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ALUMN/E NEWS mumps, chicken-pox, and measles. The infirmary has been kept busy.
Just a few days ago Madine Donovan, one of our freshmen, discovered
BIRTHS that she had the measles, causing great excitement and dismay in the
house. A l l the girls are taking precautions against the disease, but
On March 21, 1917, to Mr. and Mrs. L . A. Higgins, a daughter, Dorothy this morning another freshman found herself beautified with the
Jtan. measley spots, and as a consequence each girl is feeling chills and
fever coming upon her. We hope, however, that no more cases will
SIGMA, U N I V E R S I T Y O F CALIFORNIA develop.
Dear Alpha O Sisters: The University of California is proud of the fact that she is
Sigma opened her doors for the new semester on January 18th sending an ambulance corps to aid the wounded in war-stricken
Europe. The campaign was started a few weeks ago, and has been
and after a pleasant week of rushing we pledged three splendid very successful both in enlisting volunteers and in raising money to
girls. They are Virginia Cook, of Oakland, Beatrice St. John, of pay the expenses of the boys who will go.
Berkeley, and Amelia Williams, from San Diego.
Sigma is taking much interest in the coming Convention as it
Initiation was on the same evening as our chapter birthday cele- promises to be most delightful, and each one of us is wishing and
bration. After the new members had been made Alpha O's, we had hoping to attend. The chapter sends all best wishes to the members
supper and then the f u n began. Our usual A O I I vaudeville show of Alpha Omicron Pi and especially to our hostesses in June.
was presented with great success before a large audience, composed
of alumna? and active girls. The initiates gave two clever stunts and H E L E N S C H I E C K , Chapter Editor.
read some very original poetry. Then followed the most sensational
performance of the evening. The sixteen freshmen gave a most ALUMN/E NEWS
amusing circus. There were wild animals with a dainty heavy-weight
trainer, a beautiful ostrich, a ballet dancer, and even Cleopatra. The Juanita Vitousek (Mrs. Roy) has a little girl born in January named
other numbers on the program were equally entertaining and we all
enjoyed those few hours together. Fredricka.
Christine Finnell was married to Rollo Wheeler January 24th, 1917.
Our ever-faithful alumnae presented the house with three new Mrs. Tilden Manzer (Charlott Cowie) has been down from Powers, Ore.,
chairs and a vase for our chapter-room. We were given several other
useful gifts; among them were a dozen doilies, a pretty plant, and with her small daughter for a visit.
andirons. The marriage of Roberta Boyd and Robert James Tyson has recently been
There has been one unhappy change in our chapter roll this announced. They will live in Mr. Tyson's beautiful home "Seaview" in Pied*
semester. Bernice Hubbard was forced to take out a leave of absence mont. And San Francisco Alumnx is looking forward to Roberta's activ?
due to illness. She has been confined to her bed for several months interest.
now, but we are glad to hear that she is getting along nicely and will
be up soon. Bernice is greatly missed by the girls, not only for her Eve Marty, Sigma's charity worker on the Child Welfare Board of New
personality, but because she was one of our most active members and York City, has risen to the dignity of having a stenographer all her own.
a brilliant scholar.
Anna Weeks is soon to make her debut in concert in New York, and Eve
That leads me to a few words as to what the chapter is doing in Marty will act as patroness.
the way of college activity. Anna Gay Doolittle is head of the
freshman class crew; Marion Black has a part in the English Club Virginia Esterly went north on March 3rd to inspect Upsilon and to install
play and several of the girls will be in the Partheneia, the annual Puget Sound Alumnae Chapter.
masque given by the women students of the university. Ethel
Maroney is president of local Panhellenic which is planning to do Mary Wight and John Day took out leave of absence from college and are
some big things, other than making petty rushing rules. now on their honeymoon !
Although we are having unusually pleasant spring weather, the Grace Batz Guyles is editing the Home Economics page of one of the
campus has been besieged by an epidemic of children's diseases. Tacoma papers.
THETA, D E PAUW UNIVERSITY
With those long-dreaded examinations over once more, we are just
getting a good start on the second semester and everyone seems to be
so very, very busy. Several of our pledges are not back this semester.
Hazel McComas, Lois Richie, and Bertha Ruby are at home. Mabel
West is in Central Normal College, and Reggie O'Brien could not
