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144 TO DRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI

KAPPA THETA—UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

As this is our first opportunity to write to you through To DRAGMA we
are immensely pleased to enter our letter. So many wonderful things
have happened within the past few months that it would take many more
pages in which to mention them than we are allowed, so we will merely
tell of the highlights and let it go at that.

First of ail our Presentation Tea at the new Women's Athletic Cluh
started us off with just the right amount of speed to carry us through
the semester with a thoroughly optimistic view on everything; probably
tbat is why the semester has been so very successful, both socially and
otherwise. The Los Angeles alumnae has been so very kind to us that
we fear we can never really thank them for all the lovely courtesies, but
we hope to prove that we are worthy of all their kindest thoughts.
This season has been particularly heavy, in that we have had to rush for
seven weeks before pledging any of the new co-eds of the university.
Attractively appointed teas, dances, luncheons, and bridges have been given
at the chapter house, at smart clubs, and at the homes of many of the
active and alumnae girls. The season was recently closed with a Hal-
lowe'en Masque Dance on Friday. October 30, and a beautiful ban-
•iiie. .n the Japanese Gardens in the Mary Louise Tea Rooms the 31
of October. Owing to the fact that last semester we pledged only five
girls, we.are going to pledge perhaps from ten to fifteen this time. Pledges
of January. 1925, who have been recently initiated are Ethel Springer,
Katherine Johnson, and Helen Campbell.

t m is the recent marriage of three of our girls.
M->r;i"iie G il plighted her troth to Joseph Medley on October 15 with
a lovely church wedding; announcement of the marriage of Ethel Spring-
er to Wesley Perry Speer which took place July 1 was recently received;
and mention of the marriage September 24 of Sylvia Porter, a pledge
of January, to Cecil Russell was received. Ethel Speer is the only one of
the three girls who returned to college this year.

We have been very busy in campus affairs during the year. Gloria King
became president of Delta Sigma Pi, national music sorority, Freeda L ' A I -
lemand, Lillian Loudon, and Mildred Porter became members of the
Grizzly and Southern Campus staffs, Ethel Speer made the freshman bas-
ketball team, Katherine Johnson made the freshman tennis team, and the
house went one-hundred percent student body and Y.W.C.A.

Interesting campus events which have already occurred are the A.S.U.C.
Card dance given at the Ambassador Hotel, and the Hi-Jinks which hap-
pened three weeks after school started. Although AOn did not win the
prize, its skit went over big and with the entrance of each member of the
cast an ovation occurred. The act was in the nature of a loyalty skit—
haying the sale of student body cards and the things derived from owner-
ship of one as the important feature of interest.

Plans are being discussed and formulated for a number of philanthropic
affairs such as charity bazaars, rummage sales, bridges and dances, the
proceeds of which will go to needy charity organizations; and for the build-
ing of the new sororitv house on the Westwood-Reverly Hills campus, the
house to be of either Spanish or Moorish architecture.

FREEDA L'ALLEMAND.