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the woodwork. The only thing we need real, real hadly now is
pillows, but Rome was not made in a day.
MARTHA L O U JONES, Chapter Editor. express your choice of the two.
KAPPA, RANDOLPH-MACON WOMAN'S COLLEGE
We have a new pledge since last letter. I t did look like we would
rest content with twelve in one year, but after we all knew Dolly
Boulden we couldn't think of being satisfied until we had one more.
The sophomores complain that we are more excited over her than we
were over all twelve of them, hut she in her turn claims that too much
attention during the goating season isn't as flattering as it sounds.
We are going to initiate her soon.
Besides this big event, our midwinter career has been uneventful.
We have voted on most of the freshmen on our rushing list, and know
just about to whom we will give our bids next fall. Rushing, though,
is noticeably spiritless among all the fraternities this year. Panhel-
lenic allows us no financial rushing, and the chief dates we have with
freshmen are for plays, lectures, and to "spend the night." The last
named method isn't successful, for sleeping in a single bed once or
twice with a freshman, no matter how charming or necessary for the
fraternity she is, is a sure cure for enthusiasm. To use the phrase in a
double meaning, after such a night she makes you tired. Spring,
however, brings its picnics in the pretty wood behind the college, and
surely there will be a mutual warming up.
For the question of mid-year pledging, and initiating, the compro-
mise of mid-year pledging and f a l l initiation has been substituted
and is being debated before our local Panhellenic now. Even i f it
passes Panhellenic, there is the faculty of the college to put their seal
upon it, and that is such a long drawn out process, that probably year
after next will be the first one to see the change. We are anxious for
the motion to carry, because sophomore pledging means a long year
of mediocre rushing instead of steady concentration, and suspense all
summer which can really worry away a lot of its pleasure.
Our only social exertion besides the open house on Sunday nights
has been a tea which Kappa gave for her two brides living in Lynch-
burg. Mrs. Gilmer Craddock (Nan Atkinson, K, '13) and Mrs. Gor-
don Payne (Elizabeth Weber, K, '12). They renewed their ties with
the college, and we beamed with pride, they are so charming and
popular.
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Convention is still the most used word in our vocabulary. Every-
one of us wants to entertain you in a different way, and I bet we end
by giving a hay-ride or a fish-fry. We would be glad to have you
AUGUSTA STACY, Chapter Editor.
ZETA, UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
The February To DRAGMA came to us a few days ago, telling us
all sorts of interesting things. The Convention will certainly be a
wonderful affair, and we are beginning to save our pennies with that
in mind. A cleverly planned luncheon at the Lincoln Hotel Saturday-
made us even more enthused about it. The active girls and alumna1
were seated alternately at the tables, and in that way it was made a
very successful "get acquainted" luncheon. We school girls heard
all about the pranks of the little folks, and the alumnae listened to
our accounts of school and the events of probation week.
Quite the loveliest of any recent initiations was the one of last
Monday night. The initiates, too, were as lovely as the occasion
demanded, even i f they did occasionally forget to use the back stairs,
and tip their hats to us when we met them. We have forgiven them
for all such misdemeanors, and are very happy to consider them full-
fledged Alpha O's.
The censor has allowed the following news item to be made public.
Frances Bollard was successful in the Kosmet Club tryout, and M i l -
dred (alias Peg) and Gladys, well—occasionally through an open
door we hear someone say icily, "Who is that woman?" We go in,
to see i f perchance the laundry lady has come in search of us. But
no! I n the middle of the room stands Mildred gazing fixedly into
space, with Gladys prompting her from a typewritten sheet. They
are going out with the road show, during university week, which
comes at spring vacation time.
Several important things will occur, however, before that blissful
time arrives. Next Saturday comes our formal dancing party, which
promises to be as truly Irish as lampshades, programs, and ices can
make it. Doris, Lydia, and Mildred deserve a great deal of credit
for its success. On May 12th is our annual banquet. We hope a
great many of the alumnae will come back for that event.
I t will be a long time before we can write to you through T o
DRAGMA again, so we take this opportunity to wish everybody a happy
summer. Lovingly,
E D N A H A T H W A Y , Chapter Editor.