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NU KAPPA—SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY BETA PHI—UNIVERSITY OF INDIANA

Where is your chapter roll, Nu Kappa? Lura Halleck, '18 CHAPTER ROLL
Shirley Armstrong, '19
Dear A O I I ' s : Beatrice Coombs, '19 Mae Shumaker, '20
Vivian Day, '19 Margaret Day, '20
A f t e r summers spent in various ways, nearly every one of us is back Helen Duncan, '19 , Lelah Whitted, '20
in school again, and mostly happy. Pledge day has long since passed Doris Shumaker, '19 Lelah Baker, '20
and our family has increased in freshmen—six! O f course they are Pauline Cox '19 Mildred Begeneau, '20
prizes. They are Elizabeth Cummings and Dorothy Miller, I I i l l s - Mary Duncan, '20
horo, Texas; Jewel Hammond, Nacadoches, and Sallifield Mason, Ethel Bender, '21 Irene Ryan, '20
Bessie Lee Chapman and Elizabeth Burgess of Dallas. We also have Goldiebelle Biggs, '21
a 1915 g i r l back again, Martha Smith, who has been to Westhampton Frances Duncan, '21 Pledges
i n V i r g i n i a . We are the proud possessors o f three real alumnae.
Margaret Vaughan, Louise Wadsworth, and Lucinda Smith gradu- Mildred Douglas, '21
ated this past year. Lurinda is staying home being "a sunbeam i n Ilildred Oliver, '21
the house" as she puts it, while Margaret is now stationed in F o r t Madeline Snoddy, '21
Worth, Texas, doing V. W. C. A. work, after doing "recreational"
work this summer at the different canning Clubs that met in Texas. Dear Alpha 0 Sisters:
T h e writer is another N u Kappaite, who has a "position" as she and We all join in sending you greetings for this new college year.
Margaret Vaughan appellate their work, the latter "position" being
that of director of Summit playpark. one of the two largest and best Now our work once more begins after a vacation spent in f u n and
equipped playparks in Dallas. good times. However, as much as we love to have a good time and
be free f r o m worry over studies, I am sure there was not one o f us
We have had two weddings in the family since the May numbers who did not welcome the return to college.
of T o D R A G M A . Nelle Harris of Frederick, Oklahoma, ex-'19, be-
came the w i f e of Thetis W . Emenhauser of Oklahoma in June, and Indiana University opened on Monday, September 17th, but we
Louise Wadsworth, ' 17, was married to Prof. C. F . Zeek, a graduate were allowed to return on the Wednesday before to prepare for rush-
o f O x f o r d and of Grenoble, first being a 4» B K f r o m T u l a n e U n i - ing. We began rushing on Monday and what a lovely, enjoyable,
versity. H e is also a 5 X , Louise was, by the way, elected one o f busy time we had! The girls we entertained were all very charming.
the members of the local p e t i t i o n i n g 4> B K a n d has spent a year i n O f these we have pledged six.
Paris and i n traveling i n Europe. She and M r . Zeek, who is French
professor at Southern Methodist University, speak about as much Our college this year has five hundred less boys than last year
French together as they do English. although the number of girls has remained the same. The men i n
the classrooms are conspicuous by their absence. There are seldom
Margaret Bonner Bentley spent the summer in Battle Creek on more than two in any class!
account of Mr. Bentley's health.
Lately we have a l l been very busy selling things. Have any of
I must tell you of our late investments. We have a tall Mahogany you not yet become Red Cross members? O r perhaps you'll buy a
floor lamp, a new wicker desk, and a chair, and since yesterday—a tag at any price you'll give? T h e money f r o m these tags is to bring
Liberty Loan Bond! The furniture makes the room look very nice Christmas cheer and g i f t s to the Indiana University soldier boys.
and the B o n d make us feel i t . Pauline Cox was the captain of one team selling Red Cross member-
ships, and she succeeded in selling the first ten. We are a l l proud
Perhaps there w i l l be more gossip in the next letter. Best wishes of the number her team sold. From the sale of the tags $150 was
to all the chapters. raised. W e t h i n k that is splendid! T h e enthusiasm was so great
that in one boarding club the men threatened to throw out one boy
G E N E V I E V E G R O C E , Chapter Editor. who refused to buy a tag.
P. S. W e a l l know how Mary E l l e n Chase looks!
Saturday, the 29th, Indiana had its first f o o t b a l l game w i t h Frank-
lin College. The freshman-sophomore scrap took place before the
game. The scrap took the f o r m of a tug-of-war over a huge push-
ball. T h e winner was the class who got the ball across its opponent's
line. T h e freshmen w o n . there being five of them to one sophomore.
They started the ball and never stopped until they crossed the line.