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derful open lire and sewed. The next Saturday was to be the Alpha
O Fair at the Sigma house so we were all busy. Margaret Dudley-
read us letters telling about prospects for new chapters. We were
all very excited and interested—and especially enthusiastic about
those at Wisconsin and Montana. Since that meeting we have had the
petitions and have voted on them.
We are looking forward to the New Year. We will miss our
President, Emma Black, who is to go on a trip through the East, but
we hope you will meet her and receive San Francisco chapter's greet-
ings in person. We hope the New Year will be very successful for
Alpha O and all its members.
MARGARET WEEKS. San Francisco Alumna Editor.
PROVIDENCE ALUMN/E
Dear Sisters in A O I I :
Providence Alumna.' had their first meeting of the season with
the President, Helen Rose, on Saturday, December 9th. For various
reasons there were only three of the regulars present, but our
attendance was vastly increased by the presence of Grace I.awton
Hubbard, from New Haven (who had never been able to attend
a meeting before, as she was married soon after our initiation in
1908, and moved away) and of Muriel Wyman, from Gamma, who.
as I wrote you in my last letter, has lately taken up residence in
Providence.
With us four is a quorum so we were able to transact our business,
which consisted in reelecting the officers of last year, and voting
on the petitions for new chapters which we were told would need
our sanction.
We have no definite plans for the year, as it looks as i f our meet-
ings would not be so well attended as heretofore, but we are hoping
to hold meetings as often as it is possible to get some of us together.
I trust you all had as Merry a Christmas as I , and that the New
Year will be a very prosperous one for us as a fraternity and as
individuals.
Fraternally yours,
M A U D E E. C. COVELL, Secretary. lars.
BOSTON ALUMNZE
Gn Gctober 28th our first meeting of the year was held. As we had
previously planned, this meeting was held at Packard Hall on Col-
lege H i l l ; a plan which served the double purpose of keeping us
in touch with our Alma Mater, and of giving those who are so situ-
ated that they have never been able to share in the entertaining of
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the other members, a chance to do so. The afternoon was devoted
to sewing, because we have decided to spend our time when we are
together more profitably this year by working for girls who need
a little sewing done. Helen Henry of Sigma was a guest, and we
were exceedingly glad to see a large number of younger alumna-,
while the older ones kept up their usual good record.
Monica Pipe, our always popular hostess, entertained the alumna;
on December 2nd at her home. The sewing was continued and plans
for further work were made, as we can in this way make our meet-
ings really of service to others besides ourselves.
Founders' Day was celebrated by the usual joint meeting given by
the active chapter to the alumna, and although the attendance was
small, those of us who did brave the weather, were well repaid for
our courage. The meeting was held in Packard Hall, and a very
attractive place it was made by our hostesses, who had transferred part
of their furniture from the dormitories to give it a homelike atmos-
phere. The appetizing supper was made more appetizing by the
manner in which it was served, and it was fortunate for the members
of the committee that they had an ample supply, because we did
justice to the repast. Gur hostesses added still more to our pleasure
by an-entertainment, in which Margaret Rurhu gave "Puck's Dance"
from A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Marian Jameson sang
several songs.
MARGARET T. FESSENDEN, Chapter Editor.
LOS ANGELES ALUMN2E
Pausing a moment amid the rush of Christmas preparations, it
gives us quite a glow of pleasure to think that a part of our plan-
ning is for others and is done in the name of Alpha O. Gf course,
when planning holiday cheer for needy ones, the first problem always
raised is that of money. We faced our problem early this year, and
as a consequence, on November 17th, held a benefit card party at the
home of Hazel Crabill, who is always so cordially willing to lend
her home and services to Los Angeles Alumna*. The prizes were
made Wttl domted by May and Frances Chandler—a lovely and
unique work-bag of cretonne and a pair of dull blue tapestrv book-
stands. After cards, we served ices and cake, then hastened to count
the shekels. Great was our joy to discover that in merely passing
a very enjoyable afternoon, we had cleared something over ten dol-
Gur next meeting was held December 11th at Ella Brown's cun-
ning bungalow. During the business meeting we voted fifteen dollars
($15) to buy toys for the Children's Hospital, whereupon Mildred