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11 TO DRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI

Having checked over the gowns, we bundled everything into
M r . McKinney's car. A n d , by the way, this seems to be an excel-
lent place to pay tribute to the Alpha O husband. I can't imagine
how Kappa Theta could ever have been, without the various gen-
tlemen who appeared out of thin air when needed, and then van-
ished f o r an entire week-end, their wives being otherwise occu-
pied. We drove to the home of May Chandler Goodan, Lambda,
where installation was to be held, a lovely house and gardens. N o
one could wish f o r a more perfect setting f o r any ceremony, and
we felt our good fortune to have it at our fraternity's disposal
for the day. I n fact, we were already taking possession, f o r we
left May with one room entirely devoted to boxes and cases.

I lack the vocabulary of our western realtors, so I ' l l spare you
details of how perfect a day Saturday the twenty-third was, but
mention it only to complete as far as possible the picture. Gardens,
girls in white dresses, sunshine over everything, Los Angeles i n
M a y ! There were thirty-two girls to initiate, so we gathered
early in the afternoon, and at two o'clock the service began. Los
Angeles alumnae had sent a hundred or so invitations to our
alumnae in southern California, and, including active Lambda and
Sigma girls, there were at least sixty i n our beautiful formation,
all robed, a truly impressive sight. The two assistant officers were
Muriel McKinney, Lambda, and Martha Wolff Benkcrt. first
president of Tau chapter and president-elect of Los Angeles
Alumnae. Each of us i n turn initiated five girls until the long
list was completed and Kappa Theta chapter was a reality. Even
the pledges had a part in the general rejoicing, f o r they appeared
after the ceremony, and dispensed punch and cookies most accept-
ably.

How i t took us back to undergraduate days—the hurrying
home and hurrying out again! This time i n dinner dresses to
the M a r y Louise Tea Shop, where all proper banquets in Los
Angeles like to be held. There were perhaps a hundred there,
and it was interesting to find how many chapters were represented.
Roll was called during the evening, and there were responses f r o m
Tau, Iota, Zeta, Rho, Omega, Alpha Phi, Eta, Alpha Sigma,
Lambda and Sigma.

But I am forgetting the chronological order which I have been
so carefully observing. The installation officers were greeted