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cies of A O I I " written, and performed by
Joanna Donlon Huntington ( E ) , and
Nell Fain Lawrence (NO), the two "ex-
tension officers."
In January Charlotte Dickason ( A * ) ,
is planning a party f o r us and our hus-
bands and at that time we shall have
the movies of the Frontier Nursing Serv-
ice. Doubtless that work w i l l become so
vital to us then that we shall abandon
our Rochester projects and double our
national aid. I n February we celebrate
our second birthday with a birthday din-
ner, candles, roses, and everything, at
the home of Margaret Snook Folwell
(P) Perhaps our actives seem to tend
mostly to entertain ourselves. We hope
not too much so, though we do contend
that a thoroughly legitimate objective
Dayton Alumnoz Have White Elephant Sale
By T H E L M A THORNBERRY, CI
The Dayton Alumna? chapter will soon
celebrate its first birthday, and under
the capable leadership of our president,
Martha Fry, we have accomplished a
lot. To our twelve charter members we
have already added eleven new ones:
Gertrude and Mary Lou Bucher ( O i l ) ,
Lillian Groff (O), Audrey La Motte
( X A ) , and Mildred Brawley, Eunice De-
catur, Mildred Reigle, Katherine Taylor,
Francis Rensch, Zola Kaylor, and M i l -
dred Young, all of Omega.
I n June we held a party f o r rushees
at the Engineers' Club at which we en-
tertained twelve girls. Fern Matthews
( 0 ) , a member of the Cincinnati Alum-
na? chapter was a visitor at the Septem-
ber meeting.
One of the interesting features of the
October meeting was a baby shower for
our secretary, R u t h Cox Segar ( f t ) . Here ence Corwin, and on the first Sunday in
might be the suitable place to tell you
that Ruth's baby, Carolem, was born
on November 19.
The November meeting was held at
San Diego Alumnoz Help Local Charity
By MARGARET COOMBS, B<£
The San Diego Alumnae chapter be-
ing just six months old, is very proud to
have fourteen members, and we are hop-
ing to number more in the near future.
The Founders' Day meeting was held
in National City at the home of Marion
Boal Maddax ( A ) , assisted by her sis-
for any alumna? chapter is to promote
a spirit of affection and understanding
among its members, and that can be
done only by playing together as well
as working together. After all, i t is not
only undergraduates who need love and
sympathy.
We hesitate to divulge the high light
of our plans for this year, for fear you
w i l l say, "Once again a baby reaching
for the moon." I n M a y we hope to have
an Alpha O Day, filled with attractions
of some kind, so warm and friendly
that actives and alumnae f r o m Syracuse!
Cornell, and T o r o n t o w i l l send repre-
sentatives to us, and unattached New
Y o r k alumna: near by w i l l come to us
and maybe, who knows, a Grand Officer
or a Founder or two.
the home of Mildred Engle Mattern (ft).
At this meeting, our president explained
to us the new national w o r k to be
taken up. We planned to sell stationery
and hope that we can also get subscrip-
tions magazines to help w i t h our ex-
penses. Audrey L a M o t t e ( X A ) , told uSj
interesting things about Chi Delta chap-r
ter. She was fortunate enough to be
home at the time of the convention,
and we were very delighted to heat
about i t . Gertrude Bucher also told US'
about her chapter, Theta Eta. She and
her sister, M a r y L o u , were charter mem-
bers of the Cincinnati chapter, and we.
were very interested in her remarks. We
also held a White Elephant Sale, during
which Jean Boles demonstrated her abil-
i t y to act as an auctioneer.
We will celebrate Founders' Day with
a pot-luck supper at the home of Flor-
February, we are planning a Rose Tea^
in honor of the AOII flower.
ter, Helen Boal Titus ( A ) . We felt quite
honored to have Lillian Rice ( 2 ) with
us at this meeting. Lillian is a busy per-
son, f o r she is an architect at Rancho
Santa Fe. 1
Our philanthropic work, so far, has
been carried out mostly by the girls who
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jje teaching in the city. Frances Worth- ber of our members were active in the
i ^ t o n ( A ) , is assisting her children in work of the Community Chest.
mending toys to be given to poor chil-
dren. Jerelyn Haddock ( K G ) is w o r k - We are always happy whenever Vir-
ing in connection w i t h the Red Cross ginia Judy Esterly ( 2 ) can get away
jj, making hand-blocked Christmas cards f r o m her numerous other duties to come
gud place cards f o r the Naval Hospital. to our meetings. She is very active in
Other philanthropic work has been done the Y.M.C.A. work both in the city
through the Parent-Teacher Association and at the San Diego State College.
^by Alice Collier Heilman ( A ) . A l l of
Bur outgrown or discarded clothes has E m i l y Nash Ziegler ( f t ) , has been one
been given to this organization. A num- of our best advisers. Emily is manager
of the Kelsey-Jenny Commercial School
and is in a position to be of much bene-
fit to us.
Alpha 0 £ings with Qhicago Qvic Opera
(Continued from page 7)
She says they asked her if she planned to return to America, and she
replied that she did not, unless she knew there would be something
definite waiting for her here.
Whereupon Mr. Witherspoon said:
"Would you consider a contract with the Chicago Civic Opera suf-
ficiently definite?"
The story could easily be left off at this point for our readers can
well imagine her sensations, since the most she had expected was that
Pollak might use his influence to get her a contract to sing leading roles
in some provincial German opera.
However, it is interesting to relate that M r . Witherspoon later told
Mary Rose that he and Herr Pollak were not so struck with her charm
of manner that they asked her to lunch with them on that first day, but
that they wanted to discover whether she had a charming personality,
and whether she could converse intelligently on subjects other than
music; and that their reason for requesting her to learn the new aria in
one day was to see whether she could rise to an emergency. Of course,
Mary Rose passed all tests with flying colors and that is why she is with
Us today. So it isn't all "the breaks." Whenever a break came Mary
Rose's way, she was more than prepared for it.
They also told her that her first two years with the Chicago Civic
Opera would require very hard work and constant application; and that
she would not be given leading roles to sing immediately; but that she
would be given every opportunity to sing in the different operas and to
understudy many of the leading roles; and that her future progress de-
pended on herself.
She says they hadn't been joking about the work—that she has had
scarcely a minute to call her own since she has been in Chicago. How-
ever, she loves it, and as she says: "Here I am—where I always hoped
and dreamed I would some day be—and all because of pepper!"
Xext summer she plans to study in France, and the following summer,
m Italy.