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226 TO DRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI
I read in the February number of To DRAGMA that Anne Linne
is playing in Chu Chin Chow. We have all seen the play and hope
to have her come out here to cozy before she leaves the city.
Good luck to you all in your examinations.
Fraternally yours,
V E L M A STONE, Chapter Editor.
LAMBDA—LELAND STANFORD JR. UNIVERSITY
Where is your chapter roll, Lambda?
Another quarter has slipped by and it is holiday time, true for
but one week, but after final examinations it is a joyous vacation.
We are all looking forward to the spring quarter which opens next
week, for with the war over and Stanford men returning, the campus
will soon be as it was two years ago, and college activities again at a
height. Stanford's many professors who have been engaged in war
work in the East and abroad are rapidly returning, and scholastic
opportunities will be much better and more varied.
Lambda is still doing her share in the various drives, Red Cross,
Y. M . C. A., and Salvation Army, but with times less critical, there
has naturally been a slackening in these lines of endeavor. Red
Cross work has changed in many of its details, but will probably be
necessary for some time to come.
We do not anticipate the entrance of many new girls this quarter,
so that formal rushing will not occupy its usual important place
during the first few days. There are now twenty girls in the house,
four of whom are freshmen, and in accordance with the university
rule live at Roble Hall.
Lambda's chapter editor had hoped for an inspiration that would
make this letter contain a message, but has fallen back to the custo-
mary resume of plain facts, and this time not even events. The spring
quarter, however, should bring us many things of interest to write
about, and of which our sister Alpha O's will enjoy reading.
VERA THOMAS, Chapter Editor.
IOTA—UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
Velda Bamesberger, Grad. Hazel Stephens, '19
Helen Brauns, '19 Marion Kenny, '19
Aileen Hunter, '19 Frances Fowler, '19
Mary Putnam, '19 May Brady, '19
Edith Davis, '19 Dorothy Dunn, '19
Ruth Holman, '19 Lucie Burwash, ' 2 0
Elsie Noel, '19 Grace Gantz, '10
Beatrice Levy, '19 Leila Sheppard, ' 2 0
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Shirley Mann, '20 Ellen Kittinger, '21
Ruth Berneuter, '20 Mabel May, '21
Agnes Fuller, '20 Katherine Wesson, '21
Maurine Lantz, '20 Mildred Holmes, '22
Esther Van Doren, '21 Ruth Coughlan, '22
Eliza Garmen, '21 Frances Cottrell, '22
Ina Hotterman, '21 Lucille Gibson, '22
Ruth Terwilliger, '21 Annetta Wood, '22
Pledge
Frieda Harshbarger, '22
I t seems to me that nearly every time I attempt to write a chapter
letter some calamity befalls us. One time war was upon us and the
"flu," then peace disturbed our spirits, and this time Louisa is sick.
Now I must admit, Louisa is only an individual like anyone else
but in our eyes she is an extremely important individual at that—
you see Louisa is our cook and a sick cook with twenty to twenty-five
hungry mouths to feed daily and thirty-two on Monday is no light
matter. However, she feels much better and let me assure you we
too feel easier for Iota of Alpha Omicron Pi without Louisa would
seem much like the cat without its proverbial nine lives.
The college year is passing rapidly and quarter examinations are
again looming just ahead—another quarter of work and then—
Commencement! You can soon guess that the writer of this is a
"nineteener" but somehow seniors always have an exceptional faculty
of remembering that they are seniors, at least so the freshmen say.
However, said freshmen no longer look with such awe at the upper-
classmen as before, for their sheaf of wheat has been replaced by a
real Alpha O pin, much to each girl's joy. February 8th was the
day it all happened. Ten-thirty Saturday morning was the time set
for the annual freshman stunt, and I must admit, we were agreeably
surprised when upon entering the living-room we were each presented
with a very professional looking program which was a resume of the
play and the cast. This play consisted of an original four-act skit,
cleverly worked out and of course with the usual number of hits
and take-offs. Initiation took place that afternoon and that evening
was held the annual initiation banquet. How much each Alpha O
always takes from a gathering of such a sort, with a common bond
and where the true Alpha O spirit holds sway. And to crown it all
appeared a five-pound box of candy! One glance at Hazel Stephens'
blushing face soon revealed the fact that our tiniest senior had
deserted the ranis of the celibate. And you may know that the
fortunate medic hiown to the uninitiated world as William Buhrman
received more than one envious comment. The next week we received