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Alice Moore, '16 Elizabeth Wood, '18
Genevieve Morse, '16 Marian Gilbert, '18
Edna Brown, '16 Lily Morrison, '18
Marguerite Fogel, '17 Constance Chandler, '18
Rea Gilbert, '17 Marguerite Odenheimer, '18
Laura Wilkie, '17 Jeanne Stoddard, '18
Mildred Cowdrey, '17 Ruth Chandler, '19
Abbie Wood, '18 Ruth Taylor, '19

Christmas is almost here, and with it the close of the semester. I t
has been such a busy, crammed-full-of-duties-and-pleasures year that
the time has fairly flown.

On October 25th we initiated our five splendid Freshmen—Ruth
Taylor and Ruth Chandler, whom I have told you of before, Mildred
Cowdrey, a transfer from the University of Southern California,
Marguerite Odenheimer of Los Angeles, and Jeanne Stoddard of
Merced, Cal.

The fraternity women at Stanford have been particularly con-
cerned lately with the new rushing problem which they have before
them. After this last season, Stanford was told that she might sud-
denly lose her fraternities i f a radical change were not made in
the manner of rushing. The chief objection to our present system
is its conspicuous nature, and the hard and often bitter feelings that
it arouses on the part of nonfraternity women.

A board of faculty men and women who have looked into the
question, suggested as the best possible remedy, the adoption of
Registration Day Bidding by the lawyer plan. With these two
principles to start with, Panhellenic has built up our new system.
Data was gathered on several other plans involving the same general
laws, and much real thought and consideration have been given the
subject. We hope for only the best results, but experience is the
factor which must determine the success or failure of the plan.

Another newly "cooked-up" question, which is also not only of
interest to us as Alpha O's, but to us as a part of the whole university
is that of Cooperative Buying. A l l of the fraternities (both men
and women) have been asked to enter into an agreement which pro-
vides for a common source of supply for all of the houses, thereby
furnishing greatly reduced rates on all food stuffs. I t is not yet
certain whether the plan will be adopted, but we have voted in its
favor.

The girls who are to remain in the house during the holidays, are
planning to give a Christmas party for the children of an Orphan
Asylum near here. They have not yet decided what the nature of the
party shall be, but whatever it is, the main design will be to make
the children happy. The rest of us who go home, will probably do