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purely social, we shall combine its business alumna: to stage a "Cake Walk." This con-
with that of the April meeting, which is to sisted of an ingenious cake raffle, in which the
be held at the home of Margaret Ball.
persons buying tickets at ten cents apiece

New Jersey Alumnae Have " W h i t e walked around a large numbered circle to
Elephant" Sale music. The walkers stopped on signal, and
the person standing on the lucky number was

By Margaret Proche Eglin. N awarded a cake. This brought in $1.50 on

- + - N E W JERSEY A L U M N . E Chapter has had each cake, all of which were donated, besides
providing much entertainment f o r the par-
a very active and successful second year. ticipants. The annual spring banquet in honor
The regular monthly meetings were held every
third Saturday of the month at the homes o f of the seniors will be held in the first part of
members. A t these meetings bridge was
played, socks were darned, and clothes were May, and the alumna: are looking forward in
mended f o r the needy i n Kentucky. May that date.
Fouts packed and sent our contributions.
New York Alumnae Help with
In February, Lucille Burton gave a bridge
and "white elephant" sale, the proceeds Rushing
of which were used toward our quota. By Rosemary Holahan Vioni, N
On April 14, Lucille is planning another bridge
for the same purpose. She deserves a - + - OI-R FEBRUARY MEETING was a social-
great deal of credit for her efforts in behalf
of AOII. Another means of raising money business meeting and selling chances as a
painlessly, this year, has been a door prize. money-making scheme was decided upon, In
Each member drew a number and the win- addition, two parties were planned to help
ner was responsible f o r the next prize. We the actives with their rushing. The first was
are looking forward to two more meetings. a tea dance held on Washington's birthday
at the F i f t h Avenue Hotel. More than one
hundred were present, and it certainly was a
very pleasant affair, thanks, to Mabel Mac-
The April meeting will be in Summit and the Tndoe and Mary Tennant. The second party
election of officers will take place. The May was a supper at the Panhellenic on March 7.
meeting will be in Ridgcwood at the home of The alumna: were very well represented; the
Thelma Mitchell, who was the first president rushees were duly impressed, and it was alto-
of New Jersey Alumna: Chapter. Congratula- gether a successful evening. The March
tions are in order to Thelma on the birth meeting was held at Mrs. Tennant's home and
of a daughter, in February. the committee was elected f o r the yearly tea

at Panhellenic. Mrs. McDonald was invited
to address the audience on that afternoon.
New Orleans Alumnae Stage a Helena Krauss, as chairman of the nominating
"Cake W a l k " committee, presented the following slate, all
of whom were unanimously elected: Presi-
By Marion Moise, IT, Acting Editor dent, Mary Kent-Miller Tennant; vice presi-
dent, Amy Bernhard: secretary, Edith Sharps;
-+• T H E LAST FEW meetings have been very treasurer. Betty Flocke; editor to To DRAGMA,
well attended, and we have been pleased Helen Wilkinson; Panhellenic delegate, Helen
Janota. On March 15, there was a special
to welcome several newcomers into our midst. meeting at the chapter apartment to install
Our president, Beverly Walton, resigned the the new officers and run off the raffle. Prep-
first part of March in order to attend the
University of Georgia, where she is to help
colonize a chapter. Clara Mae Buchanan,
vice president, is presiding until the installa- arations were made f o r Mrs. Anderson's visit.
tion of the new officers. The March meeting
was held at the attractive apartment of Eliza-
beth Lyon Reddoch, and the officers elected Oklahoma City Alumnae Entertain
for the coining year arc as follows: president, Teachers

Margaret Lyon Pcdrick; vice president, Mary By Mary Driscol Hunt, @
Raymond Gould; treasurer, Lucie Walne; re- -4- I N DECEMBER, Ruth Black Endicott enter-
cording secretary, Louise Adams Roddy; cor-
responding secretary. Clara Mae Buchanan; tained at her home in Norman. Marjorie
editor to To DRAGMA, Dagmar Renshaw Leb- Stafford and Irene Baird Fogarty were as-
reton; historian, Rosamond Hill Schneidau. sisting hostesses. A f t e r a lovely luncheon,
The bridge clubs have been active as usual, suggestive of the holiday season, bridge was
netting us a small but certain sum each time. played. During a short business session we
On March 15, the junior bridge club, a gala decided to give a Christmas basket to a needy
affair of six tables, met at Margaret Bovard's. family, as well as gifts to our adopted fam-
It was in the nature of a farewell party f o r ily. Our January meeting was an evening
Beverly Walton, who was leaving the follow- one at Pauline Mills Edwards' ('23) home,
ing morning f o r Athens, Georgia. We hear with Camillc Cassius Lane ('27) assisting.
a joke on Beverly: that in the hurry of leav- Plans f o r the remainder of the year were
ing she forgot her pin, and several sororities discussed, as well as the party f o r teachers
began to rush her upon her arrival on the attending the meeting of the Oklahoma Edu-
Georgia campus. cational Association to be held in Oklahoma
City in February.

The active chapter had a Charity Ball on The Daily Oklahonian says of this party:
April 6, at which they consented to allow the "For a group of out-of-town members here