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tion of S. A. T . C. College life is rapidly resuming its pre-war
activities. Dozens of men are returning to take up their work again
and we expect soon to see the university as it was before the war.
Eta sends best wishes to all.
I R E N E FOLCKEMER, Chapter Editor.
ALPHA PHI—MONTANA STATE COLLEGE
Where is your chapter roll?
A DIARY
JANUARY 1st, 1919. We of Alpha Phi do this day highly resolve:
1. To study harder than ever.
2. To go to church at least once every Sunday.
3. To make a bath schedule for the house girls so they will not
all want the tub at once.
4. To make our own the very finest girls of the freshman class.
5. Not to let our house ghost frighten us.
6. Not to get the flu.
We also have our first 1919 caller—Lillie Cretors.
P. S. Resolution No. 7 : We will keep our ? book and snapshot
book up to date. f have a delightful time. Our patronesses, Mrs. Schoppe (A O I I )
" M i l l y " comes back. Hurrah !
JANUARY 6th. On this day there happened an exciting event in the
life of our most dignified senior, Doris. She was calmly walking
down the snowy short cut, her thoughts busy figuring out how many
calories she would consume for luncheon, when fate determined to
shake her dignity. For her instrument, fate chose a little girl on a
new Christmas sled. Down she swooped upon our unsuspecting
Doris, nearer, nearer, nearer, until the inevitable collision came.
There was a scream, a shower of books, and an astonished senior
found herself reposing—not exactly comfortably nor gracefully—
upon the back of the little coasting enthusiast. After a delightful
ride for about a block, the sled stopped and Doris, a much less
dignified senior, gathered up her belongings and again started home.
There were no casualties in this encounter.
JANUARY 12th. Visitors—Mildred Forrest, Noneeta Noble, Dorothy
Ann Holland, and Dorothy Noble.
JANUARY 18th. Our ten girls accept, and they are all splendid
girls, too.
JANUARY 21st. Guests again. They write a bit in our diary as
follows:
I haven't caught the "flu";
I hope I never do;
'Twould sound so ungrammatical
To say " I , too, have 'flu.'"
DAVE GRAY.
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"Do you believe in dreams? I didn't until this evening; then,
your dandy dinner brought me faith i n the 'sleeping existence.'
Tige's' stories, Etta's music, Mary's wit, Lynnie's sweetness, Helen's
dancing, and 'Hank's' laughter were all refreshing and amusing.
But Marcie's—well, were fanciful ones, for Marcie would make the
marble heart in a statue of Lincoln resemble Vernon Castle's feet."
LEO C. H .
JANUARY 23rd. Our house ghost becomes restless and swishes
through the house at midnight. New Year resolution No. 5 is
broken.
JANUARY 26th. Pledging day. Irma Lessel, Ruby Hodgskiss, and
Martha J . are all with us. A happy day, and ten solemn little pledges
don their tiny gold pins. We gain a little sister, too, for Henrietta
is initiated. We are as happy as she is. Our pledges are: Lillian
Drummond, Florence Aitken, Charlotte Cooley, Mildred Forrest,
Dorothy Ann Holland, Gladys Matthews, Dorothy Noble, Noneeta
Noble, Mary Stranahan, and Ethel Young. We realise ours is to be
a musical chapter for three of our new girls sing delightfully and
several of them play well. With our members and pledges we can
almost give a concert!!
FEBRUARY 1st. We have a party for our pledges—a dancing party.
Florence has a most disconcerting time finding a partner. The first
six she asked for had already been invited for someone else!!
We spend the day cleaning house, rolling back rugs, and waxing
floors. The music is excellent and everyone is in fine spirits so we
and Mrs. Davidson and their husbands are with us. We have fifty
couples. The favor dances were especially successful. For the first
one, we matched the two pieces of a playing card; in the second,
the boys drew for roses and found a girl's name in each; the third
favor dance was most exciting, for the boys drew little hearts from
a big one, and on each little heart was a girl's name. Sometimes it
was quite surprising to find who had your heart.
The war being over, we served punch, and our pledges took turns
at this duty. I f everyone had as much f u n as we ourselves did, our
party was a real success.
FEBRUARY 4th. A guest writes this about us: " A delightful place
to go—the Alpha O House." Wasn't that nice of her?
FEBRUARY 14th. Alpha Phi receives a happy valentine surprise, for
Man'—'"Milly"—tells us a secret and gives us a five-pound box of
candy. His first name is "Lloyd," but he is a good American and
not related to Lloyd George at all.