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This week we are going to have a rushing party which will consist Within the last two weeks we have been so happy to formally
of a dance on Friday night, a picnic on Saturday, and then we will pledge Grace Gantz, '19, of Anchor, Illinois, and Dorothy Iwig,
spend Sunday morning at the lake i n rowboats and canoes. We '18, of Peoria, Illinois.
are going to give a tea on April 15th, after which we will have the
inevitable finals to which to look forward. On February 26th Iota celebrated her sixth birthday. We were
so pleased to receive Kappa's greetings at that time. Kappa is
MARION G I L B E R T , Chapter Editor. always so thoughtful and interested in her sister chapters.
ALUMN/E NEWS This is the time of elections here at the university. We are particu-
larly interested i n the "campaigns" as our own Mary Caldwell
ENGAGEMENTS is running for Vice-president of Woman's League, and just today,
Bertha Stein was elected recording secretary of Y. W. C. A.
The engagement of Eileen Everett was announced on February 17th to
Mr. Earnest Folsom. They will be married sometime this summer. I n athletics, too, our girls are taking an active part. Mary
Putnam and Velda Bamesberger are playing on class teams in the
MARRIAGES to Lieut. Earl basketball tournament; Marie Stejskal is playing on the sophomore
class first team in bowling; and Maybelle Dallenback is soon to be
Lily Morrison was married in Philadelphia on March 2nd initiated into the athletic association, in which organization we have
Quinlan. a strong representation.
IOTA, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS This week two of our seniors, Elaine Buhrman and Florence L .
Moss, were elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa.
Well, here we are knee deep in the second semester's work. The
year will be over before we can say "boo," and all too soon com- Betty Hiestand, Jean Richardson, and Alice Jane Wilson, from
mencement will make alumnae of eight of our girls. Rho, and Iva Beeson from Theta Chapter, have visited us just lately,
and we were so glad to have them here. We are always so happy to
On January 12th, shortly after we had all returned from the glori- have our sisters from other chapters visit us. We wish we might
ous Christmas vacation, Iota gave an informal dance at the chapter- know more of you.
house, and now committees are busy getting ready for our formal,
to be given March 30th. We plan to have dinner at the Inman Hotel, On every other Thursday we entertain faculty people at dinner,
and the dance at Bradley Hall. This is our most pretentious and it is always a very enjoyable time. We have such a splendid
function of the year, and we are all anticipating a splendid time. opportunity to meet our professors, and learn to know and appreciate
them from another standpoint than that of lecturer and quiz-master.
The last of January brought the inevitable final examinations. We usually entertain in groups, selecting all of the guests for the
Nobody ds excused from any of them here, so that is a strenuous evening from some one department. I n this way we spend many
week. Most of the girls went home between semesters and came very enjoyable dinner hours.
back rested and f u l l of enthusiasm for the new semester.
Next Monday we are anticipating having, as guest at dinner. Miss
February 5th opened the second semester of the university and the Gregory, a daughter of a former president of the University of
next week, we had initiation. On Saturday morning, February 11th. Illinois and a member of the English faculty. She, among several
the pledges gave their stunt, and it was splendid. I t was a mimic other faculty people, has volunteered to talk on the war in Europe,
Orpheum show, and the costuming, parody songs, and jokes on the and on our own political situation to whoever may care to listen—
girls, kept us in one continual uproar. and so we have eagerly asked Miss Gregory to be our guest at
dinner on Monday, and talk to us on these live problems. We feel
Then in the afternoon we had initiation, and at 6 P. M. enjoyed the it is going to be an evening very profitably spent.
banquet. The happiness of the week-end was greatly increased by-
having so many of our alumna; with us. How we wish you could all I am so glad that I can give a more favorable report of Mrs.
have been here. Those present were: Elva Pease Pettigrew, Mabel Stower's condition in this letter. Last Sunday she came over to see
Wallace, Inez Samson, Nell Erskine Benjamin, Peggy Ebert, Ada us. This was the very first call that she has made since she was
Paisley, Anna Hoffert Kirk, Atha Wood Fowler, Isabel McKinnel, taken i l l early last September. She is still very weak and her
Marie Rutenber, Eva Goodman Miller, Grace Dallenback Finfrock,
Betty Hiestand (Rho). and Gertrude Hooper (Delta). The
juvenile guests, James Gordon Pettigrew, Margaret Ebert, and Vir-
ginia Miller, greatly added to the f u n and merriment.
