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room. The whole house was open to the guests. An Hawaiian strenuous, two weeks' spike. Just in the whirl of school work,
orchestra furnished the music for the afternoon. though, our President declared a half holiday and we set to work
to make it a real holiday for sure. We went on a short hike and
I n the evening we received again, this time mostly mothers and took our suppers out in the woods where we cooked over a big fire
fathers and members of the faculty. About ten o'clock the music which we built on the rocks at the foot of a hill. I t was almost
started and forty couples danced away the night into the early dark when the last joyous note of our Alpha O song died away,
hours, only stopping for a delightful supper. The whole affair was and we started on our homeward jaunt.
pronounced a veritable success.
The twenty-eighth of October, we entertained for our chaperon,
Just last week a most promising step was taken by Sigma. About Miss Towsley, about two hundred town and faculty women at an
twelve of the mothers who live near the university met at the chapter informal afternoon reception. Halloween suggestions were carried
house, and they have now formed a club in order to become better out in the decorating scheme, and in the dining-room.
acquainted with one another and with the girls. We think it a
splendid idea, and hope to encourage it as much as possible. Once into the merry whirl of college life again, there was no
stopping place. The Woman's Self-government Association gave a
They have already helped us by contributing candy and cake Halloween fancy-dress ball and of all the good times imaginable,
which were sold last Saturday at our annual bazaar. The Fair we surely had it then. A l l sorts of characters were there—from
resulted in a very successful afternoon as many people took advan- well-known historical high-brows to Charlie Chaplins. Plenty of
age of the pretty articles, made by alumnae and active members. cider and pumpkin pie were served, after which we danced until
The scheme of the affair was entirely oriental. Miss Alvord, Dean of Women, found it necessary to chase us all
homeward.
The last gathering of all girls for this year was at the celebra-
tion of Founders' Day. We were fortunate enough to again have From the very beginning of the fall term we began to look and
Mrs. Perry with us to relate the much-loved story of the first watch for some announcement concerning Old Gold Day, De Pauw's
Alpha O's. home-coming, and at last the longed-for day came. Saturday,
November 4th—a time when the real Old Gold Spirit knew no
Sigma sincerely hopes that the New Year will be filled with happi- bounds. First, there was the customary chapel in Meharry Hall,
ness for each of her sisters in Alpha Omicron Pi. which was crowded with friends and eager, excited students. Class
spirit voiced itself in song and yell and the "Praises of Old De Pauw"
H E L E N SCHIECK, Chapter Editor. seemed to fairly raise the roof. Afterward, there were various class
contests, the color-raising and distribution of freshman caps, the De
THETA, DE PAUW UNIVERSITY Pauw-Butler football game, and finally the big bonfire on the
tennis courts. I n the evening we attended the Old Gold Day Vaude-
Francis Kelly, '17 Jessie Jones, '18 ville, which was staged by various campus organizations. The whole
Bernice Wilhelm, '19 day was a decided success—in fact it was such a success that we
Georgia Gilkey, '17 Maurine Y o r k , '19 were given a holiday the following Monday.
E d n a McClure, '17 R u t h Little, '19
Wilhelmina Hedde, '19 I n the meantime a letter had come from Mrs. Hennings, our dis-
Allison M a c L a c h l a n , '17 Jesse Bicknell, '19 trict superintendent, saying she would visit us from Monday until
Helen Lange, '19 Wednesday. We received the message with greatest joy because we
A n n White, '18 Agnes L a k i n , '19 had met Mrs. Hennings at the installation of Beta Phi Chapter, and
Mary Bicknell, '19 we knew what a visit from such an enthusiastic, loving worker
Ethel Pike, '18 would mean to our chapter. The Tuesday evening she was with
Lucile Kelly, '20 us we gave a little dinner party and had all our pledges and town
Margaret Douthitt, '18 Mabel West, '20 girls in for dinner. After dinner Mrs. Hennings talked with us
Margurite Bennett, '18 Bertha Ruby, '20 for quite a while, telling the pledges what Alpha O had meant
Mabelle Hedde, '20 to ber and inspiring them with the greater spirit of our loved frater-
Esther Morris, '18 Helen Hagenbush, '20

Merle H u f f m a n , '18

PLEDGES

Bernice McCorkle, '19

Margaret Babcock, '20
Reggie O'Brien, '20

L o i s R i c k e y , '20

Hazel McComas, '20

Margurite X o r r i s , '20

Theta girls have experienced an unusually busy term, and it was
with great difficulty that we settled down to real work after our