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      Gertrude Davis Arnold, whose husband is Commercial Attache at       Irene Richardson Connor, '09, of Rutland, Vt., visited in Old
  Pekin—a new position by the way and created for him—is very
  happy in the possession of a daughter.                               Town this fall.
                                                                          We are very proud of the fact that "Beth" Hanly had a poem,
      Betty Morgan Barker with her three boys returned to her home
  in Chile after a visit with her home people in Nevada City, Cali-    "My Wish" published i n the Outlook, Dec. 27th, which received
  fornia.                                                              favorable comment from the editors.

                                                         BIRTHS           The Ladies' Home Journal will soon publish an article called
                                                                       "How Four Girls Discovered Maine," by Mary E. Chase.
     A daughter was born to Claire Hart Magill (Mrs. Chas. Irving)
  December 7th, 1916. Her name is Jean Claire.                            Florence Greenleaf, '16, is visiting her sister i n Connecticut.
                                                                          Margaret Flint Jacobs is living at Norfolk, Va.
     Claudia Massie Lawton (Mrs. Oswald G.) also has a daughter,          Mary Ellen Chase's new book, Virginia of Elk Creek Valley
  born December 31st, 1916. Elizabeth is her name.                     will appear i n early spring from the Page Co., of Boston. I t is a
                                                                       sequel to her The Girl From The Big Horn Country which is
                                                        THETA          already in its fifth edition.
                                                                          We have just heard that Lida Knowles Smith i n some way caught
                                                        BIRTHS         her dress on fire and was seriously burned. We are surely hoping
                                                                       for her recovery.
     Mr. and Mrs. Fred O'Hair (Iva Smith) are the proud parents
 of a daughter Genevieve.                                                                                                 MARRIAGES

     Mr. and Mrs. L . O. McCleod of Browns Valley. Ind., have a son.      Helen Lois Danforth, '16, to William Francis West, Wharton
 Vaughn Rhoderick.                                                     School of Finance on Thursday, November 2nd, 1916. They are
                                                                       living i n Hartford, Conn., where M r . West is engaged by the New
                                                      GENERAL          York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad.

    Jane Farmer is spending the winter in Greencastle.                                                                       BIRTHS
    Ruth (Stafford) McDonald is at Bloomington and is a great help
 to the new chapter established there.                                    To Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wright (Mildred Prentiss, '11) a
    Pauline Place has been in Tokio, Japan, three weeks, where she     daughter, Mary Louise, December 21st, 1916.
is in school learning the language in preparation to teach.
    Because of her health, Ruth Cain has resigned her position in the                                                       EPSILON
 Marion High School.
    Miss Forest Kyle is teaching in the High School of Greensburg,                                                           BIRTHS
her home town.
                                                                          To Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mordorf (Laura Fish, '14) a daughter,
                                                      GAMMA            Helen Lee in June.

                                                     GENERAL                                                               GENERAL

    During Christmas vacation "Betty" Bright entertained the actives      Ethel Cornell, '14, is completing her course at Columbia as a
and alumnae at her home in Bangor. We were glad to again see the       clinical psychologist. A great deal of her work this winter will be
girls who are away teaching, among them Lennie Copeland, Helen         at the College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Worster, Estelle Beaupre, Antoinette Webb, Madeline Robinson.
                                                                          Mildred Mosier, '11, has been in charge of a school in Mandalay,
   Vera Mersereau, '18, who is now attending Simmons, was recently     Burma, for several months.
in Orono to attend the Christmas party at the 2 A E house.
                                                                          Marie Palmer Peck, '14, besides proving to be a very efficient
   Helen Greeley visited the girls last week on her way to Wellesley.  housekeeper, finds the work in her husband's law office very interest-
   Murial Colbath Wyman, '15, spent Christmas at her home in           ing. Mr. Peck is of the firm Peck and Maley, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Hampden.
                                                                          Helen La Forge, '18, is now studying in Boston, at the Simmon's
                                                                       Domestic Science School.
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