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but it wept dolorously at 6:30 in the morning when my train pulled in t
through the darkness. However it did not daunt the two heroic mem- t
bers of our baby chapter, Theta Eta, who had volunteered to meet their p
Grand President. I have heard that in spite of a set alarm clock the p
chosen victims, Mariemae Forbus and Virginia Xolloth slept little, and m
it is easy to imagine their feeling of panic in preparing to meet an un- w
known national officer before full daylight on a gloomy morning. How- i
ever they showed nothing of their feelings, and we made rapid progress h
toward good friendship. After breakfast with Marie, we went to the Uni- s
versity to meet the first appointment on the program, an interview with f
the Acting Dean, Mrs. Palmer. Let me say at this juncture that we t
may feel proud of the progress made by this new chapter since its C
installation in July. The university has established second semester M
rushing for freshmen, but during the summer and early fall they se- t
cured the pledges of six fine upperclassmen, four of whom have al- G
ready been initiated. While Cincinnati has the usual disadvantages, h
from a fraternity point of view, of a city college, a large proportion of city t
students, all the groups are on the same basis. None have houses, but C
at Commons, the university lunch room they are permitted to get to- a
gether at the same table which is considered theirs unless a crowded a
condition makes it necessary for other students to use it. This brings lo
the girls together rather regularly. Moreover a kind Theta Eta mother
has offered the use of her third floor for meetings. Even so early in f
its career the chapter is starting a sinking fund from initiation fees so t
that in case conditions admit of or require houses or other large ex- o
penditures it will not be caught unawares, an example in thrift for any s
chapter to follow. f
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To continue, I was invited by Ermina Price and Frances Rich to;, n
attend the Boosters' banquet arranged by prominent city men in the w
interests of university athletics and held in the same roof restaurant i
in which President Hoover was entertained at lunch the next day. The th
Mayor was toastmaster and the program included speeches from the o
university coach, the manager of the city baseball club, the coaches of A
St. Xavier's and of Wisconsin, all very interesting at the season when H
football is a live issue. The next morning there was a meeting of M
of Theta Eta's Advisory Committee consisting of Frances Ivins Rich
(Omega), Ermina Smith Price (Iota), and Amelia Seufferle Kaufmann
(Omega), together with officers of the Cincinnati Alumna* chapter in
the course of which we unanimously and without motion adjourned to
watch President and Mrs. Hoover and the Honorable and Mrs. Long-
worth as they passed in the rain. I t was the Cincinnati day of celebration
of the extension of navigation on the Ohio River. Business prevented
our immediate participation in the ceremonies, but the previous day it
had provided a real thrill to look down from the city heights upon
the curving river of romance and history with old Kentucky just across
its waters. The alumna chapter is still small, but it is being drawn
together and strengthened by its active chapter interest and faces a
hopeful future.