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NUMBER 11..
..ALPHA ALPHA
This is the first day in ASA for our eleven new girls and wr c nll so happy together. lbere ie such a di~ference between our little pledges of laet week anf our ner1 ASAs of- today . At our initi& ti n lust night the serYiocs were most impressive. we gathered in thb new Pierian LiteraTy· Hall, a most becttftul room . Its furtiiure conaiets of ~~o tea tn~~s, a large table, a piano and rows of chairs. By a~sligbt rearrangement of the furniture ancl ~lith our altar in the front of the room, we had n very pretty and impressive setting . As the l7alls are ba.re and v1hit€, we banked the comers v,rith le.rge quantities of pine, wh~h ~e arranged also around Rnd above the piano, as r~ell as around the foot of tbe altar. Then we u~ed glass candlesticks with red shades. The whole effect was 1lovely. · Jl.fter the services we went to the "Chocolate Shop" :Cor our banquet. The table wcs qu1te lo~ as there we re 31 places. From the c~delier hung n large vrmm 0f cedar. from whinh fell a shouer.eof stars. thus empha$izing our ·green and gold. On the table v1ere eight cQD!lestioks, foU% on either side of the star shower, and at each place uas a large white chrysanthemum, thru uhich was tied the plac€ eard by ,earl white and orimaon ribbons. The oandil shades uere red nith our letters cut into tho sides. The menu ~as excellsnt , and a most delightfnl additional feet~re was our having a pieno and cellQ, 'S7b1oh played throughout the evening. Our guests of honor Pe re !I1Ss :Iamtlton, Dean of \!omen, and our patronesses, r.:rs. Kuhne, Mrs . Richards Helen Boggess, Helen Lincoln nnd Ruth Stephenso~ and tliss Molyneaux. re~eaented our alumnae- . Everything went off beautifully. Thele vras only one rfJgre t, and that V7as because two of our patronesses , Hrs. Clark ana Mr'3 . Culler wqre unable to be present on account of !llness. Ruth Elder was toast mistress. l7ith the Opera, "Hermes , the Guod tuck God" as her theme. Our President uas the Prima Donna, the Patronesses the Orch&stra ttnder the direction rf Mrs. Riehards, the Audience our Alumnae represented b7 Ruth Stepher.son. while Miss Hamilton ~erved as Crit"c . The Scener- · ~tkout which no opera could be staged, ~as represented by the Fresh'!D41Jl. with HortensiJ Btlrkhe1mer as spokesman. Every toast r.ras attractitf ( ant'tnteresting. One of the uniqu~ things about the banqu€t was tht Place card. Isabelle Key conceived the idea of v1ri ting to :Mrs. Martm for an advanoe copy of our coa t-of-arms. Mrs. Martin sent a little sketch which was copied and r.i th v1hich every one is in lov , 1Je are so engernbw to see the Shil}.gles on nhich thi~ design occurs an~ t7hich Mrs. Mart~ hQpes to have ready for distribution at New Year's. Alp~a Alpha hopes very much to secure as honorary member. _ r:1ss Uolynea.ux, a cousin of onr University President . She i s a brl lliant woman and n most int r sting one, a woman whose,___ close personal i r1endship would mean u great deal to our girls. She has _not ~efu8e -. our bid and ue trust that she ,,r ill find o. uay to acoept, ~n sp"l to the fact that she has so ronny home care s and an invalid f ather Pho he= personnl attehtion. Alpha hlpha u ill be very fortunate if it co~ seoure her. ~ l