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TO DRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI 17

EIGHTH NATIONAL PAN-HELLENIC CONFERENCE

The Eighth National Pan-Hellenic Conference, (the new name
which has been substituted for Inter-Sorority Conference) met in
Chicago, September 17th and 18th, and was in many ways one of
the most successful ever held. The official report of the conference
gives in detail the work accomplished, but other issues are fully as
important. One was the spirit of enthusiasm, which prevaded the
meetings, as we realized that Pan-Hellenic, both National and Local,
is really accomplishing something of the purpose for which it was
organized, and is steadily gaining in strength and preparation for
more progress in the future. Another was the addition of two new
fraternities to the conference, Zeta Tau Alpha and Alpha Gamma
Delta, who were heartily welcomed. This makes a total of fourteen
national fraternities of university rank, now represented in the con-
ference.

The most enjoyable feature of the Conference was the luncheon
on Saturday, the 18th, for all fraternity women of Chicago and
vicinity, which promises to be a regular number on the conference
program hereafter. One hundred guests (each was her own hostess)
were seated at small tables in the pleasant banquet room of the Chi-
cago Beach Hotel. After the luncheon, Miss Green, president of the
conference, called the Pan-Hellenic roll, and every fraternity re-
sponded with from one to twenty members present. Although Alpha
Omicron Pi had a delegation of only five, we did not feel at all dis-
couraged, for we realized the youthfulness of our Chicago member-
ship, and were sure our strength would increase very fast with age.
The five were Alice Smith Thomson, A ; Bess Medbourne, ® ; Caro-
lyn Piper Dorr and Julia Norton, P; and Lula King Bigelow, Z .
A short program of three-minute talks or papers was then presented
by members of the conference more familiar with its work through
continued service as delegates, in order to give an idea of its purpose
and achievements to the fraternity women present. Miss Pearle
Green Kappa Alpha Theta, introduced the following speakers and
their subjects:

Mrs. E. N . Parmelee, Grand President of Delta Delta Delta,
"Summary of Previous Conferences."

Miss Edith Stoner, Grand President of Kappa Kappa Gamma,
"Works of the Present Conference."

Mrs. J. H . McElroy, Alpha Phi, "The Rushing System."
Mrs. Richard Tennant, Alpha Chi Omega, "Chaperones and
Chapter Houses."