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together, we can help each other a great deal, by being f r a n k and
criticizing each other when the occasion justifies it.

A splendid scheme is to have a "Question B o x , " which really is
an ordinary box with a hole cut in the top, through which little notes
are dropped by the various girls who have comments to make and
at the end of the meeting, each week, these notes are read and
opinions are expected by all the members. I t is surprising how many
l i t t l e f a u l t y mannerisms can be corrected in this way.

E. M . PHILLIPS, '13.

TOAST TO THERED ROSE

To the Jacqueminot rose, the red, red rose,
We lift our eyes and we turn our hearts;

While the flame of our sisterhood warmer glows

And a thrill of love and loyalty starts
For the red, red rose.

Through ages gone by, in high walled bowers,
All roses were guarded by fairies and elves;

Cared for and cherished in long sunny hours
By those fairy folk ; and none but themselves
Touched the dearest flowers.

But the rose with the petals of crimson hue
Sacred were kept for mortals on earth;

And by the pure token, they learned to be true,
To be strong, to be fair, to guard right, to know worth,
And only kind deeds to do.

Let us cherish the rose, the red, red rose '12.
Here in our lives as in far fairy land;
And as love of our sisters from heart to heart goes,
Let us lift up our cups and, linked hand in hand,

Drink to our Jacqueminot rose.
HELEN C . WORSTER, Gamma

NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN

D u r i n g these days of excitement and preparation f o r the Panama-
Pacific Exposition, we are a l l so f u l l o f enthusiasm that even your
staid, C a l i f o r n i a editor has moments of exuberance, and great hopes
for the benefits and beauties that w i l l come with i t . The most
b e a u t i f u l t h i n g that w i l l come to Sigma through the Fair w i l l be the
friendship o f Stella Stern Perry whose husband has accepted the
appointment of Director of Exploitation for the Panama-Pacific.
We have met her and love her, and i f the rest of you are like her,
A l p h a Sisters, we wish that you would move to California.