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PENNSYLVANI A Al ph a Gamma • s SO(,i a l. af fa irs ha•,re been qui t e numero 1s t hi s month, owi ng t o the f a c t. tna t ou r rush i ng sec:son i s fast dr awing to a Glo sa: Early 1n the month Mar ian K~plor and Flor ence Barcl ay enterta1.ned the rushee-s at dl nne r . The co l or neheme of crims on and whi te wa s c arri ed out mo8 t eff e cti ve ly bo th i n t h e r oora and table de ~orations. 'Th8re was much char m t hrown ab out t h e di nner by the u se of e andl e li ght onl y. On a number of Nicas ion \:re had ' movie ' par t i es and b aske t ball parti e s wi th a l unch to gethe r aft er war d. The~e littl e af f a irs a~e very popular with the girls, b e c au s e t h ey aro s o i nf ormal and do not need to be pl anned f or a s in t he case of the r.nore c ' abor ate affairs . Our Val entine ?arty took t h e f orm of a l unche~n and was held down town . The co l or scheme an d f avor s we r e a l l char a ct eris tic of both .AS:1. and St\ · Val ent ine. Junior Prom was h e l d duri ng the ~h i r d :-.reck i n February . Ev ery one r epor ts a rmnde r fu l time , an d the general opi nion seerru, to be t hat i t waa quite the most brilli ant ~ rom that uas ev er given at "I ndian a :; . ICa tharyn Froe l ich , Mi ria.m MeLee, Sar a Campbe ll an d Lovell Rehbun we r e our r epr e s ent at iv es . Tuo hundred coupl e s we r e in attendance. ~ l ic e We yman of Wi l me r di ng was back to attend the Prom \Yi th Bi 11 Smi t h of th e f acu l t y . Jus t now we a r e a ll lo~k ing f orrvar cl to the All-Sor·ori ty dance, whieh i s t o b e giv en the l as t of March. I t i s cufJ tomar y that all alumnae sh ou l d b e invi ted ba ek a t thi s time , an d so the r e a r e often more g · aduates back f or t ha t oc cas ion t han a l most any other held during the ye ar . Thi s o.ance comes r i gh t at the c l os e of t he Vlinter Term and just when t h o bi do are b eing sent out. The r ushees do not att end , the i dea be i ng per haps t o exort no undue unf' luence ov e r t h em . I t s e ems rathe r a pi ty that they shoul d l ose on th i s aff ai r> , an d we c ertaihly h ope that i t wil l no t alway s be ne c e ss a r y fro them t o b e deni ed the privt l eEo of attendance. Just at pr e s ent we are a ll oxcit e111net over the re signa tion of' our Pr e si dent 1 v;ho i s to be h ead of t he Nat i onal Par k Seminary i n Washi nt;t011 , Mr s . Arriont i s a membe r of one of the local sorori t i es h e r e i n Scho ol and s o wa have b een i m_rnune. t o a certain kind of eppos:i.t i on s o oft en f ound i n the pedagogi cal f i e l d , but fo r the pr esent our futu~e f a t e l i es large ly in the l ap of the go ds. We a r e natur al l y h opi ne; fo r a Fr esident who w:;. 11 b e wholly in sympathy wi th the s orori t y i dea an d n.' ady t o see the handicaps under nhich we l ab or n i t h our long ru shing season. ,'.1 th ough ALpha Gamma i s op ) ) ~ sed t o Mat ricul a ti on Day Pledge, whi ch prevails in some collegeR, it woul d l iko t o s oc :i? loc~gc Dew come cnrl i e r in tho year. J~.lpha Go..rruna r;u.nts t i me on ougl1 to l oo..1. . n nho t l1or it \iants cert a in r ushees : o.nd vm:::tts tho ruslloos -co h avo time in uhich to shou what they are c o..po..bl o of uoing i n t he c l ass r oon ~n d in school act i vities gene r -