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TAU DELTA'S INSTALLATION

WH E N T H E NOTICE came to me to write an informal account
of the installation of Tau Delta chapter, there arose before
my mind a lovely mist of pretty girls, telegrams, corsages, dash-
ing automobiles, hot weather, the smell of roses and sweet peas,
sweeping and dusting, packing, good food, wonderful music, re-
ceiving lines at teas, aching feet, toasts, fraternity blanks, pins,
happy greetings, and above all the thrill of hearing again the
service that each time is dearer and more beautiful and more
inspiring.

But how to detach all these details, and make them clear and
interesting f o r anybody else, that is difficult. I feel as i f this
article would simply be a series of exclamations! Many of you
have met Helen Crain, and you will admit that she is a star.
Judge the rest of the chapter by her and you will know
that it is a "star" chapter. They will not have undue enlargement
of the ego when they read this, because they know that Alpha
Omicron Pi is supremely worth while, and nothing that is worth
while can be enjoyed without work, hard work and constant vigil-
ance. There is no royal road to anything, and i f you knew what
their "Tau Delta" stood for, I am sure that you would believe that
they mean to be a conscientious and earnest chapter of our f r a -
ternity.

They were deprived of a great privilege by not having Katrina
there to install them, and I undertook to substitute for her with
great trepidation. But my enthusiasm soon made me forget my
trepidation. A n d I had such good help, Mamie Baskerville and
Catherine Rasbury. So much credit f o r the success of this chap-
ter and the whole affair is due Mamie, and I advise everybody
who is installing a chapter to take Catherine along. I do not
mean to slight the other .alumnae; they were indispensable.

On Thursday night I arrived in Birmingham and went to
Mamie's f o r the night. W e talked 'til three o'clock, making plans
and going over our information and instructions. Bright and
early we went out to the College, where I met many of the girls,
and Catherine joined us. I n the afternoon the alumnae chapter
gave a tea f o r us at the Southern Club. Our charming Ellen
W o o d stood at the head o f the line and introduced us to repre-
sentatives from the faculty, trustees, and all the national fraterni-