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undernourished and inadequately clothed. Assistance League (of which Helen
The chapter has arranged, to provide Knipps is supervisor), by games and
milk for ten children daily, the funds to stories. A Sunday picnic is planned for
be derived from the proceeds of the the children, if enough Alpha O's will
monthly luncheon meetings. As you furnish cars for the occasion.
may remember, each one of us who
attends a meeting pays fifty cents, which The constitution committee, with Jess
more than covers the cost of the lunch- McKenna as chairman, reported that
eon, and leaves a surplus for just such changes in the national constitution
philanthropic undertakings. necessitate technical changes in our
chapter by-laws. These are to be acted
Plans were discussed for supporting on by the executive committee.
the Kappa Theta actives in their benefit
theatre party in March. At the time The Mothers' Club is giving a card
of writing, the theatre party has taken party at the Kappa Theta house on
place, and was very successful. April 26, which will take the place of
our regular meeting. We shall have the
Lucille English read to the chapter luxury of a real party (and the Mothers'
the last two paragraphs of Elizabeth Club knows how to give parties), with
VVyman's splendid report, on pages fifty- no responsibility.
two and fifty-three of the January T o
DRAGMA; all of us, actives and alumnae, One innovation of ours, which is
should read these significant and timely functioning well, may interest you
comments with great care, for our Grand overworked chapter secretaries. Edna
President has unerringly put her finger Scott, our secretary, has a permanent
on the most vital elements of fraternity reservation list of members who come
life, and especially of our Alpha O life, to meetings regularly. They receive an-
i.e., the carrying of our fraternity ideals nouncements of the meetings, and
into actual, everyday living, into our reservations are automatically made for
relations to each other and to outsiders, them unless they telephone to cancel
into our judgments and decisions in them. This saves time and phone calls
choosing new comrades to carry on these for us, and also for Edna.
ideals and standards. As Lucille pointed
out, on the basis of Miss Wyman's The Mothers' Club is maintaining
article, fraternity life is more than an a scholarship for one active Kappa Theta
"emotional dissipation," more than an resident at the house, to be repaid at
occasional social gathering; it should graduation; the money will thus form
be a true community of interest a revolving fund to be re-awarded each
founded upon common standards of liv- year.
ing—the high standards of our Founders.
Carrie Kistler, chairman of the nomi- •
Louise Quigley ( T a u ) , gave an inter- nating committee, presented the nomi-
esting talk on Chinese rug making. nations for the coming year. The
Louise has spent two years in China, following officers were elected: presi-
and is now here with her three children dent, Lucille Curtis English (Lambda);
awaiting her husband's return from first vice president, Helene Collins
Japan, where he is studying interna- (Lambda); second vice president, Elsa
tional law. Flatau Older (Lambda); treasurer,
Helen Haller (Omega); assistant treas-
The March meeting was held at the urer, Jean Smith Dement (Tau);
Kappa Theta house, under the auspices corresponding secretary, Evelyn Nortens
of the Sigma alumnae, Elizabeth Wilson, Cornish ( N u ) ; assistant secretary, Edna
Alice Swank, Carrie Kistler, Marion Scott (Zeta); recording secretary, Au-
Wagner, Mary Evans, Ruth Kincaid, drey Buratti (Kappa Theta); To
Lota Blythe, and Margaret Kitzmiller. DRAGMA editor, Margaret Ritter.
Helene Collins, chairman of the philan-
thropic committee, reported that the Helen Haller, our Panhellenic repre-
plan of furnishing milk for ten under- sentative, urged as many as possible to
nourished school children is in operation, attend the Panhellenic Conference at
but that the children still need gifts of Eugene, Oregon, June 18-21. This
clothing. Groups of Kappa Theta ac- would be a pleasant way to combine busi-
tives devote regular days to entertaining ness and a vacation.
the children of the Day Nursery of the
Elizabeth Wilson gave a vivid and
edifying reading of Alice Gerstenbergs
"The Patroness."
