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TO DRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI 47

IOTA. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

Seniors Juniors

Susan Alice Hash Ruth Leone Davison
Pearl Iola Rapp Mabel Claire Wallace
Hazel Ellen Alkire Helen Woodrow Whitney
Nelle Tanner Erskine
Louise Minnie Nierstheimer Sophomores
Edna Oral Hunter
Mary Etta Wills
Etta Mabel Lantz

This is our very first rushing season as Alpha Omicrons, but
it is with the utmost confidence and cheerfulness that we begin it,
for we know what we have behind us. Rushing at Illinois is very
difficult this year as there are so few freshman girls. The local
Pan-Hellenic rules are very strict, and it is a difficult matter to
keep from breaking them. This, however, is a good thing as it
preserves the honor of everyone.

Pearl Rapp, one of our seniors, is secretary of Pan-Hellenic this
year, and next year we take the presidency.

Last year Pan-Hellenic did away with driving during rushing
season, but at their, first meeting held this year they thought i t advis-
able to permit it again on Saturdays only.

We have started the year of 1911-12 with fourteen girls. Last
year we had only three seniors, all of whom are now teaching.
This year we have six seniors, and although I myself am a senior,
I think they will miss us a little next year. According to mathe-
matics they should miss us twice as much, shouldn't they?

I must tell you how rapidly Illinois is growing. Last year
Governor Deneen signed three bills giving Illinois an appropriation
of $3,489,300 for the next two years. The most pronounced features
of the appropriations lie in the liberal amount of funds given for
the extension of the agricultural college—the ambition being to
make it one of the best agricultural colleges in the United States.
Over a half million dollars have been appropriated for new buildings.
Lincoln Hall, our new building for advanced undergraduates, is
now ready for use. President James says it is one of the finest
educational buildings in the United States—so we are quite proud
of it. I t has a handsome white marble stairway that makes one
long to linger in admiration on his way to classes.

As it is early in the year there is not much to tell you, but we do
hope that we may do many things this year to add to the glory
of Alpha O.