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148 TO DRAG MA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI

Many of the criticisms given in the above mentioned publications

have to do with the disregard of these injunctions in the chapter

letters. I n this number we have decided to print no criticisms, not

because, please note, that there were no points worthy of criticism,

(although these letters are exceptionally good) but because "fore-

warned is forearmed." I n the May number, we shall keep careful

notes as to the time of arrival, and condition at arrival of each

chapter letter, and shall report the same in the May number. Please

be careful. Note the heading of your letter in To D R A G M A , and
use the same form in beginning the next. For instance, why say as

did three of the letters in this number, " Chapter of Alpha

Omicron Pi," when by looking at To D R A G M A , you can readily see

that the desired and required form is " , University of

"? That means the Editor's blue pencil must strike out

your unnecessary words and substitute the required form.

Oh, i f you would just be on time, and follow the directions given

you, we should indeed feel as though the first half of our campaign

had been successful!

And now for the last half? Is the chapter letter of interest to

those outside the chapter? Is it more or less universally stereotyped

in form and substance? Do the chapter editors to a man, as one of

the men's magazines states, speak of new ambitions with the birth

of the New Year, of the chapter's joy over "the best pledges on

the campus," of the honors won by Brothers , and

and ? In short, is originality entirely lacking from the

chapter letter, and are the most interesting things left out? We

are not answering these questions, but we are calling the attention

of our chapter editors to the fact that they are being asked in the

majority of fraternity publications. Please answer them to your

own satisfaction before you begin your next chapter letter.

I n a recent number of one of the best of the fraternity journals

it was stated that the alumnae were in general more interested in

house and campus improvements and changes, in the reception of a

new picture or a change in wall paper than they were in the recitation

of names and honors. Personally, we should not want the names

and honors omitted, but, like the author quoted, we should welcome

accounts of new buildings, notices of visiting alumna?, announcements

of present or future plans, and descriptions of the most interesting

chapter meetings.

As to the Chapter Editor herself and her qualifications, we can

do no better than to quote the following, clipped from The Crescent

of Gamma Phi Beta, and borrowed from Kappa Alpha Theta.