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TO DRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI 89

THE PROVIDENCE ALUMNAE CHILDREN'S WARD

PROVIDENCE A L U M N A E CHAPTER of Alpha Omicron Pi has com-
pletely equipped a ward for children in the Rhode Island
Homeopathic Hospital as its contribution to our national philan-
thropic work. This ward was given to the hospital in memory of-
our past Grand President, Lillian McOuillin McCausland, who so
devotedly served her fraternity and her community during her
life. The picture serving as the frontispiece to this issue of T o
DRAGMA will give you some idea of the attractiveness and com-
pleteness of this ward. I t -is regretted that we could not secure,
for this number, an article f r o m some member of Providence
Alumnae who could tell us more fully about the ward and the
work it is doing. W e hope to print such an article in the future.
The following letter, which was sent to Katrina Overall McDon-
ald, then Grand Treasurer, by Edith J. L . Clapp, the Superin-
tendent of the Hospital, is an expression, by the hospital authori-
ties, of appreciation to Providence Alumnae and to Alpha Omi-
cron Pi, of their generosity and cooperation in planning the
ward:

Dear Mrs. McDonald,
A formal receipt f o r the check of five hundred dollars re-

ceived f r o m Mrs. Helen E. Rose toward the equipment of the
children's ward in memory of Mrs. McCausland would be inade-
quate to express our appreciation of your cooperation in helping
us give our children what they need.

Please accept our hearty thanks f o r this generous share in
that equipment. We want you all to feel that a corner in our
new building belongs to each one of your group, and to the
memory of the one f o r whom you send this g i f t , and when you
come in this direction, I hope you will want to stop i f only f o r
a little visit to see your ward children.

Sincerely and appreciatively.

Edith J. L . Clapp.