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careful thought and discussion each time. We hope to tell you more about it
in the near future.

M U R I E L C. W Y M A . N , Gamma '15, Chapter Secretary

B O S T O N ALUMN-ffi

Boston Alumna; have had three meetings since the last letter: one at the
Cranford I n n in Cambridge, one at Rena Greenwood's, in Medford, and one
at the Elizabeth-Peabody House in Boston.

In spite of this fact, there really is not a great deal of news to write.
Our meeting i n Cambridge was not the success—from one point of view—
that we hope. There were a large number there, and we enjoyed the meeting,
but the I n n itself disappointed us. I t proved to be a more expensive proposi-
tion than we thought.

The November meeting was at Rena's. I was not present at that meeting,
but f r o m all reports, i t was an unusually good meeting. Everyone has called
it "an a w f u l l y good time," so I guess they must have sewed, talked, and eaten
mostly. That is what usually constitutes a good time, with the Boston girls.

Our Christmas meeting was held in town at the Elizabeth-Peabody House,
where we have held a number of our Christmas meetings. The T u f t s Alumna;
meeting preceded i t , so a number of people came who are not often able to
be w i t h us.

The Peabody House has a model apartment of f o u r rooms i n which our
meeting was held. The kitchen is well-fitted, the pantry f u l l y equipped, and
even the dining-room was well stocked. We had the privilege of fixing our own
eat, too, which cut expenses f o r us. We are t r y i n g our best here to lower costs
of our meetings, but success is f u g i t i v e . Boston is not the place to find suc-
cess in that line in this day and age, we are firmly convinced.

Since our last letter, T u f t s has started a campaign f o r funds. Acting
President Cousens is doing a big work f o r the college in this respect, and
the alumna; and students are backing him up in the drive. The new "Chem
Lab" is to be begun in the spring, and the salaries of the professors are to
be raised.

Best wishes to all A l p h a O f o r a happy and prosperous New Year.
H . MARION J A M E S O N , '17, Alumna Assistant Editor.

LOS A N G E L E S A L U M N A

H a v i n g discontinued our meetings through the summer months, we began
our meetings this last September with f u l l attendance at the home of our
president, Jess McKenna. We had with us two visiting Alpha O's, both f r o m
Lambda, Alice Moore and Grace Dickover. Business was almost forgotten
in the excitement of exchanging summer trips and experiences.

The October meeting was held at Erna Taylor's home and as a pleasant
surprise, three or four new Alpha O residents of Los Angeles appeared, all
promising to come regularly. We now can boast of about twenty-five girls
as members of the Los Angeles Chapter. We welcome these new girls and
want all Alpha O's to know that i f you are in Los Angeles either temporarily
or permanently, do make i t known. We want you to come and meet us a l l .

The great question before this meeting was as to what we should do f o r
Christmas charity work. We have always distributed baskets to the poor but
as this is taken care of by so many other organizations we wanted to do
something more needed and of more lasting benefit. This matter was left
open to investigation and decided upon at the next meeting, held at the home