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ALVA .
To tr:ose of you v.,rho initiate but once a year except under Here we are JUst f~n~shed with one initiation ~nd now we a re busy rushing at the opening of a nevv t e rm. :1lva h:Ls f ·Y-i.ii- terms each year, bt•t most of our rushing, pledging and initiation is confined to three l .. erms, -Fall, Spring and Surru:ner . Our recent initiation was not a large one~ for we added but three girls, Glenn McGill, Nelle Searcy and Georg~a Vi?ars. Glenn was one of the sig~ers of the petition from our Soros~s Club, but was sent off to Arizona by her physicia~ before Installation came. Nelle was another Sorosis girl, but she was so far away at Installat.iom time that she could not get back for it. Georgia is a girl that we bid last F~ll, but her parents asked her to wait until later in the year before pledging. Glenn and Nelle :n-11 graduate in July, but Georgia we hope to h ave with us a long time ~n spite of the fact that her home is off in Toxes. We shall not really lose Glenn and Nelle ' for they are town girls' and they Vlill be back for ctll holidc:ws 1 even if their positions should be at some distance from Alva. We nave quite a f ew rushees in tov.,r , all of them fine, and rve pope to be able to pl -3 dg e every ono of thern. DSE happens to ·r.rant some of them too, but we sha,ll rrork h ard to prove to them that LSA is mu~h to be pr ef erred. DSE is very much more our type than either PKS or SSS. The . t rro latter h a ve al·r.< ays gone after the frivolous girl, so we do not clash with them. DSE in new at Alva, but it is getting nell establishe d and is making a reput a tion -for i'tself, because it is going out for the worth vd1ile girls . Sorori t ies have been very much in evidence this past r.reek, for both SSS and DSE are installing chapters at the Kansas Stat e Normal School, located at Emporia , This is the Sch ool tha t Mrs. Reed visited vrhile on her Installation Tr~·p and where she ho pe d to int erest one of the thre e groups then on the campus. : .. s it happen e d, t he f a culty r:as very much oppo sed to the establishment of · Na tiona ls a ye ~ r ago, but for s ome reason cr other they see things diff erently now, and have permitted SSS and DSE to enter . The remaining group is one that was highly recommended by :Mrs. Reed at the time that she visited Enporia, and so, unless it has changed marl~edly within on e year, is just what we vrould want . We are glad to l{novf that our Extension ComrJi ttee has the situa tion in hand, for we ahould be glad to welcome a new chapter so near a s Emporia . It is too early in the new term for social affairs to be in full swing, but, since we wrote you last, we have had one delightful r;athering, a 'line' party at t e Rex Theatre, followed by a luncheon _ .:tfterwards. These were given to us by our Patronesses, Mrs. Share anct l.irs. Haines . School life is just beginning to take on character aft c the vacation . The most important thing on the program just now i s 11 'I'he Merchant of Venice 11 • Our ·Bess D::.wis is to take the part of Jesaica. GraceMMauntel1 Hist . except~~nal c~r?umstanc e s, Alva's meth ods may seem peculiar.