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224 TO DRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI

EDITORIALS

/ \ NOTHER BIRTHDAY has come and gone; and on birthdays we are sup-
posed to review the accomplishments and achievements, to take

inventory of our progress, to meditate upon what we have to show
for our year's existence. A n d what has Alpha Omicron P i done dur-
ing this passed year? Has she stood still, slipped back, or gone a
step foreward? W e think she has progressed. She has radically
changed her business organization; added a new office to those
already in existence which centralized the business end of our
organization and made it far more efficient. She has been redis-
tricted, according to a more logical and convenient plan. She has
awarded her annual scholarship once more and has established a
second annual scholarship of five hundred dollars to be given a
non-member. She has chartered three new active and three new
alumnae chapters. Her chapters have increased their philanthropic
activities, aided in many cases by the National W o r k Fund. The
mailing list of her magazine has increased so that now t w o thou-
sand of her members receive her quarterly publication. These are
some of your fraternity's achievements of the past year. Coopera-
tion and hard work, of officers, individuals and chapters have brought
about this progress. Shall the next Founders' Day see a corre-
sponding healthy growth in our order?

T T is EMINENTLY fitting that this number of To DRAQMA be dedicated
A to as it was inspired by, (perhaps they won't feel properly flattered)
the Founders. Many of you have never met them; few of you have
known all of them. We hope that, after reading the article by Laura Hurd,
who is well acquainted with them all, and seeing their pictures ( i t was
no easy task to collect them) you w i l l all feel acquainted, or better
acquainted, with these four from whose ideals our fraternity grew.

^ p n A N K YOU, Upsilon; we accept with pleasure." That is what every-
one wanted to say that night at Convention when Upsilon's delegates

extended to Alpha Omicron Pi such a thoroughly attractive and charming
invitation for the 1927 Convention. And now the Executive Committee,
on behalf of the fraternity, has said those very words to Upsilon and

plans are going forward for the NEXT CONVENTION I N SEATTLE I N 1927.

The Executive Committee and Upsilon Chapter have clasped hands in
agreement that the coming convention must be the biggest, best and most
inspiring that Alpha O has ever had. That is a large order—but, with
your help, it can be filled. This is the first call for Convention. Begin
planning and saving now—and, i f need be, make vour motto "Seattle in
1927.