hospitality of the Omega girls in her other two of these festival occasions was more than fully realized in this. We are grateful for every thrill of sociability and good companionship which enters into the Convention spirit. Omega, as a chapter, is haloed with a rarely perfect lineage of loyal alumnæ, and thro' them more than any, the subject of this talk finds its justification.

In the West we are inclined to think that we are constantly chasing about for some new thing, but after what we have noted in Convention it seems to me we have been seeking, not something new, but something old. And the keynote voiced by our fair representation of the new and the old, may be told in one word, "together." It is a great word in fraternity, a great word especially in organized fraternity.

Delta Gamma as a fraternity needs stronger central organization. We cannot overlook the suggestion of commercial life. Fraternity has an aspect that may be detached from business, but fraternity in its external organization is business. We want the Alumnæ in active co-operation with the undergaduate to help build a fraternity business, a corporation, a trust where all their separate interests as far as they can be along general fraternity lines may be wholly centralized. Whatever may be said of the modern trust in its commercial development, may plainly be a principle of trust largely applicable to our fraternity affairs.

"If we do not hang together," said Samuel Adams in the Revolution, "we shall hang separately." This will be the message that will come to us nationally, if we are unwilling to be bound together in all our active and Alumnæ interests. We want in our Conventions to build up a big all-round constitution, one that will be fitted for every detail of our working affairs. We want policies shaped that shall be too big for compasses to We want Alumnæ hard at work in thought upon these things. We want business force, active response and expression of opinion in our meetings.

measure.

Are not these possibilities of usefulness for the Alumnæ member in Convention? It is what is proven by our last Convention our Alumnæ are beginning to do and it is where they are needed.

It is thro' our Alumnæ that we seek leadership in office. To fill offices efficiently do we not need means of recruiting them

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from a greater number of wide-awake Alumnæ who are in touch with affairs, not only as they brush off the rust and go to Convention attempting to get in touch in a day or two. It is for this reason that the active girl gives the stamp to Convention. Her active fraternity life has left her in finger's reach with all current questions, actions and policies of the fraternity.

The Alumnæ girl is just as loyal. She goes to Convention, but too often she is the silent member of it, because her sense of conscience that she is not posted, warrants her in avoiding a part in discussion. Again she is rarely stimulated to talk by feeling that thro' a delegate she has no vote upon matters which she does discuss. Let this be only a suggession that we need more Alumna chapters. It is needless to say to what extent their larger experiences, their tact and dignity as women of affairs, who know people and things, will give them position in a business convention.

Let us always have Alumnæ at Convention, and thro' their co-operation in this way we cannot but aid to set standards of tactful, broad-minded and thoughtful reforms and of a highly organized fraternity. [KAPPA THETA.]

A host of pleasant impressions comes crowding into my mind at the mention of the Madison Convention. I see again Madison surrounded by its lakes, and crowned by its beautiful university buildings. I recall the pleasant chapter-house life delightfully novel to a girl accustomed to a large dormitory, and I think of the twenty sisters, newly met, who spent a happy week together. I remember the courtesies extended to Delta Gamma and her visitors by the other fraternities, thus showing a truly fraternal spirit. Finally I think with pride of the Delta Gamma girls in general, and of the Omega girls in particular. Certainly nothing could exceed the kindness and hospitality of the Madison girls and their friends. What girl who was present will soon forget the boat-ride on Lake Monona, when we vied with one another in Delta Gamma songs? Or the banquet of the last night, when the Convention seemingly resolved itself into a mutual admiration society? One felt so proud to be a Delta Gamma, and to know that all these splendid girls were also.

excellent work. The former hopes soon to have a building adequate to its needs, for which many thousands of dollars have already been subscribed.

Athletic teams and sporting clubs occupy the prominent place one would naturally expect of them-water sports especially being beautifully provided for by nature.

Among the women there is a movement toward close organization brought about by the Self Government Association. This is a comparatively recent movement extending back some five or six years, and there can be little doubt that it will eventually become a great power in University life, as it has already begun to exert a sensible influence in many directions.

It only remains to give a brief sketch of the campus and the buildings.

Approaching from the business center of the town of Madison one passes the lower campus, a flat open square on which the military drill (a compulsory exercise for freshmen and sophomores) is held and the practice ball games which require no secrecy. Looking across this and beyond by the lake, stands the Armory and men's gymnasium, behind which is the boat house. On the end of the lower campus, nearest to the campus proper, stands the Historical Library building, the most perfect structure of all, though properly speaking not a University building. Although a distinct institution the students have free access to this library-the third I believe of its kind in the United States, and in one of the wings the University library has its quarters, so the students have full advantage of two libraries in one. Crossing the street one comes to the campus proper-a grassy hill with the buildings arranged somewhat in the form of an Omega with the main hall at the top of the hill and the two old dormitories, now vine covered halls of recitation, flanking it on each side and lower down the hill; and lower still the law and engineering buildings, of modern architecture; Science Hall and the Chemical labratory complete the right foot and the musical hall (known as Library Hall) and Chadbourne Hall, the women's dormitory, fill out the left lower part of the Omega.

As there are two hundred and forty acres in the University grounds one must pass over the hill into the small strip of woods