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3\ew Albany Organizes Qity

By K A T H E R I N E DAVIS, ^Panhellenic

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A LPHA OMICRON P I has the presidency of
a newly Organized Panhellenic association
in New Albany, Ind. There are three

AOII's eligible, but two of these—Mary Hester

Diehl and Helen Wells Cooper (both of Theta),

—are very much occupied with young and very

young babies respectively. Alone I hold, up

AOI1 standards in Panhellenic and serve the as-

sociation as president.

Upon suggestion from the state Panhellenic
secretary-treasurer I invited to my home all the
fraternity women I knew, and we organized on
n December 10, 1929. I t was amusing to note, as
I telephoned the girls to see if they were inter-
ested, that those just out of school were gloriously enthusiastic, those
out as long as I were a bit luke-warm and those out longer were "just
too busy with other things"—with some exceptions, of course. But
when we all got together the youngsters' enthusiasm spread, and now
we have rather a thriving organization, I believe.

There are fifty women in New Albany eligible to Panhellenic, but
only about half are active. Some are still away at school, others away
teaching, and the remainder of the inactives belong to too many other
organizations to participate in Panhellenic. But the twenty-five actives
have plenty of pep and are planning big things.

^Fifteen sororities are represented: AXQ, AA n , ATA, AOII, A * ,
AHA, XQ, AAA, A r , K A 0 , KKT, * M , *QTI, TIB*, ZTA. The girls
come from ten schools—Indiana, Purdue, DePauw, Butler, Franklin
and Hanover (all in Indiana), Ohio State, Wisconsin, Millikin (Illinois),
and Allegheny (Pennsylvania).

The work of organization and drawing up a constitution and by-
laws over, we began to learn something of each of the organizations
represented. Three short fraternity talks are being made at each meet-
ing until the list is completed. These are made by girls representing

Jjtheiewr fraternities. We have had a talk on the Panhellenic House in
York, and at the one meeting there was a report of the National
anhellenic Congress in Denver. The program committee has planned
o have talks on various prominent fraternity women, one to be made
°y a member of TIB*' on Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, the first fraternity
woman to occupy the White House.

We meet once a month, with three girls as hostesses. Since the
ssociation is small, all members attend the Council meetings, although

y the representatives have official votes.