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Vancouver, we w i l l close our—What was that? A chorus of wails! be w i t h us u n t i l spring. We do enjoy having her here. I r m a McCor-
Oh, yes, we almost forgot the babies!!
mick has returned f r o m New York where she was attending summer
W e l l , Louise Curtis Claussen has a g i r l , and M i n n i e Baumann
Force has two. ( N o , not t w i n s ! One is five and the other j u s t a school at Columbia and is now assistant manager at one of our leading
year old, but we didn't want to leave any of them out.) Pearl Wenger
M c j u r y feels very exclusive w i t h a boy, and—yes, I suppose you've cafes. She is also assistant educational director of the large depart-
been suspecting i t — I have one, too—a g i r l ! ! T h e dearest, sweetest
d a r l i n g ! W h y , she could stand alone (almost) when only six months ment store i n which the cafe is located. T h e n there is M i l d r e d Lor-
old, and she never cries, a n d — ( D e l e t e d by the censor).
ing, chapter housemother and instructor in the University of Wash-
E V E L Y N M O R T O N C O M I S L E , For the chapter.
ington this winter. W e have a l l heard so much of M i l d r e d ; those who

know her can never say enough in her praise and the rest of us are

anxious to get acquainted w i t h her. W e hope to see Susie Paige,

Mildred Baker, and all our other Tacoma sisters very often this

PUGET SOUND A L U M N A winter. Susie is a Portland girl who is teaching at Annie W r i g h t

Seminary this winter. Speaking of Tacoma sisters we must not forget

Fannibelle Leland 'Brown, A '14 Laura H u r d , T '14 to tell you that Mrs. Grace Batz Guyles is receiving congratulations
Grace Batz Guyles, S '09 Minnie Kraus, T '15
Helen Shipman, A '14 A d a Kraus, T '16 on the b i r t h of a baby g i r l . Jacqueline Wood was w i t h us at our last
Beryl Dill, T '13 Cornelia Jenner, T ex-'18
Jacqueline Wood, I '15 Virginia Mosley, T ex-'i8 meeting. She always brings so much "pep" w i t h her.

But this begins to sound like a news letter. We have one. I t was

Puget Sound Alumna?! A new chapter of Alpha Omicron P i ! Florence's idea and I know that the girls away from college life will
Yet i t is not so new after a l l f o r on November 8th seven months
w i l l have slipped by since ten alumna? representing Alpha, Sigma, thoroughly enjoy i t . I n fact some of them have said so already.
and Upsilon Chapters met at the Upsilon house to be installed by our
most loved district superintendent, Mrs. Virginia Esterly. B e r y l D i l l is editor and as that is just i n her line she does i t A - l .

We try to reach every one with a copy every six weeks and i n return

ask f o r bits o f news f o r i t . We hope i n this way to keep i n touch

Such interesting, exciting times those first few months were with with our alumna?.
talk of convention, our history, ideas f o r helping our active chapter,
our by-laws, and a l l that goes w i t h organizing a new chapter, f o r Most of us were fortunate i n meeting our G r a n d President, Isabele
we had never held a regular alumna? meeting before. I t seemed good
just to have our own chapter again. There was always plenty and Henderson Stewart, when she was here i n the early f a l l . We enjoyed
more to talk over during the short luncheon hour at which we held our
meetings. O u r history was finished and sent o f f ; subscription to T o her so much and realized more f u l l y what a b i g organization our f r a -
D R A G M A was made a part o f our dues; a committee set to work to
plan for completing payments on our g i f t to the active chapter, a ternity is. We are interested in hearing what is decided about work
baby grand piano. Then came the summer months.
f o r alumna? chapters. O u r opportunities f o r service are so broad just

now i t w o u l d be a w o n d e r f u l time f o r us a l l to work together. Puget

Sound chapter extends greetings to a l l and best wishes f o r a most

f r u i t f u l season.

CORNELIA JENNER. President.

These meetings passed quickly and i n f o r m a l l y ; they were mostly
in the f o r m of picnics. We were so glad to see the girls who visited
us and those who were home f o r vacation. W e almost envied Port-
land Chapter the girls who would leave us to go back within the
other circles. We hope thev w i l l always come to our meetings when
near enough to come.

Fall meetings began with a cozy afternoon at Fannibelle Brown's
home at Bryn M a w r . I t is an interesting place and the Browns
such charming entertainers that we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
This was before many of the girls had come back to the city, f o r we
have a number of new alumna? members w i t h us this winter. Florence
Semmons is Northwest field secretary f o r the Y. W . C. A . and w i l l