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They have bought a new home and her mother is here keeping her
two children." " T w o ! Has she two? D i d you ever see anything
like the children in this chapter?" "Lucretia, 1 told Alice she ought
to give her baby prunes, don't you think so ? Why, Delia Kyle had
prune pulp long ago." Four-thirty. The "teachers" begin to come.
Helen Kennedy who has charge of the domestic science in the high
school: " I just could not come 'last week, I took my girls to that
cooking school up town every day. I have been getting them to
sign food cards and pledges to make candy but once a month." " I t
was fine to have a l l those visitors back Thanksgiving." "And
weren't they a nifty lot? Ruth Tarpley is so pretty." -Where did
Elizabeth Ayres get that gorgeous corsage?" " I wonder i f she is
going to get married soon." " I t is nice that Aubrey Faulkner and
Edith Verrace can teach at the same place, and Kathleen Vaughn and
Julia Rather." " I was so glad that Alice Cox could come in for
the party, and the baby is so sweet. Alice on a farm! Just loves
it too!" "And think of Laura Swift on a farm!" " I am going to
ask her i f she w i l l run that new car she got for a wedding present
into town to sell vegetables."

Altogether in one voice, "Isn't Mrs. Stewart wonderful!"
"Yes, i t is getting late." "But we got a lot done." "Emma is
coming an extra day and help me finish up these shirts. Then I am
obliged to knit the rest of the week. This is seven sweaters I have
knit, beside helmets, hoods, and wristlets." "Goodbye." "Good-
bye."

L U C R E T I A JORDAN B I C K L E Y , President.

LYNCHBURG ALUMNffi

You have read elsewhere in this issue of the installation of the
Lynchburg Alumnae Chapter. For several years we have been looking
forward to forming a chapter—at last we are a reality. We are very
much indebted to our splendid Lynchburg men—during the last year
three Kappa girls married and came to Lynchburg to live—Elizabeth
Webber, '12 (Mrs. Gordon Payne), Nan Atkinson '13 (Mrs. Gilmer
Craddock), Susie Mann '16 (Mrs. Malcolm Gannaway), and just
before Christmas Elizabeth Bryan, K '15, married Sam Williams,
a captain at Camp Lee, and Lynchburg will eventually be their home.

Our first meetings were held at the sorority house at Randolph-
Macon. The Kappa girls were almost as excited over our installation
as we were, but since the weather has been so bitter, we saved fuel
and have been meeting at our homes.

At the November meeting the following officers were elected:
President. Mrs. Clara M . Cleland