Page 37 - 1912 February - To Dragma

102 TO DRAG MA OF ALPHA 0 MIC RON PI

I fear that this is all the news I have to tell you, so here's hoping
that you all had as jolly and happy a vacation as the Sigma chapter
of Alpha Omicron Pi.

THETA, DEPAUW UNIVERSITY
Theta has been very busy the last few weeks. Initiation was two
weeks before vacation. We initiated eleven very enthusiastic fresh-
men who seem to be heartily entering into the fraternity spirit. A
banquet followed initiation. Toasts were given and Alpha Omicron
songs sung. Mrs. Lazemby, Maybel Dice and Florence Irwin were
back for initiation.
O n Saturday night, December 16, the freshmen gave the minstrel.'
T h i s was one of the most delightful events of the year. T h e same
evening we had our Christmas party. The house was decorated in
red and green. We had a tree and Santa Claus. Each girl was
remembered with some small gift.
Theta greatly enjoyed Mrs. Farmer's stay.
November 3 was O l d Gold Day. T h i s is looked forward to with
much interest by the students. A l l kinds of athletics, class scraps
and ball games are enjoyed through the day. At night a concert was
given in the auditorium. I n this each sorority and fraternity gives
something.

DELTA, JACKSON COLLEGE
A happy New Year to all and may every chapter be as fortunate
as we are to begin our year with nine new girls. On November 18,
we pledged Dorothy Bartlett of 1913, and Marion Davis, Rena
Greenwood, Gertrude Hooper, Dorothy Houghton, Edith Johnson,
Gladys Keith, Marion Nichols, and Ruth Seavey, all 1915 girls.
We certainly have reason to feel proud of them for they have al-
ready shown that they will "make good." Rena Greenwood is pres-
ident of her class, Gertrude Hooper, vice-president, and Edith John-
son, secretary, while Ruth Seavey has made the college choir. We
held initiation December 9, and several alumnae were back to enjoy
our good fortune with us.

Next came our Christmas party, E m i l y as Santa Claus delivered
our joke presents which always prove so much fun. Everybody is
"jollied" about her particular failing so no one is sensitive. Then
our dance which was a success in every way. T h e Woman's Gym-
nasium was strung with red lanterns with a large festoon of them in
the center while tiny bulbs gave a red glow to the hall. With all of
the girls in white the effect was beautiful. During the last dance
the men threw serpentine paper and the girls broke bags of confetti
so the "gym" looked like fairyland.