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TO DRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI 181

Ora Williams who is wintering at St. Petersburg, Florida, writes,
"I've been down to the Fountain of Youth but don't feel many years
younger yet. Perhaps I will by spring."

In October, Nelle Erskine Benjamin—one of Iota's staunchest
supporters of the building fund—mailed a check f r o m her Canadian
home. December brought another check and letter, but f r o m Apart-
ment 514, 4300 Drexel Boulevard, Chicago, where Nelle says they
will, be until March, or permanently if her husband likes his new work.

Gladys Saffel Barr is so busy these days, purchasing and installing
lovely furnishings in their attractive new home.

Eliza Garman Schoening is living at 7400 Crandon Avenue, and
teaching in one of the Chicago H i g h Schools. We are so sorry that
her husband has been so i l l since October.

Ruth Holman is teaching mathematics in Kokomo, Indiana. I n
order that time may not hang heavily, she takes an active part in the
Y. W . C. A., the Greek Club, the Kokomo Day Nursery Association,
the church, and a few other organizations.

The holidays always bring many Iotas to Champaign and Urbana.
Frances Trost. Opal Trost Sheppard, Mabel Frances Henry, Lucie Bur-
wash, Esther Van Doren Malcolmson, Hazel Stephens Bodenschatz and
Leola G. Scales all visited their parents over Christmas. Did I forget any?

Maude Bacon Nolte and children visited in Champaign over
Thanksgiving Day.

Marion Kenney spent her vacation in Chicago, where she at-
tended the dance given f o r Iota's house fund, and visited Iota's recent
brides. Marion is loud in her praises of their skill as housekeepers
and cooks.

Maybelle Dallenbach Denhart, who gets lonesome in far-away
New York, was happy to have her parents with her at Christmas time.

Marie Rutenber Leslie entertained her parents at her home in
Brookline, Mass., over the holidays.

Louise N . Stevens is very busy since little Barbara was taken into
their home, but "would be willing to be much busier just to have her."

Elva Pease Pettigrew is planning to come to Urbana f o r initia-
tion in February.

Annetta W o o d is enjoying her study in Boston and finds it most
interesting to meet so many A O Pi sisters there.

Nila Edmundson Ervin is leading a strenuous social life in her
home at H a r t f o r d City, Indiana. Nila says Jessie Fay is now living
at 817 W r i g h t Avenue, Racine, Wisconsin.

Ruth Bernreuter Watts writes—"I had a wonderful summer
abroad; was married on my return to New York; drove home in a new
"coop"; took typhoid on the way; am awfully crazy about my husband
and we get along swimmingly. We're living with my parents but w i l l
move into our new house in the late spring. That's my story."

The following alumnae returned for Homecoming: Helen Brauns,