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Kappa 111 eta Teaches Children in Day Nursery
By JANET MARTIN, University of California at Los Angeles
Since we last wrote you, we have
three new members added to the f o l d :
Betty Bradstreet, Martha Belle Cook,
and Marjorie Chalmers. Betty is among
the first of the Alpha O daughters of
Kappa Theta, so needless to say, Betty,
Mrs. Bradstreet, and the whole chapter
were equally thrilled.
In March we initiated Henrietta Blanc,
Margaret Clifton, Grace Crenshaw, B i -
jou Brinkop, Blythe Ringquest, Dorothy
Piper, and Flo Summerbell. After ini-
tiation, the actives gave the new mem-
bers a lovely banquet. Everything was
carried out in red and white even to the
candles which furnished the only light.
By this candle light, Muriel McKinney
told us all once more, as only she can
tell i t , the story which we never become
tired of hearing: that of the founding
of Alpha O and of the Founders them-
selves, as well as of the various cere-
monies and symbols of Alpha 0 . Then
M a r y Poulton gave the history of our
own Kappa Theta chapter; another story
which never grows old.
We held an open house and pledge
presentation not long ago, when the
pledges in white formal dresses officially
met the campus, and i f you had seen
the crowd it would have seemed as if
almost the whole campus was present.
The other day the whole campus ob-
served Frosh Green Day. I t was on
A p r i l Fool's day to be exact. On this
day, the Freshmen were to take charge
of the campus. Outstanding Freshmen
filled the various student offices, and at
the fraternity and sorority houses, the
Freshmen were given free reign. Our
Dorothy Piper, as one of the outstand-
ing women of the Freshman class, filled
the position of president of the As-
sociated Women Students on the
campus. She was also president of the
house that day. Betty Bradstreet was
house manager, and Madeline Hannon
was secretary-treasurer. We accorded
the Freshmen the honor of presiding at
the head table in the diningroom. The
Seniors sat at the last table. A f t e r din- ,*f?'" A l l Quiet on the Western Front," » ?
ner that night, the actives entertained
the pledges and Freshman members. I
forgot to say that all through the day,
certain actives were assigned the pledges'
duties. Altogether, April Fool's day was
a wonderful one for the Freshmen.
We regret to say that Virginia John-
son is not in college this semester. We
are looking forward to "Johnnie's" re-
turn in September. We not only miss
her, but the Sophomore class is missing
a good secretary. Yes, Alpha O seems
to monopolize the secretaryships.
Our philanthropic work is growing
w i t h leaps and bounds. N o w , we not
only furnish milk to many children in
the schools of poorer districts, but many
of the girls are going up several times a
week to the Assistance League's day
nursery in Hollywood. Betty Johnson,
for instance, teaches the children dancing,
and according to Betty, they thoroughly
enjoy being taught. Other girls teach
them music appreciation, tell stories, and
do anything else which might be good in
the entertaining line.
The house has acquired a new silver
scholarship plaque of late, which has
spurred us on to bigger and better things
in the way of grades. Everyone is work-
ing hard so that she may be the first
one to have her name engraved on the
plaque.
Many of the girls are going out for
the Women's Athletic Association ac-
tivities. We organized a fairly good bas-
ketball team this season, but we went
down to defeat before a house that was
much better.
We had a theatre benefit not long ago,
which was quite a success, and was, we
think, our last. However, we are doing
something else which is very novel, and
meets w i t h the approval and interest
of everyone concerned. Of ^ , 'c o u r S
Hollywood and Los Angeles "premiere
are noted throughout the United States,
and to get a seat to one is considered
a worthwhile event. Lately, we rained
off a pair of five dollar seats to the
new Carthay Circle Theatre "premier*
ten cents a chance. Needless {0
everybody approached was glad of tn
chance to gamble on getting ten dollars
worth of seats for ten cents, and we
made quite a bit of money. Each class
the house, too, is going to spons?
something such as a dance or a raffle.