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"Now that I have brought down from the dusty shelves of the attic,
the numbers of the issues in 1919-1922 and glance through them, many
definite memories come back and after all very pleasant ones, and per-
haps it is because one always loves to create, yet somehow these old
pages do not appear as odd and incomplete as I imagined they would.
Perhaps my standards were not of the highest, but each contributor was
very co-operative, and some changes took place. Each issue meant hours
of midnight toil for me, for with my family and civic cares and with
no help, I would wait, until the house was still, and I was alone, to bring
forth the typewriter, the material and most of all, the letters from my
helpmate and guide, the business manager, Carolyn Fraser Pulling.
Really, whatever the magazine produced either in quality or in appearance
was due to Mrs. Pulling. With her keen interest in the magazine and her
conscientious handling of the finances, I knew what was expected of
each issue and just how many lines, cuts, and so forth, to have. It was
hard to have the business manager and printer in Minneapolis and the
editor in Lowell, Mass. It was during this period that the cover was
changed to a light color and contained the 'contents' on it. Much stress
was put on the value of the Life Subscription Fund, and it was due to
Mrs. Pulling's business foresight that later editors have not had to
measure so carefully the lines on account of lack of money to see an
issue paid for.

"It was loyalty to an emergency which made me an editor, and
it was loyalty of all Alpha Omicron Pi members whether contributors
or not, that made the magazine. It gave me a very keen appreciation
of the magazine, and it is a joy to read it under the present editor. The
national interest, of the alumnae who are making their lives amount to
something, is a great piece of news and well worth space in To

DRAGMA."

Fraternally yours,

ETTA MARION PHILLIPS MACPHIE

DEAR EDITOR:

"From September, 1921, to May, 1923, covers the period of my
office as actual editor of To DRAGMA although I had served as asso-
ciate editor to Mrs. MacPhie for the two previous years. June Kelly
was my competent business manager. At first we continued the cover
used previously with the table of contents on the outside, but later
changed to plain grey with red lettering, placing the table of contents
mside. We ran a magazine of seventy-five to eighty-five pages with
fewer illustrations than we have now, usually not more than five or six
Pages of pictures; this only because of lack of funds. Our style in head-
mgs was more conservative than now, consequently much less inviting.
We tried to feature conventions; prominent seniors and alumnae under
the title 'Mirrors of Alpha 0'; and Panhellenic affairs.
' "Peggy Schoppe, Delta, was our exchange editor, and everyone en-
Joyed her fine selections of articles from the magazines of our Greek
neighbors. Among the distracting events in the editor's life of those