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always wear gray clothes, a soft gray hat, are pale-faced, shifty-eyed, GRAND SECRETARY'S HONOR ROLL
smooth-shaven or have only a slight mustache, and carry canes.
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One spy she describes as standing out i n the r a i n f r o m three i n the
afternoon until nine o'clock. " I simply cannot take him seriously. Pi Sent on time Sent on time On time Third received
M y friend and I get into gales of laughter. I want to go out and Nu On time On time
invite h i m i n to tea. H e looks so miserable." " B u t , " she acknowledges, Omicron Prompt Late On time On time
"before I leave Germany the spies get on m y nerves. W h a t was at Kappa
first amusing becomes a nuisance." First received Third received Second received Prompt
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Even the horses show underfeeding. T h e y are "chiefly valuable as Sigma Prompt Third received Prompt
a study i n bone anatomy." She looks into their dinner-pails, and never Theta Second received Late
finds there anything but chopped straw. She reverts to the appear- On time Late On time On time
ance o f the people. " T h e y are t h i n . I d i d n ' t see a b i g g i r t h any- Delta
where." Food without grease, sugar, or meal she likens to " t r y i n g Gamma On time First received Prompt On time
to run a wagojn without oil. I t begins to creak." Epsilon On time
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She describes the diet kitchens, and tells what good f o o d can be had Lambda On time On time
there. But "the day laborers cannot frequent city feeding kitchens. On time On time Prompt Prompt
They cannot afford i t . . . . Such places are a godsend to the middle Iota
class, the small storekeepers whose business has failed, clerks, and Tau Late Second received First received First received
stenographers, but f o r the unskilled laborer the price is prohibitive." Chi On time Prompt
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She sums up the food situation i n these words: On time
The tragedy i n Germany is not quick starvation, i t is the underfeed- Nu Kappa Third received On time On time On time
ing of a whole race. . . . I t is hard to be discontented and progres- Beta Phi On time
sive when the stomach is f u l l and the l a n d flows w i t h m i l k and honey. Eta On time On time On time i Prompt
But suffering has come and a new race is emerging—a lean race, Alpha Phi On time
w i t h active minds that begin to question German autocracy and m i l i - Prompt On time
tarism.
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This is a very different picture from that which Mrs. Gallison
draws f o r us, but we must remember that no one observer sees a l l . Prompt Prompt
Mrs. Gallison goes to her friends and acquaintances. Miss Doty, on
the other hand, is accustomed to observing people i n the lower strata Prompt On time
of l i f e , and i n Germany she sees privation and hardship.
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The suffering that war has brought upon Germany is largely hidden
f r o m the outside w o r l d , b u t i t is to be remembered that i t is also large- On time Prompt
ly hidden f r o m a great part of the German people themselves.
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•(Madeleine Doty is no stranger to the readers of To DRAGMA. She is a
member of Nu Chapter, class of '02, and is one of A 0 U's "famous Prompt Prompt
members." The Editor.)