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190 TO DRAG MA OP ALPHA O MICRON PI

To tell a man is your brother because the ritual prescribes, does not
make h i m so, however deep and impressive the vows may be. Now that
which makes brotherhood is community of interest, common aims, common
plans, common hopes, common impulses, common likes and dislikes, common
worries common problems of life, a common name, a thorough intimate
understanding w i t h each other.—Kappa Sigma, Caduceus quoted by Alpha
Gamma Delta Quarterly.

Have you had so many rules and regulations dear freshmen, and so
much big-sisterly advice that you cannot listen to another suggestion? It's
a good suggestion—and i f you are a wise little freshman and i f you realize
that to be a true Gamma Phi you must be a well-rounded college woman—
you w i l l look beyond the college* walls. Before you realize i t , Commencement
w i l l bring you face to face with the vital question, "What next."—and this
question w i l be best answered by the Association of Collegiate Alumnae. This
organization will wisely direct the energy of the enthusiastic graduate, it will
solve each problem of the first restless yoer out of the class-room, it w i l l keep
alive the ties of the Alma Mater, it will offer every opportunity to put to prac-
tical test the knowledge and the theories of f o u r years' training.—Crescent of
Gamma Phi Beta.

A COLLECT FOR CLUB W O M E N

Keep us, O God, f r o m pettiness; let us be large in thought, in word, i n

deed. Let us be done with f a u l t - f i n d i n g and leave off self-seeking. May

we put away all pretense and meet each other face to face—without self-

pity and without prejudice. May we be never hasty in judgment and always

generous. Let us take time f o r all things; make us grow calm, serene,

gentle. Teach us to put into action our better impulses, s t r a i g h t f o r w a r d

and u n a f r a i d . Grant that we may realize i t is the little things that create

differences; that i n the big things of life we are at one. A n d may we

strive to touch and to know the great, common woman's-heart of us a l l , and,

O L o r d God, let us forget not to be k i n d ! MARY STUART.

Adelphean of Alpha Delta Phi.

A T O A S T TO T H E A L U M N I

Do you ever notice a little child walking along the street with his mother?
I f you have done so, you know exactly what happens. As long as the
mother holds the little hand the child keeps i n a straight path, neither get-
t i n g into mischief nor f a l l i n g into ditches, but as soon as the hand is re-
leased, unless the child is a very exceptional one, he is here and there on
the street, and doing almost everythng that he should not do.

Having gone through college yourselves, I am sure all of you are
aware of this fact that the road is not an easy one to travel. Sometimes we
are on the mountain top and sometimes in the valley, which seems too deep
for us ever to rise f r o m , i f we are compelled to do i t alone. We need some-
one to give us a helping hand, someone who has had more experience than
we, to walk along with us and be ever ready to do her part i n helping us to
the mountain top. Appreciative of what you have meant to us in the past,
we turn to you, alumnae, as the rock upon which we can lean, k n o w i n g that
although without you we are helpless, yet with you a l l things are possible.

LAURA BODIE WEST,

Aglaia of Phi M u .