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Beta Theta is very proud of Miriam, and the fact that she is work- T
ing as a librarian in order to be able to complete her education only adds
to the glory. Aside from this Miriam finds time for many major school He
activities. She is a member of the Poetry Club, Associate Editor of the hel
Tower, a literary publication, and also literary editor of the school paper, wo
The Collegian. She is chapter editor to To DRAGMA and historian. on
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An especially fine editorial appeared in the Collegian, and we want col
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Last week our university received a national honor. In many of her academic bei
departments, Butler has attracted attention. However, this recent feather in her clu
cap brings her name into the literary foreground of the country: the award of of
the Witter Bynner undergraduate poetry prize to a Butler student. pri
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Miriam Cosand, who shares this honor with two students of widely known wel
universities, is to be highly commended. In order to win such an award in which for
poems are judged by men and women who are themselves illustrious poets, she had El
to reveal not only inspired ability but flawless technique. Miss Cosand had to com- ^s
pete with young writers of all America, many of whom have volumes of verse to Ind
their credit. The fact that never before has writing been taken up so eagerly in
universities; that never before have so many undergraduate poets been crowding
to the front, makes Miss Cosand's victory even more pronounced.

That Butler is the first Indiana school to be recognized in this contest, held an-
nually for four years, puts quite a bright splash on this recent feather in our uni-
versity's cap. Now with her literature winning laurels as weli as her dramatics,
music, and art, Butler and her affiliated schools can stand forth proudly beside
larger, older, and more distinguished institutions.

Mrs. Thor Wesenberg, professor of English, is to be congratulated for the train-
ing as well as the encouragement she has given to college writers who submitted
manuscripts to the Bynner contest editors.

Such feathers as the latest one in Butler's cap will still be waving gallantly even
after the football season will be closed and the next batch of basketball heroes will
be gone and forgotten.

Notices about the award appeared in all the leading newspapers of
the country. The Readers' Ink, Indianapolis Library Service included
a note about the award in their "Thanksgiving Proclamation/' Miriam
is an assistant librarian at the Madison Avenue Branch library.

We are all expecting great things from her and feel that the time is
not far until many will hear of and realize her splendid ability.

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"To Dragma' Will Qelebrate 25th 'Birthday

YOUR fraternity's magazine is just 25 years of age and it is only
fitting and proper that a special silver anniversary issue should be
published to properly observe that milestone in To DRAGMA and
Alpha 0 life. There will be special articles by the various editors who
have served at the helm during those eventful vears. there will be many
special pictures, there will be special features, and a history of the
publication. Watch for this number.