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up. I hear so seldom f r o m the girls, that I am doubly anxious to see the May

To DRAGMA.

Dorothy Nolan, Memphis, Tenn. I am out at the Messick H i g h School, and
teach English and Latin. Messick is the Teacher's T r a i n i n g School f o r the
West Tennessee N o r m a l , and right now, we are criticizing prospective teachers.
I am secretary of the Panhellenic here, and we are going to f u r n i s h a room, i n
the name of Panhellenic, in the Elizabeth Club, a place where girls who make
under $10.00 a week can board. They are b u i l d i n g an annex, and we have
pledged to furnish one o f the rooms. We are making all o f the money.

Ellen Converse Cross, Tilton, N . H . As you must already know, I was
married to Lieut. Leon F . Cross on the second of last June. We came at once
to Tilton, after stopping over a few days at Washington and Boston. Since
that time, we have been busily keeping house in a cozy six room apartment.
Leon is general manager of a dry goods store here. Now my real news is this—
on February 29, our little daughter, Barbara Ellen Cross, was born. O f course
she is a d a r l i n g and we can't think o f anything else. She certainly is a sure
enough Leap Year baby, who will have a birthday only every fourth year. I
feel almost lost from A O I I away up here in the snow, but I wear my pin and
think about i t just the same. A t present we are snowed under. There is a
d r i f t eight feet by our back porch, and the snow is over four feet deep on the
level.

Marian Swain, Lemon City, Fla. I am l i v i n g at home, and am still teaching
Home Economics. I have charge o f this work in two schools, and spend part
of my time at each one. I am also interested in home demonstration work,
which work I w i l l do as soon as school is out, and also next year, unless I find
it possible f o r me to go back to college. I want to tell you about our Pan-
hellenic organization of M i a m i , which is five miles f r o m here. We have over
f o r t y members who come quite regularly, as Miami is a tourist's town we have
the pleasure of having members f r o m all over the country. This organization
has just completed plans and raised the first money to start a loan f u n d , which
is to help support one or more girls at college, or the State College, f o r women.
We hoj>e to make this a permanent work.

Felicia Metcalfe, Huntsville, Ala. I am always interested in sorority "do-
ings" and try, whenever it is possible, to comply with every request f r o m head-
quarters. As f o r myself, I am still pegging away at the teaching profession.
I have French and English at the high school here. D u r i n g the war I was
strongly tempted to try something more lucrative, but Micawber-like, I am
always hoping something w i l l happen to put our profession on its feet.

A l f a Smith, Clovis, N . M . I am teaching Spanish in Clovis H i g h School,
this being my second year here. I have not any definite plans f o r next year. I
send my best wishes to you all.

Fanny Lee Caulkins, Chattanooga, Tenn. A m sorry I have nothing inter-
esting to write about, but I am not doing a thing—just enjoying life.

K a t h r y n Johnson, 305 Pine St., Newport, A r k . I am teaching Latin and
French in the high school here f o r the second year. M y first year out of college
I was i n Little Rock. Last summer I did graduate work at the University o f
Chicago. H o w I should love to have been to initiation and the banquet!

Elizabeth Kennedy, Greeneville, Tenn. I am teaching English in the
Greeneville H i g h School, and aside f r o m that I fear I shall not be able to add
any spicy news to the alumnx pages of T o D R A G M A .

Wallace S. McDaniel, Poplar Bluff, M o . I am, like many others, a delight-