen Hoppe, (Mrs. A . ) , 539 S. 27th St., Lincoln, Neb.
Chicago—Marion Abele, 1340 Glenlake Ave., Chicago, 111.
Indianapolis—Cleo Wood (Mrs. F . S.), 2946 Washington Blvd., Indian-

apolis, Ind.
New Orleans—Margaret Lyons. 1210 Broadway, New Orleans, La.
Minneapolis—Myrtle Abrahamson, 3212 Dupont Ave. S., Minneapolis, Minn.
Bangor—Helen West (Mrs. W. F . ) , 4 N. Park St., Bangor, Me.
Portland—Ruby N. Cornish (Mrs. R. G.), 1403 Wisteria Ave., Portland,

Oregon.

Seattle—Edith G. Korres (Mrs. E . R . ) , R. F . D. 6, Lake Forest Park,
Seattle, Wash.

Knoxville—Vivian Logue Seymour (Mrs. A. F . ) , Rose St., Knoxville, Tenn.
Lynchburg—Virginia Blackwell (Mrs. H . G . ) , 219 Norfolk Ave., Lynch-

burg, Va.
Washington—Marjorie McCarty, 123 R St. N.E., Washington, D. C.
Philadelphia—Stella Wells (Mrs. R. H . ) , 611 Davton Ave., Bryn Mawr,

Pa.
Dallas—Josephine Beatty (Mrs. J . O.), S. M. U., Dallas, Tex.

Kansas City—Mary Rose Pecha, 4328 Walnut St., Kansas City, Mo.
Omaha—Helen Hayes, 312 South 37th St., Omaha, Neb.
Tacoma—•

Syracuse—Emily Tarbell, Lock Box 518, Syracuse, N. Y .
Detroit—Dorothy Wylie, 9106 Ave., Detroit, Mich.
NashTveinllne.—Helen H . Morford (Mrs. T . ) , 2401 Belmont Blvd., Nashville
Cleveland—Martha Whitworth, Gates Mills, Ohio.
Champaign- Urbana—

MemTpehnins—. Ruby Tumbull (Mrs. S. H . ) , 1574 Vinton Ave., Memphis,

MiamOihiVo.alley—Esther Schmalz (Mrs. C. N.), 8 Parkview Apts., Dayton.

BozeMmoannt—. Marlyn Hauseman (Mrs. D. M.)» 320 S. 5th Ave., Bozeman,

MilwWauisk.ee—Frieda Dorner (Mrs. F . ) , 548 Milwaukee St., Milwaukee,
Birmingham—Ellen Wood, 1023 Sycamore St., Birmingham, Ala.
Northern Illinois—Vera Riebe), Midwaj- Plaisance Hotel, 60th and Stoney

Island., Chicago, 111.

Oklahoma City—Pauline Edwards (Mrs. W. H . ) , 81 West 22nd St., Okla-
homa City, Okla.

ACTIVE CHAPTER SECRETARIES x

Pi—LDao.rothy Folse, H . Sophie Newcomb Memorial College, New Orleans,
Nu—Anna Hughes,
Omicron—Elizabeth Walker, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn.
Kappa—Anzie Meredith, R. M. W. C , Lynchburg, Va.
Zeta—Mildred Sweet, 2101 Washington St., Lincoln, Neb.
Sigma—Jean Hawkins, 2721 Haste St., Berkeley, Calif.
Theta—Alice Reeves, A. O. n. House, Greencastle, Ind.
Delta—Margaret Pettigrew, Start House, Tufts College, Mass.
Gamma—Clara Peabody, Mt. Vernon House, Orono, Me.
Epsilon—Marion Whitwell, The Knoll, Ithaca, N. Y .
Rho—Margaret Brown, 2010 Sherman Ave., Evanston, 111.
Lambda—Helen Gladding, A. O. I I . House, Palo Alto, Calif.
Iota—Helen Sweet, 712 West Oregon St., Urbana, 111.
Tau—Catherine Pratt, 914 4th St. S.E., Minneapolis, Minn.
Chi—Mariba Morse, 603 University Ave., Syracuse, N. Y .
Upsilon—Dorothy He«seldenz, 1906 E . 45th St., Seattle, Wash.
Nu Kappa—Mary M. Haughton, Box 243, S. M. U., Dallas, Tex.
Beta Phi—Mary Ellen Jenkins, A. O. n. House, Bloomington, Ind.
Eta—Hester Butterfield, 626 N. Henry St., Madison, Wis.
Alpha Phi—Joy Noble, A. O. n. House. Bozeman, Mont.
Nu Omicron—Robbie Allison, 1815 Broad St., Nashville, Tenn.
Psi—Dorothy Bartlett, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
Phi—Gladys Filson, 1144 Louisiana Ave., Lawrence, Kan.

