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OCTOBER, 1929

([Cfacts from the Ithaca Convention

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Epsi'on's circus was great fun. Note the clowns and the announcer.

Cornell Convention

Questions jingle Blackball

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I N a new copy of the rules and regulations of Alpha Omicron Pi you
JL will find that a single blackball will no longer keep a girl f r o m be-
coming a pledge in our fraternity. The momentous conclusion was
a n h T ^3 e r 3 t r o u g h discussion among active and alumna? delegates
* i I t n a c a convention which convened on July 18 w i t h Epsilon chapter

wstess. The rare instance when a single girl ruled the destiny of a
The 8n e a t i v e v o t e could h e t o ^ r a t e d no longer, i t was decided,

m e m l f m i 0 n °^ t n e " Pr o u novv weighs m o r e heavily than that of the single

itselfr r ' \ H o W m u c h f a i r e r !t is t 0 b o t h the candidate and chapter

s j ] ' , j r e c o m m e n d a t i o n concerning the procedure i n the case of a
and t .b a l l i s interesting. " I n order to keep the blackball sacred,

eitherd t 0 i n f l i c t '"justice, t h c £ i r l w n o has cast the blackball must

declare herself to the chapter president or allow her blackball