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To DRAGMA

VOL. X I I I OCTOBER, 1918 No. 4

T o DRAGMA is published at 450-454 Ahnaip Street, Menasha, Wis., by George
Banta, official printer to the fraternity. Entered at the Postoffice at Menasha,
Wis., as second-class matter, April 13, 1909, under the act of March 3, 1897.

Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in section 1103,
Act of October 3, 1917, authorized August 1, 1918.

To DRAGMA is published four times a year.

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Mary Ellen Chase, Editor-in-chief. Carolyn Fraser Pulling, Business
Manager.

THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

Y o u must realize that you are living in a new era, for the col-
lege of a few years ago is not the college of today. The
women students are not only filling the places on the campus
of the men who have answered the call to the colors, but they
are adapting themselves to the many demands made upon
them. These demands are varied. Look over your wardrobe.
L e t us trust that it is not so elaborate as a f e w years ago, that
you have made a few sacrifices. Some girls I know are mak-
i n g the "old things do," and a few more dollars are helping to
w i n the war, or alleviating the suffering across the water. Are
you one of the helpers? Then are you doing your share in
eliminating sodas, candies, treats, and expensive rushing par-
ties? These are not trivial now. And, O dear girls, you are
children no longer, for whom things are to be done; now you
are grown and you must do for yourselves, your college, your
chapter. A conscientious president wrote me: " T e l l me what
I am to do w i t h the girls who won't help and who neglect the
tasks, small though they be, set f o r them?" I n the first place,
we do not want girls of that type for Alpha O's, and if you are
one, be one no longer, for that means you are indifferent, self-
ish, and thoughtless. Y o u cannot a f f o r d to announce so
publicly your lack of fine qualities, for it is an acknowledgment
that you have forgotten the ideals you assumed when you
became one of us. Remember that E V E R Y T H I N G matters
nowadays, and that there is no limit to what we can do. Alpha
Omicron P i wants you to reach that limit, and she expects i t
of you.

ISABELLE HENDERSON STEWART,
Grand President.