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and all of them are up to the individual. I f chapters will choose as
officers, girls who will not be on time in the performance of their
duties as officers, girls who allow days to go by before an important
letter is answered, or a report sent, girls who do not dare to stand
firm as to the election of new members, and as to the grades and
bearing of those already within the chapter,—why we might as well
give up the ideal of a fine national standing, for we alumna? can't
achieve it. We're just retainers."

This is the opinion of one of our own girls. The Editor gives
it to all of you.

A N INVITATION FROM JACKSONVILLE

W E received recently the following from the secretary of
the Jacksonville Panhellenic Association:
The Jacksonville (Florida) Panhellenic Association extends a
cordial invitation to all fraternity women visiting in Jacksonville
to attend its meetings, which are held the first Monday of every
month at three o'clock in the parlors of the Seminole Hotel.

Signed,
W I N I F R E D S M I T H , Secretary.

T H E CHAPTER LETTER AND ITS EDITOR

I N the recent issues of so many of the fraternity magazines,
those of the men as well as those of the women, have occurred
so many comments and criticisms of the Chapter Letter, that To
D R A G M A has decided to join the wide-spread campaign in favor of,
on the one hand, the explicit carrying out of instructions, and, on
the other, the honest attempt to make the quarterly chapter letter
of greater originality and interest.

So far as carrying out of instructions is concerned, it seems as
though there were little excuse for the respective chapter letter
editors of T o D R A G M A . Early in the fall definite typewritten in-
structions were sent to active and alumnae chapters alike. These
gave the exact date upon which the letter should leave the chapter,
the person to whom it should be sent, the kind of paper upon which
it should be written, and the form it should follow in its composi-
tion. And yet in spite of the most explicit directions, it has been
necessary to warn by post card a good half dozen of the chapter
editors that they were late,—in one case, sad to state, two weeks
and more late.

The following clipping which we take from The Aglaia of Phi
Mu explains the method used by Kappa Kappa Gamma in criticis-