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been more keenly realized than ever by us of Tau since the advent
of Mary Ellen Chase. We feel that she is a veritable fairy god-
mother—or god-sister would express more truly what she is to us.

Of course our biggest red-letter day was that day on which our
Grand President, Isabelle Henderson Stewart., arrived. Her unusual-
ly charming personality won every girl who met her. After the tea
which we gave for her, we found that Mrs. Stewart's thoughtful gray
eyes had enraptured other campus coeds than Alpha O's. Together
Mrs. Stewart and Mary Chase made many plans which are now
pushing Tau to the front in leaps and bounds.

We have been giving little informal rushing teas throughout the
year. No.w we have three new pledges to add to the three whom
we pledged earlier.

The former are Borghild Erling, '19, Emily Esswein, '19, and
Mildred Hagen, '19. A l l of them are worthwhile girls, who grow
finer and more attractive to us every day.

Our newest treasures are Rhoda Kellog, '20, and Margaret How-
arth. '20, both of them among the strongest and most attractive
girls in the sophomore class, and Anne Yates. Proud indeed are we
of Anne Yates! She is our first graduate pledge. We never should
have secured her but for Mary Chase. Anne graduated from Mount
Holyoke, after which she went to Columbia to get her M.A. I n
spite of her threats I shall say she was such a bright person that she
was persuaded to come to Minnesota to obtain her Ph.D. in phy-
siology. I n spite of Anne's ability and occasional inclinations to
engage in learned discussions on such intelligible subjects as metabo-
lism, pediatrics, and hydrocephalus with our Dr. Cecile, while the
rest of us listen loaded with dictionaries, she is as pretty and gay as
our youngest pledge; and we look with eager eyes to the future and
the honor she will bring to us.

Minnesota, like all the other colleges in the United States, has
foresworn social pleasures during the present crisis. Hence we can
boast of no dances or formal parties. On the campus, as ever, Leta
Nelson has been gaining more and more popularity and honor. I n
her role of Mrs. Erlvnne in Lady Windemerc's Fan, Leta lived up to
her name of "The best emotional actress that the campus has ever
produced." She has also been elected to Sigma Tau, an honorary
society for the twenty senior girls who have accomplished the most
for the university during their college courses. Alma Boehme is one
of the feature editors on the campus War Baby, the 1919 Gopher, and
also, with Muriel Fairbanks. '18, is prominent in work on the Min-
nesota Daily.