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that have been formed during these years will remain forever. We
have worked for a common interest, we have striven toward a com-
mon goal,—and that goal the high ideals and lofty standards of our
own dear Alpha O. We measure our success as college students, at
least partially, by the service we have rendered to her. Alpha's
victories are our victories and her failures, our failures. The four
years of occasional self-sacrifice, of cherishing Alpha's interests as
our own, has been the means of bringing us into such close touch
and into such an intimate relationship with our fraternity, that we
shall go out into the world bound by ties which no earthly power
can sever.

PEARL ROPP, Iota '12.

WHAT M Y FRATERNITY MEANS TO M E

ALUMNA VIEW

To tell a l l that my fraternity means to me would take much
more space than has been allotted to me. I n condensing, I hardly
know what to omit. I feel safe in saying that those of us who are
now alumnae are kept in closer touch with our Alma Mater through
the influence of our chapter. After all, wasn't it your fraternity
that cared for you and was directly interested in you? Are we
taking a selfish view of this? N o ! I t is only to show one of the
many ways in which the fraternity has proved itself a benefit to its
members. Loyalty is the strong bond that unites us. The frater-
nity exchanges its affectionate influence for the loyal support of the
individual. The welfare of the fraternity is given precedence in
the heart of every loyal member—and it is this unselfish spirit that
teaches us to adapt ourselves to any need, regardless of selfish wants.
We are not only taught to work in unison for a common cause, but
we also learn to cherish an earnest regard for our fraternity sisters.
This mutual interest instilled by the fraternal influence, is of un-
limited value to the individual in dealing with the worldly problems
that are sure to come into every life. What can be more worth
while than a continuous struggle for a broader view, a deeper insight,
and a wider sympathy with all mankind, and is it not our fraternity
that attempts to broaden our lives in all these ways?

ADA M . PAISLEY, Iota ' 1 1 .