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This hand-carved California redwood address book was a convention favor at The Huntington in 1941. This convention featured a pre-convention trip to Cedar Breaks National Monument and Zion National Park.
Thelma Gardner Belair (Alpha Iota, University of Vermont) recounts the observations of Katrina Munn (Alpha Iota, University of Vermont) who visited the MacDowell Colony in the summer of 1946. Of particular interest is a list of artists who have occupied the Star Studio supported by Alpha Chi Omega.
Brown sends a report, also available, with information about how each chapter observes Hera Day and encourages program chairmen to discuss the various projects with their chapters.
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.
This suite of offices in the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Building served as the central office of Alpha Chi Omega from 1929-61.
Members of the National Council pose together at the 1949 National Convention in Pasadena, California. They are (front, left to right) Lyre Editor Ina Bonney (Phi, University of Kansas), National Treasurer Ruth Tewinkel Suppes (Rho, University of Washington), Western Counsellor Mary Frances Hess Peak (Beta Nu, University of Utah), (back, left to right) Central Counsellor Martha Chamberlin Leslie (Theta, University of Michigan), National Secretary Delight Stevens Dodds (Alpha Chi, Butler University), National President Mildred Estabrook Scott (Pi, University of California, Berkeley), National Vice President Vera Arnold Willis (Mu, Simpson College) and Eastern Counsellor Katherine Schafer McDonald (Alpha Omicron, The Ohio State University).
This is an attachment to a letter from Thelma Gardner Belair (Alpha Iota, University of Vermont) dated March 1, 1947.
This form includes information about and a photograph of Virginia Ann Kraus (Beta Omega, The University of Toledo) a member of the petitioning group at the The University of Toledo that would become Beta Omega chapter.
Alpha Psi (UCLA) chapter members and soldiers watch films of football games at a buffet dinner and dance given by the chapter for recently released prisoners of war. They are (back, left to right) Gay Ruppert Fisher, Lt. Ed Taylor, Lorraine Hazen Kavanaugh, (front, left to right) Shirley Doman Michelson and Lt. Ted Kusler.
This article provides biographical information on Alpha Chi Omega Founder Estelle Leonard (Alpha, DePauw University) and includes a photograph.
Still one of the most popular questions for convention attendees is, "What do I pack?" In 1947, photo layouts were added to The Lyre with suggestions on what to wear and how to wear it! Have you ever heard of a "gingham suit" or "a silky shantung" or have you thought about what to wear when you step off a train?
The cover of this issue of The Lyre features the Epsilon (University of Southern California) chapter house.