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nothing definite has been done about it. of Washington in 1924, after which he
Although they did vote to meet at Ruth spent some time in Alaska. He is a
Hawks' ('26) the following Thursday. member of the class of 1933 in medicine
at Syracuse. He is a member of Phi
Our March meeting was held at the Chi, medical fraternity.
home of Ruth Caskey Sturtevant ('26).
We were surprised when we learned that Then Margaret Coe ('29), said " I
the annual initiation and banquet was have announced my engagement to
to be March IS, for none of us had re- Claude C . Bell ('23, A.M. '27, Sigma
ceived notice of it. Ruth Hawks was Chi) in December. We are to be mar-
appointed chairman of the committee ried May 24 and will live in Wash-
on arrangements for our annual alumna? ington, D . C . , where Claude is employed
luncheon which is always planned for in the Bureau of Wood Utilization, De-
the same day as the banquet. And then partment of Commerce."
poor Ruth had to have the "grippe" so
Marcia took over the luncheon arrange- On April 3, the alumnae met with Ger-
ments. There were twenty-three alum- trude Baumhardt Bailey ( E x . '26). At
nae at the luncheon, and as usual I this meeting they voted to give the ac-
passed a pad and pencil and asked the tive chapter a gift of $30 which they
girls to write their names, addresses, may use as they see fit.
and occupations. When the pad re-
turned to me, I made a startling discov- Election of officers took place with
ery when I found the name "Rogers" the following officers elected: president,
written after Mariba Morse. The first Ruth Hawks (Chi '26); vice president,
question we all asked was when did it Elizabeth Heibt Leist (Theta '22); treas-
happen? She told us she was married urer, Ruth Caskey Sturtevant (Chi Ex.
on August 19, 1929, to Cecil Eccleston '26); secretary, Gertrude Baumhardt
Rogers of Sitka, Alaska. Mariba is Bailey (Chi Ex. '26); and editor to T o
chief bacteriologist at the Ideal Hospi- DRAGMA, Elizabeth Sadelmeyer (Chi
tal, Kndicott, N . Y . Mr. Rogers finished '29).
his pre-medic work at the University
The May meeting is to be held at the
home of Gertrude Marks Forsell, and
we anticipate a large attendance.
Detroit Alumna Plan Panhellenic Luncheon
By VIRGINIA VANZANDT SNIDER
Our January meeting was held at the With new officers elected it was easy
home of June Davis Thisted, and the to continue plans for the mixed bridge.
assisting hostesses were Dorothy Oodle On Tuesday evening, March 15, our
Burger and Alice Wessels Burlingame. party celebrated at the Y . W . C . A . with
The important event of the evening was the green of St. Patrick predominating.
the nomination of officers and the plans I n all ways it was successful from the
for the mixed bridge under the chair- clever tallies, the artistic gift cards, to
manship of Frances Norton. the fact that little Marylin Thisted won
the beautiful blanket we raffled off.
Another meeting occurred at the home
of Marjorie Kerr. Election of officers April 3 was our day with the Seniors
took place. After two years of success- of Omicron Pi. They came to have/
ful and loyal leadership, Gladys Hinman luncheon and bridge. This is one of
Hirt declined the office of president. Mar- our happy days set aside just to enjoy
garet Clark promises to carry on, and a few hours with each other. Margaret
we are proud to announce that she is Smith and Marian Resich did well fa
our new president. Frances Norton is planning to have it at the new Y.W.C.A.
vice president, Dorothy Oodle Burger And in prizes and senior gifts they quite
takes the task of secretary, Marjorie Ken- did themselves proud. We had the best
as treasurer will dun and plead for dues. chat with every Senior, and it seeros
Virginia VanZandt Snider is Panhellenic late to really become acquainted as
delegate, and her alternate is Winifred "good friends must part" too soon. For-
Sample. Jennette McCall following her mal installation of officers takes place
profession is more than ably qualified to April 7 at the home of Gladys Hinman
write alumnae chapter letters to To Hirt. Plans will be made for our usual
mothers' dinner given in May.
DRAGMA.
