Page 55 - To Dragma October 1930

NUARY, 1930 53

ccessful, even with plain food and curtailed part expense as part of
e cost, it is a valuable experience and should lead to a more intelligent
dgeting of personal household expense, but if the large house means
oosing for numbers rather than worth and congeniality, or cultivating
taste for luxury and a reluctance to face a modest beginning with some
rdworking young man, it is a detriment. Third, the feeling that col-
ge is a matter of choosing between dates and scholarship is all too com-
n. Why haven't we more girls clever enough to realize that a happy
mbination of the two is possible, that scholarship is not necessarily
iggish nor good fellowship witless, that the most successful marriages
e those in which the trained intelligence of the wife matches that of
e husband and a capacity for enjoying the lighter moments needed
keep serious work at its best is common to both.

And finally, there is no reason to doubt the respect which our ideals
mmand. But how much of a propulsive force have they in our lives?
e we content to treat the exaltation aroused by them as an emotional
ssipation, or are we actually applying them to college and personal
oblems and proving their value? On the answer to this question de-
nds the ultimate success and usefulness of our beloved fraternity.

wo installations and a 'Prospective Chapter

M By E L I Z A B E T H HEYWOOD W Y M A N
ORE widespread alumnae interest is a healthful indication. I t is
therefore gratifying to announce the installation of two new
chapters this fall, Fort Wayne and St. Louis, and the formation
a third which will be installed early in the new year at Rochester.

Of the two chapters installed, Fort Wayne was the first, on the eve-
ng of October 30. The ceremony was conducted at the home of
ernadean and Dorothy Bennett (Beta Phi), by the Grand President.
he installation was preceded by a banquet at the Fort Wayne Commun-.

Center. The table was decorated with red roses, and music was fur-
shed by two talented high school students whose services had been
cured by Alda Jane Woodward of Beta Phi. Every petitioner was pres-
t for the installation and two additional members of Alpha Omicron Pi
ing in or near the city who will likewise be classed as charter members.
he list includes Alda Jane Woodward, Beta Phi; Mildred Schneider
chenseher, Beta Phi; Pearl Koegel, Beta Phi; Bernadean Bennett,
eta Phi; Dorothy E. Bennett, Beta Phi; Nelle Covalt, Beta Phi; Allison
acLachlan Murphy, Theta; Jane Augusta Smith Barnes, Theta; Nelle
uth Gratton, Omicron Pi; Marjorie Ashley Owen, Beta Phi; Charlotte
race, Theta; Verne H . Laming, Theta. The officers elected were: presi-
nt, Alda Jane Woodward; vice president, Dorothy Bennett; secretary

treasurer, Mildred Eichenseher; editor and historian, Pearl Koegel.
St. Louis chapter was installed early in the evening of November
at the home of Eleanor Horner Hull of N u Kappa chapter. The
etitioners and other members installed were: Eleanor Horner Hull,
u Kappa; Ruth Baldwin Herdlein, Eta; Helen Barron Moss, Eta; Ellen