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On March 18th the sophomores successfully presented The Comedy January 18th we gave our dance to the freshman girls in the
of Errors. A O I I was well represented with Ruth Bagley, Mildred college gymnasium. Decorated with good-looking college banners
Sullivan, Edna Wardwell, Edith Arnold, Louise Prescott, and Louise and pillows the place looked very attractive. Of course, everyone
Holt in the cast. Ruth and Edna were especially good. had a wonderful time, especially the freshman girls. After these
festivities were over we tried to settle down again to everyday affairs.
There are rumors that we shall have cause for pride when the
academic honors are awarded this week. To make our weekly meetings more interesting we decided to have
each class entertain i n turn. The senior girls were to be our first
Delta Chapter has been fortunate this year in welcoming an hostesses. We are very much interested in the idea of A O I I songs
unusually large number of its alumna? at the regular fraternity and certainly intend to do our best to make Gamma a "singing
meetings. chapter," although we work under difficulties, not even having a
room of our own. We have just heard that our fraternity examination
Fraternally, takes place March 17th, our "final" week for the winter term. Of
course it is an occasion to be looked forward to with much pleasure!
MARY A . GRANT, Chapter Editor.
On February 18th we went out to Ruth Jordan's camp at Pushaw
GAMMA—UNIVERSITY OF MAINE Lake. There were forty in the party, including our chaperons,
Marian Jordan and Pauline Derby Haskell. The day was perfect
Frances Bartlett, '20 Pauline Mansen, '19 for such an outing and we made the most of it, snowshoeing, walking
around the lake, and taking pictures. A t six o'clock we had a regular
Achsa Beane, '21 Pauline Miller, '21 "baked beans" supper. Then after dancing awhile, we came home
by moonlight.
Rachel Bowen, '21 Gertrude O'Brien, '22
Last Monday night we initiated four more girls at Barbara
Olive Chase, '20 Helen Reed, '21 Dunn's house in Orono. These girls were Marguerite Tibbetts,
Catherine Sargent, Nerita Willey, and Frances Stowe. After the
Barbara Dunn, '20 Catherine Sargent, '22 initiation we gave them a surprise party. We certainly feel proud
of our nine new sisters this year.
Lillian Dunn, '22 Eveline Snow, '20
Last week we had an out-door group picture taken which came out
Priscilla Elliott, '20 Kathleen Snow, '20 a great success. There is a photographer on the campus just now
who has taken fraternity pictures in most of the large colleges and
Eleanor Flint, '21 Dorothy Smith, '21 universities of this country. I n his sample book we found pictures
of A O I I chapter-houses at Minnesota, Greencastle, and Cornell.
Helen Furbish, '22 Faye Smith, '19 These pictures made us long more than ever for a chapter-house of
our own. As our building fund gradually grows we look forward to
Corinne Furbush, '22 Dorothea Stetson, '20 the time when our dreams will be realized.

Julia Gilpatrick, '21 Katherine Stewart, '21 Gamma extends a most cordial welcome to Omega Chapter and
sends best wishes to everyone.
Ruby Hackett, '20 Frances Stowe, '22
L I L L A C. HERSEY, Chapter Editor.
Lilla Hersey, '21 Marguerite Tibbetts, '22

Ruth Jordan, '20 Ella Wheeler, '19

Florence MacLeod, '20 Mollie Wheeler, '22

Nerita Willey, '22

Dear Sisters m A O I I :

I wonder whether spring has come to you as early as it has to us

this year? I t is such a task to stay indoors and study when all out-

doors calls us to leave our work, and play. s

I suppose you are most interested to hear about the annual initiation EPSILON—CORNELL UNIVERSITY
of our five new sisters and its attendant festivities. On the seventeenth
of January we held our initiation at the Bangor House in Bangor. Florence Coupe, '19 Mary Donlon, '20
Directly after came the banquet. About twenty-five alumna? were Irene Green, '19 Ethel Hausman, '20
present beside twenty-seven active girls, so you can imagine what a Hilda Greenawalt, '19 Dorothy Hieber, '20
jolly, pleasant time we had. The initiates' toasts were so clever and Helen Langdon, '19 Marie Hillidge, '20
appropriate, and Peggy Cheney's reading of "The Rose" was Elizabeth Neely, '19 Mary Moore, '20
delightful. I think that our annual banquet is certainly one of the
occasions to' be most treasured in our hearts and memories.