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gathering together of all Alpha Omicron
Pi alumna?, members-at-large as well as
organized groups.
W i t h the patronesses as a welcome
addition to our group a very enjoyable
pot-luck supper was held at the home of
Charlotte Ewing Wagner (Oil '24). The
patronesses discussed the problem of new
patronesses and formulated some w o r k -
ing plans to solve the same issue. M r s .
L. P. Hall and M r . W . A. M . Kent-
Miller were recommended to be dele-
gated to organize the mothers' group. The
Fort Wayne Alumnce Make Nine-Patch Comfort
By C H A R L O T T E G R A C E , 0
At our first meeting last fall we de-
cided to dispense w i t h our customary
three tables of bridge until Christmas
and devote our one evening a month
to working on a local philanthropic proj-
ect.
We are a comparatively young organ-
ization, and we have only fourteen mem-
bers so we had to reject some of the
very good suggestions that a larger group
might have used. We finally decided that
we would make a nine-patch comfort
to be given to the family we help at
Christmas. We really enjoyed the sewing
and felt, at the same time, that we were
doing something worthwhile. Of course,
things like that are not done without
some special work on the part of one or
two people, and honors in this instance
go to M a r j o r i e Owen and Mildred Eich- We regret the loss of one member, Carol!'
enseher. Our December meeting was at
Mildred's and after a buffet supper, we
finished the comfort and were pardon-
ably proud of ourselves.
We had a very successful rummage
sale in October. That seems to be our
forte for making money. Our mothers
gave us such valuable assistance that we
are going to try to show our apprecia-
tion by having a dinner-bridge for them
soon.
Our Founders' Day banquet was held
December 5 at the University Club. Alda
5 / . Louis Alumnce Entertain N.P.C. Delegates
B y ELEANOR RENCH, H
St. Louis Alumna? met in M a y at the
home of Hildred Oliver Nickell (B4>),
with Ruth Baldwin Herdlein (H '25),
assisting as hostess. A f t e r luncheon a
business meeting was held. The treasurer
reported that $10 had been cleared on
T O DRAGMA
combined groups were felt by all to he
a much more powerful and effective unit
We were very glad t o welcome a new
member to the chapter, Charlotte Moore
( I ) , who is teaching at Tappan, one of
the local grade schools.
Founders' Day was celebrated together
w i t h the Detroit Alumna? and the active
Omicron Pi chapter, when, on Saturday
December 5, a dinner was held at the
chapter house. Members of both alum-
na? groups spoke, and the pledges pro-
vided a very entertaining little play.
Jane Woodward was chairman of the
committee and our t h i r d banquet was
very beautiful. After the dinner we went
to D o r o t h y and Bonnie Bennett's where
we held a formal initiation ceremony for
Virginia Traxler, of Fort Wayne, Mary
Bonowitz, of Huntington, and Leah Col-
ter of Kendallville.
The last function of our December
calendar is a party we are going to have
during the Christmas holidays for the
girls who w i l l be home f r o m school and
for prospective rushees.
M i l d r e d Richardson (B4>), and her
sister, Madge Richardson Cassady (B<&),
moved f r o m Fort Wayne last summer,,
but they have returned, and we are more
than glad to have them back again.
Phillipi ( G ) , who came to our meetings,
last year from Columbia City where she:
was teaching. Carol is teaching in Gary
this year.
We are very proud of Mildred Eich-
enseher's appointment as State Chairman
of Alumna? for Indiana and Kentucky.
By this time all of you AOII's in this
district have received the alumna? letter,
and we sincerely hope that the girls in
this immediate vicinity who are not*
affiliated with any group will accept our
urgent invitation to join our chapter in]
Fort Wayne.
our raffle of a Wedding Ring quilt, and!
we voted to send that amount to the
national philanthropic f u n d . Betty Sears; pickason (A4>), by her lovely personal-
Boulden (II '25), who was visiting in
Louis, was our guest.
I n September we welcomed June Ma-
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son Jam1'5 <.T E x - ' '0 , a s a n e w -m e m
xLr Plans were made for our activities
for the coming year. We were glad to
l leanor Horner H u l l ( N K ) , back
-^th us after her long sojourn in Cali-
fornia- Wc were pleased w i t h the news
•hat a daughter had arrived at the home
0 f Ruth Baldwin Herdlein (H'25), in
Tub' and that a son had been born to
Apal Trost Sheppard ( I ) , in September.
