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168 TO DRAG MA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI

"She is not dead, the child of our affection
But gone unto that school,
Where she no longer needs our poor protection
And Christ himself doth rule."

Omicron chapter takes pleasure in introducing five fine A l p h a O's:
Ellen Creswell Converse, Chattanooga; Bernice Taylor, Tampasa,
Texas; Janie Peany, Brownwood, Texas; Nellie Bondmont, Hick-
man, K y . ; Martha L o u Jones, Bailey, Tenn.

Initiations took place on Saturday evening March 2 in our room
at Barbara Blount hall, and needless to say was the grandest affair
that Omicron has enjoyed f o r a number o f years.

We had our banquet in the private dining room at the Blount
and as there were twenty o f us present the f u n was great.

A f t e r the feast we had dancing and then the regular initiations.
We d i d not entirely k i l l any of the girls f o r o f course we loved them
too dearly for that but Bernice Taylor was slightly crippled.

A f t e r initiation was over we had refreshments in our room and
as usual enjoyed every taste o f them.

We gave our b i g party i n January which was quite a success and
f r o m time to time we had a number of smaller parties in the rooms.

Our new room gives us a dandy opportunity to entertain i n f o r m -

ally.
We would impress you all with the fact that you just must let

us know when you pass through K n o x v i l l e so that we can see you.

KAPPA. RANDOLPH-MACON WOMAN'S COLLEGE

Not yet has Kappa any t h r i l l i n g news i n the line of pledges.
T h i s year sophomore pledging has been i n effect f o r the first time,
and Ave aren't one bit sure that i t is a good thing. Maybe so, f o r the
new girls, f o r it certainly gives them a chance to decide calmly and
composedly, but we think there's another side to the question and
that is "us." A whole year of rushing, rather than several weeks o f
it, is inclined to make you give a scared peep into your pocketbook.
We feel that second semester pledging would solve both difficulties.

Things really d i d come to an amusing pass. Practically a l l
rushing took the f o r m of l i t t l e i n f o r m a l parties i n the f r a t houses
on Sunday nights, and as there is a rule to the effect that no date can
be made w i t h a rushee f o r more than one week ahead, what do you
think happened? W h y different f r a t girls would ask Freshmen on
Friday morning to spend the next Friday night with them, that they
might ask them one minute after twelve o'clock f o r the next Satur-
day night, in turn to ask them f o r the next Sunday night. Planning
three weeks ahead! A n d to a l l appearances it would very soon have