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Rochelle Gachet visited the active and alumna: chapters in Philadelphia last
month. She was w i t h us f o r only a little while but we d i d have such a happy
time together. We are hoping that her new and interesting position i n New
Y o r k w i l l be so attractive that her permanent home w i l l be there and that she
w i l l often run over to see us. We learned many interesting things about the
other chapters whom Miss Gachet had visited and she gave us some very
h e l p f u l suggestions f o r our own chapter. I n turn we pleaded our case to her.
The necessity f o r special rushing dispensation at Pennsylvania is first and fore-
most in our minds. We feel very decidedly that some f o r m of special dispensa-
tion is absolutely necessary. We are hoping that our attempts at putting our
problem before the Grand Council together with the interest and help o f one of
the Grand Officers w i l l b r i n g some definite action soon.

Our meetings have been changed to the second Monday of each month
instead of the first Monday. A l l our meetings are supper meetings at Psi
chapter house and many times we have supper with the active chapter. We had
an especially hilarious time last month since that supper meeting was the first
one that the initiates had attended. They rendered their originally composed
songs, individually and en masse. The freshmen may have been i l l at ease and
embarrassed but we enjoyed every bit of i t f r o m the very bottom of our hearts.
Maybe the active chapter w i l l give you the songs the girls wrote. I am sure
they w i l l be a coveted addition to the new Song Book.

Nearly all of the alumna; were present at Psi's initiation banquet. We all
agreed that it was the finest initiation banquet we have ever attended.

The latest acquisition to the Philadelphia Alumna; Chapter is a representa-
tive from Rho. Ruth Bond, Northwestern, is now a member o f our chapter.
We are so glad to welcome her and we are happy, too, to have another university
represented i n our chapter. There are twenty of us now and we are just a little
more than a year old. We have girls from Chi, Epsilon, Kappa, Delta, Gamma,
Rho, and Psi.

Avis H U N T E R , Psi '18, President.

DALLAS ALUMNffi

The Dallas Chapter is very proud of the fact that its former president,
Margaret Bonner Bentley, has been made chapter inspector f o r the Southern
division. Our most recent meetings have been with our new president Ogla
Shepherd Thomas ( K ) . There are a great many Kappa alumna; in the Dallas
chapter and they are all w o r k i n g loyally in the drive f o r the Randolph-Macon
building fund. Carrie Crane Kearney ( K ) has brought her little new daughter
all the way f r o m San Francisco for a visit with her family in Dallas.

L U C I N D A S M I T H H U B B E I . L , NU Kappa '17.

KANSAS CITY ALUMNiE

How happy we are to have an alumna; chapter at last!
The Kansas City Alumna: Chapter of Alpha Omicron Pi was installed on
December 27, 1919 at the home of Charlotte H a l l Uhls, at Overland Park,
Kansas. Florence Klapmeyer, president of Phi Chapter performed the ritual
beautifully.
The f o l l o w i n g Alpha O's were installed: Maude Thompson Waters, K a p p a ;
Julia Anna Smith, Kappa; Charlotte Hall Uhls, Upsilon; Clarice Gardener,
P h i ; Edith Phenecie, P h i ; Helen Gallagher, P h i ; Grace Statts, Phi.