The Arrow of Pi Beta Phi-December-1914

THE ARROW

Official Publication of the Pi Beta Phi Fraternity

SAlIAH GERTRUDE POMEROY , Editor

Table of Contents

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FRATERNITY DIRECTORY

FOUNDERS OF Tl;IE FRATERNITY

Campbell ", Tbyne Chase VL

Llbble Brook-Gaddll . . .... . . .. . .. . . . .. . .. . 100S S. Third St., ChampallrD.... Ill.

Ad. Brucn-Grier • •.. 16 Thomas Ave., Bellevue. Pa :

Clara Brownlee-Hutchinson .• • _ Monmouth, Ill.

Emma Drownlee-Kilgore . .. . ....... . ........ 7639 Lowe AYe., Chic_I'0, IlL

rannie White nack-Libby Goodhue Minn.

Rosa Moore ......•... . ................... 59 East St., New York

JCDnie Nichol. M. D. (deceased).

Ina Smith-Soule 91:1 N o rth L St.. Tacoma, Wash

Jconie Horne -Turnbull 2510 N 3Zd St , Philadelphia, Pa.

Faunie Thompson (deceased).

Nancy Black·W a llace 104 9 Court St., Salem, Ore.

GRA ND COUNCIL

GlAND PRESIDINT-May L. Keller, Westhampton College, Ri chmond, Va.

GlAND VICK PR.ZStOINT-Lida Burkhard Lardner (Mrs. J. L.), 810 Milburn St., Evanston, III.

GRAND SECRETARy-Amy B. Onken, Chapin, Ill.

GRAND TRKASURIR-Anne Stuart, 1906 D Street, Lincoln, Neb

AltRow EDITOR-Snra h G. Pomeroy, 32 Church St ., Ware, Mnn.

HISTORIAN

Elizabeth ClArke Helmick (Mrs Eli ) , Fort Sheridan, 111.

CATALOGUER

Kate McLauablin Bourne (Mrs. Harry S .), Lewi.burC, Pa

ALUMNIE EDITOR

Sophie Parsons Woodman, 561 West l86th St., New York City.

SECRETARY OF NATI OSAL PAN - HELLINI C CONCREss- Lena Grandin Baldwin, 670 Euclid Ave., Elmira.. N . Y.

CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES

ALPHA PROVINCE

PUSIDENT-Anna Robinson Nickerson ( Mrs David D.), 74 Rockland Ave ., Malden, Mass.

OSTAt lO ALPHA-University of Toronto, Reba McCredie. 56 51. George St., Toronlo, Ontario, Canada.

VUMOST ALPHA-Middlebury Lois B. Wrighl 112 M.:n 51., Middlebury, VI.

VERMONT BETA-University of Vermont, Loretta E. Dylft, 40 Plait St., Winooski, VI.

MASSACIfVSET"I$ ALPHA-BosIQn University, H elen Richardson, 41 Central Ave., Nedford, Mass.

NEW -YORK Al.PHA-Syracuse University, Edna Frnnce, Sol Ostrom Ave., Syracuse, N. Y.

NEW YORK DitTA -Barnard College, Lillian M. Jackson, 50S Clinton Ave , Brooklyn, N. Y.

N W YORK GA)IMA-St. Lawren ce Uni..-ersity, Ans;tela Cortright, Canlnn, N. Y

""'I LANIJ ALI'JlA-Goucher College. Frances Bryant, Vingold nail, Goucher College, Baltimore, Md.

COLUMBIA Wash ington University, Mari on True, 2024 G St., Washington, O. C.

' IRGI ... 'A AI . PIIA-Randolph-Macon Mary William s, College Park, Va. FLORIDA AI. PHA-John B. Stetson University , Louise Hulley, DeLand, Fla.

BETA PROVINCE

PRESIDENT- Anna Pettit BrooOleJl, (Mrs. G. L.),4929 Rubicam town, Philadelphia, Pa.

PENNSYLVANIA ALPIIA-Swarthmore College, Charity Hampson, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa.

'PENNSYLVAN'A BETA-Bucknell University, Ruth E. Embry, clo Prof Frank Simpson, Lewisburg, Pa.

PENNSYLVANIA GAlontA-Uickenson College, N o ra Mohler, College St., Carlisle, Pa.

OHIO ALPIIA-Ohio University, Marie O'Rourke, Boyd Hall, Athens, Ohio.

OHIO BUA-Ohio State University, Alma Whitacre, 199 15th Ave., Columbus, Ohio.

MI : mcAN ALPHA-Hillsdale College, Jessie Reem, 220 West St., Hillsdale, Mich.

MI CH1GAN BUA-Univer sity of Mi chigan, Martha Gray, Pi Beta Phi House, 836 Tappan Road, Ann Arbor, Mich.

GAMMA PROVINCE

Pu.s1D&NT-Kate B Miller, 112 S. Ashland Blvd., Chicago, III.

MINNESOTA ALPHA-University of Minnesota, Florence Bernhardt, 44 Arthur Ave. S. E., Minneapolis, Minn.

WISCONSIN ALPHA-University of Wiscon si n, Nell Hamilton, '37 Langdon St., Madison, Wis.

ILUNOIS BETA-Lombard College, Ethel Brewster, Lombard Hall, Galesburg, III.

ILLINOIS DUTA-Knox College. Helen Weinburg, 58% N. Seminary St., Galesburg, III.

lLUNOIS EPSILON-Northwestern University, Dorothy Cody, C}08 Greenwood Ave, Wilmette, 111.

ILLINOIS ZETA-University of Illinois, Marion K. White, Pi Beta Phi House, So7 South Third St., Champaign, 111.

ILLINOIS ETA-James Millikin University, EIi:r.abeth Gnlloway, 1332 W Wood St., Decatur, 111.

INDIANA ALPJlA-Franklin College, Faye Klyver,49 S. Home Ave ., Franklin, Ind.

INDIANA BETA-Universi.ty of Indiana, Margaret Mock, Pi Beta Phi House, Bloomington, Ind.

INDIANA GAMMA-Butler College, Annette ]. Hedge!'!, 42 N. Randolph St. Indianapolis, Ind

DELTA PROVINCE

PRESWENT-Loi, Janvier, 1445 Webster St., New Orleans, La.

IOWA ALPHA-Iowa Wesleyan Collcg1: , Gladys Hastings, Hcnhey Hall, Mt. Pleuant, Jowa.

IOWA BrrA.-Simpson College, Rulh Thompson, zoS W. Girard Ave., Indianol.a, Iowa

IOWA GA}(Jr,(A-Iowa State College, Ruth Curtiss. Ames. Iow a .

IOWA ZnA-Iowa State University, Natalie Phillips, Pi Beta Phi House, Iowa City, Iowa.

NEBItASKA BETA-University of Neb r aska, Helen Lyford, 1640 G St., Lincoln, Neb.

MISSOUU ALPHA-University of Mi sso uri, Lois Locke, Pi Beta Pbi Houst, Columbia, Mo.

MISSO URI BETA-Washington University, Marie Kammerer, 3656 Utah Placc, St. Loui., Mo.

MIS SOURI GAMMA-Drury College, Charline McC anse, 533 E Elm St., Spring· field, Mo.

KANSAS ALPHA-University of Kansas, Elizabeth Brown. Pi Beta Phi House, 124S Oread Ave., Lawrence, Kan

ARKANSAS ALPHA-University of Arkan lu, Ruth Mc Kinney, CarnaU Halt, Fayetteville, Ark.

LoUISIANA ALPHA-Newcomb College, Jeannette Pardonner, 1629 Valence St., New Orlean s, La

EPSILON PROVINCE

PRESIDENT-Ge rtru de Fib -Randolph C urren s (Mrs. J. W. ), 151 0 13th St., Boulder, Colo.

OKLAH OJ(A ALPHA-University of Oklahoma, Jewel Patchell , Pi Beta Phi House, Norman, Okla.

TExAs ALPHA-University of Texas, Roselle Gould, 2607 University Ave., AU ltin , Tezas.

WVOJ( IN G A LPHA-University o f Wyoming, Ruth Swanson, Laramie, Wyo.

COLORADO A LPHA-University " f Colorado, Po rti a Olwin, 96 S. 11th St., Boulder, Colo.

C

OLORADO BETA-University of Denver, Margaret E. Forsyth, University Park, Colo.

ZETA PROVINCE

PRZSIDE NT- M a rguerite Davi s Carney ( Mrs P. F .), 2504 Etaa St , Berkeley Cal.

C.UlFORNIA ALPHA-Leland Stanford Jr , University, Mildred D Carr, Pi Beta Pbi House, Stanford University, Cal.

CAUFORNIA RITA-University of California. Katherine We stbrook , Pi Beta Phi House, 2709 Channing Way, Berkeley, Cat.

WASHINGTON ALPHA-University of Washington, Mary E. McEntee, 455t 17th AYe. N. E., Seattle. Wash

WASHINGTON BITA-Washington State College, Elizabeth Painter, 704 Campus Ave , Pullman, Wash.

STANDING COMMITTEES

CoMMI1TI.& OH En&NsrON-Elda 1.. Smith, 710 S. Sixth St., SpriDpeld. Ill.; Amelia Alpiner Stem (Mn. A L), Champalcn. IU.; Florence Sc:hee. Indianola. lo"a.

CollllOTTU ON ScHOLAUH tP-Anna Lytle Tannahill (Mrs. G . W .). 402 Third St., Lewiston, Idaho; May Copeland Drybread (Mrs. C. H.), Franklin, Ind Edith Gordan , 467 Spadina Ave , Toronto, Canada; Bessie Tucker Gislason (Mrs. H. B. ) , 217 Harvard St. S E .• Minneapolis. Minn.; Dr. Grace Hebard, University Library, Laramie, Wyo.

CoIUlITT" ON CHAPUONJ.s--Minnie K Or,an, Salem, Mo .; E1i&&belh Gamble, Detroit, Mich.; Susanna M. Lo...elace, 1229 Thirteenth St., Boulder. Colo. : Stella R Fox, 619 N. Salisbury, Lafayette, Ind.

CoIllMITTU ON FUTD.NfTY EXA1UNATlON5-Edith L. Carpentu. Guild Houte, Peace Dale. R. I.; Louisc de la Barre BraalCh (Mrs. H. E.). 3029 Portlud Ave., Minneapolis.. Minn.; Mollie Brown Worcester (Mu. P. G.), 836 University Ave .• Boulder, Colo.; Grace Fahenstock Birmingham (Mrs. Thomas), 591 North Prairie St., Galesburg, III.; Miss Nellie A. Wallbank, 413 N. M.in St., Mt. Pleasant, la.

COKKITTU ON UNDERGRADUA.TE Lo"'N FUND-Mildred Babcock (Mu H. L), Dedham, Mus.; Elmina Wilson, 4S2 Welt 149 St .• New York, N. Y .; Jennie L. Rowell, 8g So. WilI.rd St.. Barlincton, VI.

ADDITIONAL COMMITTEES

COMMITTEE 0,.- ARROW FIl.&--Nina \Va de Allen (Mrs. F. J.), Apt. KI, The Elmwood, Oak Park, Ill.; Ethel Piper Avery (Mrs. A. H .), 440 lI ighland Ave.; Edith L. Carpenter, GuiJd House, Puce Dale, R. I.; Grace Hursh, Creston, la.

CoWKITT'&& ON CALENDAR-Katherine Greist, 5239 Archer St., GermantoWD. Pa.; Edith Valet, 1 II We st 127th St., New York, N. Y .; Deborah L Ferrier, Moorestown, N. ].

CoIllKI1TU ON PI BETA PHI Guca.--Mary Wamhan Gibson (Mrs. A E.), 3345 Eut 82nd St., Cleveland, Ohio; Marie McClurg, Pi Bet. Phi HOGle, Stanford Universit1. Cal.; Emily Guild, Walton, N. V.

COMMITTE& ON HISTORI CAL PROGRAMMa FOR FIFTIItTH ANNIVltU .l.y-Bmm. Harper Turner, The Iowa, 13th and 0 St., Apt. 64, Washinl'lon, D. C; Katherine B. Miller, Lewis Institute. Chic.co; K.te King Bostwick (Mr•. H. 0.), Chardon, Ohio; Sarah G. Pomeroy, 32 Church St., Ware, Mass.; Mary Bartol Theiss (Mrs. L. E.), 110 University Ave., Lewisburg, Pa. i Florence Porter Robinson, 543 Marshall St., Milwaukee, Wis.

PI BETA PHI RURU&NT TIVIt IN NATIONAL PAN-H'ILUNIC CoNGR&ss-Lida Burkhard Lardner (Mrs J. L .), 810 Milburn St., Evanston, III

CHAIRMAN Bl!REAU 0.' PRINTING-Sarah Gertrude Pomeroy, 32 Church t., 'V are, Mass.

SttUTARY FOR THE ALUMNM AND GRAND VIC&·PRlSIDZ,.-T-Lida Burkhard Lardner (Mrs. ]. L.), 810 Milburn St., EYanston, III.

ALUKNAt EDITOR-Sophie Parsons Woodman, S61 West 186 Street, New Vorle City.

SECRETARY FOR FOREIGN COUNTRIES-Grand Vi ce·presidenl.

PI BETA PHI SET'J'UWE"-T ScHoolr--Management of Chicago Alumnre Cl ub. Elizabeth Clarke Helmick ( Mu. Eli A.), chairman and treasurer, Fort Sheridan, Ill .; Mary O. Pollard, head resident, Gatlinburg, Tenn.

C( ' STOJ) IAN OF TilE PIN-Queene Snow CoX: (Mrs . Henry ), 3320 Dewey Ave., Omaha, Neb.

ALUMNA, nEPARTMENT DIRECTORY

ALPHA PROVINCE

VIC&-PJt&SIDENT-(irace Goodhue Coolidge (Mrs. Calvin), 21 Mas.asoit St., Northampton, Mass.

BAI.TIMORJ:, MD.-Elizabeth S . Kellum, 1012 N. Arlington Ave. BOSTON, MA Ss.-Be rtha A. Ca rr, 4S Milk St., Room 910, Bos ton, Mass

BUltLtNCtrON, VT.-Helen Barton Tuttle (Mrs. Ray), 28 Converse Court.

NORTHERN NIW YORl'-Dnrolhy Cleaveland. Canto n, N. Y.

NEW YOIIK, N. V.-Elmin a Wil so n , 452 W. 149th St.

RHOOE I SLANo-Margaret M. Poole (Mrs. l. C.) , 204 High St., Fall River, Mass.

SYRACUSE, N. Y.-Marion N. Howe ll (Mrs. L. A.), 622 Park Ave., Syracuse, N. Y.

ROCHIITJ.R, N. Y.-Florence E. Ford, 189 Plymouth Ave. TORONTO, CANADA-Jeanette McCannell, Milton, Ontario.

WASHIN GTON, D. C.-Rhoda Walkins, 1429 Cli ft on St. Boildin.g.

WeSTERN MASSA CHUSETTS AL UMNIf'.:-Lo uise Richardson, 19 Pleasant St., Westfield, Mus.

3ETA PROVINCE

VICE-PRESIDENT-Elsa Schlicht, 210 N. Sandusky St., Bellevue, Ohio.

ANN ARBOR, MI CH .-Emma Hynu Riggs (Mrs. H. E.), 1319 Cam.bridge Rd

ATHENS, OHIo-Virginia Bishop. CARLISLE, PA.-JuIi3 Morgan.

CINCINNATI, OHlo-Gertrude Hancox Carman (Mrs. J. Ernest), 2346 Ohio Ave.

CUVELAND, OHIo-Mabel Dill Charlesworth (Mrs. Stanton), 9709 Hollingworth Cou rt.

COLUMBUS, O lfl o-Ednah Helen Pugh, 875 Franklin Ave. DETROIT, MI CH.-Leila Lane Smith (Mrs. C A.). 89 W. Han coc k St.

HILLSDALE, Ml c lt.-Gladys Dibble.

LEWISBURG, PA.-Irene Fenton Clinger (Mrs. Frank), Milt on, Pa.

O'HIO GAMMA AWMN£ CLUB-Ellen F. Boyer, 624 W. Market St., Orrville, Ohio.

PHIl.ADELPHIA , PA.-Edith S. Hunting, Chester, Pa PITTSBUR GH, PA.-Mary E. Robertson, 723 Fronklin Ave., Wilkinsburg, Pa. TOLEDO, OHlo.-Harriet A. Briggs, 2359 WarTen St.

GAMMA PROVINCE

VI CE-PRESIDENT-Lisette Woerner Hampton ( Mrs. W S.) 3505 California Ave., Pitt.boreb, Pa.

CARTHACI, 1Lt.-Abigail Davidson, 306 S. Madison St. CHICACO, ILL.-Carrie Flager Schantz (Mu. O M.), 5215 West 24th St., Cicero, Ill.

CENTRAL ILLINOIs-Huel 1. Crai" 616 West Hill St., Champaian, Ill F,JJ,ANKLlN, IND.-Frances M. Dean . GALESBUJtO, ILL.-Lillian Mae Hale, 1062 East Main INDIANAPOLI S, IND.-Blessing Rassmllnn. 17 N. Arsenal Ave. MADISON, Wi s.- Mary White Peterson (Mrs. W. H. P .) , 1726 Van J-lise Av e. MINNEAPOLIS, AND ST. PAUL, MINN.-Aimee W. Fisher, 2019 Kenwood Pky., Minneapolis.

DELTA PROVINCE

VZC&-PU.SIDINT-Edith Baker, Webster Grove l , Mo . AwES, I OWA-Emma Wennholz Patten gill (Mrs. E. A.) BURUHCTOH. IOWA-Katherine Al ice Lundgren, liS North Gunnison SL CoLUHBIA, Mo.-(MISSOURI ALPIIA ALUMN.t£)-Edith Snyder Coursault (Mn. Jeast, 210 Hicks Ave. Du MOINIS, IowA-ADna Ross Clarke (Mn. C. H .), 1510 9th St. INDIANOLA, IOWA-Stella Hartm3D Perry. (Mrs. E W). IOWA CITY, I OWA- Fanny Thom pson Wickham (Mrs. H . F.). 911 Towa Ave. KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Constance Fennel. 931 Cleveland Ave. LAWRENCE, KAN.-Adrienne Atkinson, 829 Miss. St. LINCOLN, NIB.-Mary Spalding, :J221 Sheridan Blvd. MT. PUASANT, IOWA-Mary Hulme McCoid (Mrs. Calvin). N&w Ou.u.N•• l....A.-(LoUJSJANA ALPHA Logan MonToe (M". J. Blane) 1424 Louisiana Ave. OKAHA, N&•• AND CoUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA-Mary Phillippi, 2310 California St Omaha. ST. JOS.PH, Mo.-Letitia Wood, Krug Park Place. SralNGPl I.LO, Mo.-Stutira Fi .her Sills (Mrs. John M.), 434 Kimboroogh St ST. LoUIS, 1\fo.--Gertrude "'-hern, 2803 Locust St.

SIOUX CITY, I A.- Marie V. Keefer, 2508 JackiOn St. SIOUX FALLS , S. DAK.-Grace McKinnon, 516 \V I:l St. T OPEKA , KAN.-Kate Dinsm oo r , 512 H arrison St. TU.(:ITY ALu MN.«-Leil a Kemmere r. So3 W. '4 St , Daven po rt, Io.a YORK , Nn .- H uel ThomplOD.

EPSILON PROVINCE

Muerick Miller (Mrs. E. T ), Uninrsity Station Austin, Tex . AU ST IN , TEX .-Vivian Brenizer Caswell ( Mrs . Wm . T), 15 0 2 We st Ave . BoULDER, CoLo.-Cleophile Bell Dean (Mrs. Paul M .) , J931 Hill St. DZNvn. COLO.-Mary Morse, 1347 High St. HOUSTON.. Tn.-Naomi Peacock Cosby (Mrs. Rodman), :1308 Genesee AYe. LARAMIE, \Vvo.-Agnes Anderson Gottschalk (Mrs. R. P .) , Box 347. OKLAHOMA ern, OKLA.--Carolyn Wynn Ledbetter, 3'7 Park Place. T ULS A. OKLA.-Mrs. T. I. Monroe, Seventh and Detroit Ave WACO, Tn.-Monette ColKin, lC)O' Austin St.

ZETA PROVINCE

H5erlocker, 418 Blanchard Buildina. Lot Angtlea, Cal. Los ANCELES. CAL.-Ruth Barre tt Smith ( Mr s. Warren ), 122 No Oxford A'ft., Los Angele s.NORTHERN CALIFORNIA-Hue! Donoho Babcock ( Mrs . Davi d) 905 Contra Cos ta Ave , Berkeley. Cal.

PORTLAND, Ou.-Olive Neal Mont eith (Mu . J. C.), Daven port St. SUTTLIt, WASH.- ( PU GET SOt;N'D ALUMNAt CLl'8)-Marion L. Frye, 618 Terry Ave

SPOKANE, WAUL- Bertha Digelow, 103 Bridgeport Ave .

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VOLUME XXXI

DECEMBER, 1914

THE WATCHER

By LEILA PEABODY1 COl ORA-DO A

He stood beside the sea of life , Restless and eager-s01ded; A nd watched the waves with vessels, rife, A s on and in they rolled, The evening sun was setting, red; "Why comes not in my shiP?" he said.

Fear not, 0 friend, although the hour be latel For all things needful come to those who wau.

NUMBER 2

THE C OL LEGE W O MAN AND TH E S T AG E

EVIDENCES of our modern social revolution are becoming increasingly apparent in the dramatic 'vorld to-day and there are many proofs that higher education is exerting a new influence on the stage. Commenting on this, a dramatic critic said recently :

liThe tendency of college men and college bred women to entcr the theatrical profession as players, which is becoming more pronounced every season, is highly interesting. There is DO question but what the young collegiate playwrights have done much to improve the standard of endeavor in their field, and it is reasonable to expect that players, who cntcr upon the work with higher erlucational training , will also do much for the in coming years."

This tendency has been treated at greater length by the Brooklyn Daily Eagle in an editorial on the proposed Dartmouth Theat r e which is described in our Exchanges. It said, in part:

Harvard already has a college theater, although it is known in the college merely as "The Fort}'-seve n \ Vorkshop!' "English Forty-seven" is the designation of Professor Baker's course in the drama and the workshop is the stage upon which the plays written by the students are acted by students and then criticiud by the large audiences which attend the performances Prin ceton is raising a f und for the same purpose, and Yale is working towar d the same end, so thnt in eight or ten years the drama will be the most vital English course ta u gb t in severa l colleges, as it already is at Harvard

The effect of this upon the American drama and the commercial theater must be helpful, even to the point of revolution. If intelligent people a r e to go to the theater they will demand that the theater shall be intelligent and, with a few honorable exceptions, the current theater is both ignorant a nd vu lgar. There i. and always will be a public for innocent fun and even fo r coa rse {un and {or the sort of filth to which desperate managers have resorted this winter. But there is also another public that wants something else, and the development o{ college theaters will tend to meet that want and to or gani&e :lUdiences about it.

These comments in the p ublic press coming so closely after the celebration of the first anniversary of the School of Drama of Ibe Carnegie I nstitute of Technology of Pittsburgh are of peculiar interest to the college world. The contributions to this number of THE ARROW from chapters representing so many different colleges all over the country are interesting because it shows how universal is this interest in the drama. It is pleasing to note how frequent ly

the co rrespondents mtntion the interest taken in the co llege dramatics by the general public in the community where the college is located. [t is noteworthy also that in a few cases, referen ce is made to the fact that the university is attempting to raise the public stand· ards by staging on I y the best dramas.

There is another side to this interesting development of the drama which is particularly vital to college women. A few years ago, Mr. Walter S. Hiatt, a theatrical manager especia lly interested in the question, "How can we raise the tone of the theatre?" wrote for The Ladr'e s' Hom e Journal an article entitlt::,l, "\Vhu Set:: the Questionable Plays?" His answer to the question was-the women of America. The proof of his statement was based on his personal investigations in twenty-six of the most thickly populated states in the Union where he had talked with the managers of local theatres, social workers teachers , professors, preachers and scores of women in all positions. It was further verified by the re co rd kept by Mr. Charles Frohman in five of his theatres for one week which showed that of everyone hundred persons who passed into the five theatres, each night, sixty-eight were women and only thhty-two were men. Mr. Frohman's comment on this record was "The large percentage of women indicates better than anything else the tremendous influ ence women have over the drama . It shows that the success of plays depends entirely on them. The figures are very conclusive to me. Managers, actors and playwrights alike must remember it. Certainly women do not need to vot e to exercise their censorship over plays."

After establishing this fa ct, Mr. Hiatt asked: "Have the women any true conception of the influence of the theatre which they support and the play the success of which they make possible?" The facts on which he based his conclusion are too numerous for quotation bu! the conclusion itself is most significant.

It is a hard thing to say, but it is true and T S3.y it (rom a wide personal experience: the principal obstacle to any real reform of the theater as it ill to-day lies in the half hearted suppo rt given to the ca u se by women, and by the reason, absolutely inexplicable to me, that there are a vast number of women who really prefer the suggestive and very often the positively obscene play. I hnve sat in box-offices a great many times and li s tened to women inquiring about the plays coming to their towns. Generally they pick the most questionable, and satisfy their consciences by forcing the ticket sellers to indorse the plays as llfit" to be seen! And this curious mental procedure T have seen

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comiD, from what ticket -sellers have B,ain and again told me are "the nicest women in town." And the ticket sellers invariable comment is: "I con feu I don't understand it."

Of course there are other women who refuse to patronize the offensive play. But they are not enough in numbers and their avoidance of the salacious play does not. of itself. s u ffice They must be militant. They mult educ ate their sisters; they must lead so that their less intelligent sisters will follow.

But the conclusive fact remains : whatever reform comes to the theater must come through the women of America They are to-day the chief supporten of the theater, and in their own hands lies the answer to their own Question of "How can we rai se the tone of the theater?"

Bear this in mind and then read the following whi ch appeared in The of Chi Omega a short time ago.

During the last few years, musical comedies have become more and more numerous, more and morc popu lar, and more and more objectionable. Fin years ago, I do not think any of us could have seen musical comedi cs, luch as we often witness to -day, without experiencing the greatest shock and disgust. Now we are becoming accustomed to suggestive plots, jokes. costumes. and dances, and they have ceased to impress us as evil, or have become 10 cammODplace that we are unwilling to voice our disapproval of them.

I reeently heard a c'ollege woman of high ideals remark. at the close of • rather questionable play, in answer to an adverse criticism, "WeU, what can you expect of a music al comedy? They are all alike. " This sort of indifference and willingness to accept that which is rankly immoral seems to me more sinister than n.cknowledged enjoymen t of it. I f immorality has sueh a hold upon the American public that the most intelligent and refined women are willing to accept it. 'Jbecailse there is so much of it." it is high time some thina were done against it. Why do Dot our doctors say that tuberculosis should Dot be fought. "because there is so much of i1"?

We as fraternity wo.men stand for high ideals of morality and we could. with very little effort, do much towards the reformation of the modern stal't

This sounds perhaps like a presumptuous s tatement but, if the thousands of American women. who sa.y they stand for Hel1enic ideals. really 'tOO"ltl stand for them, instead of hesitating to condemn evil for fear of being dubbed "prigrish." they could more rightfully claim union with the Greeks.

In Miss Reynold's account of The Drama League of America which appears on p. 127 she says, "the fault of the poor theatrical offerings Bes with the audience and Dot with the manage!'S."

Now let us compare these three statements.

1. "The fault of the poor theatrical offerings lies with the audiences and not with the managers."

2. "The audiences in the theatres are two -thirds composed of women. Whatever reform comes to the theatre must come through the women of America. u

3. "V{ e as fraternity women stand for high ideals of morality and we could, with very little effort, do much towards the r eformatio n of the modern stage."

Doesn't it all come down to the statement quoted in THE ARROW, on ly a few months ago. "What the women will not allow 'Lviil no longer be The question if': What are YO L as a college woman and a Pi Beta Phi going to do about it?

THE DRAMA LEAGUE OF AMERICA

By FLORESCE EMMA REYNOLD S

(The WritH of thi s article who was graduated from Northwestern University in 1901 and is a member of Illinois E has been actively interested in the work of the Drama League from ill beginning. For tbis reason. her article is of especial value .)

WHEN in 1910, under the leadership of Mrs. A. Starr Best, the Drama Club of Evanston announced the establishment of the Drama League of America, a great laugh went up in club circles. That a purely local group organized for the study of the drama should, without any apparent backing or need, feel that its scope could be developed nationally indi cated a faith in the interest of better drama that seemed without foundation. How· ever, subsequent events have proved that the Evanston group , not only had an idea, but also the skill and enthusiasm to make of it a factor in the development of interest in the theatre.

The success has been immediate and most gratifying . During these few years, the Leagu e has spread its influence Jnto every state o f the Union, to thirty important cities, to f o ur Clnadian c it-ies, and even to England , making a working membership of about 15 ,000, and an affiliated membership of 100,000. All this has been done with no endowment, no salaried workers, with the small dues of one dollar, and here and there a supporting membership of five dollars.

From the very beginning, the League's underlying idea has been that the fault for the poor theatrical offerings lies with the audiences and not with the managers. They have argued that once there is a trained, organized public with intelligence to judge between a good and a bad play, and the interest to express its judgment in box office receipts, the managers would respond.

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The first question, naturally, was the ways and means for the c reat-ion and organization of this audience. The work has followed two distinct lines; first, the establishment of centres and the direct fostering of good plays , and second, th e educational work.

In the large cities as the cent r es are formed, Playgoing Committees are appointed to attend the various productions, and bulletins a re issued. These bulletins a r e a lways const ru ctive, ca lling attention to the cur r ent att r act-ions that aTe worth while and thus stimulating attendance . The worthless offerings a r e passed by in silence. In Chicago, the centre with whi c h the writer is most familiar, during last season there were o ne hundred and fifty plays, one hundred of which were musical comedies, and therefore not noticed by the League 0 f the other fifty, sixteen were bulletined. Of course, the League bulle tin s are only human, fallible documents, Out even granting that mistakes are made and that enthusiasm is some times misplaced , the s upport that is given toward better things has wide influence, an influen ce that is actually acknowledged by managers, a class of men who insist, not upon theories, but UpOh tangible results at th e box office. As a conc r ete examp l e, th e run of "The Yellow J acket" in Chicago was turned from a threatened faiJilre into a decided success by the League bulletins.

Not conten t with work in the lar ge cent r es, the L eag ue very early realized that the one-night stand town offe red a large field, and r ecently very well-organized effo rts have been made to enter this field. The idea is to form ci r cuits, over which a League Play can be taken. thus bringing to the towns and smaller cities attractions that cou ld be secu r ed in no othe r way. Of course, the diffculties are enormous, but already experiments have been made whi ch show that the plan is feasible. Last spring short tours of the Irish Players, and of B. Iden Payne's English Company of Repertory Players were made with marked success. Perhaps in its future development, this. will prove to' be the greatest work of the League.

Now a few words as to what is known as the Educational Dt:partment. \Vhil e the PJaygoing Committee works directly with its bulletins and League Plays , the educational t;ampaign, with the same idea of producing worthy audiences, goes on somewhat more indirectly in several directions. It coOpe rat es with clubs, schoo ls, and Jibraries. It encourages small groups to undertake the study of

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dramatic literature by issuing lists of play!), past and present. suitable for ob tainin g something l ike a proper backgr ound for app r ecia ti o n and c r iticism . It methods of study, both on the technical and the subject matter. Out of this has grown a demand for cheap editions of play:-., and in connection with Doubleday, Page and Company. th e L eag u e has met this demand by th e publication of a se ries o f phys ca lled the Drama Leagu e Series. They are in unif o rm binding and p ubli shed at seventy-five ce nts the copy. Already six volumes have appeared: viz., " Kindling " by Cha rl es K enyon , "A Thousand Years Agoll by Percy MacKaye, Cl The Great Gal eo to" by J ose Echegaray, "Ma ry Goes F ir.t" l>y H enry Mthur J ones, "The Sunken Bell" by Gerhart Hauptmann, and II H er Husband' s Wife " by A. E. Th omas.

The very obv io us fact that the children o f to -day make the audience of to-morrow was early recognized by the L eague, and a junior depa rtm e nt was formed. This branch of the w o rk has been tak en up enthusiastically, all the centres having done some junior work. Lists of plays suitable for acting by c hildren have been published . Publi c performan ces by children have been given in numerous centr es· Pageants have been arranged, the most notew o rth y being th e Shake6 _ peare Festival in Chicago in 1912, and a F o urth of July Pageant in W:.tshingto n

And what of the future of the Drama League? Although its future activities will probably be for the mos t part dev elopmen t s of id eas already in operation, the las t convention suggested work other than with th e au die nces. Variou s phases of theatre cond itio ns are to be investigated , among them the problem of the c hild on the stage, lack o f sanitation in th e dressing - rooms of the snlaller th eat res, and the p oss ibilities of a redu ction in the price o f ti c kets , with atten ti on also paid to the speculator evil.

But whatever turn its activities tak e, its success depends, now as always, upon the inter es t and enthusiasm of all who have faith in the idea of fostering interest in the drama as an art. Everyone can have a sha re in this movement, for League membership is open to all. If there is n o cen tr e near you, help to organize one. Meanwhile yo u can re ceive the various publications of the League by sending a dollar for membership to 736 Marquette Building, Chicago.

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THE SOl' THERN AWAKENING

(Under this sub·heading a writer in the Boston Transcript who gave a long and detailed account of th e last convention of the Drama League to which Miss Reynolds r efers, gives a glimpse of a branch of the work which will be of especial interest to Pi Phis who are familiar with our American Highlanders.-Editor.)

To the present writer perhaps the most interesting individual report wn that of Miss Cobb of Atlanta, Ga. Miss Cobb is a small woman-8 girl, really, with large eye s and a gentle voice, and what 'he desires you can fancy her getting, at least out of the opposite sex. One of the things she has gotten is an outdoor theatre, from the Presbyterian denomination, which we consider going some! Og lethorpe University is to be rebuilt in Atlanta-work i. under way. indeed. And Miss Cobb, representing the Drama League. in that fact a chance for dramatic deve lopment in the South. She carried her po int with the university authorities, and Oglethorpe is to have an open-air Greek theatre, like the University of California. In this thea tre the various institutions of learning in the So uth will from time to time perform, and the Drama League ce ntre in Georgia will not only encourage them but will p r obably offer prizes for original plays. and, in such ways as sugge s t themse),..e!; . help t o make this n ew theatre a factor in the dramatic life of the South.

Miss Cobb turned from the matter of fact narration of these fact s, to put in a plea for the Southe rn mountaineers. The Drama League of Atlanta realiz.!s (o r at least Miss Cobb does) that in the pure stoc k of these moontaineers an idi omatic sperch has persisted for two or three ce nturies, uncorrupted by outside influen ces , save that it has been softened in inflection, and e nriched chiefly by the racy additions of local needs. There is nothing else like it in America And it has begun to pass. "Help us find our Synge!1t pleaded Miss Cobb. A Synge of the Blue Ridge and the Great Smokies! It is an appealing thought. "Surely he exists," Miss Cobb added, " but we must give him a chance to have his play produced. Broadway wouldn't take it. It mu s t come out of the South, and get produced in the South." She also added th a t plans were afoot for a mountain pageant in northern Georgia . Amid Drama League pleas for the support of "Change" and the Irish Players, and "Rutberfo rd and Son" and " Disraeli " here was a plea for a genuine loca l drama. the honest. earnest little cry of one section of the land for its own dramatic expression. That is a good sign. We hope Miss Cobb finds her Synge of the Great Smokiel.

PI PHI ACTRESSES

( In recent years, a number o f Pi Phis ha.ve acted on the professional .taee at various times Two of these are now before the public in an especially interesting way Bevuly Welt (Aurora Johnson, Musachusetts A. ex " oe» has been seen by many members of the fraternity durinr the past year wbeD 3h e portrayed "Amy" in " Little Women," wJ:iile the {ace of Pauline Dush (Ne braska B, '06) il familiar to our moving-picture devotee •. Mi •• West has not been able to write {or this number of THE Anow but some of ber observatiOIlS on stage life have been reported for UI by • member of her OW"D. chapter who. with several other Pi Phis, visited her in her dressing room after a per· (ormance of !lLiltie Women" at the Majestic Theatre in Boston. Min Btub hili lA-ken time in the midst of her busy life to write a letter to us which e \'e ryone will enjoy reading.-Editor.)

A LEITER FROM PAULINE BUSH

L os Angeles, Cal., October, 1914.

My dea r Sisters:

It is a great pleasure to come in touch with you again. ext to a r ea l meeting, THE ARROW is certainly the very best substitute.

I hope you, who do not know me personally or professionally, will imagine that you really do, and that once upon a time we were all together in the fraternity house. ( Have mercy upon our chaperon !)

Such imaginings will pardon a personal dissertation, and otherwise I ca nnot write , for my world has heen very self·centered since I left the University of Nebraska , some eight o r nine years ago.

Circumstances took me to Los Angeles , Ca lifornia, where I spent three years in search of health. I also devoted myself to literary work as far as possible, and was more or less associated with the th ea tre . After that , I went on the stage in New Yo rk , but soon returned to the West Coast, where I have been ever since.

Shortly after coming to Los Angeles , 1 accepted an offer to play leads in the Ameri ca n Film Company. It came about quite by Cdance, and at the time [ had not the slightest idea of continuing in pictures. My attitude, like so many othe rs, was rather patronizing. I accepted the positi cn btcause of the salary, and novelty of doing something HdifTerent." Down in my heart I shall always feel apologetic to the photoplay profession for ever entertaining o:;uch a snobbish idea.

It might be interesting to many of you to know the history of pictures. For such information , I refer yuu, enthusiastically. t o an

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anicle in the issue of the M otion Picture magazine, entitled HGenesis of the Moving Pi cture ," by Richard J . Hoffner

I shall confine myself to the r oman ti c !;ide, because 1 believe no girl in th e world eve r entirely gets away from that phase of experiences. At least, I hope not.

So the stage must be set, as it were, to tell you what I found on joining the American.

The company was located in an old miSSion town , San Juan Capistrar:o. There was nothing hut the missiol1, a few adobe huts, and a hotel. The latter was, In early days, a ran ch house, but auto parties had conve rted it into a hosttlry. Tot mod ern, howe\'c r. so it co ntributed atmosphere and also served o ur needs fairly welL

The company was at that time composed of six persons: A l1ao Duan. a young co llege man, directed, managed, and wrote the stories j Warren Kerrigan was leading man j George Pt:riolat played cha ra c ters and heavies; Louise Lesler was character woman; Al H ymeral, camera man j and I was engaged to play leads, opposite \Varren Kerrigan. or Jack, as he is most generally known. It was lIke a harmonious fanlily working with one common interest.

Our Slorics were \Vestern then, so the company varied. in size according to the number of cowboys \\ie needed. The bOys were brought in frol11 neighboring ranches, and all the riding, roping and shooting was real, excepting the bullets, of co urse. I believe it was living in the actual places and hearing, over and over again, the thrilling tales of eady California days that placed the Ameri ca n Company in feri o r to none for realisti c \\' estern dramas.

It was not long before we mm'cd to Lakesid e, in th e mountains near San Diego. and then to La anothu mountain ,·il1age. By that time our company had increased conside rably , and Jack Richardson, Van Trump and eillan were members.

Th e c;econd year found us in Santa Barbara. with a steadily inc r easing number and equipmtnt, until now the American Film Company is permanently located in a heautiful studio in that city. In so short time it grew from long clothes to a prosperous citizen.

Some of the original members are still there, while others are with different co mpanies. Mr. Kerrigan , Mr , Periolat and 1 have been with the Universal for more than a yea r .

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Perhaps it would be ioteresting to know somethiog of that organization. It is a tremendous company, composed of many smaller ones . The studios are io New York and Universal City, located io the hills near Los Angeles.

Individual companies in this organization have their director, leading man, leading woman, character leads, and heavies.

For stories demanding them other characters are supplied by individuals who comprise what is called "general stock." Several companies IIrelease" under the same brand j in words, there are two or three different companies making Rex pictures, Vlctor brand, etc. The company io;; on such an enormous scale, I have not time nor space at my disposal to writ e of its many interesting features.

One might suspect that such a project would destroy harmony, but it does not. Each company is more or less a mutual admiration society, and strictly centered on its own interests. is rivalry, but just enough to stimulate work.

One who enjoys the comedy of life certainly has his fill of it io pictures. While making "Richelieu," we were de1ayed on account of the King. It was an exterior set, and the gardens, which were an exact duplicate of the o.1d French gardens, were filled with ladies in waiting, courtiers, and other prominent personages. There was nothing to suggest the twentieth century until a uhonk, honk" announced King Louis, in all his regalia, with Joseph and Richelieu, drawing up in a "Ford."

Every day something delightful happens, and what a blessing it is I One who takes work seriously is under a tremendous strain, and the little comedies are splendid safety-valves.

To you who may consider adopting pictures o r the stage, as a profession, I , strangely enough : cannot offer advice. All depends on the individual, as does everything else.

Each should get acquainted with her inherent nature and endeavor to give it expression along lin es most congenial to itself. Progression and development come according to one's perseverance and discrimination And, frankly, I thiok that applies to any walk of life--fro m a domestic one to a public one.

With all my heart I wish you the merriest Christmas and a happy and most prosperous New Year.

Yours in Pi Beta Phi, PAULINE G. BUSH.

AN INTERVIEW WITH BEVERT Y WEST

BERTHA A. CARR

ON E afternoon a quartette of Pi Phis who had been enjoying the matinee performance of . "Little Women" were delighted to accept an invitatjon to "go back" and visit one of the four "March girls" in her dressing room.

After passing the stage doorkeeper we went down stairs and along a narrow corridor to Room 5. The door was opened by "Amy" herseif, for modern clothes did not change her from the big blue·eyed, fair-haired, winsome girl of the play. She was frankly delighted to see some Pi Phis and we soon learned that her sisters aTe always welcome and THE ARROW is a constant friend.

In reply to some of our queries, she told us a little of herself and her history. She was born in Cambridge, Mass., where she was educated by tutors and in private schools until she entered Boston University as a special student in 1905 and was soon after initiated into Massachusetts A. She tirst intended to follow the musical profession and studied with the late Heinrich Schuecke r, the harpist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Then in 1907 she changed her mind and joined the Lillian Lawrence stock company at the Park Theatre.

In taking this step she was simply following the natural inclination to go on the stage which had been hers from childhood. Her maternal grandfather was Charles Barron, known for many years as the leading man of the Boston Museum company and both Beverly and her sister, Madeline Moore, seem to have inherited their love for dramatic act. "" .

She rec.ived all her early stage training in Boston. After the Lawrence company disbanded she joined the Kaith company at the Boston Theatre and later completed her stock company training with two months' special work at the Castle Square. At this period the was often cast for the parts of little boys. Later, she played in vaudeville for one season and afterwards with Thomas Wise in liThe Gentleman from Mississippi."

As "Amy" in "Little Women," she has certainly found her ideal character for she has only to act her natural self. She says her favorite writer, as a girl, was Louisa M. Alcott and many dreams were realized when she learned that she was to illustrate one of

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M iss Alcott's characters Last spring. she completed her second season in "Little \Vornen" having toured the country last season with the company in which she acted during the phenomenal run of the play in New York during 1912-13.

When asked if she had any advice to give her fraternity sisters who might wish t o follow the stage ali a profession, she laughed and said: "Tell them it means hard work, long hours, Htth: recreation , and almost no time in one's own home but tell them I love it in spite of the hard work." And we all knew she spoke from her heart, for no one can see her play, without realizing that acting is her very Hfe.

THE MUNICIPAL THEATRE OF NORTHAMPTO T , MASSACHUSETTS

By GRACE GOODHUE COOLIDGE

(The fame of the Northampton Municipal Theatre has spread all over the country and deputations from distant cities often come to investigate its co ndition s. A s it is 50 closely llSsociAtl':d with thl': colll':gl! world, it will hfo of interest to college women. The writer of the following nccount, our Alphn Provin ce Vice-president, has hnd an opportunity to learn of the project at first hand as her husband, Mr. Calvin Coolidgl':, while mayor ot Northampton was one of the trustees of the Academy of Musi c.)

FOR the P3st twenty years Northampton, Massach u setts, the seat of Smith College, has had a municipal theatre. The Academy of Musi c, for that is its designat·ion, was built and presented to the city by the late Edward H. R. Lyman and is particularly dedicated to the arts of drama 3nd musi c, one of the co nditions of the gift being that no political meeling should be held in il.

After securing authority from the General Court of Massachusetts, the city accepted the gift which was made by a trust deed vesting the entire control and management in a board of five trustees one of whom should be the Mayo r of the city ex-officio and another the President of Smith College ex-officio. This has tended to make the Academy one of the co mmon meeting places of town and gown and given a decidedly unique cha ra c ter to its audiences.

Of cou rse the trustees have not themselves attempted to look after all the details of running a theatre but have entrusted this to different managE:rs though one or two of them look very carefully

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after the business end of the concern and the President has given much consideration to the cha racter of the presentations.

The building faces Main Street and is one of a group of almost all public buildings beginning with the City Hall , running by the high school, a small park, two churches and a library, ending with another famous Northampton institution, the Forbes Library. It has a seating capacity of about one thousand and a stage large enough to accommodate the most elaborate scenery Here the high school graduations are held and here the famous Smith College Sepior dramatics are given at each Commencement time, usually ending the season. And here also come the dramatic and musical associations of a large number of the colleges of New England, giving the Academy a decidedly undergraduate and university tinge. Added to these most interesting amateurs is a long line of the most noted professional artists, in fa ct it would be difficult to name any of the famous stage people of the co untry who have not at some time, probably often, been at this house.

Three years ago, under the leadership of some of the inBuential women of the city and co llege, a stock company known as the Northampton Players was p laced. in the theatre. This was primarily an attempt to popularize art . At very moderate prices it is now possible to see entertaining and instructive pieces produced by a company which the city and college may feel is their own. The bill is changed each week and six evening and two afternoon performances are given. This is the realization of a municipal ideal, a playhouse of the highest c haracter and standard managed, not for the making of money, but for the encouragement of art , the making of men and women .

WHAT THE PRESS SAYS OF THE NORTHAMPTON PLAYERS

(The following clippings were taken from the Springfield R (publican on the opening of the Municipal Theatre, this season.-Editor.)

ApPEAL FOR CAUSE Oli' PEACE MAKlS DEEP I)(PRESSloN- PRESlD&NT BUItTON SPEAKS

The third season o f the Northampton players, the stock compan y occupying Northampton's municipal theater, the academy of music, opened last night under conditions calculated to aUract even more attention thronghout the country to this experiment in the community theater. The occasion was marked by the first performance on any stage of Mrs. Spencer Trask's peace play. "In the Vanguard," which advocates of the peace cause hope to see acted

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widely in lbi. country on account of its eloquent attemp t 10 dispel the mOSiOD that war is morally justifiable, even a glory for a co untry and its

The academy music was filled with a brilliant audience, composed in pal t of representative citi£col of Northa.mpton and peace workers from other cities and in part of Smith college girls, who were solidly mused in the balcony and made a brave showing in their bright evening dresses. theater was decked with Bags Before tbe c urtain rose on the first act Mayor Feiker of Northampton expressed an official welcome to the players and mentioned the generous support the company had received in the past two seasons (rom Frank Lyman of Brooklyn and Northampton, son of Edward H R Lyman, who gave the theater to the city of Northampton. He made known the fact that in two seasons Mr. L ym:ln had cont ributed not less than $15,000 to the support of the stock company

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The audience were deeply impressed by Mrs. Trask's play, which is less a play in the conventional thlln an argument, construc ted by means of scenes illustrating one or another of the war illusion. The author has been content to let the play take the shape that was obvio usly inherent in her plan, and has not :mught to bring in dramatic action which would have no place in it. She has made the individual scenes effective, the more so by reason of the pointed dialogue, which often c uts cleanly with a nice sense of irony through the fallacies which are so apparent to the author's vision. Yet the scenes have !l strong pictorial character whi ch adds to their impressiveness, and which, indeed, helps to convey the les so n.

PRESIDENT BURTON'S R!WARKS

President Burton addressed the audience at the c lose of the play. He said that he was sure th a t all felt the beauty and depth of the message of the play and were duly thankful to Mrs. Trask, its author. He had read the book last year, but had not felt its full force before witnening the dramatic presentation. It had for bim a peculiar appeal because of his observa tion in England last s umm er when he saw a nation stirred by war and sending its fighting men to the front The play also brought st rongly to hi. mind the women watching and waiting at home in the waninl countries, and the c hildren whose live s would be permanently embittered.

Northampton might feel that through this first presentation it was in a real sense "in the vanguard" of peace. President Barton extended a welcome to the old and the new player. of the company and spoke of the possibility of the local public for the support of the stock comp any venture, since Mr. Lyman had wisely seeD fit to place the full borden apon the people after giving generous aid for two years He felt s ure the pablic would meet the demand t o the full.

PROP. MACCRACUN ON THE NORTHAMPTON PLAYlRS

Pro f. Henry N. MacCracke n of the English department spoke to his classes yesterday morning co ncerning the Northampton players and the attitude which

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the students should take toward them He said in part: ',",Ve must remember that though the players are entering upon their third season in Northampton, they are still an experiment. H owever , the outlook for their ·success is much more hopeful this fnll than it was a year ngo. Their s u ccess is particularly dependent upon the kind of audience which the town and the collere provide. nul hert, as cvcrywhre else, 90 per cent of the audience is made up of spectators who belong to one of the two dasses namely, either to tbe 'highbrows' who n r e unsympathetically critica l, or to the 'eyebrows' who look askance a t any departure from life as they see it from their (ront po rc h es. ]1 is for the college as well as for the townspeople to have a spirit of kindly criticism toward the playen."

COLLEGE PLAYS OF 1913-14

AT THE close of the college year, last June, the chapters were asked to send in lists of plays which had been su ccessfully given in their colleges during the year with such informatIon concerning them as would prove helpful to members of dramatiC committees. The plays have been divided into two list s, those suitable for class or all-college production and those especially adapted for use in a chapte r house or private home. All practi cal details have been given when they were furnjshed with the names of the chapters r ecommending them. Unless othen"'ise indicated, th e setting was described as simple.

PLA YS SUITABLE FOR CLASS OR ALL-CoLLEGE PRODUCTION

These were recommended by California B. As all except were given in the Greek Theatre, no information concerning an ordinary stage setti ng co ul d be given. reja and Coun/en were staged the same evening, but a ll the other plays requi re about two hours and a half for performance.

One D/ tile Eight Stage setling rather tT)'4' Lost Paradise

Norman Swartout elaborate. Also recommended Ludwig Fnlda 4 by Florida .0\. 6 10 II

Three act drama adapted from German for American stage by H. C. Demille. I owa r.

tl Ire Middle .lIon

Henry Arthur J oms

Stage setting may be either simple or elaborate. * Lost, A (."40#,.0" Requir es two hours.

6 7 Illinois H. 9 6 )fassachuselts A.

The Piper Josephine Preston Peabody 4 (Escort of children.)

Published by Houghton, Mimin Co. Requires two hours. Elaborate stage setting.

tLes R071lQn esques Rostand

Requires one and one-half hours. Also recommended by New York B. (Torch Appropriate

Tlu Sanctuary Percy Mackaye 5 bearers and musicians.) for outdoo r production.

2 4 (20

Requires three-fourths houl'". Can be given out of doors. girls as birds) Virginia A. Euripides 9 9 Iphigell;a In Tauris

Translat ed by Gilbert :\[urray. Published by Oxfo rd University Press. Requires one and one-ha lf Slurwood

The Arrow Maker hours.

Alfred Noyes :\fary A uSlin Pennsylvania r. 28 18 9 7 (9 minor parts )

Published by Duffield & Co., New York. An Indian play which is most unusual and striking. Requires two hours. Also r ecom mend ed by Colorado B. Alaslis Euripides 4 7

She Sloops 10 COllquer

Publ ished by Penn. Pub. Oliver Goldsmith Co., Philadelphia.

The Tragedy 0/ Nail

The Fortune lluHlu

Joho M asefield ( l arge 5 3 chorus.) 17 5

Published by MacMillan & Co. Can be given by all-girl cast. Pennsyl,-a nia A. Louis Joseph Vance 3 17

Published by Sauger & Gorgeon. Requires two hour s. Elaborate setting. Kansas A and Nebraska B.

*The Times

Arthur W. Pinero 7 6

Requires IWO and one-fourth hours. Illinois B. As You Like It

Shakespeare 4 16 (Ben Greet Edition.)

Published by Doubleday, Page & Co., New York. Require s two hours. Pillars 0/ Soddy Ibsen 9 10 Requires two and one-half hours.

·Th e A mazolls

Arthur \\1 Pinero 7 Requires two hours. Ten dollars royalty_

.Pub li shed by Walter H. Baker Co., Boston, Mass. tEilher published by or to be obtained from Samuel French, 27 W. 22nd St., New York.

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The Man from H ome Booth Tarkington & H . H. Wilson 3 10

Published by Harper Bros., New York. Requires two and one-half hours. Elaborate setting. Also recommended by Nebraska B.

The Col/ege Widow George Ade

Published by San ger & J o rdan Requires tw'o h ours

Ten dolla rs royalty

9 IS Elaborate sctting. Washingt on B.

H yacinth Halvey Lady Gregory :a 4

Published by Mann se l & Co., <)6 Mi dd le Abbey St., Dublin Ireland

R equires onc hour. Elaborate setti ng

1''11.10 Angry Women 0/ Abington H e nry Porter 3 11

From Vol. VII, Old Englisla. Plays, edited by H ulitt, p ubli shed by Reeves & Turner, London, England . Require s two hours. Elaborate setting.

The Witching H our

Requires three hour s Mi ss Alarig'old

A ugu s t Thomas Elaborate se tt ing.

H a rry S Lee

Te xas A . S 10

4 13

Music by ( large chorus)

H Vibbard and David -Walsh.

R eq uires two and oD-e-half h ours Very el abo rate setting. Hiawatha Longfe ll o w • • Requ ir es one·half hour Simple outdoor setting. (several minor parts)

A ntigone Sop hocles

Ttvel/lh NigJrt Shakespeare

AlabamtJ

Augu st us Thomas

Published by the Dramatic Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill one-hal ( hours.

S 7 (c horul)

4 8 New York A 8 4 Requires one and

A Rlluian H oneymo on Mrs. Burron Harrison 3 ... Adapted from the French Publi sh ed by th'e Dramati c Publi shing Co., C hicago, Ill Requires two and on e-fo urth h ou rs Elaborate setting Missouri r . Oscar Wilde 4 S

R equires two and one-half hours. Setting, a simple garden scene.

A Virginia II

Requires one and three-fourth pe ri od costum es h o urs Sim ple settin g with Civil War F)'orida A.

Ma jer

Published by Mac Millan hours.

Percy Co., New Mackaye 2 3 Yo rk. Requires two and three -fourth.

Ygranie 0/ tlu Hill F olk Robert E. Rogers, 2 3 In stitute o f Technol ogy , Boston.

A tragedy in one act in verse. Require s thirty minutes . Elaborate setting. Good NnDS Frederick Ballard, t 3 68 Tro wbridge St. , Cambridge, Mass.

A in one act. R equi res thirty-five minutes. A play which " h old s"

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beeaUIt of the dramatic intensity portrayed in the every-d.y life of every-day people.

