Page 33 - 1917 February - To Dragma

134 TO DRAG MA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI

A WELCOME FROM KAPPA

Dear Sisters in Alpha O:
After your first, fleet, daguerreotyped view of Randolph-Macon,

obtained on the streetcar from around the bend, one of her most
noticeable characteristics will be the honeysuckle hedge around the
edge of the campus, lifting a sweetly welcoming fragrance into the
air of the whole place. Then there are the stately, homelike, red
brick walls to greet you, with cool, green vines spreading over them.
There is a sloping, grassy campus with lots of flowers, a grove of
pines, a driveway of fluffy maples, and ten little fraternity houses "all
in a row." There is "a white tile swimming-pool 20 feet by 40 feet
with a graduated depth of 4 to 6 feet" (a. la the R. M . catalogue)
and a dandy gymnasium floor "100 feet by 50 feet," where you may
"trip the light fantastic" in odd moments. There are prophecies of
a Students' Building, the enthusiasm of which may inspire in you the
desire to begin for it—as one of the many fund-raising schemes
resorted to during the past year—the collection of tinfoil, pennies,
buffalo nickels, and new dimes. There are the endless ridges of
"encircling mountains," drawing you nearer to a love and apprecia-
tion of the beautiful, and making you more and more intimate with
thoughts you've never felt before.

But, more than all, there is a band of Randolph-Macon girls,
alumnae and student body, whose proud and loyal love, as a whole,
cannot be surpassed by that of any college, however large, old, or
wealthy it may be. Although a small proportion of this number will
be here to greet you on your arrival in June, we are sure that the
number will be sufficient to convince you of the sincerity of this feel-
ing. I n the spirit of the girls lies the subtlest charm of Randolph-
Macon.

But we are not inviting you here to see our college. This spirit is
not confined to Randolph-Macon alone, and it is the same loyalty
and love towards our fraternity that has led us to invite the Conven-
tion to Lynchburg. I t is because all of us want to know and love all
of you that we have asked you. The "regrets" will bring us keenest
disappointment, the acceptances the pleasantest anticipations, so plan,
for your summer outing, a trip to Virginia and believe us.

Most cordially,

KAPPA CHAPTER,

Fannie W. Butterfield, Chapter President.

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A 0 II HOUSE, RANDOLPH-MACON
KAPPA CHAPTER. 1916