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   Kay Williams ('31) to Howard James on          hefer on August 20. They are living j u e
June 15. They live in Menlo, Iowa.                ton, Nebraska.

   Gladys Lamme ('30) to Ralph Biggers on            Gladys Matthews ( E x . '28) to Richard
June 15. They live in Omaha.                      Clair in summer of 1933.

   Charlotte Frerichs ('31) to Burt James on         Delauris Dahlman to Donald Brownell
June 18. They are living at 1426 E Street,        September 3. They will live in Chicago, i
Lincoln.                                          nois.

   Gladys Mankin ( E x . '30) to James Schwei-                              Births
ger in June. They reside at Chadron, Ne-
braska.                                              Mr. and Mrs. John Metcalfe (Lucille G
                                                  Ex. '31), Omaha, a daughter, in the win
   Faye Williams ('30) to Perry Morton on         of 1933.
June 28. They live in Lincoln at 17 and F
Streets.                                             Mr. and Mrs. Mont Buxton (Margar
                                                  Peterson, '28), Imperial, Nebraska, a son
   Irene Dawson ('31) to Otis Dietrich on         the winter of 1933.
August 20. They live in Omaha.
                                                     Mr. and Mrs. Herman Witt (Ruth 4 n
   Dorothy Lewis ( E x . '29) to Walter Kirch-    Rhamey, Ex. '33), 1121 South 14th Street Li
                                                  coin, a daughter, March 29, 1933.

1933 Census of N. P. C. Sororities

                          By M A R G E R Y B. H A L L , Kappa Delta

                 Number of Chapters Charters      become inactive, an increase of two over
                                                  number of charters revoked last year.
Sorority         1933 1932 Granted Revoked
                                                     Seven sororities granted no charters durin
Chi Omega        ...88    88 . 0                  the year: Xfi, IIB#, ZTA, AZ, A FA, A* a
                                                  B*A.
Delta Delta Delta 83 82 1
                                                     Four granted one each : AAA, 4>M, AXfi, an
Pi Beta Phi      _ 77     77 0                    Aon.

Kappa Delta      72 71 2                             Seven groups granted two each : KA, KK
                                                  KAG, ASA, AI\ r<t>B, AAG.
Kappa Kappa Gamma....70   68 2
                                                     Three groups, AAIT, 2K, and GT, gran
Kappa Alpha Theta ....64  62 2                    three charters each.

Zeta Tau Alpha   63 63 0                          -4- BETA SIGMA OMICRON announces the
                                                        stallation of Beta Beta Chapter at Howa
Phi Mu           58 59      12
                                                  College, Birmingham, Alabama, on April 14
Alpha Delta Pi   58 55 3
                                                          Ave Atque Vale
Alpha Chi Omega  57       56 1                              (Catullus, CI)

Delta Zeta       56 57 0 1                              By R O S E M C G U I R E S M I T H , Kappa

Alpha Xi Delta   54 52 2

Delta Gamma      48 46 2

Alpha Gamma Delta -.45    45 0

Sigma Kappa      .45 42 3

Gamma Phi Beta 43 41 2

Alpha Omicron Pi 41       40 1

Alpha Pi        _ 35 35 0

Beta Phi Alpha   27 28 0 1

Theta Upsilon    25 22 3

Alpha Delta Theta .24     22 2

                 1133 1111  27                    / come, my brother, through strung lands a
                                                        over boundless seas
-f- J U S T TWENTY-SEVEN charters were granted
      by all twenty-one N.P.C. sororities during  To stand beside thy grave performing in th
                                                        memory these
the last year (March, 1932-March, 1933), a
decrease of fourteen over the number char-        Sad rites; to call in vain upon thy ashes tha
tered during the preceding year. I f you care           in death
to trace the effect of the depression or what-
have-you, note that in 1931 the census re-        Noiv heedless lie and silent, without feelitt
vealed that forty-six charters had been                 without breath.
granted, an increase o f two over 1930; in
1932, forty-one charters were granted—the         Untimely fate has taken the away, so yo
first year in which a decrease in chartering            to go,
showed, but a decrease of only five. Since
there was a decrease of fourteen this last        Ah! my poor brother leaving me bereft wh
year, we wonder what the census of 1934                 loved thee so.
will bring forth!
                                                  And though thou art responsive to thy bro
   The total number of chapters in all groups           er's love no more,
is now 1,133. One of the charters granted has
not been installed so is not counted as a chap-   Yet these sad gifts I bring, as did our fathe
ter. Of the 1,111 groups in 1932, four have             long before;

                                                  Ah! take them dripping with the tears th
                                                        from my fond eyes fell,

                                                  And then, unto eternity, hail, brother—a*
                                                        farewell.
                                                                   —From Randolph Macon VeHM
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