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us inspiration. We are delighted to have with us again Mrs. Clarence Ella Mae Upthegrove is at Randolph-Macon this year from
Edmunds (Blossom S w i f t ) , Mrs. Cox (Alice Calhoun), and Mrs. Southern Methodist Univeristy. Judging by our transfer N u Kappa
Peet (Ailcey Kyle), who will be here until November. I don't want must be mighty grand. Ella Mae is a sophomore and adds a great
to leave the alumnae without saying something about our I.ucretia deal to our chapter. Five of our last year's sophomores didn't come
Jordan Bickley, who is now District Superintendent of the South. back. We can no longer be called a "large and indiscriminate"
Her help and sympathy have given us new courage many a time, and chapter.
her services cannot be overestimated. I am sure that the chapters
with whom she has to deal will learn to love her as sincerely as we This fall we had the floors in the house fixed over. The porch
do, who know her best. floor has been painted too, and we have gotten new draperies. Our
color scheme in the living-room is blue instead of brown. None of
Although Miss Many's visit to us is so long past that she has prob- our china escaped from the pantry during the summer. The locks
ably ceased to think of us, I want to try to express, in behalf of the on all the doors were big and fastened tightly. Our gas meter, how-
chapter, what she did for us. She came to inspect us, and we, of ever, was changed. We found a quarter one when we got here and
course, received her with some fear and trembling, but we found in now every quarter has to be saved for heat at fraternity meetings
her such a sincere friend and adviser, who brought to us new inspira- and for open house on Sunday night.
tion and determination, that her visit will never be forgotten.
FRANCES HARDY, Chapter Editor.
To all the chapters we extend hearty wishes for a most successful
year, and to our sister chapter, N u Omicron, especially do we wish ZETA—UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
success, in this, her first year.
CHAPTER ROLL
ELEANOR B U R K E , Chapter Editor.
Jeannette Adams, '19 Florence Griswold, '19
KAPPA—RANDOLPH-MACON WOMAN'S COLLEGE
Katherine Benner, '20 Edna Hathway, '18
CHAPTER ROLL Hazel Cook, Sp. Lorene Hendricks, '20
Lydia Dawson, '18 Winnifred Moran, '18
Bernie Palfrey, '18 Elizabeth Sale, '19 Ruth Farquhar, '20 Greta Nunemaker, '20
Frances Hardy, '18 Mary Buie Frith, '19 Mildred Gillilan, '19 Margaret Perry, '20
Mary Waters, '20
Helen Scott, '18 Linna Mae McBride, '19
Frances Hamilton, '18 Louise Bouldin, '19 The other day there appeared in the editorial columns of the uni-
Anna Taylor, '19 Frances Major, '19 versity daily paper, an article under the heading, "University as Us-
Julia White, '19 Eleanor Manning, '19 ual," modelled as you see from the familiar "Business as usual,"
Ella Mae Upthegrove, '20 statements from the commercial world. I t was rather an appeal for
College opened on September 19th and pledge night was on the such a condition than a declaration of the fact. We find that we need
following night. We are proud of everyone of our six pledges: Eliza- some such injunction, lest we forget that it is our duty to stay with
beth Butterfield, Louise Sale, Evelyn Allen, Alice Hardy, Nadine our studies just as much as it is the soldier's to stand by his colors.
Pillot, and Annie Moore. People everywhere are asking, "What can I do?" and yet when our
work is placed before us, we fail to see in the homely tasks, the
I t hardly seems like the same chapter this year with the ' 1 7 mem- glorious opportunity for which we had hoped. To quote from another
bers gone. A l l of them took a large part in the commencement exer- editorial written along similar lines from the Wisconsin University
cises last spring. Virginia Strother was heroine in the senior play. Daily Cardinal:
Four others had parts in it, too. Louise Swift was Antigone in the
Greek play given at the installation of Phi Beta Kappa. "Study is a patriotic duty. . . .We have come here to be prepared
to work for our country. And he who prepares most efficiently is
Final elections took place in May. Frances Hamilton is presi- most patriotic."
dent of East H a l l ; Frances Hardy, president of West Hall, and
athletic manager of the senior class; Evelyn Allen, treasurer of the I f . then, you ask what Zeta girls are doing for their country, they
student body; Bernie Palfrey, annual Y. W. C. A. member; and are first of all, trying to make the "university as usual." There are
seven of us are members of the Student Committee. Five of us were
chosen this week on the basketball squads.
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