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imaginable—for the initiation ceremony, and we held our banquet at
the Evanston Hotel. We were very glad to have a number of
alumnas with us, especially so since they consented to entertain us at one-fifth seconds, one-fifth of a second faster than any woman had
the banquet with very enjoyable toasts.
But I am getting ahead of my story. There have been so many,
many happenings since I wrote last that I just had to plunge in
somewhere to get a start—and now that initiation is off my mind,
perhaps I can proceed to other things. The most joyful news that
we have received for some time was that of the installation of Eta
Chapter at the University of Wisconsin. This chapter has been our
pet dream for the past eight or nine months, and i t seems hardly
possible that it is no longer a dream but a reality. Four of our
alumnae, Merva Dolsen Hennings, Julia Fuller, Vera Riebel, and
Geraldine Kindig, and two of our active girls, Grace May and Kate
Blum, went up to Madison for the installation, and the reports which
they brought back certainly warrant high hopes for Eta's future.
We have also had the opportunity of becoming acquainted with two
of their girls, Winifred Ingles and Marion McCabe, both of whom
spent a few days in Evanston.
We girls, who are living at Willard Hall, had a rather adventurous
time of it for a few weeks. One of the girls who lives in the hall
contracted scarlet fever, and after she had been taken to the hospital,
the rest of us were placed under a "social quarantine." This meant
that we were allowed to go to all of our classes and to all gatherings
of university people, but we were excluded from every place where
we would meet town people. I n addition to this, very morning and
evening the entire one hundred and twenty of us stood in line and
had our throats examined. At first it was heaps of fun, but it soon
began to lose its humorous aspect and we were all mighty glad when
the danger was declared past and the quarantine lifted.
Of course, you all heard about the large Allied Bazaar which was
held in Chicago in January. The sororities at Northwestern were
all given an opportunity to participate, each taking charge of the
flower vending for one day. The girls who took part all enjoyed the
novel experience, besides being glad for this chance to help the war
sufferers.
At present we are devoting most of our efforts to winning the inter- Philadelphia on March 8th.
sorority basketball contest. This contest is an innovation at North-
western, and promises to be very successful. As I write, the news
comes to me that the A O I I team defeated the K K Y team by a score
of 18 to 4. That looks hopeful. We are to play the K A ©'s next.
Here's to good luck! Rho Chapter is rather proud of its athletic
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record. Mable McConnell broke the world's record for women in
the fifty-yard hurdles. She completed the fifty yards in eight and
ever made this event before. She also tied the Northwestern Univer-
sity record of thirty-three and two-fifths seconds for the 220-yard
dash. Rho surely appreciates the honor she has brought to us.
Besides this we are proud to tell you that Phoebe Wilson has been
elected a member of the freshman commission, membership on which
is one of the big freshman honors, and that three of our girls, Helen
Ralston, Helen Slaten, andEunice Marthens, have been appointed on
the board of the 1918 edition of the Syllabm. our college annual.
Rho is counting on becoming better acquainted with you all at
Convention, so now we will merely say "auf wiedersehen."
MARION E. A B E L E , Chapter Editor.
ALUMNiE NEWS
Rho announces the marriage of Edith Sarah Moody, one of its charter
members, to Mr. Horace Simpson Kenyon on Thurday, February 15th, at San
Francisco, Cal. They will be at home after April 15th at Douglas, Ariz.
LAMBDA, L E L A N D STANFORD, JR., UNIVERSITY
The old saying, " I t never rains but it pours," has been illustrated
in several ways in our chapter this semester. We came back in Janu-
ary and had about a week of informal rushing. We pledged three
girls, Marguerite Roberts, Holly Roberts, and Edith James. They
are all wonderful girls and we are very happy to be able to add
their names to our chapter roll.
Abbie Wood decided to give up her college life for this year in
order to travel and visit the most important cities in the United
States. We were very glad that she had the opportunity to go on
this trip, but we were sorry to lose her for this semester.
Lily Morrison gave us our next surprise. One night after dinner
she showed us a diamond ring, and in the course of a few days left
to be married to Lieut. Earl Quinlan. The marriage took place in
Marjorie Coil was taken with an acute attack of appendicitis and
rushed to the hospital. Her operation was successful, and now
after five weeks of absence she has returned to resume her studies
in the university.
Marguerite and Holly Roberts received word of the illness of
their mother and have gone home. They will not return until next
fall. We are hoping for Mrs. Roberts' rapid recovery.