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152 TO DRAG MA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI

W i t h our rushing season well over, and six charming pledges to our credit,
who w i l l this Thursday become loyal members of Alpha Omicron Pi, the inter-
lude between that time and the "cramming" sessions which are now beginning
has been filled with good things f o r Lambda Chapter.

The pleasant news that we ranked second in scholarship among the sorori-
ties on the campus greeted us upon our return to college, October i , and we
went at our work with renewed interest. One of our girls, Lenell Garvin, ' i q ,
from Los Angeles, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Another, Marguerite
Roberts, '20, also f r o m Los Angeles, has been chosen Business Manager of the
Campus daily, and is the first woman to hold that honor.

Three others are intensely interested in journalism, while still three more
of the chapter members are becoming prominent i n Y . W . C. A . work. We
feel i n our house that the best way of showing our loyalty to our fraternity
and to our chapter, is to interest ourselves in campus activities and in athletics.

Perhaps you may have heard of our latest venture in entertaining; I refer to
our "Aviation Tea," the first event of the sort held anywhere i n the United
States, to the best o f our knowledge. A former Stanford man was piloting a
passenger airplane on the campus, and we conceived the novel idea of giving
a tea f o r our freshmen and entertaining them by taking them up in this air-
plane. So, one sunny afternoon, in mid-November, we carried out our plan,
and not only the freshmen, but the girls in the house as well went for short
flights, and were thrilled by daring stunts. The San Francisco newspaper
men were all there, and we saw ourselves in all the papers the next day.

There has been a great deal of discussion at Stanford lately, relative to the
housing of the sororities in university dormitories, and, of course, much oppo-
sition on the part of the sororities, who fear that this is but the first step to
depriving us of our charters. So, Lambda Chapter has taken the lead here,
and called all the Panhellenic members of the ten nationals represented on the
campus together, and are trying to avoid having the quarter rushing system,
which we feel is the first step in the direction of k i l l i n g the chapters here.

We still have our little French orphan to take care of, and this Christmas
we are sending him a box of toys, and goodies, to gladden his poor war-
stricken heart. We also send him money from time to time.

We were visited on October 2 by Miss Laura H u r d , District Superin-
tendent of the Pacific Division, and although she only stayed with us a few
hours, we felt her interest in us, and were glad to have had the opportunity of
meeting her.

The early rains have set i n , and the Thanksgiving recess was spoiled f o r
many o f us on account of this dismal drizzle. But California weather is as
near perfect as any can be, and it w i l l only be a short time until we bask in the
sunlight again.

F L O R E N C E V . H O C K I N G , '22, Chapter Editor.

IOTA—UNIVERSITY O F ILLINOIS

Helen Moore, '20 New Members
Barbara Porter, '21
Elizabeth Brown, '23
Thelma Fridlin, '33 Kathryn Hughes, '22
Frances Grove, '23 Pledges
Dorothy H u l l , '23 Minette Koch, '33
Lillian Lucas, '23
Hester Srout, '23
Evelyn Wissmath, '23