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50 TO DRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI
are now residing in Alamosa, Colorado. Mildred Dow, '19, was
wedded to Charles Allen, ' 15, a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity, and
now in the service; Celia Longfellow, '21, to Alton Bagley of
Machias, Maine.
We have pledged one new member this fall, Ruby Hackett, '20.
We are so glad that she is to be one of our fraternity sisters. -
Everyone was so busy during the summer vacation that it was pos-
sible to have only one outing. On August 8th about twenty-five mem-
bers of the active and alumna? chapters took a picnic luncheon and
spent the day at Pauline Mansur's camp at Phillips Lake—a well-
known place to the Bangor girls. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed her-
self, knitting, boating, and roaming about through the woods. The
day proved a happy reunion to all.
Of course, we want to do our share in war work this coming winter;
but there seem to be so few things that we can do here on the campus,
especially, since we do not know how long we will have to stay in
quarantine. We have decided, however, to make clothes for the
French and Belgian children, and are very anxious to get our
materials and start in the work.
We have had two letters—and such quaint letters, f u l l of grati-
tude—from our little French child and his mother. Somehow, it
brings us nearer to the great and awful war to hear directly from
someone who has been so near to it. I t certainly makes us feel
more keenly our duty and our privilege to do our bit i n helping the
brave people who have gone through so much during the past four
years. We have been quite amused, because the letters from our little
French boy have been directed to "Monsieur Alpha Omicron Pi."
Gamma sends her best wishes to you all for a happy and successful
year.
Fraternally yours,
L I L L A C. H E R S E Y , Chapter Editor. allowed to have fraternity meetings.
EPSILON—CORNELL UNIVERSITY
I f war alone is what General Sherman claims it to be, then war
plus an epidemic of Spanish influenza defies definition. When we
returned this fall we found the university work badly disarranged
because of the work of the S. A. T . C. This, we philosophically
accepted and had just commenced the routine when the influenza
arrived. This, we are by no means accepting, but are fighting with
every ounce of energy we possess. Those of us still able to be about
are acting as volunteer nurses, dietitians, and helpers of various
sorts.
TO DRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI 51
But we know that Cornell is not alone in suffering this year, and
I shall not trouble you further with a recital of our woes. Because
of the existing conditions, rushing has been indefinitely postponed.
We hope, however, to be able to introduce to you in our next letter
some new Alpha O pledges.
By that time, too, our war work and college activities will be
well under way and we can tell you something of them. Many of the
normal college activities have been discontinued, including all of
the University publications.
With best wishes for a successful year, I am Editor.
Fraternally yours,
M A R Y H . D O N L O N , '20, Chapter
RHO—NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
Dear Alpha O sisters:
College opened September 30th, and rushing began a few days
earlier. We had a very strenuous week of rushing; but we feel that
the results are well worth the effort. A new system of written bidding
was introduced here this year and it was most exciting to wait for
the replies to come. We are very proud of our eight new pledges.
They are Geraldine Gallvin, Kathleen Wigginton, Elma Adamek,
Florence Kerr, Helen Perkins, Erna Pabst, Dorothy Dalton, and
Carolyn Nethercott. Helene Bowersox from Eta was here during
rushing. We enjoyed having her with us.
An epidemic of the Spanish influenza has rather put a damper
on campus activities for the time being. Classes have not been
suspended, but all social gatherings are forbidden. We are not even
The introduction of military training has made a vast change in
the university here, as it has elsewhere. Although there are hundreds
of eighteen year olds marching about the campus, there are practically
no men in the upper classes. As a result the Daily Northwestern has
been stopped. After urgent application to the Dean, the girls finally
obtained permission to put out a weekly paper. Miette Brugnot, one
of our most capable seniors has been made editor, and a number of
our girls are working in the various departments.
War work is even a more important part of our program than it
was last year. Each girl has pledged a portion of her time to some
branch of i t , either Child Welfare, Home Service, or something of
the sort.
With love to you all,
V E L M A S T O N E , Chapter Editor.