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the expenses of one girl for at least two weeks at M r s . Lam-
bert's camp for handicapped normal children. T w o members of
the chapter will act as councillors.

The most original way of raising money f o r these activities
seems to have been the New Orleans rummage sales, a method
which is becoming very popular in other places. These sales
have a two fold value as they add money to the treasury and give
the poor useful articles at a reasonable price. New Orleans has
insured having the proper people obtain the clothes by selling
only to holders of tickets issued by the Associated Charities. Other
ways of raising money include movies and theater benefits, bridge
and Mah Jong parties, dances, candy and cake sales, selling com-
modities on commission, mite boxes at meetings and additional
dues.

The history of the first year of work under the new by-law
has been chiefly preparatory. The committee has asked f o r and
obtained information f r o m the alumnae chapters as to what
they have done, and what they hope to do in philanthropic work.
In November, New York Alumnae circulated a petition providing
for the expenditure of most of the money f o r the year 1923-24
for a memorial f o r Lillian McCausland, to be established in
Providence. A t this writing, no definite statement can be made,
but we expect to have at least five hundred dollars to spend. A t
present, we are considering applying this towards the purchase
of a bus f o r the use of crippled children. Our first fellowship,
details of which are given in another paper, was awarded this
spring.

One of our problems has been to raise money to administer
this work. To our appeal f o r chapter contributions the reply
has been most encouraging. I n other ways, however, we have
been somewhat disappointed. We have asked our members to
order their stationery and magazines through us, that National
W o r k would benefit by the commissions. We hope that next year
these orders will be greatly increased, and that the chapters will
also support a new venture, the sale of Christmas cards. A n -
nouncements of these will be found on another page. Late i n
May a copy of the by-law, a circular letter and a pledge card
were sent to every associate member. While the response has
been gratifying in that replies have come f r o m some individuals