(Tbe last two play. are unpublisbed copyright pl.y. which were presented for the fiut time in 1913 by Harvard dramatic club.) IIIinoi. A. The Meltin, Pot

Israel Zangwell 4- 5

Requires two and one-half bours. Milsouri B. Alice-Si/-Oy-tlu-Firt ]. M. Barrie 5 3

Published by Charles Frohman. Requires two an d one-half hours. Arkansu A.

Strife Galsworthy 6 11

Requires two and one-half hours. (a umo b lt of men)

The Sdool /0' Scandal Sheridan 4 II Requires two and three·lourths hours. Elaborate settmg. The Mikado

W. S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan 4- 5

Requires two and one-half hours. Indiana B. 7 he Servan t in the J/ ouu

Charles Rllnn Kennedy 2 5

Published by Harper Brothers, New York. Requires two and one-half hours. One simple scene.. Nebraska B.

tTAe At/vmtu"e 01 Lady U"stda Anthony Hope

Requires two hours.

tHis ExullencytJu Governo"

Richard Marshall 3 9

Requires two hours. ODe scene required.

teyran4 d6 Bet'get'4C

Edmond Rostand

41 speaking partl

(Translated from the French by Gladys Thrunas and Mary Guillemard.) Requires two nnd one-half hours. Elaborate setting.

tJlfia ofld Alen

Requires two hour s.

tTke Man 01 Destiny

Requires one hour. make-up.

My Lady's T"""blu

Madeleine L. Ryley 5 7 E laborate setting. Bernard Shaw (20 minor par ts) 3

Simple setting. Depends on clever acting and good

Beulah Amidon 2

Publi shed in Ba"na"d Bear, June. 1914. Requires twenty min ut es. 1 ElaboNew York B rate

Th.e Pigeon

John Galsworthy 2 9 (12 characters may be used)

Published by Charles Scribners' Sons, New York. Requires one and one-half hours.

Swut Lavendar

Requires two hours .

Lucuis, Wha t Do You Say!

A. W . Pinero

Esther Galbraith. n B cJ!

Mathilde Eiker. Z K

R. M Wilhelm. K E

Farce with music. Requires one and one·hal f hours.

School R ober tson

Require s two and o n e-four th h o urs eh.riJtmas ea1'ol

Secret Seniu

Cha rl es Dickens

Gillett

Raising Cain

Ca rolyn H osme r, U B ell L o rena Hocking, II B r) 2 2

R eq uires IWO h ou rs. (J child and 30 minor part;) Colorado B. A NiKki Off August Daly 4 .1 Iowa B

PLAYS SUITABLE FOR 'O p 0' My Thu,mb

PRODUCTION IN A CHAPTER H OUSE OR PRIVATE I-loME Frederick Fenn & Richard Pryce 5 I R eq uires forty-five minutes. recommended by New York B. Titl e role s hould be well played. Al so

TJu Faro'WllY Prin ctss

Published by Scribners. H erman Suderman

Tlte Pro!usoyS Love StOl"Y J. M. Barrie

J)ub lish ed by Chicago Manu sc ript Co. Requires

• Miss Fearleu Co.

Requires one and one-half hour s.

CalA/un Ni H oulihan \Y B. Yates two 5 P en n sy lvania A. S 6 hours. Minn esota A 10 0 New York A. 3 3

Lllda's Lovu Bertha C urri e r P otte r

Requires ODe and one-half h o urs

Publish ed by MacMillan & Co. R eq uires twenty minut es. Washingt o n B. 9 P enn sy lvania r.

Love's Cap"ice A. l\L Bush, 2 3 1416 Pitkin Ave .• Brooklyn, N. Y. (An unl)ub lished copyright manuscript.) Req uir es

*Secom/·Floor Spookemiyk es Rough Diamond W. D. Howell s twenty -five minutes. Illinois 41. 2 6 Massa chu se tts A. 3 5 3 •

The Slu pi"K Ca" Requires ODe hour.

Published by Dramati c J. B. Buc kstone Publishing Co., 358 D earbo rn St., Chicago, III. Requires forty minutes.

Lelld life Five Shillings ]. Maddison Morton 2 5

Dramatic Publishing Chi ca go, Ill. Requires (orty minutes. lowa r. Hav e (J Vote with Om Cecil Hamilton 7 2 Short one act suffrage co medy.

The H ollyt"t!t! Inn O' Beringer 3 4

Published by Samuel Fren ch. (A one act play taken (rom Di ckens.)

Gringo;re T. Ede Banville 4 4

Published by Dramati c Publishing Co. (A one act play taken from Vi cto r Hugo's Notre Dame.) Nebraska B. Rah ! Ralr.! Rocky!

Written by two Colorado II It 2 R eq uires one h o ur . ( A ru shing play {or girls.}

The Hold -U; in H ell's Hollow Esther Galbraith D o rothy M cClea ry 2 5

R equires thrtt-(ourths h o ur _ A Shakespearian NigJtiftUJre ( A moving picture scenario with no word! ) Esther Galbraith Dorothy M cC leary

Line, composed by Colwnbia _4., consist almost entirely of quotations (rom different Shakespearian pJays. Extremely clever. Scene I-School for Scan· dal al Inverness. Scene 2-Friar Lawrence's Busy Day. Scene 3-Tbe Forest of Arden. Requires thirty minutes. Scenery \'ery simple. Costumes home -made. Characters: Mr. Macbeth, Mrs. Macbeth, Miss Juliet, Touchstone, Miss Ophelia, Casea, Friar Lawrence, the Witch. Indian Summer

Requires thirty - five minutes. (Taken from the French.)

\VA SH I !';CTON UNIVERSITY DAY

, , Colorado B.

uFai ry Love, a sunset to sunrise glimpse into Fairuland on a Day eve in the sixteenth centu ry, " so the annual celebration of the founlling of McMillan Hall, the girls' dormitory of Washington University, was termed. Although the ce lebration was a cus tom, this year's entertainment was an innovation and an expe riment in e\'e ry rC!'pect. " 'here formerly the gymnasium teacher had had complete charge of some play or masque, such as Love's Labor's Lost or The of Queens, this year the stud ents wrote the play and the incidental music, costumed, staged it, and c r eated the dances. Instead of the usual rai sed platform with the audience seated On the grass, of course getting a much distorted view of the actors, this year S3W a with wings and background of plants and granite r ocks , the grass for a stage carpet and the spectators in a grand stand.

In writing the play the limitations were many, few good voices, acting ability very scarce, no change of scenery, tl'te usual difficulty of "getting o\'er lines" in the open air. and a small amount of money for a large li st of expenses. The playlet built itself around th ese limitations and by the time it was offer€.d for the tryouts, a place could be found for any girl who was willing to give the ne:xt four weeks for r ehearsals-se venty·two found the time.

A very simple story gives excuse for a number of danc€s, a few songs, and some stage pictures. The peasants are on their way home from gathering flowers for thei r May Pole. th ey dance and exit leaving Robin to fix his shephard's crook. He hears singing and hides and the Fairies dance in. H e falls in love with one who differs frol11 her sis ter s in that she will not e nt er inlO their plans to torment Robin. The F ai ries arc displeased with Dewdrop for her disrega rding ., itania's decree against all courtesy to a mortal, and ca ll

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their friends the Elves to plan some punishment for the two offenders. The Fireflies twinkle through the wood on their nightly errand to see if the flowers aTe all asleep, onl y adding to Robin's bewildered delight. The Moonbeams aid the Elves and Fairies by bewitching Robin and luring him away from Dewdrop, but Titania with her court appears to approve of the punishment. Just as she raises her wand to change Robin to a toad, ]ohnnie·]ump-Up, the Keeper of the Royal Records of Fairyland , produces the great book and shows

E1l1lA VOGT OuteD of the Fireffies

where Dewdrop is a Changeling and is entitled to go with Robin. The Queen blesses the pair and departs, leaving Robin and his bride to greet their peasant friends who choose Dewdrop as the May Queen.

The lines were just sufficient to make the story clear and hold the action together. The dances were not separated from the play, but very closely connected and in many places told the story in pantomime.

Elizabeth Ehlers, '15, wrote the music and led the orchestra. Erma Pherham, '13 , wrote the story, created the dances for Miss

MISS

Ehler's music and was in charge of the production. Edith Taylor. '1 4 . managed the cos tum es and played the part of Johnnie-Jump-Up.

Mildred DeCourcey, '14, was the Fairy heroine, Emma V og t, ' 17, did one of the solo dances, Win ona Wuertenba eche r another, and Alice McC l evey had one of the two songs. while nea Th- all of the o th e r members of Missouri B lent their assistance in the dance.

PI PHI PLAYERS

MAN Y Pi Phis look part in the plays listed abo \"e uut only a few of the chap te rs sent pictures o r information conce rning these distinguished amateur actresses. ARROW read e rs will enjoy hea ring of the following:

The se n io r class play given at the t:niversity of :\linnesota May 16, was written by a of the senior class, Rudolph Broziu", It is a musi ca l femedy in tw o acts. entitled ' ·.\1iss !\'l inne· sota." This form of play gives an oppo rtunity for using many 9eople in the Tb e r e are few main c haracte rs. One of the most important parts, The Campus Flirt , was tak en by Meland, a Minnesota Alpha Pi Phi. is a se ni o r and is well ),."11own on the ca mlJus. She was initiated into n B 4> in th e spring of 1913. She has bt'en, during her college cuurse, a report€r on Tile 111imusola Daily and also has been exchange editor of the Da ily . Several other Pi Phi seniors had smaller parts in this production.

Catherine Marie Hakes and Nora Carolyn Hakes hav e ably represented ]Ilinois E in the dramatic worlJ o f Northwes tern Unive r sity ev{:r since they ente red college. Catherine Hak es is n o w a senior, last year she played th e leading r ole of Betty Graham in the junior play, " The F o rtune Hunt er." Nora Hakes who (ntered Northwestern in 1912 became a member of the Drama tic Club in her sophomore year. Last year she a c hieved mu ch succes.s first as the "Unknown W oman" hl J ohn Galsworthy's "Silve r Box ll and later as Tottie in Bemard Shaw's "Blanco Posnell!

Iowa r had a galaxy of "stars" la st year. Th e co rr espo nding secretary says:

Pi Phis may be interested to know that in all o f these plays a Pi Phi had the leading woman's part, and in two we had mo re than one girl in the play.

EDNA LEWIS

NORA HAKES

Gooo N.ws

MARIE MELAND

MARIE HAKES

(Ginn at Knox College with Ellen J. \Vest, II ., in the center)

III "One of the-Eight," H elen Beck of Sioux City, Iowa, played "Helen." 1.(1 "Rough Diamond," Beth Pryor of Council Bluffs, Iowa, played "Margery." In "Lend Me Fi,·c Shillings," Laura Conaway of Mason City I owa, played " Mrs. .Ma jor Phobbs." In liThe Lost Paradise," \Vilma Phillips of Boone, Iowa, played " Margaret" and Kellie Noble, Ames, Iowa, played "Nel1."

From its name liThe Arrm.... maker" would seem t o have an especial

ALMA O. MELZE It

AI Tit. Chi.ltITIl or W oman in "The Arrowmaku"

attraction for Pi Phis. Two chapters have written of it very en· thusiasticaUy and Colorado B sent the picture published here saying: Alma Ottilie l\1elzer took the leading part in wfhe Arrowmaker" and she played it in a remarkable way . The leading part was an exceeding l y heavy part and her portrayal of an Indian girl Wti." wonderful. She stood tall and stately kLeping that same unchange. able expression that an Indian always has. Several c ritics said that! she could not have improved. her in any way.

"Alma has been in every college enterprise. Sht has been a class officer and a member of numerour; societies. She has been leading lad)" in drama club pla)'s and fraternity plays a l1 through her co lle ge ('ourse. So she naturally fined right into her part as leading lady of the senio r play,"

From lll i n ois ..l ('omes a picture of a scene from "Good News" in which Ellen J. of that chapter played the one femalt part. I\liss \V eart is evidently another "all 'round" co ll ege gi rl , judging from the various acti"ities in which she is r epresented.

Dr:m1;llir'< at Barnard College. aTc of a \'t:ry high o rde r mdeed and some of t!lC annual productions h(!.ve been witnessed and praised by foremost actors. dramatists, and c r itics. In recent yea rs, twO Pi Phis won so many triumphs in Barnard dramatics thai they hm'e achieved mo r e than local fame. For this reason, THE ARROW feels it is most fitting to pub l ish the following extended aCCount of " Peggy" Schorr and K enny.

N ew York B feels justified in being proud of its ac tresses, Margue rite Schorr, '14. and :\I a)' K enny, ' 14 , who have been prominent in d r am atics throughout their college cou rse.

"Peggy". Schorr was uo rn on Jul y 18 , 1893, May Kenny's bi rthda y was Jul y 19, 1892. Perhaps Jul y is a month of actresses. \Vh en HPeggy" g r ad u ated from a York e l emen tary school, she was g iv(n a meda l in elocution. In high schoo l too she used to r eci te , and recalls h aving delive r ed an o r ation in the auditorium. Her actual hi s tr ion ic ca r ee r did not begin until she came to co ll ege . l\1ay , on the o ther hand, belonged to a dramatic society in Berkeley Ins titute, 3nd t ook the pa rt s of Launcelot Gobbo in th e "Merchant of " eni ce." Harry Rakel1 in " Monsieu r B ea ucai r e," and Bob A cres in HT he Ri,'als."

B oth ou r act r es.,es were in thei r freshman sho w, and in the underg radu ate show of th<1t yea r . 4C J eanne d'Arc." May had th e part o f de Bourle ment , and P eggy that o f J ca nn e 's father. "And I was .,0 c r azy abou t m y daughtfcr," she sa.ys, Htha t I kept saying hr r lines in') t ead of my o wn ." N eve rth e less, she was successful enou g h t o ge t the pa rt of th e hero in 1II14's sophomo r e show, "The Road to Yes t erda)." As Jack (; r eatorex she ate pie w ith a. knife a nd swore a nd was a fas cinating hero. M ay also had an important part, K e n e len P a ult o n l in uTh e Road o f Yesterday."

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In the spring of 1912, we ga\' e "The \Vinler's Tale/' in which May was Polixenes and Peggy was Camillo. The same season Peggy assisted 1910's production of "Pinafore," by being Dick Deadege, in spite of her mother's fear that she would lose her reputation by looking so frightful and chewing gum.

In their junior, 1914 was to have given Beau Bremmel with Peggy as Beau, but Mrs. Richard Mansfielrl 's permission could not be obtained . I nstead, they gav(' "The Adventure of l .. ady Ursula," in which Peggy was very charming in the tjtlt role, and May won many htarts besides Lady Ursula's as the hero.

The undergraduate show of 1913 was "Cyrano de Be r ge r ac," May being the beautiful Roxane.

Last fall May and Peggy both starred again in "Mice and Men ," May as the leading man, Marc Em bury. and Peggy as the young hero, Captain Lovell. I n last one act plays, 1915 took the foreground, though May had the man 's part in the short play written by a 1915 girl. But in th e c harming little outdoor play of senior week, Peggy and May again had the two leading men's parts, the cle ,'e r Str a(o r d, and the young lover, Peggy, by the way, says she enjoyed playing St r aford most of any of her parts.

Besides their d r amatic activities, both these girls have done a great dea l in college both have held class offices, served on important committees. and k ept up good scholarship. They both add as postscripts tha t they do not intend to go on the stage p r ofessiona ll y, but are taking examinations to tea ch in the (all.

O UR PHI

BETA K A PP AS AN D OTHER HONOR ST U DE )I" T S OF 1914-

ALPHA PROVI:-<"CE

ONTARIO A

Greek-letter honor societies do not exist at the University of Toronto but "lirst class honours" is considered a mark of distinctive scholarship and a n equivalent of B K

• An bas been to data c:oncernin, the local hon or .ac:ieties. but as it wa. and not uniforml biographical matter was not used where it use had a lreadT been establi.hed Dy precedent.

STUDENTS

Mildred Evelyn Stinson was born in Toronto, Ontario, April S, 1892. Her school alid college days were all spent in this city. In 1910 she with high honors plus a scholarship from hord Collegiate Inst itute and, "trailing clouds of glory," she entered the University of Toronto the same year. The following spring she was initiated into II B and has always heen an active and faithful worker in the inttTcsts of the fraternity. Specializing in modern languages with brilliant success, Mildred yet found time to take part in all of the co llege activities. The same excellency which she showed in high school marked her college career. I n her freshman yt!aT she was a member of the class executive and, as a junior, held the office of recording secretary on the executive of t!1e \Vomen's Literary Society. Graduating this spring she was one of the very few to obtain first class honors. She expects to continue her work at the Faculty of Education next year.

VERMONT A

q, B K was established in )fiddlebury College in 1868. 8 women were elecled t o membership during 19 13-14. 3 of these belonged to n B and I to A X. There is no ch:\pler of 1: Z

Elle" .Hade Bail ey was bo rn at W e lls River, Vt., in 1892 . In 1910, she graduated from " ·ells River high school as valedictorian, and ente"d Middleu ' lf)' thal fall. She graduated with the degree L A.B. Conferred cum ldlllie, and was elected to B K in June. She has received several honors: was a member of the Campus Board, of this Cabinet of \". ,\ -. C. A., and was president cf the local Pan-Hellenic Council.

Isab el Upton Estell was born in Amesbury, Mass. She was graduated from Charles Sumner grammar school, Roslindale, Mass., and girls' high school, 13oston, with high honors in chemistry. She attended Boston University for one seemster and was pledged n B 4> of Massachusetts A present.

In the fall of 1910, she entered Middlebury College and was initiated into Vermont A Tovember 11. 1910, with two representatives of Massachusetts A present.

While in college Isabel held numerous offices in the Y. W. C. A. and Class Day organizations.

Pur BETA KApPAS

First row, Ir/' 10 right-1:1ay Dub, W. sh. Ai Lolita Snell. Hope Cleveland, Colo. Aj Esther Laura Digger, Ohio B; Amanda Pellcu s New York r; Ellen 101 , Dalley, Vt . A.

S.'o"d row-Florine M. Parker, VI. A; Ruth O'Sullivan. Dorothy Cook, Ruth Durfee , Vt . Hi Mari o n Collyer, M an_ A; babel Uplon E.ton, Vt. A.

T/u',d rlJ1P-Louise Eipey. Caroline Wum s , Ind. Bj Mildred Armstrona-. III. t:j Madge Mye rs , 111. Z; Shirley Seifert, Ma ry C. de Garmo. Mo. B.

She was also a member of the socia l board and of Washington's Birthday banquet committee. She was Vermont Alpha's delegate at the installation of New York r, at St. Lawrence University last March. She received the degree of A.B. from Middlebury College in Jun e; was elected to B K, had comencmcment honors and honors in home economics.

Fl orine l '-1ar9a,,1'1 Park er was born in Essex, Conn., November 25, 1887. She was g raduated from the high school there in 1905 , and from \Vh ealon Seminary in 1907 after which taught for two lears. III the fall of 1911 she entered Middlebury and during that year joined n \Vhen a freshman she was in the cast of uThe Rivals." The next year she entered the juni or class and during that year she became a member of the Cam.pus board and was sent as a delegate fr om "ermont to the Northeastern Field Conference of Y. \\T. C A. which was held in Nc\\ York. As a senio r she became assistant edi tor in chief of the Campusj was in the cast of 118chool," "Charter-day Play " and senior play. She was also president of Y. \V. C. A. and a member of the II Banshees" (junio r society). 1r J an uary she was elec ter! to 4> B K, and received commencement honors in June.

VERMONT B

4> B K was established in tbe University of Vermont in 1853. 8 of the 14 members elected during 1913 - 14 were women, 3 belongd to II n P and 5 to K.A 9.

Dorothy Cook was born at Charlotte, Vt., in December, 1893 . She attended Shelburne high school, and entered the University of Vermont in 1910, winning the entrance prize in Latin On her graduation she received the degree of Ph.B . in Education, cum laude) and was elected to 4> B K.

Ruth )110/1 Durf ee was born at Hoosaic Falls , New York , in October, 1892. She attended Essex high schoo l and Troy Conference Academy, and was the youngest of four sisters to become a member of IT B 4> at the University of Vermont. She was active in fraternity and in college life, and was the founder of the senior honorary society, Akraia She won honors in class and college organizations, and r eceived on graduation the degree of Ph.B. in Education, cum laude} and was elected to <I> B K .

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Ruth Pr ts i on O 'SullivQIl was born in December, 1892 , at BurlingtOil , Vt. She prepared fo r college in the co nvent and in Burli ng ton high school ; and, on e nte rin g college, won the ent r ance prize in Greek. She has been prominent among the girls of her class, has had not a f e w hon o rs, and has maint:lin ed a high standa r d of scho l a rship throughout h er co ll ege cou r se., On graduati ng, she received special hono rs in Greek, t he degree of A B, in Education, cum and th e keep of 'I> B K.

MASSA CHUSE'ITS A

ell B K w as established at Boston University in 1898. 20 were elected to membership during ' 9 13 - 14 The women's fraternities were represen t ed as follows: K K r. 4; 0 .6. .6, :2; n B I ; Z T \, I; A *'. t; 4 .a. r. J Co lly u was born in DoYer. N. H. She attended the public schoo ls in Dove r, Waltham, and \V orcester. In 19 10 , she graduated fr o m Cazenovia Semenina r y, Cazenovia, New York, and in September of the same year, ente r ed Go uche r College, Baltimore, Md . But the Sept emb e r of 1911, found her r egiste r ed at Boston Univers ity and it was here that she became an active member of IT B «1> The foll o wing year she was awar ded the chapte r scho lars hi p cup , and in her senior year, she was e le cted treasurer of her class.

She r ece ived th e A.B. deg r ee in Jun e, 19 14 , and was e lec ted t o <I> B K.

NEW YORK A

." B K was estab li sh ed in Syracuse University in 189{). n members were elected in 19 13- 14. 18 o f these were girls The women's ' fraternities were repre sented.s follows: Alethe a ( local ), 4 ; d Ii A. I; A X 0, I; K; K r. I;

l: was establi.shed in Syra cu se University in IC)06 8 members were elected in 1913 - 14. 2: were girls, I neutral and t n B 40

Kat/urine ' 13: was elected to m embe rship in while taking her Master's degree in science . Miss Steinle was e l ected to B K last year and at t hat time her picture and biography were subm itted to THE ARROW I n Syracuse on l y one o th er girl shared th e formCJ- h o n o r with her, a non-fraternity gi rl.

This year none of our girls were el ected to membe .. hip in <I> B K but Helen Hurford and Hazel Onderdonk received cum laude . Eva Burlingham and Ruth Case were commencement marshals and the medal for highest bonors in Spanish was awa rd ed Marj o rie Campbell , '13.

NEW Y ORK B

c&> B K was titablished al Barna r d College ir. 1<)01. Fifteen members were e lecled in 19 '3 - 14 senn of these wer e fraternity gids .I1a), l\"i111l ey and :Ili a (I ' a lla \\ ho were class day speakers wer e on the elig ibl e list for <I> B K. although they w.: r e nut e lec t ed.

NEW \ 'O RK r

B K was es tabli shed 1t St. Lawre nce University in 1899. 5 meml>ers weTe elected in 1913 - 14. The wo men ' s fraternities were r ep r ese nt ed as foliowl: Z 4» (local), 2; .4 I ; n Rca,. I.

Amanda Pell e ns was ed u ca ted in th e Jersev City schools and graduated from the high school with hon o r:; . She (ntered St. Lawrence University in September, 1910. and was initiated into fl r 1 in O c toh e r-. She had h e r full share o f co lleg e and fraternity honors and responsibili ties.

F o r two years, she was prE.:sident of th e Y. \V . C . A. and she wa s prominent in dramati cs and oratory, winning the Abbott Oratorical prize in her sophomore year and playing in Jfic e a1ld Jlf en in her junio r year. She was al::o elected to various class and college offices, was a member of th E. College Senate and was on the co mmittee which drew up th e Constitution of the College H onor Court and Senate. In Jun e. she was chose n Co mm encement Sp ea k er and her thesis, "College Student and Crowd M ind" was published by request. She received honors in philosophy and history besides her electi on to 4> B K During 1914 - 15, she matriculated in Columbia Summer School for M.A. degree. She r epresented n r :s at the Evanston convention and was on its national co mmitt ee for four years. After th e installation of New York r , she represented n B <I> in the loca l Pan - Helleni c. At present she is teaching science in the Bay Shore high school.

MARYLAND A

fj) B K was established as Goucher College in 1<)04. 8 members were elected in 1913 - 14, one fraternity, .6 r was represented by one girl.

COLUMBIA A

No chapters of B K or 1: Z exist at George \Vashington University. Th e re is a local h ono r society ca lled The Sphinx.

Genevieve Frizzell won the fir st prize in the Val'is Prize Speak.· ing, and was awarded a co mmen ce ment speakership. Esther Galbraith won the third prize in the Oavis Priz e Speaking and the Colonial

HONOR STUDE ,\"TS OF I9T-I

History prize. Elizaueth Ferguson won the Daughters of tre Ameri· can Revolution prize in American history a.nd the Ruggles prize for exct llen ct! in mathematics.

YIRCI NJA A

There are no chapters of <I> B K or Z at College and no corresponding local honor societies.

FORIDA A

There are no chapters of D K or :I Z at John B. Stetson UniTcnity and no honor societies depending on scholarship.

llETA PROVINCE

PENNSYLVANIA A

<I> B K wa s established at Swa rthm o r e College in 1884. 8 members were elected in 1913-'4. 6 men and 2 women, ODC of the latter was a member of KA 9.

PENN SYLVAN IA B

There are no c hapters of B nor Z ::: at Bucknell University.

PENNSYLVANIA

r

cIJo B K was established at D ic kin son College in .886 . 8 memben were elected in 19 13 -14, none of these were members of women's fraternities.

GmoA

There are no c hapte rs of <fJ B 'K; nor :t at Ohio Unive rsity bat there is a local bonor socie ty called The Cresset. Anna Pickering and H enrietta Cronacbe r were members during 1913. 14-

011.10 B

IfI B K was established at Ohio State University in 1904. •. were elected during 19 13- 14 Th e wom en's were rep rese nted as follows : .D. 6. 0., 2 j n B 1fI, I Z was established at Ohi o Sta t e University in 1898. The membership nenr included women. e !: <I', an honorary journalistic fraternity was established in Ohio State University in 19 13 The women'. fraternities are represented in its membership as fo ll o ws: X:.A e, :lj A A.:I; IT B cz" :2 j K K r . 1.

Esther Laura Bigger was born J anuary 23, 1894, in Columbus, Ohio. She was g r aduated from north high schoo l of that city and ente r ed Ohio State U n ive r sity in Septembe r , 19 11. In November, 19 13 , she was initiated into II B <1> . She is a member of the Stroller 's Dramatic Cl ub, Browning Dramati c Society, is On th e Lautern

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staII (co ll ege newspaper) and the M okio board (co ll ege yearbook ) , she wo n an A for gymnasium w ork and be l ongs to ® '1 4>, the journalistic fraternity.

In Apr i l , 1914, was one of five e l ec ted to 4> B K from the junior class .

Th e r e are no c h apters of 4» B K. nor Z as Hillsdale College

4> B K, was u tab li shed at th e Ulliversity of Mic higan in 1897. :J:J members were elec led in 19 13 - 14. The women's frat er nities were represented as follows: K K r, 2 ; K A e, I : Co llegiat e Sorosis 2; X n, L X Z )'Vas estab li shed at tbe Unive r sity of Michigan in 1903. No women we re t o membership in 19 13 - 14.

PR OV INCE

B K was established at the University of Minnesota in 1&}2 19 members were elected in 1913 - 14. The {olloW'ing w ome n ' s fraternities were represented: K K r, I ; A ':;.6 . :1;.A r .6.. I i A 41, I . 1: Z was stablished at the Univ ersity of Minnesota in 1895. No women were e lected to me mbership in 1913-14-

Vv"ISCONSIN A

N wtlS e!: l ablid1ed 31 the Un iversi ty of Minneso ta in 1895. No women were we r e elected in 1913 - 14. The following women's fraternities were represented : K K r. 2; K.A. e. 2;.A 2 1; A was established at the Univer sity of Wiscon sin in 11)07. No fraternity women were elected to membership during 19 13 - 14.

ILLlS0 1S B

. There are no c hapters of 4> B K. and l: .:. at Lombard Co llege and no local bon or locietiel.

i LLlNO J S t:.

Anni e Louis e completed her college preparatory w ork in Knox Acad emy in 1910 She received an A B degree from Knox College in ] un e. Each year general hono rs were given to her and special honors in physics in 1913. She was chosen on one of the commencement s peakers, in June , 1 914.

I LI IS0 1S E

• B K was founded at Northwes tern University in 1890. 30 memberl were el ected in 1913- 14. The women 's fraternitiel were represented as followl: A +, 3; X 0, :I; .A. 0 n. 2 ; K.A e, I; r + B, I; n B +, I.

-This i. _Iso true of lUinoil A.

Mildred Arms/rong was born in Springfield, Illinois, in 1891. She graduated from the Springfield high school in 1909 and attended the Western College for Women 1909-1911. She entered Northwestern Unive rsity in the fall of 1912 and always took a very prominent part in all college activities She was elected to B X in the 'pring of 1914.

4J B K WaJ established at the University of Illinois in 1907. 26 members were elected 19 13 - 14 , The women ' s fralHnities represented as follows: K K 1', t; A 0 il I ; r 41 B, I; K A 41, I; II B 4',t.

1: ::: was established at the t:ni"ersiIY of Illinois in '904.

In 1913 - 14. 40 members were elected including one girl. K A e.

Odusa .1fadg e lt1)'ers was born near lllinois, June 27, 1891. She attended the country grade school and received her high school education at the Mansfield high school. After graduating she acted as a substitute teacher in her high school 1908 -09. Her first year of college life was spent at the Illin ois \V omen's College in Ja cksonville. That was in 1909,10. From there she ca me to the L'niversity of Illi nois and comp l €ted her sophomore yea r . In 1911-12 she was assistant principal of the Mansfield high school, teaching Latin and mathematics. Since then she has completed her college ca reer here at Illinois, graduating with honors in Latin. She was elec t ed to 4> B K in June. She has returned on a scholarship to study for a master's degree.

ILLINOIS E

There are no chapters of cfl B K. nor I Z in James Milliken University, but .here is n local honor society, c alled Kappa

INDIANA A

There are no chapters of cJ:o B K, nor l: Z at Franklin College but there is a local honor society called Scientific Society.

INDI AXA B

cP B K was established in Indiana University in 1910. 20 members were elected in 1913 -'4. The women's fraternities were represented as follow.: K It r. 2; n B •• 2; .4 Z, 1.

Louis Espey, was born in Trinidad, Colorado, in 1892. After moving t o Indiana, she entered the public schools at Rising Sun and graduated from high school there. Then she entered the Cincinnati Art School, and the University of Cincinnati. In the university she \..' as a member of the Blue Hydra, a club of ten chosen

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from the science classes fo r scholarship. After a year there she en ter ed Indiana Univer sity , where she has been very active in student affairs. She is on the Y. W . Cabinet and W oman's League Board, a member of the French Club and also of the Philosophy Club, as she majored in philosophy. In the winter t erm of this year, there was a girl's discuss ion contest inaugu rated uy the Alumnre Collegiate Association. Louise Espey won the first prize. In June besides being elected to <I> B K, she g raduat ed cum lauda. At present she is debating whether to accept a scholarship of $525 at Bryn Mawr or a teaching fellowship in this university.

Caroline was bo rn in Vincennes in 1890. She graduated from Worthingt on high school in 1906, and entered the univers ity in 1908. H er attendance was irregular, but , she finished in three years, majoring in Latin. She was on the Y. 'V . C. A. Cabinet, was elected to B K , graduated cum laude. Next year she is going to teach Latin in a Chicago school.

INDIANA

r

There are no chapters of B K nor l: :=: at Butler College. There is no honor fraternity to which girls are eligible.

DELTA PROVINCE

IOWA A

There are no chapters of 4» B K nor l: ::: at University but there is a local honor society known as I n.

IOWA B

There are no chapters of B K nor ::: nor any honorary society for girls t Simpson College.

IOWA r

There are no chapters of 4» B K nor Z at Iowa State College but there is a chapter of K

H ermine Kn app was born in Ames, Iowa , November 3, 1892. She is the daughter of Herman Knapp , treasurer of Iowa State College, and Mary McDonald Knapp, an I owa r II both graduates of r. S. C.

Hermine was pledged to IT <I> at the beginning of her freshman year in 1910 and was ini tiated in the spring of 1911. Throughout her college life, she has been prominent in Y. '\' C. A. work, as cabinet

member for three years and serving efficiently as president her senior year. She was delegated to attend the state Y. W. C. A. convention at Cedar Rapids in 1912, the Y. W. C. A. presidents' council at Iowa City in 1913 and the International conven tion at Kansas City in 1913. At a banquet of the representatives of the North Central field this spring, she responded to a toast.

Besides her co llege and Y. W. C. A. work, Hermine found time fOT athletics and music. She was awarded a golf medal for her supe rior work in that line. For three years she was a member of the girl's glee club. She was also a member of the \V ernen's Guild, an organization represe nting the women of tht: (,;vlh::gt:. In her junior year she was elected a charter member of 0 i'. She was initiated into K cJ) before graduation in the Home Economics course in June

.lfary Vaugh" entered Iowa State College in the fall of 1910, after graduation from the high school in Marion, Iowa. Through her four years of college she has been active in many branches of college life. As a r e-presentative of the Crescent Literary Society she won the college declamatory co ntests in both her freshman and sophomo re years. She was a member of the Forensic League, \\'omen's Guild and Cosmopolitan Club.

As a r esult of her efficient service on both the Io wa State Student and Io wa Agriculturist staffs , she was awarded a journalistic c'A" this spring. She also won an athletic "A" sweater for winning medals in girl's athletics.

For three years :Mary has been on the Y. W. C. A. cabinet, and was a delegate to the Int ernational Student Volunteer convention at Kansas City in 1913.

She was elected as one of the cha rt er members of 0 N, the honorary home economics sorority, in her junior year. At the conclusion of her senior year she was initiated into <b K <1>, the honorary fraternity.

IOWA Z

4> B K was estab li shed at I owa Stale University in 1895 10 members were elected in 1913-14. The women's fraternities were represented by 3 members.

% was established at Iowa State University in 1886. 13 members were elected in 1913-14- The two wome n were not fraternity members.

NEBRASKA B

.. B X wat established at the University of Nebraska in 1895. 30 members were elected in 1913 - 14. The women's fraternities were represented by five rirls. =

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1: S was established in 1897. 22 members were elected in 19'3-14. five at these were girls but none of them belonged to a fraternity.

MISSOURI A

<I> B K, was established at the University of Missouri, December S. 1901. During 1913-14. IS members were elected. One of these was a member of .6. r.

MISSO URI B

The formal installation of a chapter of <:(l' B K at Washington University took place of a banquet given at the Buckingham Club of St. Louis on thtevening of May 13, 1914. Six members of the class of 1914 were elected to membe rship in <I> B K and nine were Isletn into l: Z. whi c h was established at Washington University in 1911, Neither cz, B ojI nor any rival fraternity wu represented in this number, although three out of the four fraternity women elected from the atumnre to B K btlonged to n B the fourth being a member of K .A. e.

Mary Cora de Garmo graduated [rom the Shreveport, La., high school in 1908 with highest honors as valedictorian of her class. She then entered Newcomb College, but at the end of her freshman year she came to '''' ashington University and was mitiated into n B ell on November 13, 1909. Throughout her college course she specialized in chemistry, proving herself to be an exceptiona lly excellent :itudent in that as well as in her othe r studies . In the !Spring of 1912 she was elec t ed to I E: , th e honorary scientific fraternity. As there had been but one other girl taken into this society pn:\'ious to that tim e, her election was considered a distinctive honor. There was no chapte r of cJ) B K in Wash!ngton Unive rsity then so she was awarded senior honors as a proof of her scholarship in othe r than scientific lin es.

She took a prominent part in all th e co llege activities in addition to her studies, being vice-president of her class, vice-president of MacM iUan Hall, member of \V omen's Coun cil, and Y. W. C. A. cabinet, and belonging to the dramatic club and athletic association. She received her A.R. degree in June, 1912 . The next year she at Columbia University, where she obtained her A.M. in science in 1913. She now occupies the chair of Home Economics in Agnes Scott College, Atlanta , Georgia. She was an enthusiastic worker in 11 B and filled several offices, among them corresponding sec r etary and president. In 1912 she attended the Evanston convention.

I n May, 1914, a chapter of >I> B K was installed at University: members who had attained the standard requirements were chosen from all the classes since the founding of the university in 1863 to 1914. Of the thirty*nve members chosen. four were fraternity women and !\lary de Garmo was one of th(.se

• Zidc Louise Fallnllcro}' entered " 'ashington rni\'ersity in 1906 as one of the hono r scholarship students from St. L ouis McKinley high schooL Throughout her co ll ege course she sustained this hIgh -,nk by di'tinguishing horself in the English, Latin and Greek coursps. She acted as class poet for the 19 10 class in which she htr B.A. l.lt:gree. \r hen B was chartered in 190i was already numbe r ed among the local petitioners, and a lth o u gh illness prc \'ented her presence a t the installatio:\ she became pledged and later was initiated April 27, 1907. Zide taught history and Eng:ish ip the high schoo ls a t Clayton and Ferguson, M o., for tw o ye:lrs after graduation during which time she was a mC'mber of th e St. Louis alumn", club. S he was elected to >I> B K in M ay, 1914.

Shirl ey L. Seifert was graduated from the cent ral high school in St . L ou'!" in 1905 \\'ith the highest honors. Th e following autumn shc entered 'V ashington University and became one of th e group of gi rl s retitioning for a charte r in th e II B ¢ fraternity. In 1907 she initia t ed as a cha rt er m e mb e r of th e Mi ssou ri B and during th e next two y ears held several She showed the same earnestness dnd ga in ed the same success in her work for her co ll ege as in that for her frat e rnity , for not only was sh e among th e foremost students hut she also took h er part in a ll th e co llege a c ti vities. She was one of th e leaders of th e Dramatic C lub and for two years had leadi n g rarts in thei r annual plays. She r ecei \' ed her B.A. deg r ee in 1909. This yO'r when the chap t e r of >I> B K was formally ins talled in \Vash ington University she was one of the two memb ers of her class ana (' n e of the four fratcrnity g irls t o be gi"e n th e honor of m e lll oeT5hip .

Soon after she graduated, the St. L ouis Alumnre C lub was o r ganized and she again happened to be a c harter membe r. She has been corre5ponding a c ting president, and president of thi s o rganization. In 1912 she attended the convention at Evanston.

+ Unfortunately no rece nt photograph of Mi ss Fauntl eroy i § available.

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At present she is teaching with great success in the H oward School of Individua l Instructio n in St. Louis

MISSOURI r

There are no chapters of 4» B K nor X at Drury College nor any local honorary fraternity.

KANSAS A

ell B K was established in the University of Kansas in 1890. 20 members were elected during 1913 - 14; only onc fra.ternity girl, a K A S, wu elected. X :a: was established in 18<}o. 9 members were elected in 1913-14. but no fraternity girls.

ARKANSAS A

There are DO chapters of 4> B K or X Z at the University of Arkanl&S but there are two local honor societies, named respectively, Torch and Skull. Both require a G+ average (or five semesters so members arc not eligible until the close of the first of their junior year. Torch makes two exceptions by ad mitting tw o representative juniors having only a G average During 1913-14. lIB'" had {our representatives in uSkull" as {ollows: Katherine Banta, '14; Mildred Moss, '14; Beatrice O'Neal, ' IS and Eleanor Forwood, 'IS.

L OUIS IA NA A

B K was established at Newcomb College in 1909. 3 members were elected in 1913-14: K K r and K A. e were each represented by one member.

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OKLAHOMA A

Th e re Are no c hapte rs o{ '4'> B K n o r}; :=: at th e University of Oklahoma There is one honorary society to whi ch women are eligible, called the "Olive and Triangle ."

TEXA S A

B K was establi shed at the University o( Texas in 1904. 17 members were elected in 1913- 14, 13 women and 4 men. The women's fraternities were represented by a. Jingle girl who wu a member of A. .6 D

WYO MI NG A

There are no chapters of. B K n o r 1: A at the University of Wyoming Dor are there any local honor societies.

COLORADO

A

.. B K was established at the University o( Colorado in 1904- U members were elected in 1913 ' 14 . Th e women's fraternities were represented as follows: 4 r, 2 i il. il. A, 2; n B 4>, 2; X n, 1. l: Z was stablisbed in [90S. 13 members were elected in 1913-14. I was • member of X 0, 3 were members of n B ell.

C/el'tiolld was bo rn October 9. 1891. at C r eighton. Neb She attended publi c near Creighton until 1907 th en attended the State Pr eparatory School of Colorado at Bould(:r and wa!J graduated r "ol11 that in')titutioll in 191 0. She 3utnded the L'ni\'crsity of Colo rad o 1910 - 14 and "as initiated into n B <I> February 18 , 1911. She wa s e lt c t ed and init iatc{\ into K A n (ho norary educationa l societ), based on scho larship ) in No\'c mbtr , 1912. She belonged to the German Club during 1913 - 14 . She was initiated into 4> B K April 24. 1914 . and r ecei \'ed a B . A. degree in June 3. 1914 .

Lf!/itcr Snell was ho rn in Dcnycr. :i\laT ch 8. 1893. Sht: to the public sc h oo ls of Denyer and Los A ngeles. She attended the Los Angeles high schoo l one year and, in 1907. moved to Denver where she attended East Denver high school until she was g raduat ed in 1910 . She rece ind a scholar-ship t o th e lJniversity of Colorado and moved to Boulder to attend the university. She was mitiated into Colorado A c hapter o f IT B <I> february 18 , 1911. H e r m o ther , )1 r-- . Edwin S!1ell, is an alumna of the same c hapter. 'Vhil e in the Lolita was a member and officer of two literary societies. wa!) on th e basketball team for four years. She was the associat e editor of t he 1914 Coloradoan. Lolita was twice the winner of d o ubks in tennis, was manager of \\ 'omen's Athlellcs, her sophomore year, was president of the 'V omen's Athletic Association her junior and seni or years. She ,va s on the Y. \V . C. A. cabine t for thr ee years. She was a member of "Hesperia," the juniOT honorary society, and of n,\f ortar Board," the senior hon o rary socie ty he wa:; initiated into <J> B K April 21, 1914 , and received the d eg rees o f D .. \ ., D.E . 311d M.A. on June 3,1914.

COLO RADO B

Th e re are no c hapters of cz. B K. nor 1; in the University of Denver but there is a local honor fraternity ca lled l: 4> A. Three members of IT B '" we n elected to this in June.

K allll'rilli' L Oll ise Johnson was born in Alamosa, Colorado. She attended high school in Littleton, Colorado and graduated from \Varr en A cademy in 1910 She en t ered the University of Denver the next fall. Katherine has made a great host of friends in co ll ege and has been a great success. She has been pr esident of th e Y. " '. C. 1\ and worked tirelessly for the girls of the university.

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She has been an officer of her class . Also she is a member of K ed ros, the honorary senior society Now she has been elected to l <I> A and thus has attained the highest of honors.

fi rien Alfhild Anderson was born in St. Paul , Min nesota. She g rad uated fr om \Ve s t Denver high school and entered th e university in the fall of 1911. Helen has been very prominent in co llege. She has been a member of <I> A Literary Society, a member of the His tor y Club, a member of the Y. W. C. A. cabinet and Assi s tant Editor of the Clarion She won the second prize in the Lake Mohonk in ter co llegiat e contes t for peace essays. Now she has been elect ed to :;: <I> A.

A lma Ottilie .Melz er was born in Evansville, In diana. She graduated from Ea st Denver high schoo l in 1910 and entered. the U niversity of Denv e r in the fall of t hat same year. Alma has been a great leade r in every co llege activity. She has been an officer of her class , a May Queen attendant, a player on th e 'Va rsity basketball team, a member of the Y. W. C. A. cabi net , a m embe r of the Annual Board , a member of the Drama Club, a char ter member of Kedros ( the hono rary senior society) and lead ing lady in the senior play. Also she was th e delegate of Colorado B to the Evanston Convention, and now as her last college honor she has been elected to the honorary fraternity, cf> A.

CAL IFORN IA A

+ B K was established in Stanford Unive r sity in 1904. 34 members 'were elected in 1913 - 14. The women 's fraternities were represented as follows: A 41. I; It; A a, I.

l: ;:: was established in Stanford University in--. No fraternity girls were among those elected to membership in 1913 -14.

CAL IF ORN IA B

(10 B X was established at the University of California in 1898. 43 members were eledtd in 1913-14. 6 of these were members of women' s fraternities.

WASHINGTON A

The Washington Alpha chap ter of Phi Beta Kappa was installed at the University of Washington April 29, 1914. Twenty-eight taken from the junior and senior classes were initiated at that time. II B was very fortunate in having one of that number, Mary Bash, '14; and two graduate initiates. *Ruth Anderson, ' 10, who after taking

·Unfortunately n o photograph is available.

two years of postgraduate work in Berlin is now a German instructor in a Seattle high school, and Clemen tine Bash a sister of Mary Bash. *Clementine having received the degree of A.B. in 1906, with additional honor of mag"a cum laude completed a course in the Women's of Philadelphia in 1911, and is now in a mission hospital in Pekin, China

illarJ' Bash was born in Port Townsend, \V ashington, i n 1891. Owing to her father being a railroad official her life story reads like a book of tr3\'el. l-I er grammar and high school education was gleaned in New York City, Brooklyn , Port Towl1"end and hina. She graduated from Lincoln high school, St:attle, in 1910 with honors. being one of the speakers in a class of three hundred. In the fall of that rear she entered the l]nin.rsity of \\' ashington and, in February, 1911, was initiated into n B <I) Her keen intellect, thoroughness. dependibility and interest in all kinds of college activities drew to her many friends among both faculty and students Ability along varied lines is shown by the honors givtn her during her four year course; Athena Debating Club ( 1, 2, 3, 4) ; Deutscher Verein (1. 3. 4); W omen's Athletic Assochtion (3.4); Y. W. C. A. ( 1,2.3,4 ) ; Y. W. C. A. Devotional Com mitt ee (1) ; Vice-president (2); General Secreta ry (3,4); Campus Day Committee (1,2,3); H oc k ey T eam ( I ) ; Cho rus (4); W. A. A. Dance Committee ( 4 ); Tolo Club (3, 4) ; Win n e r Ackerson Scho larship (3); Phi Beta K appa She plans, after teaching German and English tw o years at Coupe vili e . Wa shington. to en ter the N ew York Training School for Y. 'V. C. A. workers, and prepare for her life work. Washingt on A is proud to have Mary' s nam e the first one to be engra ved on OU T <I> B K loving cup.

\, ASH rNGTox B

There are no chnp t e r s o( 4> B K nor 1: Z at Washingt on State College but there is o ne hono r society, r T, {or senior women. This is the only honor society to which women are eligible . 8 members were elected in 1913-14 The women ', fraternities were rep resented as [ ollows: A e Z (local), 2; .A. n, I, and n B 41, I.

Bessie Babcock was born in Spokane, Wash ., April 17, 18930; After comp letin g her high school co urse, she entered th e State N o rm al School at Cheney, \V ash., from which she was graduated

·Un(ortunately no photograph is availab1e.

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in 1912. In the fall of 1913 she entered the State College of Washington and was initiated into n B February 21, 1913.

During her two years in college she took a prominent part in college ar.tivities. She was a memher of the Twentieth Centu ry C lub, of the Y. W. C. A. Cabinet, and of the cooed debating team. In May, 1914, she wa" elected to l' T , the honor society for senior women. She took her B.S. deogree in economic science and history in June, 1914.

PHI BETA KAPPA IT E M S

Observation from the Greek Press concerning cI» B K and other honor societies .

Pili BETA KApPA GRANTS NINE CHAPTERS

At the eleventh triennia l session of the national council of the honorary fraternity cJ> B K. held in New York City last September. the charte r of the chapter at the U ni versity of Alabama was restored. and charters were granted for chapters 3t the University of Georgia, the University of North Dakota, the University of Wa shington, Washingt on University (St. Louis), Lawrence College (Wisconsin), Ca rl eton College (Minnesota), Pomona Coll ege (California and Radcliffe College (woman's annex of Harvard University). An application from Rhodes scholars for a charte r for a chapter at the Univer!lity of Oxford was refused. The 41 B K Key says:

Peculiar interest attached to the petition of our brethren among the Rhodes sc h o lar s at Oxfo rd All felt an impulse of sympathy for those young fellowco untrymen of ours in their ambition to p lant a. c hapte r of Phi Beta Kappa in the venemble English univ ersity. Still the great majority of the delegates were not convinced that the attemp t would be wise. Those who expressed them selves in favor were comparatively few.

Application from Pennsylvania College, Drake Univusity and RandolphMacon \V oman's College (Virginia), all approved by the senate, were laid over until the 19[6 counci l, without prejudice. Applications from Butler College, University of Wooster (Ohio), and Lake Forest University ( Illin ois), not yet approved by the senate, also were laid over until 1916.

B K now has 86 chapters. Of these, seven are at institutions where fraternilies do not exist-Princeton, Haverford, Oberlin, Grinnell, Lawrence, Carlton and Pomona, and six are at colleges exclusively for women Radcliffe, Wellesley, Mt. Holyoke, Smith, Vassar and Goucher. In the 73 institutions where cfl B K has chapters and where there are fraternities for men, .6. e has 47 chapters--Colby, Dartmouth, Vermont, Williams, Amherst, Brown, Cornell, Union, Columbia, Syracuse, Lafayette, Allegheny, Dickinson, U. of Pennsylvania, Lehigh, Virginia, Washington and Lee, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tulane, Texas, Vanderbilt, Michigan, Miami, Ohio \Vesleyan, Ohio State, Cincinnati, Indiana, \Vabash, De Pauw, Northwestern, Chicago, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesola, North Dakota, U. of Iowa, Missouri,

STUDENTS OF I9I4

Washington e ., Xebraska, Kansas, U. of Colorado, Colorado College, California. Stanford. U. of Wuhington.-TA:t' 50'01/ of Phi Delta Theta.-Alpna Pili Quarluiy quoted from the Scroll of Phi Delta Theta.

SHAFT TO FOUNDER OF PHI BETA KAPPA

01 Elisha Parmalee Located on "Red Bank u Fa,," in SlIenlmdo"A COlmly

(Specia l to the Times-Dispatch.)

H arrisonburg, \ 'a., May 9.-Gene ral J ohn E. Roll er , accompanied by Profcs&Qr James Lewis H owe, of Washington and Lee University, and Dr. Grosvenor, of Vale, ldt Harri sonburg this morning (or T. \V . Allen's "Red Bank" farm, near MI. J ackson, Shenandoah County, to visit the grave o f Elisha Parmalee, founder of Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity, with II. view of erecting a monument th e reon. The grave, which was lost t o the public for years, was rece ntly locat ed by General Roller. In o rd er to fix the exact spot the trio made an inspeetion of ce rt ain p ubli c r eco rds i n the co urtho use al Wood stock before going to Red Bank.-Tlumis of Zeta Tau Alpha Quoted by the Angelos o f Kappa Delta

An election 10 B K is a recognition of scho lar ship , and the large proportion of women who are elected to it in coeducation:tl co ll eges indicates that women 8re much better students th a n men. At the University of tllino is the ratio o f men to w omen students is about fi"e to o ne, yet last year only nine men were elected to 4> B K t o seventeen women. At Northwestern the men and women are about equal in number, but in recent elections to 0:1> B K only thirteen men were c hosen to twenty -two women. At Stanford the ratio is about three men to one woman, but of ninc students elected to <I> B K eight were women and one a Japanese man, which moves Brother Banta of the Greek Exchange to re mark: " Jt is a pitiful sh owin g that th e lord of c r ea tion makes when he e nters th e tist s against his siste r s. We don't wond e r that he is so often in opposit io n to coed ucatio n-it s hows him up. With lo rdly superiority he leaves mere intellectual work to th e coeds while he bends hi s magnifice nt mind t o such real things of life llS football :lOd similar manifo ld occ upation s."-Sc roll of 4> .1. 9.

B K ha s established c hapter s during the yea r 1914 at th e Universities of Alabama, Georgia, North Dakotfl, Wa shington, and at \Vashington University (SI. Louis), Lawren ce College, Carleton College, Pomona College and Radcliffe . -T he Phi Beta Pi Quarterly.

Of the 42 persons elected to .,. B K at Cornell University this year , 24 are men students. Thi s is the first time in years men hav e won by s uc h a margin. -The Scroll of Phi Delta Th eta.

ffon orory Frater-nities

"'Honorary fraternity' is n term which has degenerated so mu ch during the la st ten years that at the present time it is almost a double misn ome r.

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Originally the phrase 'honornry fraternity' was a significant imitation of the style o f 'honorary soc iety' so long employed by 4' B K alone. We now have a large group of 'honorary fraternities ' whi c h have no scholasti c basis whateve r , and just a slight preteD se at a professional basis; and whi ch are designed solely to reward participation in n certain bran ch of st udy o r student activity. Most of them can be viewe d only as mutua l admiration societies. or as an exampl e of the Am erican ondergr:lduate's c raz e after Greek letters. M embership in them is too easi l y achieved, or 100 depende nt upon special to confer any h ono r, and except in the rarest instances, they wholly la ck any binding frate;nalism. * • •

liThe harmflll influence: o f such o rganizations may be: of a manifo ld character. They cheape:n the: thai dominates th e o ld s ubstantial social Greek-Ie:tter fraternities; they obscure the worth of the really dig nifi ed and lo ng es tablish ed bodies o f Phi Be ta Kappa. Sigma Xi and Tau Beta Pi; they cast glamor ove r extra·curriculum activities. already t oo mu ch emphasized; and in their organilation th ey are inimical to s tud ent democracy".-Circ1e of Zeta Psi.

O U R PI BETA PHI FELLOWS FOR 1914-15

(For the first rime since the founding of the fellowship. it was deemed be:st to divide it this year. Following are brief sketches of the h o lde rs.-EoITOR.)

ESTALINE \VIL SON.. MISSOURI A, '11.

Estaline \ Vilson, A .B., B.S., M issouri State Unin rsity, now taking specia l work as a Pi Phi Fellow at Columbia University, le w York City, is O:le of Missouri's brightest young women, possessing rare social graces and intellectual talents. She was born in ' '''arrensburg, Missouri, in 1888, finished the public and high school course at the age of fifteen, and graduated from the \V a rrensbu rg State Normal school two yea rs later. She then moved \ Vest with her parents, Mr. and J. H. \V ilson. remaining for tw o years, one of whi c h she spent in t ea ching in the Pomeroy, Wash , public schoo l s. Returning t o Missouri , Miss \V i150n taught one year in a St. Louis county high schoo l, after which she ente r ed the State University from whi ch she graduated in 1911 , taking the A.B. degre e and B.S. in education. She did major work in mathematics, took high rank in a'll departments and was elected to II A 0, an honorary fraternity. She was initiated into Missouri A of II B <I> October 9, 1909. Wilson was quite active in the social side of university life and was social secretary of the Y. W. C. A.

