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Xi Initiates Three at Fait Initiation' she
sch
By DOROTHY A N N F E Y E R H E R M , University of Oklahoma the
the
We held a very successful rush and nouncement of Lucille Young, one of he
pledged eight girls. Greta and Alberta our outstanding pledges, to Robert M c - got
Faucette, Marie Taylor and Hanna Belle Crum, Delta Chi. We were sorry to lose ho
White are from Oklahoma City, Mahle Lucille, but hope that she w i l l be happy.
Eddy, Big Spring, Texas, Ersul Barnes, ple
Topton, Oklahoma, Abbe De Shazo, A r - We have added three new members to for
kansas. We owe some of our rushing our active chapter list. We were proud An
success to four charming girls f r o m N u that these three were all able to make Ch
Kappa, and one f r o m Kappa Omicron their 3.5 average for initiation, Dorothy ch
who were here during rush . Ann Feyerherm ('32), Alliene Crudging- we
ton ('30), and Loa Le Davis ('32). rep
Xi's new home also helped during rush. Ch
Distinctive features are its new icicle After three weeks rushing we pledged by
ceiling, its sunny sun room, and best of Katharine Bettle, Big Spring, Texas, an
all its spacious chapter room. We have Dorothy Boatwright, Porter, Oklahoma, she
learned rumors, not a few, that our house ('31), and Hazel De Shazo, Arkansas wa
is the prettiest one on the campus, but ('32). The last two were initiated after are
of course we all knew that before. six weeks on advanced standing. tak
con
A very interesting event was an- We have just held our impressive on
nounced in June which was not altogether Founders' Day Banquet, and i t has i n - , of
unexpected. This was the wedding an- spired us to continue work w i t h greater Jus
zeal. has
ple
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By M . MCGARVEY, University of Maryland Ell
per
Pwhew! We surely have been busy on either side extending the whole lengths add
and still we aren't through! We just of the house. On the left side, there is I Mo
pledged thirteen girls, with all the in- port-cochere. The downstairs consists of a wil
conveniences of a jaded house, no house large living room with two fireplaces, a; me
meals, and no money. We're trying to sun parlor, chaperon's and guest's rooms;1 bef
erect a mansion, and we're distressingly and bath, sunken dining room w i t h fire^
'"broke." However the new girls are place, kitchen. Upstairs, ten study! W
going to make ideal Alpha O's. rooms, two large baths, pressing room like
and maid's quarters. The t h i r d floor is: a
I guess I had better tell you of our where we sleep—hospital style. When-? we
summer activities. We had meetings finished it w i l l be valued at $55,000, and gif
every two weeks at the homes of the it is expected to be the show place oil gar
hospitable girls, and here we planned our College Park. We are being aided b y j ette
rushing schedule and the financing of our several men learned in finances and the sha
soon-to-be castle. Our annual dance issuing of bonds. Having twenty-fivej boo
that opens Maryland's social season was girls rooming in the house, we find the| spa
also planned, successfully, for we had a expense w i l l not exceed that of o u r j pv
large crowd and cleared $250. original quarters. "Pa
erer
I think that by this time you should be We dressed dolls for Santa Claus to dis-
ready to ask what is all this about a new tribute among some poor children, anda T
house. Well, the Alpha O's will occupy had a Christmas Party for several chil- °ur
a large brick house in College Park, one dren of a very needy family, as we d o j toa
block from the Boulevard, to your right. every year for our branch of philan- ,j
I t is a three-story colonial type home thropic work. S
with four large pillars and an open porch Von
'he
Tan Delta Gives Clever Rush Parties

By E V E L Y N C O F F I N , Birmingham-Southern University

The old scribe is on the job again. thrills of the silver screen in comparatives
Mary Mabry, who is looking after quiet, informed us that her duties at tbel
youngsters while their mothers enjoy the Alabama were quite exacting, and thatj