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CLAIRE MCGREGOR (A)
KATHERINE DAVIS ( 9 )
greatly enhanced the prestige of the office, and
was popular with both the local chapter and
the alumna?. Surely there can be no higher
praise! I n the time not given to Alpha 0,
Claire has held classes and conferences, collab- to Northwestern and received her Masters
orated in writing a text-book, written articles
for magazines of Public Speech, attended con-
ventions of Public Speech Associations, and
worked up dramatic readings that have won
her much attention. A l l in all she is a busy
person, but she is never too busy to give her
sorority the benefit of her time and experi-
ence."
Elizabeth Morrison Proud (G) writes of
Katherine Davis ( 9 ) :
"Katherine Davis has been wisely chosen as
Superintendent of Ohio Valley District be-
cause of her record of varied achievements
and honors and because of her constant, imv
mate contact with her chapter and with' AOrr
in general. She g r a d u a t e d with distinction ''•^tli Theta since graduation has been as a
f r o m DePauw University in 1925, and whi]
in college was a member of 02$, honorarv
journalistic society, Panhellenic Council, \A/ §
G. A. Judiciary Board and various departing,'
tal clubs such as French Club and Press Club"
She was elected assistant treasurer of Theta
Chapter shortly after initiation, assuming f u | | • Is She attended Knoxville, Minneapolis,
duties her sophomore year and continuing j a
this capacity until she was chosen president
in her senior year. The next year she went
• They Live for What
—A
DOROTHY WOMRATH ( T )
I cious dishes of shark's fins, fish, pork, bean
V the universal drink. Whoever thought of
CHARLOTTE VOSS KEARNEY (TI)
Degree f r o m the Medill School of Journal-
ism ; then took a position on the A r t Magazine
of the Chicago Evening Post, where she made
a name f o r herself among Chicago's promts-
Ihuary, 1934
viuing journalists. Katherine's associations
* n i t °^ '1 , e r advisory board and
l ie a u i m n 2 e
a member of the house association com-
3S'ttee. She has made many return trips and
t^nt in close touch with each new group of
T ntitdale da n Washington Conventions, the
. t t w o as a representative of Theta's advi-
,.- board. On several occasions she served
n the editorial staff of the A. O. Pizette, the
'.'.''mention newspaper.
"Katherine is a member of M$>E, honorary
j ls c a at the Louisville Conservatory of M u -
g& and also of KKK, Indiana State sorority,
•fhe Tri Kappa Grand President appointed her
to the state publicity committee, and before
* j , e state convention last spring asked her to
edit a convention newspaper similar to our
o W I 1 Pizette."
the Ages Brought
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f o r g e t t i n g coffee and that l o n g line of tude toward life, and her general needs and
drinks. But just watch a well-practiced Chi-
nese official ingest for, literally, hours deli-
sprouts, bamboo shoots, shrimp, chicken, ham,
and infinite other intricate dishes, ending with
the inevitable rice and also not forgetting tea,
drinking cold water. I f water must he drunk
at all, let it be hot.
They do not drink water hot because that is
its natural condition. Not by any means. But
l i t ?s a good thing that they do boil it first
[•for i f they did not the population of China
would very probably be greatly reduced. The
people draw their water freely from dirty,
city wells, or still more dirty, green canals,
that thread their way through the cities and
ramble through country fields.
In the city of Soochow (my home city) can-
als are practically as important thoroughfares
as streets. They are bordered directly by
streets or by the back steps of houses. Boats
are poled slowly through the cities: fishing
boats, house boats, passenger boats. Families
live and die on a single boat. They cook, they
eat, they fish, they sleep, all on a little boat.
Nor are the families small. There is no honor
in having a small family. The more sons he
has, the more blessed is a man. A wife that
bears sons is to be honored all her life and
never be divorced, although women can be
divorced f o r such minor matters as talking
too much. Quite a sufficient excuse, I am
sure our men would agree. The tragedy ( ? )
is that women cannot f o r any reason divorce
their husbands. But, perhaps, that is why
there are so few divorces. Maybe we need
to learn a lesson on peaceful living.
Much else might we learn from China, we
*ho call ourselves advanced. The art of be-
gl n content is something we have no knowl-
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edge of. Our life is hurry and skurry. Their
life is long and calm. We live for what to-
morrow brings. They live f o r what the ages
brought. Thoughts seldom pervade our sanc-
tities. Philosophy is their life. Much can we
learn f r o m them, but will not. Much can they
learn from us and do. Who has the broader
nature? Who is now the more progressive?
Ruth Capen Farmer
Fellowship Offered
I F Y O U W A N T to do graduate work and
lack the where withal, why not apply to
Octavia Chapin, chairman of the Alpha Omi-
cron Pi Fellowship Committee, 102 Summer
Street, Med ford, Massachusetts, f o r the Alpha
Omicron Pi Fellowship in Memory of Ruth
Capen Farmer which will be awarded on
May 1 ? The amount is $750 payable in two
installments of $375 on September 1, 1934,
and January 1, 1935. You are eligible f o r it
if you are a graduate of an accredited college
or university and a member of Alpha Omicron
Pi. The field of work is not limited. The
recipient will be considered on the basis of
her fitness f o r her chosen profession, her atti-
qualifications.
The Fellowship in Memory of Lillian Mac-
Quillin McCausland will be awarded in May,
1935.
Application blanks may be obtained by writ-
ing to Miss Chapin, but must be returned to
bear a postmark not later than March 1.
Pi Members Serve on
Newcomb Committees
-+- T H E S O P H I E N E W C O M B College Alumnae
Association will hold its initial meeting
for the fall on the evening of November 22 at
7 :30 o'clock and a reception afterwards in the
alumnae quarters at the college, Mrs. Charles
Rose, president, announced Saturday.
Recently named committee chairmen who
will assume their duties at that time are: Miss
Florence Dymond, Dixon Hall; Mrs. A. W.
McLellan, loan f u n d ; Mrs. Ernest Riedel,
press; Mrs. Laura Lake Ihrie, book loan
f u n d ; Miss Elizabeth McFetridge and Miss
Dorothy Schlesinger, banquet; Miss Ethel
Ketchum, athletic; Mrs. Oscar Schneidau
( n ) , group alumnae; Mrs. Isabel Colcok
Carre, membership; Mrs. Fred Hughes Ogden,
college affiliation; Mrs. A. W. Jackman, enter-
tainment; Mrs. Esther Finley Harvey, scrap-
book; Miss Marion Moise ( n ) , motion pic-
tures ; Miss Adele Drouet, operetta; Mrs.
William Ulmer, marionettes, Mrs. Robert Po-
Iack, Eliza Carsen, Dixon scholarship; Mrs.
Joseph M . Rault, children's party; and Miss
Anna Koch, recording gifts of classes.—New
Orleans Tim es-Picayune.