—Ruth Riegel, Bishop Hall, Oxford, Ohio.
Omicron Pi—Clarissa Felio, 1052 Baldwin Ave., Ann Arbor, Mich.
yUpha Sigma—Georgie Davidson, 935 Patterson St., Eugene, Ore.
}£i—Leona Ferris, 733 Asp St., Norman, Okla.
pi Delta—Margaret Haeseker, University of Maryland, College Park, Md.
Tau Delta—Janie Hill, 1825 14th Ave. No., Birmingham, Ala.
ICappa Theta—Annice Daggett, 708 N. Kenmore Ave., Los Angeles, Calif.

ACTIVE CHAPTER EDITORS

Pi—Elizabeth Land, 2929 Octavia St., New Orleans, La.
Nu—Ruth Lawler, 29 West 97 St., New York, N. Y .
Omicron—Helen Hobson, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn.
Kappa—Phoebe Paxton, R. M. W. C , Lynchburg, V a .
Zeta—Ruth Palmer 516 N. 15th St., Lincoln, Neb.
Sigma—Marjorie Mills, 2721 Haste St., Berkeley, Calif.
Theta—Musette Williams, Poplar St., Greencastle, Ind.
Delta—Ruth Field, Capen House, Tufts College, Mass.
Gamma—Frances Fuller, Ballentine House, Orono, Me.
Epsilon—Dale Davis, A. O. n. House, Ithaca, N. Y .
Rho—Dorothy Spiers, 1322 Lunt Ave., Chicago, 111.
Lambda—Helen Chapman, A. O. n. House, Leland Stanford, Palo Alto,

Calif.
Iota—Wilma Law, 712 West Oregon, Urbana, 111.
Tau—Juanita Medberry, 914 4th St. S.E., Minneapolis, Minn.
Chi—Marion Moody, 603 University Ave., Syracuse, N. Y .
Upsilon—Margaret Bare, 3728 N. 28th St., Tacoma, Wash.
Nu Kappa—Numa Ablowitch, Box 243, Southern Methodist University,

Dallas, Texas.
Beta Phi—Vivian Ellis, A. O. n. House, Bloomington, Ind.
Eta—Jean Jewell, 626 N. Henry St., Madison, Wis.
Alpha Phi—Mary Alice Powers, A. O. n. House, Bozeman, Mont.
Nu Omicron—Caroline Williams, 2115 Highland Ave., Nashville, Tenn.

Psi—Maude Frame,
Phi—Gertrude Searcy, 1144 Louisana Ave., Lawrence, Kan.
Omega—Edith Dietz, Bishop Hall, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.
Omicron Pi—Marjorie Weber, 1052 Baldwin Ave.. Ann Arbor, Mich.
Alpha Sigma—Dorothy Phillips, 935 Patterson St., Eugene, Ore.
Xi—Genevieve Bacon, 733 Asp St.. Norman, Okla.
Pi Delta—Grace Laleger, College Park, Md.
Tau Delta-
Kappa Theta—

ALUMNAE CHAPTER EDITORS

New York-Marjory K . Manton (Mrs. T. C ) , 215 West 259, New York,
N. Y.

San Francisco—Harriet F . Backus (Mrs. Geo.), 355 Adams St., Oakland,
Calif.


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