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Reserve. Nancy Cole '24, has transferred to Vassar, and Rosemary
Allen '25 to Emerson. Edith MacKee '24 is assistant principal in Vienna
High School, Maryland.

A short and concentrated rushing season resulted in twelve girls being
pledged. Ten are Freshmen—Marjorie Buchanan, Olive Byrne, Ruth
Field, Mary Hall, Dorothy Hettinger, Pauline Johnson, Isabel Jones,
Eleanor Prescott, Madeline Snow, and Dorothy Thome. Ethel Smith
'25, a transfer f r o m Smith, and Alice Towsley '24 transfer from Columbia,
were also pledged and intitiated. They're all wonderful girls, the kind
that stand out and we're proud of them. Our pledge dance, December
fifteenth, under the direction of Ruth Morris '25, was a lovely affair. We
were all so glad to have with us Annetta Wood, Iota chapter,—Rose-
mary's "discovery" at Emerson!

A O Pi achieved scholastic success again this year by winning the
loving cup which is presented annually to the fraternity with the highest
scholastic standing f o r the year.

Esther Fowler '23 stands first in her class, has made $ B K and has
been given Jackson commencement part. By the way, Esther's engagement
has just been announced to Carl N . Schmalz, Harvard '19 and Harvard
Business School '21. "Rookie" '22 also made <I> B K.

A O Pi girls are well represented in athletics. Adele Russell '23 is
president of the A . A. and captain of Varsity hockey. "Willie" Koelsch
'25, is captain and Sue O'Brien '24 manager of the Varsity basket ball.

SUSAN O'BRIEN '24

GAMMA—UNIVERSITY OF M A I N E

At last we can proudly announce our pledges! Unfortunately, many
rushees were very slightly below the necessary scholastic standard, and were,
therefore, not bid, but our four bids were all accepted. Our new little
A O Pi sisters are Frances Brewer, of Bar Harbor, Maine; Madeline
Gillin, of Bangor, Maine; Beulah and Charlotte Osgood, of Orono.
Really, they're the best pledges imaginable. We will probably add to our
freshman delegation after mid-years.

The women of the University have organized into an association f o r
the purpose of furthering the interests of athletics for co-eds here. A t
the election of the Council of the Athletic Association, Alpha O won four
important places. Elizabeth Ring, president; Betty Peabody, secretary;
Mabel Peabody, senior delegate, and Ruth Savage, tennis manager. We
had our first interclass basketball game Saturday, resulting in a victory
for the seniors, with three Alpha O girls on the team.

W i t h the publication of the Dean's List at mid-semester ranks, we
found that five A O Pi's were on that honor list scholastically, "Bee"
Cleaves, " A l " Stanley, "Gin" Averill, Mabel Peabody and Molly Perkins.
Just before we sent out our bids, the relative scholastic standing of the
fraternities, based on the ranks of the spring semester, was published in
the Campus, and Alpha O headed the entire list with the exception of Phi