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8 TO DRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI

A TOAST TO ALPHA OMICRON PI

A maiden stood in a college hall
And she wore a bow of red,
"What does it mean ?" a freshman asked,
And the maid shook a puzzled head;
"It means some nice times with the grandest girls!
I don't know what else," she said.

A maiden stood in a college hall
And she wore a jewelled pin.
"And what does it mean," said the nervy fresh.,
"Now that you've been taken in?"
"More than I thought," the maiden said,
With a slow, reflective grin.

A maiden went out from a college hall
Her college days gone by.
"And what did it mean ?" they asked her then,
She answered tenderly,
"The highest, noblest, dearest, and best,
Alpha Omicron Pi."

WINGATE MATTHEWS, K , 'IO.

THE RECENT GRAND COUNCIL MEETING

The annual meeting of the Grand Council, A O I I , was held in
New York City, on June 19, 20 and 22, 1908. The open meeting,
which has been a feature of all Grand Council sessions since 1904,
was omitted from the schedule of events, as its reason for existence
had disappeared with the decision to open the Grand Council busi-
ness sessions, for the first time in the history of the fraternity, to all
members of A O IT. Doubtless this step would have been taken long
since, had it not been for the difficulty of securing sufficiently large
rooms for the purpose, and, now that the experiment has once been
made and proven so successful, it is likely that a similar course will
be followed hereafter.

I n accordance with the instructions of the Grand Council at its
meeting of December, 1906, the Executive Committee had devised
and carried out a scheme for equalizing the expenses of the under-
graduate representatives of collegiate chapters, the outcome of which
was so satisfactory as to result in legislation providing for the per-
manent establishment of a similar system.

The first business session was held at Barnard College on the
morning of June 19, and was devoted entirely to the presentation
of reports of officers and chapters. I t was voted to send f u l l copies