Page 58 - 1920 February - To Dragma

TO DRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI 141

trusts you w i l l help to make the bonds of good-fellowship in the
world about you, greater and of a higher purpose.

APPRECIATION

W E W E R E fortunate this month to have two articles written
by prominent business men and we appreciate their interest in
our attempt to learn more about chapter finances.

JT H E C O N T E N T S O F A F R A T E R N I T Y M A G A Z I N E
U S T what should our fraternity magazine contain? This is a
much argued question and yet, i f a certain standard be agreed
upon, the contents always w i l l differ according to the demands of
the readers and more especially on type of material contributed.
Very o f t e n , criticisms are many and severe as to the Editor's choice.
Is it really the Editor's choice which appears on the pages of the
magazine? Since there is no paid contributor and contributors are
busy with other thoughts than writing f o r a certain prominence,
the E d i t o r can not be too severe. She tries to suggest interesting
topics and gives an outline of the form desired, with the thought
in m i n d , that the article may be the feature of the next issue and
the person w r i t i n g the article may show such ability as to encourage
her to f o l l o w the literary career. However, what actually does
happen is this. T h e request is sent f o r the article, a long wait
follows, only to be concluded by a hasty note which explains that
"the Editor's letter was sent to an old address and as i t is too late
now, she is very sorry because she w o u l d love to do something f o r
the magazine." Why did not that person take a few more minutes
and instead of writing that note, and write the article or why did
the Editor have the old address?

What we want, girls i n A l p h a Omicron Pi, is more real enthusi-
asm, and ready-to-work spirit for the magazine. W i t h over four
thousand pairs of eyes and that many educated brains and fingers,
T o D R A G M A should have at least twenty splendid contributions f o r
each issue. I f you have any topic on your mind and you think i t
should be an interest to your sisters i n A l p h a Omicron P i or to
other Greek-letter sisters, write it down while the idea is fresh and
offer i t to your magazine. I t may not appear i n the next issue but
if you have made your point clear and interesting, it w i l l appear
during that year and you w i l l have done a service and surely w i l l be
greatly repaid.