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THE PROGRAM accomplish in three days. Scattered along in the business sessions
we are expecting to have speeches by our Founders and some of
A l l statements concerning the program, and, in fact, any phase our famous members, as Miss Doty. The opening exercises Thurs-
of the Convention must be prefaced with the remark that all plans day morning will be impressive. At the close, Saturday afternoon,
are subject to change without notice, due to the imminence of war we shall have the installation of officers and pledge again our
and the unsettled condition of the country. The program has already loyalty to Alpha Omicron Pi, so that the business sessions will not
felt the effects of the war, as it has been somewhat curtailed and we grow monotonous. By Wednesday night most of you will have
cannot elaborate upon these plans as much as we should like to do. arrived, and we want to have a delightfully informal reception and
Convention will open Thursday, June 21st, and extend through get-acquainted meeting. Stunt night does not need to be explained,
Saturday, June 23rd. The program, briefly, will be as follows: you know what it means, and we are going to give a prize to the
best one, so get to work! Send the name of your stunt to Katharine
Wednesday, June 20th Gordon, 5 E. Franklin, Richmond, Virginia, by June 1st, i f you
want a place on the program. This year, however, there will be an
A. M. p. M. EVENING addition to stunt night in the form of the song contest, so "come
all ye sisters, and tune up your throats, Vive la A O I I ! " Friday
Informal night we shall have the ritual services and may have a real chapter
Reception to install. As a grand finale, Saturday we shall have our banquet
at the Virginian Hotel. Katharine Gordon, K, '14, is to be toast-
A. M. Thursday, June 21st EVENING mistress, and there amid our toasts and cheers the 1917 conven-
tion will come to an end.
Opening Busi- p. M. Stunts and
ness Session Song Contest An automobile ride over Lynchburg has been planned for Thurs-
Business Session day afternoon and you will have an opportunity of seeing the hilliest
5 P. M., Automobile city in the United States, the peaks of the Blue Ridge, and the James
River. I f our time permits we are going to have a boat trip on that
ride over city same James River. As was stated in the February To PRAGMA, you
are to stay at Randolph-Macon in Smith Hall, the meetings will be
Friday, June 22nd held in the chapel, and meals will be served at Whileaway Inn, better
known as Miss Ellis', across from the campus. The chapter exhibits
A. M. p. M. EVENING will be at college, the swimming pool will be open, and we shall
try to have some time to spare for the more trivial pleasures of a
Business Business, Speeches Ritual Convention. That is all we can say about the program, for some
Session by Founders things should be left to your imagination, and the pleasures of antici-
pation are to be yours without limit.
Saturday, June 23rd
PROGRAM COMMITTEE.
A. M . p. M. EVENING

Business Business, Installa- Banquet at
tion of new officers, Virginia Hotel

Closing exercises

You see from this you are to arrange to reach Lynchburg on

Wednesday, June 20th, and may' leave on Sunday, June 24th.

Trains leave going south to Memphis at 9:25 A. M. ; to New Orleans

and Atlanta at 3:25 P . M . ; going north to Washington and New

York at 12:20 P . M . (local), 5:20 and 7:00 P . M . ; going west to

Louisville and Cincinnati at 2:20 p. M . Those who come from

west of Chicago and those coming from Chicago as well, will

please notify Mrs. Hennings so that you may arrange to come

on the special or, at least, the A O I I Pullmans from Chicago; but

whenever and wherever you come, write the convention manager

the date and time of your arrival and the way by which you travel,

for there are two railway stations in Lynchburg, and we must

have this information in order to meet you and arrange for you.

Back to the program. You see it includes six business sessions,

for we have a great amount of work, reorganization, and so on to