Page 16 - 1918 February - To Dragma

TO DRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI 109

the 10th, the last meeting of the year, and to tell them a little of the
chapters I had visited. May I liken Sigma to California, rich in
numbers, prosperous in the ownership of its own fine house, f u l l to
overflowing, buoyant in the success of its achievements, confident in
its resources.

A t Stanford, I should think it very likely that one would forget
the past, forget that there is a future and live in the present. The
Spanish architecture of the university buildings, the palms, and the
absence of the hurry of a bustling community, all combine to make
an atmosphere of seclusion from the world. I felt it in the two days
that I was there with Lambda. I t even crept into the house, and I
would willingly linger on indefinitely at their fireside sipping tea
served by their chaperon as is their daily custom. Elsie Ford Piper,
Zeta, who is working for her master's degree and living at the house,
took us for a long ride into the country. Lambda had recently held
initiation and very proudly introduced her new members.

I t was like coming home to meet last of all San Francisco Alumnae
chapter, which gathered at the home of Gladys Courtian Britton.
They were the ones who had sent me out on my mission over two
years ago and I sat at their feet and told them the tale of my wander-
ings. I am grateful to Sigma f o r the honor and the joy that has
been given to me.

"Thou hast made me known to friends I knew not. Thou hast
given me seats i n homes not my own. Thou hast brought the distant
near and made a brother of the stranger."

ISABELLE HENDERSON STEWART,

Grand President.