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and out of the eight sorority girls who were elected to Phi Beta
Kappa, Epsilon had four, a large proportion, since there are six'
sororities here at Cornell.

So you see i n spite o f the spring lassitude that is creeping over
"us, and the strong temptation to spend our days outdoors, we are busy,
as doubtless a l l o f you are, and you can appreciate our hurried feel-
ings.

RHO. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

O n l y nine weeks before examinations and then Rho w i l l send
four more girls into the land of the Philistines. But on February
24th, we initiated five girls, i n c l u d i n g Vera Riebel who was pledged
on the 10th. Initiation was held at the newly-finished home of
Edith Meers and was followed by a banquet at the Avenue House.
The initiates were seated at a table by themselves, and were crowned
w i t h smilax and roses, while the rest o f us filled five remaining
tables. Merva Dolsen Hennings, Avaline Kindig, Julia Norton,
Louise N o r t o n French, Genevieve Spang, who is attending I l l i n o i s
Wesleyan at Bloomington, V i r g i n i a Walker, Mae Barlow, and L u l u
Bigelow were back f o r the banquet.

The freshmen entertained the active chapter at a very enjoyable
dance on February 9 t h . T h e clubhouse was decorated i n sheaves o f
wheat and the favors f o r the c o t i l l i o n figures were t i n y sheaves o f
wheat and red roses. T h e decorations proved to be very effective
and the a f f a i r was one o f the prettiest o f the season as w e l l as the
most enjoyable, as many men can testify.

The Northwestern Dramatic club presented a suffrage play
written by Katherine McCollough, a short time ago in which Coila
Anderson successfully plunged into "stagedom."

E d i t h Shultz was a member of the third year basketball team
which won the interclass championship among the girls.

Pauline Pearson is president of Eulexia literary society and
Helen Shipman is treasurer o f Alethenaii. Vera Rebel is on the
j u n i o r play cast, which is to present "Strong Heart" on A p r i l 13.
O n A p r i l 20 comes the minstrel show given by the Women's Athletic
Association, in which a number of the girls have parts.

LAMBDA, LELAND STANFORD UNIVERSITY

A t last our dreams of o w n i n g our own house are to be realized.
T h e contract is let and by the time this T o DRAGMA is published, the
f o u n d a t i o n w i l l be laid at least, so here's an invitation to you, one
and a l l to our house warming i n September.