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week, and the freshmen are looking forward to their parly in the Pledges
house and also to the annual intersorority dance.
Mary Thompson, '20 June Morris, '21
Sigma Chapter sends love and greetings to all the A O CPs, old
and new, and hopes that this college year will he most successful Riggie O'Brien, '20 Helen York, '21
for everyone.
Mary Baker, '20 Grace Largent, '21
MARION A. B L A C K , '20, Chapter Editor.
Anna Jones, '21 Marie Bruker, '21
ALUMNJE NOTES
Edna Bicknell, '31 Jaunita McFarland, '21
Jennett Miller was married in middle August to Burton Swartz, second
Lieutenant in the U . S. Army. They are now at Camp Lewis, American Ruth Stefford, '21 Lela Paulus, '21
Lake, Wash.
It seems such a long, long time since we were bustling about last
Georgia Meredith Oliver (Mrs. Roland) sailed for Africa about September
1st with Mr. Oliver who is a mining engineer connected with a diamond spring during commencement week. And it has been unusually long
mine in the interior.
for us as De Pauw did not open until two weeks later than scheduled,
Emma Black has announced her engagement to William Kew, who is with
the U . S. Geological Survey. They expect to be married in November and so things have been crowded from the very start. We were indeed
will make their home at Washington, D . C .
fortunate to have so many girls back this fall—some who were here
Viola Ahlers Wheelan (Mrs. John) is the proud mother of a small
daughter, born September 18th. last year and then several girls who came back to us after a year's

Margaret Weeks Ball (Mrs. C . ) visited in Berkeley on her way from absence. Reggie O'Brien, Esther Morris, Marie Hedde, Beatrice
Stockton to Peoria, Illinois, where her husband has been transferred.
Woodward, Ada Smith, Edna Glendenning, Mary Thompson, and
Grace Morin is teaching at Etna Mills, Cal.
Alice Freuler Norris (Mrs. Homer A . ) has a son, born August 23rd. Bernice McCorkle all came to the house this fall. Our active chapter
Pearl Pierce has announced her engagement to Dr. Oscar Bailey, first
lieutenant in the Dental Reserve Corps, U . S. A. numbers twenty-two and perhaps you will not wonder that we were

Margaret Hurley gladdened the Alpha O's of Berkeley by a visit this very eager to get into spike.
summer.
Our chapter-house has also undergone some repair and remodelling
Margaret Stone Eddy (Mrs. A. J . ) is now the wife of an army man, lately. New lights have been installed, new draperies hung, and
as Mr. Eddy was given the commission of first lieutenant at the Officers' we are anxiously waiting the arrival of our new furniture. Several of
Training Camp, and is now stationed at Fort Winfield Scott, San Francisco. our dreams are being realized now and we hope to make possible
more realities soon.
Sarah Mathews Hackley (Mrs. Philip B.) has a little daughter, born
September 20th. We were very sorry that our chaperon who was with us last year
had accepted a position as supervisor of halls and consequently could
not be with us again. But Fortune surely smiled on us when Mrs.
Stockbarger came to us. She's very delightful and we are expecting
to find a very warm friend in her.

THETA—DE PAUW UNIVERSITY Of course, you are all anxious to know what your sister chapters
have done in spike this fall. At De Pauw this year we have tried
Beatrice Woodward, '18 CHAPTER ROLL the Cornell plan and with quite a great measure of success, too.
Esther Morris, '18 While we did not succeed in eliminating all the evils existing yet
Ann White, '18 Jess 'Bicknell, '19 we have diminished their numbers we think. We were permitted to
Merle Huckleberry, '18 Mary Bkknell, '19 give four parties, two in the afternoon and two evening parties.
Margaret Donthill, '18 Bernice McCorkle, '19 After one or two days of open spike we put out ribbons and Theta
Jesse Jones, '18 Agnes Lakin, '19 Chapter of Alpha Omicron Pi put out ten the first night. Mary
Ruth Little, '19 Ven Ville Hausman, '20 Baker later put on the ribbon and is to be pledged soon.
Wilhelmina Hedde, '19 Marie Hedde, '20
Maurine York, '19 Marguerite Norris, '20 We gave an informal open house for our pledges, though we had
Helen Lange, '19 Edna Glendenning, '20 no formal pledge day followed by scheduled open house for the
Ada Smith, '19 Lucille Kelley, '20 fraternities.
Mabelle Hedde, '20
De Pauw students are very happy over the fact that they have
oversubscribed De Pauw's Y . M. C. A. assessment of ($6,000) six
thousand dollars. A committee of eighty students made a thorough