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Our president, Jane Monroe, has become associated with Institu- I n this all the black marks against the disobedient "fish" were brought
tional State Charities Work under Dr. Katherine Bement Davis. up and settled.
She is at any time liable to be sent out on tours of inspection, on
which she is to report to an advisory committee. As a finale to the day, we had our banquet at the Adkin Hotel.
Mrs. Emma Abbers Hunt, Mrs. Lucretia Jordan Bickley, and Mrs.
Elizabeth Smart has finished her work on the book on Commercial Alice Hayes Graf were our chaperons as well as welcome alumnae.
Law which she was editing, and is now executive secretary of the Lucretia being toastmistress and Alice giving the toast from the old
Woman's Suffrage organization in Brooklyn. girls made the evening that much more of a success. Lucretia told
us of the early days of our chapter, and of the time when it was in
The plan for semimonthly luncheons down town has proved a one of the Blount bedrooms. She told of an even more exciting time
success. A table is reserved for us at the Cafe Savarin, and many when we had moved to South College, and some boys slipped in and
of our chapter "alums," who are busy lawyers, are able to meet one stole all our things.
another in this way.
The "fish" each gave a toast, then a song, and as the last stunt
A l l Alpha O's should read "Letters from Germany" written by presented a play. They dramatized Wooley's Handbook of English
our Madeleine Zabriskie Doty and published in The Christian Work. Composition. We admired their bravery in attempting such a thing.
I t is probably the best statement of facts that has come to us direct
from Berlin. The girls are busy now, for Wista Braly is senior member of the
"Honor Council," Sue Bryant on the Y. W. C. A. Cabinet, and
Some of us are planning to go to the Convention at Lynchburg, Dorothy Nolan, vice-president of the Wfman's Student Government
Virginia, and if the plan framed by one of our members for the Association. Another of our girls is president of that association,
trip by automobile is carried out, we have a great treat in store, and Sadie Ramsay is secretary of the literary society and a member
as we are told the scenery is beautiful in that section. of the Volunteer staff. Katherine is head of the Y. W. C. A. work
at the settlement, and most of our girls have classes or help out in
FRANCES LOUISE WALTERS, Chapter Editor. some way there. We are glad that honors, or rather the privileges
of service, are divided rather evenly among the sororities and the
OMICRON, UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE nonfraternity girls. We all have a share i n all the work.
After the Christmas holidays and the too quick return when all Just now we are interested in a new athletic field, which is to be
that each did was so eagerly talked over, we settled down to such hard near the river and behind Carrick Hall. Every student is being
work that we had hardly time to visit our patronesses or see even a asked to give from one to five dollars and daily labor; and today we
picture show. The result was that ninety-six per cent of the two hear that the legislature has before i t a bill to float bonds for one
hundred ninety-two hours were passed with forty-five per cent above million dollars to be used by the university for building purposes.
ninety. Last year we led all our chapters and this year our per cent Already the girls have dreams of a Home Economics building on the
is even better so we are watching to see theirs. campus.
The thing over which we are most excited right now is our new Another thing that the girls especially are interested in is Red
victrola, which was a g i f t from the alumnae to our this year's little Cross organization and nursing classes to teach first aid work. This
sisters, just to show them the "worthwhileness" of and the lasting is very recent, but the university girls are quite loyal to Uncle Sam
love for Alpha O. They are eager to have a finger in the alumnae and the boys.
pie. Our record library is slowly growing.
Dean Haskins is to address our next Panhellenic meeting on the
Just before initiation Josephine Johnson received a telegram saying, fraternity question. We found that there was opposition growing
"Come tomorrow." She has a place as domestic science teacher in against us not only among the students but among the faculty. We
the Memphis High School. This is a coveted place, so though we decided that a few plain facts from one who is unbiased ought to
miss Josephine, we are proud of her good luck. Then Ina Hobson, set us on the right track and a mending of our shortcomings.
Polly's little sister, did not come back but she promises to be with us
next year. We are fixing up our room, that is having a regular spring cleaning.
The walls are to be done in buff and the floor in light oak to match
Our initiation came on George Washington's birthday. Helen
Kennedy carried off the honors of the clay as judge in our trial scene.
