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to become invalid. I n case of declaring herself, she must take her rea-
sons out of the chapter's hands into the hands of the Alumna? Advisory
Board who may decide on the validity of the reason." Y o u who have
had experiences with questioning girls who have cast blackballs know
that usually the reasons offered would not be considered valid. Often
inexperience and the excitement of the first rushing season are the chief
causes of blackballs, and upon serious thought a girl repents her action.
Such procedure as advised in the recommendation provides f o r such hasty
action.

Rushing is not the only time of the year when a single disagreeing
member may hold up the proper progress in a chapter, and the new copy
of the rules and regulations will contain this statement. " A chapter may
by a %'s vote withhold all voting privileges from a girl whose scholar-
ship is low or who flagrantly and persistently refuses to cooperate w i t h
the chapter until such time as the girl shows a willingness to cooperate
when such action is recommended by the Senior Council and the Alumna*
Advisory Board. Report of such action must be made immediately
to the District Superintendent and the Executive Committee."

A fraternity life membership of $ 2 5 was established. Upon payment
of that sum an associate member may be exempt from Grand Council
dues f o r life. For some time we have had a life subscription to T o
D R A G M A , but the life membership is new in our fraternity.

These were only a few results that came f r o m the fine discussion at
convention. T h e active chapters gained so much f r o m their round tables,
and the alumna.' found inspiration in discussing future plans with sisters.

But business meetings are such a small part of convention, and this
one was as full of good times as every other convention has been. Risley
H a l l at Cornell is quite as lovely and comfortable as we had been warned
it would be. Epsilon chapter will never be mentioned by a "conven-
tionite" without a phrase tacked on, "They're the peppiest, jolliest,
hardest working girls I've ever seen," and it is certainly true. From the
time that the trains bringing Alpha O's started to arrive, until the last
car carrying us away l e f t , Epsilon girls were h u r r y i n g around to see
that we were comfortably settled in our rooms, that our clothes were
pressed, our meals delicious, besides entertaining us with a real, honest-
to-goodness circus and all sorts of song fetes.

Tuesday was registration day, and it was delightful to be able to
register, unpack, explore and get acquainted without rushing to the
opening business meeting. Wednesday morning found the delegates
ready for opening ritual. Octavia Chapin conducted i t . Rose Gardner
M a r x was unable to be w i t h us—strange irony, indeed, for i t was the
first convention she's missed in years, and then that it was her o w n ! W e
missed her much! Octavia was a splendid chairman, though, and her
untiring alertness kept the business of the day moving briskly and yet
with sufficient discussion to settle knotty problems. We were to have
had a picnic at Taughannock Falls that evening, but torrents of rain
prevented it. We had the picnic in the Risley dining room which, by
the way, is a duplicate of the beautiful interior of T r i n i t y Church, Cam-