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from $600 to $2000 or more a year, literary novices, experienced
editors, laboratory assistants and so forth—as fascinating and in-
teresting a group as one would want to find. And the spirit in which
they come together cannot be duplicated anywhere.

The undertaking has certainly been worth the endless effort spent
in launching it. The plan, which was originated by Barnard alum-
na? and carried on at first as a small, purely local affair, has grown
in less than a year to immense proportions. Its possibilities, still
undeveloped, are enormous. Summer camps, sleighing and skating
parties, horseback excursions, all-day hikes—these are only a few of
the more immediately possible developments. A t the end of it all,
of course, lies the formation of a huge college women's athletic club,
with branches in every large city in the United States.

Acorns, however, have never been known to produce oak trees
over night, and the Committee at present is more than gratified at
the progress of things, realizing that the seed it has planted has
already sent forth a sprout so healthy and flourishing that an ex-
ceptionally wonderful, sturdy oak is bound to follow soon.

L I L L I A N SCHORDLER, Alpha '11.