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Atlantic ^Meets in <^Maine

By JOYCE C H E N E Y STEVENS, Gamma

A T L A N T I C District Convention, June 20, and a representative
j f \ from every chapter arrived. Perhaps this is nothing to boast of.

Possibly the other three districts, defying fire and blood and
peculiar "acts of God," managed this, but I ' l l wager no other convention
had a Grand Vice President. Yessir! Octavia Chapin was here. Having
cinched the matter of superiority over all other conventions with that
fact, here are mere details:

A banquet at the Penobscot Valley Country Club on Friday night—
roses—red candles—pretty girls (aren't girls prettier than they used to be
or is my memory dimming?) Terrific thunderstorms to drench arriving
banqueters. Bridge was supposed to follow, but these AO IPs seemed to
find each other more interesting than cards.

Informal round tables sprang up before the ones planned for next
day. All day Saturday round table discussions were held. Alice Spear
(Delta), heading a group of alumnae on the porch and the actives in the
livingroom of old M t . Vernon. Ruth Miles was a very able secretary.
I must just comment on what appeared to be the most engrossing topic
of discussion. Rushing! and I do believe the interchange of ideas on
the subject may help the year's season a great deal. Another topic that
still needs solving was the failure to make commuters—girls who live
off campus or out of the sorority house—feel as though they belonged
as much as those living on campus and in the house.

Saturday afternoon we all drove to Marni Fellowes's camp below
Bucksfort, for a picnic. Interesting, a really old farmhouse for a camp,
also an amazing house that Marni built on the water's edge. Snapping
fire in the open fireplace of the farmhouse—glorious view over the water
and two nice parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fellowes.

Bar Harbor Sunday and dinner at the Tea Cup Inn. From its upper
windows you can see Mr. A. A. Atwater Kent's roof-tops, and roof-
tops and the harbor where gold.plated yachts are wont to ride. Back
to M t . Vernon with Anne Warner in the front seat with me this time
(aren't girls prettier than they used to be?), supper and convention was
over.

I can't say AOII's have a certain type, but it's surely true, they're
bound to be nice.

As to the business of the convention we might say that the high spots
were found in suggestions and resolutions such as alumnae letters to keep
alumnae interested, that 2 per cent be added to a girl's unpaid bill if not
paid by summer; that it be compulsory to pay dues along with tuition;
that no woman over sixty-five be allowed to chaperon; that clubs be
organized for nonsorority girls; that often a one-year girl may be splendid
material; that national officers visit more often; and that the chapter
vice president take charge of pledges.