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TO DRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI 229

concerned depends largely upon the cooperation of every active chapter and

every member of the fraternity.
In order to insure this satisfaction, the Executive Committee wishes

- to impress upon you that all Alpha Omicron Pi pins should be sent to the
- W G. Balfour Company, Attleboro, Massachusetts, whenever it is neces-
y jary for any repairs, however small, to be made to the pin. I t is not
e that the Executive Committee does not feel that there are other jewelers
y quite as efficient as the Balfour Company but it is merely because the fra-
d ternity is under contract with the Company and, in case of loss of further

damage to the pin, can hold that Company responsible. I t is for your
own protection that the Executive Committee asks you to bear this in
mind. Furthermore, under the terms of the contract, the Balfour Com-
pany has agreed to supply, without charge, stones which have been lost
from the pin, with the exception of diamonds. The following is a clause
e from the contract:
s "That it guarantees each badge against ordinary wear and tear for
an indefinite period and agrees to repair free of charge any badge that
may be returned under conditions of said clause, and to replace free of
charge any stones which have been lost except diamonds, which will be
replaced at actual cost to the Company of the diamonds replaced; that
it will guarantee all other articles covered by this contract against ordinary
wear and tear, and in accord with representation made at the time of
purchase."

You are proud of your pin. The fraternity and the Balfour Company
are anxious that you should keep it in good condition. A l l that you need
do is cooperate with them.

The Balfour Company has especially requested that the fraternity
advise the Company of any instances of dissatisfaction with orders that they
have filled or of any cases of delay in filling the orders. The Company
will supply plain pins within ten days of the receipt of the order and
jewelled ones will be shipped within three weeks of the receipt of the1
order. This is what the Company agrees to do but the records show that
very often less time is required in filling orders. Jewelled pins have been
delivered within ten days of the receipt of the order by the Company. I f
there is, therefore, any delay in pins being received, the Executive Com-
mittee asks that you first check up to be sure that the delay has not occurred
within the chapter or is due to some individual neglect, and then notify the
Registrar, giving her full details.

T N A N ATTEMPT to broaden the scope of our National Work Program,
at the recent Convention, it was voted to establish a second fellowship

and to alter the basis of awarding the fellowship which has formed a
part of the fraternity's National Work for the past two years.

Under the new ruling, two fellowships of $500.00 each will be awarded
annually. One fellowship will be awarded to a graduate of any college
in which there is established a chapter of Alpha Omicron Pi, "providing
the applicant shall not be a member of Alpha Omicron Pi," and the
other award will be made to "any woman graduate who is a member of