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face toward the north. She spent two ex-
tremely enjoyable months there, the first in
the mountains of Pennsylvania, and the last
on Lake Erie. K a y Siehler (IIA '32) is now
Mrs. Edwin M . Willse. K a y had a charming
wedding on June 24. She is now living in
Castile, New York. Elise Dorsey (IIA '27)
has recently attended the national convention
of the United Daughters of the Confederacy
for which series of events she w a s selected a
page by her local chapter. E d n a Burnside
Howard ( I I A '29) lost her six-months-old
son on November 7. W e sympathize deeply
with her in her b e r e a v e m e n t . M a r g a r e t
Crunkleton (IIA '30) is now a lawyer's secre-
tary- Martha Ross Temple (IIA '30) is still
with T h e McCormick Company, of Baltimore.
She is kept busy with her foods research,
demonstrations, radio cooking school ( W h y
not tune in on Tuesdays from two to four on
W O R K from Y o r k , P a . ? ) , and trips to points
in and out of Maryland. T h e last one in-
volved a week in Atlantic City.
Bangor Alumnae Vote to Sell Lot
By Beulah E. Osgood, V
-f- K A T H E R I N E STEWART, our president, held
the first meeting of the year at her home
in Bangor. Estelle Beaupre and Frances Burke
gave most interesting and vivid reports of
Convention at Washington. A discussion of
"to sell" the house lot purchased f o r Gamma
Chapter followed, and with everyone relating
the high lights of the past summer's news, it
was a meeting. I n November, we had an eve-
ning meeting at the home of Madeline Robin-
son Herlihy. T h e knitting fad has seemed to
invade our group, but although nearly half the
members knit busily during the meeting, their
conversational powers were none the less ac-
tive. A f t e r listening to plans of the W a y s and
Means Committee, it w a s decided to raise
money this year by food sales, the first one
to be held in December; and by magazine sub-
scriptions f o r our contribution to National S o -
cial Service W o r k . Because of the financial
position of the active girls, and the improb-
ability of building a house for many years, the
alumnae chapter voted, pending vote of Gamma
Chapter, to sell the house lot if opportunity
provided itself. Plans for observing Founders'
Day were made. A s last year, the alumnae will
furnish the dinner and the active chapter will
entertain during the evening. W e feel that this
is quite an ideal way of getting acquainted
with the "actives." A s there are almost forty
active girls, including the pledges, w e are hav-
ing it at the Y . W . C . A . in Bangor. A n y
alumnae attending Military Ball at the U n i -
versity of Maine were happy I know to see an
Alpha O, Charlotte LaChance, elected to the
office of honorary lieutenant colonel.
Birmingham Alumnas Enjoy Mrs.
Kearney's Visit
By Elsie Morrison, TA
-4- B I R M I N G H A M A L U M N . C C H A P T E R have had Shaw ('30). T h e seniors were Bernicc Green-
several very interesting gatherings this
To D R A G l | A
year. O u r September meeting was held
Ellen T i m m o n s ' home and was in the form *t
a tea honoring Felicia Metcalfe, our famo
p l a y w r i g h t member. Felicia's play " C o U s
summer. During the party she entertained u
with an account of her experiences in Ne*
Y o r k , and related all the "red tape" incidental
to the presentation of a play. She has a mo!!
engaging manner of speaking, and she told i!
all so interestingly that we felt as if W e had
been with her on the trip and had sat with
her at the opening performance of her play
Needless to say, we are exceedingly proud of
Felicia. O n October 21 we entertained with a
luncheon f o r the new T a u Delta pledges. The
party was held in the chapter room, which was
filled to capacity, a number of our alumna;
which w e had not seen for some time having
come for the occasion. O f course, we were
most pleased to see them. Among these alum-
nae whom we seldom see was Blanton Sanders
Park, who w a s here on a short visit. On the
evening of November 15, we have a benefit
bridge party at Margaret Waite's home. We
had nine tables. Everyone had a delightful
time, and the party w a s a success in several
ways. O u r greatest pleasure of the year was
Charlotte Kearney's visit to our chapter. VVe
all enjoyed having her so very much. T h e ac-
tives and alumnae gave several parties in her
honor. T h e first evening of her visit, the
alumnae entertained with a dinner party at
Waggoner's T e a Room. W e afterwards had
an informal meeting in the reception room of
Stockham Building at Birmingham-Southern.
