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> cess- Letters were written to representatives of different chapters, in
e ,nost cases friends of the president asking them to give a very brief account
0 f the beginnings of her chapter. I n addition we tried to get representatives
from as many chapters as possible. Twelve letters f r o m as many chapters
and three living representatives responded to roll call while from two
B i e r chapters came indirect messages. We were sorry that several from
other chapters who are living in Boston could not be present. We were
especially happy to have Helen Rose from Providence come f r o m Beta
chapter. She told us about Brown and their present alumnae association.
And Polly told us most interestingly of the early days of our own chap-
Eter. Again let me say thank you to all who wrote or wired me for the
day. I wish I might reply personally to each one.
The day after Christmas was our regular meeting but it was an inop-
portune time to get very many together. We had a buffet supper at the
Massachusetts Woman's Republican Club. The private dining room is
done in red and the red candles lent themselves very appropriately to the
occasion. We are always glad to have Alice Rich Wakefield at this
meeting. A f t e r the supper we talked informally in the drawing room and
then walked across the Common which was so lovely in its Christmas garfo
and its suggestion of Old Boston.

We have received the announcement of the arrival of Stanley Dawson
Shores, Jr. to Dorothy Church Shores, Rho. Although we haven't met Mrs.
Shores yet she has promised to come out to a meeting. Her address is
416 Commercial St., East Braintree. Wista Ogle has been coming to all
our meetings and we enjoy her so much. June Kelly is still living in Nor-
wood but has been unable to get to a meeting yet this year.

We are looking forward to our next meeting with Margaret Durkee
Angell and we are always ready to learn of newcomers.

ALICE J. SPEAR.

LOS ANGELES

The past few months have been busy ones for the members of the Los
Angeles Alumnae Chapter of Alpha Omicron Pi. We are so delighted to
be able to act as big sisters to "our own" active Kappa Theta chapter. I n
September, we gave a formal tea to introduce them. The party was held in
the gardens of the new Women's Athletic Club, a delightful setting, and
all the girls, guests of honor and hostesses, too, looked just charming.

Our October meeting was held in Sheda Klein's lovely home in Brent-
wood. I t was an informal, chatty sort of a meeting, the kind we all
like, the main topic for discussion being Kappa Theta's rushing season.
Several of the alumnae sisters were able to help them this year by letting
them use their' homes and machines for their parties. Kappa Theta had
a very successful rushing season and pledged eleven lovely girls whom
they presented to the campus at a formal tea, given on the first of Decem-
ber. Some of the alumnae were asked to receive and pour and those of
us who were there thought their party a great success.

We had a lovely big meeting on the fifth of December at the Women's
Athletic Club. Several of the girls were hostesses. There were over
forty sisters present and many chapters were represented. Rose Gardner
Marx was the guest of honor, and we all enjoyed having her with us and
having her speak. We had a program to celebrate Founders' Day; then
we had the regular business meeting. We were delighted to learn that our
orders for Christmas cards had given the Scholarship fund about ninety dol-
lars. And although there was no devnite report from the sale of stationery
and magazine subscriptions, those sources will bring some more money f o r
the National Scholarship fund. We decided to give some linen to Kappa
Theta Chapter for a Christmas present and to make up and deliver
a Christmas basket to a poor family we "passed the hat" while we were