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movement, sprung into such prominence within the year, has done Isabelle McRae Marguerite Uhler
more than anything else could to help the freshmen forget themselves Hazel Britton Hazel Brimm
and their loneliness in work and play with the supperclass women, Laura Verd
for it has worked not only through individual care but through
group parties, and has crowned its success with a huge Christmas Now that the Christmas vacation is over and the New Year has
gathering of all the sisters, big and little. begun it seems as though the greatest and hardest part of our semester
was past and gone. Now we must all prepare for the semester finals
And that brings us to Chi's Christmas baskets, for which our so that Alpha O may have a good scholastic standing at Washington.
Christmas social service money was spent this year instead of for a
children's party as before. We thought that since practically all Upsilon has been very fortunate for, even though systematic rush-
the social work in which we have been busying ourselves, has been ing has ceased, we have won three new pledges: Hazel Britton,
among children, we could, perhaps, broaden our circle of help and do Marguerite Uhler, and Hazel Grimm. I t certainly seems good to
more good at Christmas time by the distribution of dinners to desti- think of fourteen new pledges and to look forward to the time
tute families. when they may be initiated into Alpha O and become loyal workers
for the support of her honor.
The three Chi girls that attended the Student Volunteer Conven-
tion at Cornell brought us back such splendid stories of Epsilon On December 8th, Upsilon held a Founders' Day banquet. We
that we all began at once to grieve that we, too, were not Student were so happy to have Miss Wedge of Delta and Miss Shipman of
Volunteer delegates, and to hope for the speedy coming of an oppor- Alpha with us.
tunity for meeting many more of our sisters. We wish some of you
would be passing through Syracuse soon and stop off—and some of Also, November 18th, we entertained with an informal dance. Our
our alumnas too, though they really have been wonderfully loyal color scheme was black and white, carried out in black and white
about coming back as often as possible. Wonderfully loyal, and checks. We feel that it was a great success and that everyone had
wonderfully helpful to us in every way, so that the best wish that a fine time, and so altogether with a Thanksgiving dinner, Christ-
could be given to the actives for the New Year is that they may mas parties, etc., we have had a very pleasant semester.
become as splendid big sisters to the actives that follow as the
alumna? have been to them. And such a New Year's wish we send Oh, yes, we mustn't forget the mothers of our Upsilon girls. My,
you all. but they are just the grandest mothers that you could ever imagine.
They have organized a Mothers' Club and are becoming better
FRANCES CARTER, Chapter Editor. acquainted with one another and with the girls. I n this way they are
helping to strengthen our chapter with interest, and everyone
who knows what a mother's interest will do, knows what this will do
for Upsilon.

UPSILON, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON Since 1917 has just entered the world, Upsilon wishes all her
sister chapters a New Year filled with joy. happiness, and above all
Irma McCormick, '17 Eloise Fleming, '18 success in every way.

Mildred Baker, '17 Eloine Fleming, '18

Ellen Jolliffe, '17 Nellie McColl, '18 LOUISE BENTON, Chapter Editor.

Madge Philbrook, '17 Harriet Seely, '18

Ruth Fosdick, '17 Mildred Jeans, '18 NU KAPPA, SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY

Margery Miller, '18 Eloise Ebright, '19

Esther Knudson, '18 Eugenia Garratt, '19 Margaret Vaughan, '17 Maude Rasbury, Mus. Spec.
Lucinda Smith, '17 Nelle Harris, Mus. Spec.
Helen Brewster, '18 Ruth Haslett, '19 Louise Pendleton, '18 Mary Emily Barton, '19
Louise Wadsworth, '18 Genevieve Groce, '19
Ruth Lusby, '18 Louise Benton, '19

Emma Pohll, '18 Anne Seely, '19

Hilda Hendrickson, '19 We've rushed and been rushed for the last six weeks, f o r after
we rushed our rushees, examinations rushed us. The semester has
PLEDGES literally flown, and we do not feel that we have accomplished much,
except "eight prize pledges." I t seems as though it took the three
Dorothy Hudson Jessie Jolliffe months for everything to get settled. Probably our summer vacations
Helen Nelthrope Kate Verd
Eleanoe Peyton Una Weaver
Beth McCausland Margaret Kinnear