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During the summers of ]910 and 1911 she made an enviable reputation as a lecturer 011 domestic science in middle wt5t Chautauquas. and in the fall of 1911 went to Oklahoma as Supervisor in the Training School of the Central :N"ormal; at the mid -year she resigned to accept a similar position at the C:1pe Girardeau, l'f 0., State Normal, a.nd the qua lity of her work there won her a high place in the esteem of students and faculty,

ESTALINE WILSON

ALLEYNE ARCHIBALD

Alleyne Archibald, Missouri B, a member of Nebraska B chapter of Pi Bela Phi, 15 a graduate of the School of Music of the Unh'crsity of Nebraska, class of 1902. In September of the same year, she entered the fa cu lty of the school con tinuin g her teaching, as well as the study'of her instrument, for five years. In June , 1908, she was chosen by Henry Purmort Eames to be his assistant in his Pian o· forte Studies in Paris. The two years there were spent in further study, teaching, and concert work.

She returned to America in June, 1910, going to L ead, in the Black Hills where she opened and directed the '"'Alleyne Archibald Siudior l

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of the Black Hills, offering courses in voice, pianoforte , harmony, theory and musical history. In September she gave up work., to reenter the University School of Music at Lincoln.

Miss Archibald is the daughter of a Baptist clergyman , and has done most of her professional work in the West. She combines a

great musical talent, which has been carefully developed by the best instructors, to a high degree of perfection, with a pe rsonality magnetic and forceful. Earnest: simple, and unaffected, she is devoted to the art she loves, and is steadily advancing in her profession, in a manner whi ch gives her fraternity just cause for pride.

ALLEYENE ARCHIBALD, NEBRASKA B, '0:1

T H E PI B ETA P HI FE L LO ' 'VS H I P FO R G R ADUATE

STUDY

FOR the year 1915·16 one graduate fellowship with a value of five hundred dollars will be offered. This fellowship is open to any Pi Beta Phi who has received her bachelor's deg r ee. [t may be used at any university, either in this count ry or in Europe, whi ch offers th e best advantages in graduate work along the particular line desired by the holder.

Two points will be conside red by the Grand Council in 3waniing the fellowship: first, the st:holastic standing of the student, and second, all-round development of cha racter. and the ability to represent the fraternjty in whatever place the r ecipient may be. The Council requests, moreover, that the applicant give very definite info rmation as to the place where she wishes to study, the courses of study she desires to pursue, and the ultimate purpose for pursuing such courses.

Applications, together with photographs of the applicants, c r edentials from professors, and other testimonials should be m the hands of the Grand Council n ot later than Mar ch first, 1914, so that the award may be made before the close of the co llege year. B l ank fo r ms fo r application fo r fellowship may be obtained from the Grand President. Any applicant of former y(.ars who has not r eceived the fellowship may make a new application, if she so des ires.

*All applications for the undergradu:tte loan fund should be made to the committee in charge of these funds. I nformation as to conditions, credentials, and tenns of l oans to undergraduates may be secu r ed from the chai rman of t he committee o n l oan fund administration, Mrs. H . L. Babcock, East Dedham, :Mass.

MAY LANSFIELD KELLER, Grand Prtsidenl.

In this connection read report of Loan Fund Committee in October i ue.

WATCH THE DATE

On the label of the wrapper of your Arrow. It tells you when your subscription expires. If there is any error in date, name ( married ?) or address , i nform the Alumna!: Editor. This is the last year in which it will be possible to clear up the doubtful cases of those of life subscriptions. Write at once.

THE THIRTE EN TH NATIO NAL P ANH E LL E I C C O NG RE SS

A s SEEN BY PI BETA PHI' S DELEGATE, LIDA B UR KHARD LARDNER

Th e National Pan-Hellenic Congress held its thirteenth annual conferenr.e at the McAlpin H ote l in New York City, October IS, 16 and 17 Thi. was the first time in the history of the Congress that the annual meeting was held outside of Chicago. It had been feared that a change of meeting place might result in so great a change of delegates as to hinder the progress of the work but such was not the case. Of the eighteen delegates present, sixteen had represented their fraternities at former meetings of the Congress.

The Congress is now , in one sense, a fraternity of fraternities characterized by a spirit of frank , friendly cooperation. The business co nsists of reports of committees who have conducted investigat ions along one ]ine or anoth e r during the interim of the conferences. Because of the value of many of the repo rts at this session, it was decided to put them in permanent f orm for the use of Grand Officers and visiting delegates.

The recomm enda tion of the last Congress in regard to high school so rorities has been unanimously app roved by the Pan· H ellenic f ra · te rnities, thereby making t he recommendation a law. The regul ation, as it appears in the interfraternity compact is as follows:

IINo fraternity represented in the National Pan-Hellenic Con· gress shall bid a girl who has been a member of a so-called sor or ity or other secret socie ty of similar nature in a high schoo l, or other school of equivalent standing , whetner such society exists openl y or secretly. This rule shall apply to any person who shall either accept o r retain membership in such society after September, 1915." This action has brought forth most favorable comment from educators all over the country. It stands as one of the most valuable contributions the Congress has yet made to the general cause of fraternities.

The busy sessions of the Congress were relieved by two very pleasant and profitable innovations. On Thursday afternoon, a delegation from the National Board of the Young Women's Christian Association was introduced to the delegates. The following secretaries spoke on topics of mutual interest: Bruner, Miss Holmquist, Miss Th omas, Miss Thoburn and Miss Sage. On Friday afternoon,

Miss Frances Cummings, manager of th e New York Inter co llegiate Bureau of Occupations gave an interesting account of the work of the Bureau which is maintained and managed by the New York alumnre associations of nine eastern colleges. Its aims and purposes are similar to those of th e Chicago Bureau. to which the Congress voted the sum of two hundred dollars last year.

A meeting of the grand presidents was ca lled for the day preceding the regular Congress. Eleven o f the fraternities were represented by their presidents, the other by deputies. Many matters of prime importance to fraternity nffi('ial.:;; were discussed but the on ly definite action was in rega rd to a "Code of Ethics," whi ch is to be put in pcrmantnt form k1r the use of all fraternity women . Since the action of the Barnard faculty is of vital interest to all Congress fraternities, Miss Woodman. chairman of the Barnard alumnre Pan - Hellenic committee, was requested to present th e Clse from their viewpoint. After much discu!'sion, it was agreed that th e fraternities take no action at present but that a "watchful waiting policy" be adopted.

As to the next place of meeting of the Congress, a great variety of opinions were expressed and no conclusion reached. The matter was left in the hands of a committee who will submit the question to the grand presidents for decision.

A fter the closing session of the Congress on a Saturday morning. a lun cheo n was held at the McAlpin hotel which was attended by 375 fraternity women and a few brother fraternity officers, ,vho were special guests of the Congress. Between the courses, fraternity songs were sung , a notable feature of which was a beautiful chorus by the Alpha Chi Omega New York Alumn", Club Our Alumn., Editor, Sophie P. 'Voodman, wrote the , following verse which we sang at the conclusion of our eyer-popular "Ring, Ching Ching."

HAnd now here at N. P. C. luncheon 'Ve heartily welcome you all, ching, ching. We know that we must stick together Or sure as you live we shall fall , ching, ching."

The presiding officers, Mrs. Crann, called the roll of fraternities to which the delegates responded with the number of members present as follows: A X 0, 27 i A TI, 4; A r .6., 6 j A 0 n , 9; A cJ>, 32; A =: 14 j X 0, 28 ; .,6; A r. 36; Z, 4; r B, 22;

Z T A, 4; K A e, 30; K .1, 18; K K r, 37; IT B <1>, 43; <I> M, 21; l K, 6.

Mrs. Crann then gave a brief account of the aims and accomplish· ments of N. P. C. and introduced the grand presidents, delegates, and incoming executive committee. After the luncheon, an open program was given to which members of Columbia and Barnard faculties, and friends of the New York fraternity wOmen had been especially invited. A large and enthusiastic audience greeted the speakers. The success of this meeting and the luncheon as well as the personal comfort enjoyed by delegates and officers was due in large measure to the presiding fraternity and her efficient local com· mittee, of which Mrs. F. A. Fall was chairman. Following is the program of the afternoon:

PROGRAM

Open Session of Thirteenth National Pan-Hellenic Congress HOTEL Mc ALPIN, NEW YORK CITY October 17, 1914

Music Reinald Werrenrath

The Fraternity and Scholarship

James B. Curtis

Music Martin Alta Taylor and Sara Frances Evans

The Opportunity for College Women in Social Service

The Fraternity and Democracy

Music

The Fraternity and the University

Music

Miss Helen Davis Frances H. Sisson Mildred Ridley Albert Wilson Reinald Werrenrath

DELEGATES AND VISITORS TO THE THIRTEENTH PAN·HELLENIC CONGRESS

(The italici..d names art those of the delegates.)

A a IT-Catherin e S. Kelley, Miss Ethel L. Thayer, Mrs. Dallas Scarborough, Miss J. C. Winters.

A =: Le"a G . Baldwin} Mrs. Frank A. Patterson, Miss Ellen Ball, Mrs. J. H. Knote, Miss Rosalie Ritz .

A 0 n-Mrs. Ca"ie Green Campbell.

A X O--Mrs. E. R. Loud, Mrs . C. E . Ely, Mrs. I. H. Cra" ... Miss Florence A. Armstrong, Miss Lillian G. Zimmerman, Mrs. H. M. Kent.

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A r <I.-Miss Elizabeth Co r bett.

A _Mrs. O. C. Skee le , Mrs. John H. McElroy.

X fl.--,-Mrs. Mary C Lo ve COl/ills, Mrs. M a r y L. Railey, Mr s. C. A. W atson, Miss Martha M. Land.

a.6. .l!JJ. -Mrs . E. N. Parm elee. Mrs. Wm. Hud son .

a r-Miss Ada May Br own, Afiss Pau line Hagaman .

a z.-Miss Ml1 rtha Railsback, Mrs. M . I. Snyder, Miss Erma Lindsay, Miss I da Nightingale, Miss Mabelle H oba rt , Mr s. J. W Foley.

r <I> B- Mr s . O . Y. Harsen, Mrs. K. T. Silverson, Mus L illia ll W Thornp,o,..

K A 0--Miss L . P ea rL e Grte''' . Miss Mabel Hale.

K a -Miss Jenn r.f1. COl/raflt. Mi ss Mari on Mullin s, M iss Elizabeth Co r bett, Miss Ruth Goessele.

K K r - Mrs. G uy B. Walker, Mrs. H . B . Mullin.

II B _Mrs. J. L Lardner, Sophie Woodman M-JlIJrs. Chas. Perry Elliott, Miss .. ellie S . H art, Miss Martha Lewis, Mr s. Chas S Eidson, Mrs. Ralph E Bailey.

1 K -Miss H ila Small.

Z T A - Dr . M. A . H opkins, Miss A gathe Boyd, Miss J ea n Vaughan.

NEW YORK PI P HI S AT T H E PAN·HELLENIC CONG RE SS

On the evening oi October 16 , the New York A lu mn re Club gave a reception in hono r of 1\irs. Lardne r at 180 Madison Ave. A 'great many newcomers to th e city were pr ese nt , besides most of the old members and the husbands. Sarah Voorhis , New York B, sang and M ary Esta Groves, Iowa A, who was visiting her sister in New York , played. rs. Lardner spoke charming l y, chic Hy abo u t the seriousness of the fraternity si tuation at pr esent and of the School. There was dancing at the end of the evening.

On Saturday, October 17 , the r e we re fo rty-three Pi Phis present at the Pan· H elleni c lu ncheon at the H o t el M c Alp in. This was the largest number rep r esenting anyone fraternity and we also rep resented the largest number of chapte rs (seve nteen ) Pi Phi sta rt ed the singing between courses with lORing, Ching, Ching" using an

additiona l verse composed f or t he occasion by Sophie P. \Voodman, N e w York B

At th e open meeting which fo ll owed ou.r Mr . Sisson, president of B e IT and husband of Geass Lass ·Sisson. former g r a nd president of n B 13, spoke.

Following thi s mee ting, the N e w York alumnre clubs o f the fra · ternities served refreshm ents .

EDITH VALET

Presid e"t of N e'lt.' York AlumfltE Club.

C ITY PAN - HELLENI C

Th e repo rt on City Pan-Hellenics at th e r ece nt Cong r ess sho wed an increase of fift etn of these orga ni zations estahlished during the past year in various sec ti ons of the coun try . The!olc ar e all composed of college fraternity alumna! and thei r o r ganized ch ic and phila nthrop ic eff orts have ca lled f o rth well-merited praise f r om city auth o riti es but th ei r main Ob j Ect is to en li gh t en each commun ity in regard to the real aims and purposes of the Greek-letter societies which ar e so of ten mi s r ep r ese nted . A r ecent mOVEment is the o rga01zation for the sam e purpo se of co llegiat e Pan - H ell enic associations in co ll eges wh ere fratermties do no t exi st so that tht. unde r g rad uat es may understand what th e Greek-letter women of their own age in other institutions are accomplishing.

F o ll owing are messages fr o m two of tho:.e ci ty organiza ti o ns which have been sent to Til E ARROW. One of t he m a rri\'cd sc \'era l months ago bu t too late for insertion in the Jun e issue.

The following was sen t t o THE ARROW by r. It was first pr in ted in Tlt rmiI o f Zeta Tau Alpha

THE SPRIKGFIELD PAN-HELLENIC

By Julia Pierce, J1/u

An Al pha Delta Pi, a Kappa Al p ha Theta, and n Zua Tau Alpha, di5Cussing co mmon fraternity questions, decided to try to bring all the fr ate rnity women of Springfield ( Missou r i) together. With the h e lp of th e various activ e chapters in Drury College we manage d to get th e nam es and addresses of a ll the fraternity women in to wn, th en we invited th em to meet o n 11 ce rt ai n date in the Zeta Tau Alphn c hapt e r rooms.

The res ult o f the mee ting was the o rganizati o n of th e Spri ngfi eld PanHelleni c. Th e officers e lec ted were Sue Stone, Kappa K appa Gamma, Preside nt; Clara Schweider, Delta Camma, Vi ce-p resident i Mrs J ames, Alphn Omicron Pi, Secretary; and Jul ia P ierce , Zeta Tau Alph a , Treasurer. The following

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fraterniti es are represcnlcd: Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Omicron Pi, Chi Omega. Delta Gamma, Kappa Alp ha Th ein, Kappa K appa Gamma, Delta Delta Delta, Pi Beta and Zeta T au Alph a.

We meet on ce II. month with the different fraternities IlS host esses. We plan to do some definite altruistic work. Alre ad y we have been helping the vis iting and have provided some needy families with clothing. We have beco me allied with the State Federati on of W ome n ' s Clubs hoping to extend our u sef uln ess.

O ur fir st banquet was h eld a t the Colonial Hot el April 9. Covers were la.id for about seventy-6ve.

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'(he Memphis Pon -Helleni c se nds greetings to the readers of TilE ARROW. W e h ave organited a year and hav e an active me mber ship of thirty -five . There are seve r a l members of the different Greek - Letter societies i n the city but not en o ugh of any one society t o ha ve an alumnz club, so we decided to work< together. La st yea r we paid twenty- five dollars to the Interco llegiate Society. W e held meetings each month during the winter and spring, busine ss meetings preceding the lun ch eon. In D ece mber we had a tea fo r the college girls at home for holidays, a box party in Marc h, and a regular college spread and a picnic in May. We have had election of officers and made plans for the year in the October meeting. Each fraternity will be hostess for a mo nthly meeting. In this way we feel we can become better acquainted. Pi Phis are five in number and we will have the D ece mber meeting. We shaH be glad to have any Pi Phis, or any fraternity girls living in o r near Memphis j oin us ORPHA MA RT I N DUGGER, Indiana A.

The Pan-Hel1eni c Associatio n o[ College Women held its first [al1 meeting o[ the year Saturday morning, October 17 , in the parlors of the Gayoso Hotel , Memphis, Tennessee Mrs. G C. Kaucher, Pi Beta Phi, the retiring president, gave place to the incoming president , ML<s Eleanor Richardson , Kappa Alpha Theta. The other officer s elected were Mrs. W. L. Terry, Alpha Omicro n Pi, vice president; Miss Corinne Gladding, Kappa Alpha Theta, treasurer, and Miss Catherine Rothrock, Delta Delta Delta, secretary. The next m ee ting will be held at the home of Miss Eleano r Richardson , 1289 Vinton Avenue.

ANNE MERC.ER M CCOL LUM " InJia na r.

THE ALPHA P R OVINCE HOUSE P ARTY

August 24-28, 1914.

ELIZABETH SABRINA \VILBUR COLUMBIA A

FlYE days together-de legates from ten chapters and our Alpha Province president! I think no one can realize what that means unless she has been to a province house party, or else mOTe wonderful srill, to a convention. This was like a little con· vention and was simply perfect exce.pt that we did not have a delegate from ew York B with us. \Ve all regretted very much the circumstances which prevented New York B from sending a delegate.

1\1 rs. Nickerson's sumnlcr home at Rock lsland, Quincy, Massach usetts , is an ideal place for a house party. It is a bungalOW co ttage with a large porch commanding a beautiful view. The bay is right in front of it. almost at its very !;teps, apparently put there espE-cially for sailing and swimming!

By eight o'clock on August 24, all of us had arrived, and it was a mighty happy crowd of girls who a little later took possession of the couch hammock on Mrs. Nickerson's wonderful porch The girls were: Marjorie F' raser. Ontario A ; Ginevra Harlow, Vermont A; Marie 1'1cMahon , Vermont B; Stella Cordery, New York r; Margaret Collyer. New York A; Dorothy Clements, sellS A; Marguerite Magruder, Maryland A; Beth \ Vilbur , Columbia A i Adelaide Rothert , Virginia A; and Nina Phillips , Florida A. Mrs. Nickerson had arranged the roommates according to geographical distances in this way: Ontario A and Massachusetts A; Yermont A and Virginia A; Vermont B and Columbia A ; Maryland A and New York r; and New York A and Florida A .

Of course we were al1 friends at once, That is one of the many beauties of IT B <1», I think, that one can skip the acquaintance stage and be friends at once.

\Ve started talking rr B cP matters from the first moment we got together, and talked about how this was done and that was done in our respective chapters, and asked many questions of each other about every conceivable phase of fraternity life.

That evening we discussed informally with M rs. NIckerson the Settlement School, fraternity matters in general, and Pan -Hellenic troubles , etc. A 11 of our discussions were informal and we r eceiv ed

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many helpful suggestio ns, besides a great many interesting fratern ity anecdotes to tell o ur chapters when we arrived home. We ended the evening with a good n (J) sing, which made us realize with a thrill that

ALPHA PROVIN el H oun PAITY

To; S Wilbur. Col. A; Marjorie J . F Fraser , On t Ai Estelle M Corder,. N Y r ; Mrs. Nickerso n : Nina Phillips,Fl•. A Middl. ,.,,_Margaret E. Collyer, N Y A; Ginnra P Harl o w, Vt. A i H. Adelaide R othert, Va. A i Dorolhr Clements, Mau. A. L oUl.' ,.,,_Marie A Mc Mahon, Vt. 0; M argue r ite Ma,rudcr, Md A

we were actually at the wonderful province house party we'd been looking forward to for so long.

The n ext morning we went down t own f or postals to let our own girls know what a fine timt: we were having, and while down there, we decid ed that afternoon to have a group picture taken and separate

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ones o f the respective r oommates. Following that happy, o r sha ll I say unhap py, inspiration, Mrs. Nickerson and we went down to the photogr aphe rs, wheft:! we spent an exbausting hou r endeavoring to hold still and not laugh while all the pictures wt!re taken. Then later some of the girls went in swimming, while others visited Bos ton.

That night we had another disc ussio n and a sing, then later the delegates got together in one r oo m ti1l almost midnight.

Th e next morning Mrs . Nickerson read u s a g reeting from Miss Keller, down in R ich mond. H o w we did wish she co uld be with us I

That day Mrs Nickerson had arranged for us to go sight-seeing In B os t on and although we missed her, for she cou ldn't go. we had a

splendid tim e, for some o f th e Massach use tts A girls met us; Ethel Pip e r - Av ery , Ir ene Goddard, L a ura P alm e r and L ouise Pa r so ns, and they took us around th e ci t y. \ Ve went to Roston by bo at. and enjoyed that e ver so mu ch. Then we went straight up to the State H ouse, which we wen t ove r quite thoroughly. Fr o m there we r ode to the Cop l ey Pl aza, one of Doston's newest and fine st hotels (o r luncheon.

Text we went to the Library and saw among oth er things the wonderful H oly Grail pictures by Abbey Fr om th ere we separated, some of us goi ng out t o Cambridge to see Han'a rd , some to see Boston University, while a few remained at th e Library . The Massa c hu se tts A gi rls were lo ve ly , taking u s wh e reve r we wanted to go, showing us whatever w e wanted to see.

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It was a tired party that returned to Rock Island that night, but Mrs. Nickerson 's delicious supper revived us so much that two or three were ready to start something else, but most of us thought we'd better just stay in the living-roo m and discuss fraternity matters.

That night we received by telephone an invitation to dinner the next day, Thursday. It was given by the friend of one of the girls, Mrs. Willard, the pr incipal of Quincy Mansion School in Wollaston, which is also a part of Quin cy. Of course we were perfectly delighted and all accepted her invitati o n with pleasure, except Nina Phillips of Florida A , who had to start for home ea rly the next morning, much to our regret.

We reached Quincy Mansion School about eleven o'clock and Mrs Willard let us go all Over the beautiful buildings and the grounds. After" lovely dinn e r we went to the assembly hall and had a fine Pi Phi sing. We practiced a splendid marching song that Dorothy Clements of Massa chuse tts A had taught us, and as it is Sb good, and isn't in the song-book, I'm going to give it here, for I think some of our other chapters would like to use it. It is to be sung to the tune of "Cheer for Old Amherst."

Come and sing all ye loyal Pi Phi girls, Come and give a rousing cheer.

J oin o ur lin e as we march along so fine With hearts that know DO fear. Down the line, 'neath the blue and the wine, We will march in bold array, Let everybody shout and sing, For this is the Pi Phi way

We are the Pi Phis, Pi Phis are we, Singing together, right merrily, Loving each other, true till we die Long life to old Pi Phi.

(Rah, rab, rah )

Here's to the wine-the wine and the blue Carnations brilliant, of garnet hue. Red as the ruby, blue as the sky, Long life to old Pi Phi.

( Rab , rab, rah )

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Here's to the sisters, each tried and true Found in each chapter, both old and new, Listen while each onc now gives the cry, Long life to old Pi Phi!

\Vhen we went back to the Mansion, Mrs. \Villard asked us to sing a song for her, so we gathered around the piano and sang our Anthem.

The afternoon held still another pleasure for us. Mr. and Mrs. Nickerson gave us a glorious sail in their boat the "Notornis." It was an ideal day for sailing-a mighty good breezt:. bright sunshine, and a boat that certainly could go! Add to that a crowd of happy, enthusiastic Pi Phis and a good. II 4> man at the helm and then you have an idea of what a great time we had I

Hearty good times they all were, but behind it was the serious purpose. The welfare of 11 B 4> was in the heart of each girl there, and that was the dominant note of the whole five days.

That night was stunt night and we had lots of fun over the various stunts presented. Vermont B and Massachusetts A got their heads together, and the result was clever little knocking limericks for each girl. These were read at the table, much to the enjoyment of everyone. But the best stunt I think, was in the form of a song which we sang to our province president-an adaptation of the third verse of "} decided that I'd enter college one day."

"And last but not least comes the peerless Pi Phi, From whose home Wt depart with a sob and a sigh; I t took us no more than a trice to descry That she's an ideal Pi Phi.

Yes, she is a loyal Pi Beta.

To our always true, H ere's to you, we love you

May you never this party rue!"

The next day, Friday, came our farewells-that sad part that always comes too soon, and we scattered to go OUT separate ways, some north, some south. They were five days of helpful intercourse, enthusiasm and inspiration. We delegates will always feel near as never before to the other chapters whose girls we have known so intimately for those few days. And we have given our own chapters such a vivid account of it all, that they will feel nearer too. It was

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all a wonderful , goo d tim e, but the reaso n that it will last , and nor be forgotten, is because under ou r gaiety and fun , we all realized that it was our dear bonds in TI B <I> that held us toge th er, and realized too, that we ha d learned again wha t friendship in n B .z, can mean.

THE FIRST SYLLALIA OF GAMMA PROVINCE

By MILDRED STEELE, IL LI NOIS .6-

As I LOOK over th e official minutes of the house party of Gamma Province, held at H ighland Pa rk, Ill. , on Jun e 24 , 25, and 26, and go over my memories of those days, I find it ha rd to kn o w what to include and what to omi t in this account, which must be limit ed. I know, however, that [ can say this for all the luc ky few who were in attendance, that, from the tim e th ey stepped on the special car , so th ou ghtfull y p r ovided by Mr. Allen , the husband of Nina Harri s Allen, at the Chicago station of th e Northwestern, on Wednesday af te rnoon, until they left Hi gh la nd H a ll on their way howe, they felt that they had p rofited in many ways. The time was divided between business meet-ings and social ones, although , of co urse, th ere w e re no set limit s to the latter.

Th e g u ests o f the Syllalia we re our Grand Vic e-preside nt, Mrs. Lardn er, our Hist o rian, Mrs. H e lm ick, the president of the Chicago Alumna! Club, Mrs. Spry, the Chairman of the Committee on the ARROW Files , Mrs . Allen , and one of last year's Settlement School teachers , Leah Stock . 'W e were also delighted to have as visitors two members of Nebraska B Then the lette r s of g reeti ng f r om the members of Grand Coun ci l made us feel that they we re all with us in spirit, as did also the lette rs a nd teleg ram s f rom Mrs . N ic kerson, Mi ss Carpen ter, Mrs. Birmin g ham , Mrs. Tannahill, and Edith Wilson.

The socia l lif e of the meeting began as Soo n as w e reached Highland H all. The first evening was spent info rmally in dancing, talking, singing IT cI» songs, and roaming around the hotel , the third fl oor of which was give n up to us. On Thursday afternoon we went fOT a rid e, and afte r many mishaps , returned barely in time to dress for the dance which the Epsilon girls had so happily p l anned f or us. F or Fri-

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day afternoon a reception for the was arranged, but a hea\'y downpour kept all but a very few away, and also prevented our having the beach cooky-shine in the evening. Mrs . Moore, Illinois B, a resident of Highland Park, conso led us by inviting us to her love ly home for a marshmallow roast that evening. \Vew ere driven away from there altogether too soon by another rain storm. Then we went to Miss M iller's room and had an impromptu cooky ·shine and more syllalia. Every night L ea h Stock entertained us with her seemingly endless experiences among the mountain people. W e nc\'cr tired of hearing about them, and grew more and more interested as we learned more about ou r friends on the Little Pigeon.

A GROUP OF GAWMA PR OVINCE GIRLS AT SVLLALIA

The business meetings began on Thursday morning. I wish that I could givE: all the details of those meetings , but as I ca nnot, I hall give a few of the most important. There was a lively disc ussion of the Annual Letter. Tht final decision was that each chap ter should exercise the privilege sranted it by Grand Council to issue or not to issue a letter as it th ought best, but each was urged to send an Annual Le tter to the Historian for her archives. as she said that such a letter would be o f great service to her. A further decision was r eached that th e amount usually spent in Annual Letters should, if no letter were issued, be used hy the actiVe", cha pters in subscribing for THE ARROW for early alumnre not now on the ARROW mailing li st. \Ve hoped that alumnre once put on the list in this way would be moved to become life subscribers. THg ARROW will keep them in much closer touch with their chapters than an Annual Letter possibly can.

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Mrs. Helmick and Leah Stock told us in an interesting manner of the work that is being done in our Settlement School and of what they hope to do. Miss Stock's singing of "A blind man sat by the road and sang U brought the life vividly befo re us. After their talks, it was decided to raise a province Settlement School fund of a dollar from each active girl, the dollar to be earned or saved from her n:gular allowance. Since two of the teachers are from Gamma province, we feel that we have more than usual interest in the school this year Edith Wilson and Marie Ditmar of Indiana A are both to be with Miss Pollard. (Since the Syllalia, I have learned that another Gamma Province girl, Margaret Young, of Illinois E , has gone down) .

On Friday morning Mrs. Lardner gave us valuable suggestions for Pan-Hellenics j and reports from various delegates of their special problems gave us all a hetter understanding of our Pan-Hellenic relations in the province than we have had heretofore. Mrs. ina Harris Allen, Illinois B, told of her work on the ARROW files. Scholarship reports showed that much was being accomplished by individual chapte rs. The Fraternity Examination discussion provoked. much interest . All felt the value of the examination, but also felt that two short e..xaminatjons in th e year instead of one long one would yield better resu lts. The last topic disc u ssed was Extension . There was less unanimity on this than on any other subject, I believe.

Saturday morning brought the end of the SyJJalia ("gab-fest"for those who do not take Greek), and as we l eft: we realized that Miss Miller had not erred in calling this gathering a lISy llalia." Although th ere were but fifty in attendance at thi" first one, we all hope that the second SyllaUa will be larger in numbers On account of the enthusiastic reports ca rried. by th e represen tatives to their chapters, but we know that the inspirations and new friends gained can hardly be greater. The lirst Syllalia was a decided success.

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qn Thursday afternoon over twenty of us took a trip to the U. S. Naval Station of the Great Lakes, at Waukegan, Mich., about seven miles north of Highland Park. We started out at about half past two in a huge auto bus. As Miss Miller had telephoned that we were coming, when we arrived at the entrance to the Station, we were met by six or seven officers. They conducted us about , explaining everything to us and seeming to be in no hurry to get through with their

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task. In fact, there were seve ral rumors of invitations to a dance i f only the lucky ones could stay over. \V e were interes ted in everything we saw, from th e mess hall to the torpedoes, from the wireless station t o the moving picture equipment. \V e were as loath t o leave as were, apparently, ou r guides , who led us all back to our car by devious r omantic paths, almost an hour later than we had said we must leave . ,\\'hen we sta rted h ome at six o'clock , ou r driver was told to hurry, for th e dance was to be that evening . H e was perfectly willing to oblige, but the motorbus had a few tricks to play on us for having kept it waiting Only one who knows what an e rrati c disposition a perfectly placid looking car can have can reali7e how many explosions of tempt r and sulks and. wa yward pranks we were entertained with on our hom ewa rd journey When we finally bumped into Ft. Sheridan , we left the motor and took the e lect ri c ca r back to Highland HalJ. W e were a pretty hungry bu nch of girls by the time we sat down to dinne r The excursi on, however, was none the less jolly because of the uneven temper of our s t eed.

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( Two chapters in Delta Province sent long accounts of their individual house parties to THE Auow, not r eali zi ng that it is not the custom t o print accounts of the se local affairs in our magazine, 35 we h ave space only for detailed stories of province hou se parties. Under the ci r c um s tances, h owever, the Editor has decided to print a very much abridged account of each one, although she was obliged to return the photograpbs which were sent (or illustration .)

ARKANSAS ALPHA'S HOUSE PARTY

MARY E. SHANNON} ARKANSAS A

ON MONDAY, August 3, the noted Lighten bungalow, that nestles in the very heart of th e Ozarks, three miles from the Fayettevi lle, Arkansas , fell into the hands of thirteen Arkansas A Pi Beta Phis and thirtee n guests, and Mrs. Lighten at o n ce surrendered

The guests were a1\ Arkansas girls with the exception of Adelle Epperson and Wilhelmena Pegram , both of Dallas , Texas. who brought us the greetings of our Southwestern sisters. The charming manners and clever sayings of these Pi Phi sisters added much to OUT good times , to say nothing of the aptitude they showed when it c ame their tum to cook.

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The charming manne rs arid cleve r sayings of these Pi Phi sisters added much to our good times, to say nothing of th e aptitude they showed when it came th ei r turn to cook.

\Ve divided Qll r c rowd into groups for work and in this way were able to get along rapidly and nicely. Tuesday morning was spen t in playing, singing, dancing, and story telling. In the afternoon the girls, with a strong desire to imitate their sea sho r e sisters, betook thems el ves to the riv er for an hour of swimm ing und er the guidance o f Louis Lighten, 1 Nt on ly son of the Lightens, and th e on ly man at the party.

Wednesday, Mary Shannon was hostess at a ca rd party and that evening we went in town on a hay wagon to see th e picture show. After we returned, stunts were pe rfo rm ed by the different gi rls.

Strange t o say we were rath er tir ed Thursday morning, and the day was spent quiet l y, but the boys came o ut from town in the evening and we had a glorious dance .

After br eakfast on Friday we gathered around the piano and sang Pi Phi songs, beginning and ending with the "An th em." Then chee rs were given to :Mrs. Lighten and Mrs. Ellis for their glorious h ospitality.

\Ve all left declaring the party had been one co r.tinuous round of success.

LOUISIANA ALPHA'S HOUSE PARTY

Friday afternoon, we were m et at the Bay by Adine ' s aunt and uncle with their automobile, and also a n automobile truck with benches in it. \V e filled up both of them, and after a noisy ride, arrived at th e bungalow, whi c h is right in th e midst of the pine woods o n the beach . The very first thing we did was to ru sh in and take off o ur Hetty" clothes and put on old skirts and middy blouses. Ruth was appointed housekeeper and two girls were t o have cha rg e of each meal. \Ve had a long table on the wid e gallery, which goes all around the bungalow. \ Vith twenty at the table it made quite a large family.

After dinner we all went down to the beach, with our guitars and mand o lins, and sang in the moonlight. Tante Julia and Uncle Tom ( Adine's aunt and uncl e and n ow ou rs also) both of whom have l ovel y voices sang duets for us, and we had a lovely time. \Vh en bedtime came we repaired to our cots, which were in a long r owan

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the gallery, and though it took us aboul three or four hours to quiet down, we fina ll y succeeded in getting asleep, though not for long.

In morning we look a long walk or rather wade up the beach, and t hat afte rn oo n some of us went down to the beach and reh earsed for a moving picture play t o be given that night in hono r of Tan te Julia and Uncle Tom and J essie, who had to come a day l a t e . The play was pronounced a g r ea t s uccess and the cost um es "ery origi nal ; we thought Uncle T om neve r would stop laughing.

After the play w e w ent down to the beach again and p layed games, wh ich consis t ed mostly in falling in t he water and getting full o f sand. Th eil we sang so me more, played some more, and sang so me more. \Ve just couldn't leave that beautiful full moon, hut finally Tan t e Juli a and sleep prevailed, and we r e lu ctant l y bade the moon and the beach and the water good·n ight.

Next morning before b r eakfas t , we went out and picked white violets, the woods are full of them. It was Ella's birthday, so at dinner we had a b ig cake with cand l es on it, and great excitement. That afternoon we had con t ests in tr ee-climbing, and then took tUrns r iding horseback, as th ere were on ly two ho rses.

But, a las, the tim e was fast approaching for us to leave, so after many tr ips of farewell to th e beach, we so rr owfu lly pac ked ou r suitcases, and pu t on our "city" clothes again. On the way to the sta t io n we sang Pi Phi songs and gave cheers for Unc le Tom and T an te Ju lia. Our homeward trip was quiet compared with th e outward one, for we were worn ou t , but happy in the realization that we r ea ll y had come t o kn ow each o ther and appreciate eac h o ther far better than eve r before.

CAMP HAXOUM PA?>l-HELLENIC

EOITH BAK ER

ARROW readers a r e a lr eady familiar with the wo rk of :\1 rs. Cha rl es H. Far nswo rth (Charlotte .l oy Al1en, Colo rado A ) a.:; one of th e directors o f the Camp Fir e Girls. But few have had the privilege of spe ndin g the summe r season with her at Ca mp Han oum in Thetford, Vermont. This past seaso n there w e r e se ven Greeks on th e memb e rship r o ll , including: 6. r , Xi c hapter, Michi ga n- Grand Secretary, Agn es Burton and Juli a Ang e ll as ca mp assistants and Mr s. Alb e rt

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Kahn (Ernestine Krolik ) as a visitor; A 01> , @ chapter, Michigan-Katherine Reighard, ' 1 S, director of camp and wood craf ts; IT B cit-Alumnre Editor, Sophie P. Woodma.n, New York B, as visitor j 6. Province Vice-p r es ident, Edith Bak er, Mi sso uri B, as camp assistant and member of Camp Fire Guardians' Festival Week j and Margaret Merrill, Columbia A, also Guardians' Festival Week.

Camp Ranoum is situated in th e Green Mountains on Thetford Hill, one of the most typical of New England villages.

To, row, left to rig.u-Katherint: Reighard, A t ; Julia ADieU, .1 r; Charlotte Joy Farnlworth. n B ; Edith Baker, n B + . S.coftd row'-. I'" ttl right-Sophie Woodman, n B t; Ernestine Kroli k KabD, .1 r; AiDe. tsurton d r Margaret Merril. 'h B , was in camp but could not be found when the picture ......

The season's festiviti es included the Inter -Camp meet, when Mrs Farnsworth presid ed as a most impressive hostess, the Thetford Festival in which many of the campe rs took part , trips to Dartmouth College to see the Coburn Players and the summer student' produc · tion of The Magie of Ihe Hills in which Isabel Totten , ' 15, Amalie Althaus, '07, and Elizabeth Macauley, ' 14, all New York B, were partJcJpants. Every moment of the entire two months was filled with opportunities for entertainment and development, begin· ning with the "Wake Ye Arise" song drifting ove r the tent field,

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throughout the jolly busy day to the evening gathering in The Keushk at the bugle signal for "Aksbamlarin Khayr Oisoon. "

The camp life can best be shown in this song to the tune of liThe Sailor's Life."

The campen !ifc's the life I trow For all of us who live it \Ve' Te up and down and to and fro When service is asked we gi ve it.

Chao In cuc of any work

There' s none of us will shirk

We despise it everyone

We si ng n little And laugh a little And work a little And playa little

Fiddle a lill ie and foot it a little

As happily as we c an.

\Vc tie up our tents and run to the Ke ushk \\"hen whistling winds Md pouring rains Give proof of coming drenching And our (un can get no quenching.

Oh think nOI that our life is hard Although wc: ' re always tramping For health and l ove is enough rewa rd For us wh en we aTC camping.

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Bv I SABE L TOTTEN

SOME Pi Phis from New York D took part in an interesting festival at Dartmouth summer session last August. It was the second annual mid ·summe r festiva l at Hanover l given in connection w ith a course on fes t ivals by Miss Mar y Porte r Beeg l e, director of physical t r aining of Barnard College. The festival, " The Magic of the H ills,1l was written by Jack Randall Crawfo r d of Yale, directed by Miss Beegle, and the music composed by P r of. Henry Dike Sleeper of Smith, all within the six weeks of the summer session.

T he ob j ec t of the p roduction was to bring togethe r the two fac t ions of the town, the college element and the native element o r 4Ctownies"

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as they are called. The theme was an old Indian legend of a chief's son who sets out upon the trail beyond the world in quest of the Crystal S'one which will bring peace between his tribe and the tribe of which his love is the princess . ' rhe Hvoices of the hills" guide the young chie f , and keep the princess safe from his wicked brothers in his absence.

A prologue of folk dances by c hildren , the Indian scenes, and the interpretive dancfs atlorded an opport unity for the town child r en and the facultys' children, the town boys and local Camp Fire girls, the

college boys and the members of the summe r session to meet and work together in a big undertaking.

The picture shows a part of the dance of the Storm against which the young chief had to struggle in his quest. In answer to the IIvoices of the hills," the Moon Maiden, in shimmering pale gree:> and yellOW emerges upon the upper rocky level from among the dark clouds which have been hiding her, and, quieting the storm raging below, urges the hero onward . Isabel Totten, '15, had the part of the Moon Maiden, and Elizabeth Macauley, '14, and Amalie Althaus , '07, were ;n this storm dance.

IsABEL TOTl'EN AS TH £ MOON MAIDEN IN THE STORM DANU

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Early in July Luella Yance-Phillips, Nebraska A, who has been a forem ost It!ader in the art world of Chautauqua for many years invited all Pi Phis on the grounds at that time to meet at her studio. Then, under the chai rmanship of Dorothy Smallwood, Columbia A, '12, a delightful cooky-shine was arranged and enjoyed Mrs. J eanette Lem on Besto r , I ndiana A, '03, wife of the DireCtul of Chautauqua attended this meeting of Pi Phis and invited the girls to assist her in giving a t ea for members of all other sororities on the grounds. Through the ran-Hellenic Registration Book in General Informat ion Building a list was obtained and about fifty girls and women attended. It was thus reported in The Chautauquan Da il)' f o r Thursday, July 30.

PI BETA Pms GIVE A TEA

A cha rming sorority activity took place on Tuesday evening when the Pi Beta Phi entertained at the home of Mrs. Arthur E. Bestor at a tea to all members of sororities belonging to the National Pan-Hellenic. In tht rec eivi ng line were Mrs. Arthur E. Bestor of Chicago and Franklin College; Mrs. Vance Phillip s, New York; Mrs. Geo. T. Smallwood of Washington; and Mrs S. O. Thomas of Bu r lington. la., and Iowa \Vesleyan University assisted by Miss Dorothy Sma llw ood of W ashington, D. c., and Geo r ge Wa s hington University, Miss Emily A. Lane of Brockwayville, Pa., and Bucknell University; and Mi ss H e len Spencer of Kansas City, Mo ., and Mis so uri University and Northweste rn Unive r sity. In th e dining room th e guests were se r ved by Miss Helen Bryan, of H amilton, N. Y., and Barnard College; Miss Lela H oward o f Washington, D. C , and George Washington University; Miss Bamyce Scott of Galesburg, 111., and Lombard Co ll ege; and M iss J essie Th omas of Burlington, Ta., and Iowa University . The name ca rd s were arrows of pale blue written with wine for the Pi Phis and b lu e ca rds written with wine for the guests. All being strange r s, each wore her name for "identifica tion." Some forty enjoyed the hospita lity of the Pi Beta Phis at this delightfu l little function.

Mrs. PbjJJip s adds the following p ertin ent incident:

II ir ro wiu to rerirter at any national gatheringl. One Pi Phi laid she deli gently wore her pin conlpicuolUly for four days after arrival and no one spoke to h e r. Seein g the notice to meet at the studio she eagerly came and at once Chautauqua became a very dear lllace with no sense of being nl o ne

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PAN-HELLENIC R EFUGEES

By FLORENCE EOOY HUBBARD

TH ERE have probably been other Pan-Hellenic meetings on mid-ocean, but I doubt if there was ever a more informal ODe than took place on board the S. S. San Guglielmo on Wednesday, September 2. We were what the newspapers delight to call "refugees," and the San Guglielmo-an Italian immigrant ship transformed into first-class-with -a- question-mark accommodations-was a safe but not over comfortable refuge.

We dined at pine -boa rd tables, with pine boards for seats, and as nearly as I could analyze it, had pine boards, seasoned with spaghetti, for food. Ordinarily the ship carried about fifty first-class passengers and 2,000 steerage, but as there were over 700 Americans aboard ( it was hard to know whether we were first class o r steerage) the tiny reading room was always crowded and we were obliged to hold our Pan-Hellenic in the smoking room!

Mary E. Ka y, A S a , hunted up the fraternity girls on board and invited them to the meeting at three. There were fourteen of us , eight fraternities and ten co ll eges being represented, and after exchanging war experiences and co ll ege gossip fo r a while, we awaited the lemonad e. We waited, and we waited-and for an hour we wailed. Meantim e we had some very good Italian candy and devoured a co uple of boxes of it. Finally the waiter arrived . Lemon ice had been ordered, but we knew that on the San Guglielmo lemon ice meant a glass full of cracked ice with a little lemon juice ove r the top. W'hat however, was plain lemonade, without any ice, and served in an enamel coffeepo t ! There were also seven glasses, and the waiter stood calmly waiting for half of us to drink so that he might use the same glasses for the other seven. We convinced him that such was not the custom in America, and he finally brought some more and our thirst was quenched.

We then went o n deck and had our picture taken. If the camera got us at! in , there should be in the group, beside an Italian sailor who insisted on being snapped , the following girls:

\ MaUd St. J ohn, Uni v e rsity of Iowa K K r: Mabel Cheyney, Swarthmore. Carrie Ong, Indiana University . K A e: Genevjeve Brown, Indiana University. Mary E. VanArsdel, DePauw University.

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A 4> : Edith Ballentine, Cornell.

S Ethel B. Nelson , University of Washington . ll. r : {Henrietta Coleman, Indiana University.

a ll. 11 : Laura R. Seguine, Barnard.

A a .0..: {Maud " ' illard Church, Unive rsity of Illinois ) Mary E. K ay, U n ive r sity of W ashi ngton.

X n : Anna Bell Beckett, Dickinson.

IT B 4>: Florence E. Hubba rd , Barnard 201

{ Willa E. W ilson, Goucher.

\Ve wer e only sor r y th at we hadn' t thought of such a meeting beforc, for we m ight have had many good times and have exte nd ed it to a Pan -Co ll ege Party. H owever , we landed the following day; but we' }] do it again next time

VlESTHAMPTON COLLEGE AND ITS DEAN

A llew hono r came to our Grand Pres ident in June when she was appointed Dean o f Wome n in Westhampton College, R ichm o nd , Va. The fraterllJ ly at large will be ' interested in the f o ll owi n g account of the new co llege and ':its dean which is r eprinted from The Boston Transcript of September 17.

TUE OPENING OF RICHMOND COLLEGE

Th e opening of the new buildings and grounds of Ri chmond College marks an epoch in th e educational progress of the South. After eighty-two years of notable service on the old s ite in the heart of the city of Ri chm o nd, the college open s the sess ion of 19 14-1 9 15 in new buildings on a campus of 150 ac res in the western suburb s of th e ci ty The ope ning of W es thampt on Co llege, the new co-o r dinate college fo r w omen occurs on the same day.

After fifteen years' trial of a lim ited form of co-ed uca tion Ri chmond College begins life in its new home with its president as the executive head of the co rrelated institutions. W o men st udents at We sth a mpton will be taught in their ow n class r ooms both by professors whom they will shar e with Richmond College for men and by those who will give their exclusive services to the co-o rdin ate college. While the co llege for women is new in the sense of having a new si te and mode rn buildings, it is old in the sense that it already has " I.uge group of a lumn ae and shar es the histo ry and traditions of Richmond College . It ope ns with all four classes o rgani zed , as the freshman, sophomore. nnd j uni o r women of la s t y ea r hav e already been transfe rred to the new institution and there is a gratifying registration oC freshmen.

We sth amp ton College is under the immediate control of a Dean and the trustees h ave made a happy choice in the election of Dr . May Lansfleld Keller

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to fill this position. S he was graduated fr o m Goucher Coll ege in 18<)8 and did graduate work in the U niversity of Chi c ago before st udying three years in Germany, where she r eceived the degree of Ph.D. from Heidelberg. Subse· Quently, she w as professor of German at Well s Co ll ege and since 1C}06 has been professor of English at Goucher Coll ege. S h e h as served su cc essively as vice · president and pres ide nt of the South ern Association of Co llege Women and for the past seven years has been Grand Presid e nt of U B the l a rge s t of the co ll ege fraternities ( o r wome n . Dr. Kell e r co mbin es a knowledge of northern

011:. MAY LANSFIELD KELLER Dean of Wo men. W est hampton Co ll ege

educationa l ideals and stan da r ds with a thorough familiarity with the problems of so u thern education for women.

The new institution will benefit by the ent husiast ic suppor t not o nly of the people of Richmond but of those Virginians who so st renuously s u pported the bill to create a co-ordi nate colfege at the University of Virginia, last year. Although the President of the U nited S t ates favored the hi ll to establish the co-ordinate college at the institution of which he is the most distin gui sherl a lumnus and the fac ulty favor ed the bill by a vole of f orty -two to five, it was defeated by th e party whi ch feared such action would lead to ultimate co-ed ucation whi ch, they said , was against the whole spirit and traditions II! the university. This debate aroused attention throughout the educational worl .i

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last winler and so the opening of \Vc:sthampton College, under these circumstances. i, of interest to the whole South.

The Dew grounds and buildings of Richmond College (or men have a valuation of $850,000 and those of Westhampton College (or women of $400,000. The buildin,s are all of collegiate Gothic architecture and wue designed by Messrs. Cram and Ferguson of Boston and New York. The landscape architect, Mr. Wuren H. Manning, also comes from Boston and. under his direction during tlle past three years, nearly 100,000 imported shrubs have been planted on the gtollnds.

The entire college park of 288 acres has been wondedully developed, but the 130 acrts devoted to the co-ordinate college is ptacticularly attractive by virtue of location. It iii lieparated from Richmond College by \Velithampton Lake, which covers eight acreli, and the grounds stretch to the Jame. River in the opposite direction, commanding a view of the falls of the James about a mile away. The institution bids fair to be known in the future at the College Beautiful of the South.

HOW THE PORTLAND ALUMN.iE CLU B CELE BRATED CH RISTMA S, 1913

B\ UNITY GRAVES

(There hu never been a Christmas season in modern times when there w:ts greater opportunity (or true Ch ristmas giving than in this year of ou r Lord 1914 While we must remember that the financial c ri sis in the South caused by the depression of the cotton market, makes it m o r e than ever necessary that we rally to the support of ou r Settlement School, at the same time we con not overlook the need at our own doors . H every club and every chapter at. well would read this little sto ry and follow the suggestion of the writer, think how much more happiness there would be in the world on Christma. morning.-Edito r .)

DECEMBER 19. 1913, ten loyal Pi Phis met from nearly as many chaplers for the monthly luncheon of the Portland alumn:e club. \V e were in the midst of our Chri:itmas shopping but the call for a Pi Phi meeting was an even greater attraction, and three·fourths of the club were present. A tiny china pig bank with wine and silver blue ribbons tied about his neck greeted us from the center of the table. Now everyone knows that a bank for collecting money and the last five days before Christmas do not mix well so the question of, IIWhy the pig?" was reluctantly ta.ken up. The owner of the piglet told how it was given to her by a Porto Rican school boy and then of some of the poor families she had been visitinl-{ lately in conjunction with the

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Associated Charities and their special Christmas work. Before she had finished telling of the suffering and great need of these destitute people the pig was rattling comfortably. We labelled our collection liThe Pi Beta Phi Christmas Fund" and two of us (Gertrude Blackmar of Kansas A and Helen Graves of Washington A) were delegated to find a famjly whom we might cheer Christmas day, with dinner and toys.

So far it had been merely a matter of impersonal charity lightly proposed and lightly taken up. · No serious intention further than to cheer some family for a day was in the minds of our busy, happy Pi Phis. However, when we went to the Associated Charities office to obtain the address of our beneficiary, Providence or mayhap some greater power threw across Qur path a very needy woman. She was brought, fainting into the room where were waiting and when she had recovered she told us a pitiful story . No detail was new or original but somehow it touched our hearts. It seemed her husband had been sick and out of work for several weeks and their small savings had slowly dwindled just when they needed it most for she was soon to become a mother. She pleaded for work that she might buy the tiny clothes for her baby, but the matron in charge of the Charities told her she was in no condition to work nor ,,"ould anyone employ her. Then it was that the ridiculous little pig with the Pi Phi colors assumed gigantic proportions. Without hesitation, we took charge of the case, telling the poor woman that her baby would have the garments that were necessary and that we, as an organization, would assist her in her great need.

Each and every Pi Phi in Portland donated some article of clothing for the expectant mother and her little one. Some of us are married and gave the things our own babies had used and others of us gave money for the purchase of new articles. Then Saturday after Christmas we all met at the home of Agnes Miller, California B, and sewed on baby clothes, tiny bed-quilts and other clothing. Nor was it a serious, solemn gathering! We had many a laugh over our inexperience and awkwardness. Also at this meeting we had with us the active girls who were home from Stanford and Washington Universities and who gave us bits of news from their chapter houses.

The woman remained in our charge and we reported her case to the Visiting Nurses' Association for the great event which was soon to take place. Our hearts rejoiced when we took her a suitcase full

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of a layette and warm thing!' for both the mother and child, and from her flushed happy face and words we received our recompense tcn fold, and when her husband, thin, stooped, but eagerly grateful also, tried to cover his embarrassment by remarking that the dresses and bootks "wtre kind 0' small" our eyes filled and we bade them a hasty good-night and left them arm in arm at their garret door lighting us down the narrow stairs with a lamp.

I have 110t written this little story of Portland alumna:: association that we might bask in the glory of our good deeds but that we might help to refute the statement of an eminent woman in an equally eminent magazine that fraternity girls wefe snobs, Hforming in cliques and breeding a spirit of discontent and inequality" both in and out of college. Furthermore the statement was made that fraternity spirit was soon lost after the girls left college and that little or no good was obtained through such organizations. \V e helped this poor unfortunate woman and her husband because 1t fell to our lot to do so but I doubt if any of us individually would have thought to find her and only though our organization were we in a position to assist "['hat we not only tided this family over its time of ha rd sailing but that we have decided to take up similar work each Christmas time is but a natu r al sequence and it can scarcely be called snobbe ry .

An othe r reason for telling of our organized hristmas cha rity work through the pages of THE ARROW is that we hope some of the othe r a lumn re chapte rs may see good in the idea and follow it with a like work in th eir locality . If through the printing of our experie nce this holiday season just one other association of Pi Phi a lumn ::e would take up a berious cha rit y of their own we would feel very happy and more than repaid.

GOOD NEWS FROM LITTLE PIGEON

By MARY O. POLLARD, HEAD RESIDENT

SINeE the school closed in March the Settlement School work has been far from a standstill. There has been a vacation, but it has been a busy one. Probably many of you have been puzzled as to why our schoo l keeps such st range month s; if you were here you should understand As soon as the weather began t o be settled in the spring, a ll the older ones, both boys and gi rl s were ca ll ed from schoo l to get ready to plant corn. By the middle of March, few were left in school above twelve years old. Then the whole family were busy with corn unt il it was "laid by" about the first of July, then there was a month of respite, when they had singing school and a picnic at Elkmon t in honor of Mr. Townsend's birthday; by the first of August, the chi l dren were at liberty to attend schoo l. For a week o r two they stayed out to "pull fodder" j then they were in again for a few days, and they stayed out to pick beans; between times they made molasses ; and then came the picking of the peas. The corn will be shocked by the fir st of November when they will come to schoo l with fair regularity.

Th e work of the summer was largely done through the Tomato C lu b. A club of thirteen was organized the first of May. It was lat e star ting, and owing to the extreme l y dry weather and to sickness in several of th e families, the club has not been as s u ccessf ul as it. might have been. O ne girl and her sister have canned ove r sixty dozens cans, and t hey have themselves found a market for their produce . "VIe have had several pleasant trips. The club went to Maryville to attend a meeting under the auspices of the Mountain 'Yorkers Department of the Presbyterian Chu r ch. There we r e e l even in the party. W e stayed over night at the dormitory of the co ll ege. Five of the eleven had never seen a train, and two of those five a re fine looking girls of sixteen and seventeen; it was the second ride of three. For almost all it was their first introducticn to the electric light , the radiator, the fau cet and bank. The girls enjoyed the trip thoroughly. One told me it was the longest best time :fh e had eve r had Another trip was made to Sevierville to meet the ag r icultural train which made a two hours' stop there. They gave their yells and their songs and received much favorable comment. The girls ha\'e had pl easant summer by means of the club.

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The dedication of the building proved a great success. The school is becoming well and favorably known in the state.

