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The two locals here and Alpha O have agreed upon some rushing
rules, and no fraternity is to have more than three real parties. We
are planning a picnic up one of the canyons here for our second party.
For our last big party, we plan a Halloween dance; and expect to
have some of the boys in the latter part of the evening. Meanwhile
individual rushing is unlimited; and we are finding some splendid
girls among the freshman class.
Our college president has asked us to be especially considerate of
the S. A. T. C. boys now training here. He asked the various frater-
nities to have a few of these rather lonely young men in to dinner
sometimes. Alpha O is the first to comply with his request; and we
are entertaining twelve boys at supper Sunday.
Did all you sisters know we have a house this year? We are very
happy i n it, and wish all of you might visit us there. I t is a big,
homey, dark-green house right on a corner and surrounded by huge
Cottonwood trees and smaller lilac bushes, apple trees, and Canadian
poplars. The house and lawn occupy two-thirds of the west half
of a block so we are looking forward to some lawn parties in the
spring. There are four large rooms downstairs and five bedrooms
on the upper story. Our "rose bedroom" is especially attractive with
its twin beds and cheery, dainty cretonne curtains, spreads, chairs,
and scarfs. We have the nicest housemother you can imagine—
cheerful, kind, and delightfully "mothery."
Alpha O is gaining honors here, too, for Doris Ingram was chosen
by our dean of home economics to do some substitute teaching in the
high school at Lewistown for three weeks. And, next week, Lynnie
Chattin starts out to do some food demonstrating work in the state.
Besides that our president, Azalea Linfield, is to be initiated into the
honorary home economics fraternity—Phi Upsilon Omicron.
College has not been in progress long enough for us to have any
definite war work planned, but we are continuing our knitting and
waiting for some other Red Cross work. Then, we are especially
careful to observe all the food administration rules both as a frater-
nity and as individuals. So, of course, we have no refreshments at
our parties in order to comply with the government's request of "no
fourth meals."
And now, once more, isn't it good to see one another again? We
of Alpha Phi wish we might meet in person all our other sisters, but
since that can not be we take real pleasure in visiting with you through
the pages of To D R A G M A . May this school year be f u l l of inspiration
and true fraternal spirit for every one of us.
Fraternally,
M I N N I E - E L L E N MARQUIS,
Chapter Editor.
TO DRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI 63
NU OMICRON—VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
Hello, everybody! I wish I might come around and shake hands
with you all but since I can't I ' l l tell you about it. It's the best
feeling in the world to be talking to you all again and to know that
at the same time you're reading this, I ' l l be reading messages from
you. I didn't even know I was to have the privilege of writing for
the chapter this time; but the little chapter editor called and asked
me to please write it for her just this once. Since she is an out-of-
town girl, she didn't know about the "before-school" rushing party;
and that was the principal thing to tell this time. As I knew how
the prospects of the first letter scared her (it used to scare me last
year), I consented this time.
First of all, back in July, the second of our girls married. She was
Mary Harrell, who, at a beautiful little home wedding was married
to Lt. Walter Rogers. They have been at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma, for
the past three months and we had a most interesting letter about her
meeting two A O IPs out there. We are looking for her back soon
as Lieutenant Rogers expects to sail in a short time.
Then, in September came the one summer rushing party we're
allowed. I t was a progressive house party, something like the one we
had last year. I t began with a little matinee party after which we
all had dinner down town at the Y. W. C. A. They spent the night
with us, had late breakfast with another of the girls, and still another
gave them all a bridge luncheon. Then it all ended that night with
a big picnic supper and bonfire about ten miles from town. The
rushees seemed to have a real good time and I think every one
enjoyed it.
On October 1st school opened with five active members back, a
"peach" of a transfer from Alpha Phi in Montana, and several
interested and working alumnre near by. The influenza epidemic has
greatly interfered with classes but school continued; and conditions
are much better now. We are right in the midst of rushing season.
Of course, it's always a rather hard pull for a new fraternity; but
we're doing our best and we can only wonder what results "spiking
day" will bring. We'll tell you about that next time.
We liked being the baby of the fraternity f o r almost a year; but
we gladly gave up the honor of that place to welcome, first, Psi, way
up there in Pennsylvania, and then Phi, in Kansas. We hope before
long there'll be another Southern chapter to swell the roll.
KATRINA OVERALL.