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PI—H. SOPHIE N E W C O M B M E M O R I A L C O L L E G E

College is college once more; our carefree days of vacation are past.
Each class has made a step upward and we are back with added enthusi-
asm, anticipating a profitable year. The one shadow on our otherwise
cloudless horizon is the great gap which our last year's Seniors left. A
happy reminder of their thoughtfulness is our attractive new room which
they decorated for us while we were in the throes of "exams" last spring.
It was a complete surprise to us.

So many nice things have happened to us recently that we seem to
be living in the clouds. The climax of a frantic week of rushing came
Saturday, September 27th. Excitement broke forth at noon when the
"returns" from the "bids" were announced. Squeals of delight went
forth from Pi chapter when we found that we had won ten adorable
girls. We are so proud of them and we are sure that they will bring
credit to our chapter. The new members are: Margaret Tomlinson, Gulf
Port, Miss.; Ethel Young, Alexandria, L a . ; Dorothy Folse, Oak Ridge,
L a . ; Elizabeth Heaslip, New Orleans, L a . ; Mary Elizabeth Carden, Mun-
fordville, K y . ; Rosa Rogers, Tupelo, Miss.; Elizabeth Lyon, New Orleans,
L a . ; Margaret Morgan, Okolona, Miss.; Agnes Broussard, Abbeville,
L a . ; and Elizabeth Black, New Orleans, La.

The 27th was a strenuous day for us. We gave a luncheon at the
"Louisiane" in honor of our pledges and then hurried them to the foot-
ball game at Tulane. Pledging was at 7:30 that night, at which time
we were surprised with a gorgeous five pound box of candy announcing
the engagement of Jacinto Lobrano.

Last Saturday we had initiation and now we are in the midst of
freshman rushing season. Our most profound hopes will be realized if
we can get as lovely a bunch of girls as we have just initiated.

Helen Bovard has returned to us after a year's absence.
We are sorry that Gertrude Woodward has withdrawn from school.
Sh-h! There are whispers of an engagement.

C H A R L O T T E Voss.

NU—NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

The girls of Nu chapter have spent a most strenuous summer. This
is what some of them have been doing.

Julia Tillinghast, after a summer course at Columbia University,
enjoyed a delightful trip to Bermuda.

Helen Schelnin, Anna Hughes, and Beatrice Purdy were so ambitious
and liked to study so well that they attended summer school.

For four months our girls received cards bearing the post marks
of various countries of Europe and signed Jeanette Engel. Since school
opened Jeanette has been busy visiting the law classes with the intention
of discovering new girls for A O H

During the summer Alice Knecht held a position with the Presbyterian
Board of National Missions.

Gertrude Hook attended the Northfield Sunday School Conference.
Julia Froatz did graduate work in the study of Browning.
Three of the girls who were graduated in June have returned to
take courses. Sallie Burger is working for a Master's degree in Pedagogy.
Both Virginia Little, who has a position with the Woman's Press of
the National Y . W. C. A., and Mary Meeker, who is teaching kinder-
garten, keep in touch with us by taking courses at school.
Edith Ramsay, who this summer was married to George Rowland