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othy Anderson, took part. Rosalind Marsh, another freshman of ours
made the varsity swimming team.

We have just finished fixing up our house for the fall rushing season
Besides getting new curtains we have painted all the woodwork an
floors. This year's rushing season is important to us because we hav
ten seniors leaving us next June, and so, you see, we are preparing early
Next week we are having another rummage sale, which we plan to hav
as succssful as the former ones. Besides rushing we are devoting our
selves to the many campus activities which come in the fall of the year
and we are still working for the house we dream of having sometim
soon.

DOROTHY ANDERSON.

PHI—UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS

Phi chapter is very proud of her sixteen new pledges, how we wish
you might all see them. They are: Frances Smith, Washington, Kansas
Janet Blazier and Thora Collins, Wichita, Kansas; Dorothy Merriman
Kansas City, Missouri; Dorothy Ainsworth, Kansas City, Kansas; Gene
vieve Kimball, Neodesha, Kansas; Jessie Marie Senor, St. Joseph, Mis
souri; Avis Stoops, Smith Center, Kansas; Marjorie McKelvy, Water
ville, Kansas; Gertrude Searcy and Edith Adams, Leavenworth, Kansas
Maxine Clark, Kiowa, Kansas; Marian Bolinger, Great Bend, Kansas
Fay Archer, Grenola, Kansas; Olive Weatherby, and Arline Church
Lawrence, Kansas. We think their interest in activities is very wel
distributed. They are going out for Glee Club, Y . W. C. A. and Athletics

We were so pleased to have so many of our alumnae back fo
rush week—Myrtle Webber. Margaret Bolinger Isern, Dorothy Crane
Frances Ringle, Jacqueline Gilmore, Volborg Swenson, Lucilc Jones and
Romona Tucker.

This year was the installation of preferential bidding at Kansas and
everyone is exceedingly well pleased with it, for it seems that it solve
the problem of "spiking" which has been the bugbear of rushing fo
many years here.

Initiation was held September 21 for Gladys Filson and Icy Purcell
We are very glad to welcome them into true Alpha O sisterhood. A ban
quet was held for the initiates at Weideman's Tea Room and a program
of toasts followed. We were so glad to have Katherine Mix, our distric
superintendent, with us that evening.

The active members had a dance for the oledges October 3, and i
was one of the very best parties Phi has ever had.

Margaret Matthews visited us en route to her home in Washington
Kansas, after spending the summer in Europe.

Jacqueline Gilmore, '22. was here a few days before she left for
Columbia University, where she will get her M. A.

Dorothy Merriman. one of our pledges, put on the pin of Glenn
Frazier, Delta Chi, today.

Alida Braucher. '24, is teaching Mathematics in the high school a
Hutchison this winter.

Frances Ringle is teaching in her home town at Le Roy, Kansas.
Dorothy Crane is in Leavenworth this year teaching and comes over
quite often to our parties and football games. We are so glad to have
her near us.
Evelyn Starr is teaching Public School Music in Ransom and is com-
ing to visit us soon.
Gladys Ferris is teaching Religious Education in the schools in
Stafford.

ICY PURCELL.