In October we met at the home of
Antoinette Webb Wheaton ( r ) , w i t h
Alice Reeves West ( G ) , a joint hostess.
\\re welcomed Helen H o w a r d Newby
( O i l ) , as a new member. She had re-
cently moved here f r o m Texas. Between
the dates of October 26-30 the National
Panhellenic Congress was held in St.
Louis. A O I I delegates to this Congress
were: Kathryn Bremer Matson, Grand
President; Pinckney Estes Glantzberg,
Panhellenic Delegate; Edith Huntington
Anderson, Grand Secretary; Wilma
Rochester Alumnce Plan Alpha O Day
B y H E L E N WORSTER CLEAVES, r
The Rochester Alumna? chapter w i l l
be just t w o years old on February 8.
It is still y o u t h f u l in size, in attainments, ven, is very modest. Though we are
and truth compels me to add, in spirit;
for most of the meetings are gay w i t h
laughter over inconsequential things.
Never Large, our number fluctuates be-
tween eight and twelve. Since Rochester
is especially well located " t o w o r k from"'
as well as i n , many men are sent here
and after brief stays transferred. This
means that some of our jolliest members
remain only long enough to be loved.
Lucile Goedde Hatfield ( I I ) , and Mar-
garet Doyle Stevning ( T ) , are gone this
year; and Joanna Donlon Huntington
( l . i . Lines and comes just enough to
keep us in a panic about losing her. We
were, perhaps, too few in number to
have aspired to be a definite group; but
being blessed w i t h t w o "ex" national ex-
tension officers, Joanna Donlon H u n t i n g -
ton ( E ) , and Nell Fain Lawrence ( N O ) ,
our small number "extended" into an
alumna? chapter. A w a r m , friendly spirit
has been characteristic here ever since
six years ago when Charlotte Cooley
ity brought together and held "the three
ITs," from Maine, Michigan, and Mon-
tana. We hope i t still survives under the
strain of being "incorporated" and w i l l
help us to be a successful chapter.
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Smith Leland, To DRAGMA, Editor; and
Alice Cullnane, Registrar.
On Wednesday afternoon the dele-
gates were taken on a sight-seeing tour
of the city after which they came to
the home of Eleanor Rench ( I I '25),
for dinner. The dinner was informal, and
there were fifteen girls present. As the
Grand Officers were free f r o m business
sessions f o r that evening, they stayed
and chatted with our girls, and we all
enjoyed getting better acquainted with
them. On Friday night we attended a
formal banquet at the Statler Hotel at
which over nine hundred girls were pres-
ent, and thus ended the National Pan-
hellenic Congress.
We have now settled down to a nor-
mal existence again and are planning to
help some needy families w i t h provisions
at Christmas time. Our next meeting to
be held in a week will be a formal ritual
meeting.
Our program for activities, somewhat
restricted by a membership of only ele-
much in sympathy with the very popu-
lar southern mountain nursing work, we
half wish in these lean years that char-
ity began and ended at home; especially
as our efforts can be so well directed by
Martha Hitchener ( f i ) , who does social
service work in the school. The little girl
whom we helped in music last year has
deUghted us by winning a scholarship at
the Eastman School of Music. The eve-
ning of our November meeting with
Jesse Lewis Rice ( X ) , we devoted to
making twelve scrap books f o r use at
Christmas time in the Children's Shel-
ter. As urgent as the local needs seem,
we are not unmindful of our national
philanthropic undertaking and are each
pledging something toward our chapter's
share in that.
We are celebrating Founders' Day with
a dinner at the home of Edwina Dearden
Grunow ( A ) . We are rather proud to
have among our number one of that a l -
most mythical Alpha chapter. Our presi-
dent, Abigail Roberts Van Wagenen
( O i l ) , and Helen Howalt Lowe ( X ) ,
are assisting her, so we are sure of a
" t u m m y - w a r n i n g " as well as soul-sat-
isfying affair. The promised entertain-
ment intrigues us a l l : "Facts and Fan-