A number of alumna? were unable to attend
because of the inclement weather. W e are
afraid that Charlotte will always have bad
memories of her visit here because of the un-
merciful rains which descended upon us at
that time. But we shall always hold the pleas-
antest memories of her visit. Kvcryone was
completely captivated by her loveliness and
charm, and we are looking forward to her next
visit. O n F r i d a y night, December N. the actives
and alumnae celebrated Founders' Day. In spite
of the small crowd, we had a successful meet-
ing and a good time. Rochelle Cachet and
Elizabeth Smith, president of the active chap-
ter, each talked about the Founders. Lila Mae
Thigpen told about the founding of T a u Delta
T h e s e stories of the founding of AOII and of
T a u Delta are always interesting to us all, and
each year we are proud to tell them to the
new AOII's.
Bloomington Alumnae Donate
Money
By Analie Shaw, B$>
-4- T H E B L O O M I N G T O N A L U M N . E C H A P T E R en-
tertained the seniors of the active chapter
on M a y 10 with a dinner-bridge at the home
of Coralie Maze Shaw (O '06) and Analie
wait, Katherine Williams, Wilma lane Bor-
land, Pauline Ellis, Mildred Frazee, Rowena
Nash, Violet DeBoe. and Clair Stalcy. We
K j j U A K Y , 1934
. J a picnic in June at the Cascades Park.
The g ' > ' lr l s husbands, and the Alpha
nv te< tncir
L w h o were here in summer school were
• vited. T h e r e were thirty-five people there
*H together. Hannah Blair Neal ( ' 1 6 ) and
tennie Carpenter Bowen ( ' 2 7 ) went to con-
tention in June. Our President, Edith Hunt-
'neton Anderson, was here in September, and
/•"ertrude Bailey Huntington ( ' 2 3 ) entertained
the Alumnae Chapter in her honor with an eve-
ning party- W e had our first meeting this fall
o n October 11 at the home of Jennie Bowen
with H e l e n D u n c a n ( ' 2 0 ) , as her assistant
hostess. W e voted in favor of giving money
instead of bridge prizes at each meeting and
donating it to our National Social Service
work. O n October 19 we e n t e r t a i n e d B #
pledges with a picnic at the home of Mary
|(ay Geake Lockridge ( ' 2 8 ) . The November
meeting took place at H a n n a h Neal's on No-
vember 8 with Rowena N a s h assisting, Christ-
mas card sales helped swell our treasury.
Boston Alumnae See Initiation on
Founders' Day
By Mary Estelle Heald, A
BOSTON ALUMN.-E CHAPTER s t a r t e d its
1933-34 season on September 2 6 with a
delightful supper party at E d n a Woodbury
Webb's (A ' 1 2 ) in Quincy. T h e guest of honor
was "Addie" Steinberg H a l l ( ' 1 1 ) f r o m Balti-
more, who with George w a s visiting E d n a and
Kenneth. W e were so glad to welcome Anne
White ( 9 ' 1 8 ) , who is doing research work
•for Lever Brothers in Cambridge, and to wel-
come Margaret Burton H a r t e r ( I ' 2 7 ) who is
doing social service work in Cambridge while
her husband is finishing his medical work at
Harvard. Another Theta girl, Margaret Dou-
thitt Anion, who was at D e P a u w with Anne,
was with us, of course; but Margaret is so
much one of us that we are apt to claim her
as real Delta property. T w o other welcome
guests were " P h i l " H o w a r d ( ' 3 4 ) and Margie represented N u Chapter. D o r o t h y C h u r c h
Baxter ( ' 3 4 ) from the active chapter. "Phil"
is Delta's president this year—and, by the way,
Jeanne Relyea ( ' 2 9 ) is her new sister-in-law.
