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Denver Alumnoz Welcome New Members
By R U T H EVERSMAN, I
Members of the Denver Alumna^ chap-
ter held their first meeting this fall at
the home of Evelyn Van Horn ( A ) , on
September 21. We had as our guests
Richolene Hughes ( I '30), and Olive Og-
ren ( I Ex. '31). They remained in Den-
ver several days and incidentally, at-
tended one of the rushing parties held
at the Chi Delta chapter house in B o u l -
der. They were spending a four weeks'
vacation on a trip to California and
planned to return to Chicago by way
of New Orleans, Louisiana.
We were glad to welcome two new
members into our midst, namely: M a r -
garet Drennon (<t>), and Frances Ray-
nolds ( X A ) , and sorry to lose Alice
Alexander ( A ) , who has moved to Cali-
fornia. Margaret Drennon came to Den-
Cincinnati Alumnoz Entertain Children
By VIRGINIA B R U C E C A L D W E L L , © H
Cincinnati Alumna? chapter started the
winter with a meeting at the home of
Lillian Hemple Moore. There was a large
attendance, and plans for the winter got
rapidly under way. A f t e r some discus-
sion, i t was decided that there are many
social agencies looking after the physical
welfare of needy people, and but few
who endeavor to make their lives really
happier and to give them plain, ordinary
fun. This decision is the keynote of the
philanthropic work we have chosen f o r
the present season. Our president, L u -
cille N e w t o n ( 6 H ) , has been working things. The chances are only ten cents
at Hillcrest, a school for unfortunate
children, so we selected these children
as the objects of our attentions. Each
month several of these children are taken
to a movie, and perhaps given a treat
in the way of a bag of candy. I t seems
such a small thing to do, and yet it is
Tulsa Alumnoz Support Poor Family
By D O R O T H Y A N N B E E L E R , H
Our small group of alumna? have met
with great regularity this fall. When one
stops to realize that forty such groups
meet each month throughout the United
States, it carries a thought of apprecia-
tion of the worth-whileness of our or-
ganization.
The big project which has been occu-
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ver last June to compete for a voice
scholarship which the Denver Post offers
annually to young musicians. The winner
of this scholarship has the privilege of
studying for five weeks under the di-
rection of Denver's most prominent
music teachers or under famous guest
musicians who spend the summer here
Margaret won a scholarship in voice and
has remained here to continue her study
during the winter at the Lamont School
of Music. I n October she entered the an-
nual Atwater-Kent contest in which she
won the highest score in the semi-finals
and f o u r t h place in the finals. Frances
Raynolds was presiclent of Chi Delta
chapter last year.
So our little group is growing. We plan
to go to Boulder for Founders' Day.
more than appreciated, because i t is the
only frivolous entertainment they ever
get.
Our second meeting was held at the
University Y.M.C.A. w i t h Louise Rey
and L e a f y Jane Hilker as hostesses. At
this meeting there was much discussion
about ways and means of raising money
for our national philanthropic work. Our
first undertaking is the selling of chances
for a "Pandora Box," which is to be
filled w i t h all sorts of attractive under-
and, w i t h the actives and pledges of
Theta Eta, we have had a most satis-
factory number sold. The lucky winner
w i l l be revealed at the December meeting
at the Kemper Lane Hotel, where the
actives and pledges w i l l join us in out
semi-annual get-together.
pying our time for the past t w o years
was the raising of $750, the X i chapter
debt. As soon as all the money raised
f r o m selling Christmas cards is collected, Miller Tennant ( O i l '27, '28). We were
we w i l l be able to make our last pay-
ment. I t w i l l certainly be a wonderful
feeling to start off 1932 w i t h a clean
slate. We can now turn our efforts to
J A N U A R Y , 1932
ro U own philanthropic w o r k and social
affairs- . * -« *
Our October meeting w&s in the f o r m
f a bridge party at Edna Mae Hill's
home. Her home was decorated w i t h
fall flowers, and the tallies and refresh-
ments carried out the Hallowe'en idea.
