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TO DRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI 167

The November meeting at the apartment of R u t h Ritchie Jones was a
delightful affair. Esther Day particularly enjoyed the new grand piano.
Further details are lacking f o r the editor is an irrepressible football fan and
had to see De Pauw play her ancient rival. She lost a l l her dignity and hung
on the fence rooting i n an unspeakable manner. A n d she thought the active
girls she saw j o l l y good sisters.

Best wishes f o r the happiest New Year that Alphas ever had.

A N N E W H I T E , Theta, '18.

NEW ORLEANS ALUMNffi

I t seems strange that when these lines now being written w i l l appear i n
print, the Christmas festivities w i l l be among pleasures that are passed. Here
in New Orleans we are looking f o r w a r d to the promised reunion w i t h many
of our girls who w i l l return f r o m their various places of occupation for the
Christmas vacation.

We have been fortunate enough to have experienced already some of the
joys o f such meetings, f o r this f a l l has brought us visits f r o m Rochelle Gachet
and f r o m Delie Bancroft, both o f whom we welcomed from the botton of
our hearts—Rochelle with her news of the Washington A l u m n a and her i n -
teresting talk of the f r a t e r n i t y as a whole, and Delie f u l l of enthusiasm over
her new work with the Y . W . C. A . , f o r which she has, at least temporarily,
cast teaching aside. Then, too, we rejoice at being able to have w i t h us again
Clevie Dupre McNees, and we hope that this time she w i l l stay with us
permanently, for we surely missed her when the war, that great changer of
plans, called her and her husband out of town.

Besides welcoming the return o f these former I I girls, the New Orleans
A l u m n a Chapter has accounted itself happy in greeting two Omicron girls—
Wista Brayley Ogle, and Mary Annie Landy. We had hoped to keep Wista
as a member, but now we hear that she has l e f t New Orleans, so we all feel
the loss o f a most interesting and interested worker, and are hoping that some
day circumstances w i l l permit her to return to our city and to attend our
meetings.

( We have had such nice meetings, even i f we do have a hard time discover-
ing days and hours at which frantically busy A O IPs can be free to attend.
On one occasion we had tea a f t e r the business session for the actives and
pledges, both of whom we alumna are very fond and proud, of course this
was an excellent opportunity f o r us to know each other better. I t was then
that we received news o f " K a t " O'Neill's very sudden wedding, an event
which has shared interest only with one other important occurrence—the
birth o f our dear little twin girls, Jane Lee and Joy to Jennie Snyder Savage.

R O S A L I E E . D U F O U R , Pi, '15, Alum/uz Assistant Editor.

MINNEAPOLIS ALUMN-ffi

The season of snow, snappy weather and red noses has arrived. We
Minnesota alumna have been busy w i t h many things as all good alumna
should, but have overlooked many as all good alumna shouldn't. Our No-
vember meeting was held at the home of E d i t h Goldsworthy. Anyone who
knows Edith knows the warm hospitality that radiates f r o m her. After a
short business session, the time was given to "gossiping" and eating. The
wonderful "feed" still lingers in our minds—delicious escalloped oysters,
pumpkin pie, etc., not to mention heaps of chestnuts roasted i n a crackling
grate fire.