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6 TO DRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI

HISTORY O F T H EJ. F. F. CLUB AND THETA CHAPTER

On Dec. 21st 1903, the J. F. F. Club was organized with six
charter members. As the name implies it was organized "Just For
Fun," and all the members, but one, were seniors in high school;
when they came to college the club came too. During the freshman
year J. F. F. lost one of its members, as one of the girls went away
to college, but the five remaining girls kept up the spirit of the club
and enjoyed the meetings to their fullest extent.

Until the time of the club's sophomore year, we had no constitu-
tion, by-laws, oath or anything that pertained to a formal organiza-
tion, but this year four girls entered college who had a claim to J.
F. F. both by the right of relationship and friendship. You can
imagine the prolonged sessions, the club held, to prepare rituals, in
order that these four worthy girls might be impressively initiated.

After our first initiation we looked for other worlds to conquer,
and the result was, that we added four more girls to our ranks. We
closed this memorable year of our club's history with fourteen active
girls. With the dawn of the next year, our love for expansion had
grown to such bounds that by May 1907 we had twenty-one J. F. F.
girls in college. Of course such a body of girls, wearing the little
silver badge with a little J. F. F. in black enamel, could not help
making its presence known in college activities.

Before the year 1907, De Pauw University had only four national
sororities and one local sorority represented here, and the need for
more such organizations was felt by all the faculty. I t was suggested
to the club that they apply for a national charter and after the sub-
ject had been discussed pro and con, it was finally decided that the
J. F. F. club petition the Alpha Omicron Pi sorority for a charter,
which was granted by the June, 1907 session of the Grand Council.
Theta chapter has every reason to be proud of the sorority whose
ranks she has joined, and none of her members have ever had any
reason to regret the step that was taken by the J. F. F. club in
April, 1907.

THETA CHAPTER

Theta chapter was installed Aug. 23, 1907 in De Pauw Univer-
sity, Greencastle, Indiana, at "Sunny H i l l , " the home of Jennie
Farmer. Like Sigma chapter, Theta had seventeen charter members,
who are—Cora Frazier, Minnie Bowen, Lucy Allen, Edith Heuring,
Goldie Huffman, Helen Savage, Bessie Medbourn, Ethel Carver,
Jennie Farmer, Cleo Ferguson, Lucretia Loring, Flora Frazier,