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so glad she could be here at the same            as hostess to the Senior class, is a cus-
time as Miss W y m a n . Indeed, we felt         tom at Vanderbilt. I t is always a very
very impressed to have two Grand Of-             nice affair, but is about the last chance
ficers present at our parties.                   for the Juniors and Seniors to get t o -
                                                 gether. Likewise, in our chapter i t is the
   I t is getting along toward the end of        custom and our great pleasure to enter-
the year, and our thoughts become sad            tain our Seniors. We make quite an oc-
as we think of the girls who w i l l gradu-      casion of it.
ate and leave us. Of course, we w i l l see
them when the actives and alumnae meet              Margaret Whiteman, one of our
together. We have so many graduating             Freshmen, has made Co-Editors, a
—twelve to be exact. The Junior-Senior           Freshman and Sophomore literary club.
li uncheon, at which the Junior class acts

Psi Pledges Entertain Campus Pledges at Tea

           By VIRGINIA D E R R , University of Pennsylvania

    Psi chapter recently elected its officers       The Freshmen have been all that we
for next year, and everybody is pleased          could desire. They have entered into
with the results and predicts a most suc-        campus and fraternity activities with
cessful year under Ruth Bogaty as                an enthusiasm which is truly inspiring.
president. The other officers are: vice          True to Psi chapter tradition the Drama-
president, Dorothy Masterson; recording          tic Club is one of the favorite activities,
secretary, Betty Stiles; corresponding           and we announce with pride that Isa-
secretary, Virginia Derr; and treasurer,         bella Hunter has received a part in the
Bertha Rossiter. Bertha has been treas-          spring production, "Icebound." Alma
urer this year, and we give her a lot of         Scholz, another Freshman, has won
credit for the fact that we have had more        awards and prizes in everything she has
money in our treasury than during any            undertaken. There were prizes offered
preceding year in the memory of the              for a certain poster, and Alma was the
active chapter. We have a feeling that           only University girl to win one. A week
no financial misfortune can befall us            or so later there was an announcement
while Bertha is managing the books.              that a Punch Bowl key would be
                                                 awarded to the girl who had the most
   Our dance to which we have been               illustrations accepted in the Girls' Issue.
looking forward f o r the last month, will       Alma said one day, " I think I ' l l t r y a
be held on A p r i l 12. I t w i l l be held in  few." " A f e w " meant eleven, but just
Philadelphia's new Drake Hotel with              the same we were not a bit surprised
Lou Chapman's celebrated orchestra fur-          when the Punch Bowl came out, to find
nishing the music.                               nine of the eleven cuts in the magazine,
                                                 and Alma sporting the coveted key.
   The pledges were initiated on Febru-
ary 22, and we gave a delightful lunch-             We are certainly glad to see Mildred
eon f o r them after the ceremony.               Taylor back at school after her recu-
                                                 peration from serious injuries in an au-
   Last spring we thought it would be a          tomobile accident. She is busy making
good idea to serve luncheon at the house,        up examinations now, but as soon as we
so that we might have a real get-to-             learn the good marks she is making in
gether at noon. The Freshmen were                them, we will perform the initiation cere-
placed in charge. There were several             mony which she missed.
drawbacks to this plan, so this year
we have improved upon i t greatly. We               The Freshmen gave a tea f o r the
have engaged a cook who prepares                 Freshmen of other fraternities, and we
daily luncheons and dinner on Monday             were glad to see their enthusiasm re-
night before meeting. Needless to say            warded by a large attendance.
the meals have been more varied, and
more time and care has been spent in                We wish to announce the marriage of
preparation of them. Altogether it is a          Lilias Montgomery to John Lord on
most successful arrangement.                     February 19.

   We gave a parents' tea one Sunday,               Psi chapter extends sympathy to the
and i t proved so enjoyable that we are          family of M r . Jacob Herbst who died
planning to repeat i t in the near future.       March 25.
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