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A n d so i t is that with these and other meetings, together with our Thanks-
giving slumber party, we are t r y i n g to build up our alumna; and help our
active chapter.

L O U I S E D O W B E N T O N , Upsilon, '19, Chapter Editor.

KNOXVILLE ALUMNiE

Our first meeting was held the last o f October at the home of Lucretia
Bickley. Emma Albers Hunt was elected President and Margaret Conover,
Treasurer. I t was suggested at this meeting that we write to all our alumnae,
asking them each to give us a dollar to be used f o r the f r a t e r n i t y room,
which is badly in need of repair. Quite a number have responded, but not a l l .
I n my next letter, I hope to tell you fully all about our room, and what
changes we have been able to make. We are doing all we can to help our
active chapter. Nearly a l l of us have teas and parties d u r i n g the rushing
season.

We postponed our December meeting until the eighteenth and so had with
us Laura Mayo Jernigen, who has come to spend the holidays with homefolks,
and Helen Kennedy, who is doing Home Demonstration work in Selma,
Alabama. I am glad to say that every member was present, even though i t
was so near Christmas.

Our main business at this next meeting was to subscribe money, which
was asked of the active chapter, f o r sending the magazine to every member
of A 0 I I . This is a splendid idea, and as we have such an interesting maga-
zine, there must result many new subscriptions.

A reception was given Thanksgiving afternoon at the St. Johns Orphanage,
which was a memorable one as there was held at this time the dedicatory
service of the Edith Caulkins Memorial dormitory, refurnished and decorated
by friends and patients of D r . Caulkins, i n appreciation of his 31 years of
free service as house physician of the orphanage, d u r i n g which time he has
never lost a little patient through death. The memorial dormitory has been
done in a scheme o f yellows and browns, the walls being painted i n nastur-
tiums. The rugs are i n a blending tone as is also the dark wood work. The
windows are draped i n white w i t h flowered cretonne hangings.

Omicron sends all love and best wishes f o r a happy New Year.

A I L C Y K Y L E P E E T , '10, Chapter Editor.

LYNCHBURG ALUMNiE

We have had four enthusiastic anil well attended meetings since w r i t i n g
our last letter to you. Lizzie Webber Payne has been i n Texarkana all the
while, but she is home again now and at our last meeting we hope our circle
of A l p h a O's w i l l be complete.

One of our objects this year has been to keep in closer touch with the
active chapter. We go to their meetings whenever possible and try to have
a representative f r o m the active chapter at ours. I n November we all had
supper together at the house—we certainly enjoyed the girls and they seemed
to enjoy the house eats we served.

A l l ten of us are Kappa Alumna; and we have been actively interested
in the Smith Memorial this fall. Every Randolph-Macon girl knows all
about the Smith Memorial, but f o r the benefit of those who do not, I w i l l
say that it is a much-needed building to be erected by the students and alumna;
to provide offices, etc., f o r their various activities. This has long been a dream
with us and now that i t is about to become a realization we are w i l d with