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best list of jokes for the Illio. This year the prize was a handsome
fumed oak rocking chair—and we won it. It occupies a very con-
spicuous place in our living room and we all love to sit in it.

We can announce again this year that we have had the good for-
tune of having one of our girls elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Pearl
Ropp who secured preliminary honors last year has been chosen.
There were only four sorority girls elected this year.

Ruth Davison was leading lady in "The Lion Rampant" the
play given by "Mask and Bauble" the amateur theatrical club of
U . of I .

Inez Downing will do the contralto solo work in " The Swan and
Skylark" an opera given by the choral society.

Our formal party was given February 9 and we had a glorious
time when most of the "old girls" came back and we were all to-
gether once more. There surely is nothing that carries with it more
pleasure, mixed with a sort of "sweet sadness" than a reunion—for
the parting always must come sooner or later.

Pan-Hellenic gave its first formal this year and Iota girls were
well represented.

Mae Barlow, Fay Smith and Edna Betts of Rho, and Blanche
Babcock of Theta have visited us this year.