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various speakers. Each speaker was asked to tell the story of the founding
of the chapter she represented, and wherever possible the speaker chosen
was a charter member of that chapter. We have girls f r o m six chapters,
and the founding of these chapters was told by Lucy Allen f r o m Theta,
Elsie Waldo from Iota, Winifred Waters from Tau, Wilkie Hughes from
Beta Phi, Vivian Smith f r o m Phi and Grace Willis from Omega. After
the luncheon a ritual meeting was held followed by a business meeting.

A f t e r some investigating as to what we might do in the way of local
charity work we learned that one of the ways we could do the most good
was by making baby layettes for the City Hospital. Their source of supply
is f r o m one small Sunday School Class which furnishes one layette a
month whereas they require at least fifteen a month. We immediately
started sewing and hope to furnish quite a number of them,

Obtaining magazine subscriptions as a means of earning money seems
to be popular. A f t e r some investigating we had just decided to earn money
for our chapter that way when lo! here came word that the same idea had
been suggested as a way of carrying on the National Work. That seems
to be a splendid way and we all feel that it will be a very successful one.

Two of our most active members of last year have moved away. Lee
Smith is living in Bloomington, Ind., and Ivah Chambers has moved to
Sullivan, Ind. However, we have gained two new members, Elsie Waldo
and Barbara Porter. Also at different meetings we have had as guests
Shirley Armstrong, Betty Heebe and Mrs. Nathaniel Huckleberry.

We send all of you greetings and the wish that this year will be the
happiest and most successful of all.

BEATRICE COOMBS HARRIS.

MINNEAPOLIS ALUMNAE

Happy New Year to everyone! The Minneapolis Alumnae Chapter
feels that it has a pretty firm foundation on which to build 1923 plans,
since the old year ended so well. As we mentioned in the last To Dragma,
Tau Alumnae sold Christmas cards and made a profit of $170. As Doris
Schlampp sold over $60 worth of cards, the prize goes to her. She in-
sists that her reward be a rug f o r the alumnae room in the chapter house.
That makes us all winners, doesn't it? We can't give enough credit to
Margaret Boothroyd, who was chairman of the sales committee. From
experience with our own orders, we realize what her task must have been.
We are planning an even more elaborate campaign f o r next year, with
Vivian Vogel and Margaret Boothroyd in charge. A l l you out of town
people put in your orders early, as we shall begin work September 20.

We had the most wonderful Founders' Day Banquet. The only thing
missing was one of the founders. W i t h that addition our party would
have been perfect. We had a formal dinner in one of the lovely private
dining rooms at the Leamington Hotel. There were over sixty members
present; in fact, the tables were so long that we could hardly see the
persons at the opposite end. The table decorations were carried out in