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EDITORIAL.

The effort made by Kappa and Pi this year to send delegates
to the Annual Meeting was very much appreciated by the New York
Chapters. The presence of Lola Wanamaker, Mamie Hurt and
Marie Bres lent a fresh spirit to the meeting and a touch of the
younger element, which is so necessary to keep any organization alive
and abreast of the times. Older judgments are, no doubt, calmer
and more conservative, but younger views are full of the snap of
living issues, and add a vitality which is of the utmost value to us
all.

Up to now we have been obliged to look to the two New York
Chapters to supply this younger sp.irit; and the attendance at the
Grand Council meetings has necessarily been largely made up of
the life members, together with those members who have been asso-
ciated in the work of Alpha Omicron Pi since its founding. The
active personal interest of the chapters in the west and south is
greatly desired, and we tender hearty thanks to Kappa and Pi for
their delegates.

Many times of late our attention has been called to that admir-
able address delivered by M r . Henry James to the graduating class
at Bryn M a w r in 1905, and since published under the title, "The
Question of Our Speech." I t seems to have been a most timely
topic, and one which in the east at least we know to have been
greatly needed. Five minutes devoted at haphazard to listening to
the speech about us w i l l be sure to afford examples of slovenly, slur-
ring diction. W i l l it not be well for all fraternity girls to take
special heed in this direction and to make it a matter of pride with
us that we are in this matter beyond reproach ?

Adelma H . Burd, Grand President since 1904, retired from
office in December. While her term has been but short, she has
nevertheless done much for the good of Alpha Omicron Pi. She
has been a tireless worker and a most efficient one, as we are sure
every member of the fraternity knows. Under her care our debts