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Although the memories of yesterday are probably the vis a tergo Third quarter rushing starts again this week, and our most pro-
which is prompting this outburst, 1 shall save those recollections for found hopes will be realized i f our new freshmen in any way come
the grand finale. For a fortnight the freshmen have been uppermost up to those we have just initiated.
in our minds, first because they thrust their own little ego upon us,
and then because they finally built a prop behind them to hold them L I L A K L I N E , Chapter Editor.
there. The intrusion began with a little command of ours that
the freshmen perform a stunt f o r us on Monday night after chapter CHI—SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
meeting as the beginning of their probation. Their efforts so far
exceeded our demands that Mary Chase insists that they repeat the Mary Adams, '19 Elisabeth Zimmer, '20
performance and invite all the other sororities. I t was a regular Greta Ames, '19 Florence Barker, '21
Orpheum performance including the jazz band and a sorority initia- Irene Becker,'19 Greta Coe,'21
tion ; and they ended by selling fudge and all-day suckers for paper Helen Gregory, '19 Leona Frye, '21
money. Gertrude Hall, '19 Eleanor Hammond, '21
Ruth Harvey, '19 Marion Jones, '21
Despite the freshman stunt, we were still cruel enough to insist Ina Miller, '19 Marion Knapp, '21
that they perform the usual menial probation tasks of serving, Laura Moore, '19 Margaret Kreisel, '21
entering by the rear door, and preface each conversation to upper- Reva Snyder, '19 Gertrude Marks, '21
classmen with, "We are the scum of the earth." Ethel Williams, '19 Marcia Rosbrook, '21
Kathlyn Gilcher, '20 Edna Williams, '21
As initiation was to take place Thursday night at five-thirty we Esther Hogenbucher, '20 Gladys Ames, '22
insisted that the freshmen keep absolute silence all day, or rather Mildred Wright, '20 Esther Baker, '22
that they remain speechless. Being obedient freshmen, they had a
slumber party the night before in a large room on third. Instantly Chi has been the busiest ever this semester; we are making up
on the stroke of twelve they ceased talking, but—they had retained for all the social affairs which we did not have during the war.
their jazz instruments, and added sundry others including whistles,
combs, and drums. Just as we were sinking into slumber, we were On February 8th we had a formal tea and reception for our new
awakened by excruciating noises, and the freshman band wandered chaperon, Mrs. Hosley of Amsterdam, New York. She has been
through the hall. A t two-thirty, and again at six, we were rudely with us for two months now, and we have found her truly delightful.
called to consciousness by the speechless wonders.
I hope it is not too late to tell about Mrs. McCausland's visit to
I n spite of the lurid dreams of the night before, initiation was very us last November. I dared not speak of it in my last letter since
impressive, and was followed by a banquet at the Leamington Hotel. it was "war work only," but you can all imagine how glad we were
Again the freshmen surprised us by surpassing the upperclassmen and how much we enjoyed it although the visit was all too short.
in the cleverness of their toasts. Clara Groffe and Katherine Donlow from Epsilon were here at the
same time and with Helen Worster Cleaves from Gamma to join
And then, Thursday night, we found at each plate at dinner an us, we felt that we were indeed honored. I am sorry to say that
invitation to a progressive tea given by the freshmen on Saturday. Mrs. Cleaves has left Syracuse now.
And it certainly was a grand finale. They met us at the chapter-house
in cars, and carried us in state to one of the girls' homes. After Last Friday we had our initiation and on Saturday evening our
much dancing and admiring of Easter decorations, we were served banquet at the Onondaga. We were fortunate in having seventeen
most elaborate refreshments for a mere tea, including a new A O I I of our alumnae with us. Louise Woodroofe, '19, Iota, was present.
salad in the shape of our pins and ice cream in the shapes of Easter- Greta Ames made a splendid toastmistress.
lilies, chickies, and bunnies.
We have had two informal dances this semester and are planning
Such splendid spirit on the part of our freshmen has stirred us now for our big formal. We are allowed only one formal a year,
to greater activity. Next Saturday, the juniors are giving a the so we have to make it a very wonderful affair.
dan-ant at the chapter-house. We are also planning for a house
party at one of the lakes, and our big formal party in May. We have not been too busy with social affairs, however, to do things
on the H i l l . I n the recent freshman class elections Esther Baker
was made secretary and one of our juniors, Mildred Wright, was
elected president of the Sociology Club. Peg Kreisel and Marion