Page 38 - 1911 November - To Dragma

TO DRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI 33

PI, NEWCOMB COLLEGE

To all the sisters, Pi chapter extends her hearty greetings and
wishes for a most successful year.

A t the beginning of college, Pi had three girls to strive for and
support Alpha's interests—Dagmar Renshaw, '12; Cora Spearing,
'12, and Betsy Dupre, 13—, but during the first week the following
girls were pledged: Georgia Isabel Gillean, '14; Rosamond Agnes
H i l l , '14; Angie Louise McLees, '14; Gladys Anne Renshaw, '14;
Theodora Duval Sumner, '14; Willie Wynn White, '14.

Under the faculty ruling the sororities are prohibited from pledg-
ing a girl until she becomes a regular sophomore. Of course, we
feel particularly fortunate to have gained so many girls under these
conditions. Their initiation will be held early i n the month and,
in the next issue of our quarterly, their worth as Alpha girls and
college girls will be further explained.

However, in our joy over the present let us not forget the past.
Commencement does seem far away but not too long a time has
elapsed to make us forgetful of our loss at that time. Mary Thomas,
one of Alpha's staunchest supporters, was Our Senior. She comes
to the city often to discuss trousseaux and wedding trips, but these
visits make us realize that we must share her with some one else.

Commencement Week was wonderful! There was the usual senior
class play in which Mary Thomas took two parts and did much
credit to herself, her class and Pi chapter. Then, the teas and re-
ceptions the girls attended, never stopping, always going until the
end! But the most important event was University Night when the
whole university joined in the celebration of a Grecian festival to
Apollo. The campus was one mass of pink roses which shaded
electric lights, casting a dim and beautiful glow on the entire scene.
Some girls as Grecian maids in Grecian costumes danced i n the
festival, while others busied themselves with making the various
class booths attractive to the guests. Dagmar Renshaw, '12, and
Betsy Dupre, '13, were chairmen of the junior and sophomore booth
committees, respectively.

B u t — I haven't told you of our banquet. With Dorothy Safford's
unending originality we did it all alone—without the help of a
caterer. Dagmar as toastmistress did her part as Dagmar always
does—enough said! Betsy Dupre furnished entertainment for the
company, and we feel that the vaudeville stage will be minus a
star, at least until Betsy finishes college. For fear that our far
away sisters did not hear the songs, toasts, and cheers given that
night, today we re-echo their enthusiasm. f