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KAPPA, RANDOLPH-MACON WOMAN'S COLLEGE

Eleanor Somerville, '12 Lida Belle Brame, '14
Marva Thompson, '12 Shirley McDavitt, '14
Elizabeth Weber, '12 Leland Vaden, '14
Greyson Hoofnagle, '12 Nannie Vaden, '14
Linda Best, '13 Katharine Gordon, '14
Annie Kate Gilbert, '13 Elsie Paxton, '14
Anna F. Atkinson, '13 Ruby Toombs, '14
Bessie Masten, '13 Mattie Carskadon, '14
Annie Linn, '13 Mollie Minkurtz, '14

Kappa feels herself most lucky in having eighteen girls back this

year, especially so as it is our first venture into sophomore pledging.

We miss our 1911 seniors sorely. Iris Newton and Eleanor Terry,

"Father" and "Mother" as last year's goats dubbed them who have

left their "chillun" to fight for themselves this year.

I t is the nicest sensation I know of to come back to a real house.

We could hardly wait to get things straight and have a nice reunion.

During the summer has sprung up another bungalow, of X fi, mak-

ing five now completed in what Dr. Smith calls "Arcadia." They

are not pretentious brown-stone fronts but the dearest, cosiest little

bungalows in the very center of our lovely piney woods. We haven't

had any rushing parties—just bring the freshmen down informally

and make good friends of them. Sophomore pledging is such a new

thing and we have to determine whether it is the best move or not.

Some of the frats are going to discuss changing this to a mid-year

pledge day—but it is too early too know how it will turn out.

Kappa has had one larger reception, to the faculty—in which

greatest gratitude and thanks is due to Mrs. Laure, Leland's mother,

for taking the entire burden of the refreshments upon her shoulders.

Needless to say we were dressed in our best and things went off

beautifully.

And of our girls, Annie Kate Gilbert made us all proud when she

was elected junior class president. Nannie Vaden is one of the

sophomore class officers. We miss Juno Wright who was to have

been a senior, but she has promised to visit us before Christmas—and

Mary Craig—without them our parties and good times don't seem

complete.

Basketball and tennis have started in. Several of our girls are

working for class teams.

I n this first letter of the new school year we want to extend our

best love and good wishes to all our sister chapters.