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TO DRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI 149

GAMMA—UNIVERSITY O F MAINE

Pledges

Virginia Averill Marie Hodgdon

Catherine Cary Lois Man tor

V i r g i n i a Chase Mabel Peabody

Nadean Gellerson Mary Perkins

Helen Harrigan Gladys Willey

Rowene Hersey Sarah Wiswell

These are the names of the girls Gamma pledged on December 8. They

are twelve of the most attractive and most talented girls in college. We con-

sider ourselves very fortunate.

You who have lived in a house entirely made up of Alpha O girls know
the wonderful spirit which prevails. This is Gamma's first experience. U n t i l
this f a l l , it has been the custom f o r the girls to live in the two large dormi-
tories. The one night a week that we met was scarcely time enough to become
intimately associated. There was always a feeling of rivalry that existed
among the girls of the two houses. L i v i n g together we have learned to really
know and appreciate each other. The spirit is very different—everyone works
heart and soul for Alpha O.

Fortune seems to have favored Gamma this year. Several weeks ago we
received an interesting communication f r o m Omega Chapter at Miami Uni-
versity concerning their former patroness, Mrs. Rider. When M r . Rider
came to the University of Maine f r o m Miami as athletic trainer we did not
realize we were to find in his w i f e a charming patroness. Mrs. Rider, her-
self a college woman, having graduated from a small Western college, under-
stands the problems which may confront a student and can sympathize with
the girls. Although we do not see as much of Mrs. Rider as we wish we
might, owing to the hurried and busy l i f e of college, we have been quite
captivated by her attractive and pleasing personality.

The sophomore and junior girls are very busy these days making the
necessary arrangements f o r the initiation banquet and dance to be held Janu-
ary 16 and 17. I feel certain that all the girls, with the exception of our
initiates perhaps, are looking f o r w a r d to the night when so many o f the
alumna? return to renew pleasant acquaintances and to welcome the new girls
into Alpha Omicron Pi.

Eveline Foster Snow has announced her engagement to M r . H u g o S. Cross.
P A U L I N E E . M I I . I . E R , '21, Chapter Editor.

EPSILON—CORNELL UNIVERSITY

Betty Algeo Pledges
Catherine Campion Helen Gsand
Elizabeth Doty Agnes Hines
Florence Foster Karen Jensenius
Edith Gill Amalia Shoemaker
Alice Green Dorothea Trebing
Alice von Roeder

Betty Warner

It was indeed a blow to Epsilon to read in To DRAGMA " N o letter" and
we are still conjecturing as to where it can be. However i t was quite evident
that i t d i d not reach its destination, so perhaps you w i l l be a little kind to
us i f our letter appears too long. The most natural t h i n g in the world would
be to begin talking about Christmas, especially with the wonderful Christmas