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School for Crippled Children, was our speaker. The Spalding School is
one of Chicago's public schools which has been given over to the needs of
the handicapped child, and Miss Neil's years of experience as its head, in
addition to her national reputation in the work, make her the foremost
authority on the subject in our city. Her talk was inspirational and she
left with us the suggestion that the Chicago group undertake the financing
of one or more scholarships to enable handicapped children of poor families
to remain in school.

We are all glad to see Marie Vick Swanson again. I t is a great com-
fort that after her periodic wanderings she always somehow manages to
get back to us. And of course she was put to work immediately on her
return. She is acting as alumnae chairman in the Rho corporation's annual
sale of Christmas cards for the Rho house fund.

Plans are under way for our Founders' Day celebration which is to be
given in conjunction with Rho chapter. Visiting alumnae are invited to
join with us.

MARION E. ABELE.
INDIANAPOLIS
No letter.
NEW ORLEANS

Having discontinued our meetings during the summer months, we had
a reunion meeting yesterday, October 6, at Jennie Snyder Savage's lovely
little home, and we were delighted to greet several old members whom we
had not seen in a long time. Much of our talk was, of course, about Con-
vention, what was done and who was there. We were very proud of the
fact that New Orleans Alumnae was so well represented, there were ten
from n chapter and six were alumnae.

The business of the meeting was principally this: Plans were made for
another rummage sale for the benefit of the "Lucy Renaud Fund," and it
was decided that every year in September (this year as soon as possible)
the alumnae should send a list of names of possible rushees to the active
chapter. A l l the AOII's here, both active and alumnae, have been very
much interested in the marriage of one of our members, Helen Bovard, to
Robert Franklin (both of New Orleans). The wedding at the Presbyterian
church was lovely and the reception afterwards at Helen's home was
delightful, so many Alpha O's were there.

While on the subject of weddings, I must not forget to say that our
president, Margaret Lyon, is to be married this month. Last week Edith
Bradley gave her a lovely '"shower," and of course there were lots of
AOn's there. We had much excitement discussing rushing and recom-
mending girls and most of all congratulating ourselves on how well we
did on the last pledge day, when we proudly pinned nine fine girls.

I hope by the time the next letter is due our work will be well under
way and I will have much more to report.

LOUISE CHURCH.

MINNEAPOLIS

"C'mon, Minnesota, let's go!"
Remember, girls, when you were 'way up North with us last summer,
hearing that expression? It expresses the spirit of Ski-U-Mah and the
Minneapolis alumnae. We are always looking forward, but we must pause
for once and look back at the Convention. Minneapolis hopes you enjoyed
yourselves enough to return. We want you.
W i t h regular Gopher spirit fanned into a blaze by the Convention, M i n -
neapolis is preparing f o r a winter f u l l of activity. As usual, Tau got the
cream of the Minnesota girls in the rushing season. Minneapolis alumnae
gave a rushing tea at Lucile Haertel's home. One of the attractions was