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CONVENTION PUTNAM VALLEY
T U N E : The Wearing of the Green
One who from burdening thoughts had gained surcease,
Words by A N N E T T E M A C K N I G H T ( A , ' 1 4 ) I walked with heart uplifted and glad to see
Hillsides like old time-softened tapestry,
Oh, oh, children dear and do you hear
The news that's going round? Farm-lands at term and eager f o r release.

'Tis Alpha O is here with us, Seeing the richness of the year's increase,
The finest ever found. Why falls my mood short of felicity?
What's the dull pain that will not let me be?
From East, from West, from North and South
They've come both thick and fast; Surely, I thought, the name of this place is Peace!

And each one has a smile so broad, A h ! that's the word to set it all in train:
The kind that's sure to last! Sudden and sharp as with the click of latch
What was concealed stands clear and is understood.
Convention here has brought them
Most a hundred thousand strong! Peace? Look hard at that clump of trees again.
See where the dogwood flares like blazing thatch;
They're here because they're here, and gay See how the sumach's branches drip with blood!
With laughter and with song.
JOANNA C . COLCORD, T, '06
But, oh, their hearts are warm, I know,
With what they mean to do.

I'm very glad I ' m one of them,
Now, tell me, aren't you?

LOYALTY

T U N E \ Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms

Words by G E R T R U D E E. J E N N I S O N ( X , ' 1 4 )

I.
Dear Alpha, we gather in friendship tonight.
And our vows of allegiance renew;
Oh, naught shall e'er alter thy place in our hearts.
To thee we shall ever prove true;
And where e'er our path leads, though afar we may roam,
Thy standards we'll always keep high,
And our love shall remain as tonight, deep and strong,
For thee, Alpha Omicron Pi.

II.
When our pathways are severed, and we far apart
From this spot and these sisters so dear
Journey on through life's mazes and mysteries unknown,
Still thy memory will strengthen and cheer.
I n our thoughts and fond hopes Alpha foremost shall stand,
As the years in their swiftness pass by,
And With loyalty ever, our praise shall resound
To thee, Alpha Omicron Pi.