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ALUMN/E CHAPTER LETTERS

CHICAGO ALUMN/E

We opened the season of 1913-14 with a meeting at Merva Dolsen
Henning's home in Maywood on Saturday, September 13. Carolyn
Dorr had planned to have us in Berwyn, but received another honor
at an unexpected date which caused a hasty change in plans—namely,
a little daughter. This makes the third future Alpha O in the Don-
home.

To get back to the meeting—we had ritual, initiation (with Vera
Riebel as the candidate) and business consisting mainly of plans for
the present year.

Our October meeting followed the annual Pan-Hellenic luncheon
at Evanston on October 16. This is always an attraction to Alumnae
as well as active fraternity women in and around Chicago, so we
took advantage of it in getting the girls together. I t was bigger
than ever this year and the speakers from the National Pan-Hellenic
Congress were interesting and inspiring.

We decided that our local alumna work should be charity, and
that we would devote part of our meetings to work for hospital
children. Therefore, on the Friday after Thanksgiving, we met at
one of the downtown hotels and made picture books. We had each
been notified to bring cut-out pictures and our indefatigable Vera
made the cambric books and procured the other supplies. I t was
really a lark, for most of us had not pasted pictures since we were
"kiddies" ourselves.

I t was not convenient for us to" observe the date set for Founders'
Day, so we celebrated January second, with a delightful luncheon at
Marie Vick's in Evanston. We were a little disappointed in the at-
tendance, which was rather small owing to the sickness of several of
our members and the bad weather. Chicago is such a big, busy place,
it is difficult to get people together, even when their hearts are "in the
right place."

We are anxious to enlist all Alpha O's who are eligible, and believe
it would be an easy matter i f they all understood that it keeps them
in almost as close touch with the fraternity as they were in their
active days.

Won't the active chapters who have alumna; here urge them to
join us without waiting to be specially asked? A royal welcome
into reunion with Alpha O awaits them.