Page 46 - 1913 May - To Dragma

TO DRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI 205

PI. NEWCOMB COLLEGE

"The time has come," the Walrus said, "for another To DRAGMA
letter, but please save your reputation and write a long one.

Puzzle—Who is the "Walrus" and what do you suppose the "Car-
penter" replied?

I I chapter was pleased to have as its guest for luncheon, Mrs.
Harris, Alpha, '07. Mrs. Harris was traveling through the South
with her husband and was kind enough to let us know her where-
abouts. I t gave us much pleasure to meet her and we wish more
A O I I sisters would come "a-visiting." Dorothy—I mean Miss
Safford, of course, entertained at an informal tea in honor of Mrs.
Harris, where we enjoyed introducing her to a number of our
alumnae and other fraternity girls.

Rushing has been going on at quite a merry pace, with matinees,
tea-drinkings, welsh-rabbit "cooks," and such like. But girls! do
be careful about the matinees you take your rushees to—one of our
guests almost drowned us out at "The Littlest Rebel" and we had
to swim home.

Several of the boarding girls spent the week end after mid-years
with Mrs. Safford. She is the "little lady" of the fraternity and
mothers us all. Not long ago she appeared at lunch time with a
huge box of sandwiches for us. Wasn't that a lovely surprise?

College has been plunged into wild excitement ever since the
basketball season opened. It's all over now, however, and the
juniors came off victorious. They won from the sophomores in the
final game and were presented with the championship silver cup. The
School of Education team was the victor in the lesser cycle of the
Arts, Academic Freshmen, Music Students, and School of Education.
They received a bronze cup for a reward. We were proud to have
Betsy and Gladys on the 'varsity this year and Margaret was a
substitute. The alumnae, however, came off victorious in the final
contest. Other colleges award letters as a symbol of 'varsity honor
but Newcomb always gives miniature loving cups and Betsy and
Gladys displayed theirs with great glee.

We were glad to meet Elizabeth Bryan, Kappa, '15, when she
returned to Randolph-Macon. Our only regret is that so many of
our ^irls were out of town and so missed the pleasure of seeing her.

I mentioned tea-drinkings a while back—don't you dote on them?
They are very popular with us, especially since Dorothy gave us a
charming brass kettle and Blythe White, '11, contributed some lovely
tea cups. Rosamond has been named "The Guardian of the Tea
Pot" and she presides most artistically at the tea table. Delie is also