This fall, we have been fortunate in having visits from several friends. Margaret Burroughs, of Texas A, stopped over for a week on her way north and started the girls in basket They were much interested, and we are anxious to push the industrial side of the work as rapidly as possible.

School opened August 10. \V e have 134 enrolled, but the average attendance has been below one hundred. It will be better now that the:: fall work is ncaring c(jmplction. Those who attend regularly are learning rapidly . There has been great improvement during the past year, especially in the, writing and in the interest in the meaning of the words in the spelling and in reading. Spelling is one of the accomplishments of the people; the most popular form of entertainment is the "spelling." We attend them nearly eve ry week through the fall and winter, but those who spell best often know the meaning of ff'w of the words they spell, and one of our efforts has been to encourage the use of the dictionary. We have three boys who are doing almost straight high school work; there are ten who are doing • a combination of seventh and eighth grade work; and there are about forty-five below the third grade. The latter are our greatest hope. They are getting well started and intensely interested in the work. It would do your hearts good to hear their voices ring out in ge nuin e child singing, for they arc learning the same songs that primary children learn the country over and they love them dearly. You perhaps r emember how Mi ss Gillette used to speak of the sad faces of the little children; but we do not notice that at all now among those who have been coming regularly to our schoo l. They are normal children in their shouting and in their laughing, their singing and their playing. It is in them that we see the greatest cha n ge.

The cottage is crowded with four teache r s. \V e are making ourselves as comfortable as we can by using one of the rooms in the school building for a bedroom. There Miss \Vilson, Miss Ditmars and Ivliss Young sleep, while T stay a t the cottage alone. \Ve can hardly do that comfortahly when cold weather comes. It is not pleasant now to start out at bedtime across the fields with a lantern, especia lly on rainy nights, but when snow is on the ground and the house freezing, it will hardly be possible to go so far away to sleep. \V e are certainly looking forward to the new cottage with running

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water and a bathroom as one of the things that will make life here mu ch easier and pl easanter . The school house is a delight. We use it all day and every day, for school and for parties j Sunday afternoons the young folks sit around the table on the porc h for th ei r v isits, and it is not at all unu sua l to have so m e of th e nativ e men drop in at schoo l and listen to the classes recite for an hour at a time .

Dr. and Mr s. J. Wil bur Chapman gave to the school this fall fifty new testaments, which we have distributed among the desks at the schoo l, and from which we read eve ry morning. Most of the children have difficulty in finding any book in the new testament, but they are rap id ly learnin g . T hese same testaments we take to the church for Sunday schoo l and the Baptist Young Peopl e' s Union which was o r ganized by th e Settlement School tea che rs this fall, so they are d oing tripl e duty.

The young men of G atlinburg have a baseball teamj mos t of those who play are of th e sc hoo l, but it is a village rather than a sc hoo l t ea m. Th e girls are lea rning to play basketball.

1 wish you could see th e g lo rious mounta ins in their fall beauty . It makes a beautiful settirg for the n e w schoo l house, and we never tire of admiring the gorgeous colo ring of the trees. With such natu ral beauties, with the new school house , and with the g rowing cordia lity of the people, the outlook for the school is g r atifying.

BOOK REVIEWS

The Italians. By Sarah Gertr ude Pome r oy, A.M. F leming H. R eve ll Co. Price, So ce n t5.

The purpose of this little volume, one of the series on Immigrants in the Making, /lis to give, in co mpact form, the history, life and charac ter of p eople whose worse sides al o ne are usually displayed up on their arriv a l in this country." That th e treatment is sympatheti c is shown by the author's subtitle-"A Study of the Countrymen o f Columbus, Dante and Michael Angelo ." The writer shows a thorough, first hand knowledge of all phases of her topic and especially c r editable in her handling of the historical sketch in which the story of these people during the last five centuries is reviewed . The differences between the Italians of northern and southern Italy are clearly brought out but from whatever part of their native land

they may come, one cannot help feeling for them a greater kindliness, interest and hopefulness after r eading this helpful little book.

S . P. w .

In Camp at F o rt Brady. By Lewis E. Theil.. W A Wild Co. Price, $ 1.00

M r Theiss, cz, r well known to many Pi Phis as lithe husband of Mary Bartol-Theiss" as well as for his genia l se lf, has just written a book fo r boys. full o f adventures cente r ing in the n eighbo rhood of historic Fort Brady, P a., and full of ou tdo o r vigor as one wou ld imagine knowing his zest for camping which is fully sh ared by his wife. Besid es the jolly story of th e book there is mu ch o f practical value in the accounts of canoe trip s, learning how to swim, fighting forest fires, etc. There a re Teal boys in the book to admir e; perhaps the most important feature of the tale is the development o f characte r portrayed.

S. P. w.

WHEN YOU CHANGE YOUR ADDRESS

you u sually lo s e The Arrow , d on't you? How stupid! Next time take a post card ; state your former address and the new one , and send to the Alumnae Ed itor. The poS1i office never forwards second-class matter until you have sent the fee ,-and sometimes the po s t office does not notify you So rememberSend a card to the Alumnae Edit or. Send it before the twentieth of the month preceding publication else the change c an not be made for that issue . Have a permanent address : l.t the family d o the forwarding if you are unsettled

W H A T A F R A T E R N IT Y G IRL THI NKS

The study of dramatics is an ex cellent means of rounding out an edu cation. No college girl should reel herself equipped to go out into the world as a representative of her alma mater Why SP ,,"d without s o me dramatic training. It is closely allied Tim e on with the study o f English, in that it lends familiarity Dramatics ? with th e best specimens of literature. Co -ordination is developed in the pro cess of training the intellect, the body and the voice , to act as a unit in conveying an idea. The exercise of dramatic ability is bound to impart poise. This is one of the best qualifications a woman can possess ; it is invaluable to her wherever she may be, in the business world , at home , or in society.

Let us hope that every college girl will realize, before her course is completed , that time spent in the study of dramatics in some form, is time most profitably employed.

For the past twenty years , there has been an interest taken, at Texas, in college dramatics. and lately this has increased to an ap-

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preciable extent. The first organization to exhibit dramatic tendencies was "Ashbel," which developed from a girls' debating club to a full-fledged literary society, with an annual play. At first, with the confidence of youth, it was ambitious enough to undertake Shakespeare, and presented several of his plays, among them liAs You Like It," IITwelfth Night" and "A Midsumme r Night's Dream." The costuming and scenery for these were homemade, but served their purpose admirably, considering. Lately the society has been l ess confident, and has given p l ays that were less difficult and ambitious. "The Pied Piper" was one of their best achievements, while Lady Gregory's UHyacinth Halvey," presented last year, scored a distinct success. This year something from the modern drama will be given. Be it said in this connection, that the members are all girls , and that to do justice to masculine parts, and at the same time conform to our lady dean's ideas of proper costuming , constitutes a mammoth and difficult task.

The Curtain Club is a dramatic club composed entirely of young men. For the past five years or so, they have presented plays from Moliere and other such authors, and have gained an enviable reputa-

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tion as producers and actors. In lhi!o, club, the female pans are taken by men, with a considerable deg ree of since there are no restrictions conce rning to hamper th e m. The C urtain Club may be said to have a great in Au ence on the stud ent". for election to in it is a co veted honor and one gai n ed o nly through labor and true merit.

An o ther organization, tht! 'Vinsonian Society, is as yet rather embryonic, and vcry little can be said of it. except that it is co mposed of young men, who stage a few farces during the year.

On the whole, dramatics at T e xas cons t itu t e a fa cto r which is welcome and wholesome. in that it give:, exp ressio n to the energy and spirit of th e s tud ents in a way that nothing else ta n do.

TEXAS A.

So mu ch hent-flt was derived fr om th e coope rati on o f th e girls during th e preparation f o r the plays that a. desire was felt for a co llege dramatic organ iza ti on , ,'hieh should IVh ere Dramatic Spirit bring togethtr girls from all four classes. Rath er than Elaborate Accessories is e mphasized

To meet dcmauo, Agora, a society de voted entirely to ciehating, ope ned a dramati cs department. This c lub gives plays frequently. whose cha rm lies entirely in th e enthusiasm of the girls taking part in them. There is practically no expense for costuming, and the scenery is manufac tured from "stock on hand." The society aims to make the girls familiar with short, simple plays of the bette r variety and to emphasize the importan c e of the spirit of the actors rather than of costuming and scenery. It s s uccess is shown by the fact that the membership of the society hIlS more than doubled itself in the past year. :'\[ARYLAND A.

The \\' olllen's Dramatic Club of University Collt:ge wa.s originally but an orTshoot of the \ Vemen's Literary Society. At the open

A Canadimz, mC:t'ting in the spring terlll, when the society was at home to its friends , the professors and thei r Dramatic Club wives, the talented m embers used to provide tilt entertainment-sometimes by scenes from famous classics --more often by lighte r fa r ces. The r e came a time , however, in th'e spring of 1907 when after a particularly successful production of "Pygmalion and Galatea," those who were in the cas te felt that a

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Dramatic Club might Bourish apart from the mother society. And' the fall o f that year saw the Women's Dramatic Club fairly launched. It was deemed wisest to have regular instruction and the club turned naturally to Mrs. Scott-RalT, Principal of the Margaret Eaton School of Expression-who had shown such deep interest in the dramatic efforts of the university women and had given unstintingly of her time and her advice in anything that th ey had undertaken. A precedent was established in the initial year Ly the club's insisting that a Shakespearian drama be studied and presented by the membe rs annually. Under the stimulating instruction of Mrs. Raff "As Vou Like It" was rehearsed and staged in the beautiful little Greek theatre of the school. Crude as it was it showed promise of what the club mignt attain unto in the future, "Twelfth Night," UWinter Tale" and "As You Like I t" were given subsequently.

In the fall of 1911 Dr. Kirkpatrick of the Toronto Conserv'ltory School began assisting the girls in the preparation of their plays, and the annual event was thereafter helel in Convocation Hall of the university proper. Since then "Much Ado About Nothing," "Twelfth Night" and HAs You Like It" have been presented.

The club, of necessity, has a small membership but to those who are privileged to take part, a tremendous oppor tunity is given of acquiring many th ings that do no t come to the college woman in the ordinary round of le c tures and clubs. Th e cha nges that take place in a shy, diffident, awkward freshman as she develops into a gracious, versatile, and gracefu l senior, who is able to meet any situation with composure and dignity, are what one expects in an ideal college life. There ha; been m o re than one outstanding example of such in the University of Toronto and in several instances it might be proven that the Dramatic Club had not a little to do with the shaping of the character.

Dramatics occupy a prominent place in Stanford life. The productions are uS!lally of some merit, due partly to a wise selec ti on of

D plavs, partly to good talent existing among the rama/u:s at·

L I - f d students and partly It, profeSSional coaches from ,and :;Ian or SF ' h ' Ii . h h . an ranc lSCo, W 0 glve more 015 to t e staglDg and acting than is usually true of amateur work. The program of the year is varied, ranging from tragedy to comedy, from opera to burlesque.

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Stanford has three dramatic societies proper: "Sword and Sandals" and IIRam's Head," organizations for men, and "Md.Squers," an organization for women. Entrance to these societies is on a basis of ability, membership being granted by vote only to those who have shown talent in acting. "Swo rd and Sandals" and HMasq uers " endeavor to put on one good standa rd playa year. The former has already presented Belasco's "Men and Women " at Stanford this semester, with much success, "Ram's Head" is partial to comedy and gives, each yeaT, an original extravaganza in which all the parts are taken by men.

The various language clubs which admit both mcn and women to membership and which are not primarily dramatic in character, occasionally give plays. The English Club, for examp le, attempts to put on a creditab le play annually. Literary significance is the criterion of the club in its selection.

Besides these society and club activities , each fall there is a light modem comedy given by the sophomore class and , in the spring, an original opera given by the juniors. The senior farce is an important event in Senior Week. The sophomore play is strictly a class affair. HoweVer, tryouts are held for the junior and senior plays. Any student may enter the tryouts and, if successful, is assigned a part.

Activity in dramatics is regulated to SOme extent by a faculty rule which makes it impossible for any student to appear in more than one play in a semester. While this works a hardship in some cases, it offers more peop]e the opportunity to engage in dramatics and is thus one tendency towards democracy in the student body.

CALIFORNIA A.

Thyrsus is the name of the dramatic club of \Vash ington University which was o rganized ten years ago. I t was suggested by one of the professors and was accepted by the club as tht ThyrS1J.S meaning, pine cone, symbol of Dionysus , the Greek god of histrionic art, seemed well chosen.

From the beginning, the success of the club has been r e markable , especially since it has received no outside pecuniary assistance, and, from the university, has merely secured for its performers the use of a vacant lecture room in one of the buildings. Here a small stage has been erected and fitted up by student labor , and the ex-

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penses met hy the students themselves. H'ere plays are presented three or four times a year although nothing very long or difficult is But once a year a morc pretentious attempt is made in the "annual ," which is given at one of the l arge St. Louis theatres, under the direction of a professional coach. These performanees have a lw ays been attended by a lar ge and enthusiastic audience, for not only is the club very popular among the university students, but it" also counts among its patrons and patronesses some of the most influential people of St. Louis.

The best lest of a college dramatic society is its effect on college life and its outside influence. Concerning the former , it may here be Th T f stated that dramatics at New comb claim a great C , est 0 a D . S · amount of our attention. Only rfgular uncondlmmatu oelely lioned students are allowed to try for parts, which a re allotted to those showing most ability . This trial always bring,; the students together. often re:ulting in the find of a modest young actress, who otherwise would not dare to try for a part.

Besides bringing girls together, the literary sense is stimu lated Plays have to be chosen with care and consideration both of the audience and the abilities of the probable cast. It really takes keen foresight, executive ability and practical sense , plus a good coach and a hard-working cast to make college dramatics a real success. A good presentation is bound to enliven the outside interest in the college . College dramatics can easily elevate or lower the name of a college LOUTSIANA A.

The Unh'ersityof Denver , with the exception of the Drama Club to , ...·hich the membership is very limited, pays scant attention to dramatic work, but the fraternities have nearly IVhere Frat ernities all turned into player bands who do more or Fumish Dramatics less credit to gallant Thespis. Last year Gamma Phi gave her annual play, Kappa Sigma presented its first musical comedy which was such a success that they are now preparing an other which will be given in a few weeks, and Pi Beta Phi ente r ed the dramati c circle with a play written by two of our alumnre. fnterest is awaking in dramatics and we are all grateful. It makes us all better acquainted for nothing is more usociable" and informal than an amateur play rehearsal. The faculty seems to ap-

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for it turns out gorgeous and gay and in full force to all the performances. To suffer in silence often, [ dOUDl not, for we are not all Henry Irv ing::, nor Ellen Terrys, however good our intentions

Dramatics have not taken the important part in a c tivities at \V isconsin that might bt expected in a school of its size. Perhaps this is due to the lar ge number of other interests and Dramatics al the lack of opportunity. The juniors and senio rs rVisconsin each gi vt: an annual play, the parts of which are assigned after tryouts. The number of aspirants is always large and shows that Illight ue\'clop to a greal e:He nt if more people had th e opportunity for parts.

There are but two clubs existing purely for dramatics, the HEdwin Booth" club for men and "Red Domino" for women. The member· ship of each is restricted and admittance is through tryouts on ly This year th ere were nearly one hundred tryouts for HRed Domino" but only eleven were chosen ( two of whom were 11 B 4»5) , Mona Bates, Florida A. '16, a nd Isabelle Bodden, \Visconsin A, I J 7.

The policy for both of these clubs has c hanged during the la st few years. Formerly each club produced a play every year, but through la k of patronage they decided to appear in 3.iternating years to assure themselv es good attendance. Red Domino in the last year has further changed its tactics and gave four open meetings during the year rather than gi\'ing olle play. At these meetings one dramatist at a time was s tudied through discussions and dramatic readi ngs of his works. \Vhether or not they will co ntinu e this plan this year is as yet undecided.

Th e German Departnlent has been especia lly successful in its plays which are produced under the direction of th e Grrma"istiche G ael/schaf l. The Fren ch Department also gives plays each year but u sua lly on a sma ll e r and less elahora te scale.

The only opportunity offe red for stude nt dramatics is in the Union Vaudeville which is a r egular spring event. Anyone may co mpete for a place on the program and again the number of co n · testants is as large as in th e The best stunt is 3.warded a prize and is usually asked to appear at the lo ca l Orph e um Theatre \Vi $Co nsin is f o rtunate in ha\'ing on the faculty Thomas Dickenson , associate editor of Th e Drama and a recognized authority on the drama. professor \Villiam T.eona rd , a dramatic writer of some

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note, several of whose p lays have been produced he re, and Miss Gertrude J ohnson who makes a sp lendid coac h and instru cto r .

WI SCONSIN A.

The bramatic Club contributes to our co lleg e community a phase of development whi ch would otherwise be neglected. The m en as , we ll as the gi rl s take 3. decided 'in t e r est i n backW he,,, the Dra1n4t ic ing it arid in taking part in the productions. Club Help s Ih, Four plays were given last yea r, three of which ''''hol e Commun i t y were snort, in one evening. But each was very much worth whHe educationally, especially th e po rtra ya l of the hill f olk of th e t en th cen tury wit h costuming and stage setting, which too k a g reat deal of work and expense .

The ' meetings of the o r ganization are made inte r esting by the of a picnic or lun cheon and, naturally, attendance is aug-

The Dramatic C lu b, as a whole, is at the back of a lyceum cl ub, whose members go ou t in groups to nea r by towns giving ente rtainment s, both musical and dramatic. The spi r it of the entire organization is admirable, and ce rtainly he lp s to give this added phase of development success.

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"Ye Strollers 0/

Ohio State University furn ishes a n examp l e of a school in which dramatics, although not a part of the c urri c ulum , has a definite and imp ortant place. Its d ramati c society, liVe Strollers, " founded in 1893 , r anks among Ohio Unive rsity" th e best college dramatic o r ga nizations in the

Un;ited States. Among the old Strollers are many of the prominent men and women of Co lum bus, and the interest that they s till take in the organization, is a proof of its impo r tance to them during their co ll ege years, and of its- "present worth .

It is controlled' by a board of directors composed of the president, business manager , sec r etar y and treasurer, tw o faculty members and two a lum ni members. These officers choose the directo r of plays, a pr ofessional coach who has had actual experience on the stage. Membership in the organization is attained on ly after successfu l participatUm in one play. Mem bers in succeeding years. 3re ob liged to pass only the second o f t he two tryouts r equi r ed of new applicants. freshmen are, of course, ineligible.

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The training reeeh-ed by Strollers is of real value. The strict r outine, which means regular rehearsals, no matter what social en· gagements must be foregone , the businesslike atmosphere, the persistent effort, provide a mental training equal to that derived from any other branch of study. Strollers are taught to look at the play from the actors' view-point, and the treatment they receive is with the exception of the pay-e nvelope, the same as that accorded to professionals. A knowledge of the way in which comedy is built up, step by step, of the necessity of constant application, that is, living the part, of the importance of a co rrect interpretation of even the smallest part to secure the perfectIOn of the whole,-in short, a knowledge of the fine tricks of the trade is the acquisition of every Stroller. The result is that the patronage of the Stroller's plays does not confine itself to friends of the university, but oindudes the theatre-loving public of Columbus. Perhaps no other o rganization in the schoo l, combines so much valuable training, real pleasure and honor, and to become a member of "Ye Strollers" is the cherished hope of all who aspire to acth'ity in college organizations.

OHIO B.

There are two dramatic clubs at the University of Minnesota, the l\lasquers and the Players. This year the Masqu ers will present How MinnesotaJs Dramatics Benefit til< Public

A1iles/onts. by Arnold Bennet and Knoblach, sometime before Christmas. The purpose of the two clubs is to foster an interest in plays o r merit that are not given professionally. Thus they give the public an opportunity t o see plays that perhaps would otherwise never be presented here. A.

Although we have no purely dramatic clubs in Boston UnIversity, the inte rest in dramatics is very keen. Several organizations in colU Dramatitsat the Hub u lege give annual plays, and great excitement attends their presentation. One of the most cove ted posts the juniors have to offer is the chai rmanship of the class play committee, as one of Shakespea re 's comedies is usually given junior week Dramati c critics have, in the past, given hearty praise to our interpretations, and we feel that we are justly proud of that part of our college activities.

Followers of Shakespeare find ample opportunity for well directed study in the "Dramatic Reading" class of Mrs. Black, our Dean of

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Women. desire to By her wonderful personality, she fills us with enthusiastic know th e master trul y, and we greatly app r eciate her own vivid rendering.

Another power for the stage is Professor TJ.yloT, whose cou r se in Compa r ative Drama is intensely interesting. Not one of us would willingly miss it, for it develops in us a deep love for bea utiful art, and an ea rn es t desire to work for the betterment of th a t influence, which, as Mr s. Blac k says, is "a world appreciated and gu id ed accordingly." force, here to Slay, to be MASSACHUSETI'S A '"

OUT dramatibs, ' m Michigan are coming to mean more and mor e to us c \' c ry year, and our oppo rtu nities a l ong this highly interesting Dramatics at Michigan and educational line are c,'er in c reasing. Every yea r !'eve r al good productions are given, among them the Michigan Union Opera which is composed by a student aud given by the mimes of th e Mi chigan Union, Comedy C lu b p lay. and Junior Play, written and p r oduced by the gi rl s of that class. Then too the Cercle Franf ais gh'es a pl ay such as M olie r e'5; Le Monde ou l' on e,muie; and the D eutJ'c/1I'r Verein spends a g reat deal of tim e and energy on its German play.

N orman Ha ckett, wh o was one of the o r igina l members of Co medy Clu b pays us a vi!rit now and th en, as he keeps up hi s interest in Michigan dramatics.

Last year the Drama Leagu e of Ann Arbor was inst rum e ntal in bringing George Arliss , and the Iri sh Players here, a nd crow ded houses r e warded th ei r e ff o rts

The univ e rsity girls also han a dr:lma league which produces a number of skits during th e year . so that underclass gi rl s may try their ski ll befor e entering upon the more pretentio us junior play.

MICHIGAN B.

DTlmatics at have always played an important part in the college lif e. To be a member of the dramatic club is counted

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one of the big honors. " ' hen the e locution department was first considered many be· lieved that it would never be a success. But is E11Iphas£zrd each year the interest has grown until two years ago, a Fin e Arts College was organized with a schoo l of education. It is the aim of this departm ent not only to present good. plays

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but to culth"ate in the .. tudent body a taste for the best in drama. The class of play::. which the junio r and senio r classes stage each year show how !-tuccessful this ha..., been. "oc can really say at that the 3YCrage student nOt only but can appreciate the beSt that the stage has to offer. " "c feel too that the importance of the dramatic c luh 111 every co llege canno t be over-emphasized.

NEBRASKA B

Through tht l:ffOTb of the English club, dramatics at California have reached a high stage. The English club is composed of proIt"lzer .: Creali1'f Drama/ic A hility is Encouraged 11: or and students and encourages the highest III dramatic art. The motives of this organization are two, onc to encourage c reativ e dramatic ahility among undergraduate students; and the other to provide a modest hearing for students young in Califo rn ia dramatics, without entering into compe tition with experienced players To realize the5e aims a prize is offered for the lx:st drama written by a student, which. if it shows exceptional genius, is sometimes acted. before the club. Standard dramas such as "Much Ado About Nothing" are given by the club at the Greek Mask and Daggar is the dramatic honor society. It gives a notable production each year. "The Junior Farce," "Curtain Raiser," and IISenio r ExtravaganLa," written by students offer oppo rtunit ies for the classes as units to show their ability both as to creative power and as players. The Parthenia, a masque given annually by the women students portrays the transition from maidenhood to womanhood.

CAI.IFORNIA B.

There arc few in a co llege which can have as large a place as a dramatic club that has the right ideals. A dramatic club can be the most generally cultural and instrucof all co lllge institutions. In our own co llege, 0/ Dramatics dram 3. tk":-; h:l\"c consisted lugely of an open-air play

The Place during Commencement \\ ·eek. This has usually been a Shakespeare play with the co nsequent large C3!'ll and stupendous produ ction. However, it seems to me that a dramatic club cou ld give a very grJtifying course, if on ly they chose, in Shakespeare and the Greek dramatists, as well the French and German masters. In this manner these greatest plays of all time co uld be enjoyed by that part

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of the student body which win never know them ot herwise. And inasmuch as this portion is the vast majority of non -classic students, there su rely is a place for a properly organiztd and purposeful dramatic club in every college community.

In that era of ar t istic excellence, unsurpassed and unapproachable, th e fifth century B. C., that incomparable race of artists, the G r eeks, had the drama as a civic institution. It was a required co urse in the education of all inhabitants of the Greek state, supported and provid ed by the state . Th er e was infinite wisdom in the plan. And sinct! our state does n ot do this for us, it seems to me the colleges should do what they can to substitute. A dramatic organization supported. provided, and maintained by the college should be a course ufree-for-all" in every educational institution.

MICHIGAN A.

There are two dramatic organizations at the Unive rsity of Illinois-the Illinois Dramatic Union and Mask and Bauble. The Dra.matic Clubs of UlIivt!rsity of Illinois

Illin ois Union is for men only and they give a light opera once a year, the words and music of have bee n a great success especially since the men have been a g reat success especial l y smce th e men ta k e the parts of gi rls. The members of the club are chose n fr om the cast.

Mask and Bauble includes both men and women in its membership Three plays are presented during the year. The tryouts are open t o the public for the faU and mid -semeste r play while the cast for the Senior play is generally chosen from the members of the society. The membership is chosen from the new persons in plays of the year

The clubs try to give fair tryouts by giving outside rs first chance at the parts in the plays. The object of the club is to present good dramati cs and bring out the best in a person in that line. It helps keep up interest in dramatics and gives an outlet for talented persons. The influence on the community is chiefly to empty their pocketbooks. Plays always have to be repeated to accommodate the crowds . We are presenting the best in dramatics in the best way possible and we are trying to educate our audien ces to an app reciation of good plays if not of good acti ng.

ILLINOIS Z.

ALMA COL VILLE-BENDER

Alma Colville-13ender, ex-'88, died Thursday, July 23, following an operation. She was initiated into Pi Beta Phi at Knox College in the fall of 1884. She was in co llege one year. The following newspaper notice has been sent to TJI E ARROW:

Ml'I. Bender was born in Galesburg in 1867. her maiden name being Miss Alma C. Colville. She was married at her home to Victor E. Bender, the publisher of TAe Evnting Ne1Iff. Following their marriage they resided thirteen years i n Conncll Bluffs, la., until Mr. Bender bought The NnJll.

C. Colville. She was married at her borne to Victor E. Bender, the publisher of The Evening Newt. Following their marriage they resided thirteen years in Council BlulTs, l a., until Mr. Bender bought The

Mrs. Bender came to Springfield January I, 1910, and since that time has been one of the city's most prominent society women. Besides being a meml1er of numerous social organizations, she was the regent of the local chapte r of the Daughters of the Am erican Re\'olution and their delegate to the last national convention at \Vashington.

Mrs. Beuder was also a member of the Mayflower society, Colonial Dames, John Alden society nnd Daughters of 1812. She was appointed recently by Governor Dunne as one of the commissio n to trei;t a tablet to tbe memory of tbe soldiers of 1812.

Surviving are as follo s: Her husband, Victor E· Bender; one son, Robert J. Bender, manager of the Sp ringfield Bureau of Inte rnational News Service; one daughter, Mi ss Victoria E. Bender; her mother. Mrs. Robert W. Colville; a sister. Mrs . R . C. Lescher. and a brother, Robert Rex Colville of Galesburg.

BERTHA " 'HEELER-DORSEY

Bertha Wheeler-Dorsey, Iowa Z, ex-' ll, was initiated into Pi Beta Phi, October 3. 1907. She attended Iowa State \Jrlivet'$ity for one year. She died October IS, 1914. CI t • ' J' I'

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KETTlE CI.OSSON-GREENE

Kittie Closson-Greene, Michigan A, '92, was initiated into Pi Beta Phi in October, 1889 , while attending Hillsuale College. She was very much intere"lted in Y. "T. C A. work , attending the international convention of that body which was held in Scranton, Pa. She graduated from the Detroit School of Elocution in 1892 and was married in June of that year. She died in Kansas City, Mo ., June I, 1914

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MARGARET MI LI.ER S ISS,()X·,' J'EPIH'::':S

Sisson-Stephens, Ill inois ..l , '98. was initiated into Pi Beta Phi at Knox College in eptemuer. 1887. She had the ' honor 0 f bei ng elected commencement speaker on her graduation in 18 89. S lw taught for several yG\rs hefore her marriage to Mr. Amos. H. tephcns in March 1897. She died August II , 19 14.

H ARR I ET

H ar ri et V. :Merriam, Kan sas A, ex·'1 4 , was born in Kansas City Kan sas, in 189 1 She attended the Un h-ersity of Chicago du r ing the year of 1 909, becoming a n <I> at Kansas University, October 21, 1910. The [ollowing year she attended C r escent College and the next yea r she spent studying abroad. Her death which r esu lted from a sho rt attack of diphthe r ia came as a great shoc k to her friends The girls of Kansas A mourn th e loss of so young and charming a member bu t are happy in the thought that she was une of th ei r chapter .

EVEN T S

The foll owing alumnll! clubs announce their meetings : BO ll t on. M ass.

December IZ , '3 :3 0 P 103 H emenway St., Boston. Our Se ttlement Sc h ool program.

DI..'Cember (Christmas m ee ting )-Cooky·shin e.

J anua ry 9, 2 :30 P M.-At 103 Hem enway St., Boston. Speaker. (Subject announced later.)

February 13, 2: :3 0 P . M.-At 103 H emenway St., Boston. Literary program. LO B Ang-ele s, Cal

December 3 0. 2:30 P. r.I.-Mus icale and tea, 25 cents a person, for conven tion fun d. Gues t s. Mi ss Mary Esta Groves, Chairman.

] an ut1.ry 30, 2 :30 P. M.-R iciprocity Day. Report s from othe r alumnae clubs. l\{u William Briggs, H ostess.

February 37,8:15 P M.-Dancing party, 25 cents 11 person, for convention fund. G lI ests. Mrs. Frank H Burr. Chairman. K ansas C ity, K ansas

The Kan sas City Alumnz Club held the first meeting of the yur, Saturday afte rnoo n. October 34. The following officers were elected:

J ohn S. Knoepp.

F H. H eryer.

Tr(tuu'n"--Mary DarHogtoD.

Su,.etary-Coost&Dce Fennell.

The Club anltcipates a very busy and prospewus year and hopes to be able to -do more in with the Settlement School than before.

N e w Y or k Ci t y J)ecember 5-llo!ttes<;: \Irs. Jerr) 10"3. \ The IIt'ndrici.: lIu Json, X. Y. C. Rhythmic Interpretation, Ethel l.Herage, Sew York H.

January 2-J-Jostess: Miss Edith \ ·alet. Sew York B. Conw:ntion Rally

February 6--Jlostl"Ss: II . S. \ "an Keu.,en, Colorado B. 275 Central Park \ Vest. ,Voman's Work in the Business \Vorl d, Yan Keu stn.

O m aha and Cou n cil Bl uffs

December- Il ostesses: Mrs. La Veli e , )lr5. Yetle r, ;\Irs Moring, Mrs. McClanahan

January-Hostesses : Mrs Martin, Mr s. Binder, )taynnrd, Mi ss Pile. Paper, "Pi Phi.'s in the February-Hostesses: Mrs. Belden, Mr s. Dodds, Lucill e Brown. Jun e Brown acial.

Philadelphi a, Pa .

December S-The College Club, 13th and Spruce Sh. t Philadelphia. Hostess: Edith S. Bunting. Entertainment: Mary L. proul, Chairman.

January 9-Edith Lewis White, Lansd ow ne, Pa Ifostesses : Lan sdowr.e and Maine Line Entertainment: The Big Sister L. Troth, Chairman.

February 13-Anna Lyl e Gross, Bair d Ave., Camden, X. J. Hostess: Ca mden Center. Entertainment: Stunt Party. Floren ce J. Cobb, Chai r man.

Puget Sound

S-Cooky·shine and Christmas Tree. :o.lrs. Wilmot Lilly, Chair· man. IT B <I> lIouse, 4S35 18th Ave., K. E.

J anuary :I-Travels and Current Events. Miss lI arriet Johnstone and Mrs. John W. ll eal, Jr. Mrs. II . H. ll arwood, Chairman. I f ostns: l\f iss Marion Frye, 618 Terry Ave.

February 6--Musicale. Miss Il elen W akefield, Chairman. Il ostess: Mrs. Arthur Schramm, 426 Smith St.

Northern California

l\orthem California alumn::e club meets at the chapter house of Cali· fornia B, 270<) Channing \ Vay, second Tu esday of each month, a t two o'clock. A regular and very interesting program has been planned for this coming and e hope that all n <I>'s living about the bay iII try to join us and renew their interest in fraternity work. Among the things we hnve to think of this are ou r annual H o l iday Bazaar. which will probably be the Illtte r part of Novembe r ; whi c h is now only a few mon t hs off; nnd last b'lt not least, our natio1lal bOlla II ¢ Settle· School. also meet fo r tea. at the lI otel Grill, in San Franci sco, the las t Tuesday of the month, at four o'clock. 11 is n o ped thnt nil II wi ll our two Tuesday dates of each month, nnd try 10 join us.

MATTERS OF CLUB ISTEREST

Springfield, Mo.

December J-Christmu meeting, Settlement School.

January 7-S1udy of Constitution.

February 4-Misl Hardy Memorial-Interest of Active Chapter.

MATTE R S OF CLUB INTE R EST

Carlisle, Pa.

ACCOUNTS OF NEW CLUBS

On October 1:2, Pennsylvania r chapter was honored by a visit (rom Mn. which proved to be a splendid thing (or Iht Alumnae: living in And around Carlisle, in that it marhd the beginning of a Carlisle alumna: club. The seven Carlisle alumna: were ente rtained at luncheon by one of our number, J nlie Delevan Prince. wife of the professor of history in Dickinson College. There we talked over plans for an alumnte club and, that evening, met in Ihl!' chapter rooms to organiLt formally. The following officers were elected: Pt'uiae"I-Mu. Kathleen Gooding·Riclcenbaugh. Viu-/Jruidenl-Miss Kisner.

Recording Secrelary·Treasurff-Miss Margaret Thompson. Co,.,.es/Jondinl Secretary-Miss Julia Morgan.

Mrs. Lardner gave lavishly of ber splendid suggestions {or interesting meetings and we {eel sure that the Carlisle alumnre club will make up {or any Inck o{ numbers by the enthusiasm o{ its members.

Though its beginning! were small, we shall have nt our meetings in the future as many as possible o{ the seventeen alumnre who are at present living in Harrisburg, Mechanicsburg, Boiling Springs, and Carlisle, and expect to have both Pennsylvania B and Maryland A as well as Pennsylvania r represented at our meetings.

T o peka, Kansas

The Topeka n <fYs, for the first time in several years, got together last spring and celebrated Founders' Day with a dinner at Mills Tea Room. After the dinner a business meeting was held and the Topeka IT B alumnee club was formed with the {ollowing members: Mr s. Edwin A. Campbell, Miss Effie Dean, Miss Kate Dinsmoor, Mrs. T F. Doran, Mrs Alfred G. Frost, Mrs W . L. Gardner. Mrs. Crichton Miller, Mrs . Arthur Mills, L. McF. Patterson, Mrs. Silas Porter, and Mrs Chester \Voodward. The {ollowinr officers were eJected:

President-Mrs. Silas Porter (Jessie Babcock, Illin ois A, 'Sf).

Viu-Presii/ent-Mrs. Arthur Mills (Emma White, Kansas A, '90)·

Surefary-Treasurl!r-Kate Dinsmoor (Kansas A, '03).

We are so r ry that Miss Patterson ca.nnot be with us this winter. Sh e h as tAught in the Topeka schools more than thirty years and was retired this spri n r on a pension. She has gone to Bozeman, Mont., where she will spend the winter with her siste r. Her address is 213 Central Ave

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Our cl ub m ee tings are held on ce a m onth and we do all that we ca n to have IT in n eighboring towns attend them. Last spring we held two very enthusiastic m ee t in g s. but th ehot weather was rapidly approaching ana a:l nearly all of o ur members were planning to be away for th e summer, we decided to adjo urn until Oc tober . The club members are back now with jpt e r esli ng r epo r ts o f the pleasant vacatio ns th ey spent and we are looking fo rward with r e n e wed e nthusias m to ou r m ee tings thi s fall.

A s a c lub we hav e been watch ing with interest the girls at Manhattan, who are applying f o r a c hart e r, and they have o ur be s t wishe s for succe ss .

We are very anxious for new members and s h a ll be very glad to welcome any II .p's in Topeka w ith whom we are not in tou ch as well o.s any II .z,'s who are in th is vicinity. K AT E. DIN S MOOR.

Ohio Gamma Alumnae Club.

On Oc tobe r 16 a nd 17, 'Vooste r peop le must have felt as th o ugh fraternities were r et urning, f o r we n IJ>'s w e r e co mi ng in at all times from all directions. Th e fun began o n Friday evening. Th e r es ident II q,'s had planned a beefs teak r o ast in th e w oods, but the weather man d ec reed d,ifferently, so Marga.ret Gab l e, '15, generous l y offered her home, where about twenty co upl es enjoyed an indoor pi cni c, af t er which we played "500" and sang II so ngs.

Saturday m o rning brought f o ur girls, who teach at such distances from Woo s ter that it wa s impossible f or them to arrive Friday. They s welled our number fa twenty -s i x, the sa me number which was prese nt at our meeting in May ,Vith the excep ti on of the t en n <l>' s who are in \V ooster, each girl who a ltend ed the me eti ng lra\'e led, on the average, o n e hundred miles. That fact speaks pretty we ll for th e inte re s t o f o ur club .

<lA cooky-shine" was held Saturday evening at the hom e of Mrs. John D. Overholt ( J essie Wi ckwire, ex -'IS). We have had forma.l di nners and banquets at the American Hou se at vari o us times when we ha ve returned, but we all e gre ed that we had m o r e of a genuin e reuni o n at the " cooky -shine ." The h o use was decorated in accordance with the H a llowe 'e n se ason, and in spite of the p re se n ce of jack-c'-Ianterns, black ca t s, and ghosts the n did "shine. :'

A f terward s a business session was he ld, at whi ch Helen Harrington ably pres ided in place o f Elsa Sch1icht , our president, who se abse n ce we felt so keenly that we se nt h e r a telegT3.ffi o f greetings. Th e vice-president s uggested a system of ch ain l etters, and appoi nted f o r class, a class steretary, whose J ut y it is t o s tart a round-letter for the member s of her class. Each class sec reta ry is t o k eep th e cor r espo nding sec retary informed of th e important news of each class l etter. Thu s a ll of the girls will be k ept in close touch with the club and in cidenta ll y , the work of the cor r espo n ding secretary will be lightened. Am ong o th er matters of busi n ess, ou r do nati o n to the Se ttl e m en t Sch oo l was difc u ssed but the exact amo unt is not to be decided upon until the s pri ng meeting. A desire to have Mrs . G. L. Uroomell, o ur Province President , with us sOlue time d urin g the yea r was again exp r essed and we since rely h ope tha t ", e ca n arrange t o ha\' e her co me.

ELLE.N

F. BoVER.

P ortland. Ore gon

Our fl o ur ishing club has received its ch a rte r and w e h ave enjoyed two meetings as members of the national alumn ae assoc iatio n of P i Beta Ph i.

MATTERS OF CLUB /,\"TEREST

To u se again the ritual of the opening and closing service was like the pleasant meeting with an old friend. New Pi Phis are consta ntly being diiCovered in the city, and Lois Scott, Illinois H, writes us from the Hood River Valley that at a meeting held there to organize a Pan-llellenic Association four Pi Phis discovered each other. and hope soon to attend some of the Portland meetings.

On every second Saturday we have luncheon at the Univt'n;ily Club, and on the fourth, a meeting at the home of so me member. A program has a rrange d for the l atter meeting s. Novembe r will be a social meeting, in December a musical program will be given. in January a st u dy of Constitution and History, the February meeting will be given ove r to the Settlement School, in March book reviews of books telling o f the life of th e Mountain eers. and April an observance of Founders' Day. A short business meeting usually fCillows the luncheons . All the meetings are well attended by the memher> and a strong bond of friendship has grown among local Pi Phis. The chapte r tukes great interest in all surrounding acti,'e c hapters and has been able to reeommend se\'eral freshmen who were entering colleges where we have c hapters.

The local Pan · Helleni c has adopted the national method of electing officers, and so this year Pi Phi elects the president who will be Agnes Miller. California B '12.

This summer we enjoyed having with u s se ,'e ral girls from acti"e chapters. Nebraska B, California A, and Washington A and B. \V e are very much interested in the growth of Pi Phi on the Pacific Coast, where we have b<oen more conservative than many othe r s, and we urge Easte r n Pi Phis to that if we do not adopt a policy of extension now, we will be at a disadvantage in a few years.

Portland college women hope to establish club rooms which will be n meeting place for all co ll ege women passing through here this summer. Theta holds its convention at the Gearhart Hotel on the ocean, three hours ride from Portland and with Pi Phi meeting in California. and the travel to the Exposition, we shall hope to extend our hospitality to a great many visitors

OLIVE NEAL MONTEITH.

WHAT CLUBS ARE DOING

Below 3re clippings from the Des Moines Ctl/n'lal which show a live n 4> club in that city.

:\!i ss Julia Ellen Roger s, who appears in lectures at East High , Thursday afternoon. and \Ve st High, Friday evening, under the auspices of the Pi Beta Phi soror ity will be in troduced by Mrs Addison Park er at the former SC'bool and by Mrs \Varren Garst at the latter. Mrs. Charles Clarke is chairman o f the committee on arrangements and she is being 31lSi6ted by :\1C"!,chmlCli Frank Camp; F. II. P arr; II. C. \\' allace :;!nd Mrs. Addison Park er. president of the Pi Beta Phi Alumnz association.

Tulia Ellen ROllers will appear at the \Vest High auditorium this evening in a lecture "flow to Kn ow Common Tree s," which promises to be very illuminating. Miss ROllers s peaks under the auspices of the Pi Bcta Phi !\lumnx ;'lSsocilition and the proceeds I'lf her lecture will flO to help mainta in a settlement school which the sorori ty is backing in the Tenne ssee M ou ntains.-Des :\foines Copital, Further accounts 3re given in the same' paper o f the Wom en's Club program. Miss Rogers, Towa Z, spo ke and Mr s. Jes sie Gaynor, Towa 'Z, ac. co mpanied her daughters, Rose nnd Mr s. Dorothy Blake, who render ed her songs.

EDITORIALS

IN THE ARROW for June, the Editor suggested that one or two chapter meetings ( after the initiation of freshmen) be devoted to vocational study. The object of these meetings would be, of course, to assist the girls to select a definite aim in college. Since then, the Editor has received letters from seve ral undergraduates seeking advice on various vocations. It is now six years since THE ARROW first began issuing voca tional members. The following were issued under the editorship of Mary Bartol -Theiss: Y. W. C. A. work (Vol. 25, No.1 ) ; Library work, (Vo l. 26, No.1); Medicine, (Vol. 27, No.3 ) ; Nursing, (Vol. 28, No.3 ). The following have been issued under the present editor: H ousehold Economics, (Vol. 29, No.3 ); Art and Artists, ( Vol. 29, No.4); Journalism, (Vol. 30, No.4); Music and Musicians, (Vol.. 30, No.4).

DURIN G the past two years, a number of Greek journals have isued valuable vocational numbers covering the whole field of women's work in a concise way in a single issue. Since THE ARROW was a pioneer in this particular branch of fraternity journalism and has already treated each subject as exhaustively as it was possible to do at the time , it seems too bad that the gi rls who are in college now should not reap the benefit of some of these very practical numbers which were issued before they entered .

THE EDITOR suggests that a committee be appointed in each chapter to go through THE ARROW files for the express purpose of preparing vocational programs. In one college, a movement is already on foot to hold Pan - Hellenic meetings during the year open to all college girls, whether fraternity members or not, for the express purpose of discussing vocational matters. Here is a real opportunity for service which is open to every chapter. Look through your Pi Phi library and see if the back numbers of THE ARROW will not be helpful to you.

THERE are a number of items in the chapter letters in this issue which are of univers:d interest. Three chapters speak of a local Pan-Hellenic ruling which fixes a moderate sum to cover all the rushing expenses of each chapter represented. Some local Pan -

Hellenic rules are to be deplored but this one is so sane and sensible that it ought to b. adopted universally.

WAR and rumors of war greet us daily and have become so much a matter of course that, now the first shock is over, we are apt to forget the horror of it all. But the letter from Ontario A in this number reminds us what a terribly personal issue it is to some of our girls. Our hearts go out in sympathy to our dear Canadian sisters at this time. We wonder if it is because Vermont A is located so near the Canadian line that she is the only chapler reporting any activity in aid of the Red Cross. Surely work of this kind should appeal to us all.

ONCE again you attention is called to the advertisements in THE ARROW. OUT fraternity jewelers are anxious to please you. Two of them in particular have just sent THE ARROW special J.·erninders of this work. Edward R. Roehm of Detroit, Mich., whose new advertisement is in this issue, publishes an attractive circular dealing with Interesting Emblems and the L. J. Balfour Co., located in Attleboro, Mass., ilIn the Hub of the Jewelry World" has just issued a h3.ndsome illustrated catalogue. Each of these publications will be mailed to any address, on application to the firms.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The twenty-third Biennial Convention of Pi Beta Phi will convene July 5, 1915, at Berkeley, California. The Convention Call, Preliminary Program and other necessary information will appear in the March issue of THE ARROW. Come and bring your friends.

MA Y L. KELLER Grand President.

CONVENTION AFFAIRS

To all Pi Bela Phis:

The chapters of Zeta Province are planning and hoping to welcome a record-breaking number of Pi Phis to Berkeley for the convention week, July 5·10, 1915.

We have secured. enough rooms at reasonable rates to take care of everyone. As a member of a Pan-Hellenic Board composed of six of the fraternities at Berkeley, we have arranged for the use of these

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six hOUSES for Qur convention w eek, each fraternity u sing th e sa me houses in thei r tUl"n fo r six s u ccess ive weeks. I n this way we shall have a mpl e room near ou r beautiful campus, and very close to the hall where w e sha ll hold our sessio n s of the conven ti on, for all of o ur deleg3tes. and sti ll have r oo m for app r o ximately two hundred o f th e visitors. Those who can definitely sta re th ei r attendan ce a t the co nvention , and th ei r wish for s u ch r ooms ca n secure them f o r one dollar a day. After our frate rn ity houses are a ll filled we e xp ect to be ab l e t o suppl y all r ooms needed at tw o dollar s per day, including breakfast. Both of these pri ces are for two persons in eac h r oo m . W e would be g l.a to supply r oo ms at t hese rat es, ( $2 ) f o r all r ela tives or fri end s you m ay bring with you.

The rates at th e f r a tern i ty ho u ses can be had on ly fr om Monday to Saturday morning, July 5- 10. Tim es either befo r e or lat e r must be arranged fo r at r eg ular rates ( $ 2) at other pla ces. The fraternity h o uses ar c on l y ava ilabh: f or each week during co nvention days as th e n ext :l\J onday mo rnin g find s another fraternity using the same h o uses in th eir turn.

Mr. Harold Mallum, a fraternity man of the unive rsity, has o r ga ni zed 3. fin e m e thod of taking ca re of all fraternity peopl e as well as all othe r visitors from the East during the time of the Expositi on. His plan is proving very feasible and both he and his business a r e beillg highly commended by prominent business men in this section as we ll as all othe r s interested in the public welfare and the success of th e Expositi on. His company which intends t o be a p e rmanellt Califo rn ia associ ati o n, is c all ed liThe Travelers' Aid Association" and his address is Ca rlton H o t el, Telegraph and Durant A,·c., B e rk eley, Cal. \V e intend t o send very s oon full particulars, with circulars, service cards, etc , to every chapter and club.

Our plans for entertaining o ur friends are not co mpleted yet, but there are so many and such beautiful things to see here that we are co nfro nted with a multiplicity of things fr o m whi ch to choo se . During th e time of the co nvent io n sessions we all expec t to stay in Berkeley , and Berkeley itse lf is a mine of beauty. \Ve are about an hour's r ide by elec tric car and b oa t fr om San Francisco so no one will be ttmpted t o go over ther e during th e time set apart for the co nventi on. Even the rid e ac r oss the Ba y is o ne of th e sights of our beautiful dist r ict. Everyo ne know s o r has heard of beautiful San Francisco Bay and the Golden Gate, and we can assure yo u that you

will finu -.0 many things to and will cnjo) them so greatly that you will find it hard to leave. \V c wish that you might all stay.

I n p l anning to come, a rr ange to tranl with as little baggage as possible, for with the \'3::,1 nrunbe r s that are comi n g out here next year it is not at all improbable th at baggage will be slow t o be delivered and perhaps high in cha r ge for transferring it.

R emember that no one from th e East o r :\l id dl e \\ 'cst or South can come to the Bay section of California in July without warm clothing. Hav e a w a rm tailored suit- not a s umm er one ei ther. A heavy trav e lin g coat alway" 1Poefu l here. July is Qu r cold month as a rul e. It is dt.lightful and we l ove i t and know that you will too, but yo u will noti<.:e the difference k eenly at fir st.

\V e h ope that you will be SO interested i n o ur le tt e rs and ci r c ulars which will be hcnt 10 each chapter and cluo th a t c\'c. ry one will decide to join us in making the 1915 co nv ention th e larg es t and most en· thusiasti c one e \'er held.

EDITH B. DARNELL.

The Grand Pr eside nt has appointed Qu ee ne Snow Cox, I owa Z, as custodian of the Pill. Chapter presidents are referreu to page 17 of th e October ARRO W for an acco unt of their duties t o this new office r s. She should be addressed as follows:

Mrs. J-Tenry Cox. 3320 Dewey Ave ., Oamha, Neb.

TOW is the season wh en th e maj o rity of magazin e renewals are due and Mi ss R eising e r is very anxi o us to ha\'e all Pi Phis renew their subscripti o ns through the Pi Beta Phi Settlement School agency. This is a way o f helping the school vcry mat erially at no cost but a little time and effort and the net results will be larg e, if everyone will respond. R ead the special ann o un ce ment co n ce rning this in the O c tober number pp. 55 ·6. Address all letters concerning this branch of our work to Mi ss Blanche G. Reisinger , 235 East Lafayette Ave. , Baltimor e, Md.

The II !3 4> ca lendar for 1915 is a duplicate in form and makeup of the popula r ca lendar f o r 1913. It is now r eady for delivery and the price is $ ,60. $ Order now through Miss Edith M Valet, 111 W est 1271h St., New York City.

To CLUD MEMBERS EVERYWHERE

See that your secretary r eads to you the letters she has r ecei ved since the la st club meeting. Mail is sent her for you. Find out

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what the officers of the fraternity want, learn the plans of other clubs as sent you, and then see that y our officers represent you properly.

The edito r wrote to Miss Bush whose account of her experiences as a moving-picture actress appears on page 131 and asked her to name several films in which she appears for the benefit of those Pi Phis who would like to make her acquaintance on the screen. The foll owi ng note reached THE ARROW just as the magazine was going to press:

Los Angeles, Cal., Nov . 3, 1914.

Dear Miss Pomeroy:

For December the following stories will probably the released: "Star of the Sea," "An Idyll o f the Hills," and "Threads of Fate." In the first I am a widow fisherwoman with a child who poses for a statue of the :Madonna and Child; the second, a wild, mountain child; the third, just a girl, through country to city "life. It is a dramatic episode, the second comedy drama, and the third, or first, rather, roman tic drama.

Sincerely,

PAULINE BUSH.

Many copies of the ARROW are still needed to complete chapter files. Alumnre clubs and individual alumnre who can assist in this work are urged to communicate with the Chairman of THE ARROW File Committee, stating what numbers they can furnish or referring t o possible sources of supply. Perhaps the Advisory Committees of the chapters needing help will lend a hand in this most necessary work.

A fin , idea. At the Gamma Province house party it was that each chapter send THE ARROW for the current year to teo of the older alumna!. So far (November 1) one chapter has done so. The thanks of the fraternity are due Illin ois Il. for her promptness and helpfulness.

To club co"tspondilJg uc-retaries. The middle of October the alumnre editor sent to each one of you-tha t is to the person whose name was in the club . directory of the Secret ARROW--a most im-

portant communication. A reply to this is expected by November 15. 1£ your name was not in that directory, if your club still elt!cts in the fall instead of in the spring as has been requested, if you did not r eceive this important notice-whose fault was it?

So many clippings have been used in the body of THE ARROW this time that the department of College Notes is omitted. Unde r Exchanges, the items all deal with the dramatic idea, so a fe w extracts of general interest from various publications which have been sent to THE ARROW are grouped in this place.

A Jun e issue of The Wyoming Student has been sent THE ARROW containing a photograph of the Memorial Tablet given by the studdents of the University of Wyoming in honor of Dr. Agnes Wergeland. In the same issue which gives an account of the commencement festivities appears the following:

One announcement was noteworthy. Doctor Duniway, brieRy r evi ewing the memorials that had already been given to the memory of Doctor Wergelan d. announced that th e greatest of all had just been accepted by the Board of Trustees, "The Agnes Mathilde Wergtland History Scholarship.!! donated by Doctor Hebard to the memory of h er dear friend. A perpdual fund of $1.000 is established. the interest of which. when the fund is invested in good securities, will be given as a scholarship to a student in History. In case no student is fitted for the scho larship, the interest is added to the principal and can then never be taken away. This is a wonderful donation, the largest sing le monetary gift ever made the institution. No doubt the Agnes Mathilde Wergeland History Sc holar. as she should be called, will prove worthy.

The dedication of the Sigma Kappa Lodge at the University o f W.ashington was an event of great importance in the history of Sigma Kappa and of general interest to the Greek-letter world for it is a concrete proof of the regard in which some parents hold Greek-letter societies. In reporting the occasion Sigma Kappa Triangle says:

A beautiful bungalow situated near Crystal Springs, overlooking Puget Sound was dedicated Sunday, May 17. 1914. to this chapte r by Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Phelps Anderson in mem ory of their beloved daughter, Dorothy Louise Anderson, who died o n Mar ch 5. 1912. The Sigma. Kappa. Lodge is an artistic rustic bungalow consisting of a large co mfortable living room with a large fireplace and French windows. a large bedroom llnd a sleeping porch, a kitchen and bathroom.

The gift of this Lodge is not only unique in character, but also in the spirit of the giving. We f ee l that it is not only unparalleled in the history of the fraternity world at the University of Wa shingt on , but perhaps there a re few such cases in the United States.

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The spirit of the gift and noble sentiment stirred in the hearts of all those present at the time of the dedication will a lw ays be held a living memory; the inAuence will not on ly be felt in the en n obli ng of the lives of our group, but also, because of this in Au ence it should be reflected in the whole camp us life .

All Pi Phis will appreciate the gene r ous spirit of siste rh ood which prompted The Allge/os of Kappa Delta to insert the following [n its pages:

Pi Beta Phi Fraternity announces the dedication of their Settlement School Building o n Thursday afternoon, Jul y 9. '914. at one o'clock, Gatlinburg, T e nn.

