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S OrOrit t Y
Will Install
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Delta Gamma Cere-
monies Will Re Held
At American y.

-Four national officers of Delta
Gamma National Sorority, some 40
members from Adelphi College at
Garden City, Long Island, and sew
eral from Goucher College in Balti-
more will come to Washington Satur-
day to install a chapter of the or
ganization at American University
The local group, Epsilon Kappa, or
ganized at American University on
November S. 1929. includes 80 men,
bers and a patroneSS, Miss Cornelia
M. Cotton These will be pledged on
Saturday morning and initiated that
afternoon.
Following the installation ceremon-
ies a banquet will be given at the
Shoreham Hotel Saturday night. On
Sunday Mrs. Arthur Vandenberg, wife
of the Senator from Michigan and a
member of Delta Gamma. will be in
charge of a tea at the Sulgrave Club.
President of the 100 local alumnae is
Mrs. Henry Ralph. Others include
Mrs. Isaac Hit, wife of Judge Hitt
who was initiated at Northwestern
University SO years ago.
Miss Marguerite winant of New
York is the national president Of
Delta Gamma. With her for the in
stallation will be Mrs. j. Walter
Bingham of Palo Alto, Calf, first
vice president; Miss Hazel Brown,
treasurer, and Mrs. E. Tiel Smith,
province secretary, both of Phila-
delphia.
The guest speaker for the luncheon
10 be given by the Panhellenic Asso-
citation of Washington, D. c., at the
Mayflower Hotel Saturday, March %.
will be Mrs. Lucille Foster McMillin
Of Tennessee, civil service commits
sioner.
Members of Alpha Chi Omega
who were unable to attend the regu-
lar evening meetings of the fra
ternity have founded luncheon
group and thus aff1liated with Alpha
Epsilon Alpha Alumnae Chapter
Their second luncheon will be held
db u C4OSh at
the home of Mrs. owen D. Scott, 102
North Garfield. Clarendon, Va. Mrs
/. o. Graham will be co-hoSteSs with
Mrs. Scott, and the latter will re-
ceive all reservations. All Alpha CHS
wishing to attend regularly are in
Vited. A short business meeting will
be followed by bridge or games. The
luncheon table will be carried out in
st. Patrick details. At the first meet
ing OF this group two officers were
elected to work as representatives
with the president Of Alpha Epsilon
Alpha Mrs. Otto Praeger was chosen
treasurer and Mrs. L. o. Graham sec
Fetary.
The annual st. PatricK's day dance
Of zeta Chapter, Chi Sigma Sorority,
will be held at the Beaver Dam Coun-
try Club Tuesday evening from 10
until l o'clock
The arrangements are in charge of
Mrs. Kitty Henley and Miss Mary
Turner.
The National Council of Delta Alpha
will sponsor the sorority's Spring
dance to be held at Kenwood Country
Club Friday, March 81.
Miss Kathryn Cunningham is gen.
eral chairman Of the dance. Miss
Elizabeth Beach, national president
and member of Delta Chapter, is
chairman of the Floor Committee.
The other members of the Dance
Committee include Mrs. Jessie B.
Hummer, Beta Chapter; Miss Anna
Kimball, Gamma Chapter, and Miss
Katherine Tanis Of Zeta Chapter.
Representatives of the three pro-
spective chapters and rushees of the
various member chapters will be the
guests Of the council for the evening
Motion pictures of several Summer
camps for underprivileged children
which are maintained by the Gamma
Phi Beta Sorority were shown at a
supper meeting of the alumnae group
held Wednesday at the home of Mrs.
I. A. Bickelhaupt, 212 Rosemary
street, Chevy Chase.
A benefit bridge party has been
planned for Saturday afternoon, March
as, at the General Bakery, the pro-
ceedS Of which will be added to the
general fund for this years camps.