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d a i l y to carry on their work, so well begun.
We, who live in the midst of civilization, can
hardly conceive of the potential comfort and
material aid that one little dollar represents
in the isolated Kentucky mountain region. A
dollar to us means so very little sometimes;
to our social workers there, it may even mean
a matter of human lives—certainly a lessening
of human misery.
Thus, at this time, as we begin a new f r a -
ternal year, the m o t h e r c h a p t e r takes the
opportunity to inform you of this great phil-
anthropic work of which she is so proud, and
invites you to contribute directly by donations
or indirectly by your magazine subscriptions.
Along with this information and the cordial
greeting which accompanies it, she wishes to
send you news of your alumna? and active
chapters, because only by knowing of one
another's hopes and plans can we be truly
helpful and neighborly.
Lilla C. Hersey ('23), teacher of English in
Norwich, Conn., and Rowena Hersey ('23),
librarian at Connecticut College, New London,
spent their summer vacation at their home in
Bangor, as did Betty Bright ('17) from H a r -
vard Medical School, and June Kelley ('12),
who has an important executive position in
Norwood, Mass. Antoinette Webb (Wheaton
'13), with her husband and daughter, motored
from St. L o u i s to spend the summer with her
mother in Bangor. Madeline Gillen, a teacher
in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, spent part of
her summer vacation at her home in Bangor.
Frances Burke ('06) and Katherine Stewart
('21) had a most enjoyable evening with L e n -
nie Copeland ('04), assistant professor of math-
ematics at Wellesley College, who spent a few
days in Bangor after an extensive motor tour
t h r o u g h Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
Lennie gave a very witty account of her trav-
els as well as describing with a good deal of
"down E a s t " humor the trials and tribulations
of a college professor. Annie Gilbert Woods
('11) has a daughter, Nancy, in the freshman
class this year at the University and to her
goes the distinction of being the only fresh-
man whose father and mother both attended
the University. Franklin and Paul Burke, two
sons of Frances Webber Burke, have also en-
tered the University this year as freshmen.
Dr. Mary Ellen Chase ('09), professor of
English at Smith College, of whom we are
very proud, received an honorary degree last
June from Bowdoin College. Katherine Stew-
art's annual vacation was made thrilling by an
airplane trip to Merchantville, N . J . , from
Bangor, to visit Florence M a c L e o d Ramsay.
It was " K ' s " first experience in the air, and
she enjoyed it all from a terrific shower over
New Y o r k City where the earth was com-
pletely hidden by clouds to an "exclusive" trip
from Boston to Bangor when she was the
only passenger in the plane. Prudence Wads-
worth Tobey, Cohasset, Mass., with her hus-
band and two children recently visited in Ban-
gor. "Prue" hadn't seen the Maine campus
for twelve years and was amazed and delighted
to see the new college buildings and fraternitv
houses that have been built in that time Fra
ces W. Burke ('06) and Estelle I. Beaupjl
('14) motored to Convention held at Arlinp
ton Hall, Clarendon, V a . , near Washington"
during the first week of July. Frances wa<!
the official delegate, r e p r e s e n t i n g Bangor
Alumna? Chapter, and Estelle furnished her
car and was the chauffeur for the entire trm
of about 1800 miles. Both had a wonderful
trip and returned with very pleasant memories
of a delightful week spent with big and little
s i s t e r s from different p a r t s of the United
States and Canada. Business meetings were
held every forenoon; there were sightseeing
trips for afternoon recreation; and evenings
were devoted to social times arranged for the
delegates. They arrived on Sunday afternoon
in the midst of a bad thunder shower, and
imagine their dismay, on arrival, to discover
that the reception tea was in progress and
that they were obliged to go through the re-
ception hall i n traveling togs in order to bV
shown to their rooms. T h e delegates had many
good times together, such as the picnic and
boat trip down the Potomac and back by
moonlight; the big dance at Arlington Hall;
and, best of all, the Convention banquet at the
Mayflower Hotel in Washington. P i n c k n e y
Estes Glantzberg was the charming toastmis-
tress and was witty and entertaining as usual.
T h e candle-lighting service, held on the lawn,
and the memorial service, held in the gym-
nasium, were very impressive. One of the
highlights of the Convention was the presence
of our four Founders whose companionship
the girls all enjoyed exceedingly. Stella Stern
Perry's mother attended the Convention, and
her presence, too, was a gracious addition.
W e invite those of Gamma Chapter who
are not mentioned here to let us know some-
thing about you. No matter where you are or
what you are doing, we are interested and we
welcome heartily the news from our scattered
sisters.
O n Monday, October 16, the initiates of last
spring together with the pledges gave the rest
of us a picnic. It was held in a wood behind
Edith Gardner's house and was the best ever.
A f t e r "the eats," we sang songs around the
fire. T h a t night we also held a pledge service
at which we gave pins to A n n a Eleason, Marie
Archer, and Dorothy Romero, who pledged on
October 5.
W e held a "Mae West" party at the Milford
T o w n H a l l on November 17. It was in the
form of a costume dance and we attended in
costumes of "the gay nineties."
I n closing this letter we again send our best
wishes for the happiness and success of AOII's
everywhere, and we hope that the reading of
it will be as pleasant as the writing of it has
been.
Cordially and fraternally yours,
E 5 T E L L E I. B E A U P R E , T ] the summer Katherine Siehler was married
State Chairman.
