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"The Rose of Red," "Alpha for
Aye," "Once More United,"
"Garden of Our College Days,"
"Here's to Good Old N u , "
"Viva La A O Pi," "Fellowship
of Spring," and "Dear Old
Room."

Helen Hoy was unable to
stay with the magazine long,
and we found ourselves also
financially inhibited from bring-
ing out the next number on
time. But hope was maintained,
and we rallied.

Our reverently remembered

Jessie Ashley, who was always

ready in her gentle kindness to A Grecian lady spinning.
give us of her busy days and

her heavily-taxed talents, undertook to get out the next three numbers

that appeared. How glad we are to have this characteristic trace of her

now! For those three 1906-'07 numbers show her mind in their articles

on woman suffrage and social righteousness.

Alice Smith Thomson (Alpha), was chosen Business Manager, but
she married and went to St. Louis. I t was hard to find a business
manager who could give us the time and had the ability for the difficult
task.

Adelma Burd had the ability; she did not have the time, but she
gave it to us anyway. I t was she who stabilized—for the period of her
incumbency, at least—and managed with success the business of the
infant paper. That this was no easy task will be clear if you will look
at the excellent numbers published by Jessie and Adelma and compare
them with the following entry in our records:

New York, January 17, 1907

Report of Business Manager of To DRAGMA:

By advertisement $22.50

By subscription 5.00

In hand $27.50

However, we were able to help with a slight appropriation for the
November issue, and a campaign for subscriptions was launched among

chapters.

But these were the first of that long line of selfless and devoted
workers to whom we owe the growth of To DRAGMA from such humble
beginnings.

, After the successful administration of Jessie and Adelma, the maga-
zine met some vicissitudes of no interest now, only one number appear-