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Thelma Robertson '24, convention-bound, did not have so far to go, of
course, but she displayed equal promptitude the day school closed in packing
her things into the useful little car that, I verily believe, has carried, some-
time or other, every Chi in Jersey, as well as many neither of Chi nor of
Jersey. We feel pretty safe in asserting that the new tires bore her and
Poll}* Howalt '25, whom she picked up at Syracuse, to Minnesota without
disaster, for we ourselves heard Thelma declare, with unwonted earnest-
ness the last time she had to leave the car at a garage and seek home by
other means, that never, never again would she burn out anything, even
if she had to stop at every second station f o r oil.

We have heard of no other Chi alumna who managed to reach conven-
tion. Kay Gilcher '20 went quite in the opposite direction to spend her
vacation in Europe, and Marjorie Townsend '22 restricted her wanderings
this year to New England.

Tq make up a bit for the many who fled from Syracuse this summer,
two former Syracusans returned for a time: Agnes Crowcll Rood, ex-
'17, came from Detroit f o r the month of August, and Flummie Rich, ex-
'19, breezed in from Lancaster for a glimpse of her friends of this section.

A few of the girls have, most commendably of course, chosen study
rather than travel f o r the summer's recreation. Irene Becker '19 has been
continuing her French work in Middlebury, Vermont; Edith Smith Haus-
ner '14 went to Albany Summer School; Edith Gessler '23 attended the
Berkshire School of A r t at Monterey; and Mina Gordon '25 motored west
for summer school at the University of Wisconsin.

Those who remained in Syracuse f o r the first part of the vacation
enjoyed at least two gatherings: the first, the shower that Ted Petrie
Olrich gave at the chapter house f o r Gertrude Marks, which included
eight Chi's among its guests; the second, the meeting out at Emily's, where
Cordelia Vance, active delegate to convention, enthralled her audience by
the narrative of happenings at Radisson Inn.

Emily herself has been busy studying housekeeping during her family's
absence in Europe. She mentioned a trip of her own in August, but, char-
acteristically spent so much time giving news of others that she neglected
to tell more of herself.

Gertrude Shaw '16 gave over the first part of the summer to the
revision of her math book. A new edition is to come out soon.

Edith Rauch, '18, has been entertaining herself of late with a new Ford
sedan. We guess that she is preparing f o r the next convention.

Jane Gooding is working for the Mercantile Acceptance Corporation in
Syracuse and living a tthe house.

Marcia Rosbrook '21 will begin dietitian work at the Memorial Hos-
pital, Syracuse, this fall. Mary Lutz '23 has been in charge of the labor-
atory there all this summer.

One of the newly graduated, also, Helen Howalt, plans to work in
Syracuse this winter. Three of her classmates will be teaching not far
away: Helen Roszell at Genoa; Faith T r u l l at Vernon; and Mary Williams
at Horseheads.

Gladys Ames '22 will teach at Leroy. New York.
The 1925 news column should include the information that Ethel
Hunter is now out in Los Angeles; that Mildred Riese will be supervisor of
music in Whitehall, New York, next year; and that Lorraine Brett, accord-
ing to present plans, will remain at home.
Lorraine is by no means the exception. Lillian Battenfeld. '18. is to
continue her teaching in the high school of her home town of Amsterdam,
'where, as she gently pointed out in reply to a far-from-gentle lecture on
epistolary sins, she is kept fairly busy by supervising her home, teaching
strange subjects, coaching basketball and managing a Girl Scout group.