,TANUARY, 1934
Maryland, Delaware, District of
Columbia
DEAR SISTER IN AOET:
/another year has rolled around, and it is
time for a talk with our alumna? again. T o
those of you are not fortuante enough to be
members of an alumna? chapter, I hope that
you will make every effort to join the one
nearest you or to find out from the Central
Office if there are any A l p h a O's living close
to you and "get together." It's really a lot
of fun to know your sisters who have gone
to a college other than your own, well worth
the time and effort, and I know f r o m personal
experience that in moving around the country
a n alumna? chapter in our "newest" home
meant a great deal to me. Y o u have no idea
how nice it is to find some girls who have
one college experience in common. T h e world
'' js a small place, and you will find many
mutual acquaintances, if not friends, once you
become interested in an alumna? group.
Convention was a great success. Several of
the girls f r o m our Baltimore Chapter went
down to Arlington H a l l for some of the meet-
ings and social functions and all came away
wishing that they had had time to attend more
of the affairs and to know the Founders and
officers more intimately.
Our Baltimore Alumna? Chapter is still in
its first year, but we are growing nicely. O u r
members come from the East, South, and Mid-
dle West, and we get along as nicely as if
we had come from the same chapter—if not
better. W e were installed F e b r u a r y 18 at the Division of the Public Works Administration.
Hidden Garden T e a Room in Baltimore by
Kathryn Matson, then Grand President, Edith
Huntington Anderson, Grand Secretary, and
Mamie Baskervill, E x t e n s i o n Officer. Our
business meetings were postponed during the
summer and our first fall meeting was taken
up with Convention news. W e plan to have
a series of small bridge parties that will en-
able us to entertain or be entertained by every
member of the chapter. W e will pay 25 cents
a person, and hope to swell our treasury.
Last spring a local Panhellenic group was
formed, thanks to the enthusiasm of an A A I I
from Illinois. Alpha Omicron P i is secretary
of this group. Most of the sororities felt that
they could not assume any more financial bur-
dens, so this group will be purely social and
will endeavor to cement inter-sorority rela-
tions among the alumna? living i n Baltimore
and vicinity and increase the number of so-
rorities at Goucher College here in Baltimore
Panhellenic will keep an alphabetical list of
all sorority women with addresses on file at
the College Club, 821 N o r t h Charles Street,
Baltimore, so if you come to Baltimore and
wish to find someone whose address or mar-
ried name you have forgotten, you will find
it at the College Club.
And now for some personal news. During
and has moved to Silver Springs, N . Y . M a r -
garet Safford Dudley ( 0 '25) entertained the
chapter at a tea at her home in Baltimore in
June to welcome the new alumna? f r o m P i
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Delta, Mary Medinger and Virginia Cronin.
Buckey Clemson had a swimming party at her
summer home on Gibson Island and the D o r -
seys, Anna and Elise, invited the chapter down
to their f a r m one Saturday. Joe Blandford is
teaching art at the M a r y l a n d College for
Women at Lutherville; Martha Ross Temple
is with the McCormick Food Company here
in Baltimore and gives most enlightening talks
on foods over the radio. Katherine Bean and
Virginia Bogess (both Kappa) have welcomed
Buckey Clemson into the fold of social work-
ers. W e are all so distressed to hear of the
sudden death of E d n a Burnside Howard's
baby son on November 7.
The members of the Washington Alumna?
Chapter have been busy in the past year, too.
Marian Bates ( H A ) was married to Dr. E . B.
Daniels in December. Dr. Daniels is a mem-
ber of the faculty at the University of Mary-
land. M i n n a Cannon is engaged to C . R .
Wilson. Grace Maxwell was married to R u -
dolph P r i c e at L u k e , Md., on September 8.
She is now living in New York. Gene Wright
was married to Claude Smith in June. A m o n g
the a t t e n d a n t s were Eloyse Sargent, Elgar
Jones, and Evalyn Rideout Taylor. Jane Ham-
mack and John O'Neil were married in June
at a lovely military wedding. Madeline Ber-
nard was one of the attendants. Ruth Barnard
and F r e d H e r z o g were married in June.
Eloyse Sargent has a very interesting position
on the staff of McKinley H i g h School in
Washington; she is manager of the school
cafeteria. Madeline Bernard has established
herself as a public stenographer at the May-
flower Hotel. M i l d r e d B l a n d f o r d has a n
unusually interesting position in the Fnancial
Eleanor Meyer is studying at the Columbia
L a w School, Washington, D. C.
Pi Delta Chapter, Incorporated, held a meet-
ing on September 26 in College Park and
elected Elizabeth Taylor and Minna Cannon
to fill vacancies on the B o a r d of Directors.
Mildred B l a n d f o r d was elected president;
G w e n d o l y n Sargent Blanz, vice president;
Minna Cannon, secretary, and Elizabeth Tay-
lor, treasurer.
And now I must bring this very lengthy
epistle to a close, I'm only hoping that this
letter will do its bit toward keeping us all
closer to Alpha Omicron P i .
Fraternally,
E L I Z A B E T H SEARS BOULDEN (MRS. J O H N S.), H,
Province Chairman.
Massachusetts, Rhode Island and
Connecticut
DEAR AOn A L U M N A :
Another glorious Convention is over, and
it is my privilege to greet you as your state
chairman, replacing Jeanne Relyea, who was
married on September 30 to "Bunny" H o w a r d ,
brother of Phyllis Howard, Delta's president.
They will live in Philadelphia.
I hope that in the next two years we may
become very well acquainted, so you must
write to me often and ask as many questions