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Our date rules have not been changed. I n fact, it seems rather
unnecessary when the men who are in barracks can get out only on
Saturday night.
We are all very happy to be back together again; and I know
every A O I I is glad to see her sisters again. Beta Phi sends to all
of you her love and best wishes for a happy school year.
MILDRED BEGEM AN,
Chapter Editor.
ETA—UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
The opening of the school year has made the war a stern reality to
us. The military atmosphere prevails on the campus, and the patri-
otic interests are so predominant that we feel more keenly the responsi-
bility of making the most of our opportunities while here. The
enrollment in the S. A. T . C. at Wisconsin is 3,000. I n addition,
there are 1,500 limited service men and naval reserves. Chadbourne,
Barnard, and Lathrop Halls, the girls' dormitories, and the men's
gymnasium have been converted into barracks for the student soldiers.
The officers occupy the Deke House.
Wisconsin has used formal bidding for the first time this year.
Panhellenic allowed us only one function daily for four days; then
bids from the various sororities were sent to the Dean of Women.
Each rushee also sent preference slips expressing her three choices. A
third party mailed the acceptances to the sorority. We found the
new system to be very satisfactory although more strenuous in that
we had no opportunity to speak personally with a girl.
We are delighted to have seven new pledges. Elizabeth Babcock
comes to us from Dana H a l l ; and we are going to watch her climb
to the top in school activities. We are happy to claim Hortense
Bassett, f o r she gives promise of being equally as strong as her sister,
Dorothy. Agnes Gilbertson sets things moving when her fingers
drop on the piano keys. Hermance Teschner is entering in her junior
year. She is from Milwaukee Normal, where she made a record in
her academic work. Marion Roth spent her first two years at Prin-
cipia and is a wonderfully strong girl. Jennie Martin, from M i l -
waukee Downer, is a girl filled with enthusiasm for all school activi-
ties. Mary Urschel delights us with her interpretive dancing. She
has shown her patriotic spirit by dancing in the camps and for the
Red Cross.
Eta considers herself very fortunate to have these fine pledges. We
are expecting great things from them. The absence of men in the
university has made innumerable offices and prominent positions open
to women, so we mean to show what we can do. We are glad to
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welcome Mrs. Leo R. Tehon, from Iota. She is a member of the
faculty in the classics department.
There are sixteen girls living in the house. Our social functions
for the coming year will be very few, for we are in the army now.
Our first informal dance is to be given for our pledges on November
2nd.
Eta sends best wishes for a happy and prosperous year.
IRENE FOLCKEMER,
Chapter Editor.
ALPHA PHI—MONTANA STATE COLLEGE
Dear Alpha O Sisters:
Doesn't it seem good to be with one another once more, and to be
hurrying off to eight o'clocks not very long after the sun has risen
above the horizon? I n many ways, autumn is the saddest time of
year, because everything is dying and the chill of winter can be felt
in every little breeze. But for us Alpha O's, it can not fail to be a
time of joy instead of melancholy, a time of happy meetings and of
renewed and closer fellowship with one another.
There is for all of us just one thing that dims our gladness and
that is the absence of our last year's seniors and of the others of our
chapters who may not be with us this year. But with what interest
we do follow their careers! And how delighted we are to hear of
their work! They are still our sisters whether near or far away
and so they are still close to our hearts and our thoughts.
Of course, right now Alpha Phi, as well as the rest of you, is in the
excitement of the rushing season. So far we have had only one real
party, but it was a great success owing to the novelty of it. We called
our party " A n Evening in Bohemia." A l l of us dressed in strange
costumes such as might be found in the artists' quarter of a large
city. Two of the girls represented children, another was an old
apple vender, some wore evening dresses, others smocks, Grecian
costume, riding habits, gipsy costume, and one of the girls made a
strange looking Chinaman with a lovely, long, shoestring queue.
The party was at our A O I I house, and the dining-room had been
transformed into a miniature cabaret, where apple cider "wine" was
served while Mary Curl danced, and "ukes" were played, or other
girls sang. Our north parlor made an attractive artist's studio, while
the living-room was strewn with comfortable cushions, which we all
enjoyed lots more than chairs. About nine-thirty, we began to dance,
while the gipsy told fortunes for our guests and every girl there
seemed to have spent a pleasant evening. We enjoyed it ever so
much ourselves.