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financial crises and has placed the fraternity on a business-like budget!
system. Edith's untiring energies in meeting active chapter difficulties^
tending t o the millions of details which come to her attention have been
almost unbelievable. Y o u will find her patient and helpful. She is the
mother of two sweet children, M a r y Eldred, a curly-headed three-year-
old and Barbara whom "convention-goers" met.

Perhaps we should pause to say that we are making no attempt to
give you biographical sketches of our officers. None of their names are
new to y o u , and you've read about their college careers i n former issues of
the magazine. The 1927 volume contains very complete details about
each one.

Octavia Chapin ( D e l t a ) , w i l l continue as Grand Vice-President. She
will have more tangible work in her office during this term, for the Grand
Council decided that our national work should not crystallize into one or
two national units, but it should continue to include only the two Fellow-
ships and aid f o r handicapped children. T h a t w o r k may or may not be
to aid the Westfield Home to which we have given money in the past and
the Seattle Orthopedic Hospital. You will hear more of that later. The
active and alumna1 chapter having local philanthropic work will continue
to support i t , and other chapters are urged to start some specific work.
Reports from alumna' chapters actively interested in local charity showed
clearly that interest is revived and held where the girls are bound together
by the common cause of nourishing undernourished babies, sewing for
poor people, helping in dental clinics, et cetera. Octavia will be glad to
give you advice about your local work. She's so quietly capable of all
sorts of things; a New Englander, she combines a restful dignity w i t h a
delightfully good nature.

Stella Stern Perry was another officer unanimously elected. Who can
ever be a better historian than a Founder who is a pen-woman b y nature
and profession? We are looking forward to a climax in her long and
faithful service this year when the history of the fraternity will comej
f r o m the press. We wish all of y o u could have seen the historical ex-1
hibit at convention. N u Omicron won the most votes on their exhibit,
rushing teas i n miniature besides pictures of each of their members. There
were other excellent ones, too. As we reminisce, we vision Epsilon Alpha,
our second youngest with their dolls and blocks, the last mentioned spell-
ing their chapter name, and on two sides of the block the pictures of
active members, their activities accompanying their pictures on the neigh-
boring sides of the block; Pi had brought along posters and jewelry made
by their members as well as a vase of the lovely Newcomb pottery such
as they give their brides; Chicago alumna? sailed f o r t h in a miniature boa'
on a r i p p l y satin sea, our symbols were the cargo; then there was an ex
hibit of former convention pictures, a fragrant bag of rose petals gar,
nered f r o m each of the previous gatherings; the first Alpha gavel; the-
original symbols; pictures f r o m our first chapters; pictures of dearly
beloved members who are now in our Alpha Omega chapter; clippings
about our nationally prominent sisters; cups won by active chapters in
campus competitions; a T o D R A G M A exhibit of reprints; a gallery of