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Leila Sheppard, Ina H . Clarahan, Hester Srout, Mildred Holmes,
Minnie Frances Harris, Jean Glenn, Leola Goodmann Scales, Mildred
H . MacDonald, and Ellen Kittenger Grover.

The Teachers' Conference usually brings a large number of Iotas
back to the campus. "Bee" Levy, Helen Brauns, Esther Brauns
Lash, Leila Sheppard, Hester Srout, Grace Gantz, M . Frances Harris,
Jean Glenn, Mildred Holmes, Charlotte Hagebush, Mae Brady, Ethel
Brooks, and Erna Rcller Owen all returned for the Conference.

Iota has quite a colony in Indianapolis now—Mildred H . Mac-
Donald, Leola G. Scales, and Jana W . Rowland have recently been
joined by Barbara Porter who came to teach, and by Elsie N . Waldo
who found a place just a few blocks f r o m Mildred and Leola. Elsie
and John's new address—2850 North Delaware Street.

Susie Hash Hubbard sent a nice, long letter but we regret to hear
she is in such poor health. Susie always enjoys T o Dragma and
thinks "Betty is giving us the best magazine we've ever had." She
thinks it would be a fine idea to give T o Dragma for Christmas gifts,
and then once started, the recipients would never allow the subscrip-
tions to lapse. The letter also reminisced a bit, recalling how she,
Ada and others trembled before the calm gaze of Betty Hiestand
(Smith) and Margaret Wyne who came down to inspect the petition-
ers for Iota's Charter.

Inez Downing Jayne has recovered f r o m a painful and unpleasant
experience involving the extraction of her wisdom teeth, a stiffened
jaw, an operation, and an abcess which had to be lanced twice. She
told us about her sunny little family—Violet w i t h big blue eyes and
fair hair, and Martha Louise with equally as large brown eyes and
dark brown hair. Inez tells many complimentary things about Tau
girls and their home and about the Founders' Day Banquet at which
she presided.

Bertha Stein is teaching at Santa Ana, California—but goes home
to Pasadena nearly every week-end. Bert's parents live next door to
Nina Grotevant's parents, so Bert and Nina have jolly times whenever
Nina and her Ford coupe come home f r o m her school at Maricopia.
Bert also says that Marie Stejskal is teaching at Santa Monica.

A l l Iota joins in extending sympathy and love to Mary Caldwell,
whose father died very suddenly December 15th, just a year and a
day after Mary's mother passed away. M a r y has returned to the
plantation at Earle, Arkansas, which she and a brother are managing.

The Champaign-Urbana Alumnae Association, and the active
chapter are deep in the many plans to raise money for Iota's house
fund. The bazaar proceeds netted about $150.00, and its success de-
pended much on the co-operation of the alumnae who sent such pretty
articles. Various rummage and food sales have done their bit to
swell the bank account, as did also the profits f r o m the sale of Skeezix
dolls, and the commission earned from Christmas card orders. And