Vol. 42 No. I THE LYRE OF ALPHA CHI OMEGA NOVEMBER 1938 CONTENTS WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE CAMPUS Cover A SOCIOLOGIST LOOKS AT FRATERNITIES, EMORY S. BOGARDUS 3 FAIRIES LIVE IN THIS GARDEN, HELEN RAMSAY FIFIELD 7 FLYING FOR THE FUN OF IT, LOUISE SHIPMAN MORRIS IO THE "I" IN FRATERNITY AND SOCIETY, ANN HANGEN BROWN 15 CANADIAN CONVENTION IN 1939, HILDA TURNER 17 POST-CONVENTION EUROPEAN TOUR 19 CHAPTER LETTER EDITOR 20 MORE ABOUT GERMANY, PATRICIA MAYO 21 HIGHLIGHTS, BEATRICE HERRON BROWN 25 ABOUT LOUISE LANG PHILLIPS, FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENT 26 FOUNDERS' FELLOWSHIP REPORT 27 MRS. DONALD IS IMPROVING AFTER ACCIDENT 28 INSTALLATIONS OF ALUMNA CHAPTERS 29 MEETING OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL 31 A NEW HOME FOR BETA NU, LUE CHEEVER 33 1939 FELLOWSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT 35 LINGNAN STUDENT, LETTY WARRINGTON 36 THE VICE-PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE TO ALUMNA 40 ALPHA CHI AUTHORS 43 INTERESTING ALPHA CHIS 45 FORMER COUNCILLOR PASSES AWAY 47 VITAL DATA 49 DIRECTORY 55 ELIZABETH BUDD, Editor Entered as second-class matter May 19, 1913, at the postoffice at Menasha, Wisconsin, under the Act of March 3, 1897. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized July 31, 1918. Subscription price per year $2.00, payable in advance. Per copy, 50 cents. Subscriptions or orders for separate copies are to be sent to the Director of Central Office, Chamber of Commerce Building, Indianapolis, Indiana. THE LYRE is published in January, April, June, and November, by the George Banta Publishing Company, at 450-458 Ahnaip Street, Menasha, Wisconsin. All matters for publication should be in the hands of the editor, Miss Elizabeth Budd, 2115 Rodney Drive, Los Angeles, California, by the fifteenth of November, the thirty-first of January, the first of April, and the fifteenth of September.