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CONVENTION BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENTS
We axe working on plans for the Convention, but at this time we CHAPTER EDITORS, PLEASE T A K E NOTICE!
are able to make only a general report on the organization and work
of the Convention Committee. The Committee consists of three Since the May Number is to be published May 10th, it is necessary
members and each of them is in turn chairman of one of the three that all chapter letters be sent by the twelfth instead of the twenty-
general committees. Our plan resembles that adopted by Sigma for fifth of March. There seems to be some misunderstanding, in spite
the last Convention to a large extent. The names and addresses of of instructions, as to whom these letters should be sent.
the Committee are: Please note especially this explanation:
Chairman, Entertainment, Katherine Roy Gordon, K, '14, 5 E. The Editors of Pi, Nu, Theta, Delta, Gamma, Epsilon, Rho, Iota,
Chi, Beta Phi, Kappa, Bangor, Boston, Providence, New York,
Franklin St., Richmond, Va. Indianapolis, and New Orleans Alumme. please send letters to Mar-
Chairman, Finance, Elizabeth Bryan, K, '15, Alexandria, La. garet June Kelley, 52 Essex St., Bangor, Maine.
Chairman, Arrangements, Lucy R. Somerville, K, '16, R-M W. C , The Editors of Omicron, Zeta, Sigma, Lambda, N u Kappa, Upsi-
lon, Tau, Alpha Phi, Eta, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Lincoln,
Lynchburg, Va. I f anyone has any suggestions or experience along Chicago, Minneapolis, and Portland, Oregon Alumnae, please send
these lines, write to one of them; they are ready and waiting f o r letters to Mary Ellen Chase, Bozeman, Montana.
ideas. Frequently we have to pay extra postage on chapter letters. Will
Editors please be careful to have the letters weighed before sending?
Decide as soon as possible to come to Convention and write the
Convention Manager. I t is necessary that we have an approximate Mrs. Lilla Dickinson announces the marriage of her daughter
idea of how many to expect. The expenses for your stay for four Helen Dickinson (the Auditor of Alpha Omicron Pi), to Mr.
days will be between $12 and $15 ; this will include baggage, banquet, William Lange on Tuesday, January 16th, at Pasadena, Cal.
and all incidentals. We will be able to tell you exactly in the May
Bulletin. Nothing is more certain than that there is a vast amount of good
will and ability for social work unutilized because of the lack of a
The program is at present undecided upon, but it will include a proper agency for applying it to service. The Bureau of Volunteer
banquet and Stunt Night. I t is upon Stunt Night that I wish to Social Service was organized in Chicago about a year ago, under the
dwell. Send in the name and an outline of your stunt to Katharine auspices of the Association of Collegiate Alumna", to act as a middle-
Godon before June 1st, in order to get a place upon the program for man between those who wish to help and those who can make use of
that night. We want every chapter to be represented and we want to helpers. We realize that we are only beginning to touch upon a large
spend an entertaining evening. Then we want to have a Song Con- field of work, and we are eager to make the coming year one of
test, i f our time permits, but whether we have a contest or not, we great helpfulness. We are offering you the opportunity to develop
want you to write a Convention Song, and bring all the rhymes and your own talents while using them to benefit others. What can you
jingles you sing when you are at home. teach—English, sewing, music? Can you entertain clubs? Can you
direct children in their play? Can you do friendly visiting, or inter-
We have made arrangements to use the college buildings for all viewing or investigative work? I f so, the Bureau wants you. Write
meetings and for sleeping, and you are to get your meals at an I n n or call up its headquarters at Room 519, 431 South Dearborn Street,
a short distance from the College. Streetcars run every twelve Chicago, and it will use its best efforts to put you in touch with a real
minutes from the Lynchburg hotels where arrangements will be made opportunity for service.
for any who prefer staying in the city, i f we are notified in time.
In the May Bulletin we will give final directions and particulars.
Anyone desiring information or planning to come will please write
the Convention Manager in good season.
LUCY R. SOMERVILLE, K, '16, Convention Manager.
We wish to announce that the article which appeared in the
November number, entitled " I f I Were Adviser to Girls" was taken
from the Adelphean of Alpha Delta Pi. Through an oversight, we
