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a strike was declared, and the question of whether it was possible
to run the R. O. T . C. without making it compulsory was taken up
by the faculty. A t present the question is still unsettled, but will
be within a week. The girls are not taking any part, but are sitting
by and listening to the orators wax eloquent about how they trained
in the S. A. T . C , in the camps, and went to France and fought,
bled, and died there.
But even that faded into the background Saturday night when the
coed basketball team met the Clarksville High School team i n the
gymnasium. The game was the swiftest ever played by the coeds
and A O IT was justly proud of its representatives, Viola Phillipp,
center, and Pearl Tuttle, guard. The teams were well matched and
victory was not at all certain, since we hadn't recovered from last
year's defeat. Yet when the final score was announced it was in
favor of Vandy.
And now for the most exciting fraternity news of all. Lois
Callahan is going to leave us at the end of this term and march down
the isle to the tune of Mendelssohn. She is to be married at Fulton,
Kentucky, April 8th, and the whole active chapter is going to Fulton
to be present. We hate the idea of giving her up—yet weddings
are so interesting i n general and this one in particular. By the time
this goes to print she will be Mrs. Loil Hindman.
Nu Omicron sends love and best wishes to all other chapters and
especially to the new chapter at Miami.
SARAH COSTON, Chapter Editor.
PSI—UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Mildred Beyer,'21 Alice Lipp,'20
Natalie Collins, '22 Marian Ludden, '21
Alice Conkling, '21 Eleanor Rohner, '19
Ruth Cotton, '19 Margaret Robinson, '20
Charlotte Easby, '21 Catherine Snively, '20
Mary Glowacki, '19 Sylvia Sutcliffe, '20
E. Cosette Kavanaugh, '21 Helen Waitneight, '20
C. La Rue Kellar, '21 Anna Woll, '22
Dear Alpha O Sisters:
They tell me it is considered bad form to pun, but the effects of
a course in Shakespeare will creep out at times. I can't resist telling
you that although our name is "Psi" we are the happiest group on
the campus. Right! I knew you could guess the reason—our new
sisters. We are delighted to present to you Natalie Collins, Charlotte
Easby, Catherine Snively, and Anna Woll. I f I should attempt to
tell you about them I would use more than my allotted space, so I
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will only assure you that they are quite the best freshmen to be
found anywhere, and Psi is exceedingly proud of them. We were
much disappointed in that we were unable to bid a fine girl because
she had joined a high school sorority after January, 1916. The
effects of this ruling are going to be felt greatly next* year and both
the girls and the fraternities are going to lose by it.
Our initiation and banquet took place on February 8th. I t was
truly a time to be remembered for not only did we initiate our new
members but Helen N . Henry installed the Philadelphia Alumnae
Chapter. The alumme chapter was installed first and then joined
us in our initiation and banquet. We have already realized what
it means to have an alumna; chapter near by to guide and help us.
Since the new term commenced in January all college activities
have started up again and "Penn" begins to look as it did before the
war. Our girls are taking active interest in settlement work. Two
of us have a group of "Girl Scouts" and four others have classes of
small children at the University Settlement House, while Ruth is the
president of the Social Service Club. At present, however, reaction
from long conservation is in f u l l swing. The first sign of merry-
making a Pile Mele. This is a strictly Pennsylvania coed celebra-
tion. It consists of a play written by a coed, acted by coeds, and
attended by coeds. Four Alpha O's will shine as actresses, while
three others will play in the orchestra which consists of two violins,
two ukuleles, one banjo, one guitar, and six mandolins. This great
event will take place on March 18th. The other coed festivity is the
undergraduate dance which is to be given in April.
Before that annual event, however, there are several strictly
A O I I dates. The first is to be a party given to us by our
appreciative freshmen. The second-.js ^subscription dance given to
swell, the sum of A O II's gift for reWtistruction. But the most
important is. our Anniversary Day. On April 13th we will be one
year old. The time has flown quickly and yet Alpha Omicron Pi
has become so much to us that we feel as though we had been a part
of it for many years instead of one. Since our birthday falls on
Sunday, we are planning a great celebration for the following
Monday. But at present we are busy getting ready for the examina-
tion. However, in the midst of our earnest *truj|P|e> we stop to send
you the wish that is given in one of our banquet songs by our beloved
poet, Cecelia:
We drink to thee, dear A O IT's,
May fortune smile on thee,
Nfay troubles ever pass thee by and leave thee worry free.
What better wish is there than this
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