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Fox Squyres, as one of the charter mem-         Marjorie Stafford ('24); Edna White             g
bers of X i gave us the local color, and        McClain ('23); Winnifred Spencer ('271;         c
Helene Grasted Godwin the national              Lucille Hogue ('29); Mary Elizabeth
background. The fraternity love song            Goode ('29); Hazel Graham ('28); Mary
was sung by Dorothy Ann Feyerhern.              Beth Grisso ('26); and M a r y Olive Mc-
                                                Givney. We feel that each of you needs
   As a result of our efforts to have each      to be affiliated w i t h us as much as we
Alpha 0 in the state affiliated with an         need your co-operation and support.
alumnae chapter the following eight girls       Won't you, too, send in your dues and
are now non-resident members of Okla-           be one of us when the time arrives for
homa City Alumnae chapter: Marian "van          the next To DRAGMA letter?
Griethuysen ('28); Alma Guild ('27);

Chicago South Shore Alumnce Plan House for
                    Crippled Children

By B E L L E M . H A W K E R

   This year the South Shore Alumna;            and Jane Hood served a delicious dinner
meet at 6:30 for dinner, three hostesses        at Lucretia's home. They entertained
presiding, the second Tuesday of each           us w i t h bridge afterward.
month.
                                                   Reports f r o m the rummage sale proved
   Katherine Clements, Janet Weissmiller        it a success in every way.
and Belle M . Hawker were hostesses f o r
the September meeting at the latter's              The December meeting w i l l be in the
home. A jolly crowd was present and             form of Founders' Day .Banquet. It
an interesting program planned for the          w i l l be held at the Plaissance Hotel. A p -
year.                                           propriate toasts and a ritual meeting will
                                                be features of the program.
   At the October meeting, Mellie Moffit,
Helen Beazell, and Lucille McCauley                We hope to get enough money to build
were hostesses at Mellie's home. The            an Alpha O house f o r crippled tubercular
itinerary for the Christmas card books          children at their camp in Plymouth, I n -
was agreed upon and definite arrange-           diana. I f anyone can give us any sug-
ments were made to hold a rummage sale          gestions other than rummage sales, card
in November.                                    parties, Christmas card sales, or theater
                                                benefits we shall be delighted to receive
   Tuesday, November 12, Helen Wolfe            them.

Madison Alumnce I hi ve Supper Meetings

By MILDRED E . W l R K A

   The Madison Alumnae chapter opened           and we followed out one of those sug-
this year of meetings with a dinner on          gestions by having two active members
October 9 at the College Women's Club.          present at this first meeting. This plan
After a lovely dinner in the dining room        does seem to promote a finer spirit of
we adjourned to the library. The usual          co-operation between the active chapter
plans for the year were first discussed as      and the alumnae chapter.
follows: that each member should pay
f i f t y cents at each meeting that the           The second meeting took place at the
meetings should take place on the second        home of Garnet Lowe on November 13
Wednesday of each m o n t h ; and that each     with Florence Anderson and Betty Hie-
meeting should begin with a supper at           stand acting as assistant hostesses. The
6:30 o'clock with three members acting          supper was followed by a short business
as hostesses. A f t e r these details were out  meeting, the main point of discussion be-
of the way, Mary Rennebohm enter-               ing the best possible way to raise money
tained us w i t h a most interesting descrip-   this year. Several things were suggested]
tion of her experiences at convention.          such as theater benefit party, a benefit
Her account made us all wish that we            bridge, and a hope chest, the latter which
coujd have been there. Of course, we            we have found so successful before. We
were interested in the various suggestions      had such a delightful time playing bridge
made at convention for alumnae chapters,        that it was very late when the party
                                                broke up. M r s . Fishburn, the house-
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