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will be held at the sorority house which, a reasonable written excuse.
fortunately, is only a half block from
the Union. Some of us have been very On March 26 we had our first dinner
dissatisfied with the attendance of mem- meeting at the Memorial Union. It
bers at our meetings this year. So it was almost entirely a social meeting as
was decided that absent members should the only business discussed was the
be fined fifty cents unless they submitted plans for the approaching district con-
vention.
Bloomington Alumna • Sew for Needy Child
By LAURA A L E X A N D E R
Bloomington Alumnae meets the sec- funds. Representatives were appointed
ond and fourth Wednesday evening each to attend the exhibit from the Hoosier
month, and we feel we have had some Salon at the University February 27.
very interesting meetings since the new
year started with our first meeting at The meeting on February 26 was with
Grace Miller's on January 9. The com- Ruth Hall, Dorothy Newman, and
mittee reported two baskets taken to Madge Young at Ruth's home. An-
poor families on Christmas morning. We nouncement was made of the state
were much pleased with the big profit luncheon and dance at Indianapolis,
made this year on the sale of Christmas March 29. There were several com-
cards and leather goods. Bridge fol- mittee reports and the business ad-
lowed the business meeting, with lovely journed for bridge.
prizes for the high scorers.
Dorothy Carpenter planned a lovely
The second meeting in January was at St. Patrick's party for the meeting with
the home of Charlotte Shaw Ellis with her March 12. Table decorations and
Jennie Bowen and Virginia Nicholson as refreshments were very attractive in
assistant hostesses. It was decided that green and white. The president ap-
we make a donation to the Child Wel- pointed Dorothy Carpenter, Mary Rog-
fare work in Bloomington. The short ers, and Irene Ryan as a nominating
business meeting adjourned for cards. committee. All alumnae were cordially
invited to attend initiation and ban-
A sewing party was held at Coralie quet at the chapter house Sunday, March
Shaw's February 12. We made two 16.
cunning little dresses for a nine-year-
old in a needy family—really our adopt- The annual election was held at the
ed daughter as we sew for this same meeting on March 26 in the home of
little girl ever so often. Hannah Neal Rosalie Borland. Louise Rogers is the
brought a collection of very pretty new president, succeeding Hannah Neal
etchings which we had arranged to sell. who has served so capably the last two
A number were sold at the meeting and years. Plans were discussed at this time
later, making a nice sum to add to our for entertaining the Beta Phi seniors
sometime in May.
Denver Alumna? Plan Money Raising Schemes
By A L I C E I . WARD
Denver Alumnae entertained "our" the Panhellenic banquet, so we were
delegates, Elizabeth Heywood Wyman, with them again at that time.
Pinckney Estes Glantzberg, and Wilma
Smith Leland, at a dinner given at the We are pleased to welcome into our
Denver Country Club. After the din- group, Dorothy Hoy Hubbard (Zeta).
ner everyone went to Helen Gump's The number of Zeta members in our
(Omega), home where formal meeting chapter is growing fast.
was held. We feel fortunate that Na-
tional Panhellenic chose Denver for the Sarah Harrington Froyd (Zeta), has
convention city, for we were able to meet been in Denver all winter and has been
our officers much sooner than we would attending meetings. She states that this
have otherwise. Many of us attended has been her first opportunity to go to
alumnae meetings since she was gradu-
ated.
