Page 52 - To Dragma November 1924

TO DRAG MA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI -17

Hester Srout. '24, is teaching some classes in the University High
School and taking courses that will lead to a master's degree at the end
of summer school.

We are sure that the next letter will tell of greater accomplishments
for Iota.
f
e MARGARET BURTON.

s TAU—UNIVERSITY O F MINNESOTA
g Alpha O's at Minnesota have been treading the familiar leaf-strewn
s campus walks for ever and ever so long. For three weeks, at least—
e and that, you know, can be a small eternity. Several of the girls came
back more than a week early, in order to put the house in shape for
rushing. And most of us hardly knew the old place when we came back
f to it. During the summer it had undergone a severe and thorough re-
e
s juvenation. All of the upstairs rooms were decked with new paper, and
e the woodwork simply gleamed with fresh paint. We were all so en-
n thusiastic about our new rooms that we developed a mania for interior
decoration, and sister vied with sister in a competition involving vivid
cretonne drapes, braided rugs, and favorite prints for every wall.
r We are satisfied that this has been one of our most successful
n.
rushing seasons. For, on Friday night, following the week of silence
l imposed by Panhellenic, we pledged fifteen of the finest girls on the
. campus. We are proud to give you their names: Kathryn Remington
e (Dorothy's sister). Thelma Hoff (also a sister), Janet McGregor, Eva

Hammerbacher, Margaret Whitmorc, Winifred Eliason, Helen Lange,
Miriam Thomas, Alva Prouty, Kathryn Haven, Kathryn Pratt, Ethel
Brum. Alice McAulcy. Lavcrne Sigel, and Betty Hankins. The actives
entertained them, after the pledge dinner, at a theater party at the
Orpheum. We have all kinds of faith in these girls, who already dis-
s play such a splendid combination of seriousness, sincerity, and "pep." A
w few days ago, Kathryn Haven was elected vice-president of Bib and
e Tucker, the freshman girls' organization on the campus, and so proved
e that the pledges are strong for activities. Alva Prouty and Lavernc Sigel

are art students, and Miriam Thomas and Tracv Cook, a pledge from
y spring rushing, are actively interested in journalism.
l We may add. modestly, that the actives take some pride in the fact
f that they have brought home one of the first trophy cups offered this

year. We won it, along with three individual prizes, in the Ski-U-Mah
magazine drive. It is a beauty, and really, it looks uncommonly well
. on our mantel. It was presented to us on pledge night, and I'm sure
e that has inspired our new candidates for Alpha O. Lulu Hanson has
, the Gopher team all organized too, and we intend to win another cup
; in the drive which begins next week for the sale of Minnesota annuals.
a
Mrs. Waite. who has come to us only this year, is quite charming
in the capacity of house mother and chaperon. We are planning a tea for
. her, to introduce her to our friends and we wish that all of you could
s meet her. too.
r
, Isabel Welch and Lucille Campbell, who were pledges last year, were
, initiated soon after school began.
,
We held our first open house Saturday. Oct. 11, after the football
game—and it was a very successful social event, too.
Our ranks are swelled this year by a number of girls who have come
t back after a year of absence. It seems good to have Hazel Hitchcock.
Irma Fliehr and Marion Barclay about the house and the campus again.
Mary Goodman still blushes profusely when we question her about
the Sigma Phi Epsilon pin she has acquired since last we saw her in
the spring.
Tau has been very happy to entertain our Grand President. Laura A.
Hurd. at the house over the weekend, from Friday to Monday. She