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OCTOBER, 1933                                                                                                19

   Mr. Balfour
     Presents
        the

McCausland
      Cup

By ALICE CULLNANE
         Beta Phi

        I HAVE J U S T been reading about Lillian                  Dream Box
        McCausland. D u r i n g my years i n the
 Office, I have read many things she wrote, her                    I'y K I T T U C K E R , Upsilon
 reports on chapters, her letters to members
 showing her keenness in problems and situa-                       I dream of an isle in a sea far away
 tions, her entire correspondence while on the                     I've never been there, but I'll go someday
 Executive Committee. I t is a good way to                         Where the parrots are swinging in tropical
 know one w h o m it is impossible to k n o w per-
 sonally—through her letters. I find that the                                trees,
 two words with which Merva Hennings me-                           And white clouds are racing in a spice-lade'n
 morialized L i l l i a n — v i v i d and vital—could not
 have been improved. I wish I might have                                     breeze.
 known her.
                                                                   Days are enormous and hours are long      wrong.
    The McCausland Scholarship Cup is the g i f t                  Everything's happy there, nothing goes      trees
 of Mr. Lloyd Garfield Balfour to Alpha Omi-                       Polychrome sunsets blase in the sky
 cron Pi. In memory of his good friend, L i l -                    Over mountains of jade where palm
 lian McCausland, who worked with him in ad-
 vancing educational projects, the cup, standing                             sigh.
 for high attainment in scholarship in which
 she excelled, typifies h e r — g r a c e f u l , g l o w i n g ,  If you wish to bargain for some of m y land
 Vital and vivid. T h r o u g h it M r . B a l f o u r is          Alzmys be happy and give ivhen you can.
 perpetuating this friendship, and individually                    Do good unto others, don't think of yourself,
 and as a f r a t e r n i t y we are sincerely g r a t e f u l     Let love and good friendship be all of your
 to him.
I T h i s cup w i l l be presented to the chapter                            zvealth.
fin the sorority having the highest scholarship
 for the year. I f won by the same chapter                         Then, ivhen you qualify, hurry to me,     free.
 for three consecutive years, it will become                       And half of my paradise I'll give to you  find
 their permanent possession, and another cup                       Open my dream box and there you will      and
 given.                                                            A corner of paradise that's all your's

    I t is a b e a u t i f u l tribute, and we are filled                    mine.
 "with h u m i l i t y as we accept it.

    Our heartiest congratulations to the first
 chapter to win the McCausland Cup.
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