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The December meeting with Esther Vincent was an initiation of new mem-
bers, of which there were seven: Vera Alderson, Eta, '17; Louis Hoffman,
Rho, '17; Alice Jane Wilson, Rho, '17; Kate Blum, Rho, '18; Helen Slaten,
Rho, ' i q ; Edith Brown, Rho, ' I Q ; Dorothy Kerr, Rho, '19. We were glad to
receive these members and there are a number of others whom we hope to
take in soon.

There were f o u r chapters represented at this meeting, Eta, Rho, Iota, and
Epsilon. We had one bride of the past month, Goldie Halquist Buehler.
No alumna can afford to be absent, as she w i l l miss much news of present
and former members. We would like to congratulate Marie V . Swanson
(Mrs. A . E.) on the birth of a son. We were glad to hear that Betty Hiestand
is recovering so rapidly f r o m her hospital experience, though still unable to
be w i t h us. She has been missed this f a l l . Mabel Gastfield has been i l l with
diptheria. Melita tells us her cousin Katherine Colpitts is w i t h the Ralph
Dunbar Company in the cast of the Chocolate Soldier. Success to you Katherine.

About twelve alumna are reported to have attended the Chicago Panhellenic
luncheon at the Edgewater Beach Hotel on November 22. Zona Gale was the
guest o f honor and gave an interesting address.

A surprise shower f o r Doris Wheeler was held November 18 at the home
of Lenora D. Braun.

The next meeting w i l l be January 3, with Julia Fuller Crane, 1823 Wesley
Avenue, Evanston. A n y Alpha O's i n Chicago or passing through the city
remember the first Saturday of the month. You w i l l always be welcome with
us.

G E R A I . D I N E K I N D I G . Rho, '14, Chapter Editor.

I N D I A N A P O L I S ALUMNffi

Indianapolis A l u m n a Club had its Christmas party at the home of Helen
Baney. A n d i t was such a lovely party we could scarcely drag ourselves
away when evening came. The feature of the afternoon was the g i f t grab
bag. O f course there was a twenty-five cent limit, but Kentucky moonshiners
could never more ingeniously evade rules than d i d the donors o f those gifts.
The unfortunate members who d i d not know about the grab bag were per-
mitted to put in an I . O. U . and draw gifts anyway. They promised to
redeem their I . O. U . before Christmas.

Bernice Canaday f r o m Theta Chapter was a welcome guest. She told us all
about the freshmen and the Christmas party f o r poor children which is an an-
nual event for the girls of the college. We talked of National A l u m a W o r k
and found there was so much to be learned as yet that we can only assure
the committee of our eagerness to be put to work.

Since our last letter the Indiana State Teachers' Association met in Indian-
apolis. Thursday o f that week the club had a picnic supper for the Alpha
Omicron Pi's who are teaching in the state. About forty were there and we
learned more about teaching English than was ever practiced on us. That
evening we had a letter f r o m Celia Bates who is at Ithaca i n connection w i t h
the Agricultural College of the University of Pennsylvania and incidentally
chaperons the T r i Deltas of Cornell.

Early in November was De Pauw's Old Glory Day and home-coming. Sev-
eral of our girls were down then and now they talk so f a m i l i a r l y of the
active girls they make all of us envy them. We are going to go down as
soon as we can to see who is l i v i n g i n our old room.