Page 54 - 1923 February - To Dragma

TO DRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI 151

A t last we are building a chapter house! N u Omicron alumnae in all
parts o f the country will rejoice to know that our one time dream has
become a reality. The door w i l l always be open to welcome any Alpha O's
who happen to be travelling in the vicinity of Nashville.

We can hardly wait for Convention to come. I do hope every one of
you w i l l plan to attend, because N u Omicron is looking forward so eagerly
tp seeing you.

N E L L F A I N '23.

PHI—UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
The first thing Phi wishes to tell is the names of its three girls who
have been pledged since the last letter to To Dragma. They are Frances
Ringle, Betty Goldsmith, and Marguerite Chandler.
Glee Star put on an Acacia pin today. This is the first Acacia pin
to be worn by a member of our local chapter. Glee will graduate f r o m
the Fine Arts school in '25.
"Jack" Gilmore '22, who is working on the Kansas City Journal, was
over to the Sigma Chi-Phi Delt dinner dance last night. Jack comes over
to the chapter about twice a month.

Mary Rose Barrons is' working very hard at present, rehearsing for
the University play "The Admiral Crichton." The cast is going to present
it at the Grand Theater in Kansas City, February 9.

A t present, Phi is in the midst of preparations f o r its first formal
dinner party to be given February 2. We are planning on a large number
of the almunae coming back f o r it and to make a real success. Phi chapter
hopes to make this an annual event.

Lucille Jones and Lois Rochester, both members of the sophomore
class, did not return to school after the Christmas holidays. Lois is taking
a secretarian course at her home in Wichita, and Lucille is staying at her
home in Kansas City, Kans. We are expecting them back next year.

A letter was received recently from Merva Dolsen Hennings stating
that she was planning on accompanying her husband on a trip to New
Orleans and on making a round-about trip back north, to make several o f
the chapters a visit, including Phi chapter. We are looking forward with
great pleasure to the visit and hope that it will be so that she can be guest
of honor at our formal.

Kansas University is constructing its first girls' dormitory. I t is a
beautiful stone structure, and it w i l l be ready for occupancy next Septem-
ber.

MARY HOOK.

OMEGA—MIAMI UNIVERSITY
Omega is taking a pause after two breathless but happy weeks of
Christmas vacation to prepare f o r a more breathless week of exams. Our
last scholarship average gives no cause f o r worry, but still the best of us
must cram f o r mid-year finals, especially with the distraction with which
some of the girls are impaired, that of engagement rings and the like.
Marty Hughes came back with a beauty, also one of our freshmen, "Dutch"