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she had been chosen "concilor" at camp and o f course were're very
proud.

Blythe White Rand drops i n at the most psychological moments
and surprises us w i t h the most acceptable "eats". She expects to keep
house soon and has promised parties galore. I think I overheard
Margaret making arrangements already whereby the "banquet tur-
key" is to be cooked on Blythe's new range. Margaret is a believer
that the early bird catches the worm.

Innes came to pledging armed with real hot " d e v i l " cake and
we enjoyed every crumb. She is keeping up her domestic science
in a thoroughly practical way. We miss her every day not to men-
tion the debutante gossip we sometimes heard.

But lest I weary you and also take up too much space, this must
end. P i wishes her very best wishes f o r every A l p h a O.

Alice Clark NU. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
Hellen Vollmer

Edith Chapman Aldana Quimby

Virginia Mollenhauer Nora Starke

Dorothy Van de Water Helen Millicent Williams

Elizabeth Smart

Nu reports a visit from Dorothy Safford just before the closing
of the university last spring, the pleasure of which was soberly
tempered by a just, impartial and sincere criticism of our sins and
short-coming, which have indeed been a l l too many, as we hasten
to confess f o r the good of our souls. T o those of us who met our
Grand President f o r the first time, the visit was a rare opportunity.
We could not fail to be impressed by her shrewd observation, her
honesty of purpose and her entire devotion to the real interests of
the fraternity, which would inspire even laggards w i t h enthusiasm.
As she herself w i l l tell you, we have promised to r e f o r m , and i n earn-
est thereof we held a meeting this f a l l a whole week before the
university opened at Virginia Mollenhauer's house to consider ways
and means. What she w i l l not tell you is the splendid atmosphere
of the unity and purpose of the fraternity which she carries about
w i t h her, and which by now you w i l l a l l have found out f o r your-
selves. W e have a clearer vision o f the fraternity ideal o f mutual
service and self-sacrifice and we earnestly desire to come closer to
you, our sisters of the N o r t h and South, of the East and West,
that we may together impress this ideal upon not only college life,
but, as perhaps we, as graduate students, can see more clearly than
you who have not yet gone out into the "cold, cold w o r l d " upon the
womanhood of our nation.