The meeting was preceded by a short
business meeting.
Our November meeting met w i t h Nat-
alie Warren. A f t e r the business session,
we started to work on scrap books. The
books are to be given to the children
in the county ward of a local hospital.
This is to be part of our philanthropic
program.
Alice Cullnane, our National Regis-
trar, now affiliated w i t h X i chapter, has homa, as a guest. We hope to make i t
visited us several times. We are always
glad to welcome her and to learn so
much national Alpha 0 news. A l l the
girls enjoy hearing f r o m one who has
been so closely associated w i t h our
Founders and Grand Officers.
Everyone has been so anxious to meet
the new transfers to X i who have been
able to visit in Tulsa. We have become
acquainted w i t h Alice Cullnane (B<I>),
Ada Munroe ( N ) , Marie Brecht ( K G ) ,
Eleanor Watson ( P ) , and Eva Jervis
(P). We always look fonvard to having
guests f r o m foreign chapters; i t makes
US realize the far-reaching tentacles of
our organization.
As a local philanthropic project, we
Ann Arbor Alumnoz Buy New Drapes for House
By M A R Y K E N T - M I L L E R T E N N A N T , O i l
The evening of September 23 saw the
members of the Ann Arbor Alumnae
chapter speeding toward Ypsilanti and
the Washtenaw Country Club, where our
new president, Cora Lane Wiedman
fjpE '14), had called the first meeting of
the year. A t her invitation we partook
©f a delicious dinner in the club, d r i v -
ing back to the chapter house in Ann
Arbor for the business session. The next
evening the chapter house was again the
scene of a hastily-called-together group,
which included Alta Atkinson ( A * '27),
Margaret Hanselman Underwood ( O i l
'24), Elizabeth McDermott ( A ) , Cora
Lane Wiedman ( I '14), and M a r y Kent-
called to consider the vital problem of
providing new drapes f o r the chapter
house dining room, which had just been
provided with new furniture, gifts of
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are clothing a family consisting of a fa-
ther, mother, and four small children.
The father, a w o r l d war veteran, is u n -
able to work, and the mother having
a tiny baby is unable to work outside
of her own home. We have succeeded
in having them moved f r o m a box house
on the river bank to a house in the
city; we furnished the house w i t h some
furniture we collected, and the children
have been well clothed w i t h dresses and
coats. N o w the children are looking for
Santa Claus, and some of us are busy
painting old doll buggies and dressing
dolls. Our family is very deserving and
equally appreciative.
The members of the Tulsa Alumnae
are still thinking of our first Founders'
Day banquet which was held at the A m -
bassador Tea Room. I t was very
simple and impressive celebration.
Tall red tapers and red roses graced
the table, and our programs informed us
that Alice W a r d Friend was to act as
toastmistress and the others on the pro-
gram were A, Dorothy Fry ( £ ) , L , Dor-
othy Ann Beeler. ( E ) , P, Katherine De-
Puy (E), H , Edna Mae Hill ( £ ) , A,
Dorothy Bergman ( I ) , and O, Natalie
Warren (NO). We were glad to have
Dorothy Boatright (S), of Porter, Okla-
an annual celebration and next year to
have more visiting alumnae in attendance.
the Detroit Alumnae. I t was voted by
the group to allow $57 to cover the ex-
pense of such an undertaking, and the
drapes were hung before rushing.
The October 5 meeting took place in
Alta Atkinson's room in the Martha
Cook Building. Plans were formulated at
this time for a patroness-mother-alumme
tea, to which also were to be asked pro-
spective new patronesses. A delightful
tea was held in the Alumnae Room of
the Michigan League, which was very
well attended.
Margaret Nelson ( T ) , invited the girls
to her house for the November 10 meet-
ing, where all were delighted to have
Virginia VanZandt Snider ( O i l '25), the
new state chairman, talk of the great
philanthropic work that Alpha Omicron
Pi is sponsoring. She also mentioned the
duties of her newly created office—the