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TO DRAG MA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI 167

the stunts—and we enjoyed it too. December 3d brought two events
which will long be remembered by the Rho girls. I n the afternoon,
we gave a farewell tea at Betty Hiestand's for our Julia Norton
Clemes, who with her husband was on her way to San Francisco to
sail for India, where Mr. Clemes is to have charge of a boys' school
at Meerut. We certainly miss her, but we wish her success and
happiness in her new home. I n the evening of the same day, we
held our informal dance at the beautiful Wilmette Country Club on
the North Shore, and our guests maintained it was the most enjoy-
able affair they ever attended.

A l l our girls are busy with their various activities and offices, es-
pecially Jean Richardson, who was elected chairman of the social
committee of the Senior class. Perhaps you would be interested in
hearing how we are financing our new Womens' Building. Every
girl on the campus pledged herself to earn a dollar before Thanks-
giving and every fraternity girl an extra dollar for her fraternity
fund. Indeed, one may purchase anything from ginger-bread or
a shampoo to a fixed "date"—all for the Woman's Building! As
our Mabel Gastfield is president of the Athletic Association, which
is engineering the project, we hear a great deal about it.

Since Northwestern University has its own Settlement in the 17th
ward in Chicago, we all have many opportunities of doing real ser-
vice. Ruth Bond is teaching a sewing class there, and several others
go down occasionally to help or substitute. Louise Hoffman, who is
on the Executive Board of the Social Service Committee, has had
charge of the foreigners' English classes there this year, and likewise
conducted the Christmas stocking campaign in which the women on
the campus made four thousand little red stockings for the children's
candy at the Christmas parties. Others helped at these parties, while
our Freshmen filled and provided a splendid Christmas basket of
food and wearing apparel for a family of seven.

Gertrude Nizze is teaching German at the Girls' League in Evans-
ton, and Jean Richardson is teaching dancing at H u l l House in the
c i t y . So you see we are all trying to do our mite and "be a friend to
Man."

Again we wish that this may be a banner year for Alpha O.
L O U I S E K . H O F F M A N , Chapter Editor.

LAMBDA, LELAND STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Martha Wolff, '14 Marian Boal, '16
Harriet Maines, '15 Erna Taylor, '16
Lucile Curtis, '15 Hazel Hartwell, '16

Emily Poindexter, '15 Muriel Turner, '16