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TO DRAG MA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI 41

Eugenia C. Lee has announced her engagement to Mr. Waldo

Putnam Druley, a graduate from Annapolis.
Lora R. Sweeney was initiated into the fraternity this fall.

PI, NEWCOMB COLLEGE

Here we are again back at college. Is it not inspiring to feel
the hearty grip again? So much has happened since we last met in
the pages of To DRAGMA that it is difficult to find ourselves.

Last winter we were very busy and very gay. The college girl's
business is very much the same the world over so I will not be
bromidic. As to gayety, our first attempt to make life pleasant was a
tea for our patronesses. On that memorable occasion the weather
was not all that is expected of the sunny south, but we had a jolly
time notwithstanding. Let Pi chapter advise her scattered sisters
to create some delightful patronesses like her own and then enjoy
life. A series of teas followed this one, and then we conceived the
idea of a baby party for the second generation of Pi chapter. The
Christmas tree and animal crackers were thoroughly enjoyed by the
guests and hostesses. A t this time the Santa Claus spirit reigned
supreme so we had another jollification for ourselves.

Directly after mid-year exams we were hurled into a most exten-
sive system of rushing. For two weeks there was a whirl of teas,
dinners, parties, and cotillions, at the end of which every one was in
a state of collapse. I t would be very satisfying to tell you of our
new sisters, but to inspire envy is not our motto, so without more ado
we will introduce to you Mary Reeder Thomas, Blythe White, and
Mary Temperence Frere, all of 1911. After the pledging of these
most attractive freshmen the alumnae and patronesses gave us a
delightful surprise (?) party. There was oyster stew, Virginia reel,
congratulations, and much ado. I t was great.

For awhile after this we settled down to the quiet enjoyment of
various honors. Among which was the possession of three class
presidents: Virginia Withers, '08, Mae Priece, '10, and May Thomas,
'11. The calm was broken by Lily Mysing, who appeared in cap
and gown, with the announcement that she expected to graduate in
June. She had been '08 but had decided to bridge the threatened
break in Pi's line of seniors, which began in 1900 and has continued
ever since. To this purpose, she had been making up work for some
time. Commencement went off in a blaze of glory for Pi, since Vir-
ginia Withers and Rochelle Gachet won the two English essay prizes.

This year began most delightfully for we were all welcomed back
with a surprise. During the summer Rochelle Gachet had com-
pleted the most grewsome border of stencilled skulls in our rooms
and had made several additions to the furnishings. Our chapter is