This is the result of the earnest effo rt s of o ne loya l band of women who wear a pin which benrs Greek letters. And st ill antagonists will ca ll them snobbish, interested only in their own chosen few, and recklessly spending large amounts of money for big pa rties and in dressing extravagantly . The i,lSpiralio" for that schoo l came f rom hearts that yearned to pass on to others the spirit of friendship whi ch had been r evea led to them in their c hosen fraternity. And the money to maintain that institution-have you thought where that came from? From the chapte r s who cu t down their parties and studied and saved in orde r to send in their allottment to the Settlement Fund. Isn't it something to be proud of, Pi Beta Phis? Kappa Deltas are proud of you too and extend congratulations and wishes for your success and Godspeed in yo ur sp lendid undertaking.

The Evanston Daily ,News for July 23, 1914, contained a long account of the College Fraternity Reference Bureau located in that city. It is important that all Pi Phis should be co nversant with th e ,,"a rk of this bureau which is always r eady t o furnish data on fraternity problems. The Daily News says in part:

Evanst on h as an unique institution in th e Co llege Fraternity Reference Bureau It i s the only organi zatio n of its kind in the country and is depended upon by the members of the Greek-letter societies of the American universities and colleges for all kinds of info rm ation in relation not on l y to fraternity topics, but to all things pertaining to co ll ege life and affairs. This is the second year of the life of this bureau and a visit to it reveals that in its comparatively short existence its accumulation of material and data in this cbosen field is but little less than astonishing. The kind of information it gathers, particularly that referring to the fraternity referen ces is, perhaps, the most difficult task in the range of data gathering, for the available material is small. Books which dea l directly with the American co llege fraternity and its problems are very few. The amount of data in the form of brochures, pamphlets, magazine articles, sheets, leafl et s and small materiala is enor-mou !" and, though difficult to reach , the bureau has been persistent and has on file a se ri es of this charac ter that is exceedingly valuable.

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All chalflu 0/ addr'essl noles lor ,4;s oUr/ion. comp/ainls ana qwut"'''$ "ega"di"g any phase 0/ tJu circwlation 0/ TilE ARROW sllould be UMI dirret to the Alumna Edilor, For exft/allollon 0/ statistiu 0/ cirr.,latWn sa Irer rt#orl in flu Oc/ohe,. Snrtl '·um ber.

AKh..\:\SAS ALPHA-C:-"!VERSIIY OF

Dolph McCain, ex·'II, is back in school and expects to take her degree at mid-term.

Dorothy Lighton is spending Ihe winter in Pittsburg, N. Y ., but will be back in school after mid-term.

Roberta Roberts and Suzanne Roberts paid Ihe chapte r a very pleasant visit. Mn. R. L. axon ( Fay Bell, ex·tu) is spending the winter in Colorado prings, Colo.

Mary Shannon, ' II, is head of the English department in the high school at Marietta. Okla.

CAllfOR::"J IA STAXFORO, JR UXI\'ERSITY

Frances Mc Laughlin, ex-'iS. to Robert Glover Adcock, '14.

MAIUUAGES

Anne Brooks, '13, and Sidney Sherwood Green, A X, Sial/lord, '14, in San Jose, CaL, July 22. At home, 655 Melville Ave., Palo Alto.

Fr:m cescn Lof tu s , ex,' f3, nnd Edward E" e rrett Ball, <J> K CalI/Ofil ia. November 4, at St. John's Episcopal Church, Los Angeles. At h ome, 126 N Vendome St., Los Angeles where Mr. Ball is in the law office of Frask and Brown.

Julia E. Moore, ' 12, and Sidney S. Lawrence, M ichigan, Piedmont, Cat, May 26. At home, 2iS Parkview Terrace, Oakland. Mr . Lawren ce is with the R. G. Grace Shipping Co, of San Francisco, BIRTHS

To Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Bush (Ruth Waterhouse, ex-'oS) of San Francisco, a daughter, in October.

To Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Reid (Adele Huntsberger, ex-'ro) of Los Angeles, a son, October to.

ex·'15, left for her home in Austin, Tex., the last of September to be with her moth e r until her marriage next spring to Robt. G . Adc oc k .

:\IcClurg-. (:\:1,1 :\11(1 he r mother. who \\'3-' chap te r chal)eroll for the year '12·' 13, stayed at the chapter house for two weeks prior to their trip through the East. They expect to be gone several month!!.

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Della Thompson, 'oc}, Florence Metzner, 'II, Mrs. Sidney Lawrence (Julia Moore, 'I2L Mrs. Herbert A. Kellar (Dorothy AldertoD, ex·'12). AnDa Laura Bradley, '13. Florence Gamble , '13. and Agnes Maloney, ex·'14, all visited the chapter at various times during rushing season.

Agnes Maloney of San Francisco spent several weeks in Los Angeles this fall. She came to be bridesmaid at the wedding o C Francese. LoftuJ and Everrett 1.. Ball. Alice Briggs was also one of the bride.mud •• California .A held its annual house party at Alamitos Bay, July 28 to Allgust 4. The active girls wer e Ruth Leigh and Bobby Shelton, Hel en Hurd. Alice Brigrs. Gertrude Mendenhall, Winona Bassett, Mildred Carr, Geraldine McKnight, Miriam Bryan, Vera McNabb. The alumnae were Marie Lockwood, Anna Laura Dradley, Kathleen Chandler, Bus W. Sharp, Maude Maloney, Bertha Sieber, Verna Marshall·Reynolds, Frances Este.·Boughn, Muriel James, Lo uise Carter·Cole and Isabel Nobl e. On July 31 the Lo st Angeles alumnre club members were the guests of the house party.

Mrs. Stanley Richardson (Rube r ta Roberts, '09), who has been living in Hawaii for the pa.t few years, visited us (or a few days before she returned to the Islands the latter part of September

Mrs. Au Proctor (E lam ae Lambert, '07) s tayed over night at the chapter houle recently.

Marie Lockwood. '13, is teaching at Devore. San Bernardino County, COD.tance Darrow, '14, at Tuolumne and Helen Wahrenberger, ex·'I6, in San Diego .

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WA JUlIACU

Ada Clin e. '13. and Fred Palmer, Stanford 1; A E, at Santa Rosa, June 2J At home at 3rd Ave. and Hugo St., Sunset, San Francisco. Dorothy Elder, ex·'16, and Henry Brush of Santa ROS3, August 16.

BIRTHS

To Mr. and Mrs. Grattan J. English, (Miriam Reeves, ex·'Io) twin., a boy and a girl, August 28.

To Mr and Mrs Douglas Parker (Emmeline Parsons, ex·ln) a daughter, in August.

Dr. and Mrs. I.e Roy H. Briggs (Florence Ziegenfuss, ex·lo7) and their little son, Junior, have moved to San Francisco and are living at 2:768 Green S1. Dr. Briggs is now in c harge of the medi ca l clinic at the Affiliated Colleges of our university.

Carrie We.ton of Berkeley, Cat. , violinist, and her accompanist, Marie Prevost, were with Pantage's Vaudeville Circuit last summer. Wbile playing in Los Augeles they were the guests of the Stanford house party at Alamitos Bay. Mrs. J. Carlyl Hill (Roberta Ackers, '04) with her hu.band summered on the Bosphoras. They have DOW left Constantinople, Tarkey, and their present addre •• is, Care Vacuum Oil Co , AleIandria, Egypt. Althoaah they bave

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suffered no inconveniences because of the war, it is probable they will returD to Los ADatelc. 100D.

Norma Umphred, '1 4. i ••pending the winter in Los Angele.. Her .ddre is Weymouth Apts., 9th and Alvarado St•.

Louette E. Weir, 'oB, i. still in Europe and no word has co me (rom her aince the outbrea.k of the war. When last heard from, she was in Berlin, but piannine a. trip to Norway to recuperate after a very severe case of typhoid.

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Yoat (Amy Hill, ex-'og) have moved to Half Moon Ba,.. Mr. YOlt baving gone into the construction bUlinell {or himself,

Ethel Morton, ex·'09. hu been visiting around the Bay during the I t few week.. Ethel i, still one of the most active members of the Los Anre1u lJumnse club.

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Cowd en , (Elli e Ahrens, ' II) have mOTed to San Lui, Obispo. We ce rtainly do miss Elsie.

Frances Dewar, u·'13, attended the sommer susion at U. C. this year, but hu now returned to her teaching in Oregon.

Ethel Mills, '14, sailed on the September 9, to beg-in her te:lch· ing in the Hawaiian Islands.

COLORADO ALP H A-UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO ENCACEMINTS

Edna Pierce, '12, to Cuey Cunningham, CD/Drtldo, 'to, 2: A E. Majorie Dixon, '14. to Leon Lavington, '15. Ben.

)lAJUUACU

Catherine Farrel Fonda. '13, and James Montgomery Eut, u:·'I40 ti 9.

Helen Carney, ' t3. and Burwell Kilbourn. Colorado School of Mines , ' 13 Fl o r ence Carney. 'ex·' I S. and B. Franklin C r ocker.

Helen Fenner. '13, and IICnlly" Miller, Colorado. ex-'rs, % 11 E. Trma C hamberlain, ex ·'14, and Robert Liebri c k. OAio K '+ At home, SIS Magnolia Ave., Long Beach, Cal.

Eleanor Leonard. '12, and Elmer Ramsey, Colorado Selool 0/ 'u. X A E.

Barhara Shattuck, ex-"4, and Dudley HutchisoD, Mirsi.ssippi and CDlDr-ado, f>.KE.

BIRTHS

To Mr. and Mrs. Ray Reynolds (Dagmar Stidger. ex·',S) a Ion.

Florence E. Blunt. '06, 315 Mt. Washingt o n Drive, Los Angeles, is vice· principal of Lincoln high school in the city.

Mrs. Smith (Florence Undnhill, u·'t3) has moved to nt8 South 6th St., Springfield, IlL, Her sister, Lorena, '09. visited her during the summer.

COLORADO BETA-UNlnRSITY OF DENVER &HGACKJ,(KNTI

Florence Biggs, ex·'13, to Walter Sheldon .

Edna Biggs, ex·'1 J, to Clarence Kurtz

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MARRIAGES

Helen Garst, and Bertram \"hite, 1: A E, De"1Jt,.. Octobe r 1. At bome ill Denver

BIRT HS

To Mr and Mrs. Charles Thibodeau ( Anna Ray Charles, '08) a son.

Mrs. ] . C. Jam es ( R eb a Brew ste r , ' 99) ha s c hanged her Los Angeles address to 471:J Elmwood Ave

Lorena H oc king, ' 12, is instructo r in English in the Warren A cad emy of the Univers i ty of Denver.

Of the ' 14 girl s Alma MeJr er and Lu ci le Carr ate teaching in Denver; Edna Lewis; nt son at Fl o ren ce.

Ruffalo P a rk , Grnce Rartholomew at M orrison; H e len And erFaye J ones, ' T4. is study ing musi c.

Grace Reed and Ca r o lyn H osmer, ' 13. are teachi ng in Barr and Wray, re spective l y.

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GAGl}l!NTS

Helen Mac Leod , ex-'oS, to James Walter C lift, l\I E., '99, Afidig a".

Helen Hamme rly, ex·'IS, to Ensign Cha rl es Ingraham, U. S. N.

MARRIACES

M. El sie Turne r, '0 2, and Dr. H enry Charl es Raym o nd, 1uly 27 After a honeym oon spent in England Dr. I nd Mrs. Raym ond a r e at h ome at 125 H a ncock Ave ., W est Detroit, Mich.

Hel en Ni c ho lson, ' II and J C art er Fort, A X, Georre1ow,t Law School, June 25.

E. Ednn H a nvey, "3 nnd Roy F. Carty, Georre Was/tinr1ou. Mr. Carty is employe d in tbe Inte rstate Commerce Commission

Floren ce R. Leland, ' 14, and Arthur L. Th ompson , .-\ Z, a professo r at Corndl. At home i n Ilh aca, N. Y.

BllT If S

T o Ensign an d Mrs. Thalber t N Alfo rd ( Adele Taylor, '06) a son

Mrs Grosvenor 1 0 nes (C lar a '95). Ruth Rize r, ' Il, Ma u d Mc Pher son, 'oS , nnd Alice Matth ews , lllin ois 'Z, ret urned to \ Vashington afte r variou s experien ces i n Europe this s ummer.

Mildr ed Coch ran, '07, wh o held the IT B 4' Fellowship du ring ' 12 -' 13, has rt' tigned her teaching position in H achnsack, N. 1 ., and is now assisting in the: publication depa rtment of the R ockefe ll e r In s titu te. Her specia l work is with th e J o urnal 0/ Biological Clremistry. M ildred had an artic le in the N e w Y o rk Trib un e for Sundar, Oetobe r 25. entitled uAn Experiment in J o lti ng Food Prices."

Ruth Coch r an , '09. is writing fo r the fashion depa rtm ent of Tire DdjneaJor (Butteri c k Publishing Co.) where she has been for over a year.

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Margaret \Vbile, '07. spent the month of August in She met many of the girls of Minnesota .A. Merrill, 'oS, :-Ilenl the summer" ilh her fnmil) in She attended Guardians' Week at Camp Han o um and met Mu. Farnsworth, Colorado A. Sophie \Voodman, ew York B and Edith Baker, Missouri B.

Ruth Denham, '10, spent a delightful three months in Alaska where she crossed the Arctic Circle.

Mrs. Durward Smith (Ruth Young, '06) has been very successful in estab lishing a MontelSori school in San Antonio, Tex.

Marion McCoy, '06 , has returned to the study of music in Syracuse Uni· versity after a summer spent with her parents in \Vashinglon.

Mrs. Will Hutchins (Lola Evans, '02) bas returned to her home in New York after spending the summer in Washington.

Mabel Scott, '07, has been appointed a teacher of English in McKinley Manual Training School of this city.

Hannah Jones, 'oS, has become resident teacher in The Misses Eastman'. School.

:\Irs. John Bethune (Lucina :\fcGevarty, '02) spent the summer in Whitehall, Wis ., with her sister-in-law, Mrs, Charles Mel by (Frances Bethune, '07).

Mrs. Newbold (Mary Simpson Birch, '06) is visiting her mother, Mrs. Birch in her home in Washington.

Genevieve FriueU, ' 14, is teaching at the Potomac School in Washington. Genrude Browne, '14, is teaching English in the high school at lI yntts' ville, Md

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Harriett Hulley, '13, who ha s been studying in Germany, is home now in De Land.

Marie Dye, '14, is for the present at her home in Chicago. June Adams, '14, is principal of the high school in Olney, III.; Evelyn Beatty, ex,'14, is teachi ng in n kindergarten 3t Daytona, Fla., and Nina Philips at Dunnellon.

Stveral of the ex-'I4 girls are attending co llege e lsewhere : Helen Brown, Ohio University, Mildred \ 'orce t Western Reserve in Cleveland, Ruth Cullen, normal school in Chicago, Mona Bates, Uni\'ersit y of Wisconsin. Wilma Smith is going o n with her work while Sarah Jones and Nell Keown, both '14, are doing graduate work at Wisco nsin

BETA-I.OMBARD COL1.EGE ENGAGEMENTS

Theo Golliday, 'Oi, to Curtis Brown, 4 a 9, of Galesburg. MARRIAGES

Elizabeth E li ce Crissey, '96, and Clark Watkins, April 12, Miriam Fisher, 'II, and Paul Lamont rosher, :!: N, October 14. at Por tland, Me.

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Ruth Chamberlain, ' 12, and Harold Miller, June 24-. They are at home at Thief River Falls, Minn.

B12THS

To Mr. and Mrs, Webb A. Herlocker (Fannie Porter, '06) September 24t • daughter.

Emily Fuller. '7'). hu dl!Cided to give up her profession of teaching.

Lu cy Conger May, '94. is visiting her mother, Mrs. Howard Knowles in Galesburg.

Ethel Van Cise, U,IOS. was called home from California by the death of her father, Judge Edwin Van Cisco in Denver. Colo

Ethelwyn Grier, '04. and her sister, Marion, have opened a tea room and gift shop in North Yakima, Wash.

Marion Webster, ex-'O" spent the summer in Europe.

Florence Dillow, ex-'oS, is now assistant registrar of Alberta University, Edmonton, Can

Carol Fisher, '09. is doing research work this year at Clark University, Worcester, Mass.

Mr. and Mrs Lester Ross (Alice Cropper, 'II) have gone back to Torrington, Conn., to live.

Lilian Mac Hal e, ' It, is living at 7th and Broadway, Quincy, Ill.

Mildred Mabee. 't3, is doing postgraduate work at Lombard this year.

Beatrice Burch, tx·'14, is attending Stout Institute at Menomonie. Wi••

Edna Wood, '13, is teaching at Owosso, Mich.; Clara Ball, '14. at Kirkwood, Ill.; Bessie Emery. '14, at Eldorado, Okla. ·; Ella Sengenberger, '14, at Avon, Ill.

Hazel Winters, ex·'14, is attending Ohio University.

The following alwnn re were with 05 commencement week: Nelle Thompkins Clayberg, '95 ; Ethel Tompkins Clayberg '95 ; Daisy Wiswell Franklin. '93; Lily Duntley Ball. '97; Fra.n cis Davi s, 'oS; Emma Grubb Thorpe, 'aS; Eleanor Claycomb Goochenour, ' 10.

ILLOINOIS DELTA-KNOX COLLEGE ENGAGE.MENTS

Gra.ce Swank, '14. to Clarence Jordon, ex-'14. 4» r 11.

Helen Tusk, '14, to Charles Yates . '14. 4> r A.

Helen Taylor, '14, to Henry Aldrich, 'II, o:Jt:6 e . lIAlUUACU

Jean ltfcKee. 'oS. and H ecto r A Doughty, at the home of the bride in Galesburg, August 3. At home, 127 N . Euclid Ave., Pittsburgh. East End, Pa.. D elia Spinner. ' 10, and John ] . Sanford. :E N, School 01 Milfe$ , Rolla, Mo .• at the borne of the bride's parents in Galesburg, September 16. Their address is Kellogg I daho.

Lottie Steele, ex-'n, and Euah ·R. Stetson, at the bride's home in Galesb'llrl'. September to. They are liring on a farm near Neponset. Ill.

Louise Willard, '14. of Omaha, and Stoart Hunter, at the home of the bride' . punts in Omaha, Neb., October 3. Their b o rne is in Emmett, Idaho, "here Mr. Hanter i. pastor of the Prelbyterian church.

BIRTHS

To Mr. and Mrs. GUI Kerns (Mabel Bowen, ex ·'03) a daughter, Au&u'l I.

To Mr. and Mrs. Warren O. Perkin. (Mary Mus, '06) of Glendale, Ariz., • daa,bter. July 12.

To Mr. and Mrs. Dean Mc Intosh (Martha Taliaferro, ex-' oS) of Peoria, Ariz., a Ion, 1uly 29.

To Mr. and Mrs. Austin Dodds (Cordelia Willard, ' 08) of Omaha, a daughter, September I J.

To Mr. and Mrs. Mark Parsons ( Amber Carley, ex-' 13) of 739 N. 6th Ave., Stnbenville, Ohio, a SOD, August 30.

To Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Lampe (Estelle Avery, '(0) of 331 W. 11th An., Winfield. Kaola', • SOD, July 17.

DEATHS

Mrs. Victor Bender (Alma Colville. ex-'S7) July 20.

A II. t e phen s ( M a rg a Te l Sisso n, ' 8q ) August 11.

Mrs. W. C. Harder (Caroline Gale, '03) has moved from Washington, D. C. to Valley View Farm, North Liberty, Ind.

Mrs. William Brubaker (Mary Griswold, '&) is living in Bnrley, Idaho.

Mrs. Geo. W. Hayden (Marian Niles, '94) is living at 55 Lorraine St., Hart· ford, Conn.

Mrs. Chas. Whiu.ker (ElIa Martin, ex·'Ss) visited her father in Galesburg during the summer.

Mrs. Ira T. Bacon (Katherine Halderness, ex·'n) is living in Center, Colo.

Mrs. W. O. Perkins (Mary Mars, '06) is living in Glendale, Am., and Mrs. Dean McIntosh (Martha Taliaferro, ex,'oS) in Peoria, Ariz.

Mrs. E. Pierce (Mildred Drown, ex·'oo) is visiting her parents in Galesburg.

Alice Johnson, '10. Helen Adams, 'II, Annette Lindner, '10, Helen Turner, '12, Loi. Potter, '12, and Mary Potter, '13, spent the summer abroad and Mr•• F. C. Sisson (Grace Lass, '92), in England.

Helen Adair, '14, has been visiting in Tacoma, Wash., (or several months.

Helen Trask, '14, spent the summer travelling in the West. She was the mest ot her lister, Mrs. Wesley Barr in Los Angeles.

Huel Wann, ex-'16, was back for pledge day, as was also Ruth Meacham. ex.J14, who came again for the informal Oetober 9.

Mrs. E. Barton (Louise Webb, ex-'eo) is living at 62 Pleasant St, Brookline, Mu •.

Mrs. Cha•. Lantz (Edna Hood, ex-'ol) is living in Manhattan, Kan.

Mrs. Huen (Olive Pierce, ex-'oI) has changtd her address to 700 Steinway Building, Chicago, Ill.

Florence Bastert, ex-'ll, i. teaching in Qaincy, Ill.

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Edith Lass, ' 05. is teach i ng in Albi on, III

Mrs . E. A. Sell (Ca roline Barber, lIIinoi 5 r, ex·ISS) and daughter, Ma.rgue rite, 'n, Ilnd Wi sco nsin A have changed their address in Springfield, Ill., t o E Scarritt St.

Mrs. J M c H enry (C atherin e Savage) is Jiving at 1003 Will iams Blvd., Springfield.

Many of our girls are teach ing : in '0;. Edith Lass in Albion i in ' 10, Alice John son in De Kalb, Ruth D ie hl in S to rm Lake, Iowa , Grace Hin chliff in Plntt ni ll e. \V is.; in ' II, Fl o re nce Ha sten in Q uin cy; in ' 12, H e le n Ryan in Nali onal C ity, Cal., Mary Quillan in Wtiser, Idaho, Lois Potter in Monmo u th, Gladys Ca mpbell in the Galesburg high school, Helen Turner in Cambridge; in '13. Ruth M cC h: llan d. Smi'h. in St. Louis, Ali ce Felt in Av on; in '14. Martha Scott in R oc kwell City, I owa, Ali ce Ely in Flandreau, S. Oak., Alta Ely in M i nera l, Ann e Dewey in D.:all as Ci t y, " de n T ay l o r in Lewi s t o n, Maud e Bo wm a n in Thompsonville. Conn .• Eugenia Tra sk in the Knox Conservatory; in ex-' 16, Shar l ie Gerth in Milaca, Minn ., Taliaferro in Milford.

UN I VERS ITY

HARRIAGES

Fran ces Ann e Paullin, ' 12, and Raymond S Pruitt, De PO.JI.'W, '09 Nortltwester" Law, '12,4' K, V, June 17 at Ev a ns ton. At home, 2:715 Sheridan Rd , Evanston.

Co rn elia Pi e r ce, '12, and Gross Tayl o r Williams, September 5. At home, 113 E. 56th St., Chicago.

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MA RRIA GES

Ethe l Douglas, ' II, and K arl Dallenbach, A V, IIUnoiJ, August 2:2. At borne in Ogden, Ore., wbe re Mr oallenbach i s professor of psychology.

Clara Swigart, ex-' 13, and Heyligerde Dewindt, September 10 At h ome in C hicago at 90 5 Lafayette Parkw ay.

H elen I' l o ugh, ' 14, and Dr. Hugo Branyan, October 14. They are at home a t 705 VI. Park Ave ., Champaign, Ill

BIRTHS

To Mr. a n d Mrs Carl Plockma n ( Marg a re t \Vebber. ex-'ls) a daughter, Am y Turnell.

To Mr . and Mrs . H. H . Harwood (C lara Prosser, ex-',6) of Seattle, a daughter, Jan e Elizabeth.

Mrs . F . H . Burr (Edi th Clark, '99) former Beta Pr o vin ce President and an active member o f the Los Angel es alumnse club for the past two years, left Los Angeles in September for an extended visit in Ohio and Illinois.

:\frs. George M. Hiller (Edith Armstrong, n-'oo) visited in Champaign thi s past summer. She and her husband are located on a ran ch near Anaheim, Cal.

Mn, Cogswell (Catherine Saxton) has mo\-ed to South Pasadena, Cal. lIer address is 1834 La France .he.

\\'inni(red Bannon, 'oN, \ -il>i led U!!o at thl: chapte r houst on pledge day, October J.

Adeline Brainard, 10, taught al the summer ,,(,esion in the music department of the university. She visited us Ihis fall during rushing Sf!nio(ln and sang (or our informal dinner dance.

Ma rie Freeman, ' 13 . is now Ih' ing in C r bana and i .. engaged in phi l an· thropical work.

Louise Os man, ex-'15. and Mil d red Campbell, ex-' IS. a l so Frances Boyd, '13. ca m e back (or ru shing season.

I f e len Trevellyan and Sally Balkema. both' all!'od ,! the summer session here and kepI roomers in the chapler house. lI elen is teaching music in a high school at \ Tilla (;rove, IlL , just a sho rt way from here.

(;race J achon. I'X-' I S, spent the summer in southern California at the home of an aunt in Los Ange les.

Our graduates of ItJ I4 are doing \f arga r et :'ofoh i., studying interior deco rating in Chicago. She is Ih'i ng at the Y. W . C . A Madge :'ofyers is here with u.. again, although she is not active in the c hapt er She is studying for a master's degree in La tin. J es!! Morse is at home 3.t Fort Benjamin H arrison in ln dinnapo li s. Ruth Hut chinson is at home in Grinnell, l owa. She has 11 po!.ition in the co ll ege library.

Some of ou r mher girls who were in the chapter last year did not co me back. Muri el Bark e r, ex-' 16 , i s at home in Rockford. 111. Dorothy L levenson, ex-' 16, is attending Bryn )! a wr this year.

M argaret II 0 u <'lon. cx··16 and :'ofarie Philbrick, e,·' li are at h,.,me in Chicago but will be back next semester.

Paulin e M ann i x, eX-"7, is teaching p ublic school music in three Ca th olic schoo ls in C hi ca g o.

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MIl- t iKI :":

E:-;GAGEME:"o'TS

Mabel Edm o nson , "3 , to J esse Connel, T K E, of Decatur. :\f arie Scott, ' 13. to Ru sse l Ca mp. n e, {)f Bement. Eula Maso n, '14, to George Byrne, K .l X, of Decatur.

MAR R IAGES

Irene lIandlin, '07. a nd William Duerr. on Jun e 30. Mr . Duerr i s the physi ca l directo r at the Y. M C. A in Dt:calur. At home, Forest Ave., D eca tur. 1r elen Fr :tncis, e:c" 16 and Clare II utchin, on June 26. Mr II ut c hin is a lawyer in D eca tur AI home. 14 00 block. W :'Ifacon, Decatur.

DIiI.TlIS

To Mr and Mrs. Fred O'Bannon (No rm a Council, ' 12 ) Sep t e mbe r I, a dallghter.

T o Mr and Mrs. Gilbe rt Ca mpbell (:\laude \ 'o ri s ex ,' I S) April 19, tl son.

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Marguerite Siefied, ex-'u, is back in this co untry after spe ndi ng the summer in Europe . She was de la yed for so m e time both in Germany and in England

Mrs. Willard Gearin ( Myrtl e Rugh, ' II ) has moved to SI. Alban s, Vt.

Grace Thrift, ' II , is teaching in M arshallville, Ohio.

Helen Bi shop. '09. is teaching at the National Sc hool of Dome stic Science and Arts in Washingto n, D. C. H er address i s IIS2 18th Sireet, N. W.

Mrs Paul Montgome ry O' 0 8Y (Jessie Patterson, '12) fr om Springfield, Mo , visited in Decatur i n Jul y and also i n Oc tobe r.

Eleanor Jane lloyd, ex-' 16, Gertrude Cr aig, ex-' 16, Mabel Edmo nso n, ' 13. and Marie Scott. '13. visi ted at th e hou se at various times during the faU.

Eula Mason, 14. of Filmore spe nt several days during rushing season with Lela·Belle Davis, ' 14.

Mrs. O rville C. Montgomery (L ucy Penhallegon, 'oS) h as returned to her home in Los Angeles, Cal • after visiting he r family f o r several weeks

Mrs. Harry Crey (J essie Penhallegon ) sailed from San Fran cisco, October 6, for the Philippines and will be gone three years. H e r husband is lieutenant in the 24th Infantry.

I NDIANA ALPHA-FRAN KLIN CO LLECE ENGACEMENTS

Le ta Hall, '08, of Franklin to Ralph Carter, '06, <'It .6 e; assistant profe ssor o f educational psyc hol ogy, University of Kans as. The weddi ng will take place sometime this winter.

BIRTHS

To Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Voris ( Ele anor LaGrange, '01) of Franklin, a laD, William. Robert, June 14.

To Mr. and Mr s . L R. Nichol s (E lsie Stubbs , ex·'04) of Redlands, CaL, a son , Leslie Ray, Jr., October 8

To Mr. and Mrs. John Ro ss Corbett ( Katherine Kenny, ' 13) of Shanghai, China, a daughter, Katherine Kenny, in July.

Mr s. J ohn McG uir t ( I nez U lery, ex-'88) ha s ret urn ed to her hom e in In sein, Burma. She has been in this coantry seve ral years while h e r children were in school.

Jeanette Zeppenfeld, '90, visited thi s summer in St. Ignace.

Mrs . Edward Middleton (May Carney, '99) of Evanston is visiting here . Ethelyn Mill e r, '04, is i nstructo r of art in th e School of Education, Chicago University.

Aline Beck, ex·' 16, is teachin g at Edinburg, and Hazel Denpree, ' II, at Whiteland

Mrne D i tmars, ' 13. and Edith Wilso n, ' 13. are teaching in the Pi Pbi Settlement School at Gatlinburg.

Eunice Magaw, ' 13. is teaching domestic scie nce in the h i gh school in Franklin and Mabel Nichols o f Eagle Rock, Cal ., has the saDIe s ubj ect in Pasade na

Ruth Sloan, '04. Ethel \\"ebb, ex·'oa , Ethelyn LaGrange, ex-'oo, and Margaret Smith. ex-'ll, are attending Columbia University.

Leah J ackson, ' Il, is in Chicago University thi s winter.

Mabel T oom b s, ' 14. is attending the Metropo litan School of Music, Indinapoli •.

Maud e J ohnson, '04 and Zelia Lee, '06, were in Colu mb ia su mm er S Ulanna O tt. '09. attended Chicae-o U niversit y s umm e r schoo l.

Mrs. R. ]. Hamilton (Margaret Foster, '02) has mo\'ed from Santa Ana to 340a N. Comstock St., Whittier, Cal.

Mr. and Mn . Millard Moore ( Allah Mull endo re, '08) have moved on a farm near Franklin

Clara Suckow, '06 , spent the summer in Bl ock hI and, R I., and other points in the Eut visiting Wellesley friends.

Mrs. William (Jennie Cob le, ex-'oo) Chattanooga . Tenn., visited this s ummer in Franklin ,

Mrs. C. H Cope lan d, \ '88) Sl)ent with her mother i n Ohio.

Mrs. H. O. L aws he (Julia W'ilson, '07) and in Franklin this

M rs . Julian Bryan ( Ida Wil son , ' 11 ) of Orange, N. J. , sptnt in Franklin.

INDIANA

BETA-UN I VE RSITY OF INDIANA

Mrs. John H. Morrison (Lo uise Kanthers) has moved to Omaha and has bought a home at 1311 S 36th Sf.

INDIANA

GA MMA-BUTI.ER COLLEGE

HARRJA C ES

Boyd, ex -' Io, and Raymond 5tH::, K.2:, July 9. At home 5404 Julian A ve., Indianapol is.

Cleo Millikan, ' 13, to Ellis B. Hall, N , Octobe r IS At home, 241 J N Allabama St., Indianapolis.

Richey, ex-' 13, and Wilbur C lark , .d T June 24 . At home, 707 S. Ja ckson St., Frankfort, In d

Edith Mill er , ex-'IS. and Hir<lm Gemmer, June 24. At home, 2054 Hig'bland PI., In dianapolis.

BIRTHS

To Mr. and Mrs Bruce Brubaker ( Edith Brown, ' 12 ) a so n, Billy Bruce, May 11

To Mr. and Mrs . John Spiegel (Edith Rhoades, ex-'13) a daughter, Jean, October 16.

Mrs. Brown (J e ssie Christ ian, '97) spent th e summer in England.

McCoy , ex-'o7, attended Columbia University the past summer.

THE ARROW OF PI BETA PHI

Lora. Hu ssey, '10, is t eac hing at Tr a n sy l vania. Lexingt o n, Ky.

Edith lI abbe, " 4, spent the sum me r at Lak e Ge n eva, Wis

D orothy, ex-' 14, a n d H aze l Gay, ex-' I S. and the ir moth er were at their summer h ome in M ai ne , du ring the s umm e r.

Edith C() nk, ex-'16 , Indiana .8, is attending Butler Co ll ege thi s year.

Effie O l sen , ex-'17. is teac hing :11 (ae:ns Ya ll ey; E di th II abbe, ' 14 i n the Noblesvill e high school ; Haz e l Gay, e x·I IS at M oo r es Hill Coll ege; Inu John son, ex-' t S, in Lagrange high sc h oo l ; l\lnd ge , ex·J I2 , and Gera ldi n e Eppert, e X" l l in the fn dianapo li s sc h ools.

The I ndianapolis alumnre club held II rummage sa le, Octobe r 24. f o r the Settlement Sc ho o l , t tbt Foreign H ouse, and realized a substantial amount

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M

RR I ACES

Norma Co rt s, '04, and David Moffat Simpson of C h icago, at the home of the parents in Hi sing Sun , rn d. , Oc t o ber 17. Th ey will li ve in Ch icago. Th o:: bride i s n grad uate of the Chi ca g o Tr a in ing Schoo l for Nurses.

M abel Pipe r , ' 12, and George Kee le r, B e IT , at th e h o me o f t h e b ri de's parent s in June. At h ome 4312 R obey S t , C hicago. Mr. Kee le r is cas h ie r in the Rave nswood National B ank.

Vema We st fall, '13, and W arren H a ll, August 14 at Ft Madiso n After the cne mony th ey went to C hi cago and f r o m there by boa t t o Island Th e y are li\' ing on the groom's fnrm n orth of town.

Stlcey Turn ey, '06 . and I 01ua, '08. and Ralph H afn e r, I owa cfI K 2:, a t MI . Pl ea sant , Augu s t I i . At h ome In depe nden c e, I owa, wh e r e Mr . Hafn e r is practicing law.

Lav a nd a Gardn e r, 'II. and L es li e Ca rr, M.D .• B JT , at \V e llm an, I ow a, October 14. A t h ome. Cle rm o nt, 1 0wa

B I RTHS

T o Mr and Mrs. Leon C W i lcox Besser, ex-'1 4 ) n. daughter, Sue Elizabeth, at Canton , III.

M fs. J oh n Palm ( Fl or en ce An drews ' 79) \' isited Mr s. ] F Brooks ( Lucy Wbit e, '7S) at H ed ri c k Ihis summer

I-I elen A. C uh'e r, M usic, '83. writ es fr om Lo nd on that on nccount of co nditions in Eur o pe all her grand ope ra a re c an cell ed. S he is now v i si ting friend s and they a r e busy eve r y minut e sewing f o r th e Frenc h soldiers

M r. nnd Mr s. James Whiting and c hildren ( Anna C ran e, spent the s umm e r in the Black H ills

Mrs Della Sowe r s- (De lla G reen leaf, I owa. S urmal ScJ.ool, wh o has made he r home here the past three years while h e r son and daug hter were attending W es l eya n College has ntarned to her home a t Bloomfield, Iowa Her daughter, La Ru e, ex-'I6, i s attending Rockford College, III , tbi s year.

M rs H ami lt on (Vic Thompson, '7 4 ) of P or tland , O re., ha s been in the Eas t visi t ing h er b rot h e r En r oute home lOhe "isited friends in Mt. PleasanL

Esta Gro\'ts, 'Sq, as gTanled a of absence (rom her- wOt"k in the Los Angeles high school to study music in New Vork. She ,-iliited her sistn, Mrs. Jeuy Sullivan (Mattie GrO\'es), Mr. and MTS. Will Spurgeon (Laura. Peterson, '90) I:alled on friends here recently. They were on their way to their home at Colorado Springs {rom an extended trip through the East.

Mrs lIamill on MeGavic .( Anna Wallbank, ex-'9Q) and c hildr en of St. Louis, Mo., visited her mother bere Ihis summer.

Mrs . F. F. Fanning (Hose Andrews) has moved from Alhambra to Redondo, Cal.

Mrs . W . E. F:mning (Stella L ang) has movt:(i (rom to Hrel. Cal. i\1rs. Paul W oo l son (Laura C ran e, '93) of Clarinda l awn attended the Con\ention of Foreign Missions here the second wetk in October and visited her Bnd other friends. Madge Severs, ex -' 14, also attended this con·

Mrs. Char l es Rogers (Lillian Kendig, '90) and little daughters, in Knoxville, 1 0\10'11, during July.

nella Rrooks, '<)5. returncd from Europe this fall \\ "he has been studying (or the past two years in Paris. She also spent some time touring England and other points of interest. She has returned to SI, )lary's College, Ill ., \Ihere "he ha charge of the art department.

:o.lay lIillt>, 'qq. spent the early part of the at Ludington, Mi ch., was instructor in the art depnrtment of the Epworth A ssembly. Th e latter part of the s ummer she was studying in C hi cago.

£1':1 'Q7. is visiting friends in Pl easant. She returned from :l. trip abroad just before th e beginning of the W:l.r. She gave !1 l ectu r e in th e M ethodist Ch ur ch at Winfi el d in her trave l s.

:o. l rs. Char l es lI ea rn e (O ra Shrader, '02) of Panama I' isiled friends in Main e recently. She enjoyed a trip to Eurore la st summe r Ethel Lymer, '05, who has been ill for seve ral months is no\lo' at l\linn . M edes-, ex·'oq, and Laura Roberts. c'l:-'15. li ited the Iowa Z girls in October.

Sona '10. visited her sister and ot her f r iends in Chicago during August.

sympathy of all Pi Phi s goes out to lI ancher. eX- II , in the death o( her brother Jam es.

Mrs. Rus'lel fioag (Edith Hale e:< -' Il) i'l n ow living in California. She accompanied her husband this summer through :\-linn eso ta where he was s uperintendent of the Yawter Chautauqua System.

Schell, ' 17 and Margaret T o rren ce, ' 10, were play s upervisors on Yawt e r Ch:autauQua System this s umm er. Th ei r work took them through the Dakotas, Minnesota and I owa. Margarel and Mrs. Boag two pleasant weeks together at Fairfax !lod Pine City. Minn , where Mr Boag wa" sUDer intendent.

Marion ex-'16. is attending I owa State Ttllcher's College at Falls

THE ARROW OF PI BETA PHI

Geneva Schell, ex-'17. is teaching near her h ome Baxter. Madelon Medes, Fairfield. Iowa, Betty Johnson. Dcs Moines, Hazel Wtshard. Bloomfield, and Emily Ranke of Burlington were here for pledge day. Helen and Florence Milligan, ex·' 17. we re here for over Sunday tbis fall. Smanne Gardner is singing f or Evangeli sti c meetings which afC being held all through Iowa.

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CO LLEGE

MARRIA GES

Elcana Jeffrey, ' 04, and Harl ey Edwin Mitc hell, at h e r home in Kansas City, August 2 0. At home in Pittsburg, Kan ., where Prof. Mitch el1 is at the head of the training department of the Pittsburg Normal School.

Pearl Hathaway , '06, and Fred M. Grinzi of Lovelock, Nev., July 29.

Leone Peasley, '07, and Albert LeBlan c at the home of her sister, Mrs. Ed. Wi ckersham (Vera Peasley, '(9) in Spokane, W ash ., August 6. They are at home at Irvingt o n, No. 24, 777 Burrard, Vanco uve r, B C.

BIRTHS

To Mr. and Mrs. Clay Clark (Fay W o rthington) of 4221 Budlong Ave., Los Angeles, a son, May 26.

To Mr. and Mrs Carl Brown (Nina Hoh ensholt, '03 ) a son, June 4.

To Mr. and Mrs. J oh n H Moist ( Mabel Brow n , '06) of Ida Grove, Iowa, a dnught e r , Grace Margaret, October 4.

DEATHS

Mrs. George Samson ( Ma rie Morriso n, '78) September 4, at her hom e in Cedar Falls, Iowa

Dr Lena Hatfi el d. '9 5. of Foochow, Ch in a, visited her sister, Mrs. E. S. Hatfield (Eva Anderson , ex·'96) in Long Beach, Cal., during the summer month s.

Mary E s ta Groves, Iowa .A, '86, has been granted a leave of absence from her work in the Los Angeles high schools and is spe nding several months in the East. She spent October with her sister, Mrs. Jerry Sullivan (Mattie Gro ves) in New Y ork City and studied at Columbia . She attended several fun c ti o n s of the New York aJumn3e club.

Mrs. H . E. Senseny ( Irma W 'alker, ' 10 ) 886 W. 47th St., Los Angeles, Cal., visited h er mother in Council Bluffs, Iowa , during September and October.

Mrs. Will iam Gilman (Edna U hler, '06) has r et urned to h e r h o me in Bur· lingt on after a delightful sommer with her sister in New York City.

Mr. and Mrs . ] . H . H enderso n ( H a rr iet Spray, 'So) a re spending th e winter ill De s M oines at "The Brown."

Mrs L H Wil de r ( Dora M cC lure, '84) of Norton, K an. , visited her parents in Indianola last May.

May Lacy Henry, '86, and Anna Wright Dowell, ' 87, attended the Women 's General Missionary meeting of the U P. c hurch last May i n Philadelphia a nd visited in Montclair, N ) ., with Mrs. E. B. Osborne (Jessie Graham, ' 88).

Mr and Mrs. Chas. Parks ( Elha Mitchell, '87) of Council Bluffs, Ia., visited bere at the opening of Simpson College.

Mrs. Ned Perry (Ste lla Hartman, '87) and daughter Harriet , ont of the June pledges, spent July in Fort Collins, Colo.

Mr. and Mrs. E B. Osborne (Jessie Graham, '88) and sons arrived at their ho me in MontcIair, N. ]., September 19. after an interesting experience in the war zone of Europe where they were for two months.

Kate B. Miller, '88, spent the summer with her mother in Indianola. They went the l ast of August to Lake Hamlin, Mich., for a two weeks' stay; then to Chicago . Mrs. Gifford pieced a beautiful blue and white "double Irish chain" quilt and had it Quilted for the II 9 cottage at Gatlinburg.

Mrs. J. E. Clark ( Allie Henshaw, '91) of Milestone. Can., is here to spe nd the winter.

Mrs. "larry Hartman (Ora Talbott, '9 2) son and daughter of Fort Collins, Colo., spent the latter part of the summer here with relatives.

Mrs. F. C. Sigler (Dora Eikenberry, '95) and daughter Helen spent the summer at the Wi sco nsin lake s and in September enjoyed a motor trip through the eastern states with Mr. and :\frs. C. B. Little (Agnes Buxton, '95) of Evanston, III.

Mrs. E. B. H enderson ( Effie Bussell, '95) of Marengo, la., visited relatives hne during the summer.

Mrs. Chas. Ca rv er (Flora Sigler , '98) of Los Angeles, and Mrs. Ralph McClure (Hu l da. Sigler, '06) visited here during June with thei r brother and sister, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Sigler.

Florence Anderson, '03, of Sewa rd, Neb., visited her sister, Mrs. F. P. Henderson (Mertie Anderson, '00) during the summer.

Mrs. Howard G rah am (Edith Karp, '04) has moved to Lincoln, Neb.

Alice Story, '05, is taking special library work in the state university at Madison, Wis.

Mr. and Mrs. H oward Baer ( Margaret Pemble, ' 10) and little son of St. Louis, Mo., spent the summer here with her parents.

Jessie Sehee, '08, is in the Y. \V. C. A. extension work in Minneapolis this yea r

Mrs. C. M. Grumbling of the Seattle alumn:e club visited Indianola friends during October. She was a member of Iowa A.

The Indianola alumn:e club furnished the prizes for Miss Pallard's "Tomato Club" girls at the Settlement School.

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ENCAC£MENTS

Jessie B. King, '12, of Pueblo, Colo. , to W. E. Buell, Ben, 'II, of Mon treal, Can.

llARRlACES

Ruth Elitabeth Egloff, '08, and John Wall ace Johnston, r A, '07, Cedar Falls, I owa, October 1. At home, 1203 E. 60th St., Chicago.

THE ARROlV OF PI BETA PHI

Helen M. Jones, '10 , and Claude September 3. at Park Rapids, Minn. Manhattan, Kan.

M. Vestal, Kan sas Agricultural Col/ege, Their address is 1803 Leavenworth St.,

Louise Ahlbrecht, ' II, and Henry Eichling, 'II, 2: N, at Tama, Iowa, Ju l y 23. Mr. Eichling tea ch es agriculture at Ames, where they are at home.

Shi rl ey Storm, ' I I , and Sherman Di c kin so n, ' 13 • .:l 'I' n, in October 7 A t home Grand Rapids, Minn.

l\iladge Elliot, ' 14. and Charles M: Fi sc her ' 13. l; N at Carroll, Iowa, August 18. At home Vinton, Iowa.

Katherin e Galloway, ex-'IS, and I-larry S. Allstrand, '13. l: A E, in Waterloo, Iowa, September IS. They will live in Pekin, Ill. Mr. Allstrand is a brother of Mae Belle All s trand -A nderson, I owa Z. '05.

BIRTHS

To Mr. and Mrs. Seaman Knapp (Laura Storms, '10) Ames, Iowa, a son, Seaman Arthur, Jr., in July.

To J\..fr. and Mr s. E. A. Patten gi ll , (Emma Wennholz, ' II) a daughter in August.

Mrs. Walter E. Packard ( Emma Leonard, '0 7) El Cent r o, Cal., with her husband and two children spent severa l weeks in I owa l ast summer.

Vera Dixor, '08, who has been in the library of Co l umbia University fo r several years accepted a posi6on in the technica l room of the public l ibrary at J)ortl:md, Ore. Her address is The Chesterhury, 20th and K earny Sts.

Helen \ Vakefiel d, ' l a, who teaches domestic science in Seattle, Wash., spent the summer with an aunt in Los Angele s.

Jessie B. King, ' 12, and Ethel M. Weaver, ' 1 2, who teaches domestic science in Col or ado, the summer months in California. Their headquarters were in Long Be:lCh and they enjoyed a number of affairs given by the Los Angel es club of n <1>, while there.

Leila Hueb sch , '13, is teaching domestic science in Springfield, Mo.

H ermine Knapp, '14 , is teaching domestic science in Menomonie, Wis

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IOWA

Laura Crawford will s pend the autumn months in th e Ea st.

Josephine and Sadie have returned from their summer outing in Colorado, where they met a number of Denver and Boulder Pi :Phi s.

Mr s. H orace Patterson (Carrie A c res) is home from a delightful trip up th e 51. Lawrence and through the eastern states.

Mrs. C lay Waite ( lda Southwell) has returned from a delightful summer on a Wyoming ran ch.

IOWA ZETA-IOWA STATE UN IVERSITY

Kathryn Robbe rt s, ex ·' IS, of Davenpo rt, to J ohn T. Dye, Jr., 6. e, of Madi so n, Wis.

MARXI."'(;£S

lI elen Dayton, ex-'1 4 . and Leo M ak, .1 X, 24. Fan Bradley, ' 14 and "harles )lcQuillen, X !: X BIRTIfS

To Mr and M rs. Wm Il ayes (Carrie Bradley, ' 10) a son. DE.HIIS

u. D ouey (Ber th a \Vh ee ler, " I ) Oe robe r 15

On Jun e 27. M h. F. L. ){ oge r s ( Lill ian J oh n son , '9 1 ) 301 Junipero Ave., Long Bea c h. ('a I. , and Juli a Ell en R ogers, '92 , 355 Junipero Ave., Long Beach , en t ertainl"d the Los Angelrs club i ,h a most delightful p r o· gressive brea k fast. A butTet lu ncheo n was se rv ed 10 sixty Pi Phil'. Ju lia R oge rs is now on a lecture lour through the slates of Ihe M idd le \Vest and East.

Dr I{ M Anderlton, of the Ar ctic Expedition h the husband of ,\I at Belle Alh.nand. '05 \ reporl from the \l1der"'OIl "arty. JU<;I recei\' ed here. says the party ha<; .,urveyed tbe mouth of the ;\Iackenzle ri"cr ami has carried survey work along the ,\ret ic Ocean 10 the' internati o nal IlOuncbry bet"eell Cilnada and \la!>ka. The 'o<"hooncrs. Aloslta and Norther" Star. with Or Anderson's southern party abroad, ha"e started for Coronation gulf. "htre they will carryon scientific work (or the next two yeanl. Mr s. lIenry Co). (Q ueen S now, ' 11 ) or O maha ha s been nppointed by the Grand I'r e!oident to hn\'e cha rge of the purc ha se of all pins and is thus the so--(:a ll ed c u s t odian of the pin.

Lydia Rell e Ku ehnle, ex-' 13, Fran c i s Beim, ' 13. P ea rl M nrtin, ' 14, Elizabet h Il a rringt o n, ex -' 14 , \I ae \\'angle r, e ,,\; -' 12. an(1 Ii den ' 14. att :: nded ou r annual home --comi ng, October 24.

Mr s, Abbo tt ( F rances Gardner, '03) of Chi cago \'is il ed r eiati,-es and friends in Dav enport th is s umm er.

Mr s. S. O. -Thomas, and daughter, J essie, '07, we r e m e mbe rs of th e " Burlin gt o n co l o ny, " at Chauta u qua. X. Y , during the su mm e r month5. Here they met a numb e r o f Pi Phi s from \'arious chapter s, and a few p leasa nt soc ial nfTai r s were the result.

Sadie Ii o li day , '08. ha!o won for herself new laurels in the success or her Ca mp Fire School for G uar dia n s, which was held at Lak e Okoboji, d ur ing th e month of Augu st. Th e schoo l was established under Ihl: e\l t n ion de:l=trtment or the S t ate I.:nh'erl'oity, :1t the L akeside Labo rat o r y, \\ ith a compe ten t co rps o f teacher!>. H o li day at the head of Ihe Ca m p Fire work, and under her leadership the school ," 35 a great success.

\Valt er Stonr ( L o u i<:e A. (itt m s, ' I I) 'lnd littl e son of \V ate rl ow n. S. D. , are visiting Ilt the home o( her in Burlingt o n, I owa.

KA"S ,\ S OF

M ARR I AGES

Ethel B o u s t o n, '0<). and Gilbert Frith, <I' .l e. At h o me in Emporia, Kan s. Marguerite Slevenson, ' 12 , 10 Mr. Mark Twain \Vil so n , Sep t e mber IS, At hom e, Th e Ra ssi ngt o n, K ansas City.

IJIRT II S

T o Mr. Bnd Mr s. Ralph Nelson (J ea n ette Wnre , '04 ) or Topeka, a lon, in Augu s t.

To Mr and Mrs , R obe rt Ba nks ( M a ry Coo r s, '07) :1 so n, R ober t, Jr.

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To Mr. and Mrs. Howard Campbell (Jane Bru ce Porter, ' 10) a daughter, May 10.

DE THS

H arriet Merriam. ' ) 0, died ve ry s uddenly at her home in Kan s a s City, Kansas. on Tuesday. October 19.

Adele Humphrey, '95. spent the summer in Berkeley, Cal., preparing to tea ch advan ced journali s m in Polyt echni c high s chool, Los Angele .i , CaL, where she has been teaching English for several years. However, beCore returDing, she was notified of her e lection as vi ce -principal of the high school and she is now filling that position. Her address is 40th St., James Park, Los Angeles, Cal.

Mrs. Gilbert Frith (Ethel H ouston, ' og) spent a few days with us in October. During her visit, many of the girls who were in school with her Among them were Marion Elli s, '09, Constance Fennel, '12, and Lucile Smith, '10. W e need not tell how very much we enjoyed their visit to us.

Madge BuUene, '00, is doing spl endid work as vi sit-ing nurse for the Topeka Public Health Nursing Association. H er address is 834 Buchanan.

Gert rud e Blackmar, ' II , who leac he. ,Inmestic sci e nce in Portland, spent the summer in Berkel ey.

Prof. and Mrs. J. N. Vander Vries (Be rni ce Tabor, ex-'II) spent the sommer in Vermont. They also visited Bernice ' s Barnard friends in New York.

Effie Dean, '12. of Topeka , spent the summer in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

LOUISIANA ALPHA-NEW C OMB COLLEGE

ENCAcnlENTS

Mary Bradley Campbell, '08, to Watts Le veri ch. The wedding is to take place on Nov ember 18, in New Orleans.

MARRIA GES

Marion Moore Beane, '08, and William Hamilton Paxton of Atlanta, Ga .

BIRTHS

To Mr. and Mrs. Walter Allee (Viola Murphy, ' 06) a son , in October.

Lois Janvier. '10. is head of the Girl's \Velfare, having her office in one of the prominent department stores.

Bemis Sharp, '05. is again teaching art in New comb high school.

Frances Raymond. ' II, bas returned to Birmingham, Ala., where she has been teaching mathematics {or the past year in one of the high schools

Alice Beauregard, '12, is giving private Fren ch lessons and taking a postgraduate course at Newcomb Art School.

Mary Raymond. '13, is now teaching at :Manual Training high school here in the city. The wife of the prin cipal , Mrs . G. Hensen, was Nellie \Vil sont Ohio A.. '03·

ALUMN.£ PERSONALS

MARYI .\:so ,\LPHA-GOUC IiER CO LLEGE ESGAClW!:NTS

Hilda Beggs, ' 14. to Frank Joseph Henry, De"vl"l !: A E. HAUlAGES

Kate Ernst, '10, and Rev. C. H. Ran ck, June 4. At home, 1508 M cC ull oh St.. Baltimore.

Leah Zook, 'tI, and Roland Web ste r Wilson, at Cristobal. C. Z. Mr. Wilson i. in the government employ.

BIR.THS

To Mr. and Urs. Robert Gawthrop (Emily Hoskins. '0 2 ) a SOD, Robert Smitb. Jr., September 20.

To Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Nichol ( Margarelha Fendcrich. 'oS) a daua;hler, Margaretha Fenderich, September 12.

To Mr. and Mrs Carl Hoover (Ma rgaret Kinsley, ' 13 ) a daughter, Margaret Bennett, August IS.

To Mr. and Mr •. John K. Culver (Frances Strader, ' 13) a daughter. Elizabeth MacLeod, October 17

L. Kell er, '98, has resigned her poSition on the faculty of Goucher College to become the dean of women and profesl(lr of English at Westhampton College, which iii coo rdinate ",ith Richmond College for men at Richmond, Va. She visited Maryland A for the alumnee and active chapter meetioil. October 10.

The Baltimore alumna: c lub welcomes three new members: Edith Tracy. Pennsylvania .A, '11, who is teachi ng in Catonsville high school, Md.; Mildred Price, also of Swarthmore; nnd Mrs. C. Sad tier (Colorado B, '8S) who is spending the winter in Baltimore.

Nell McNutt, 'oS, is teaching at the W oman's College, Lutherville, Md.

