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BETTY HIESTAND SMITH JUNE KELLY

days were a printer's strike and the first baby, Sara Evelyn, but other-
wise we pursued our uneventful way through the pages of To DRAGMA
with keener interest in each succeeding issue. The best thing about be-
ing editor, was the contact it gave us with other members of the fra-
ternity, from Grand Officers down to the greenest little chapter editor!
We watch the achievements of each succeeding editor with joy and
think our magazine of today can have few equals among the fraternity
world. But much as we enjoy today's To DRAGMA, nothing can ever
equal the thrill of opening the new magazine of our own composing—
our own brain child."

Fraternally,

BETTY HIESTAND SMITH

DEAR EDITOR:

"It's a little hard for me to remember just what did happen to the
magazine when I suddenly became its editor. That was just after the
life subscription plan had' been adopted, so for a year or two we had
no appreciable benefit from that and were quite 'hard up.'

"During the four years that I was editor, I think that you can see
very clearly the change brought about by the increasing funds, which,
even in that short time, made quite a difference in our budget. The first
year or two, we were very cramped for lack of money, just as were
all the editors before me. We should all be thankful that the magazine
is on a firm financial basis, getting firmer and larger every year.

"About the only things that I remember which happened during
my regime were the three issues devoted to national work that were
sent to every member of the fraternity. This was done to increase in-
terest in the fund, which had just been started. One issue, I remember,