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I f the Editor does not receive such a list from your ACTIVE CHAPTER LETTERS
chapter, she will take it for granted that you have no
members, active or alumnas, in the service, and will The one delinquent chapter is Nu. The editor is
accordingly make such announcement. I f the girl has apparently not elected, but this can hardly be accepted
received special honor in any branch of wrok, such as an excuse. Will Nu Chapter please investigate this
announcement may be added. matter?
This notice will not be repeated. Please be on time. T H E EDITOR,
I n the future, unless a great number of names of PI—H. SOPHIE NEWCOMB MEMORIAL COLLEGE
relatives in the service are received, announcements of
such names will be included in the Alumna? Notes. The I t is hard for us of Pi to realize that summer is gone, that we have
Editor is always glad to receive such names, or news left behind us all the old things we knew so well, and have been
concerning such relatives. moved, bag and baggage, up to new Newcomb. I t would really be
more to the point to say minus bag and baggage; for, to our great
Economy has dictated the elimination of chapter rolls. disappointment, no arrangements could be made for the housing of
They will not be printed until the May number. the fraternities on the campus, and though we are permitted to find
rooms outside and there has been some talk of renting a Panhellenic
Alumna? Assistant Editors, you are supposed to send house, we have found it almost impossible to do so. Hence we wander
to the Editor such alumna? notes of your chapter as you around in a desolate sort of way, wondering what is to be done with
can get. These notes for the February number should our furniture which is scattered in various homes all over the city and
leave your hands December 20. The scarcity of alumna? hoping against hope that in the near future Pi will find some place
notes is discouraging. Why not take your office a little to hang its hats. ' As a consequence of all this uncertainty, none of
more seriously? Pearl Pierce of Sigma Chapter does. the fraternities have been able to do much in the way of rushing;
for it was agreed at local Panhellenic that none should be done for
L i f e Subscriptions to To DRAGMA will undoubtedly at least two weeks, until things are more settled. We have a long
be raised to $15.00 before many weeks. Alumna? Assis- rushing list however, and as soon as we are definitely fixed we shall
tant Business Managers, why not drum up some more start to work with vim.
subscriptions while the price is still $10.00?
Pi came back to college greatly depleted in number, for in addition
to the fact that one of our pledges, Cecelia Slack, was obliged to
stay at home on account of her mother's illness, three of our juniors
did not return to college, Marjorie Fell, Ellen Jett, and Mary
Renaud. The reason in Mary's case is far from prosaic. Just about
a week ago we were invited to a party at her'home at which a five
pound box of candy figured prominently. I t is an established custom
for Pi's girls to announce their engagements in this way, and it is
easy to imagine what excitement, joy, and consternation were dis-
played on the discovery of Lieut. Miller Owen's card inside. The
wedding is to take place most probably in December; and we are all
properly thrilled at the thought in spite of our sorrow at losing Mary.
Though we are not much when it comes to quantity, the same can-
not be said when the question is one of quality, for I'm proud and
happy to be able to say that Pi has won the interfraternity scholar-
ship cup with an average of 86.21. We have spent our days since the
