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A SINGING CONVENTION T h e songs which f o l l o w are a supplement to the November Song
Number. A Chapter Ballad has been changed to meet new condi-
Bv M A E K N I G H T SIDDELL, tions and circumstances. Suppose we change the version of i t
published i n November, and then sing i t ! M r s . Siddell has rear-
Chairman A O I I Song Committee ranged the music of two of the older and best loved songs. F i n a l l y
Our slogan has changed lately f r o m a "Singing Fraternity" to a here is the new Whistle Song. Let's learn i t , and sing, sing, s i n g !
"Singing Convention." A "Singing Convention"—doesn't that
sound inspiring, and call up visions of rollicking banquets, of soul- A CHAPTER BALLAD
stirring calls to service? Every effort is being made to make this T U N E : Wait for the Wagon
Convention memorable, and especially we want i t remembered as a
great Feast o f Song. We are specializing on a few songs. Some Words by V I R G I N I A W I T H E R S , n, ' 0 9
w i l l be f o u n d i n this issue of T o D R A G M A , others w i l l be f o u n d i n
our Song Number of November, 1 9 1 8 . Bring your copies along I.
or better yet memorize the songs now. Ask the chapter musician
nearest you f o r further details, and "tune up your throats." A t Newcomb is a chapter, they call that chapter P i ,
There w i l l be songs f o r each chapter, songs about the great
gathering o f the clans, songs about the goat, songs for everyone A n d every girl's a cross between bookworm and butterfly.
to sing. I f you have a song to submit, even though it's late, get
a group o f delegates to sing it and it may yet make history. T a l k N u Chapter is at New York U . of which we stand i n awe;
Songbook, dream Songbook, sing Songbook and it may be our
dreams o f a really representative new songbook may come true. For there the maidens are inclined to subjects like the law.
Ceattf tt?e babt?0 far a mttk, an& trxm Chorus
to (gmnraatle.
Close bound i n Alpha,
Far and near i n Alpha,
North or South or East or West,
It's * M X ! I!.
Sigma out i n Berkeley and Gamma down in Maine
Face the oceans set apart by peak and r o l l i n g plain.
N u Kappa down i n Texas, Epsilon at Cornell
Hold out a hand of fellowship and know the grip right well.
lit,Chorus
Lambda lives at Stanford, at Syracuse is Chi,
A lively lot so rumor says; t h e y ' l l gladly tell you why.
Iota at the U . of L , O loyal Illinois!
W i t h Rho at great Northwestern can share her Alpha joy.
Chorus
IV.
Montana State holds Alpha Phi and Psi's a Quaker band,
But where their Quaker primness went 'tis hard to understand.
Omicron of Tennessee, Indiana's Beta Phi
W i l l slip a l i t t l e nonsense i n , on that you may rely.
Chorus
