The evening times., 1911-07-24
Echoes From Theta Convention.

AOuOcS ETOM luctA yOQveutlOns
Cards, letters and papers were re-
ceived today from Miss Maude Tenn
pleton and Miss Jessie Bulge, the
local delegates to the national con-
vention of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority
recently held at Pasadena, CAL, and
they bring news of glorious times
which the girls have been having.
They have been dined and feted every
day and having made all arrange
ments for the installation of the local
| chapter in the near future they are
now on their way home. They will
make several stops, however, and it
will be some days yet before they
reach home.
From a social point Of view the
convention was great success, hos
pitable California outdid herself, and
the delegates, about 300 of them, had
delightful time. Pasadena's streets
were thronged with girls Haunting
gold and black pennants and each
wearing golden kite" the colors and
insignia of the sorority. Every one
had hand in making the week a
success, even the mission fathers had
lent their robes SO that the pageant
of the state of California might be
correctly depicted as far the brother
hood was concerned. Everywhere
were the colors of the sorority, black
and gold, and the Hotel Maryland was
resplendent in a wealth of colors. The
eastern Theta special, on which was
the North Dakota delegation, was a
pretty sight as it pulled in with eight
Pullman cars on the morning of the
first convention day, each car holding
a bevy of attractive girls.
At the banquet Saturday, July Is
which closed the convention the tables
were arranged in the form of kite
and the kite shaped pin Of the order
was followed out in many designs in
the menu and table appointments. The
300 delegates marched into the ban.
quet hall to the music of Pilgrim
chorus from Tannhauser. The girls
wore their prettiest party frocks and
the picture was very pretty indeed
The place cards were in the form O1
card cases, gold and black. They
were of black silk and showed the
monogram of the sorority worked ir
!. gold.
Thursday afternoon, July 13, the
, out-of-town girls were honor guests
, at progressive tea and about half {
dozen of the most beautiful homes II
Los Angeles had been thrown open. Al
the home of Mrs. Homer Mclaughlin
, Jr., Geisha girls danced under great
brightly tinted umbrella the fascinat
!, ing dances of their country. Thursda!
, evening the biennial "stunt" part!
( took place, this however, was shroudet
= in great mystery and no records o
the antics of the gay delegates hav'
l been discovered to the present day.
! Perhaps the most beautiful under
3 taking was the illustration of Cali
= fornia's early history staged al fresc,
on the grounds of the Hotel Raymond
Mrs. Frank Cattern, a California Thet,
alumnae and the president of tn
: Southern California Women's club hat
arranged the entire affair and it wa
; an impressive event, one of the grea
l beauties being its fidelity to truth
e Father .Florian Zettel of st. Anthony
l college of the mission of Santa Bar
/ bara had assisted with valuable sug
4 gestions and had furnished the chant
: sung by the early mission fathers.
3 To Miss Tanning of Minneapolis ha'
Q fallen the honor of being the editor o
: the convention DAILY Theta" Mrf
Q Leslie F. Carpenter, (Ruth Haynes
b was elected district delegate for Min
nesota. The next biennial will be II
Y New York, in response to the invita-
t tions presented by a large delegation
r from that city.
; The newly elected grand officer
J. are: Miss Mabel Hale, Iota, of Thet
e alumnae, was chosen national presi
Y dent; Miss Eva Reed Hall, Tay, Delt
9 alumnae, vice president; Mrs. Marth
Q Cline Huffman, Rho, Tau alumnat
8 treasurer; Miss Pearl Green, Phi, sec
8 retary and editor of the Kappa Alph
Theta" and Miss Abbie Potts, Mri