Before You Read Your Lyre- THE LYRE THE most important events in our fraternity during the current year are the Province Conventions which are being held in March and of April on nine different campuses in the United States. They are ALPHA CHI OMEGA directly under the leadership of the Province Presidents. Four of these important officers are well known Theodora Maltbie Collins, Editor for their ability to manage such affairs but there are five new ones to whom our National President Vol. 39 No. 3 introduces you in this issue. Alumnae will be interested in the April, 1936 letter from our Vice-president which is almost hidden away in the chapter letters. Do not fail to CONTENTS read it. The Why and Who of Alpha Chi Omega Province Presidents 211 Through a misunderstanding the Our Province Conventions 216 pictures of the active chapter edi- Before You Read Your LYRE 217 tors were not included in the ar- ticle on how the LYRE is made. Interesting Alpha Chis 228 You will find sixty representatives of the alumnx group and only one Ellis-Ayr Smith, Skier 223 active but it is hoped that the A Leading Lady 229 others may be included in the Cheer in a Wheel Chair 230 June issue. A Hobby That Pays Dividends 231 Poems by Alpha Chis 232 Outstanding articles by mem- bers of active chapters will appear Things You Might Miss 234 under the heading of Eklektas in Our Alpha Chi Omega Songs 235 the next number, but this time we simply had to include one of them Mothers' Clubs 236 which was written by an Alpha Panhellenic Pages 237 Chi daughter whose subject is "Our Alpha Chi Songs." It ought Announcements and Comments 239 to inspire every Alpha Chi mother Exchanges 241 to get out our song book and re- acquaint herself with these lovely Chapter Letters 244 melodies. In Memoriam 290 Marriages 291 Only three Mothers' Club group Births 293 pictures were obtainable because from all sections came the same Our Calendar 295 cry, "the extreme weather made photography impossible." How- Fraternity Directory 296 ever the increase in number of these worthwhile organizations is most re-assuring and all chapters wrote proudly of the wonderful Entered as second-class matter May 19, 1913, at the postoffice at Menasha, Wisconsin, under the Act of March 3. 1897. help given to them by these Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for groups. in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized July 31, 1918. Subscription price per year $2.00, payable in advance. Per Finally we wish to announce copy, 50 cents. that the June issue will be de- THE LYRE is published in January, April, June, and Novem- ber, by the George Banta Publishing Company, at 450-458 voted to the achievements of our Ahnaip Street, Menasha, Wisconsin. All matters for publica- active chapter girls and will also tion should be in the hands of the editor by the fifteenth of include pictures of their chapter September, the fifteenth of November, the thirty-first of Janu- houses. ary, and the first of April. T.M.C.