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ANNOUNCEMENTS

T H E E D I T O R has been authorized to announce a cover contest for To
D R A G M A . Full details will be given in the next issue. The contest
will be open to any member of Alpha Omicron Pi, graduate or under-
graduate. It is hoped that some talented member of the fraternity will
submit an original design which can be made the permanent cover of our
publication. The winning design will be chosen by a committee at con-
vention and will be awarded a prize, the nature of which has not yet been
decided. All artistic members are urged to take part in this contest. Watch
To D R A G M A tor further announcements. Let us have a real Alpha O cover.

A C T I V E C H A P T E R S E C R E T A R I E S please send the Business Manager at once
a list of their full paid active life subscribers.

D O E S A N Y O N E know the whereabouts of the following? Please send their

y present addresses to the Business Manager:
Coral Jury, Iota, formerly in Chicago; Frances B. Cottrell, Iota,

formerly in Champaign, 111.; Esther M. Perkins, Zeta, formerly in Omaha,
Neb.; Mrs. W . S. Culver, Eta, formerly in Cleveland, Ohio; Elizabeth T .
Peabody, Gamma, formerly in Portland, Ore.; Margaret Howard, Sigma,
formerly in Los Angeles, Cal.; Mrs. W. L . Hopkins, Tau, formerly in
Los Angeles. Cal.

\ 7 " O U R A T T E N T I O N is called-to the fact that it is time to be thinking of
nominees for Grand Council Offices and Committees. The" following

is the article from the constitution concerning nominations:
The Committee on Nominations shall consist of the District Super-

intendents and a chairman appointed by the Executive Committee. By
February 1 of Convention year, the District Superintendents shall have
consulted their district chapters, both active and alumnae, seeking available
nominees for national officers and committees. Any member at large
may submit recommendations to her district committee member. Grand
Officers shall submit recommendations to the chairman of the committee.
From these proposed names, the Committee on Nominations shall select
three nominees with special consideration as to their qualifications and
fitness for the office. This list they shall submit to the members of the
Grand Council who may either ratify the names proposed or file addi-
tional nominations with the chairman by April 15. The three highest
additional candidates to be nominated for each office provided that such
candidates shall have been proposed by at least five Grand Council mem-
bers, shall then be added to the preliminary list prepared by the Com-
mittee on Nominations and the complete ballot submitted to the Grand
Council six weeks before Convention. No name shall be placed on the
ballot without the consent of the nominee. Additional nominations may be
made at Convention, but shall be submitted with qualifications and nomi-
nee's consent to the chairman the day prior to election, and the names of
such candidates shall be posted promptly. It is provided that a member,
failing- to be elected, may be nominated from the floor for any other office
for which she is qualified. Election in all cases shall be by secret ballot.
Politics shall not enter and its proved activity for or by any nominee
shall cause the nominee's withdrawal. To permit freedom of discussion,
the candidates for an office shall retire from the floor prior to the ballot-
ing for that office. Tbe complete returns and correspondence of the
committee shall be preserved and be open to the inspection of any Grand
Council member at Convention.