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TO PRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI 229

Then followed a business meeting at which these officers were elected:
President, Charlotte Hall Uhls, Upsilon; Vice-president, Maude Thompson
Waters, Kappa; Secretary, Julia Anna Smith, Kappa; Treasurer, Edith
Phenecie, Phi.

A f t e r serving d e l i g h t f u l refreshments, Charlotte led us on a tour of inspec-
tion through the Uhls Sanitarium where her "doctor husband" treats nervous
diseases. Let me add that D r . Uhls (although a Sigma Chi h i m s e l f ) is an
enthusiastic Alpha 0 brother and it was due to his kindness in helping Charlotte
collect our little crowd and d r i v i n g us ten miles that we could have such an
interesting first meeting.

We have had only one meeting since—that at the home of M r s . Waters.
Due to the " f l u " epidemic only five came—too few to decide on what social wel-
fare work we shall do. But we five had such a " c o m f y " good time visiting
and playing with Maude's two youngsters (Marva, four years old, and Junior,
two) who are so cunning they would stop any business.

I f there are any A O l i s in the environs of Kansas City we shall be so glad
to have you join us. Just communicate with our president (address given
above) and help us to grow in number and strength, so we can work and be
a worthy member of A 0 I I .

J U L I A A N N A S M I T H , Kappa '15, Chapter Editor.

OMAHA ALUMN-fE

As this is our first appearance, perhaps you would like to hear of our past.
About ten or twelve years ago the few Omaha Alphas began holding meetings.
These continued quite regularly, both summer and winter, but always with a
changing membership. Some of those who were w i t h us then have moved away.
Emma Schreiber Hunter lives in Oakland, Cal., where her husband is superin-
tendent of schools. Emma has two sons. We are looking f o r w a r d to a visit
from Emma and her family this spring. Allene McEachron Muman lives in
Tobias, Neb., but expects to leave there this spring. She has a six year old
daughter, a second Allene. Florence Parmelee H i l l lives i n M t . Vernon, N . Y .
She has two sons. L a u r a Rhoades McCutcheon lives i n Bellefourche, S. D . ,
where her husband is a lawyer. She has a six year old son. A l f r e d a Powell
Fredericks now lives i n Long Beach, Cal., where she sees many other A l p h a O's.
She has a son five years old. One other Alpha O whom we enjoyed so much,
the two years she was here, was Eva Marty, a charter member of Sigma. She
is now in New York City. Corris Damon Peake, who was originally an Omaha
g i r l , lives in Mason City, Iowa. Her sister Edna also lives there. Corris was
in Omaha i n January and we had a chance to talk over old times at a party
at the home of Mattie Woodworth Higgins.

The installation of the Omaha Alumna; Chapter took place on January 20,
1920, at the home o f Mable Salmon. A f t e r a d e l i g h t f u l luncheon Belle Cook
of Zeta read the initiation r i t u a l . Red roses and light f r o m red candles in
quaint candle sticks brought f r o m Brittany, made the scene very pretty. While
there were only fourteen petitioners f o r the charter there are twenty alumna;
here so we should have a t h r i v i n g chapter. A f t e r the service Mable showed us
some of the lovely things she brought back f r o m France. We love to hear
about her experiences there and hope she w i l l write a letter you may all read.
Rumor says she is to return to Europe this summer—anyway we have seen and
admired the solitaire.

We have not decided as yet what line of work the chapter w i l l take up.