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TO DRAG MA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI 103

nutrition classes where the children of tubercular parents and
others below par are brought to normal weight and strength.
Approximately three thousand such institutions are in this
country at present. The Christmas seal has made possible the
Modern Health Crusade, the largest child health movement in the
world, through which eight million school children have been
taught daily habits of cleanliness, diet, exercise, and rest so that
they may develop into robust men and women.

—Sent by the National Tuberculosis Association
via The Anchora of Delta Gamma.

OPINIONS IN MEETING

A meeting is held over projects and plans for unity in action. There
are no freshmen, no sophomores, no upper classmen in a meeting.

A chapter is a republic; each has an equal vote and voice.
Don't listen exclusively to your campus heroes in matters of business.
Because a man is a crack basketball player is no sign that he is an authority
on human nature or finances. Similarly, because a man is a freshmn, is
no sign he has no ideas of value.
Don't fall into the rut of sitting back and voting for whatever your
chief luminary thinks is well to do. Think for yourself, each one. But
think largely; don't be prejudiced from some personal factor.
When a subject is under discussion, ask different silent men what they
think about it. Don't call for volunteer speeches. A s k the men directly.
Don't let two or three wordy brothers run away with all the deliberations.
The rest will follow blindly, but their enthusiasm is just as dull as their
sight.
Listen to everyone, even though their opinion may sound foolish to you.
Respect a man's point of view. I f he was worth taking in, he is worth
listening to always.
Y o u r shy freshman may be a gold mine of ideas, if you make him feel
you want to hear him. Judge a man's ideas by the results he has obtained
in framing his own life, thus far.
Don't argue: no one was ever convinced by argument, ever.
Don't grow personal; don't knock: don't wax sarcastic. Don't hurt a
man's pride. Show up all sides of the question, and then leave it to a vote
just what to do.
Be willing to support the decision of the majority, and expect the rest
to do the same.—Quarterly of Alpha Gamma Delta.