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to go! Notify the Convention Manager as soon as possible, and then necessarily, bring our fraternity, which is already close to our hearts,
we'll have our first Alpha Omicron Pi Special! a bit closer to our hearthstones.
T H E SONG CONTEST The very word "Home" suggests to the mind the most cherished
tilings of life. Upon the campus our fraternity has substituted its
T O S T I M U L A T E interest in more and better Alpha O songs, and iome for the home of our fathers, touching the lives of the girls
to make that interest bear fruit, is the purpose of the prize within, and adding much of the spirit of unselfishness and charity—
offered by Grand Council for the best fraternity song received by to be carried into the future homes of each one.
the Chairman of the Song Committee before A p r i l 1st next. The
prize is ten dollars. I t is not limited to a special kind of song, though However remote an alumna may find herself from the center of
Miss Knight wishes to call attention to the need of songs on Conven- college activities, the influence of the lives which touched hers within
tion, 'a good Founders' Song, and Alumnag Songs. the college home, surely cannot be lost.
For suggestions and directions read Miss Knight's article in this Last summer there blossomed in my garden, two beautiful
number most carefully. Then, you musical and poetic ones, do your Jacqueminot roses, the symbol, reminding me of the sisterhood of
best, knowing that this is an opportunity to serve your fraternity for A O IT, reaching from Gulf to Bay and from Ocean to Ocean.
all time.
P A U L I N E DAVIS HOLLISTER, I , '13.
Send your songs to her before or by A p r i l 1st. Her address is
Miss Mae Knight, 333 Cedar Ave., Long Beach, Cal. T H E MAY NUMBER
LETTERS FROM O L D TIMERS f T l H E May Number will be a N E I G H B O R N U M B E R . Through
-i- its pages we shall endeavor to become better acquainted with
The following letter from Mrs. Dorr explains itself. The Editor
is always so glad of suggestions, and this is assuredly a good one. our fraternity neighbors, and with what they are doing in the lines of
W'v are already taking measures to carry it out. social service, in college activities, and in the big world. The chap-
ters which did not contribute to the undergraduate articles in this
Berwyn, 111. number will be asked to give articles on the different fraternities at
January 17, 1917- their various colleges and universities.
Dear Miss Chase:
When I read in the November issue of To D R A G M A that the next number This number will also give more detailed directions and a more
was to be a Mother's or Home Number, I decided that I would send in a complete program of arrangements for Convention than it has been
long article. I should know something of interest for in my seven years of possible to do at this time. Because the University of California and
married life I have accumulated a beautiful home, four adorable babes and Leland Stanford close so early, we are going to make a special effort
many household cares. However, when it came to writing this same article, to have the May number out by the 10th instead of on the regular
I felt that petty household duties, etc., had driven all literary talent from my date, the 25th. For this reason will all chapter editors and alumna*
pen. I have, however, one suggestion. To my surprise, I have realized that editors, and all Grand Officers have material intended for publication
my interest in sorority affairs was waning because of the many other calls in this number in the Editor's hands by A p r i l 1st.
on my strength. In making this discovery I learned what would probably
interest many To D R A G M A readers, who are drifting away—and that is letters This is the last number of the present Editor's term of office. She
from old timers. is so anxious that it shall be a good one. Won't you all please help to
Fraternally yours, make it so?
CAROLYN PIPER DORR, P, '07 '•SOCIETY'S M I S F I T S " BY M A D E L E I N E DOTY, N , '02
HOME 1^ HE Centurion in a recent issue speaks most highly of Madeleine
« Dory's book. Society's Misfits, published in late September by
P ERHAPS no other word in the English language has the power the Century Co. Much of the material of the book was read
to awaken in the mind and heart more varied emotions. There undoubtedly by many of us, as articles appeared successively last
is something prophetic to me in the issuing of the Home Number of Pnng in Good Housekeeping, one of which we published in our Mav
To DRAGMA which bodes well for the future of A O I I . I t must, number.
