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TO PRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI 311

I t is with much regret that the Executive Committee has accepted
the resignation of Mrs. Swanson as Registrar. She has done much
to standardize the records and chapter books. The work of this
office has grown tremendously with the addition of new chapters and
the ever increasing membership list. I n the interests of centraliza-
tion, therefore, instead of appointing a new Registrar, the Executive
Committee has decided to try the experiment this year of combining
this office with that of the Grand Secretary in the hope of reducing
the work of chapter secretaries, avoiding duplication of reports, and
economizing in postage and paper.

The National Panhellenic Delegate reports that, as a whole, most
of the chapters have had a fairly successful Panhellenic year. Nu
Kappa reported the lifting by Kappa Alpha Theta of one of her
pledges, who transferred to the University of Texas. The matter
is still unsettled, but is in process of adjustment.

The results of the fraternity examinations, of which a report has
already been published in To DRAGMA, is very gratifying. The
Examining Officer has, however, reported an apparent misunderstand-
ing on the part of the chapters as to specials and graduate students
taking the examinations. They are all expected to do so, for they
are an integral part of each chapter.

The Business Manager of To DRAGMA has an encouraging number
of alumna; subscriptions to report. Life subscriptions have increased
from two last year to thirty-eight with the promise of more this fall.
Those who subscribe now will escape the advance in rates which will
have to be made some time during the year.

The Treasurer's report is given elsewhere and shows that we are
in good financial condition. This is perhaps a good place to remind
all chapters, active and alumna-, that their dues are payable by No-
vember 15th and that dues should be sent for each new initiate or
member of the chapter who is taken in after that time, directly after
she joins the chapter.

The Committee on Revision of the Constitution is still working on
amendments and hopes to devise some means of getting them to the
chapters, so that the badly neede-.! new copies may be printed. Copies
of the amendments passed at the special Grand Council meeting held
in February have been sent to all Grand Council members. I f anyone
failed to receive hers, please notify the Grand Secretary.

The campaign for the Ambulance Fund, of which a report is
Riven elsewhere, has brought to light many discrepancies in addresses