Excerpt from The Lyre of Alpha Chi Omega, Vol. 1: June 1894 At the annual convention of Alpha Chi Omega Sorority held at Evanston, Illinois, early in March, 1894, it was decided to undertake the publication ofa journal. The Convention assigned the work of collect ing and arranging the material and of general management to Alpha chapter, which in turn transferred the responsibility to me. Since there were no explicit directions given at the Convention, 1 have followed what 1 felt to he the unexpressed owishes of all - that is. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.