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Debra Bidwell Coveney (Alpha Psi, UCLA) reports that MIT is working on securing housing for sororities and that they are considering giving one of the houses to the Alpha Chi prospective chapter once it is installed, but they will need alumnae support in the form of a house corporation and chapter advisors for the university to consider them.
The National Council writes to the University of North Florida prospective chapter to let them know that their affiliation petition has been accepted and that they will be installed as a chapter of Alpha Chi Omega.
Founder Bertha Deniston Cunningham (Alpha, DePauw University) sends her thoughts to Beta Beta (Indianapolis, Indiana) chapter and reminisces about old times.
Ruth writes to inquire about efforts to establish a chapter at Baylor University.
National President Gladys Olmstead Graff (Zeta, New England Conservatory) sends chapter presidents information about the 1924 National Convention in Swampscott, Massachusetts.
Gwendolyn Witherspoon Sibley (Pi, University of California, Berkeley) updates alumnae on Pi (University of California, Berkeley) chapter life with particular discussion of the chapter's housing situation and plans for building a new chapter house after their previous house was destroyed in a fire.
Founder Bessie Grooms Keenan (Alpha, DePauw University) writes to Mabel Siller Nafis (Gamma, Northwestern University), author of the 1916 edition of The History of Alpha Chi Omega, about the founding of Alpha Chi Omega and details of her family.
Eva Merideth Turley (Alpha, DePauw University), one of the first initiates of Alpha Chi Omega, provides her recollections of the founding.
Doris Crum Wheeler (Beta Omicron, Florida Southern Collegee) sends $22.25 on behalf of the Tampa Alumnae Club for a project supporting children affected by the World War II bombings of Britain.
Harriet Edith Bardwell (Xi, University of Nebraska - Lincoln) updates Alta Allen Loud (Beta, Albion College) on the state of Xi chapter and discusses plans for attending the 1908 National Convention.
James Howe, former dean of the DePauw University School of Music and an instrumental figure in the founding of Alpha Chi Omega, writes to Fraternity President Ethel Mead Van Auken (Lambda, Syracuse University) with an update on his professional work, which Alpha Chi Omega helps to subsidize through an endowment. Howe also expresses wonder at the growth of Alpha Chi Omega, particularly the importance of Beta (Albion College) chapter, for whose installation he provided the funds.
Southwest Missouri State University President Marshall Gordon writes to Zeta Sigma (Missouri State University) Chapter President Deborah Drissell Powell (Zeta Sigma, Southwest Missouri State University) congratulating her on the chapter's new house.
Lenore Jensen Lemanski (Delta Zeta, Central Michigan University) writes the Villanova prospective chapter about plans for the prospective chapter's installation. The letter includes a list of all of the prospective chapter members that were sent similar letters.
Ruth Orndorff Darragh (Gamma, Northwestern University) suggests using Celia McClure's (Delta, Allegheny College) "My Symphony" during recruitment.
Nancy Nitchman Leonard (Alpha Chi, Butler University) congratulates the members of the 1997 Leadership Academy Steering Committee on a successful event and asks for their suggestions for future Leadership Academies.
Kate Chrisman Armstrong (Delta Chi, William Woods University), who attended the 1997 Leadership Academy, writes to thank Nancy Nitchman Leonard (Alpha Chi, Butler University) for the experience and discusses how helpful and inspiring it was.
Winifred Van Buskirk Newby (Zeta, New England Conservatory) sends Fay Barnaby Kent (Delta, Allegheny College) a description of her trip to Iowa City for the installation of Sigma (University of Iowa) chapter.
Lois Allen Burdick, (Alpha Gamma, The University of New Mexico) writes to Lois Tullis about plans for the reinstallation of Pi (University of California, Berkeley) chapter, about the fact that alumnae support is needed for the reinstallation to take place and about the Greek system at the University of California, Berkeley.
Agnes writes Hannah Keenan (Alpha, DePauw University) with information about the Beta Phi (Bowling Green State University) chapter installation and the women who are part of the group.
In this form letter, Mary White Houser (Alpha Psi, UCLA) provides an update on Alpha Chi's efforts to support children in Britain affected by bombings and asks for opinions on how money raised for the Defense Fund should be spent on domestic projects.