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72 TO DRAG MA OF ALPHA OMJCRON PI
apolis. We now have but eight members, having had to give up six
during the past year by removal from city.
We hope in our next letter to be able to report more activities, but
with conditions similar all over the country as to health rules on
account of the terrible epidemic of influenza now prevailing, we
suppose all the chapters over the United States have of necessity had
a cessation of activities.
Fraternally,
RUTH RITCHIE.
NEW ORLEANS ALUMNiE
"New Newcomb" is a reality at last, and in consequence we are
all busily engaged in the somewhat disconcerting occupation of adjust-
ing our perspectives. And there are many such to adjust. A new
aspect has come over our Alma Mater. We are quite military these
days. I say this advisedly. Adjoined to Tulane University as we
now are, our campus is of course open to her student-soldiers. I n
addition to this, the uniforms on the campus of the Emergency Motor
Corps and of the Motor Mechanics Corps—justify my saying that our
aspect is quite military.
We are proud of our brothers in uniform, we are proud of our
girls who are helping in all kinds of war work, and just now we are
particularly proud of our nine alumnae who are awaiting orders to
sail for France as the Newcomb College Relief Unit, the first southern
unit to be organized, and the fourth, in the United States. You will
all share my pride when I tell you that, of the nine who are going,
three are Alpha O's: Anna Many, May Norman, and Edith Dupre.
Still another Alpha O, Willie White, is an alternate.
Well, "that's that"! Now to come to fraternity matters which, of
course, you are anxious to hear about. Naturally there have been
changes here too. There is at present no room in the college build-
ings for fraternity rooms such as have always existed at Newcomb.
Besides, the Board of Administrators has decreed that there shall be
no fraternity rooms on the campus. For a while, it seemed as though
fraternity life at Newcomb was doomed, especially as we had always
understood that the President of Newcomb College was opposed to
fraternities off the campus. But at a recent Panhellenic meeting here,
all such objections were withdrawn, so that, temporarily at least,
fraternities are assured. I n consequence Alpha O's are engaged in the
pleasant pursuit of room-hunting. Here's hoping that our search
will be speedily and successfully terminated. I t is a distressing and
hopeless feeling not to have a "pied a terre." But evervthing will
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soon be all right, we feel sure, and we look forward to a successful
year.
New Orleans Alumnae send their best wishes to all for the new-
college year.
MAGDA CHALARON,
Secretary of Pi Alumna.
MINNEAPOLIS ALUMNA
The Minneapolis Alumnae have met every month this past summer
for the usual good visit. Sometimes the active chapter members who
were in the city met with us. Somehow times like these through
which we are living make us enjoy just being together more than ever
before. Some plans for this year had to be laid aside until after war,
especially those for the new chapter-house. We are sure it will be a
better, happier house when it is built, however.
The things we are doing in Avar work are what the rest of you are
doing in Red Cross, War Relief, and overseas service. Besides
national war work we have been interested in subscribing and collect-
ing funds for our own state's tornado and forest fire sufferers.
None of our own girls have been seriously i l l with the influenza
and pneumonia. We hope that wherever there are Alpha O's that
they, and those dear to them may escape this dreadful epidemic.
Mary Chase is presiding over the chapter-house this year, and of
course it's a charming place to visit. We older members find that
we manage to get over there on all sorts of excuses, not that we really
need any, but we love to gather around the chapter-house table and
hearth again. The spirit of comradeship is always there i f we want
to find it.
Alpha Phi, you are good to spare Mary Danielson and Helen Rose
to us. Last year it was Azalea who made us glad and now come these
two ambitious medics to flaunt ponderous medical volumes before our
startled academic eyes—will you send more Alpha Phis to Minnesota
next year? We'll welcome them right royally!
We miss many faces, but we know they are serving as efficiently
wherever they are as they did here. Mrs. Jackson and Mrs. Pulling
we hope are happy in their beloved East. Leta, our own dear girl,
is off in California and we do wish she would write to us. Have any
of you western sisters found her? She is in Los Angeles, but we
haven't her present address.
May the months to come find you all content and happy.
EDITH GOI.DSWORTHY.