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IOTA, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

Edith Sbnltz, P. G. Mabel Jaskson, '15

Mabel Wallace, '14 Ethel Watts, '15

Avis Coultas, '14 Opal Frost, '15

Frances Frost, '14 Jana Wiley, '16

Etta Lautz, '14 Maurine Mavity, '16

Marie Rutenber, '15 Grace Palenbach, '16

Anna Hoffert, '15 Leota Mosier, '16

Louise Woodroffe, '16

College opened the twenty-third of September w i t h fifteen active

members for Iota.

Inez Sampson, ex-'15, w i l l not be w i t h us this year as she is going

to Oberlin, Ohio, to study music. Barbara Minard, ex-'15, is i n

St. Luke's hospital, Chicago, taking a course in nursing.

We are very glad to get back and see the o l d girls again and meet

the new ones. T h e freshman class is the largest the university has

ever seen, consequently the rushing promises to be so much more the

strenuous.

Here's hoping this w i l l be a most successful year f o r each chap-

ter of A o n.

TAU, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

Dear Sisters i n A O I I .
H o w rich one feels i n beginning a letter so! T o think how many
dear friends we all have whom we have never seen! A sisterhood
such as this is especially dear to those who have no real sisters, and
as I am i n this latter class, I can appreciate the feeling of a l l other
girls so situated. The first t h i n g I remember ever h a v i n g wished
for, was a sister. When I was a child I used to pray f o r one every
night, but none ever came. Then, suddenly, I was given many sis-
ters on the day that I joined A l p h a Omicron P i . A n d so I feel rich
indeed, and I hope that all of our girls appreciate the relationship
as much as I , myself.

T o d a y t w o of us, Beatrice N o r t h e y and myself, alumnae of Tau
chapter, visited the University. I t was the first time I had seen most
of the girls since saying good-bye to them in the spring, and it was
so good to welcome them back once more. There were many faces
that I missed, however, as only nine of our girls are back this year.
But those who have returned are dearer than ever.

Today, too, I saw our chapter house, the Sorority home, f o r the
first time. I t is a rather large white house, set on the top of a h i l l ,
with terraces leading down to the walk. O f course we are a l l very
proud of i t , as we are doing w e l l to have a house when one of the
older and also one of the best sororities here has had to give theirs up.