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served as secretary-treasurer and president, and both actives and
alumna? have pleasant memories of meetings held at her lovely
home on University Heights.

As the chapter increased in size, and the interest of the older
alumna; grew, the number of meetings was increased from four to
seven, and they were held regularly on the first Saturday of the
month from November to June. I n this way out-of-town members
could plan in advance to make their shopping or theatre engage-
ments coincide with meeting days. This plan greatly increased the
attendance.

Roused by an appeal from Alpha chapter for more support and
encouragement in the face of a college situation of increasing diffi-
culty, the alumna: chapter, in the fall of 1911, decided to ask two
undergraduate members to attend each alumna? meeting, to present a
report of chapter needs, ways in which the chapter or individual might
be helpful, and a bulletin of college and chapter affairs at which
graduate attendance was desirable. This plan has been put into
operation with great benefit to both chapters, and the social or
business and executive powers of "grads" has been utilized by the
more inxeperienced actives. Only the overwrought and heckled
actives of the present Barnard chapter know what support Mrs.
Mullan was to them in the trying meetings of the Fraternity I n -
vestigation Committee last spring.

Until this year, the New York Alumna? Chapter has confined its
activities to fraternity affairs. Meetings in the form of luncheons
or tea-parties, are held at the homes of members, or at either N u
or Alpha chapter's rooms. They are largely social in character,
most of the discussion is informal, as is inevitable where the first-
comers have left before those detained by business have arrived.
There is much gossip of sisters now living in Chicago, Boston or
St. Louis, comparison of "jobs" by the business or professional mem-
bers and discussion of babies and their training by the fond mothers.
At least once a year a luncheon is held to which all the alumna?
and actives are invited. This usually takes place at some cozy tea-
room. Attendance at meetings varies from four—on Saturdays
when the Concert or Opera bills are specially alluring, or Prince-
ton played Yale—to twenty. The average is about twelve.

Spurred by the enthusiasm of our Grand President, the alumna?
decided this fall to take up some philanthropic work, and a com-
mittee was appointed to find some organization that needed such help
as we could give. Believing that members would be more interested
in the support of an institution they could work for, visit, or at least