Sara Porter, '}o. is continuing graduate work at Johns Hopkins University.

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bagnt:1l (Harriet Rice , '1:1) have removed to 1:1 Central Ave., Flushing, N. Y.

\Vm If. Smith (Cru ce Taylor. '12) no\.\' Jives al 1703 Atlanti c Ave., Lo ng Cal.

Helen Doll-Tattle, '99, gave n porch party for Maryland A city girls this summer, in honor of Mary Graves. D. C. A. '93.

Amy Beck, '13, and Ethel Chamberlin. '15. were bridesmaids at the wedding of Kate Ernst.

Grace Lewis. '13, is secre tary for the Mt Vernon, N. Y., high school.

Louise Claridge. '13, is substituting in the Baltimore high schools.

Ray Mowbray, '14. is teac hing English. Latin, and history in the high school at Chincoteague, Va.

Edith Osterstock, '14, was in Baltimore at the time of initiation.

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MA SSACH USETT:-, liN IVER S I n "

Sarah Gertrude Pomeroy, '06, to Francis Augustus Rugg, Brow", a e.

MARII.IA CES

' -Iarri ette Draper, ex-'l l, and Charles Jacob Gale. Han 'or-d, ' to, Acacia Fraternity, September 9. at \V ate rt own. Mr. and Mr s GILle Ilrt living at 41 Kirk land St , Cambridge.

Miriam J osep hine Tayl or, '12, and George Little Rae, MassacltustttJ Agriculirlrol College, ' 13. Jun e T , at Montpe lier, Vt. At home in Sherborn, Mass.

BIRTIIS

To Mr and Mrs C laude Priddy (ClarB Noyes, '00) a son, James GreenOctober 14-

To l\h and M n H atold Ba bcock , ( Mildr ed Babcock, ' 03) a daughter, Constance, O ctober 2.

To Mr and Mr s. Edmund Ki eley ( Myrtie Maguire, 'O S) a daughter, Anna, July 26.

To Mr and Mrs. Mal ea ln Greene ( Georgia Be ntley, ' 10 ) a daughter, Margaret, August 31.

To Mr. and Mrs Alton Roberts (Bessie Wheeler, '10) a son, Willard Cheney, June 5, at 77 Broad St .• Flemington, N. ].

Mrs. E. ,V. Bi ckn e ll ( Pearl E. Ban croft, '98) has resigned her office as treasurer of the Bost o n club and Rulh Den nis , ex·'oS, has bun elected to fill her place. Mrs. Bickne ll has gone to Bu c kspo r t, S. C., to spend the w i nte r Josephin e Pi ckering, '00 , expected 10 spe nd this year abroad in study, as she had been awarded the Draper scholarship of BOlton University. However, because of the criticnl co nditions across the water, she was obliged to give that up and sailed fr o m Rotterdam, September 5. having secured a state r oom, only by careful p13nning and good lucie. She stayed six weeks in Freiburg, in Breisgau and was within fourteen mile s of the fighting at the beginning of the war. She is teaching again this yenr in Pawtucket. R I.

Mrs. Claude Priddy (Clara Noyes '00) is located for the winte r at 356 W . Crawford St., Van ' Vert, Ohio.

Jennie Ray, '0 1, is now living at 19 Edison Green, Dorchester.

Helen Meserve, '0 2, spent part of the summer with Mr. nnd l\In. Pe r ce Curtis ( Blan che Charlton, ' 08) Ilt their home in Glendale, C.1. She .bo visited Elizabeth Coats, '02, in Berkeley. She was on her way back to Merico where she is in missionary work.

Edith Swift, '02, has a year's leave of absen ce from Crandon Institute, Rome, Italy , is to spend the winler st udying in Boston. Her address is 34 Ri chard son SI., Newton.

Eleanor Good, 'O T, is doing " W-elfare Work " in Rochester , N. Y., and is living with her mother and sister at 36 Tracy 51.

Our sympathy is eJ:tended to Mildred Babcock, '03 , in the loss o f her father, Dr. Babcock, who died October 26

Pr of. and Mrs A. C. Crowell (Carrie Pro, an, 'oJ) of Brown L:niversity have r et urned from warring Eur ope, wh e re they had expected to -6pend Pro f C ro y, e Jl 's sabbatical year in study.

The address of C. C. <.,1uimby (. \gn es Lo gan, '03) ill; no\\ i \\'ll) l and St., WallaM a n.

Jennie Allyn, '04. and her mother h:l.\"c taken an nparlment at 286 Ma ss. Ave., Arlingt on.

Mary Galbraith, '05 , is now living \,ilh her li i s ter at 9 We!>! .• Arlingto n H eights.

Reb«ca Berry, '06, is teac hing in Arlingt o n and ii\-ing at 15 Mari o n Rd

Mrs. George Merritt (Lora Pratt, 'o i l is now living a t 4 0 Encl os ure. Nutley, X. J. This fall she was visiting in Sandwich, and ca ll ed on several Rn<;ltln fri ends on h e r way home

Laura Wrigh t, ex-'09. was made principal o f the Underwood Primary School in this fall.

Il elen Brown. ' 10 , has mov ed to 41 \\' nhham St., Lexington, and is teaching in the high sc h oo l.

Mil dred Jlood, ' II, is t eac hing co mmercia l s ubjec t s in the Korth Attleboro high school.

lI elen Lawrence. ' 14. is tea c hing in New Market, N. II.

Ali ce Perkin s. '06 , Mildred Wbitt emore. '13. ::md Florence Light, '14, are nil studying at Simmons College.

In AuguS! Mi s!! Keller was the guest of Mr. and Mrs . Nickerson at their summer home for three weeks, one week of whi ch was spe nt in cruising along the l\'orth Shore on the "l\Toto rn is" ( Rir d of the south wind ).

M rs. Alfred Avery (Ethel Piper, '06) acted ns guide and chaperon for the girls who were her e at th e provin ce house party at Mr s. Nickerson's h ome, when they went about "seeing Bos ton".

Mu. E A. Rac on (Lillian H orne, '06) entertained the Pi Phis around \Vorcester. They enjoyed a delici ous harvest supper.

The sympathy of every rr .... is extended to Mrs. Thomas Gibb ( Edna Cullis, '07) in her recen t losses I n August she buried her grandmother and on October 6 h er father passed :nl' ay afler II long cri ti ca l illness. The club gru,tly r egrets that she feels she cannot continue her duties as president, but wishes to express its apprec iation of her interest and work while in office .

The many friends of Mr s. P erce C urt is ( Blan c he Cha rit o n, '08 ) will be glad to know that she is much improved in h ealth after spending the summer on a desert some distance from h er home_

On June 6, Dr. and Mrs Frank Draper gave a garden party to announce th e engagement o f their daughter Harriett e Draper. ex-'l l. to Charles Gale. Many Pi Phis were invited and Bertha Cnrr. ' II , assisted Mrs. DrAper

On June 27 at her home in We lle s l ey. Mr s. Earl Benson OHldred Daniels. ' 10) gave a shower for J-hrri ette Draper, 'II. All the guests were Pi Phis and we all enjoyed a coo ky·shine in her "O ld Engli s h Garden".

Dorothea Melden, '1'2, was awarded the degree of masler o f !trts At Leland StAnford University, in June

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Lucile Forsythe, Illinois .6., was a welcome guest at the July outing at Mrs. Nickerson'. home.

There are several Pi Phis from other chapters DOW studying at Simmol1Ji College and we hope to make their acquaintance this year. Helen Shultz. Illinois E. attended the Octobe r meeting.

Mrs. Margaret Hutton-Abels, Wisconsin A. and Illinois E, has been liviDe at the fraternity apartment this faU. She has been vcry wel come at the club meetings again.

Mrs. Alfred Avery (Ethel Piper, '06 ) i. the new president or the alumnle club.

The alumnre club has taken charge of the fraternity headquarters .,ain this year. We have leased a smaller apartment in the same hoole as last year, 103 Hemenway St., Suite S and three girls with a chaperon are there all the time. There arc accommodations for two transients and any Pi Phi. pas.ing through Boston, will be very welcome. Mis. Bertha Goldthwaite, Smith College, 'og, is c ha pe ron again this year and she will be glad t o make arrangements for vi.iting friends or the secretary of tbe Boston club will assist in any way .he can.

On November 7 the \Vorceste r Pi Phis gave a shower for Sarah Pomeroy, '06, at the home of Mae Lawrence, '1)8, and on November 13. Ruth Dennis, ex-'08, and Laura \\' right, ex-'09, gave her a sbower in Boston.

MI C HIGAN ALPHA-HILLSDALE COLLEGE

KAJUtIAGU

Bertha Baker, 'oS, and Herbert \Vheuel, June 10, in London, England. At home, Forest Home Drive, Ithaca, N. Y. Mr W'hetz el is an instructor in Cornell.

Alice L Satterthwaite, '09, and Frederick Bertram Wood, Sta,,/o,.tl. '10, J. D. '12, 4t K A and Acacia. Mr Wood is usistant chief of the Legislative Counsel Bureau, Sacramento, Cal. At home, St.

Bess Kempf, 'n; and Clifford H. Ranney, '10, Hillsdale, A T A, June at Hillsdale. Mr. Ranney is c ashier of Hillsdale Savings Bank. At home, 204 Hillsdale St., Hillsdale.

Ruth Ford, ex-'ll. tUld John Stewart, '12, H. 5 ., A T n, August, in her father'. chu r ch, Pin sfield, Me. Mr. Stewart is Addres., 820 E. Washington St., Ann Arbor.

Elsie Pre scott, es.'t 2, and R obert Safford , July 4. Mr. Safford is with S. F. Bowser Co Chicago, III.

DUTHS now a student at Michigan.

ex-'u, • • r A, Address 1128 E. 47th St.,

Kitty Closson. '92, died after ope ration, June I, in Kansas City. Mo .

Blanche A. Bradley, '04, who studied the past winter and summer at Columbia now teac hes domestic art in the College of Industrial Arts at Denton, Tex.

Ethel Bisbopp Wolcott, '05. has returned to Hillsdal e.

Several of the ',6 girls are in school somewhere: Florence Cook is attending Michigan; Marie Dibble is in the Chicago School of Physical Education and Expression. Her address is 5416 Ave. i Grand is also in Chicago at the National Kindergarten School. Address, 2944 Mi chi gan Blvd.

These girls &rt teaching : Marjory Whitney, '10. who took her :M.A. at Columbia last June is assisting in the English department at Hillsdale College; Lucy Jay, ex-'u, has charge o( history and English in the high school at Waldron, Mich.; Jane Whitney, '13, succeeded Bess Kemp in charge of third and fourth grades in Hillsdale schools; Mae Grandon, '13, teaches history and civic. in Hillsdale high school; Grace Cone, '14, has history in Plainwell, Mich., and lone Calkins, '14, Latin, German at Reed City.

Effie Patch, '06, is again chaperon at the II 4> bouse, Ann Arbor. Sbe went abroad last summer.

Leah Stock, '12, is acting as secretary to Mrs. Helmi ck for a few months. Her addres!; is cIa Major E. A. Helmi ck, Fort Sheridan. 111.

Marjorie Weymouth, ex-'17. is at home in Spencer, Ind.

MI CH IGAN BJo:Tt\-UNJ"ERSITY OF MI C IIIGAN

MARRIACES

Margerite R«d, '12, and Daniel C. Miller, l: A E, Wosnington lind Lu, September 16. At home, College Station, Tex.

Elsie Ziegele, '12, and George Welch, September 14. At home, Marshall, :Micb.

Irene Lorimer, ex-"4, and Lyman Craig, October 15

Charlotta Lindstrom, ex-'ll, and Frank Cairns, Augu st S. At home Toronto, Can.

Alice Coats, '09, and Dr. John L. Asselin. June 28 .

BIRTHS

To Mr. and Mrs. Frank Moses ( Alice Coleman, '06) a daughter, Marion Louise, July 4-

To Dr . and Mrs. Roth (Dora Payne, '06) a da ugh ter, Dorothy.

To Mr and Mrs. Lynde 'Vorthingt on Tucker (Berenice Gallup, '07) a son, Richard Worthington, June 19.

To Dr. and Mr s. Floyd Freeman ( Elizabeth )Iiller. ex-'08) a daughter, Carmena Mitchell, on August 27 at Goshen, Ind.

Muriel James, '09, M .A. Stanford. '1 0 , is teaching in Covina, Cal. this year.

Mu. Loren Oldham Crenshaw (Margaret M. Breck. ex-'(9) of IS17 WiltoD Place, Los Angeles, spent six weeks in Mi c higan the past summer, visiting her old home.

Alta. Welch, '14. is teaching in the high school at Alma, and Sophie Koeh, '14, in the higb school at St. Johns.

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L\'ellie Perkins, '12, has been appointed assistant in psychology laborato ry at the University of Michigan.

Marchie Sturges, ' 14. is secretary of the graduate school at the University of Michigan.

Margaret Eaton, "4. is with the Sears, Roebu ck Company in Chicago.

ALPH \- l:X I\ EK S ITY O F

MARRl t\ GES

Esther Jane Pettit, ex-"3, and Lisle Wertman Smith, .6. T, Nebl'aska l at Osage. Lowa, September 23_ At home at City, Fla.

Louise de In Barre, ' I I, and Ur lI ans E. Braa sc h, ' 14 .l T. Mill/resolD , on June 29. At home at 302 9 Portland Ave., Minneapolis.

Dorothy Gilbert, ' 14, and Rudulph E. Billman, October 8. At home, 426 81h St., S. E., M innea))o lis.

Shirley Snow S t orm, I owa r . ' II, and Sherman Di ck inson, Ames, .l T 6 . At home at Gmnd Rapids, Minn.

Ruth Davi s, ex·' 16, and Keith Owen. AI home, Terre Haute, In d.

1l1lt'rIfS

To Dr. and Mr s. A. Co llin s (F lorence J ohnson, P. G., '06) of Duluth, a SOD , Donald Ross, in July.

To Mr. and \ Valter Robb (Esther Chapman, '0<» a son Walter Chapman in

To Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Burrows p f arie Anderson, 't 1) a daughte r. Elizabeth Ann, o n April 13.

Among the girls who are teaching thi s year are, Lois Van S lyke, '08, in the high sc h oo l at Min ot , N. 0.; H o rt e n se L3.ybo urn , 'oS, and Ste ll a Kesson, '14. are in th e high sc hool at ,\V adena, Minn .; Lydia Cox, ex-'13 is teaching grades in Duluth; Bess Kesson, ' 14, is in the high school at Rugby, Z'. D.; Viola Beebe, ' 14, is in the high school 11.1 Cumberland. Wis.; Marie '14. is in the high school at Harri sburg, S. D.; Genevieve Be rnhardt, ex-' 16. is te aching 11.1 \ Villo\\' City, N. D., but will return to co llege in J:mu :lrY. Marion Gillard, ' 14. is teaching domestic science at Spooner, Minn.; Elsa Sheldrup, who lasl year taught in Porto Ri co. is this year teaching the seven th and eighth grades at 51. Lo uis P ark, n s ubur b of l\'linnenpolis.

Juanita Day, '08, is teaching in H ono lulu. in th e Oahn Co ll ege.

Mrs. H. B Gislason (Bess Tucker. '06) is li"ing al the home of her parents this year al 3212 H olmes Ave. S.

A imee Fisher, '07. is still acting as secretary for the Equal Suff rage Association and is also vice·presidenl o f Ihe Minneapolis College Woman' s Cluj.

J osephine Schain, '07, ha.s been speaking for the cause of suffrage in the state of North Dakota where the queslion is to be voted upon at the coming el ection.

Mrs. Robert L. Cobb (Helen Dickerson, 'oS) and daughter, Betty, have been spending the past two monlhs at H ood River, Ore., "isiting relatives.

Mrs. E. i'. (Constance Day, ex"oS) and son who haH been "jsiting relatives and friends in Fairmont, Winona and St. Paul ha\t returned to their home in Seattle.

Abbie Langmald. '98. and )lrs. F. C. Rodda (Ruth Robbins Loomis, '10) Wefe two Pi Phis who were in Berlin at the lime tnt: "aT hff)ke out but arrived home without many difficultit:s.

Mrs. R. P. Burrows ( Mari e Anderson, 'I I ) spent the summe r al the home of her mother here with her little daughter, Eliznbeth Ann.

Edna Lampert, ' 10, spen t the summer mOloring through the Ea.!'! with ht:r family.

Ethel Jl arwood who taught music last yenr at lli bbing has r eturned to Ihe university for her junior year.

Florence Lewis, '14. is spending six weeks in Detroit, Mich., visiting friends.

Lyle and Byrnes are not leaching Ihis year bUI are at home in Minneapoli s.

Alice Berry, '14. is "housemother" at Cnity Settlement II OU,t thi!> y-!ar. flue} Laybourn, ex··'l. is taking the nurses training at St. Bnrnabus 1105 ' pital.

Isalinda :\liIJer is tutoring in French and Spanish at the unh'ersily.

Laura Randall and )laurine Conway, '16, ex-' 12, :Ire atten(ting Stout at :\Ienonlonie. Wis.

Marj orie \Villi ams. ex·'IS, is on her claim at lIavre, :\I onl.

Alice lI arwood. ' 16 , is taking her junior year nt Smith College.

Addie Keenan, ex-'IS , has gone to Trinil)' Co llege, \\' ashington , O. C. for her senior yea r.

Ruth Byers, ex-' 14, is taking a cou r se in J o urnalil.m al Colu m bia this year.

The atumn:c are to give a musical al the home of :\ I rs. F C. :,\'ickels ( Fran ces jacobs, P.G., '(9) on Friday afternoon, November 6. This will be ou r first "get tog e ther " for thi !> )'ear and we expect it to be a enthusiastic one.

M ARR IA GES

Ethel Loyd, ex·'13. and j Carlisle Chase at the home of the bride's paren ts, Shelbyville, Mo., September 30. At home, 4172 Russell Ave., St. Louis.

BIRTHS

To Mr. and Mrs jack Armstrong ( Marila lI odgman , '12) of Hi ckory, Okla., a son july 13.

T o Mr and Mrs Melville McE ldowney ( Margaret Ross, ' (2 ) of Oldahom3 City, Okla., a son, James Ro ss. july 13.

To Mr and Mr s. Grover M cClu re (Sue Cook , "3) of Hu slonia, Mo. , a daughter in August.

L e na Johnson, ex-' 12, Mrs. \\'allace Frye (Vel ma John son, ex·' tl ). Fran ces Glandon, ex··12, Eva Clark, ex ·' t6. Rowena Campbell, S3rah Pa inter, ex-'tJ. Mildred Stroback, ex-' Ill, Elizabeth Iludson. ex-'t6, Helen Aylesbury, ex-'17, and Pruden ce Gardner, ex·'t4, were back for rushing this year.

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Katherine Jones, '16. returned from Europe in time to entcr up this semeste r These girls are teaching: Jean Harris, ex·'J3. in Christian Collegc. Columbia; Elizabeth Connell, ex·'1 4 in Green Bay, Ms.; Rowena Campbell, ex-' 14. in Kansas City, Mo.; Ste ll a Coleman, ex -'14. in East Orange. N. J.; Eva Clark, ex-'16, in Moberly, Mo.

Virg i nia P3.yne. ' I i. who wa s out of sc h oo l, Ha c hing last year, has reentered. and is living in the house

Mildred Stroback, '16. and Prudence Gardner, ex-'14. are now visiting at the chapter house.

MIS SOURI BETA - WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY.

Edith Baker, 'II, spent July and August at Camp Hancum. Thetford, Vt. as an assistant in Mrs. Farnsworth's camp for girls. She reports a beautiful country, walks. drives, a lake where she learned to swim, row and paddle and much camp fun. She enjoyed living in the same quaint cottage with Sophie W,oodman, New York B. Later the two went to Littleton, N. H., from which point they took aute) trips through the Franconia Notch, etc. They alse) went up Mt. Washington . In September. Edith visited Louise Birch-Weidner. in Ludlow, Mass., and, when Miss \¥podman was visiting Miss Pomeroy in Ware .• they all had a picnic together. Later Edith spent a few days in New York with Mis s Woodm an and called upon Marguerite Frazer-Lincoln She has accepted a position in English in the Technical high school, Springfield, Mass., and her address is 177 State St.

MISSOURI GAMMA-DRt;RY COLLEGE MARRIAGES

Helen McGregor, ex-' 13. 111 B, and Donald Chalmers McCreery, l,; ' X, Colorado College and Harvard. at the home of the bride's parents Mr. McCreery is a member of the law firm of J. W. and D. C. McCreery, Greeley, Colo. The bride will be happily remembered by her many friends in Drury, Washington University, where she became a Pi Phi, and at Wells College. They are at home at Greeley, Colo.

BIRTHS

To Mr. and Mrs. Alford H. Mansfield (Jessie Smith, '02) of 12;2 Hamilton Ave., St. Louis, a daughter, Elizabeth Ferrin. July 8.

Susie Dillard, '06, who has been conneded with the Drury Conservatory of Music for several years, is now with the Chalfant Conservatory in this city.

Mrs. Paul O'Dea (Jessie E. Patterson, '12, Illinois H) is now living at s89 St. umis St.

Bess Rogers teaches in Magnolia, Ark.

Mary Lair, '12, is teaching in McDaniel school this year.

Anna W. Livingston, ex-tiS, 2621 Park Ave., is teaching domestic science in the public schools of Kansas City.

Several o( last year's class are teaching in Missouri high schools, Janet McQuiston at Gallatin. Isabel Morse and Lillian Boyd at Greenfield. While in

our own high school, Mabel Hurt, '08, teaches sewing and Leila Rose Huebsch. Io a r, teachel domestic Kienee. The Springfield club is very glad to welcome Mils Huebsch.

NEIJRASKA BETA-uNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA &NGAGEKINTS

Grace Salisbury, '12, to Lieutenant Harry C. Ingles, Fort Lawton, Wash.

MAU.lAGU

Marion Holcomb, ex·'o7, and Max Wyman. N,b,.tJska, B e H, at Lincoln. April 30. At home, Oskaloosa, Iowa, where Mr. Wyman is engag'td in the lumber business.

Alice Wilcox, '10, and Walter J. O'Connor at North Platte, May 23. At borne, North PlaUe, Neb. Mr. O'Connor is a clothing merchant.

Mona C learman , 'II, and George H Hartsough at Minden, Neb .• September 9.

Edith Payton, Iowa B, ex·'13. and Nebraska B. and Roy Brouink, August H. At home, Greenfield. Iowa. Mr. Broaink is superintendent of the public schoolt.

BIRTHS

To Mrs Ray DePutron (Edna Holland, 'aS) a daughter, Mary Mable, October 3.

To Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Edgerly (Henrietta Benedict, '08) a daughter, May 2i2i.

To Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cahill (Ada Parenstecker, 'og) a daughter, August 10.

To Mrs. James Cloyd Quigley (Sylvia Killian, '10) a daughter, Mary, on Good Friday, April JO.

To Mr. and Mrs. Palmer (Adabooth Dolman, ex·' I1 ) a daughter, Mary Margaret, July 3.

To Mrs. John S. Simms (Ftena Beeler, 'II) a daughter, Alice Ruth, June 17.

Catherine Sedgwick, 'OJ, is engaged in settlement work at Mansfield, Ohio. Ada a.nd Helen Waugh , '01 and 'og. have returned from Swiuerland and are at present located at the Orlo, Lincoln.

Alleyene Archibald. '05. is at present a teacher in the Nebraska Schoo l of Music. Five of her pupils have come from Lead, S. D. to study mUlic with her in Lincoln.

Mrs. Benjamin Adams (Rachel Nicolb.son, '06) has moved to San Paulo, Bruil, where Mr Adams has charge of the gas works.

Grace Shallenger, ex-'09. is studying voice in New York City.

Virginia Rogers, 'II, expect s soon to move into her beautiful n"ew house, :U and B. Sts., Lincoln.

Mrs Russell M. Burruss (Sarah K. Martin. '06) of 1040 George St., Lo. Angeles, has gone Eut for an extended stay.

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Pauline Bush, '06, o f Los Angeles, called "th e High -brow of the movies" is now with the Universal Film Co . oC Hollyw ood, Cal.

NEW YOR K ALPHA- S YRA CUS E liN IVER S ITY EN GAGE.MENTS

Lu is e lIarri son C ol d well, '08, to lIarr y P os t, IVil/ iam J Pearl Gorham. ' 10, to H arold Moreland, X, Syracus e, 11.

Edith Haith, '12, t o Ellswo rth A. Brown, A T A. Syratu se, ' 12, of Buffalo.

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I-Ielen Hurfo rd, ' 14. to Dr. ). M. Ward, Z '" 4>, BIIDalo D e ntal CoII ,gc,

Mabel Beadle, '14. to Harold Ri ch, >¥ T, Syra c use , ' 17.

')[ARRIAGES

Edna. Bull, ex- ' ll, and Fred Adams Clock, Cornell Engine e ring, April 14. Fl o rence Dengler, 'II, and Burto n Clark, n X, Syra c u se, '06, J o hns /' ;"1 ' 09. A p ril 15. The y w ill b e in Ve n ezuela.

rsabelle Shepard, ' II, and Harry L. Dusky, September 2, in Rochester. At home. 2 J Sbepard St

Lulu Golden. ex ·' 13, and Donald R. lIf c Allister, O Clober 8.

BIRTHS

To Mr. and Mrs. Harry Huse Skerrill( Rena Barry, ' 10) a son, Harry Huse Jr., June 26, at their home in Syracuse.

Taitt. '04, is teaching in the Washington Ir ving high school, New York City.

Florence Ford. '07, spen t the s ummer in th e North Woods as instructor in drawing in the Case Camp for gi rl s.

Mrs. Jay Sheldon (Thetis Petty; ' to) has moved from Florida t o Bristol, Tenn., where .he r address is SIS Shelby St.

Marion Sheldon, 'II, is at her home in Gouverneur this year.

Mrs. Burton Clark (Florence Dengler. 'II ) is in Syracuse this year as Mr. Clark is teac hing at the university. Their addess is 508 Euclid Ave.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pattyson (Katherine Baxter. ' 12 ) have returned to Detroit, Mich., after spending the winter in Pennsylvania on ac count of Mr. Pattyson's health. They are living at 90 Pilgrim Ave., Highland Park. Mr. Pattyson is with Ford Motor Co. Mrs. Pattyson is very active in Camp Fire work.

Olive Kirby, '12, will return to the Leland Po wers School of Expression, Boston, this fall.

Mr. and Mrs. We sley Brooks (Gertrude Skerritt , ' 13 ) who have been in Utica the pa st year, e xpect 10 move to Binghamton in N o vember . Florence Taylor, '13 , was with the chapter during the rushing season and is now taking work in Geo rge Washington University. She r ec eived her degree there in June.

Lillian Frantz, '12, is English in West high Khool for girls.

Ruth CI3.rk, '13. 10 Ho!!l)"n L. I., to teach. Campbell, '13, ",ill hold the I'o)ilion lilt instructor at Syracuse Uni\ersilY next year.

Theodore Wcsllake (Faye Furbaye. ex·"l) is now li\ing in Yonkers. N. Y.

Ina Crobe, '13. is teac hing at ShOrIS\'ille, and Louio;e .-\ndrev.·s, '13. at Watertown.

Kathryn Steinle. M.A., ' 14. is at her home in " ·ashington this year.

Marlha HarringlOn, '14. is spending the winter in Oakland, Cal. with her sisle r. Mrs. II. P. Rell Dhrla lIarrin g ton. 'oR),

Of our '14 girls-Em Hurling-ham is 10 teach in the high school in Binghamton, X. Y.; Ruth Cbt, in high school in Albany; !f azel Onde rdonk at Carthage, X. Y.

Among the oUI-of-town girls present at the alunmre banquet held a.t the chapte r house, June 6, were: Florence Gray, '07 , Florence Ford, '07 , Myrta Ilarringt o n - Bell, '08, Loui se Cerow , 'II, Olive Kirby, ' 12, Ruth Ma c Ln chlanFields, ex-'13.

At th e wedding of Isabe ll e Shepard, Anna Magee -Teitsworth, '09 , was mntron of honor and Mari on Sheldon, ' 12, was one of the ribbon girls.

Minnie Dinehart, 'I I, and Louise Andrews, ' 13, were two of the attendants at the Dengler -Clark wedding in Little FaUs, April 15. Mrs. Chester Lan sing (F loren ce Warner, '0<), Ad a :\Ieyer, '09 , and Mrs. J. W es ley Brooks (Ge rtrude Skerritt, ' 13) were among the guests. Mr. and Mrs. Clark sailed Jul}' I for Mara caibo, Venezuela where Mr. Clark is chief geologist [ or the Carribean Petroleum Co.

Conce rning the engagement of Luise Coldwell of Matt eawan: Mr. Post is connected with oil intel'e sts at Macassar, Celebes Island. Outch Eut Indies. lind has been located th ere for the past f e w yUTS. Tbe date of the wedding has not been sett led upon.-BI'u!'oJOI NI"Uls/,uftrr.

XEW YORK nETA-BAR-:'\ARD COLLEGE

ESGACUf ENTS

Lola Robinson, ex-'t3, to Walter H. Voung.

MARRIAGES

Lucy Landru, ' u, and Claude Russell Fountain, Orego" , '01, at the home ol the bride's pftrentl' in Paterson, N. J., Jun e 16. At home, ,62 Springdale St., Athens, Ga., where Dr. Fountnin is professor in the university.

Anna Belle \Voolworth, '13, and H. Martin Hull, Cornell, '10, October 29. At home, Fairfield, Conn.

Anna Jackson-Branson, Pennsylvania A and New York B, of Cleveland visited her parents in New York in October Rnd attended N. P. C. luncheon.

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Florence E. Hubbard, '04. had an exciting time in Europe. She went in a party co n ducted by W i lla 1::. Wil so n, Maryl a nd A, 'as.

Abby P. Leland. 'OS. has rtce ntly conducted a most interesting a rt ex· hibit and neighborhood festival at the school of which she is principal, P. S. 60 in the Ghetto.

\Ve extend our sympathy to Julia Freed, '0 7. who lost her mother last .pring.

Irene B. Adams, '07. completed her work at the New York University Law Sc h ool Ian sp ring and r eceive d the deg r ee of LL.B. and ) .0. She was admitted to the bar, Octobe r I. Engraved cards announce that she has opened two offices for the general practice of the law: 24 Smith Ave., Mt. Kisco. N. Y. (the suburb in whi ch she lives) and with Dillon, Thomson and Clay (one of the largest law firms in New York), Western Union Telegraph Bldg.

Amalie L. Althaus, '0 7. Eliubeth :r-racauley, '14, Isabel Totten, 'IS. aU attended the Dartmouth s umm er sessio n at Hanover N. H , as did also Rosalia Robinette, '00, Columbia A..

Sopbie P. Woodman, ' 07. spe nt several weeks at Ca mp Iianoum-Mrs. Farnsworth's camp for girls-at Thetford, Vt. She and Edith Baker, Mi sso uri B, made several trips to Hanover and lat e r spent a few days at Sky Line Farm, Littleton, N. H ., as guests of the Dartmouth outing club. On her way home, Sophie visited Sarah Pomeroy, Massachusetts .A, in Ware, Mus.

Mrs. Wm. T. Webb (Mary Murtha, '08) of San Juan, P. R , spent part of the summer in N ew York with her mother, who wa s r ecove ring from an operation.

Mrs. Murray L. Stillman (Edna Tompkins. ex·'OC» and chil dre n are visit· ing her mother in Upper Montclair, N. J. Her husband has sold the fruit (arm in Oregon. They may settle near Los Angeles .

Mrs. John N. Vander Vries (Bernice Tabor, ex·'lI, Kllnsas A. and New York B) visited Gladys Bonfils·Rogers, 'to, and B.eth Thomson, ' t t , in September .

Dorothy Griffin and Margaret \Vood, 't2, went abroad but we re obliged to remain in England.

Eleanor Murtha·Pococ k, husba nd an d baby of Pittsburgh are visiting his people in Morgantown, \V Va

Mrs. C. R. Fountain (Lucy Landru, '12) had an operation for appendicitis shortly after her marriage.

Lillian Waring and Chris Straiton , 't 3, are teaching in Westchester Academy, White Plains, N. Y

Helen Bryan who taught at the Settlement School last year liked the work so much that she is at Berea College, Berea, Ky , this year

Of the '1 4 girls, May Kenn y and Pegg y Sc horr are flt e3chers in training" in c ity high schools,-Peggy in the one where Sophie teaches; Alice P N Wall er teaches English at Stuart Han , Stann ton, Va.

New York B had a wonderful house party at Asbury P ark in June. Florence Hubbard, Dora Nevins, '04; Abby Leland, 'oS; Amalie Althau s, Mary Rurdon, Sophie Woodman, '07; Gertrude Morris, 'tt; Edith Va.let, Dorothy Griffin,

Margaret Wood, ' 12; Lillian W'aring. I-hrnet \V'ilmol, '13. boarded, while Holm -de '09. and Sarah '"oothis, '13. lin there. Sarah gave us a lovely part)' at her home after the annual business meeting and Carrie Stroud, York j\, took us for a drive tlong the shore in her auto. Sarah planned our time and it was indeed fuU, what with on Deal Lake, bathing and singing in the moonlight. The following officers were elected: plcsidenl, Ethel Leveridge, ' II i vice-president, Adele OuncAfl, 'I I; Dora Nevins, '04 i treasurer, Florence Hubbard, '04·

New York B was well represented in the National Pan-Hellenic Congress held in New York in October. Sophie Woodman was summoned btfore the board of grand presidents to report on the Barnard situation. She was also asked by the executive committee 10 managt' It pagunt but as the time given was too short she was responsible for refreshments, furnished by the alumna: clubs of New York, thirteen in all, which were served after the open meetin&, . There were forty -t hree Pi Phis at the IUDcheon in the ballroom of the M cAlpin and of these fifteen were New York Betas. Anna Jackson · Branson, u -'02; Florence Hubbard, Dora Nevins, '04; Abby Leland, '05; Sophie W oodmlln, 'Oi; Edna Thompkins-Stillman, ex ·'og; Anna J folm -de Monseigle, '09, Gladys Bonfils Rogers, Mabel McCann·Malloy, '10; Annie Van Buskirk Adele Duncan, Beth Thomson. Juanita Brown, '[1; Edith Valet, '12; Lillian Ja ckson, '15. :'oTargie Leland came in for the reeeption later.

\V'e greatly enjoyed meeting Mrs. Lardner for whom the New York alumnae c lub gave a recep tion during the session. Sarah '"oorhis, ' 13 , sang.

:-:EW YORK CAMMA-ST.

M ARR IAG1S

UNIVERS ITY

Lavinia Cunningham, 'oS, and Frank H Cooke, St. Lowrena, '06, in June At home 1380 Ogden Ave., New York City.

Annie May Smith, ' 10, and Horace France on June 10, at Asbury Park. At home 519 Putnam Ave., Brooklyn, N. V.

Ruth Emma Maltby, '13, and Robert Lawrence Joyce, St. Lawrence, '12, X Z on August '5 at the home of the bride's parents at South Rutland, N. Y. At home after October, at 12 Adriance Place, Poughkeepsie. N. V. Mabel Silina Clark, '13, and Chauncey Henry Maltby, 51. LOWf'mce, "3, X Z 2:, at Canton, N. Y At home La FaIgeville, N V.

lI elen C. Brainerd, "4, is back at SI. Lawrence completing her domestic science CO Ul'se .

A number of the girls are teaching :-Mildred Fanner, ' II, FullertOll, Neb.; Dorothy Cleaveland, "2, at Gloversville, N. V. Helen E. Merriam, '12, stituting in the high school at Antwerp; Evelyn Slocum, '12, at Fort Plain; Bessie Blan che Wood. "3, at Madrid ; Hazel Delle Allen, '14, at Beaver Falls; Amanda Pellens, " 4, at Bay Shore, while Katherine 1. Roache, '14. il substituting in the Arlington, N. J . schools. Mary Stillwell, '12, is in charge of the domestic scie nce department in East Orange, N. J sc hools. Her addre is 26 So. \Valnut St.

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O HI O BETA-oHIO 5'1',\1'1': UXIVERS ITV

ENGAGEMENTS

Beebe, ' 12, to Newton F. !lad ley , Case and 01110 Sla'le, cfI a e . Th e wedding will take place No\"e m be r 7. At home 112 Van Co uve r Ave., DetToit, Mi ch.

MARRI AGES

Elizabeth Bancro ft, ' 10, and Arthur M Sc hle si nge r, Ohio Stale. B.A ., '10, Col um bia. M .A., 'II, <I> B K, <j>.6 e, Sep te m be r 5. At h ome, 1806 N. H igh St., Col umbu s.

J eane tt e M. Logan, ex-'IO, and C h a rl ey Nichols, Michigan, A 2: <1>, October 10 At home. Portsmouth, O h io.

BIRTHS

T o Dr. and Mrs. J ames M R ector (F Ke nyon Ha yden, ex-'OS) of Co lum bus, a son, H o r ace Hayden , April 17

T o Mr and M rs Sy l ves t e r Noble (Corna G reiner, '(9) of Kingston, Oh i o, a son, Wmi am Park e r, May 28

T o Mr and Mrs. Russell ] Burt ( I-l ilda Corwin, 'IO) of Canto n, Ohio,:1 son, J ohn Corwin, in July.

ErneSline F BallI '03. Ednah I l e l en Pugh, ex-' IS , and Terese Kennedy, '13, spenl the summer t r a\'eling abrond.

Agn es F. Chalmers , '95, was reelecled last spring to the school boa rd of Grand Rapids, M ich.

M a rtha M. J ones , '06 , has r eturned from Spok ane and is now teaching in the Indianola High School at Columbus.

Mrs Ca rri e Ch ap man Catt spo k e o n s uffrage at a large meeting h eld at M emo ri a l H a ll , Octobe r :25

Mr s. R. C. Kyle (Beth Campbe ll, Iowa r) and daughte r, Hil da Kyle, ex-'J 4, have moved to L ancaster, Ohio.

Mrs . Charles Leonard ( Ha nnah M . Leonard. '03) is 1i\'in g at Fort Sne lling, Minn .

OHIO GA MM A- W OOSTER UNIVERSITY

MARRIAGES

Mable Blankenhorn. '10, and Frederic B. Quigley, 2: E, Cau, at th e borne o f the b r ide's parents in O rr ville, Ohio. June 9. At home. 1507 Ohio Ave., V oungsto\.1tn, Ohio.

J essie \V ickwire, ex-'IS, and John D. Overholt, ¢I r .:1, rVo ostu', and p,.inuton , at the home of Ihe bride's paTents in Clyde, Ohio, June 19. At home N. Buckeye St., Ohio.

BIRTIIS

T o Mr . and Mr s. H owa r d E. C r awfo r d « ( ris W oods, ex -' 14 ) of T o led o. Ohio. a son , R obert Chandler, May 30.

Esther Uoye: r, '10, saile:d (or

July I, in a party of sixteen girls, conducted by 'I iss A nnette Cull of T oledo. (Ihio. f he parly made a successful .trip through Italy and Switurl:md, but \\lh nOI able 10 ca rry o u t the itinerary through Germany and Au stri:a, on account of the war Esther tells of a grl!D.1 mnny inleruling incon\'eniences by the \\ar, but the party seemed to do just the right thing at the right time, and succeeded in making a safe trip {rom Switzerland via P a r is to London, and then to Li ve rpoo l, fr om whi ch place th e party sailed on sched u led time, on boa r d the Virg;"jQlI which a rriv ed in M ont r ea l on September 11.

Jl e len H a rringt on, ' 12, spent two m Onlhs tra\eJling wilh her parents in the We'"! s u mme r . Ii den \i.,i l t:<I IJd t:n \\" alkt:r- I 'almer. 12 , in .. City. on hfOr homew3rd trip.

Irene ' 1 2, took an t:a.,te rn trip early in JUlie, \·isited \\'a,hinKtoll, D. c., Xcw York City, and Boston :md attended commencement at lI arvard.

Lois Xeff, ' 12, who for th e past two years hal> becn emp l oyed in Xc\\' Yo rk City by the Depllrtment of Chu r c h and Country Life of the Presbyterian Churc h, has accepted a position as assistant to Charles O. Gil l , "ho is at the head of the Ohio Rural L ife Association, 104 :\ Third St., Colu mbus , Ohio.

El sa Sc hli e!, '12, is taking postg ra duate work in English at Cnh'ersity of W isco n sin, Ma d i so n, Wi s.

Faye Moellering, \\'ho for the past two yellrs tllught in \Vooste r University, is h ead of the depart ment o f English, at R ando lph - Ma con Institute, D a nvill e, ' "n.

Ruth Mnc kinto s h, '13 , i s te a chi ng Engli sh in high sc h oo l at Galion, and Luci le IIcr sc hl e r, ' 13 , mathematics at Shelby, Ohio.

Leota Munn , "3. is taking a postgraduate co ur se in Col umbia thi s y ear.

Cle la Gordon, ' 14, is tea ching at Ruggl es, and E dna J ohn s t on , ex,"5, hi story at Rud o lph, and H e len Bur n ham, ex- ' 10, is t eac hing at Milford Ce nler, Ohio.

Cora Wic kh am, ex -' Ib, ente r ed the junior class th is (all nt Smith College, N orthampton, Ma ss. , fr om whi c h co ll e g e sh e expects to take h e r degree.

This yea r finds but eight P i Phis en r olled in W ooster: in the senio r class, :'Il arj{aret Gable, wh o spent her junio r yea r a l th e " "{:'ilt:rn Hc'-{:n'e. Oxford, Ohio; M ary Buchanan, who spent her junior year a t R andolph· Ma con W o man's College, Lyn chburg, ' -a.; B e th P a lmer , Sidney and June Br own; in th e j uni or dass, Suzan \\r;ck ham; in the sophomo r e clas , lI ele n Mo rgan, wh o taught In. s t year at Cadiz , Ohio; and in music, Em il y I -ell \ itt.

At the alumnre meeting in October th ere were twenty ·six present. A full account of the meeting is given in th e r epo rt of Ohio Gammn nlumnre club.

O KI.AIIOMA

J e nni e B Dyer, eX " '4, o f O klahoma City and Vern e Ald e n. Oklalroma, in Jun e. Th ey are Jiving at 613 Center St., Wilkin sb urg, Pa , where Mr Alden is an electrical engineer.

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Mrs. J. C. Leonard, Kansas .At Mrs Hudson D. \Vilc ox (Opal Rollands Cranor, 'lOt Missouri A) Mrs. Percy Bonfoey (Eunice Virginia Link, 'oJ, MilSoun A) of Oklahoma City and Mrs. Myron Humphrey, Kansas A, of Chickasha, were guest s at the Missouri -O klahoma football game, October 17.

Mrs John Lambert ( Inez McMillan, ex·'I I) and her little son came over from Chelsea for the Missouri -O klahoma football game on October 17.

Dorothy BeU, '1 It spent a most delightf ul summer in Michigan and New York. She is now teaching in the public schools at Sallisaw, Okla.

Vivian Garvin, ex,'l J, visited in Colorado this summer. Whil e in Colorado Springs, she !Lttended an enjoyable Pan -Hellenic luncbeon.

Grace Lee. '12, is taking a special cou rse at the university .

Nannie Miller, '12, is again teachicg in Collinsville. all envy Fay taw her sp lend id position in the English departmen t of Helena high school.

Eva Lee. '13. has a position as head of the public schoo l music department in Dru.mright, Oklahoma.

Hdlete Fraley. u ·ln. and Beatrice Von Keller, '12, of Ardmore; Amelia Weaver, ' 15; Eleanor Hanford. ex·'IS; Marguerite Wykoff. ex·'16, and Helen Beattie. ex·'I?, of Oklahoma City; Fiona Carey, 'IS, of Nowata; Allie Breed· mg. 'IS. of Lexington, and Helen Anderson. U·'IS. of Pryor were here for the opening of &Chool to assist in rushing.

Gladys Anderson, ' 13, and Florence Bristow. ex·' IS. attended summer school here. They now have excellent positions as teachers in the Pryor schools.

Lina Bryan, '14, is " harm onizi ng Hugo" through the influence of the music studio there.

Ru,h Aughinbaugh, '14. h as a fellowship in English at the University of OklahomL

Helen Pyle, '(4. is at home in Muskogee. \Ve sympathize with her in the loss of her mother.

Mrs. Milton Myer (Etta Nairn, n·'IS) is back in Norman after an extended tour of the West

Vivian Edwards, ex 'IS, is attending Central State Normal at Edmond. We were glad to &ee her at the Missouri·Oklahoma football game.

Glen H arrell, ex·'17, is attending Rice Institute, H ouston, TeL

Bootie Townsend, '16, is teaching in Mangum We are looking forward to a visit from her at Thanksgiving.

PENNS\' LVANIA ALPHA-SWARTHMORE COLLEGE &NGACEWENT$

Elizabeth Jackson, ' 13. of Lansdowne to Laurance Shaffner.

WAIRIACES

Beatrice Victory, '07, of Philadelphia. and Christian Sautter, in June. They are tiring with Mr. Sautters puuts in Philadelphia.

Mary Hall o well, ' 10, of JenkintowD, and Ralph Patc h, • • K + at her home in June. They are now living at Plainfield, N. ].

Mary R&mley, ex ·t u, of Swarthmore, a.nd Herbert Bassett in June

BIUHS

To Mr. and Mrs Earnest Barber (Ma rgaret Kyle. ' C)8) a daughter, Margaret Harriet, March 25.

To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gretn ( Lu cretia Shoemaker, '(9) of Beatrice. Neb., a daughter, Lucretia Shoemaker.

To Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Clark ( Margaret Harned, 'II) of Mound, La., a daughter, Helen Harn ed, on August 6.

To Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Griffith (Elir.abeth Johnson, '06) of Wynnewood, P •. , • SOD, Richard. September 8.

Margaret Kyle·Barber, now lives in Guelph, Can. Elizabeth Hause '1 4. is teaching at West Chester, Pa. i Mari on Ba-ket, ·1 at Laurel, Del., and Florence Miller, '1 4, at Doylestown. Pa. l\fable Stiner, ' nt, is assisting Dorothy Strode, ' 12, in Y . \V . C. A. work in Pittsbura-h .

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WAllIUACES

Sara E. Meyer, 'I t, Ilnd Dr. Will C. Kelly, Bucknell, ex-'09. I X, a dentist of Stale College, Pa., in August.

Floren ce M. C lum, '12, and Charles E Temple, Syracuse. '07 , in \\, indso r , N. Y ., July 30. Mr. Temple is principal of the high school.

Joletta. M . Arthur, '13, of Winnipeg, Man., Can., and Walter D. Rhoads, Bucknell, 'I J, % X, in Erie, Pa ., July 25. At home in Macon, Ga., where Mr. Rhoads is a civil engineer.

BIRTHS

To Mr. and Mrs Owen Gay ( Ruth Lenington, ex·'IS) of Scranton, Pa., a daughter.

Mary B. Harr is, ' 94, daughter of President Harris of Bucknell University, and a graduate of the University of Chicago, was made s uperintendent of women prisoners at Blackwe1l's Isbnd Penitentiary Commissioner of Corrections Katherine B. Davis made the appointment in line with her efforts to better the condition of women prisoners. Miss Harris has just 6nished a two years' study of social co nditions abroad. She will be responsible to Warden Fox only. Her salary will be $1,200 a year.

Reverend and Mrs Joseph Wood (E liu Bell, '94) attended the sessions of the Northern Baptist Convention in Boston in June and spent a fortnight visiting hi sto ri c places in Massac husetts On returning to Pittsburgh, they traveled by Wilier from Boston to Baltimore and the ARROW Editor greatly enjoyed

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journeying with them on board a steamship of the Merchant and Miners Line.

Lucile Owens, '14, of Lewisburg has taken a course at State Co ll ege summer schoo l, Siale College, Pa.

Mrs. Palmer W:ay ( Sara Ray, '10 ) of Wildwood, N. ].; Mrs. Lincoln Hulley (Eloise Mayham, '97) of De Land. Fla.; Dr. Mary H arris, ' 94; Mrs. Morgan (Mary Stephens, ' 99) of Garland, Tex.; Mrs. Edgar Reed (Lillian Foust, ' 00) of Milton, Pa.; Jeannette Shepard, '02, of Ocean Grove. N. J.; Beatrice R. Richards, 'OS, ,of Se r llnton, Fa., and Mabe l E. J ohnson, '10, of Mt. Ca rm el, Pa., we r e among the alumnre who came back for comme n ceme nt week.

Joletta Arthur, ' 13, of \V.i.nnipeg, Manitoba, attended commencement a nd spent a few weeks with Helen Bartol, ' 13 , at the Bartol summe r cottage in the Mun cy hills.

Mr s. Phillips (Jennie A. Davis, '0 1) spent the summer i n the Pocono mountains.

Mrs. Joseph R. \V ood (Eliza Bell, '94) of 2t(X) Sidney St., Pittsburgh, while on her way 10 join her husband at the Pennsylvania State Baptist meetings at Scranlon in October, spent a week-end in Lewisburg. \V ith her was h er precocious four-year ol d boy, Graham , the son of ou r chapter's first initiate, Mrs. L. E. Theiss ( Mary Bartol, ' 94) is secretary of the Bucknell cl u b of Lewisburg. She is also corresponding secretary of th e general associa,tion of Bucknell a lum ni. Last c ommencement she was also elected president of h er class (or the next five yea r s. This is the first time in the history o( Budnell that the class presidency has been bestowed u pon a woma n

?frs. H. S. Bourne (Ka t e M c L augh lin, '95) is president of the general association of Bucknell alumni.

lIfary \Volfe. '96. of Lewisburg, hns been appointed by Governor Tener as superintendent of the proposed State H ome for Feeble-minded Wome n, whi ch is to be located near Hartleton. Dr. Wolfe was a l so a de legate in attendanct! at the October convention of the S t ate of C lubs h el d i n Pittsburgh At on e of its she gave an address o n the work she proposes to undertake at Jl artleton. After the close of the Federation meetings she several days in Philadelphia where she was one of the speakers in the women's "whirlwind campaign" for equa l suffrage.

Mrs. S. Edgar Downes (Rulh II. Sprague, '98) has moved from Latrobe to Ardmore. H er husband is superintendent of the Merion district schools.

Mrs. Frank M. Simpson (Mary E. Wilson, eX -'98) is Regent of the Shikelimo chapter of the of the Ameri c an Revolution .

Mrs. F. Bbir Jaektl (Edith O. McCain , ex·'o:l) has moved from Philadelphia to Doylestown, where she and her husband are managing their farm, The Phi/aadplu'o Ll!agu has recently printed a number of photographs taken by Mr. Jaekel and depicting scenes in the European war zone

Mrs. H. C. Herpel ( Elvie Coleman, '03) has moved from McKeesport to 'Veil and, Can

Florence J. Cobb, '06, is teaching in \\,rayne, Pa.

M rs. Reginal d W,.igh t K auffman (Ruth Ha mmitt ex·'to) has a signed "(r on t page s t ory" in a n August issue of the Su n day .\"0,.0, Amn'l<a ". disc ussing rural conditio n s in England as affected by the war.

Beatrice R. Richar-ds, 'oS , ha s left !-Ia ddon H eights, X. J . Sh e is n o w teaching in th e high sc h oo l III M o ntr ose , Pa.

M abe l E. J ohn so n, ' 10 is now teac hing German in the high sc hool at William spo rt, Pa If e r siS ler Nelli e, 'OS. l eac hes English in the high sc hool of her home town, Mt. Ca rmel.

Matgaret Mcintos h, a s i s te r n 4>' from Swarthmore Co ll ege, was in Lewisb urg during C hautauqu a.

)in. C. Sholl ( Il e len J I are, ' 10) of Pitman, J" spent seve ral weeks with h e r p arents in Lewisburg and a ll e nde d th e com me n ceme nt exe r cises

Sa r a. Ray -\\fay , ' 10 , spe nt seve ral days "isiting he r sister-in-law. s W ay, who is head of th e art dep artm e nt at Bucknell.

Ada E. Br ook s, ' 12 , of W e ll sbo ro , Pa., is again t eaching in the high school at Bolivar, N. Y.

lI e len K Ba rt o l , ' 13, of Lewisburg, i s t eaching Gtrma n and Latin in the high school a.t Somerse t, Pa. lI er address is the lI otei \ 'a nnear H e le n G. Ott, ' 14 , is teaching in th e public schools of her home town, Bridgeton, N. J .; Lu c il e E. Owens, ' 14, biology in the high "chool at Lewisbu rg, her home lown; Fr a n ces T M c:\fa ll, '14, Ge rm an in tb e high sc h oo l at Clea rfield, Pa

Mr and Mrs. G. Lupto n Broo mell ( Anna Pettit, P etlns y lv an ia A, '07 , a nd New " o rk 8 ) spe nt a week -end in OClober with .t\lr. lind .t\1rs. L. E Th eis" ( Mary Bartol, '94) at th ei r Mun cy cottage.

PE:\XSYI VA:\ IA G ,HUr.\ - I)fCKIXSO:N' CO I.I.EG E

EN GAG EMENT S

RUlh H e ll er, ' 12 , to Lewis .\I. Baco n, D,rkl1ls o". '02, K 'It. of Baltimore Md.

:M A IUI.I ACEi

Delo ra Etta Arm st r o ng, '06, and Frank \Vesley P itman, e X, !; X, honorary, '0 4, M.A. '06, Ph.D. ' 14, instructor al Yale, on Jun e 8. Pr esc nt address, 266 E\"erit St., New Haven , Co nn.

Mary VivD J ohn son , elC,'09 , and Frederick G. Satlerlhw3ite. June 13 At home, Greenwood Farm, Morri s ville, P a.

BIRTHS

T o Mr. and Mrs C harles Morga n Salter ( M a ry E H oover , '0 7 ) of GlendDle, O hi o , a da ught er, Mary Dinsmo re, D t:ce mber I.

Aft er along illness, Mrs Margar e t H o u ch, mother of Mrs N o rman I-f. Schae· f e r ( J essie H o uch , '0 1) died at her hom e in Bo iling Springs, Pa ., i n Sep t embe r.

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Anna J. Spears, '05. who spent the summer at her home in Lonaconing, Md ., recuperating from an operation for appendicitis, has resumed her dlltie. as field secretary of the North Presbyterian Church in PiUsburgh.

Mable B. Kirk, 'oS. of Atlantic City, N. J., is cODvalucing from a serious illness.

Grace Filler, '10, is teaching in Bordentown, N. J.; Margaret Morgan, '14. Latin, in the Bridgeton high school, N. ].; Margaret Th,ompson. ' 14. Ena:lisb, in the Carlisle high school.

Helen A. Carruthers, '12, is teaching in Berea College, Berea. Ky.

Mrs. Munson Corning (Florence Kisner, '10) is visiting at home in Carlisle. Ruth Heller, '12, visited UI sucral day. this term.

Helen Langfit, Harriet Stuart and Ruth Bigham, of '140 are at home.

Peggy Wilson, '14. is private secretary to Bishop McDowell, Evanston, Ill.

TEXAS Al.PHA-UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS ENGAGUIENTS

Claire Lucas, ex-'n. to HGlman Cartwright, '10, K A.

Catherine Hill, '13. to Thomas Oliver of Charlotte, N. C.

MARRIAGES

Frances Jalonick, ex.'r3, and Samuel W. Sibley of Vlinnfield, La., Jaly IS. Address, Winnfield, La.