After the luscious supper, served by E d n a and
her co-workers, "Millie" W a r d Eldredge ( ' 2 5 )
called the meeting to order. A t this time, O c -
; tavia Chapin ( ' 1 3 ) , our official delegate to the
Convention last spring, brought to us her re-
port, which was supplemented with short re-
ports from Alice Spear ( ' 1 2 ) , Beth Ringer
('32), "Phil" Howard C 3 4 ) , and "Margie"
[ Baxter ('34). One or two decisions reached
may interest those of you who could not be
at the meeting at E d n a ' s : the dues a r e not
to be decreased; the Social Service W o r k is
to be continued (don't miss your chance to
help the Boston Alumnae Chapter earn their
quota and come to one of the bridge parties in
January) ; State Alumnae Chairmen have been
appointed instead of District Superintendents,
and Alice Spear ( ' 1 2 ) was chosen to represent
, Massachusetts; it will be possible to have a
$25 life membership in the national organiza-
tion. Alice Spear's talk told of Stella Stern
Perry's reference, in her history, to the en-
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trance of Delta Sigma into AOII, one of the
strong forces in building AOII in the early
days. M a y we, in the years to come, never
fail to cherish that same ideal both locally and
nationally! "Phil" Howard brought a cordial
invitation to one and all of the alumnae to
come to the active meetings as often as pos-
sible. This contact means not only a closer
contact with the Delta girls and their activi-
ties, but also through them, a closer touch with
the college life and its progress. A college
cannot advance successfully without the inter-
ested support of its graduates. October 20 was
the date for our second meeting at the C o m -
munity House in Dedham, with Virginia Col-
bath Crandall ('23) and the Gamma Chapter
members of Boston in charge. This new plan
for the G a m m a members to take charge of one
meeting seems to carry on the spirit of the
Delta Sigma days when the Maine, Brown,
and T u f t s chapters were one unit. We hope
this scheme may become permanent and be a
real reunion time. A t this meeting, it was
voted to charge the paid-up members 35c for
their suppers at the meetings, while the non-
members would pay the customary 50c T h i s
allows a certain reward to those who pay their
dues; and, at the same time, does not cause the
former embarrassment to the non-members
who can attend only occasionally, but would
like to help the chapter a wee bit, when they
do come. A plea from the National Social
Service Committee asked for contributions of
warm clothing for both adults and children.
I f you have any, do get in touch with M a r -
garet Amon, Glen Road, Wellesley, Mass. June
Kelly ( r '12), who is connected with T h e
Lewis Manufacturing Company in Walpole,
gave a most enlightening talk on the origin of
new products, with particular reference to the
lines of work pursued by T h e L e w i s Company.
Founders' Day brought nearly eighty Alpha O's
together at the Hotel Commander in Cam-
bridge. Postponed from December 4 , when
the Delta "big rush party" was scheduled, this
meeting on December 11 allowed us to meet
the nine fine girls who were pledged that noon.
We doubly welcome Emily Farnsworth ('37),
whose mother is Frida Ungar Farnsworth
('07) ; and not only is she a T u f t s daughter
but also a T u f t s granddaughter, for her grand-
father was F . T . Farnsworth ( 7 3 ) . It was
particularly delightful to have so many rep-
resentatives from other chapters. From U p -
silon Chapter was Dorothy Dickinson Daniel,
whose husband is at H a r v a r d Medical School.
There were two representatives from Iota:
Mrs. Frances Rutenber Leslie ('15), whose
husband is the well-known pastor of St. Marks
Church in Brookline; and Margaret Burton
Harter ('27). T o represent Theta were Mar-
garet Duthitt Amon ('18), Anne White ('18),
and Hazel Kladbourne S t a c k b a r g e r . From
Alpha Sigma came Roberta Robnett, formerly
alumna adviser for A l p h a S i g m a Chapter.
Emma Calhoun Stephens ('07), Cambridge,
Shores ('20), Watertown, was a representative
from Rho Chapter. Luella Fifield Darling
(B '01) and Marion Wentworth P e r k i n s (T