Page 46 - To Dragma January 1934

88
Alpha Alumnae Notes
-f- I T H A S B E E N a long time since the mother
chapter appeared in these notes and she's
glad to report.
Edith Dietz Janney is still pursuing her im-
portant work as vocational counsellor for the
New York City Board of Education.
Several members of Alpha are serving on
this years board of the Associate Alumna? of
Barnard College: Jennie Wylie is a Director;
Lucie Petri is 1914 Class Representative of the
Alumnae F u n d ; E l s a Becker is chairman of the
Alumnae Association Endowment Fund Com-
mittee; and Virginia Mollenhauer who, though
initiated into Nu Chapter is also a Barnard
graduate, represents the class of 1910 on the
Alumnae Fund.
Jessie Wallace Hughan was a candidate for
the New Y o r k State Assembly on the Socialist
ticket.
Luise Sillcox, who is Secretary of the A u -
thors' League of America, has her hands full
in these parlous times, which bring to her desk
many problems.
Speaking of authors, Margaret Hall Yates
is said to be engaged upon a new novel, as is
also Stella G . S. Perry.
Everybody will be glad to learn that F l o r -
ence L . Sanville, a u t h o r o f " O n c e M o r e
United," has completely recovered her health
and is occupied as usual with her valuable so-
cial welfare work in Pennsylvania.
We're all delighted that "Jo" Pratt is in
charge of alumnae in the Metropolitan District
and hope that she'll be able to bring back into
line those Alpha girls who slipped out of it
after the fraternities were disbanded at B a r -
nard and before New York Alumnae Chapter
came into life. "Jo" can do it. She has the
high power "drag" with us all.
Bess Coddington is with the text-book pub-
lishing house, Ginn and Company, and has
written at least one text-book herself.
Margaret Elliman Henry is conducting wel-
fare and religious work in New York under
the Episcopal Church.
Marjoric Hughan Rockwell had a summer-
home-school for little girls at Cape May and
is now writing stories and essays for which
she again has time since the three fine boys
are away at college and school and pretty
Peggy's big enough to help manage herself.
We always watch Chicago notes f o r nftws
of Alice Smith Thomson whom some of us
had the j o y of seeing again at Convention—
Los Angeles notes for "Miggles"—Margaret
K u t n e r Ritter to the world—and Seattle notes
for Fannibelle L e l a n d Brown, out there in her
Peter P a n House in that rapturously lovely
garden.
Bess T o m s is secretary and '"right hand
man" to Ogden Reid, publisher of The Herald
Tribune. "Tommy" has often doubled by serv-
ing on the Tribune as musical critic as well.
Elizabeth Heywood W y m a n is busy with her
writing, her civic and neighborly duties and
her work as ever f o r A O I I — p r o m i n e n t in
which just now is her fostering interest in the
New Jersey Alumnae Chapter.
Margaret Clark Sumner and her brilliant
family live in the Scropps' Foundation Colony
near San Diego. D r . Sumner is conducting
some more of his b i o l o g i c a l investigations
there. T h e i r garden hangs over the Pacific and
the next neighbor facing it is in Japan!
But New Y o r k City has its spectacles, too.
Y o u should see the view from Helen St. Clair
Mullan's impressive law office on the forty-
second floor of one of the new skyscrapers.
Helen is working hard, of course, and we all
rejoice that she again looks well and feels
well after her summer in B a r Harbor—though
she did w o r k instead of resting.
Ann Arbor Alumnae Entertain
Patronesses
By Ruth Van Tuyl, Oil
T H E F I R S T M E E T I N G w a s held in the new
chapter house early in September. Two
new members were welcomed to the chapter
at this time, "Winkie" H a l l ( o n '33) and
V i r g i n i a S h e r m a n (A4> '33). Plans were
formed for the year's social and philanthropic
work, and after the meeting everyone chipped
in a n d helped the "actives" fix up the new
house f o r rushing. T h e patronesses were en-
tertained at the October meeting and gave
many helpful s u g g e s t i o n s for the coming
bridge-bake sale which was held in the middle
of November and brought the chapter about
$20.00. T h i s was put in our fund f o r National
Social Service Work and f o r a Christmas gift
to the active chapter f r o m the alumnae and
patronesses. T h e November meeting was held
at the home of Dorothy Barnard and was a
potluck supper honoring the pledges and the
new house chaperone, Mrs. James. Everyone
enjoyed herself so much that the business
meeting w a s all but forgotten. Plans were
made to collect clothing to send to the Ken-
tucky mountaineers before Christmas. Satur-
day, December 7, w a s Founders' D a y and was
as always, a very lovely event. T h e banquet
t j J U A K Y . 1934
a S held at the chapter house and 64 actives
*nd alumnae were present. T h e tables were
. o r a t e d with red tapers, little red roses in established the status of every AOII alumnae
''-Hoy r e ( * fl°wer ^ts< -a n o lovely place-cards in whom we know to be living in this community.
m e shape of red roses. Entertaining and in-
niring speeches were presented by Helen Gray,
President of the Omicron P i ; Ernestine W a g -
ner president of the Detroit Alumnae Chapter;
Blossom Bacon, president of the A n n Arbor
Alumnae; V i r g i n i a Snyder, Gladys H i n m a n
Hirt. Billie Griffiths, and Helen Maynard Hub-
bard. Members of the group at Michigan State
College who are |>etitioning for a charter in
Alpha Omicron P i were also present. After
the speeches clever skits were presented by
the pledges. T h e chapters are busily scurrying
among their clothes to see what they can
Spare to take to the next meeting to send to
o l i r industrious Social Service Worker, Bland
Borrow, I" help make her Christmas a hap-
pier one.
