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38 TO DRAG MA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI
R E P O R T O F G R A N D S E C R E T A R Y , N O V E M B E R 1, 1918
Of the chapters sending in reports, Iota, Lambda, and Theta failed
to follow instructions about sending registrar's reports to the Grand
Secretary. Only Pi, Gamma, Psi, Rho, Sigma, and Upsilon sent in
their treasurer's reports or an explanation that there was none. Delta,
Gamma, and Phi wrote explaining that college did not open until
after September 30. No reports of any kind have been received from
Nu, Omicron, Epsilon, Chi, Tau, N u Kappa, Alpha Phi, or N u
Omicron. This is not a very auspicious beginning for a new year, but
we hope "a word to the wise is sufficient." With the cooperation of
each and every chapter officer we should be able to eliminate unneces-
sary friction and bave a smoothly running machinery which will
not be a burden to any one. We are all unusually busy this year and
every additional letter and notice counts up not only in time but in
postage.
Chapter secretaries and treasurers are asked to read their instruc-
tions carefully and write to the Grand Secretary for information i f
these are not clear. Please give the street addresses of the chapter-
houses on reports and sign reports. Be sure they are mailed by the
third of the month and that there is enough postage.
ADDITIONAL L I F E SUBSCRIBERS T O "TO DRAGMA"
Mary D.-Houston, Nu Omicron Kathryn Brown, Rho
Marguerite Pilsbury Schoppe, Lucretia Jordan Beckley, Omi-
Gamma cron
Margaret E. Kraus, Upsilon
Nellie E. Benjamin, Iota Minn Elois Hunt, Omicron
Elaine Buhrman, Iota Elizabeth Hiestand, Rho
Carolyn Piper Dorr, Rho
TO DRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI V)
EDITORIALS
A PANHELLENIC MAGAZINE
EL S E W H E R E in this number will be found the report of a com-
mittee appointed to investigate the advisability of a Panhellenic
Magazine. This matter will, it is hoped, receive the expression
of approval or disapproval from the different chapters and from
various alumna. The question is worthy of discussion, and the Editor
hopes to publish a symposium in February. Would such a proposed
publication take the place of T o D R A G M A ? Is it a commendable war-
time economy? Shall Alpha Omicron Pi support it? Let us hear
what you think?
PT H E S E R V I C E N U M B E R
LANS for the February number are well under way. I f they
mature, the number will be the best published in a long time.
I f they do not mature, lack of cooperation will be the cause.
Therefore, will those from whom assistance is asked give it promptly
and willingly. The name of the number would imply such cooperation
certainly. Please read the Announcements carefully to see where YOUR
help comes in.
TC O N C E R N I N G E P I D E M I C S
H E Editor writes in a cheese cloth mask, her mouth reminiscent
of and her nose stinging from oft-repeated sprayings with
Dobell's solution. From the bathrooms come warbling cresendos—
Tau gargling in listerine and Lavoris. The consciousness of one girl
being in the hospital imbues others with a sudden desire for hot baths
and toasted feet. I n short, the influenza, searching throughout south-
east Minneapolis for an open door, has come to visit us.
The Editor, a strangely earthly philosopher in her present costume,
is too impelled to ruminate on epidemics in general—physical, moral,
social, mental, and spiritual. She is constrained to ask herself the
manner and means of preventing an epidemic of thoughtlessness which
often strikes a chapter and rarely meets with such anxious solicitation
lest it become widespread. Epidemics of tastes slightly common, of
!dle conversations, of trivial occupations, of irreverence masquerading
m the dress of modernity, come to mind. One is compelled to admit
the great solicitude of the average man over his physical welfare, and
the trifling anxiety he occasionally feels concerning the germ-proof
condition of his mind, soul, and conscience.
And then, lo the Editor finds herself in the labyrinth of religious
education and spiritual growth. She sighs, stops, and puts Tau to bed.