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TO DRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI 37

EDITORIALS

We realize that "O Hamlet! what a falling off was there!"
from the last editor to the present. The realization of our inex-
perience and mistakes has caused us to plead for pardon and char-
itable criticism from all Alphas. So much confusion has resulted
from the changes in the membership of the fraternity and the man-
agement of the magazine since the last issue, that many of our errors
are unavoidable. We shall be grateful to our readers for pointing
out to us our inaccuracies. We wish to thank our sisters for the
assistance they have so willingly and cheerfully given, without
which, this issue would not now be before you.

We most cordially welcome into our midst three new chapters,
Delta, Gamma and Epsilon, but our growth and strength are not
limited to active chapters. We have three new and well organized
alumnae chapters to introduce and to feel proud of. I n our re-
joicing we have not lost sight of the freshmen, who have chosen
Alpha for their ideal fraternity. We need all of you for a strong
and well rounded growth, and it is our hope that you may always
be as loyal to the spirit of our fraternity and as proud of us, as
we are proud of you.

We wish to call attention again to the Sorority Handbook by
Ida Shaw Martin. Too much praise cannot be given this little
book. Besides being interesting reading matter, it is a reference book
on sororities that every one should, yes, ought to have. No one
will deny that a sorority examination is a good thing. How much
more intelligently we can talk of our sorority after learning thor-
oughly all there is to know about it. How much more interesting is
the sorority, when we understand its conditions and possibilities!
I f it is a good thing to know about our own fraternity, why will it
not be equally helpful to know about the others? Has it ever
occurred to us that we shall become narrow and unprogressive, unless
we acquaint ourselves with the strides that the other sororities and
fraternities are making? How can we feel satisfied with our own
endeavors when we are ignorant of what is going on around us?
The snail moves, so does the hare. The disparity in their speed is
the more evident when they are moving side by side. Let us not
consider that we are the hare and feel satisfied, until we have ac-
quainted ourselves with the progress of our rivals in the Greek
world, and compared it with our own. The fraternity examination