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PI—H. SOPHIE NEWCOMB MEMORIAL COLLEGE

That the Christmas holidays have come and gone is hard to realize,
for Pi has been too busy to even think of time. Rushing this year
has been more strenuous than ever, owing to the new rules adopted
by the local Panhellenic. One of these rules, that there shall be no
rushing off the campus, means much time and energy devoted to
obtaining "dates" during study hours with the freshmen; another
rule, that there shall be no money spent on rushing, means that we
must think harder than ever to devise parties at which the absence
of refreshments will not be noticed. I n accordance with the latter.
Pi entertained the freshmen some time ago with a "stirring melo-
drama" entitled Starvation, the chief actors in which were a soldier
hero (Fay) and the leading lady (Evelyn). There were also a
villain and a vampire remarkably portrayed by Helen and Ellen,
respectively. This presentation was such a success that we followed
it a month later with "Thf Pink Slip: a musical comedy without any
plot." Fay (who was also the author of our first play) had parodied
eight or nine popular songs, and the absence of a plot was made up
for by the presence of a chorus of ladies and "gentlemen" who did
their best to make it a howling success.

With the Thanksgiving holidays came our long expected visit from
our Grand President, and very interested we were to hear her accounts
of all the other chapters and what they are doing. We were sorry
that Mrs. Stewart had so little time to give us, but we found a chance
during her stay to initiate Jessie Roane, whose initiation we had
postponed until Mrs. Stewart's arrival. Jessie is a sophomore and
a splendid girl who, we know, will be a credit to Alpha Omicron Pi.

Just before the holidays the chapter turned out, one might almost
say in a body, to aid in the Red Cross membership drive. Jessie and
Corinne in one morning made seventy-five dollars between them.
Many of the girls also sold Red Cross stamps, and there is hardly a
one of us who is not knitting for the Red Cross, the Washington
Artillery, or the Navy League.

A few days before Christmas the Newcomb Y. W. C. A. gave a
Christmas tree for the orphans of a nearby "home." Alpha Omicron
Pi was well represented in this, for Marjorie Fell. Jessie Roane, and
Ruth Kastler worked untiringly for days ahead to make it a success.
Some of us have decided each to "adopt" an orphan, and pay semi-
monthly visits to our "children" or take them occasionally to a picture-