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Minneapolis Alumncc Combine Efforts to Collect
House Pledges
By K A T H R Y N H A V E N , Acting Editor
"This is station T - A - U , voice of the four girls which were hostesses this time
Minnesota campus, broadcasting," began were Dorothy Martin, Zelda Marquardt,
Mary Goodman, toastmistress of the Gladys Boehlke and Kathryn Haven.
Founders' Day Banquet, held at the Convention was the chief topic for dis-
Buckingham Hotel. The table micro- cussion. A report on the sale of the
phone and the almost professional "an- AOIT house—914 S.E. 4th Street was
nouncing" of the toastmistress was very made by Kathryn Bremer Matson. An
effective and made it hard to realize that almost wholly cash sale made it pos-
the speeches and program were not be- sible to finish paying for the lot bought
ing broadcast. I t was the wish of all that from the Kappa Sigma fraternity, lo-
the absentees might "tune i n " on the f u n cated at 1125 S.E. 5th Street.
we all had. I n the speeches, Juanita
Hines represented the pledges, Harriet The afternoon section has met twice at
Pratt, the actives, and Kathryn Haven bridge meetings. The first one was at
and Lucille Haertel, the alumna:. An Zora Robinson Delaney's home and the
excellent quartette which sang new A l - second at Doris Schlampp's. Twenty-
pha O songs consisted of Virginia Swift, five cents is charged for bridge and the
Mary Pettit, Margaret Ebeling, and Ruth money goes into a f u n d to buy linen for
Wilson. A skit by the actives, "Young the new house.
Lochinvar Comes Out of the West," read
by Frances Kadlec, and played by Bea- Lillian Tyler, Gladys Gilbert, Emily
trice Webb, M a r y Pettit, and Bessie Bremer, and Kathryn Bremer Matson
Dornberg, sent us all into gales of laugh- entertained the combined sections at the
ter. I n conclusion, Virginia Swift ac- latter's home in November. The alum-
companied by Dorothy Hill Martin, n a voted to assist the mothers in a r u m -
sang "The Red Red Rose." Alva mage sale, December 4 and 5. Stress
Prouty Sutherland planned this banquet, was put on paying up overdue house
which was pronounced one of the very f u n d payments. Elsa Steinmetz was to
best. be assisted by several of the girls in
writing personal letters in an effort to get
The afternoon and evening sections sufficient money to start work on the
combined met at a dinner in September new house. A n architect is to be chosen
at Dorothy H i l l Martin's home. The at tne next Corporation meeting, so that
blueprints w i l l soon be displayed.
Bangor Alumnce Business at Meetings
Bv M A D E L I N E ROBINSON H E R L I H Y
The April meeting of Bangor Alumna: ure of hearing Helen West's reports of
chapter was held A p r i l 20 w i t h Anna the Convention. This meeting was held
Torrens Dymond in Bangor. I t was a in the form of a picinc at Helen's and
splendid meeting with nineteen members eighteen Gamma alumna were there, in-
present and Carrie Green Campbell ('96), cluding some of our very new alumna.
was our special guest. Ways and means Ruth Meservey, one of our recent alum-
were suggested for raising money to send n a , also told us about the joys of Con-
a delegate to Convention. However we vention. Everyone was glad to see once
finally decided to hold a rummage sale. more Peggy Mills Beach ('20), from
Everyone added her leftovers f r o m spring Belmont, Massachusetts.
housecleaning, and we earned $65.
. On M a y 18 we met w i t h E d i t h L o r d The September meeting was held with
"J Old Town. At this time the annual Doris Treat, and Helen West assisted
r*ports were read, and the new officers her as hostess. There were fifteen pres-
were installed. We feel very fortunate ent, and the usual reports were read and
t o have M i l d r e d Prentis Wright as our accepted. I t was decided that the pro-
guiding star. gram would be practically the same as
last year; that it would consist of a
Our June meeting was postponed to business and social meeting, and that it
would be decided at each meeting where
July 18 so that we might have the pleas-
