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TO DRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI

EDITORIALS

T H E TEACHERS' TO DRAGMA

I N a number such as this where the practical article rubs shoulders
with the idealistic, and where both are one in purpose, aim, and
spirit, it would be superfluous to write editorially upon the trials
or the compensation or the ideals of the teacher. Therefore, the
Editor is simply saying a most sincere "Thank you" to those who
have made this February number. Several articles came unsolicited
—a fact which, by the interest i t proved, delighted the hearts o f
the somewhat anxious Editorial Board. T r u t h to tell, we were
not without misgivings when we entered upon the task of gathering
material which should be o f real, practical help and interest to the
A l p h a O Teachers. But we had announced that such was to be the
nature of the February number, and there was no turning back.

I t is however an error to say that the gathering of the material
contained i n these pages was a task. I n spite of Christmas holidays,
and the grip, the E d i t o r met w i t h not one refusal, and she is j u s t
plain grateful to everyone who helped.

TT H E MAY NUMHER
H E M a y number w i l l be a Practical Social Service number.
We advisedly say "practical," f o r we want this number to
deal w i t h those phases of social service i n which we can a l l have a
part, rather than with the work of City Settlements and Organized
Charity. T h i s does not f o r one moment mean that we as A l p h a
O's are not interested in the larger work of organized social service,
or that we w i l l not welcome articles dealing with that work. I t
simply means that f o r the May number we especially want sugges-
tions f o r practical, every day work which we as mothers or teachers,
or girls-at-home can do to make our communities better places in
which to live. Practical Social Sen-ice has to do w i t h cleaner
streets, more sanitary buildings, a more efficient quarantine law,
better schools, and a more helpful relation between the parent
and the teacher, church work, and w o r k to make the Sunday-

school more alive, a village campaign against the spread of tubercu-
losis, the founding of helpful town or village clubs or other organiza-
tions—in short i t has to do with the furtherance of any plan to make
Our Town a better, cleaner place in which to live, Our Church a
wide-awake church with a gospel of today, Our Boys and Girls bet-
ter citizens. For this number we want accounts of experiences, suc-
cessful or unsuccessful. We should like to receive f r o m the active