Atlanta Alumnae Sew for Kentuckians
By Emma Fritsche Gar>isey,y¥
T H E A T L A N T A ALUMN.-E meetings, held
s every other Wednesday at three, have been
regular, enjoyable and most inspiring. W e are
so grateful f o r our Atlanta Alumnae Chapter
and the contact with our A O n sisters. A f t e r
discussing all sorts of plans whereby we might
make money f o r our contribution to the N a -
tional Social Service work, we agreed to sell
vanilla, have benefit teas and bridge parties.
Our vanilla sale proved a profitable means to
acquire funds. Annie Stuart Pearce ( n ) was
our delegate to Convention in Washington,
H ) . C. Upon her return she told us of all
. the convention news and the interesting talks
given there relative to T h e Kentucky Frontier
Nursing Service. It enlightened us greatly
about this wonderful work and made us even
more eager to do our part. I n connection with
this work o u r last few meetings found us
sewing like beavers on garments to be sent to
Kentucky. W e c o l l e c t e d woolens and any
warm garments for men, women and children
and anticipate sending o u r box to Hyden be-
fore Christmas. A rushing tea was held at
the home of Katherine K e l l y D u Bose ( K O
*28) on September 1. Active members and girls
entering LJniversity of Georgia, Newcomb, Ran-
dolph-Macon and the University of Florida
[were guests at this time. T h i s was a most de-
lightful affair. O n September 23 E d i t h Walthal
Ford ( K ) , Annie Stuart Pearce ( n ) , Hazel
Hartwell Jenkins ( A ) , and Emma Fritsche
Garnsey ( ^ ) , of the Atlanta Alumnae drove to
Columbia, S . C , to take part in the installa-
tion of the Delta P h i Chapter of AOII at the
[University of South Carolina. These activities
Were most delightful and were completely
told in the October T o D R A G M A by A n n A n -
fjlerson Sale ( K ) . T h e ceremony was most
inspiring, and it was a treat to witness this
i-installation. A desire for a chapter at the
BlJniversity of Georgia at Athens is the most
important topic of discussion at present, and
pre are working with the hope of installing a
Chapter there. T h i s will be a great asset to the
89
Southern District, together with the newly i n -
stalled Delta Phi Chapter, at the University of
South Carolina. W e have adopted by-laws and
We wish all members of A O n whom we have
not reached would watch for notices of meet-
ing in the newspapers and join us.
Mariann Garton was born to Dorris Bowers
Garton ( T '25) and J . L . Garton, on August
12. W e extend our sympathy to Annie Stuart
Pearce ( I I ) on the loss of her father. O n
May 31, we welcomed Hazel Hartwell Jenkins
(A '16) as a new member. H e r sense of
humor is indeed a joy. Betty Hadley ( K '33)
has affiliated. She is continuing her studies at
E m o r y on a scholarship, and we don't see her
as often as we should like.
Baltimore Alumnae Dress Dolls
By Joe Bland ford, IT A
-f- " E D D I E " B U R N S I D E H O W A R D entertained the
November 1 meeting at her home; such
a busy meeting too, fairly teeming with busi-
ness and activities. T h e constitution of the
New Baltimore Panhellenic Council was read,
discussed, and voted upon. W e think it an
awfully good thing for the fraternity women
of Baltimore. A t this time we collected clothes,
shoes, and books in abundance. Buckey Clem-
sen (IIA '32) boxed and sent them off to the
Kentucky mountaineers. O n November 14, the
chapter enjoyed a delightful luncheon and
afternoon at the A m b a s s a d o r A p a r t m e n t s .
Mrs. George Hall presided over a very pleas-
ant gathering of many of us. Margaret Crunk-
leton was hostess at her home at St. Albans
Way on Founders' Day. A s substitute for our
traditional dinner, we contributed an approxi-
mate amount to be used in filling baskets f o r
deserving and needy families at Christmas.
Food was also brought and other foodstuffs
promised for additional baskets. During the
evening we dressed sixteen dolls (took a num-
ber of others home to dress) f o r some o f
the children of Baltimore at Christmas. A l l
of us appreciated Edith Anderson's letter, and
as she desired us to do, we thought lovingly
and with admiration of our four Founders as
we later in the evening faced our four lighted
red candles. Do come and join us when you
are in Baltimore.
A n n a Dorsey Cooke ( I I A '25, '26) drove
to the World's Fair, stayed over a week to
attend the American Chemical C o n v e n t i o n ,
and then went on to Rochester. Later she
visited in Virginia. I n addition to her other
summer plans, Anna became even more a m -
bitious and published, in conjunction with the
Mayo Clinic, a paper on Bacteriology. Frances
Lemen Knight (IIA '24), with her brother, her
husband Bill (a really grand person), and
Betty Swenk, former president of the local
which is I I A Chapter, motored out to Chicago
and "did" the Fair. From there they went on
to Canada f o r a week, and then to N e w Y o r k .
Frances is now successfully increasing our
chapter bank balance with magazine subscrip-
tions. Margaret Safford Dudley turned he'