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Providence Alumna Have Supper Meetings
By M A U D E E . C . C O V E L L
On December 20 we met with Helen meeting with eleven of us present, in-
Rose whose hospitality is always most cluding Daza (Mowry) Drury of Fitch-
enjoyable. We were right. At this burg, Massachusetts. Most of this meet-
meeting we made our contribution for ing was occupied with reminiscences and
the Christmas gift to the Children's pictures of early days of A S at Brown.
Ward of the Homeopathic Hospital. We
varied our usual schedule by meeting at Muriel Wyman entertained us at
four o'clock, and Helen served a wonder- supper on February 11. It was voted
ful turkey dinner at six. to purchase more materials for the rain-
bow tea napkins. All the remnants of
In January Louella Darling enter- the original material was made into nap-
tained us at dinner. This was a banner kins and sold at the meeting.
Boston AlumncB Have Annual Family Picnic
By I R E N E RACHDORF, Acting Editor
The Boston Alumna? chapter cele- realized, and those present enjoyed a
brated Founders' Day at the Twentieth very pleasant afternoon of bridge and
Century Club in Boston. The active tea.
chapter were the guests of the alumnae.
During dinner, the actives sang AOII The annual meeting for the election
songs. Lorea Jameson played the violin, of officers was held on Friday, March
and Etta Phillips MacPhie played the 28, at the home of Rena Greenwood
piano and sang. We were very glad to Smith, Wellesley Hills. The officers for
have with us our Grand Vice President, 1930-31 are as follows: president,
Octavia Chapin. Members of six other Gladys Graves Wales; first vice presi-
chapters were present. The addresses dent, Mildred Ward Eldridge; second
of the officers and speakers of the eve- vice president, Margaret Caverly;
ning together with the musical program recording secretary, Dorris Morse;
made it an especially enjoyable meeting. corresponding secretary, Lorea Jame-
son; treasurer, Edna Woodbury Webb;
The first meeting of the new year herald, Helen Bogardus ( T ) ; editor to
was held January 24 in Cambridge at To DRAGMA, Esther Fowler Schmalz;
the home of Esther Fowler Schmalz. alumna? chapter historian, Charlotte
Following dinner, and the regular busi- Lowell; nominating committee, Lorea
ness meeting, there was a lively discus- Jameson, Gladys Bryant Moore, Rena
sion of the status of sororities at Jack- Greenwood Smith, Portia Russell; and
son. The question of their value was hospitality committee, Mildred Ward
brought to the fore by a letter published Eldridge (Chairman), Alice Harrington
in the college weekly by a member of Winslow, and Dorothy Rourke Gilligan.
another sorority. It was gratifying to
hear the views the alumna? on the sub- The April meeting will be held at Clara
ject and to feel that the fraternal spirit Russell's new home in Winchester on
is so alive. April 26, and we will hold our final
meeting of the season at the home of
On Saturday afternoon, March $, a Dorris Morse, South Easton, a picnic
bridge party was held at Filene's to raise meeting according to our custom to
money for the Scholarship Fund. As which husbands and children are in-
a result of the efficiency of the com- vited. The date will be the first Satur-
mittee in charge, a total of $61.80 was day in June.
Lincoln Alumnce Earn $65 at Benefit
By H E L E N E C K L E S H O P P E
The February meeting was a lunch- man Latsch, Edith Hall Lansing, and
eon held at the chapter house with Gladys Whitford Misko as hostesses.
Anna Jones Rosborough, Irma Haupt- Plans were made for the bridge benefit