M3.verick, ' 12, and Eugene Harris of San Antonio, June 18. Mr. Harris is dramatic editor of the San Antonio Light.

Annie Belle Black, ex-'iS, and Charles A. Reid of Detroit, October 16.

Bessie Cochran, '08, and the Reverend Edgar Graham Gammon, D .D ., June 24. They are living in Harlingen, Tex.

BIRTHS

To Mr. and Mrs. Percy Marshall (Emily White, '01) a daughter, SeptembM 23·

To Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Harris (Helen Garrison, 'oS) a daughter, May 13·

To Mr. and Mrs. Richard Robinson (Mary Cindy Peacock, ex-'13) a son, October IS.

Several II • alumnz represented their towns at the Waco Cotton Palace Annie Earle Wells, ex-'16. was duchess from Terrell. Oair Lucas, ex-'n wu duchess from San Antonio, with Clara May Brooks, ex-'iS as her maid of bonor. Mary Vandenberge, Louisiana .A, was duchess from Victoria.

Margaret Borroughs, '07, is studying at Columbia. She live. at the Three Arts Club, 340 \V. 85th St., New York.

Mrs. E. T. Miller (Emily Maverick, '07) was operated on recently for appendicitis.

Sallie Belle Weller, 'oS, attended summer school here.

Jane Gregory, '14. is in Washington, O. C., with her fatber, AttorneyGeneral Thomas Watt Gregory.

Kathleen Gould, ' 14. is teaching in Kingsville, and Maydee Caulfield, ex·'I3, in Waco.

Lucile Mathews, ex·'14. was duc hess from Ft. Worth at the Ft. Worth horse show.

Frances McLaughlin, California 4., is in Austin, after several years in school in California.

Brice Gill, ex·'16. is living in New York City.

V,.:RMO:,\"T ALPHA-MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE ENGACEMENTS

Jennie McLellan, 'II, to Russel Pease Dale of Springfield, Mus.

)(AJUtIACES

Gertrude Brodie, 'If, and R. A. 'Vray, ex-'12,.o. T. At home. 25th St., Elmhurst, Long Island, N. Y.

Dorothy M. Tuttle, H·'I2, and Dr. David Benjamin Hagarman . BIRTIIS

To Mr. and Mrs Harold D. Leach (Goldia Munroe, '10) a son, May r.

To Mr. and Mrs. Dane Jack son (E lizabeth Caswell, 'n) a son. September 16

Theodora Crane, ex·1 16, is teaching c hemistry at Lake Erie College, Plainesville. Ohio.

Carmen Walker, 'n, is teaching in Ludl!Jw, Vt.

Thelma Havens, 'u, is studying in Hartford, Conn.

Eleanor Hat ch, '13, is teaching in East Jaffrey, N. H.; Hel en Harriman. ' 13. at Northfield Seminary, Northfield, Mass.; Mary Reynolds, '13, in Canajohara, N V.; Florence Aseltine, 'J4, in Johnson, Vt.; Ellen Bailey in North Craftsbu r y, Mass ; Isabelle Eslen in Colby Academy, New London, N. H .; Charlotte Jenne in Hampton, N. H .; Ethel Magoon in Falmouth. Ma.ss.; Anne Perkin s in York Village, Me.; Florin.e Parker in Falmouth. Mass .; Bernice Parker, ex-'15, in Stowe, Vt.

VERMOXT Bt:TA-1;:"':!VER$ITV OF VERMONT

MARIllAG!S

Ada Hurlburt, '99, and John Cooper Fortiner of Brawley, Cat., on September 6. They will reside in Brawley, where Mr. Fortiner ownl 3. large ranch.

Claire Reynolds, ex loS, and Edwin C. Haskin of Gardena. Cal., on October I Mr. Haskin is l uperintendent of schools in Gardena.

Mabel Gillis. '12, and Payson A. Morse of Greensboro, Yt., on October 7. They will live with Mabel 's parents, on the farm in G r eensbo r o.

BIRTHS

To Mr. and Mrs. Leon W. Webster (Geneva. Carpenter, 'oa) of Worcester, M a lon, Kenneth Winfield. June 12.

To nnd Mrs R ay P Tuttl e ( ll e l e n Bar ton, '09) on Ju ly 31, a daug hter, Barbara Il cltn, who l ived o nly IW O days. The sis t e rs o f Vermont B extend h ea rtfe lt sympa th y t o lI el en in thi s sad be rea \'eme nt,

To Mr . an d M rs. George P T aylor ( Lill ian Bean, '04) of Ca mp Ri ch, Mil · t on, Vt., a son, Harold Bean, on Augu s t 5

To Mr and Mr s. Ca rlt on D. !l owe ( Ali ce Duree, '05) n son , C lift o n Dexter, on July 29 in Mor risvill e, Vt

During the co ming year m embe rs o f Ve rmo nt B will teac h 3S follows : Ora ce H ayes , '09 . Living s to n Park Se minary, Roc hest er, N. Y.; Cuce Syl· vester, '10, Brantwood H a ll , Bronxvi ll e , N. Y.; Mau de Chafee, '08, Purli ng!"" high school ; Mazie P o we rs , ' to, S t. Alb a n s high sc h oo l; Amy \Vh eeler, ex·IIS. home economics in E ssex Jun ction high school; H e len Durfee, ' 13, do mes tic sc ience in Mary land Co ll e ge for Wo m e n, Luth erv ill e , Md.; Alta G r isme r, ' 13, high schoo l in Ca m den, Y .; Ruth Durfee, ' 14 , Wi nooski high ·chool; D orothy Cook, ' 14, high sc h oo l i n North Tr o)" VI .; J ane I\l c Laughlin, ' 14, Bell ows Free Acade my, Fairfax, VI.; Ruth O'Su llivan, " 4, Bri sto l hi gh sc hool; Be r tha Co ventry, ' 12, H ardwick high sc h oo l ; Ruth La dd, ' II, Lelaod University, New O rl eans, L a.; Ethel Ce nter, ' II, Ea st Setauket, L. I.; C harl o tte Hale, '0 1, Sta te Normal Sc h oo l, New N. Y.; J essie Bates , '0 7, in Burlington

Mr and Mr s. C harl es H Pi e rce (Ge rtru de Strong, 'O J ) are n o w living at 17 T e n Eyck Ave., Albany, N Y Edith Carpe nter, '00, of Peace Dal e, R. L, r ecently ca ll ed o n them.

Grace Strong, '06 , is spe n ding th e year at her hom e in Woodstock, Vt.

J essie Bate s, '0 7. is now tea ch ing in th e ci ty schoo ls, and living at 2j 8 Map le St., Burlingt o n.

Leo ta Van Ak e n, ex-' 15, thi s yea r co mpl etes her course at the University of Southern Ca liforni a, Los Angele s. H er address is 528 W es t Vernon Ave

Mrs . Cha rl es A. P e ter son (Em ma Bean , '05) of Long Be ach, Cal., visited her parents in Milt on du r i ng the summer.

Eliza be th Durfee. '06, sec ret ary o f th e Y. W. C. A in Cha rl esto n, W Va., spent a month's vaca tion with her parents in Burlingt o n thi s summer.

Gr ace Sy lvester. '10 , has spent the g r eate r pa rt of th e s umm e r teac hing and assisting in a gi rl s' c amp at Northfiel d , Vt .

Grace H nyes, ' 0<), o f Lu d low. Mns s.• \'is it ed in Burlingt o n the la st of August

\Ve wtre happy to welcome bac k at co mmencemtnt Edith Ca rpe nter, '00 ; Ma ry Co lburn '03, of Ocean City. J.; Sylvia W a rre ll, u-'Q9 o f Will iston; Mazie Powers, '10, of St. Albans; Alice McInt yre Sherburne, ex·'oS, of Rand olph; Eliubet h Du rfee. '06 , of Cha rl eston, \V . Va.; Ge nn Chap i n Smith, ex-' I o, of Wnshington, D. C. O n the e \'e ning of commen ce nlent dny the active chap ter en t e rtain ed de light f ully in h onor of visiting alum n lr. The affai r was informal

Ruth Ladd," I, Jan e M c L augh lin, ' 14, Ruth Durfee, " 4, Dnd Dor ot hy Cook, ' 14, attended the university summe r sc h ool.

ALUMN/E PERSONALS

WASHINGTON ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON KNCAClWKNTI

Fay M. Kear, ex·IIS, to Royal Mingins, ex-'J6. MAUIACES

MultCry Yo un" cz-'16. and Philip Mal o ry, Nno Yo,.k, 'oS. Ruth Frank, ex-'14. and Roy Marx of Portland, Ore. Edna Heaton, /1/;no;l. '10, A, and George Dawlon, Clara, Mont.

BIR.THS

To Mr . and Mrs . Robert Denny ( Lita Burch, ex-'n) a son .

To Mr. and Mrs. Otis HergHt (Ruth Christesen, ' 12 ) a SOD.

To Mr. and Mrs Orrin Porter (Gertrude Landsburg, '13) a daughter.

To Mr and Mrs. W. J . Milliken (Min nizclle Geo rge ) of 636 N. Hobart Blvd., Lo s Angele s, a da ughter, Dorothy, September 14-

M rs Herbert Todd Brown (Valeria Browne. ex-'(9) has moved from Los Angel es t o Salt Lake City, where her husband i. con n ec ted with the Studebaker Company.

Mary Bacon, ' 10, is tcachin g i n Banning, Cat. this winter

Kathleen George, ex.') J, spent the summer in Los Angeles, Cat, the guest of her siste r, M rs. William J. Millik en ( Minnizelle George). She is now in New York studying d r amatic art and will have a part in the Eva Tanguay Company for the winter Her addres s is 35 E 6:zn d St .• The Studio Club.

Mabel Neal. '10, is 9. c ritic teacher in the Speyer School of Columbia Uni· versity. She lives at th e sc h oo l, 94 Lawrence S1. M abe l had an ope rati o n f o r appendic itis last su mm er.

Mrs Frank Davis and daughter Leslie are spending the winter in California.

WA SHINGTON BETA-\VASHINGTON STATE COLLF.GE

KAltJ.IACXS

Gladys Grubbe, ex-'iS, and Charley F . Monroe. Pollman, Wash., June 16.

Grace Pre sco tt, ex -' 13, and Haro ld Boyle, Spokane, Wash , May 30.

Muriel Fulm e r, '12, and Ralph Doty , Pullman, Wash , April 14.

Ruth Elliot Latham, ex-'16, and Edgar Becker, Spokane, \Va l h , Angust

Marion Frye , ex-'13, returned in July from an e xtended tour through Euro pe. ,6.

Mrs. Samuel Kimboro ugh (Gladys McC roskey, '(2) a nd Bess Babcock, '14. came and helped us with o ur rushing th is year.

Several of the girls are teaching : Zelva M eck le m, '14, in the Chehalis high school; Quevenne Mecklem, "4, in Pal ouse; Hel en Roudebu ll h, '13, in Garfield; Grace Posl, in Fullerton, Cal.; Laura Thompson, '09 , in Sedro Woolley.

WISCONSIN ALPHA-uNIVERSITY OF WIS CONS IN ENGAGEMENTS

Helen Nelson, '13, to D. S Jeffers.

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MARRIAGES

Constance Haugen, 'oJ , and Herman N Lcgrei d, 'oS. At home at Hum· boldt, Iowa.

Charlotte J ane Ward en, ' II , and Al be rt Ed ward Frank, June 10. At home in Ott umw a, I owa.

Marion H elen Holmes, ' 12, and Dr. E. H ayes Kelly, August 29 At home, 246 Ashland Court, Ir onwood, Mi ch.

May Este ll W alke r , ex-' I 3. and Douglas Calvert Comer, June 6. At home in Platteville, Wi •.

BIRTHS

To Mr and M rs . H er be r t C. Kiefer (Alice Volkman, ex-'oS) a second SOlI, William James.

To Mr. and Mrs . Thomas George ( Marie Minton, '10) a son, Thomas Minton.

Elizabeth Ch urch Smith , '96. of Logan, Utah. spen t the sammer with ber mother and sister, Genevieve Church Smith in Pasadena, Cal.

Genevieve Church Smith has been appointed head of the music department of the Co llege WOmen's Club of Los Angeles, (or the comi ng year. She pve a very exce llent p rogram a t the initial monthly meeting of the club for the the year .

Mae Pearl TeJ(ord, '03, o( Mason City, Iowa. with he r mother, spent six weeks in Los Angeles and vicinity, this summe r

Mar gare t Stanton, 'O S. who expec ted to te ach in Constantinople. Turkey, this year gave up her position there beca use of the war, and is n ow teaching domestic scien ce a t th e University o( min ois.

Mr. and Mrs . W'. H . Peterson ( May White, ex-'n) have returned from their trip abroad and are l iving at 1726 Van Hise Ave .• Madison, Wis. Mr. Peterson has been made assistant professor o( soils at the university.

Mrs. Roger Angstm a n (Ge nevieve Clarke, '10) has at last been located at 536 W II3th St., New York City

Mr s Geo. H Young (Bernice Baker, ex-' 12) o( Portland, Ore., has a cha rming young da u ghter a year and a half old who has not yet been reported in THE ARROW. Mrs Young lives at 632 Tillamook St.

Mr and Mrs J Clifford Lewi s (Eliubeth Grant, ex-'I3) are in their new home at 4031 N GaiI(ord St.• Indian apolis. Ind

Mr. and 1I-frs. W. 'V Witmer ( Mary Louise Wright. '10) are living i!t. Wuhburn, W is.

Alice Rud olph, '13, is teaching in the high sch ool at Faulkton . S. Dak.

WYOMING ALPHA-UNIVERSITY O F WYOMING Il.uIlAGU

Agnes Anderson , U-'It. and Robert GotJchalk, at R ock Sprinp, Wyo.. JUDe 24- Mr. GolKha1k i. connected with the Laramie RepMblktUf and. they will make their home at 160 N 9th 51.

Gladys ' 14. find W ilbur lI itl:hcock, lI'y o mltl g '12, \ Tn, on the evening of June 30, at Laramie. Mr. Hitchc ock is an instructor in the engineering department of the University of \Vyoming Ruth Greenb aum. ' 13. And Clifford Oi ck in so n. tl'y o "lIu g. ' 13. A T fl, October IS at Laramie. Mr. Di ckinson is enga&ed as mining engineer at Rock Springs, Wyo., where he and his bride will make their home.

Wilburta Knight, 'It, and Earle Cady, July 8, at Laramie. Mr. Cad,. i. a business man of Laramie where they are at home at 160 N. 7th St.

Theresa Langheldt, '1 t, and Fred Newman, on June 24. at Laramie. Mr. Newman is a business man of Casper, \Vyo " and they will make their home there.

BIR.THS

Mr. and Mrs. R. lIoward Embree ( Mary Scott, u-'n) of Kemmerer, w.yo., September 25. a son, Ralph Arnold.

Mary Ben Wilson-Fuller, ' n, will be in Laramie this winter, as her husband is to teach in the university.

Merle Kissick, 'II, is teaching home economics at Greeley, Colo, and Harriet Abbot, '11, in the public schools of Laramie.

Mrs. A. D. Faville (Jean Douglas, 'II) i. spendng the year at Madison, Wis ., where Mr. Faville is doing graduate work. Their address is Lake Mill., Wi •.

Marion Roberts, ' 14 , is teaching at Lander; Margaret Arnold, '14, Latin and English in the high school of Green River, Wyo.; Lucile \Vright, '14, at Rock Springs. Wyo.; and Lena Brooks, ex·ltS. at Casper, Wy o.

Trace Foster, 't4, is pursuing advanced studies at Northwestern University. She lives at 834 Wilson Ave., Chicago, Ttl.

Mrs. Ben Bellamy (Beth Cary, '12) is living in Cheyenne, Apartment IS, Times Bldg.

Note:- *The Personals never ca me in in such good shape nor so promptly. Many thanks are due several club secretaries and several individuals, for their interest. In several cases the work of editing was difficult because two or three sets oC items, some the same, some conAicting and some not duplications came in from the same town. Added to the se were items referring to the c hapter fr om ha l f a dozen clubs. The latter is to be desired and expected but when the college is in the same town, is it not possible to have only one sd of item. concerning that chap ter? Can not the club and chapter confer together and lend in sheet? See page 391, April 1914, ARROW.

No items for this section received after N ovember 1 could be used.

We are some times comp liment ed for o ur 31umnre strength. The following from The Record of 1.: A E is interesting:

TilE ARROW of II B cJ! in its June 1914 issue had thirty pages of alumnae personals and Carty-five pages of reports of alumnae clubs.

CHAPTER LETTERS

ALPHA PROVINCE

ONTARIO ALPHA-UNIVERSlTY OF TORONTO (Chartered IC)o8)

TNITIATES

(Initiated May 23) Muriel Stuart, ' I S. Mitchell, Ontario.

Do you mind if our chapter letter- is very martial in spirit this time? You know Canada is deeply affected by the Wilt and it is almost impossib le for us to turn our thoughts from that all -absorbing topic. "Lest you (orget ll , Canada has already sent one contingent to the front among whom were many univusity men including a brother of Edith Gbrdon, '0<). Edith also has a Canadian cousin married in Germany and another in Holland so one may well ask,uwbere are her sympathies"]

-A university regiment is being drilled f or th e second contingent and one can scar cel y recognile the erstwhile gentle voices of professors calling commands to the squads o f men on the campus.

Did yoa ever find yoar lectures so interesting beCo re? Even those gloomy old dark ages brighten up when referred to in the light of presen t day events. A series of war lectures is to be given at college this winter by various professors, the first one this week on "The Germany of Bismarck." Several years ago discussion clubs were formed among the students b ut were found to be an additional burden in a system which already offers too many distractions. This year they will either be entirely abandoned or will work in unity, making a concentrated effort to have the members intelligently informed about the war. The lnternational Polity Club, which was organized last year, is stepping into an important among college institutions. A banquet is h eld on ce a month at which prominent men speak, and the club has acquired a splendid library. The members are divided into discussion groups whose particular interest is the war A new social service course hu been

CHAPTER LETTERS

eSI:lhlished at Toronto Ihis year, and while qill in the embryo stnge. it promises soon to justify its c:xi!oolence. In connection with this cou rse there is the finest library to be found on that subject in Canada.

\Vork has been stopped on our beautiful new Hart gymnasium because of lack of funds and we must gh'l! u p the fond hope of occ upying it next year.

There is a new dean, Miss Parkin, at Queen's Hall, who has completely won the hearts of everyone. Student government has been fe-established in the residence and we dare to hope for happier conditions the r e. You kno w sophomore pledging was declared in the Hall last year and we are ob li g1!d 10 rush those sophomores and the city uCreshies" at the same time, whic h is. some what difficult. Also our chapter is greatly depleted with only eleven acti"e membe rs; f or in addition t o the IIcven a<:niurll, four of our girls, :'.hrgaret Kilbourne. ,,6, Eardley Greene, '17. Marj o rie Campbell, '17, and Mary Barclay, '17, were unabl e to return to college. This has meant a grea t deal of work for everyone but our have been most generous with thei r assistance. It was with much regret that we were obliged to give up ou r treasured chapter house, on acco unt of Hhard times", and return to a roo m. It is quite the most attrac tive room we have ever had, however, and we hope to be very happy in it.

The Pan Hellenic rules are practically th e Sflme as las 1 year, allowing us five week ·ends of rushing Three o f the se are already past and we have given many delightfully info rmal parties. Our one large affair is a dance at the home of Eardley Green e, " 7. ne)"t Friday and we must try to dance enough that night to last us all year; as it is whispered that there are to be no co ll ege dances this winter. Both the soph o more and frel>hmen classes hav e splendid fraternity materia l nnd we are doing our best to make " loyal Pi Phis" out o f some of it.

Our vuy best wishes to everyone of o ur sisler chapters for a successful and happy co llege year and may we all meet in Caij!oriP,a next summer.

REBA MCCREDIE.

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VERMONT ALPHA-MIDDI.EDlJRY COLLEGE

(Cha rtered 18<)3)

We are al1 back, and though we miss ou r sisters who left us last Jun e. we !lfe having a good time and work ing har d.

Ru t h Kendall, "5, is President of the Student Government As soc iati o n, and s he nnd Anna Fisher, '16, r-re the delegates t o th e Student (; ove rnment N.adcliffe. Convention nt

The name of the Dramatic Club has been cha nged to the Tu esday Evening Club. as we meet on that eve ning; dramali es aitemating with c urrent events as the s ubj ect of the c\'ening. Ginevra lIarlow, 'IS. is president, and Marjory Leach, '17. secretary. Under the auspices of thi s society we are sewing for the Hed Cross soc iety, anrl we have also purchased a victro la and many p l easing entertainments have been given.

The freshmen are splendid, 3.nd were heartily welcomed by an informal recep tion in the soc ial hall when we cheered them and S3.ng co ll ege songs Later, there was th e re cep tion given by the Y. W. C A. and the Middlebury Union at McCull ogh Gymnasium when a de lightful musical program was enjoyed.

Vesper services are held every Sunday evening in the socia l hall: they are well attended and much enjoyed by the girls

Dean Wright who occupies the c hair of English and Professor Byrant of the physics department hav e returned fr om aboard. Professor Skillings, who was prevented fr om going to Germany by the \Var, is with us again mu ch to the delight of the students ho take his Mr. P e rkins of the mathematics department is taking the place o f Mr. Paine who retired to do research work. uPick" Fisher, the phys.ical director, is back again and II 4> i s g l ad because we have Mrs. Fisher, ex-' t2 , with u s again at fraternity meetings. The new Home Economics teacher is Mi ss Spaulding. There is another addition to the t eaching stafT of the chemistry department; Miss Easton, who graduated here last June, is la boratory assistant.

Athleti cs have started well. Several games of basket ball have been arranged to be played before Christmas, and a tennis tournament has been formed and a start made at playing off the sets. A new feature has been introduced"archery."

One beautiful day just before sunset the junio rs entertained the fre s hmen with a 'fbacon-bat" cn Otter Creek. We had a great time !inging class and college songs, and serenading different members of the faculty.

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On May 21, P chapter of ¢> r was established here. On )Iay 15. Ex-Go\'crnor announced his intention of celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of his graduation by erecting a c hapel (or Middlebury. \V e arc all so happy for DOW we ca n all meet t ogether for the chape l services The corne r -s tone was laid Alumni Day, June 23.

W e are having delightf ul times at the frate rnity rooms. One Monday evening, the seniors ente rt a in ed with a most o riginal and charming play. Then the ju niors gave a minstrel show which was heaps of fun. Especially did we enjoy tbe night when Ginevra H arlow told U I about the wonderful time she had at Mr s Ni ckerson 's house-party. O ur refreshments have been oC a ll kind., varying (rom s w eet cider and "r ub ber doughn ut s" to ice c r e am &nd ca ke. We a r e looking forward to a wonderfu l "cooky-shine" November I LoiS BILL WitICHT.

BEfA-USI\' ERStTY OF VER M ONT

(Char tered 1898)

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( I nitiated June 20, 1914)

Laura Jackson Parker, ' 17, R . F. D. N o. 2, Burlington, Vermont

Th e opening of college found us fifteen st r ong, and oh, so glad to see each o ther again! Although during the summe r the Pi Phi s who were in town had enjoyed littl e picnics still we came together at our first meeting, which by th e way was a coo kyshin e, with gladsome hearts W e were especially glad to we lcome our new members, L aura P ar k e r, '1 7, who began her nctive n eI' life with us th is fall, W e miss our four new al umn re dreadfu lly, but we o ught n ot to co mplain too much. for we have Ruth Durfee. '14. and J ane Mc Laughlin, '14, with us nearly every Satu rday night, as they are teaching n ea r. We were surprised by a visit from o ur new IT .., bride, Mabe l Gillis M o rse, just three days after, Edith Gates, ' 15, M abe l Bal c h, 'og, and Ruth G r egory, '10, had attended hH wedding a t Greensboro. Amy 'V heeler. eX.'15, and Bernice P ar k er, ex-' I S, of V e rm ont visited f rat e rnity 3 sh o rt time ago.

The Universi ty o f Vermont has a sp lendid freshman class this year. The V W. C. A. r ecep ti on to th e new girls the first night of co ll ege a nd the V. W. C. A. and Y . M. C. A . joi nt recep tion to the new s iud en ts a few weeks later were bo th t\ grand s u ccess, and helped u s a ll, both o ld a nd new, to become beller acq u ai nt ed with each other . V . 'V . C. A . e nt e r tained th e faculty ladies at R tea in h on or of th e new girls.

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• There are several changes in faculty thi s year. Professor Burrough, the new head of the c hemistry department , and Professor Swift, the new head of the mathematics d epa rtment, take the places of Professors Merrill and Daniels. We have a new Dean of Women, Mrs. Stetson, who already is loved by all the girls.

Colchester Cottage has been given up for The Annex , this new dormitory being pust across the road (rom Grassmount. and next door to Howard Hall, so that the girls are near neighbor s to each other .6. .t\ .0. entertained II B tJlo and K A e at a hu sking-bee last week. We all very grateful to the TTi Delta girls for giving us such a jolly good time. Verm o nt B is quite act ive i n co ll ege atTairs this year. Edith Gates, 'IS. is our V. W. C. A. president; L essie Cobb, ' 17, its treasurer, and Clara Gardner, ' 16, a member of the Cabinet. Just before Commencement Edith Gates, 'IS. and Marie McMahon, '15, were elected to Akraia, the senior honorary society for women. As for class officers, Marie is vice-president, Almira Watts, ' 15, sec retary, and Gladys Lawrence, ' 15, a member of the senior exeeutive board. Agnes Miller, '16 is vice -president, Merle Byington, '[6, junior secretary, and Clara Gardner, '16. a member of the junior executive committee. Laura Parker, '17. is sophomore secre tary, and !.essie and Agnes class managers of tenni s.

LoRETTA EllORY DYKE.

MAS SACHUSETTS ALPHA-BOSTON UNIVERSITY

(Cha rter ed 1896)

Fourteen eager and e nthu siastic Pi Phis returned from a house-party at Marblehead, to plunge into college life once more. Mildred Scott, '15. left us to join the Pi Phis of Mi chigan B, Hazel Philbrook, '17, entered Mount

Holyoke College. and Louise Parsons, '17, did not come back to college, although we are glad to say that she still remains active. The large entering class at college this ye&.r shows some excellent material for future Pi Phi s, so our ranks will soon be filled.

Th e Pan-Hellenic rules are practically the same as laft year. Each fraternity is allowed two rushing parties , and in the meantime we can talk fraternity to o ur hearts' content. Pledge Day thi s year comes November 16. with & second semester initiation. The la st is a new rule, and we a.1I think that it will prove to be a good one. Not long ago 11 .t1 11 gave a Pan-Hellenic tea, b ut some of us co uld not attend, because of a tea given the same afternoon by the wives of the faculty, who in this w ay try to meet and know each and everyone of us.

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October 12, (ound tVHY active girl accompanied by • fruhman on her way to Houghs' Neck, Quincy, to the summer home of oar province president, Mrs. Nickerson, for OUf first rushing party. This was the first all day party that A had held for some lime. After a dandy lunch, we spent a bUI, afternoon in sailing. and enjoyed a general good time, includi ng a clever sketch •...., 8 K Made Public. " Two auto trucks took tiS 10 the home of Laura. Palmer, '14. in Dorchester ,where we had supper, and then spen t a rather quiet evening, just to show the freshman how well we knew our songl! Not a single song was slighted! Our first party was certainly a great SUteell, and our hopes (or pledge day 8rc high.

Massachusetts A has a fine new suite of rooms in the same apartment house as last year. Tllrl:e of the girls, Gertrude Copeland, 'IS , Eunice R owell, ',6. Marie Covell, ' 17, and our chaperon, Bertha. Goldthwaite, who is student secretary at Trinity Church, a.re living there.

The first social event of the year was the Y. W. C. A. and V. M. C. A. reception to the entering class. Dorothea Shute, ' 15, had charge. Gertrude Haslam, ' IS, is chairman of the committee for the Y. \V . C. A. Harvest Party.

On Hallow een , II is giving an informal bungalow party, and we hope it will be only the first of many. Since so many of us Ihe at home, and go back and forth to co ll ege every day, we do need as many chances to get together as possible. -

HELEN C. RI C H ARDSON.

NEW YORK ALPHA·-SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY INITIATES

(Initiated, October 19, 19(4)

Marion Boyce, '17

I'm just a little, old, worn notebook that', been left alone aU summer, cIosl up tight and covered with dust, on a table in the n B 41 chapter hou se. Last Jun e du ring examinations the girls thought I was their very best friend but 1i"

now, when my usefulness. is over. I am flunK" lightly aside. • Someone just knocked me from the shelf of the book-case. where I have reposed since that most strenuous time of hoast·deaning which always preceeds rushing. and now I lie open, Caceup on the Roo r. What is that the girls are saying? They seem over-enthusiastic to me and through 1 may be telling chapter

secrets, I'll trust tb'e ARROW with what I hear.

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" \Vell. w e have had a glorious summer from a ll accounts, especia lly Margaret Collyer. ' 15. wh o attended Mr.s. Nickerson's house -party f o r Alpha f'r ovin ce W asn ' t it great th at Lu ci ll e Scu ll , ex-' IS. and M abe ll e R o berts, ex-'iS. came back again this yea r as j un iors, and is n 't Bessie Towne, ' 17. from N e w York r a dear? What i£ w e a r e all tired o ut from ru shing-D on' t you all fe e l amply r epaid for th e stra in of p lanning th ose cabare t and vaudeville s tunt s; and for the lun che ons, t e a s, a nd theatre parties, to say nothing o f th e glorious o uting at the Country C lub the day after pledging?"

Did you ever hear such excited Tavings before?

"Speaking o f pledging," said a noth e r , " D o you realize that in our e leven ne w pl edges we have the pick of the freshman rla ss? O ur ar rows oe rtainly hi t the mark thi s year. Co uld anyo n e ask (or girls with mo re spirit and enthu sias m ? They ce rt ainly made 3. spl endid showing at th e Y. M C A and Y. W. C. A. recepti on."

" An d a t the freshman-sophomore r eception too," added ano the r u ' )" Dorothy Doran mak e a c lev er speec h th e re o n behalf o( the ' 17 women? "

"Yes, and did you hear that Louise Case. ' 18, is on the freshman exec utive committee and Abbie Sa lt sman. ' t 7. Kare ta Briggs, ' 17, and Ge rtru de Sheldo n , 'IS, hav e been elected to the Glee Club?"

There was a m ome ntary lull when the teleph one rang as each waited expectantly for a ca ll.

li lt was Jess C ran e, 'IS. Is n ' t she too clever f o r words? First she practi ca lly wrote our vau devill e and now she is d r illing a 'Gra nd Opera' for th e IT B stunt at th e H allowe'en P a r ty ove r in the \V oman's Gym, October 2S. "

U\Vbat is yo u opinion of seco n d seme s ter init iatio n? Th ey are discussing it at the Pan -Hell e ni c meeting t o nigh t."

II I don't think that i t will go into effec t this yea r W e all hope n ot, now that we have decided on N ovember 6 (or the initiation a n d the following night for the banquet. It may be se lfi s h but it wo ul d be a sham e to spoil ou r plans now. H oweve r , n B 4t is in fav o r o f i t (or next yea r , yo u kn ow."

Just th e n the re was a stir in the room and a little han d closed me up and put m e o n the shel f; but next time I fan open, 1'II tell you what I h ear then.

EDNA FRANCE.

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NEW YORK BETA-BARNARD COLLEGE (Chartered 1904)

The five remaining active membus of New York B returned to college, September 23. How we missed the rest of us! The five Pi Pbis are being "ac tive" in morc respects than Isabel Totten, ' IS. is vice·prcsident of the athletic IlUOCiatioD and secretary of her class. The senior class is planning a series of teas to the other classes anci "our" Hel en MacDonald. "5. hils been made chairman. Regina Mur-nane, t. S. is on the committee Glee Club rehearsals have begun. Lillian Jackson, 'IS. is leader this year, and Dorothy Krier, 'IS. as manager, is already very busy making ar· rangements for the an· nual concert in March.

We were delighted 10 find when college opened that Eileen Fral!.ier, n 4>, had joined the sophomore class. We are very proud of our sixth siste r .

The most exciting event of the year was the wedding of the j unior class, J916, to the fruhman class, 1918. All college was invited. The presidents of the junior and freshman classes were groom and bride respectively. The bride was charming in an elaborate gown of white cheese·c1oth, and the groom very manly in her brother's dress-suit. The bride was attended by six bridesmaids in yellow cos tumes and by a matron of honor who ca rried a magnificient bouquet of crepe-pa.per ro ses. There were six handsome ushers, two Hower girls, a page, and last but alJ-important-1l minister The couple were married under a bower of yellow chrysanthemums, 1918'S class Hower. After the ceremony the two classes gathered in the lunch room for a wedding breakfast of ice cream and cookies.

The Pan-Hellenic Congress was held in New York, New York B 's own territory, in October. Friday evening the alumn3: gave us an opportuni ty to meet the delegates at a rece ption. We enjoyed Mrs. Lardner's talk. On Saturday we attended the very inspiring lun cheon. Eighteen fraternities were represented but Pi Phis predominated You will probably have read about what happened at that meeting before you come to this letter.

LII.LI N M. JAC KSON.

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NEW YORK GAMMA-ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY

(Chartered 1914)

New York r begins to feel quite grown up although she is the baby chapter. 1t seems as though she has nev e r been working (or nnything but the "wine and silver blue". I do not think that in all the long years of struggle we

aU girls of genuine worth and ability. recognized the value of a national fraternity as we have in this rushing season.

In spite of the con· fusion which our new PanHellenic rules naturally caused we are glad to say we have ten new pledges, all of our invitations be· ing accepted. Helen Hazen, t l 8, is vice-president of the freshmen class and both she and Verah Foster, J 18, gave toasts at the class banquet. They are

n B '" has won its usual n umber of co llege honor s in all of the various organizations. Mary Dana, is vice-president of the junior class; Bessie Blanchard, '16, vice·president of the and Muriel '16. vicepresident of the Thelomathe sian Society, an o rganization of the whole student body. The junior class of the college are getting out The Ciridiroll-:l. book whi ch is published every four y ea rs by that class; Angela Cortright, '16, is an associate editor.

The latest underclassmen stunt was the "Rope Pull" across Little River in which the freshmen succeeded in pulling twenty sophomores through the good cold wat e r of the little stream.

AN CELA W. CORTWRICHT.

MARYLAND ALPHA-GOUCHER COLLEGE

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([nitiated October 2)

Mary Edna Palm er, '17. 'Vest Chester, Pa.

Carolyn Enos Potts, ' 17. Baltimore, Md

Aurilla Lucretta Smith, ' 17, Spring Valley, Minn

October finds the girls of Maryland .A reinforced by three splendid new initiates-girls who are filled to overflowing with e nthusiasm. and are already working hard for the success of the chapter-and a new transfer from Colorado B, whose charming manner and sweet personality have won o ur hearts com· pletely.

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\V'ith one pledge day safely past-a day in which. as in all pledge days, o ur and emotions were strained to the utmost while hope and doubt alternately took possession of us until !tuccess in the form of our three fine sophomores was assured-we are bending all QUI' energies to preparation for the three weeks hard "rush" ahead of us before freshman pledge day. With the help of our new girls and with the fresh co urage and enthusiasm gained during the summer, we feel confident that when November 21 comes we sholl uwin o ut" gloriously. The rushing this as last, is to be limited both as to money and the number of entertainments, and again our ingenuity and business ability are to be tested by the skill wilh which we make (orty dollars cover the expenses of one tea. and two formal "stunts".

We expect to have a new home to which to take our incoming freshmen for through the kindness of Dr. Guth nnd the trustees of the college, there has been alloted to the fraternities a pnrt of Alfheim I--Inll-a building formerly used by the college but for a number of years past occupied by the Latin School. As is to be expecled, Ihe meetings of Pan-Hellenic, since the offer of Alfheim was made, have been largely taken up with the selecting of rooms and the transacting of business connected with the removal to the hall. n.p is to occupy what is known as the "a lcove" on the second Roar, three large double rooms sepa rated from the rest of the rooms on the floor by a small hallway. Our moving committee has been chosen and we are impatiently waiting for the college authorities to put the rooms in good condition, 50 that we can buy what new furnishings we need. In these fraternity rooms, the chapte r may hold their meetings and have entertainmen ts for themselves and other fraternity friends. Arrangements have been made to allow the fraternities the use of the kitchen and the dining-room in the h311 as well as the use on each fl oor of any electric 3ppliances the girls may have. All this is an op' portunity for which we have long been hoping, and is, we feel. very signifi· cant, coming as it does, at a time when college recognition of fraternities means their ultimate success or failure at Goucher.

The first floor of Alfheim UalI is to contain th e Goucher College library which heretofore has occupied very inadequ3te fJuarters in Goucher Hall. The new building with its greater facilities for study will be a big factor in Increasing th e pleasure derived from ncademic work, and we are most grateful for it.

This is the season at Goucher when the greatest excitement reigns. Y ou may at any moment come unexpectedly upon a group of seniors, talking earnestly but .quietly in some obscure corner of Goucher 1Ia.11. If you are wise yo u will not approach too n enr, for they will probably be discussing some phase of that all-absorbing topic, senior dramati cs, and con\'enntion will cease abruptly at your intrusion; no inquiry of yours will be rewarded with anything save a haughty look and a smile with a "don't you wish you knew" pucker about it. On the junior bulletin board, too, there appears at least twice a week, signs to the HDonneybrook R03rd", tantalizing indeed to those who 3re uninitiated into the S{'crets of the publication of the year book.

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0, there are l ots of good times and lots of work in store for us .11 the faU and winter, and we are determined to get out of both work and play all we can for good for ourselves individ ually, our college, and aUf fraternity. FRANCU D. BaYANT.

COLUMBIA ALPHA-GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERFITY (Chartered 188<)

Sixteen of us arc hack in Columbia A this year, ready to take up our work again both in the university and in the fraternity. Our ranks were depleted last June by the graduation of six strong seniors and we shall miss them sorely, though it i• • comfor t to think they are still in the city. We have onc new transfer this fall. Ruth Peairs, Kansas A, '16. whom we are more than glad to have with us.

Conditions in the uni· versity this fall show llomistakable sign. of increased prosperity, &s there are already one hundred more r egis tra· tions in the Department of Arts and Sciences than there were it this time last year. It is also encouraging that the number of st udents from other parts of the country is increasing. Heretofore, there has been a large majority of students from \Vashington and the District. So far there has been only one change among the faculty. Dr. Rutter, profelJor of commercial geography and business organization, is taking the place of Mr. Austin, who is to be in New York this winter. Another member of our faculty, the head of the history department. who has been in Europe this summer, has just succeeded in getting back to us, after a number of deJays and exciting experiences.

One other change. which has greatly delighted the girls of the university, is the remodelling of the girls' lounging room. The energy and enthusiasm of several of the girls are responsible for this improvement and to them credit is due for tbe selection of the tastdul chairs, tables and lounges, in mission, with attractive covers and pillows, as well as for the additional copies of well -known masterpieces, which greatly enrich the room.

The Alpha Province house party given by Mrs. Nickerson this summer must indeed have been a great success and pleasure, judging from the enthusiastic report of our delegate, Eliz.abeth Wilbur.

The topic of most vital interest to us just no" is, of course, rushini'. The local Pan-Hellenic conditions lbil year are very good. and by the cooperation of the girls last spring uniform rushing was secured, with a fixed sum of fifty dollars (or each fraternity to cover all expenses. We had hoped to hue

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rushing during the Christmas vacation again, but as the other two fraternitiu were very anxious to have it ea rlier this year, we comp romi sed on the Thank.· giving holidays, when we will each ha\' 1! an informal evening party and probably a tea dance. It was al10 agreed that the fraternities should take turns during October and November in giving week-end luncheons . The limitation in price mentioned is, we think. a very sensible improvement, and it should develop our ingenuity in gelling up attractive functions.

MARI ON TRUE,

VIRGINIA ALPHA-RANDOLPH·MACON COLLEGE

I NIT IATE S

(Initiated, Octnllf'r 17. 1914 )

Laura Wood, '17. Charlottesville, Va. Kath erine Dudley, '17. Gallatin, Mo. Dorothy Woodward, '17. Clearfield, I eie Macy, ,,6, Gallatin, Mo. Penn. Ruth Barrow, '17, Blackstone, Va. Emily Robertson, '17, Montclair, N. J. lI alli e Maso n, ' Ii, Lyn c hburg, Va. N. J.

\Vednesday afternoon, September 16, saw our nine active members back in college, full of enthusiasm and interest for pledging whi c h was to take place tht following Saturday night. Enid Alexander, e:l-'14, came down from New York to be with us. We were allowed only one party and so on Saturday we had a lun c heon, rather informal but thoroughly enjoyahle. Five new pledges made us very happy but not happy enough to r.ut, for we already had our eyes on two advanced standing girls and as pledge night for them was to be exactly one week 12ter we had lots of work to do. With these seven new girls we have now sixteen in the active chapter. We were very mu ch elated as well as surprised by a wonderful n ew piano given us hy Mrs. R o thert, the mother of one of oar girls. \Ve are very proud this year to hue three of our girls OD the Student Committee, one the president of the sophomore class, one the president of Pan-Hellenic, two on the lIeliantJuu Staff (our annual publicatioD), one OD the Tottle,. Staff (our monthly magazine), and another treasurer of the student committee, still another president of the dramatic association as well as a member of the Y W. C. A. Cabinet.

As usual, the y_ W. C. A. had their reception to the new girls the first Friday night of college and by the aid of visiting cards that lerved as labell everybody soon began to get acquainted w i th everybody ehe. Frelhman c1ubl of twelve each have been organized with two old girls at the head and we

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mcet once & week. two girls entertaining each week. Often we take long tramps and either cook supper or eat picnic lunch when we get " tired of walJcing. The freshman names were put down at random and marked off in twelves 10 there was DO discrimination whatever. By this meaus we meet girls that probably we would never know otherwise .

We are now preparing for a Hallowe'en cali thump which is this year to be a serenade to a mock faculty rather than to the real members, (or so many of the professors have moved off the ca mpus that it is rather hard to get to some of them. The usual chestnut roasts, apple bobbings, and COfn poppings will be on hand. so we expect to have a delightful time on this mysterious and fascinating night.

We have been so much interested in hearing all about the province house party and each and everyone has wished many times that she too could have been the fortunate junior. If possible we are more enthusiastic Pi Phis than ever.

There is much discussion here with regard to mid -yea r pledging and most people are decidedly in favor of it but there must be a unanimous vote for it in Pan -Hellenic. On the whole, we find sophomore pledging very oDsatisf:lctory. It redu ces the number of active members, for often many of the best girls come only one year, owing to various circumstances. \Ve are doing all in our power, and hope by the time of our next letter to give you favorable news. Pan-Helleni c again made rules that we are not to have freshmen at the fraternity houses during the year, are to have no parties, no financial rushing whatsoever, and are allowed to make dates only one week ahead. One of these most delightful UDutch" treats is cooking breakfast or sopper on the bluffs overhanging the river.

Miss Keller is so near us now that we are hoping for at least one visit during the year. We enjoyed so much having Alice Vairin and Mildred Po.st from Louisiana A with us for a few days during the rushing season. It was with many regrets that we saw them leave.

The jnnior party to the freshmen last Saturday night was a big success. The gymnasium was all fixed up like a hugh barnyard with hay stacks to slide down. A dog kennel, a horse trough to hold apples, bales of hay, swings, see-saws, corD shocks with lighted pumpkins in the middle. and last but not least, a life-sized wooden horse to ride while it was pulled about by willing h:mds

May my final thought remained in your heart s even if all the others pass quickly away Virginia A exte nds to each and every active and inactive n 4> a cordial invitation to visit us sometime during the year.

MARY

V. WILLIAMS.

FLORIDA ALPHA-JOHN B. STETSON UNIVERSITY (Chartered 1913)

00 September 25. eleven active Pi Phis returned to Stetson, full of enthusiasm and D 4» spirit. Many of us have visited other Florida A Pi Phis and six of our girls lipent their summer abroad. They were there at the time when

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the European war broke out, and it is most interesting to listen to tbe accoants of their war experience• .

According to the rulc. of tbe university, the young women are Dot permitted to have fraternity houses but we have a club room in the library. We are delighted with the impr9vements in oor room this year, (or during the summer .ome of the girls busied themselves by having the room redecorated. The wood work is stained dark brown 10 mat c h o ur mission furniture and the walls are light browD. All of these improvements make us feel still more proud of our large and comfo rtabl e room.

We arc all greatly interested in the large class of freshmen this year, which certainly is mort promising than usual in all ways. The local PanHellenic has enti r ely changed the rules for rushing and these rule:; prohibit strenuous rushing, to some extent. We have six weeks pledge day, which comes November 6. During the first four weeks, there is to be absolutely DO rushing, but during the last tw o we will have open rushing. On Octobe r 3, both fraternities entertained together, at a Pan-Hellenic tea, for all college women.

There have been quite 3 fe w changes in the fa c ulty this year, and while we miss the ones who are gone, we 3re certain that their successors will be fine. The establishment of the domestic science course has been very much appreciated and has brought many more new students to Stetson.

Our literary societies are very well organized this year. Mabel Eldridge, '16, is vice-president of Eusophian literary society, and also Bible study co mmittee chairman in Y. W. C. A Catherine Haynes, "7. is secretary of the sophomore class, Marguerite Blocker, ' 16, Louise Hull ey, '16, and Mabe l Eldridge, '16, 3re on the Annual board, and Marguerite Blocker, '16, is secretary of the Green Room Club.

Dramatics at Stetson are very well organized. Last year we Pi Phis gave a play, "The Virginia H eroine". and turned over the proceeds for the co llege chimes. It aroused such favorable comments from outs iders and so much unsuspected ability was brought to light, that we intend to make it an annual affair.

Florida.A sympathizes with Wilma Smith, ex-'1 4, whose sister died at Madison, Florida, this summe r .

We are looking forward to bright prospects for the com ing year and in our next letter we expect to announce our new pledges.

Yours in IT B BESSIE GUM)!.

BETA PROVINCE

PENNSYLVANIA ALPHA-5WARTMORE COLLEGE

(Chartered October 12, l89z)

Seventeen Pi Phis came back this year ready for a trial of the very short pledge day. We were fortonate in pledging six freshmen a.nd ODe junior Tw o of them are relatives, Elizabeth Strode, 11 6, is a cousin of Dorthy Strode, Pennsylvania A, '12. and Mary Turner a niece of Helen Carre Tomer,

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Pennsylvania A. '05. but we were sorry to say that M aTy has had to leave college on account of ill h ealth.

On the Saturday after matri culation the V. W. C. A. gave a reception to welcome the freshmen. The evening was devoted to dancing and two sketches were given. In one of these there were five Pi Phis and one non·fraternity girl. Now we are getting ready for Founders' Day play in which three of our girls will take part.

Mary Gawthrop. '17. was elected RC r etary of the woman's student government to take the place of Eleanor Corson, A r, who had to leave college.

There have been two professors given le ave of absence this year, Dr. Hull of the history department and Dr. Battin of the Gumsn. Both 8re intuested in the Peace question, Dr. Hull attending the conference at Constanz.

CHARITY BELL HAMPSON.

PENNSYLVANIA BETA-BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY

(Chartered 1 89s) INITIATES

(Initiated October 3) Ruth Ballentine, ' 17, Clarion. Helen Brown, '17, Morristown, N. J. Geraldine Hanson, ' 17. Flemington, N. J. Alice H aslam. '17, Philadelphia. Edith Horton, '17, Millvill e, N. J. Elizabeth Lehr, '17, H addonfield, N. J. Aileen Johnston, '17. Avonmore. Amanda Whitaker, ' 17. Millville, N J.

The walls of old Buc kn ell proved most -elastic thi s fall and wondrous were the nooks and corne rs into which some of the overflow members of the "largest ever" class had to be stowed. These se lf same walls were newly painted . too--I mean on the inside-and old and n ew were welcomed with a most spick and span appearance. We sca rcely recognized the old "Sem" it so radiated with new paint , paper and carpet and as we eagerly bounded to the n suite we found that it had been no exception to the general renovating process. During the summer ou r a lumn re had installed a big "comfy" davenport, of remarkably inviting appearance, and two new mission c h airs. In sho rt time new curtains were hung and bright colored sofa pillows made and thus, in accord with the entire college, we began the year with cheerful surronndings as well as eager and ambitious spirits.

There were nine of at the start--everyone returned except Sarah Haggerty. ' 16, and one of o ur pledges, Ruth Bachman, '17. A s soon as lime and., circumstances permitted, we took unto ourselves eight of onr pledges and have still three remaining who will be initiated in January. So now we ha.ve seventeen nets cast for the best girls of 1918, but as bid day does not come until spring we .hall have ample opportunity to exemplify rushing done in a safe and sane manner. Pan-Hellenic conditions are this yeu, as usual, very much to be app roved. In an open Pan-HeBenic meeting, or rather

reception, that we held with our combined alumnR last commencement, varioul meuures of reform were discussed, particularly in rupect to the amount of money spent in rushing. Beatrice R. Ri chards, '98. presided at this meeting.

Energetic brains att at work planning for a more vigorous V. \V. C. A. than heretofore. Some of the new features ate camp -fire girls, teacber training COUfses and a Dew phase of Bible study. A decided innovation has been brought about by effective cooperation with the Y. M. C. A through joint cabinet and religious meetings. We are antici pating good relults from the year'. work. Three of the cabinet memben ate Winifred Miller, 'IS. Helen Groff. '16. and Alice Haslam, '17. Helen and Alice were also two of the Y. W . C. A. delegates to Eagles Mere last June. I think a former letter told that Helen is the annual s tudent member from Buck nell who meets with representati ves from other colleges to study student problems.

Our domestic science department has been greatly enlarged and more fully equipped. Miss Rose Rainey is in c harge. This new course has occasio ned a good percentage of the increased enrollment this year. However, the entire policy of Bucknell has been to "move forward" and this spirit seems to be prevailing more now than ever before. Another change in the faculty is that of Prof. Baldwin, '12, in the German department in place of Prof. Rockwell who obtained a years leave of absence to study at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. I might add that the "various vicissitudes of fortune ' co mpelled Prof. Rockwell and his wife to leave Germany, and a few weeks previous we were most interestingly entertained in Bucknell Hall with a graphic account of their experiences and of present conditions in Germany. More "War News"-(lur honored president, Dr. Harris, was caught in the war zone this summer and he, too, has since told us of his many impressions of European conditions. particularly of the Slavonic peoples. Prof. Griffin of the Fren c h department was a similarly fated traveler on the continent.

M r •• Temple (Florence Clam, 'Il) recently filled us with glee over wha t we consider a wonderful idea-this is the import of it She and her husband have offered to give to the Settlement School, in the name of the chapter. twenty dollars or more, provided we girls will double the amount! No query is necessary to find out whether we have accepted the proposition or not. At present we are exercising o ur grey matter to provide means {or earning the money. W e expec t to hold a Settlement School tea in the near future which W(' will invite our a lumn ll: and patronesses to attend , provided they come with a s light remuneration.

Mrs. Droomell came on a long deferred and eagerly awaited visit October '4. \Ve are glad that we learned to know and love our Provin ce President and we are quite of the opinion of a siste r Greek who was heard whispering, "Isn't she nice?"' The messages of national significance and larger interests in chapte r activities drew us in closer relationship to all Pi Phidom. We held a cooky shine in the suite in her honor and also gave It reception inviting ou r alumnre, patronesses and 6 A. A..

Alumnre who have visited us this term are Mrs. Jo sep h Wood (Elin Bell, '94), of Pittsburgh, Mr s. Way (Sara Rae, '10), and Frances Mc Nall, '14.

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who was here for initiation The la s t mentioned event was B. mos t happy one and took place at the home of lithe Barbers".

Penn sy lvania B has more than a finger in the pie of co ll ege activities this year . That austere and all powerful body kn own as "Stud ent Exec" has as its president Ram o na Lennington, 'IS. "D'oll> Bunnell is the junior member and Edith Horton, ' 17. is the secretary.

]n the dramatic club, Frill and Frown, Winifred Mill e r, 'IS. is president, Ruth Williams, '16, Helen Brown. '17. are also members . Florence Barber, I I S, has been assigned a leadi ng role i n a play to be given soon in town Ruth Ballentine is president o f the sophomore girls and Ruth Williams is j nnior class secreta TY.

RUTH E. EMBREY

PENN SYLVAN IA GAMMA-DICKINSON COLL ECE

(Chartered 19(3)

Greetings from Penn sy lvania r! With one of the larges t classe s in h er history, Old Dickinson has started on a big year The re are several changes in the facuity, and D oc tor Morgan bas been elected president pro -te rn. In three short months he hds brought order out of chaos, and "everybody's feeling fin e.:' In spite of stiff classroom work, our spirit has overflowed in all di re cti")ns W e've backed up our team through thick and thin, and kept our honor clean. Fre shmen and sophomores h a v e fought spiritedly, and success fully pulled off their thrilling secret stunts. .

Many fr a ternity ride s and picnics have been held, at whi ch Pi Phi s w ere by no means lacking. Y. W C. A. and Harman Lit , earned on by the general tide o f prosperity, have h e ld jolly receptions and inter esti ng meetings

As we had no rushing rules, we can hardly say we were c arri ed to prosperity, but ( to cha nge the figur e) fought our way there through brambles and thornsbut that's all over now T o say that n stunts w ere successful is redundancy, but nevertheless we can' t help m ent ioning them, especially the chestnutting party at Mt. Holly Park. With les s than o ne week to get a cq uainted, rush and pledge, we appreciated more th an I can tell the h elp of you who r ecommended girls to us. By your help and our own unceasing e fforts we have come through right prosperously, having pledged f o ur new girls, the pick o f the flock. W e welcomed Mrs. Lardn er with ope n arms and wagging tongues, :111 going o n about Pan -Hellenic, or r athe r the l ac k of it. By h er advice we were greatly helped, and from ber received much h ope. If we don't havoe ru shi ng rutes next year it won't be our fault

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To be brief, though don't want to boast, proud of our pledges, our chapter, our college and our fraternity; and we ' re happy for more reasons than I have time to tell.

NORA MOHLER.

OHIO ALPHA--QHIQ UNIVERSITY (Chartered 1889)

INITIATES

(Initiated October 10)

Constance Leete, '17. Athens, Ohio

Teresa Caruthers, '17. Middleport, Ohio. Lorena Geib, '17. Middlebnn ch , Ohio.

Merle Danford, '17. Trimble, Ohio.

So many things have been happening this year that I hardly know where to begin. Did you know about second semester pledging? We are trying it at Ohio for the first lime this year. All of the fraternities 3re limited in

rushing, to one formal party. four informal parties, and onc informal dance. IT B <fJ has already given one party at the most beautiful bungalow out in the country_ We went out on hay wagons and just before we arrived the girls had lighted Japanese lantern s all around the lawn. When everybody had come we sat down on the floor and ate until there was nothing

left to eat, Then we danced and sang II 41 songs.

Just before we left for home, one of t be lanterns ca ught on fire and in an instant the flames had spread to the porch screen. My, but it was exciting! Everybody was running around for water and throwing cushions at the blnz:e but soon one of the men put it out and very little damage was done

Now we are planning a Christmas party for Dece mber 18, and expect to have a lovely time, We had one last year for just our own chapter and feel sure that this one will be just as pretty.

