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from Alexandria for the opening; of college and the ensuing pledging an
initiation, and several parties were given in their honor. Margaret Lyo
is teaching in New Orleans this winter, and will again swell the number
of the alumnae chapter.

We hope to have a meeting soon, and to tell more of our work i
the next letter.

ANNA MCLELLAN.

MINNEAPOLIS ALUMNAE
Prolonged preparation, absolute activity, anxious anticipation, com
plete exhaustion and at last exaltation. That is rushing. Diogenes arise
Light your lantern and get busy. Find a man, woman or child who'
give us a safe and sane rushing system. Why a sigh of relief f r o m
alumnae when it's over? Because we were present at our chapter hous
during many functions to assist the actives whenever possible. I for on
take off my hat to these youngsters who are able to live through tw
entertainments a day for ten days. "Rushing" is too mild a term.
We helped to put our house in order this fall. Since noboby, thes
days, would be caught dead with a set of anything, unless possibly teeth
we had the davenport recovered in plain tan denim and the overstuffe
chair in a becoming blue and tan stripe. To mention the livableness o
the house further would be to encroach upon material f o r the activ
chapter letter. The alumnae are proud, however, that the girls can ver
ably conduct their rushing affairs without demolising the furnishings o
their own homes. Our chapter house looks not in any way different to
pledge than it does to a rushee.
Whenever we meet lone Jackson these days we seem to see a
electric flash signal "Bazaar." She sends bushels of letters every month o
so begging or threatening as the case may be. The bazaar is the 29t
of November at the Curtis Hotel.
Vivian Vogel is in charge of the Christmas card sale. She is goin
to make us toe the mark. Her own little insignificant order was th
first one, and amounted to fifty odd dollars. Look at us working lik
beavers.
"Shindigeing" is to be fashionable again among Minneapolis alumna
this season. I t is a profitable business, but above all else it is great fun
Ruth O'Brien is among us once more. She is teaching at th
University high school. Ruth and Grace boast a beautiful basemen
apartment where may gather intellectual giants like themselves.
Mrs. Wheaton of Gamma, Mrs. Grady of Zeta. and Ruby Rapp o
Rho are our latest alumnae from other chapters. They certainly do no
seem like strangers, but fit like old timers. We hope to see them often
Others who have been here longer are Mrs. Meyers of Zeta. who is i
the advertising department at Donaldson's. We are sorry we can't se
her oftener. but when we need the particular kind of help she can giv
she is right there; Jessie Cook King of Upsilon and myself hold length
telephone conversations. Face to face we are also quite well acquainted
Jessie is another loval scout we would like to see oftener; Carolv
Pulling represents AOIT efficiently and effectively in college circles. Sh
is treasurer of the College Woman's Club and of the Faculty Woman
Club. Ruth Warsaw of Rho is teaching dramatic art at the MacPhai
School. Marian Roth of Eta leads a doc's life on the Minneapoli
Journal. A l l reporters lead that kind of a life to hear them talk. Mar
Ellen Chase is on the university facultv. We are sorry to learn that sh
was seriously ill during her stay in Scotland this summer. Inez Jayn
of Iota is such an old standby that to say she has ever belonged anvwher
else seems silly. As for me. T hail from the west, f r o m Alpha Phi. An
can von beat it. our Grand President seemed to blame me for a cold sh
caught while wading snowdrifts in Bozeman.