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TO DRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI 223

A n unusually large number met at the chapter house i n March. Borghilde
E r l i n g and Marion M a n n , who have finished their college work this quarter,
are our newest acquisitions. We rejoice, f o r we know they w i l l be enthusiastic
members. We were glad to see and welcome M r s . P u l l i n g at this meeting.

I ' m a f r a i d that on the basis of social welfare work, T a u alumna: w i l l not be
crowned with an " a l f a l f a wreath," for I ' m sorry to say we have done very
little. The reason f o r this can be explained, however, f o r many of our alumna:
are teaching out of town, and the ones who are in town have positions that
demand most of their time. And though not ploughmen, "we do homeward
wend our weary way."

I wish that every Tau alumna who has a single item of interest, would take a
few seconds and write i t to me, so that the information can be compiled f o r the
chapter letter. I f the baby has a new tooth, or you have a new kind of patent
can opener, or you have changed your occupation or your name, please let me
know.

MARGARET J . WOOD, '16, Alumna Assistant Editor.

BANGOR ALUMNAE

Bangor Alumnae had a most delightful Christmas meeting with Frances Web-
ber Burke on December 27. We are especially glad that Lennie Copeland, June
Kelly, Tony Webb, and Betty Bright were home f o r the vacation so they could
be there. We just talked most of the time, the ever absorbing house question
being the chief topic and then enjoyed the delicious "eats" served by the hostess.

The sixteenth of January nearly all of us attended the annual initiation and
banquet of the active chapter, when we were glad to welcome so many attractive
new sisters. I t was fine to have some of the out o f town alanine there: Zetta
Stearns Gregson, Gertrude Jones Nutter, and Margaret McManus Carroll. We
all had such a good time, getting better acquainted with the active girls.

Our January meeting was with Polly Mansur, '19, one of our new members.
That day we made our plans for an auction party f o r the benefit of the house
f u n d . The party, which can* early in February, was a decided success and as
a result the fund has had a substantial increase.

Because of the frequent snow storms and bad traveling we were unable to
have any meeting in February, but March 6 we met with Mary Cousins in
Brewer. That day too, like nearly every Saturday, i t snowed so only five of us
succeeded in getting there. We felt amply repaid f o r our efforts, we had such
a cozy time. While the rest of us sewed, Doris Treat read to us M a r y Ellen
Chase's story Sure Dwellings f r o m the November Harpers. We enjoyed i t
all the more as the author is one of our own Gamma girls. The last two
meetings, we have missed our loyal Old Town sisters, who have been kept away
by illness and much snow. We hope we w i l l see them all next time.

M I L D R E D PRENTISS W R I G H T , ' I I , Chapter Editor.

PORTLAND ALUMNiE

Spring is beginning in Portland and I wish A l p h a O's everywhere could come
west and enjoy our Oregon spring. I am sure i t couldn't be quite so d e l i g h t f u l
anywhere but here.

We have had three very enjoyable meetings since our last letter. Each
meeting tends to b r i n g us closer together and make us want to really do some-
thing for Alpha Omicron Pi. We would like to feel that Portland Alumna:
Chapter is really a part, and a big part, of our fraternity and at our last meeting
we discussed ways and means of making ourselves a bigger and stronger chapter.