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very highest k i n d . H o w c a r e f u l l y then she should be chosen! EC
So i t is after a l l character that makes the home.
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M A T E L . GIDDINGS, I , '17.
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II. T H E CHAPTER HOME
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A chapter house or a chapter home, which is ours? N o one can
answer that question quite so w e l l as the members of the chapter. a—v. DH •I 4
I t does not take long f o r girls to f i n d out whether they have home m
privileges or those of a boarding-house. I f the question is answered X mM li , 3.
in the negative, i t w o u l d be w e l l f o r that chapter to find out w h y
it lives i n a house and not i n a home. T. •
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T o most of us there is only one real home, the place where mother an
and father, brother and sister are. There is home. Can we not find IT77\
a solution to our problem there? Consider the real home and the N
chapter house. W e find that the essence of any home is love. " " ^ j ^ ^ in
of us expect a love like a mother's i n a chapter home, but one like •J.
that of a sister is possible. T h e first rule to f o l l o w i n the transforma- —. • m§Jm
tion is to f i l l our house with those whom we can love. Choose, then, -
f o r f r a t e r n i t y sisters only those girls who are sure to be congenial. -'

There are more practical things than love that help to make our *
houses homes. D i d you ever sleep i n the same room w i t h a g i r l
without feeling more friendly toward her? Dormitories are splen- •
d i d places f o r intimacy to get a good vigorous start so that i t w i l l -.
ripen into something deeper. Fifteen or twenty girls sleeping in one
room interchange secrets, talk over troubles, and become like sisters,
indeed. Choose a house w i t h a possible dormitory i n i t , is another
recipe. I f fortunate enough, build one.

O f course, a complete home has other things. There are many
l i t t l e necessities. A piano, a victrola, a fireplace, and a library are
valuable additions. A n electric flatiron and a sewing machine are
quite useful f o r modern girls who look after themselves. A barrel
of apples might make the house more of a home, especially f o r the
country girls. As l i t t l e drops of water have their use, so l i t t l e
things are important i n home-building. Our girls have a custom
of giving Christmas and birthday gifts to the house. I n that way
many home things are acquired.

A house or a home? W h y not a l l ask that question and make the
answer affirmative?

CLARA M . B E L L . X . '18.

III. T H E CHAPTER HOME

Is there any word that should mean more to a person than
"Home"? What a comfortable feeling we should have when we hear
the word.