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Several of the alumnce were seen at "Open House" after the Minnesota-
Illinois game. Elsa Feldhammer Johnson, Gertrude and Stedy Swanson, Ger-
trude Folkenhagen, Margaret Taarud, Edith Goldsworthy, and Ruth Buckley
were sandwiched in amid the mob that thronged the house. H a d I not known
that only fifty thousand attended the game, and later, the "Open House," I ' d
had sworn that the entire population o f Minnesota and St. Paul was present.
No bargain counter, exhibiting a sign o f "Take me home f o r $1.39" c o u l d
have produced a greater crowd. A n d the active chapter is to be complimented
upon the ease w i t h which i t handled things.

We held a special meeting at the chapter house to sew f o r the Christmas
bazaar. A goodly number was represented and the amount o f work that was
finished up, showed that needles, as well as tongues had been busy. The
bazaar was held at the Leamington the latter part of November. The alumnae
chapter served tea to the passing throng. I f one was clever in passing, one
succeeded in getting an extra serving. We were glad to greet many of the
alumna f r o m out of town who had returned f o r the Thanksgiving holidays.
Alma Boehme, Emily Esswein, Eleanor Willitts, Lillian H u f f , and Doris Loff
Schlamppe were among those whom we do not see very often.

Our Founders' Day banquet was held at the Leamington this year, and
was an unusually inspiring affair. I ' m sure that everyone who was there,
left with a clearer cut vision of what the true ideals of our fraternity are.
M a r y Danielson of Alpha Phi acted as toastmistress, and several alumna:
of different chapters responded to toasts. M a r y Chase of Gamma spoke on
"Fraternity Ideals"; Mrs. Pulling of Delta on "Always P u l l i n g " ; and Mrs.
Jayne of Iota on " A s Y o u Like I t . " The latter was one of the most i m -
pressive benedictions that I have ever had the privilege of listening to. The
deep silence that filled the room after she had finished, attested to the depth
to which her words had sunk. As someone said afterwards, "There was
nothing more to be said."

A n d here's hoping that the New Year w i l l be rich in blessings and filled

with happiness to every single Alpha O. Editor.
MARGARET WOOD, Tau, '16, Alumna Assistant

BANGOR ALUMNffi

We are not having as large an attendance this year as we wish. Several
of our very loyal members have moved away and f o r some reason the new
girls are not appearing very regularly. We are glad Hazel Mariner Buzzell,
Louise Bartlett, and Betty M i l l s are to be w i t h us.

Our October meeting was with Marion Jordon in Old Town and we had a
most delightful time. We were very happy in having our last year's presi-
dent, Imogene Wormwood Ingalls with us. She expected to leave soon f o r
her new home in Buffalo, so we shall not see her as often as we had hoped.
Another interesting visitor that day was Aileene Hobart Libbey's little son.
We all said he was the best behaved baby we ever saw. We decided we would
keep up our work f o r the Seacoast Mission by sending a barrel of w a r m
clothing.

Now that the active chapter is really i n a house by itself and there is a
prospect that they may build next year, we want to help them all we possibly
can. A t the November meeting at Mildred W r i g h t ' s home, we made plans
f o r a most attractive money-making scheme. Claire Weld D u r g i n was a wel-
come guest that day.