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made by Mrs. Elbert Vaughan, mother of Maude, Florence, Jennie, Ethel, Mabel, Muriel
two Alpha O's, was raffled. The lucky win- Merle, Louella and the secretary. Kathleel
ner was Mabel Robertson (Sigma). The sus- Haff Anthony (A '25) and Ruth Bennett K e l '
pense of the drawing was stupendous, and ley ( * '29) were our guests. Our lectures
tike money our treasury received was satis- were postponed, f o r the spirit of Christmas
fying. Mabel McCord, the hostess, and her was in the air, and, also, we were so inu-V
assistants, Helen Pease, Martha Hilands, and ested in getting acquainted with our new s j s !
Melba Johnston, served the record crowd, and ters and prospective members. I t was voted
we may safely say that their success was tre- to send five dollars to the Children's Ward in
mendous.
Our March meeting was held at the resi- the Homeopathic Hospital, which, you know
dence of Barbara Crowell, and she was as-
sisted by Roma Whisant, Catherine Mayhcw, was furnished by AOII as a memorial to our
and Isabel Crowell. A f t e r the business meet- Lillian McQuillin McCausland ( B '99), a for-
ing, the election of officers f o r the ensuing mer Grand President.
year was held: President, Evelyn Hogue;
vice president, Barbara Crowell; secretary, Isa- The Januarj meeting was held with Alia
bel Crowell; treasurer, Elizabeth Gabler; edi- Manchester Chase (B US). We were twelve
tor, Catherine Mayhew; historian, Anita Ruth Bennett Kelley ( * '29) joined our
Kellogg. group as a member, and we were delightel
to have her. Muriel Wyman gave her first
Our Alumna: Chapter gave a very delight- history lecture, and the meeting was voted a
f u l rushing tea on March 24. Mrs. J. Alden huge success.
Converse ( 2 ) was in charge, and her commit-
tee consisted of Florence Douglas, Elisc Jones, The February meeting was held at the home
Catherine Mayhew, Helen Olson, Irene Carl- of Elizabeth Darling Jackson ( K '28) with
son, Roma Whisnant, and Amy Rapp. Upon her mother. Louella Fificld Darling ( B , Ex.
arrival, the guests were received by Evelyn '01) acting as hostess. Again we were twelve
Hogue, Portland Alumna: president; Mrs. members, but this time we had two very
Bertha Larsen, housemother of the active welcome guests. Alice Spear and Octavia
chapter at Eugene; Mrs. Wynn Johnson, Chapin came from Boston, and we were all so
housemother of the active chapter at Cor- happy to have them with us again. Alice
vallis; Patricia McKcnna. president of the Spear told of some of her experiences i n
University of Oregon Chapter; Marie Dew, checking addresses, and also of the Westches-
president of the Oregon State College Giap- ter group's scheme of raising money by door
•ter. Those who poured at the tea were Mrs. prizes. Our hostess promptly offered one, and
A. M. Minor, Mrs. W. K. Hood, Mrs. E. R so a start was made in raising our quota for
Walsh, and Mrs. J. A . Beal. Numerous mem- our National Social Service Work. We had
bers of the alumna; and active chapters were our second history lecture, and a communica-
in attendance. tion was read from Anne Nichols.

The March meeting was held with Ruth
Bennett Kelley in Rum ford, Rhode Island.
There were ten of us present. Elizabeth Jack-
The April meeting was held at the home of son told of the safe embarking of Helen
Anita Kellogg, and her aides were Dora Gor- Eddy Rose ( B , Ex. "99) f r o m Boston f o r the
don Andrus, Elma Vaughan Fansett, A m y Mediterranean cruise. These trans-Atlantic
Booth, and Virginia Vaughan. A f t e r the busi- trips are getting to lie a spring habit with
ness meeting, we were entertained by a talk, Helen. I t was voted to purchase material
"Spring Styles f o r Women," by M r . Harris, and make more of the "Rainbow" napkins to
who is connected with Lipman, Wolfe & Co., sell to our friends. I t was also suggested that
as a buyer of women's apparel. We have en- we make table-covers of crepe, and sell whole
joyed many talks and discussions of value, sets as well as boxes of half-dozen napkins,
given by various and sundry folk, who are as we did a few years ago. Refreshments
specialists in their work. A l l of which have were decorated with shamrock, in honor of St.
been quite an incentive, and we arc looking Patrick.
forward to similar future opportunities. Our
past year has also held many enjoyable social
sprees, and we trust that the next year will Rochester Alumnae Welcome N e w

bring us many more. Members

Providence Alumnae Adopt Door Prize By Jessie Lewis Rice, X
Method
T H E ROCHESTER Alumna? Chapter cele-
By Grace Lawton Hubbard, B brated its fourth birthday, February 8, by
a party at the home of Jessie Lewis Rice
-4- DESPITE T H E RECORD-BREAKING cold weather (X '24). The history of the chapter was re-
viewed and any news of the original mem-
that wc New Englanders have experienced bers who have moved from Rochester was re-
this past winter, our meetings, since the last lated.
news-letter, have had an average attendance Besides being the occasion of our birthday,
of twelve members. We have seventeen names it was also a farewell party to Helen Wooster
on the mailing list, and we can't help but feel Geaves ( r '12). We are very sorry to lose
proud of our record. so active and enthusiastic a member. She has
moved to East Orange, New Jersey, and we
The December meeting was held at the know will be an addition to the New Jersey
home of our president, Merle Mosier Potter Alumna? Chapter. A committee was appointed
(E '14), with the following present: Alice,