Last Friday two of our pat r onesses, Mrs. Henry Zenner and Mrs. T. 'V. Craig, entertained o ur active chapter and pledges at a dinner party The t9.bles were decorated with wine ca r nations and everything tasted so good to u dormitory girls

A.1 II has a new chapter at Ohio this year.

We are glad to have with us as an affiliate this year, Helen Brown, Florida A

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Ohio A begins the year with eighteen active girls and two pledges and we expect a prosperous rushing season.

MARIE O'ROURKE.

OHIO BETA-OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY (Chartered 1894) INITIATES

Ruth Sprankle, '17.

Our co llege year opened September 17 with a fine enrollment of both old and neW students. It was with mu ch pleasure that we found some of our graduates of last I une back in our r an ks this year comi ng to get their master's degree. We also have one of our Ohio .A sisters, Emma Rogers, '16. with us.

This year the freshman class is larger than usual and seems to h old more possible candidates for n 4' than ever before. The faculty and Pan-Hellenic have agreed upon sophomore initiati on with pledge day in May . The first tbree weeks of this semester we had "ca mpus rushing" whi ch consisted of dates for every hour in the day, lun cheon and in fact any other social activity which could be arranged for on th e ca mpus.

About a week after registration day the woman 's council held its annual reception for the new girls in the W oman 's Building. This be ing on the campus there was a mad rush to make dates with freshman. Mrs. William Oxley Thompso n, the president's wife, the president of the organiu tioD and Dean Caroline Breyfolgel gave th e girls a most cordial welcome to Ohio State University. Anothe r very enjoyable event was the annual co uncil supper, to this we were also allowed to take freshmen . After the supper, stunts were given by all the different organizations. This made the evening q uite enter· taining and gave us a good chance to become better acquainted with the girls.

Since the last chapter letter we have the pleasure of announcing Esthen Bigger, 'IS, a member of n B K and also a member of e 1: an honorary journalistic fr a ternity of which Verda Eylar, 'IS, is already a member Ruth Honocks, ' 16, wa s elec ted secretary of the junior class. \Ve have four membt.rs in glee club this yea r, Martha Mill s, ' tS, as president, and V erda Eylar, ' 15, Dorothy Simp son, ' 16, and Ruth Honock s, 't6.

O c tober 21, i s th e date set a side f or the Pan-Hellenic banquet to be given al Ohio Union. The city Pan-Hell eni c have offered a cup to the women's fraternity having the high est marks in scho larship. needl ess to sa y we are all hoping and I might say almost p r aying th at it might come to Ohio B. H ow· ever, if o ur dreams should not be realized I believe it will be a great stimulus for harder work this year in the hopes of being awarded the c up next time

'Ve have been looking forward with a great dea l of pleasure to the arrival of Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt. It will be with much pride that we don the wine and silver b lu e to sally forth to the big suffrage and temperance rally at M emo rial Hall, Saturday evening, October 24.

I have been confining myself to writing or telling yo u about the activities in school but now t wish to say a word about our improvements about school.

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During the summer session. diligent and rapid work has been going on putting in a Dew main eDtrance, new walks and a new English building. So now we feel that our college is in splendid conditio n, not only in appearance but also in the spirit and coope ration betwttn the student body as a whole and the (acuity.

ALMA WHITACR.E.

MICHIGAN ALPHA-HILLSDALE COLLEGE

(Chartered 1887)

(Initiated October 10 )

Elizabeth Smith, Huntington. Indiana

Michigan A bas begun the ytar with n comparatively small chapter, there being only eleven active Pi Phis when college opened September IS . But we feel that what we have lost in numbers has been made up in enthusiasm. Thi. year so far has betn most ideal; our second year in :l house i OUI" rushing of that quiet, get-acquainted sort without excitement or unpleasant rivalry; our prospects of the very best.

Hillsdale has felt keenly the loss of Miss Congdon, dean of women, anr! of Professor Mack of the English department. both of whom were universally beloved of the student body. Other faculty changes are: Franklin Ford, a former Hillsdale student, in charge of the business department, with Miss Sherewood, assistant; Miss Struble of Ann Arbor, violin instructor; )farjory Whitney, J 1 J. assistant in English; Elsi e Eggleston, ' 14, piano instructor; Miss Cora Pickett of Oberlin, who has already made many friends, dean of women; Coach Buchheit, in athletics.

Spuking of athletics-Hillsdale's prospects this year are unusually enco uraging; many old men are back and there is an unwonted number of strong new ones. We have already played 3. tie game with the University of Detroit, and the student body is looking forward with great enthusiasm and "Yea-teams" to the coming games

The plan of last year for student governmen t and the honor system has been adopted.

Professor Woodhams is doing wonderful things for Hillsdale in & musical way. The choral society this year will give Cavalli era Rusticana and Faust, besides the usual popular concerts. We feel that euough cannot be said in praise of his work in building up this department.

IT 4t has been well represented in outside activities: Flo Cosma, 'IS, is president of Y. W. C. A.; Elizabeth Smith, 'IS. is literary editor of the

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four Pi Phis are Camp-fire guardians j while our iirls hold numerous class and literary offices aDd are on the V. W. C. A. cabinet.

We tried a Dew method of rushing this year. Wishing to know each girl for her own true sclf, and feeling tbat a fraternity pin tends to give to the freshmen an opportunity to line up the Greeks and Independents, we decided not to wear our arrows {or the first few weeks of rushing. The results were satislactory, even beyond our expectations for we learned to know the girls when they were Dot yet aware that we were fraternity people . This method, too, we feel. did away with a degree of the secrct resentment of nonfraternity girls when, at the Y. W. C. A., watermelon feed, the literary societies and other student affairs, they found there was not the usual line of demarcation Everyone got acquainted on an equal basis, for the Kappas, too, went without their keys. Pi Phis in small colleges will appreciate this situation and understand wh3t our aim has been in this.

Our first real party was a basket-picnic at Stock's Park, when all the active girls, the alumnae, and several freshmen met in an informal way. Our second event was a supper and "roast'! on the beach of old Baw Bene, with men. Several informal suppers and small rushing parties have been given here at the honse. Heretofore, our formal has been a dinner-dance or something of that lort, but this year we are having a luncheon without men.

Recently three of our young alumn8l:, Mae Grandon, Myrta Kempf and Gladys Dibble gave a cha6ing-dish party which was the best ever. It was Hallowe'en in effect, and great fun. Mrs. Clifford Ranney (Bess Kempf, 'ro) is putting on a tea for our rushees and some of the active girls.

We wilh to say how much we ap preciate the wonderful support we are receiving from our alumnir. Leah Stock, '12, who was in Gatlinburg last year, has been present at some of our meetings and (is it necessary to say it) has filled us with new enthusiasm for our school down in the mountains. Having visited several chapters she has able to give us many helpful suggestions in our local chapter life. In fact, all our alumnlE have shown great interest in being present at our meetings and in entertaining in delightful way. for our freshmen girls.

We are so happy in having Elizabeth Smith really, truly one of us. She was pledged last year and initiated October 10.

We are hoping to have a splendid year, and extend our best wishes to all sister Pi Phis.

Ever been in Hillsdale?

D' ye say ye never bin?

Come, look up Michigan A And couldn't ye just step in?

JISSII

P. REltJof.

CHAPTER LETTERS )99

MICHIGAN BETA-UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Charlcred 1888)

I !oOITIATES

(Initiated I une '9)

MaTgarile Kervin, 'Ii. Marie Brooker, '17.

The evening of September 33 saw twenty-four Pi Phis gathered around our own fireside. brimful of enthusiasm and eager for the work the year was to bring. Tongues wagged fast and furio usly, and the Jiving-room Tang with laughter while Ihe eight of us who had been able 10 attend Zeta Tucker',; IT <I' house party at South Haven in August told of our jolly good times. The subject of rushing, too, came in for a lion's share of our talk, nod it was then that we planned our two weeks' "campaign" Under this year's PanIl ellenic rules, calling on new girls \Va! restricted to certain hours on three days a week, and only four engagements, not to exceed six hours each were permitted with nny girl.

Rushing was strenuous, but October II finished it all-our cooky-shine , card party, cabaret SUppel, vaudeville show, chafi ng-dish parties, and Country CI ub dinner-nnd we now have the seven finest pledges on the camp u s, so we think. Let me introduce them to you-Hazel Stevens, 't6, Freda Penoyer, '17, Frances Luke, 't8, Margaret Comyns, '18, Geneva H ayes, '18, Ethel Jocelyn, ' 18, nnd Freda McClellan, ' 18.

The scholarship chart is out, and our rank on it is third. This chart a graphic representation of the relative standings of all the fnternities at Michigan, :md the competition for the higher places is extremely keen. Last year we stood sixth, so we are very proud of our three strides in the right direction.

The whole campus is watching with interest the construction of our new buildings. The plans (or the science building have been pronounced per fect by the foremost architects of the count r y, and our new dormitory for girls, the gift of the New York alumni. is to be, without exception, the finest ever built, We have nlso another do rmitory which is rapidly nearing completion.

]n addition to having every member back this year we are glad to have with us Mildred Scott, '.S. Massac husetts .4, and Fl o rentin e Cook, '17, A. They bring our membership up to thirty, the largest chapter we have ever bad.

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To Michigan B fell a goodly share of the caml? us honors for this year. Alice Wiard. ' 15. is president of Mortarboard, the senior society; Martha Gray, '16, was elected to membership in Wrvern , j uni o r society; Mildred Ree s , ' tS. is vice president of Comedy C lub to which Elsa Apfel, ' 16, and Doris Starnal., ' 17. have also been elected; Marcia Munsell, ' IS. is treasurer of glee club; Martha Gray, ' 16. is a member of Stylus, an honorary rhetoric society, and Alice \Viard 'IS. is vice-president of W oman's League and chai rman of the Self Government Boa rd

We have been so glad to wel come back some o f our "old girls," but we wish that more would come. And you Pi Phis of other chapters co me and sec u s if you ' re ever near Ann Arbo r , won't you?

GRA Y.

GAMMA PROVINCE

MINNE SOTA ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF MIN NESOTA 18<)0 )

INITIATES

( Initi ated 24)

Barbara Green, B.A., ' 15, 2623 Grand Ave., Minne apolis. Marie Cooper, B.S., '17, 629 12th Ave ., S. E., Minneapoli s. H a rriet Berry, B.A., ' 17, 3845 Ave , Minn eapolis

Helene Mitc hell , B A • ' 17, Ortonville, Minn Dorothy Blakey, B.A., ' 17, Esterville, [owa.

Martha Kimball, B.S., ' 17, 1005 University Ave., S E., College opened September 12 and for se veral week s we have bee n hard at work . Our delightful "house mOlher," Mrs. H e nry Ely, is with us again. Twenty-six active girls have r e turned. five of whom live in the house. Several town girls liv e at the house the grealer part of each week so we manage to have 3 one is so ent husiastic and has so mllny plans for the coming year that though burdened with studies and rushing we are taking a great deal of pleas ur e in it.

\Ve are so proud to introduce to you six new Pi Phis, whom we p ledged last May They hc.ve aluady proved themselves loyal to n B..., Dorothy Blakey is to have her nam e engraved o n the silver loving-cup which the alumnae have the chapter. Each year the freshman winning the highest average in scholarship receive. this honor . Our campus is still growing have on ly to look towa r d Shevlin Hall and behold there, arising as if by magic, is the new 'Vomen's Gymnasi um!

MARTHA

CHA PTER LETTERS

Already the great iron girders a r e {'ree led and the bui l din g' w i ll be completed befo re the year is over . Quite the nicest featurt' abo u t th e b ui lding will be tbe underground passage .. ' ay from the Gymnasium to Shevlin Hall, the Women 's Duild i ng Th e plans also incl u de a nne s wimming poo l and, what has been much longed {OT. p r ivate offices (or th e women's athletic association.

The all un h"ersi ty counc il in cha rge of st uden t affai r s, is planning a home -c oming, "a-back -lo- the<ampus-day, U for all alumni of Minnesota, to be given the day of the W isco n si n-Minnesota football game, November 14. The ce lebration will rea lly begin the night befo r e with B great bonfire in front of the Armory. Saturday morning thHe will be a tou r o f the new camp u s , the cadets in uniform acting as guides, a mammoth mass meeting on the camp us kn o ll at II: at 2 :30 th game; dinne r for 800 at the new Building at 6:OOi and an all-university dance at the Armory in the evrning_ Not on ly a r e all Minnesota P i Phi s welco m e, but all Pi Phi s who c an be o ur guests that day. One of o ur seniors is a member of the coundl executive co mmittee in charge oj the home-coming

Several hon ors ha ve come to o ur gir ls since th e June le tter to THE ARR OW_ Linnie Mill er has been elected to A A A, an honorary lllnguage society. Dorothy Blakey and H e lene Mit c hell were invited to join Min erva Litera ry Soc iety of which four othe r Pi Phis are members. Martha Kimball h as become a member of th e Athenian Literary Society. M a rgu e rit e Grimm was elected c hairm an of A dviso rs of freshmen girls. Among these ad\'ise rs chosen fr o m the junio r class :are three Pi Phis: Lucy H ow, Isabel M c Laughlin and Ethel Harw ood. Thi s system of ha ving advisers for fr es hme n has brought a mu ch needed boo n to the girls new in co ll ege. Ea ch adviser wh o is in charge of eig ht o r ten fres hm en r eports week ly to the c hairman of advisers concerni ng the girl' s scho l arship, boarding house , fri ends, health, etc It is h oped that as a result, f ewe r girl s will be forced to leave college on acco unt o f nervous breakdowns. Barbara Green is preside nt of the ' Vomen 's Coundl for ' 14 -' 15. Three o f our seniors, Ma rgu eri te Grimm. Barbara Green and Florence Bernhar d t were e lected t o 1: T, the honor a ry senior gi r ls' socidy, and Fl o re n ce Bernhardt h as just been elected vicepresident oC the senior class.

O ur whole unive rsity is saddened because o f a terribl e accide nt which brought deat h to two of its pr o minent st u de nt s and se\'ere injuri es to two o ther s. Kath e ri ne Bright, president of Pan - H e ll eni c, was one of th e fatally injured. Out of respec t to K athe rin e, and her fratern it y ( K A 9) all first date ru shing parties hav e been cance ll ed. No pa rti es will be given until after November 10

Rushing rul es remain the same as last year, thoug h the penalties for th e breaking of the tules are more st r ingent tha n befo re At the la st rgular meeting a new plan was adopted which, it is believed. will p r omote friendly interfraternity r ela tio ns and ex tend Pan H ell enic interests Each chapter will entertain two gitls {rom another fraternity a t dinner e v e r y Thursday e ve n i ng, commencing th e fir st Thursday after p ledge day, D ecembe r 5

FLORENCE BERNHARDT

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WISCO:-.rSIN ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN

(Chartered 1894)

INITIATES

(Initiated October I, 1914.)

Christine Brown, '17.

H elen Eckert. "17.

Lilli an Freund. '17. Sara Kloss, '17.

Georgia Loy, '17.

Caroline Munro, '17.

Madeline Ramsey, '(7.

Florence Smyth, '17.

Carlene Tuller, '17.

Faith Wilcox, '17.

Regular registration in the university began Monday, Septe mber 21. With one or two exceptions the n were here the preceding Friday ar.d registered so we were able to devote all our time to rushing on Monday We had a new system this faU which has proved most successful. We have gone back to pledging at the beginning of the freshman year, though we still have sophomore initiation. Also we bid girls personally instead of having the bids go thro ugh th e hands of a third person. as has beeD done in freshman bidding for the last two years. The first three days we rushed girls who had ente r ed with advanced standing. The last three day s we rushed freshmen. We pledged twelve upperclass girls and ten freshmen. The list of initiates includes one of the girls who was pledged thi s fall and nine who were pledged last spring.

There are several IT 4>s from other chapter s in this winter. Elsa Schlicht, Ohio r; Marion Brown, Missouri B; Mary Martin, Indiana B; Mona Bates. Nell Keown, and Sallie J ones, Florida A

Genevieve Frizzel, Columbia A, and Elitabeth Eckel. Wisconsin A, were with us for rushing.

Wisconsin A is most fortunate this year in again having Florence Porter Robinson for chaperon. There is probably no one who knows this chapter any better than she does, :lnd her kindly And wise council hAS helped us many. many times.

Idah Barnett, Lucile Cazier, Ann Hutchinso n, Lanore Ward, and Mary Weber. all Wisconsin A IT 4>5, are teaching this winter in the schools which the Tennessee Iron and Coal Company co nduc ts for its employees.

Sarah Mitchell, Illinois E, and Clarice Whittaker a pledge from the same chapter. were in Madison for a short visit October 17 - 18. They were with a geology class from Northwestern.

Frances Sabin. Michigan B, is teaching in tbe demonstration high school of the University of \Visconsin.

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W e are quite proud o f the rad that Mona Rates and habelle Bodden have been elec ted to Red girls' d r amatic' society, and that Loy, M adeline Ramsey, and M a r jo r ie H endricks have been e lected to Mystic Ci r cle.

Wi sco n sin A is p la nning to celeb r a te its twentieth anniversary on N ovembe r 6- 7 \Ve hope that many of our alumnre will be with u s at th a t tim e NEl.L ScoTT IIAltofiLTOllo' ,

ILLINOIS BETA-LOMBARD COL I ECE

(C har te r ed IR72 )

O UT c ha pte r numbered thirt ee n a t the opening of ('hon! Il nwf'vpr. we we r e lu c ky from the start. On September 12 we gained O Uf first pledge Marguerite Ladage, ' 17. from Grundy Center, Iowa.

Fern T ownsend Ross, 'og. gave a shower fo r the b u ngalow. A'i a result we w e re the hal1P Y r ecipien ts of a goodly array of l inen. This, in addition to severnl gifts which had been bestowed upon us by friends and alumn3!, adds greatly to the eq u ipmen t of our lodge \ Ve gave our ru shing P:Hly in th e living r no m of o ur chapte r h o u se The was spe nt in a fl ernoon plnying Aft e r bounce e u chre. su pper t h e girls dnnced until study h o ur I n'lead of o ur c u stoma r y midnight bidding, this year written bids were given to th e g irl s by a disinterested member of the fa c ult y \Ve assembl ed at the bungalow and anxiously tl.wai t ed their co ming, as they were to deliver their answers i n person. Soon they 10 11 ca me j they were Mari an Chapman of Waterl oo, I owa; E sthe r P ayn of Oak rark, Ill .• sister of Dorothy Payn , 'IS; Mary Wym a n of Kn oxville, Ill ., sis te r of H e rm a Vyman, '11; Nina Sengerberger of Pe o ria, IlL, sister of Ella Sengerbe rge r, '14; Alberta Barret o f Edinburgh, III .; Adelaide Tuttle o f Beloi t, W is.; Ruth Rose of Bushnell, III.; and Katherine C ri sse y of Galesburg ,daugh ter of Annie Yeomans Crissey, '89 . After the pledging we h ad a cooky-s hin e to whi ch the alumnae were also invited.

A few have taken place at th e college thi s year. The A ::: a hoase whi c h was in the p rocess of co nstru c tion last spring, is now co mplet ed . This building, together with the new gymnasium, adds much to the appea rance of o ur beautiful camp us.

A few days after we came ba ck, the girls of the hall, acting on the suggestion of Mrs F e uling, ou r dean of women, met and discussed the advisabili ty of installing house government. We decided to try i t for a time, and the f ollowing offices were filled by our girls : Preside nt, Ma ud e Step hen son;

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vice-president, Dorothy Payn; and social secretary. Marguerite Ladage, While house government is only on trial, it is possible that this system will be permanent at Lombard HaJJ.

We were pleased to have Becky Gum, ex-'13. and Rena Logan with us for a brief visit, and regret that they are not back with us for good. With our nine pledges and thirteen a c tive members we feel admirably equipped to make this the best year of our hi story.

ILLINOIS DELTA-KNOX COLLEGE (Chartered 1884)

I am only a small leather "Line a Day," but I feel very large, (or I am crammed full of good times and happy memories. A few of these I intend to tell you. The first thing I recall is registration and pledge day. The enTollment of new students was unu sually large this year and a goodly numbeJ; of upper c:lassmen returned. There were only elever. II 4ls, as Hazel Wann, ex-'J6, Sharlie Gerth, ex't6, nnd Marguerite Taliaferro, ex-'t6, were unable to return, and the fourteen seniors were of course absent. I have always heard so much about them that I shall miss them dreadfully but flail is well that ends well," and when, on Wednesday, September 16. ten splendid girls promised to be true to the wine and blue I was so happy I almost popped out of my hiding place. They are just the jolliest and dearest of pledges and since that eventful day one more has been added to their number. They entertained the active chapter most royally at a. progressive dinner and a mighty clever vaudeville performance, October 17. Ruth Malone of Nebraska B was the only guest, and I am sure the girls were all glad that she co uld visit them at such 3. time. Another pleasant thought occu r s to me and that is that lIHnois is richer in having in her chapter Jessie Canning from Iowa A.

The pledging ceremony took place at the home of Mrs. Boydston (Maud Smith, ex-'86) where the alumna!: had prepared a most delicious cooky-shine. Since that day I have heard of several cooky-shines for the Dew girls and the n informal, October 9

However, II affairs are not the only ones 1 remember, for how could they exist if it were not for the college? I think that school is better and "peppier" than ever this year. In the first place it is endowment year and everyone is hopeful of raising the necessary $400,000; then the studebts are to have mort. influence in college matters than ever before. The Student Council, made up of four seniors, three juniors, two sophomores, and one freshman, is to have charge of college questions which concern both the faculty and the students. There are two n <h in this council and both hold offices. This organization has been greatly encouraged by Professor Griffith, has been appointed to act as Dean this year during Dr. Simond's absence. There have been Sl'veral changes made in the fa c ulty, of which one may interest you; Eugenia Tra.sk, '14, is assistant instru c t or in pianoforte in the children's department of the Conservatory.

Among the many pleasures of Knox lile, "Log City Day," as it is called, slands forth most vividly in my memory. It was celebrated by a picnic, at

ETHEL BREWSTER.

the City Park, a beautiful spot, two and a half miles from It i. a time when the students and membus of the faculty meet on an equal {eating, and all have an unrestrained. spontaneous good time. Much i. being done this ycar to increase school spirit and to bring the faculty and st ud ent. close r togtther. On October 16, the fint college dance of the year was given in the gymnasium, and everyone enjoyed a general good time. The chai rman of the committee for this party was an Arrowite. Knox played h er first football game October 10 and was most successful. The prospects (or a winning learn thi s year are excellent.

Really I fear my freedom is almost at an end, but before I am put under se\1ere discipline again I want to tell you of some of the activities in college, in which the n elYs are interested, and the names of the p ledges All the girls are members of Y. W C. A. and five are o n the first !lnd second cabinets; seve ral belong to L. M. I.. a literary society; two made the d ram atic club, and three the glee club. The pledges are: Ruth Bridge, L eona Ely, Gertrude Olson . Ethelyn Gaylord, Ethelyn T o le r, Louise Harrington, Lena Lee, Phyllis Rudd. Alta Green, Gladys Ervin, a nd Elsie Coon, all of the class of ' 17. HELEN WEINBERG.

ILLINOIS

EPSILON-NORTHWESTERN t.;N IYERSIT Y (Chartered 1894) INITIATES

( Initiat ed October 30. 1914.)

Therma Allen, '17, Laurens, Iowa.

Mildred Cunneen, ' 17. Wilmette, III.

Ruth Ermeling, '17, Chicago, III.

Ruth Colby, '17, Minneapolis, Minn.

Clarisse Whita c r e, '17, Chicago. Ill.

Mildred Eberhart, '17. La Crosse, Wis.

Hope Miller. ' Ii, Wilmette, III.

Ruth \VilIiams. '17, Elgin, Ill.

Grace Williams, '17. Elgin, Ill.

Jenie Reid, '17, Chicago, lit

Katherine Bower, ' 17. Elkhart, Ind.

When we returned to Northwestern this year our chapter numbered eleven, toge ther with a very charming transfer, Helen Koehler, from Illinois H. We found a large freshman class ready to cooperate with the old st udents in bringing new glories to our Alma Mater.

This is the football season and our mass-meetings show ou r loyalty. A new coach with eastern tactics is here and we have high hopes for a s uccess!ul team.

During the matriculation rushing we pledged Clarisse Whitacre. Mildred Cunneen, and Katherine Bower, and then waited with great expe<:tancy the pledge day of last years freshmen. As we had worked very hard for those freshmen, the trials and anxiety of this last week ca n easily be imagined. and you too will our delight when the n cJ) li s t returned with the eight

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girls we had hoped to cQunt among our number. That evening we went to the home of Agnes Collyer, '07. and Mrs, Scott (Josephine Collyer. '03) in 'Vilmette for a buffet luncheon, and the active girls together with o ur alumna! welcomed our new pledges into our happy circle.

N o rthwestern w omen are greatly agitated, at present, concerning soph omo re pledging. 'Ve have given it a two years' t rial and a final decision must be made co ncerning OUt pledge system. n greatly fean that sophomore pledging will be ruled out in preference to December p ledging, but we arc u sing all our strength to establish the present system permanently.

DOR.OTHV CODY.

IL LINOIS ZETA-UNIVERSITV OF I LLINOIS

(Chartered 1895)

"Rest, Rest (or the Wear y." Truly we arc weary Two long, strenuous weeb of rushing! Sore eyes from movies, indigestion from fudge, blistered hands from suitcases, cracks in our faces {rom smites, and we haven't stopped smiling yet. for we won and pledged eleven fin!' girls: Alberta Andrews. l iS, Pana; E rma Elliott, postgraduate, Springfield i Mar t h a Finnigan, '18. Champaign; Grace Flood. 'II, Terre Haute, Ind.; Autha Fluke, ' 18, Chicago; Margaret Hunter. '18, Chill icothe; Sara. M oo re. '18, Danville; Francelia Sargent, '18. Indianapolis, Ind.; Anne Siemens, '18, Kansas City, Mo .; France s W ebster, '.8, Shawmutt. Mont. We were very lortunate in being able to p ledge a sister belore Pledge Day, Eliubeth Wheelho use, '.8, of Decatur.

'Ve had thirteen act ive girls back to start the year and seve ral alumnae helped us through ra shi ng season 50 the work was not too great for any of us We had dinne r parties every evening as entertainment lor the rushees. Some 0{ them were held at the homes 01 the town girls. We gave a ve ry successful house party from Friday belore school opened until Sunday night when rushing rules went on.

"00 again, off agun, bac k again, Finnegan." That expresses our status on our new house questio n for the last five years. We are very comfortable now, but with the return of Marie Philbrick, ex-'I7, and Margaret Hoaston, who on account of their health are not able to attend school until seeond semester, the bouse will be full. So some of the older girls will have to be Ollt of the house as tWD freshm en also are comiTig in next semester. If our 81 urnn ae reali!ed our desperate situaLion I'm lure they would respond more prGmptly to our appesh. Even a letter telling as their impossibility to help wo uld lid w in t hat 'lfe need not continue to send Jetters to them.

Our house owners red«orated again this fall for us and we have new green draperies in the hall, living-room, and den. We had the old leather davenport upholstered in a vel"Y beautiful green. Each girl brought back with her some gift In the house and two of tbem together purchased a wicker lamp for the den tAble. With the money the seniors gave us we bought new table silver so we feel very proud of our looks this year. Besides all that, the patronessel gave us runners for both upsttlirs halls and rubbe r malting (or the stairs {.'om second to third ROOT.

The university, too, is changed this year. The chemistry building is having an :lddition put on the back :is large as the original building. This makes it the Jarge!.! laboratory of its kind in this country. A large excavation has beeu back of hl1ilning. wh ic h means room for the business MudenlS. The library addition is completed and the installation of a $t5.ooo pipe orgtln in the auditorium has just been completed. The armory has taken on n very different appearance during the summe r months and is to be finished immediately.

MARION K. WHITE.

ILLINOIS ETA-JAMES ?tIL LIKIN UN IVER SITY

(Charte red 1913) INITIATE

(Initiated June S.)

Mary Belle Price.

Yes, we are just as glad as all the rest of you to get back to another college year, and our time, too, has been pretty well filled with festivities and work. \Ve now have classes six days tl week, which has the advantl\ge of not cr owding sixteen or eighteen credit hours into four or five days, and has also obvious disadvantagesparticularly to the girls away from home. In connec ti on with Ihis change, I'l plan is being worked out to rej uvenate our literary societies, making literary work comp ul sory \Vednesday a.fternoon is given over to the Y M. and Y. W. and the literary societies. There are two of these which will meet every othe r Wednesday for regular literary programs. On the other weeks various clubs , also compulsory, such as domestic economy, art, science, dramatic, :1nd so forth, meet al the litertlry hour. We hope that when the newness has worn ofT this plan, lhe work will mean a great deal to everyone.

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The gen era l sch ool f unc tions so (a r have bee n in the hands of the V M. C. A aDd Y. 'V . C A . Thert was the forma l reception which dep rived us of our voices for some days afte rw ard, and l ate r a " wi ener roast'J on the back campu s for the girh. Seventy -five or a hund r ed gi rl s attended this affair; 10 far as we cnn ascer tain th ere were n o " wie ners " lef t over. The r e! I almOlt forgot to mention some other functions which the Christian association. did not prtside ove r These were, for tbe mos l part, night affairs which left their marks be hin d on the heads of vario u s freshmen and sophomo re s, DOt to mention the flag-pole . All th is r ivalry was settled Oc tobe r 20 in a grand finale, the annnal fre s hmen -sophomore athle tic co ntest, in which the freshmen won.

Class el ect ions have passed and gone, bringing with them what we feel will be a very successful set of officen. We n "h f eel particularly pleased since f o ur of ou r gi r ls have class offices. Marguerite Shaffer, one of o ur new pledges, is vice·pr esident of th e freshman class; Cha rl otte Kerney is vice· p r esident and Helen K enney secre tary of th e sophomore class; and L aura Belle H owenstine is vi ce·president of the junior c lass.

Oar feelings l ast yea r in looking fo rw ard to this year in the chapter were 3. littl e doubtf u l because, by a combi n3tion of various circumstances, such a l arre propo rtion of the girl s are lower classmen. W e a r e finding, however, that our fears were unjustified, and that the affairs of the chapter are running along ve r y successfull y _ Yo u wou ld a ll r ealize that this is true, if yo u co uld on ly know our eigh t p ledges. You do not, and the most we can say is that they will make II 40s worthy of the name The new girls are: Margaret Cloyd (sis ter of Candace Cloyd-Johnson , ex-' o7), Bement, Ill.; Alice H er r on, Fi l more, Ill.; Geraldine Conk l in, New Palestine, I nd.; Marguerite Shaffer, Decnt ur , 11 1.; Florence Bacon, Boise, Idaho; Ellen Garr, Wh eaton , Ill. ; Irent Hammon, Decatur, Ill. j and H eltn \V addell, Decatur, Ill. Why we were so fortuna t e as to get all these girls we cannot under s tand but we a re acceptina them gratefully.

Possibl y OUt parties were res ponsible in some degree. Pan -Hellenic a ll ows on l y two real parties and fifty dollars m us t cove r rushing expenses of each orga nitati on We had a J apanese lu n cheon whiC'h the alumnse took charge of-you can imagine how grateful we were !-and a dance Both affair! we re Quite attractive, and, wh ethe r th e rushees did or not, th e active girls enjoyed them both immensely

But now atl the rushing exci tement is ove r, and we are settling down with the idea of making this year the best possible in regard to the c ha.pt e r and the schoo l. ELlZABETH GALLOWAY

CHAPTER LETTERS

INDIANA ALPHA-FRAl'\KLlN COLLEGE

(Ch:utered 1888)

I NITlATlS

(Initiated June J3. 1914.)

Amy Sutton. ' 17. Greenwood, Ind.

Ethel Terman, ' 17. loui s ville, Ky.

Rachael Deer. FranJdin, Ind.

Hazel Alexander, '17, Franklin, Ind.

Gleon Law, '17, Kent. Ind.

Registration day, September {oaod nineteen bappy but excited n 4>$ back al co ll ege ready to meet the problems and pleasures of It new year-all talking at once. And indeed they might well all talk at once, (or, with the "happenings" at the an nual Indi.na..J. camp in June, and the good times that (our of OUf girls had while at the V. W. C. A camp at Geneva Lak e. Wis ., there was much to be told.

Ru shing was conducted in accordance with the Pan-Hellenic ruling of la st year, and continued (or one week after matriculation. At the close of a most successful rush, which included a ch ocola t e given by our alumnae at the home of Mrs. Samuel Lanam, and a dinner at the h ome of Mrs C. H Drybread, we pledged ten splendid girls. Our pledges are: Leota Denny, Madi son , Ind .; Dal e Coyne. Princeton. Ind.; Harriett Roeger. Seymour, Ind.; Glyde Knox, Livonia, Ind . ; Marjori e Middleton. Lexington, Ind.; Marie Doty. Eulin Klyver, Ruth Graham, Ruth Webb, Norris Kerlin Franklin, Ind.

Social life at Franklin was well started when the faculty gave their annual recep tion to the new students the first Friday night after school opened. Dr. Beyl, head of the education department, and Mrs. Beyl w e re the guests oj honor.

The following week the Y. \Y. C. A. had its annual fnll term spread, with "eats" which would delight the hen rt of anyone, and a royal good time plnying games and singing cotJege songs. We are indeed happy that a IT 4' is president of the V. W. C. A. this year-Floren ce Sayer, ' 16. There are also four other n 4ts on the cabinet: Oakley Miles, Alice M cGuire, Marguerite Ilall , and Faye Klyver.

M iss Lucy Helen Pearson, Central Field Secretary of the V. W C. A., spent four days with us last week, and her co nferen ces with the various girls and the vespe r service on Sunday proved a n inspiration to all th e girls.

At the present time, we are loo1:ing forward 10 the annual Hall owe'en frolic when the whole college. students and faculty, galher in th e gymnasium for "stunts," I'eals," and a genuine good time. FAYE KI YVER

INDIANA

BETA-INDIANA UNI\'ERSITY leiter missing.

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INDIANA CAM.MA-BUTLER COLLEGE

(Chartered 1897)

INITIATES

(Initiated September 22, 1914.)

Mary Custer, '17. Indianapolis, Ind. Alealb. Graves, '17. Thorntown, Ind. Ruth Habbe, ' 17. Indianapolis, Ind

Irma Stone, '17. Dillon, Mont.

(Initiated October 3. 1914.)

Lena Pavey, '17. Indianapolis, Ind. Marguerite VIen, '(7 Indianapolis, Ind

This faU's reopening of school finds seve ral changes on the Butler faculty. Profes so r Milton D. Baumgartner was called from the faculty of the University of Nebraska to head the German department at Butler. And we also have a new instructor in physics, Willi am T. Cotton, who succeeds Ralph Kuebler. Professor Greene of the Romance l anguage departme nt has reo turned to Butler from a year's absence in France. Anna Weaver, California A, traveled abroad this summer and has returned to us with many new and in teresting accounts of her beloved Greece. Professor Christopher Bush Coleman of the hi story department has recently published a book entitled, "Constantine the Great and Christianity." dealing with three phases of the subject, the histori ca l, the legendary, and the spurious.

There is a movement at Butler this fall to place Butler athletics under the cont rol o f an organization of the graduates of the college. The purpose of the movement is to place athletics on more of a paying basis, so as to make our athletic equipment what it should be; and the sta tement of the plan is being worked for with much enthusiasm. This enthusiasm has also affected the team, it having won all the state games which have been played 50 far this season.

On the second matriculation day, Pan·Hellenic gave a reception and garden party for all the girls of the college at the home of Miss Katherine Graydon, ;\ member of the faculty. The freshman girls met all of the other girls who were able to help them become familiar with the customs of the school.

The women 's fraternities have not been allowed to have any parties this semeste r where there were more than four girls present, and from October 9 to October 31, pledge day, we are having a silence, no rushing of any kind being allowed; it makes us all the more anxious for pledge day to come, when we hope to be able to claim .ome mighty fine freshmen lor II •. During the summer vacation we had several rush parties, and our annual house·party the lut two week. of August. where we were able to get together more closely and also have a glorious time. W e were particularly fortunate thi s year in having- 10 many of tbe girls come for the entire two weeks and in having Mrs. Finl ey, the mother of one of the girls. for our chaperon.

ANN!n! JAN! HEDGU.

CHAPTER LETTERS

DELTA PROVINCE

IOWA ALPHA-IOWA WESLEYAN COLLEGE

(Chartered 1869 )

Iowa We sleyan opened this year with about liS nnD students in addition to the old students who have returned for another year's work. A new, finely equipped domestic science department has been added to our college this year and also {our extra credits in o ratory.

We have four new faculty members: Miss Finn, teacher o! oratory i Profenor Dickey, head of the commercial department; Miss Hull, the science teacher; and Vivian Miller, the student teac her of French. The latter is one of our new pledges.

I owa A ce rtainly has every reason t o be proud of her new pledges. We have. six grand girls: Hattie Pogemiller, of Morning Sun, Io wa; ViviftDe. Miller. of Detroit, Mich .; Genevieve of New london, Iowa; Beulah Billingsley, of Lockridge, Iowa i Margarite Hall and Miriam Ramsey, of Mt. Pleasant. Our chapter was rather small at the beginning of the year but since we have pledged our new girls we feel our chapter to be almost ideal.

Our rooms are lovely. Thanks be to our girls who live in Mt. Pleasant and who have worked 50 hard on them this summe r .

The alumnre were especially kind to us, this rushing season. They took u s to a clubhouse down by Oakland Mills for one of onr informal rushing parties and Mrs. Walbank and Miss We stfall opened their homes to us for two of our formal parties.

Next Saturday the alumnre are going to entertain us with an autumn pa rtt given in the country .

Florence and Helen Millignn, ex-'17, are visiting the II '" girls this week end.

GLADYS H ASTINGS.

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IOWA BETA-SIMPSON COLLEGE (C

hartered 1874)

INITIATES

(Initiated October 3. 1914.)

Harriet Perry. Anna Karr. Marie Helsley

Aural Anderson. Ruth Buxton. Edna Bellman .

Louise Jones.

Iowa B is starting out very happily and prosperously this year. We hav e eighteen girls in our chapter, including Vera Maxwell, '1 4 (music); Vera Martin, ex-'rs i Lottie McKay, ex-' IS: and Ruth Chase, ' 13 (m usic ); as well as our girls who wert with us last year and our dear new girls. As before. we had sophomore pledg;ng at Simpson last spring, just at the close of school. so we could not initiate until thi s {all.

We had our initiation at Mrs. William Buxton's (An na McLaughlin, '(0). which was a lov ely, as well as an appropriate, place to have it, as her daughter. Ruth, was onc of the initiates. We decided to have o ur ceremony in the late afternoon, so we would not be hurried. Saturday, October 3, was a perfect day and I think the ce r emony was never more beautiful than on that day. A huge cooky ·shine followed the initiation, a fter which we sang IT 4» songs until we could sing no more.

The Des Moines Pan·Hellenic AssociatioD held its annual banquet at Younker's Tea R oom , October 30. Harriet Perry, '17, Ruth Buxton. '17, Hatel Perley, ' IS, and Florence Se hee, (Illinois E , 'n), repre sented Iowa B. The annual .simpson banquet will be held next week in Des Moines at the Y. M. C A. Building Mrs. C F Sigler (Sarah Eikenberry, ex·'9S) is to be toa stmistress and Faye Chamberlain, 'IS, is on the program.

Simpson is to have some splendid musi ca l treats this year. Al ready we have enjoyed a concert given by our joint glee clubs. We are justly proud of our clubs who went to the coast la s t summer. We were happy to have f our n elYs as members of the clubs.

Next week Frederick P. Search. the famous ' cellist, is to give a conce ltt h ere under the direction of tbe Simpson Conservatory of Music Professor Rhodes of our own conservatory is training voices for light ope ras to be given here during the winte r.

Simpson has one of the largest en r o llments in her history this year , and we surely have "pcp," a lot of which is generated by the girls of the "Mecawee Club." Iowa B is proud to have four girls who are officers of the Mecawee Club. or Girls' Athletic Ass ociation. W e are well represented in a ll lines of college activities this year, and in Y. W . C. A. and Y. W. C. A. Buaar, which is to be a big thing. Faye Chamberlain, 'is, was in charge of the buaar bot on accou nt of "outside activities " she was requi r ed to resign and Vada Kas tner, .6. .6. do, has taken cba rge in her stead. \V e are represented, too, in literary work and forensics, and are trying in eve ry way to make Iowa B stand for the very best in Simpson College. RUTH THOMPSON.

CHA PTER LETTERS

IOWA CA MMA-IOWA STATE COLLEGE

( Chartered 1877 )

INITIATES

( Initiated June 6, 19 14 )

Margaret Noble, Campus .

Jeannette Knapp, Campus.

Hilda Stern, Logan, I owa.

D o rothy Dier, I.e Mars, Iowa

Grace Evans, ClintOD, I owa.

Irenc Btrz, W ebster City. I owa.

Bertha Wormhoudt. Ottumwa, I owa.

Dorothy Harper, Ottumwa, Iowa.

Katherine McCa rroll, Ottumwa, Iowa.

Margaret Ford, Des Moines, Iowa

Ruth Vaughn, Mari on, Iowa.

Myra Eggar, Lamar, Misssouri.

Ell. Elinbeth Waitt, Sioux City, I owa.

Pauline Norton, Algona, I owa.

( Initiated September 19. 1914)

Byrden a Irvin, Cedar Rapids, towa.

Pledging is over and in deed we all give a sigh of r elief fo r o ur system of ru shing this year has proven ve ry st renuou s and n o t alt o gethe r satisfac t o ry . However, it is not so much that rushing is over, as it is that "we got the girls !" Thos e who now wear th e pledge pin are: Barni ce Fl emi ng, McGregor, I owa i M a rgu e rite Evan s, Ceda r Rapids, Iowa; Hel en Ove rholt, H a rl an, I o wa i Fl o renre Rom i n g e r, Bl oomfie ld . Iowa i Ruby Donahue, R ed Oak, I owa; Fe rn Schweppe, Medford, W isconsin; Blanche Kinnel, Des M oi ne s, Iow a; Ma ri on Moss, H ollywood. California ; Edith Vorhees, Des Moine., Iow a; Helen Hammond, Des Moine., I owa; Ruth A shby, Fairmont, Neb raska ; Edith Curtis, Camp us ; Carita M cCar r oll, Campus. W e are especia lly lucky this year in having our chapt er streng th ened by two transfers, Zada Kemp from Colorado B and Dot Lacey from N eb r as ka D And who co ul d think of anything more fortunate than to have a f o und er of the f ra ternity as c ha pte r chaperon. Mr s. Brownl ee- Kilgore is wit h u s a nd o h! how we do e njoy having her, as you ca n well imagine h o w many i nt er es ting things she ha s to tell us of her forty -seven years in th e fraternity,

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Jul ia E Rogers, after attending the Homttoming of I owa Authors in Des Moines. came to Arne. and it was our pleasure to have her at one of OUf meetings. To anyone who has met Miss Rogers, a picture immediately come. to mind of her interesting snapshots and charming manner of telling of the U + matters OD the western coast, and they can appreciate what we enjoyed.

"The Bleacher Fund" is a phrase which is almost consta ntly heard around the camp us. Appeals have been made to every class, to facu1ty and alomni and they have all responded very generous l y in promi si ng to finance a section of the fine new cement bleachers that are bei ng e rec ted o n our State Field. "Paradi se Lolt." the play which they, as juniors. presented during last com· mencernent week. Two of our girls, Wilma Pbillips and Nellie Noble, did tbeir share to make the playa success, Wilma carrying away the honon of leading lady.

A magnificent new Chemical H all has been erected on the campus, and although it i. not entirely completed, we have been having recitations and laboratori es amid hammerings from every side.

But the greatest favor that has come our way, aside from pledging and several other things, of co ur se, is the splendid new chapter house we are now occupying. I say new, for it seems that way, but in re ality it is an addition to our old hou se. We are the fir st women's fraternity at Ames to own our house and we are indebted to our alumnre (or making it possible to have this fine home A large di ning room , maid'l; room and guest room have been added aD first 8oor, also eight r ooms and two bathrooms on second and third 8 00rs. This with two more large porches makes a wonderfully convenient and e njoyable home (or twenty-three girls and the chape r on.

When are you all coming to inspect the new house and incidentally to see us? Why not November 14 at the Ames -Iowa game. whi ch is quite ar. important event as anyone in this vicinity knows? Now r emembe r and while you are bere, we can tell you all the other interesting things that have happened in o ur chapter, which cannot be e numerated here .

RUTH CURTlS.

I OWA ZETA-IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY

(Chartered 1882)

INITIATES

(Initiated October 4. 1914-)

Florence Light. '16, Brooklyn, Iowa

Florence Bradley, 'IS. Cedar Rapids, low __

Arena Watters, '11, Irwin, Iowa.

I owa Z is particularly jubilant this year over the finest house in town. We wish that we could entertain each and everyone of you in our new home_

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We cou ld introduce you to only one new freshman, a silter, Rachel Lally, owing to the la.ct that we are working under sophomore pledging this year. Thi. affects n 4> least of aU as eighteen active girl. besidu our town girls re o ported at the opening day of school. We gave a cou· pie of luncheoDs for new upper c1assmen, but since we could afford to be conservativ e we pledged only the best, Maurine Browning from Fairfield, Iowa; then sat back and watched the other people scramble. Now our school life has swung into it. usual line of action and our daily rusbing prog-ram may consist only in entertaining at the most five freshmen a: one. time

We feel that we are especially well represented thi s year in university activities. Our president, Edna Westf.n, is one of the three fraternity girts out of the twelve chosen by the senior class to represent the student body on an advisory board to our dean of women. Six of our girls are active in literary circles; three are in the universilf dramatic club; and all art" enthusiastic members of our Woman's League, whi ch is working toward student government.

Within our chapter there never has been so mnch fraternity spirit. are following a new plan on a get-together proposition leading towards • more hearty spirit of cooperation with o ur local a lumn ae. Last Mond.:..y o.fternoon we entertained our alumna: in hon or of o ur n ew chaperon, Mrs Willsey, and in the evening gave a shower for Helen Dayton, who is to bemarried October 24 to Leo Mnk, A .6 X, of thi s school. Every other Monday e\"ening we will open our hou se to our alumnae and every alternate fortnight they will entertain at one of their homes for us.

As I sit here writing to you our chapter alumna:: ke ep pouring in, back for homecoming and the Minnesota-Iowa football game this afternoon. Our house is gaily decorated with autumn leaves and with the twelve thousand people in town and the stirring strains of our university band in the distance, we are filled with a liDo it for lowa" spirit

NATALIE PHILLIPS.

Our year to continue

NEBRASKA BETA-UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA (Chartered 18<)5) has begun with a burst of glory to be a. successful throughout and we all feel that it is going The thing that makes u. the

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happiest is that OUT rushing season turned out so well. And pray tell me why it shouldn't turn out well with such enthusiasm and fraternity spirit as was shown then Everyone went into it with the determination that we were going to clean up the campus and we did it. Thirteen of the most wonderful freshmen in the world rewarded our efforts and we are so happy th.at we must tell everybody about it. We undoubtedly owe a great deal of tbis success to our alumnae who took most of the responsibility and work of our par· ties off of OUT shoulden so that we were not wo rn ou t and worried when the time came to entertain the rushees.

Another thing we Ilrc happy about is that we still have the lovely hoose that we had last year and then another thing, all of last year's girls are back except our five seniors and one other. ]n fact, our chapter is so large that in order to have all oC the freshmen in the house we have had to turn our third floor baI l room into a dormitory. ]mmediately aCter pledging, we made a trip down town to buy new cots and bureaus nnd in a day or two nine freshmen were installed on the third Roor. 1t took a little while for them to learn house rules and we were startled several times to hear the third Boor piano sending forth strains in the middle oC the night.

The girls have all been much interest ed in the missionary worle: which has been taken up by the university. Money is being raised to send Miss Coppock to China and each o( the girls bas pledged a certain amount besides the pledge which has been made by the chapter as n whole A great deal oC enthusiasm has been shown in this work. On October 6, a dinner wa.s given in the armory which was attended by several hundred girls. We served no dinner at the fraternity house that night so that the whole chapter could be present at the Y. W. C A. rally.

Two of our girls have just been chosen (or Kosmet Klnh, a dramatic associarion whi ch annually prtsents a musical comedy written by university students.

Rusbing at Nebraska this year was held during three days oC registration weele: and pledge day was on Saturday of that week, 10 all the excitement was over before school began and we were able to start in with nothing to distract our minds (rom study Everyone is working hard to raise our scholarship and we feel confident that we will make a succen of that as well u everythiog HzuN' LTPOaD.

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MISSOURI ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI

(Chartered 1898)

INITI TE

(Initiated June II, 1914.)

Mildred Barclay, '17. St. Joseph, Mo.

Now that we have put the pledge pin on undoubtedly the twelve bes. freshmen who entered the university this ycar, we mean 10 turn our attention to getting a house in whic h to house them next year. Rushing scason wa'! Siren UOUS, even more 50 than usual. but the pride with which we view OUf freshmen entirely compensates us for the weary hours we spen t bringing them inlo the fold.

With U. Ii. huu:.e is a burning question. Our landl ord did II deal (or Uli in the way of refinishing and decorating this fall, and with the help of things borrowed from our tOWD alumnae and patronesses, we managed to delude the poor freshmen into thinking we were living in a really, truly borne. Dut now we have returned to our original poverty·stricken state and we that we must have a new house. (N. B.-Alumnre please send in yClur contributions.)

Speaking of new buildings brings to mind the wonderful new library the university is erecting. As the library is the second IT 4> home, we naturally take a personal interest in its erection and completion.

Recently Jane Addams came to Columbia and talked on woman's suffrage. { bring this in somewhat awkwardly that 1 may gracefully lead up to telling you that our Clara Dunn, '16, is president of the universi ty Equal Sufi"rll.ge Association.

We have only ten girls living in the house. We returned a very smaU c hapter this year and for that reason the alumna: who came back for ru shing season were welcomed even more cordially than usual.

There is great agitation among our freshmen, Tomorrow they are giving a reception at the house for the freshmen of the other fraternities. This is Il new idea which is being given a first trial at Missouri University this year.

LoiS LocKE.

MISSOURI BETA-WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

(Chartered 1<)0 7)

The last month has been a very strenuous one for Mi ssouri B. We came back, eighteen strong, all ready for work. Pledge day this year was only three weeks after matriculation day, so of course this meant hard and earnest rushing during that limited time. We pledged seven splendid freshmen this year: Georgia Lee Berkley, Mildred Brooks, Helen Comstock, Helen Johnston, Margaret Jackes, Jane Pelton, and Katherine Starbuck. n .fs were fortunate this year in securing three class vice·presidencies: Helen Stevens of the senior class, Emma Vogt of the sophomores, and Georgia Lee Berkley of the freshman class.

a r have installed a new chapter here since our last letter to THE ARROW. We have three nationals at Washington now: n B K A e, Bnd .6 r. We were all very glad when the local was granted its charier.

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A senio r hon or society , "Keod," has been formed this fall. Three of our girls are cha rter members.

The alumnae gave us a wonderful luncheon at one of the co untry clubs during rushing season. We were glad to have Mrs. J elsi e Gaynor present. She played her famou s co mpo sition , the S lum ber Boal, for UI , We are glad to have Mary Robertson of Co lorado A in school here this year, and are hap p y to welcome her into o ur chapter.

MAllE KAWHU

MI SSOUR I GAMMA-DRURY CQLJ ECE

(Chartered 1914)

INITIATES

(Initiated April 18, 1914 )

Jane Elliott , '17. Mound City, Mo Ina Akins, ' II, Human svi lle, Mo.

( Initiated June 8, 19 14- ) Ernes tine O'Day, ex.'J6, Springfield, Mo . Dorothy Robertson, ex·'.6, Ozark, Mo. Marie Rowe, ex·'I4t Picuant Hill, Mo Ruth Vallette, ex-' n. Glen Elder, Kan

September IS found an eager group of II 4Is back at Drury- but such a different Drury! Twelve new faces in "Faculty Row " at chapel made tb'C place teem strange, even to the old students. As Drury grows the faculty must grow, therefore thi l years number of instructors is larger than ever before. Several new co urse s are being offered. The convenience and comfort of the new Y. W. C A rest room in Classi c al Hall is proved every day by itl lounges and rocking chairs being filled to ove rflowing with studious girls. The upper classmen have just established a custom which is worthy of notice, but which will h a ve to be explained. During the Civil War what is DOW" Drury campus was a battlefield, and the college is the proud possessor of two cannon used at that time The classes of 'oS and 'IS having very ge.a. erously donated large stone pedestals for th ese relics, they serve to make the campus more beautiful and at the sa me time are fine places for stud, or visits The new rule is: No fre s hman will be allo wed to si t upon liThe Cann oD." Much fun and scraping is anticipated in the keeping of the new custom.

College ac tivities have gotten a lively start this year The outlook for athletics is good. We won our first football game by a gl orio us sco re After a good, live. noi s y football "pep"·meeting one morning, the entire I tudent bod, and faculty marched to the football fi e ld and hauled o ff al l the rocks of whic h our bard working gridiron heroes had been complaining. A clus in dramatics has been formw by Miss Lewis, hud of the new exprellion department, and lOme good theatricall have been p r omised for the yeu. A college orchestra of about twenty meets every Wednesday night. In stead of the Saturday night college prayer meeting, thi s year vesper services are held e ery SUlJda,. afternoon a t the chapel. Mu sic makes up mOlt of the program,

members of the violin and vocal department furnishing special Dumber• Y. W. C. A., Y. M. C. A., and faculty receptions were held at the opening of the yur which introduced the freshmen into the social life of Drury. Fifty girls have joined Y. W C. A., a strong institution in the college. We have to abide by Pan-Hellenic rules this year, which set our pledge day the \Vednesday before Thanksgiving. The nine weeki of rushing we find strenuous and unnecessary. Cooky shines, teal, and candy parties have kept us from being too studious, but the most enjoyable atrair of all was a dumber parly that we gave on the night of October l. To entertain our rushees each college cia in n + gave a stunl, and the audience was convulftd with laughter at the vaudeville acts. Our seniors showed their wonderful ability in the touching way in which they gave in pantomime, "Cudew Shall Not RinK" Tonight." At the romantic serenade bour we were surprised to hear strain I from mandolins, guitars, and the voicel of tbe boys' glee club. After a delicious midnight lun ch, Old Somnns claimed us for a very few houn.

CHARLINE MCCAUSE.

KANSAS ALPHA -UNIVERS ITY OF KANSAS

(Chartered 1873) INITIAT&

(Initiated June S. 1914·)

Ethel Cubbison

Hello, everybody, isn't it just too grand for words to be back again? I truly never saw a year when every one came back 10 futi of "pep" and with more enthusiasm. So many of our alumnae were here to help with rushing and I can tell YOll it's mighty grand to kno ,., they take so much interelt. We pledged eleven girls: Gertrude Speck of Kansas City, Kan .; Irene Hepler. Fort Scott. Kan.; Lillian Taylor, Boulder, Colo.: Esther Gibbs, Kansas City, Mo.; Stevenson, Leavenworth, KIUI.; Margaret Fitch, Lawrence, Kan.; Frances Powell, Lawrence, Kan.; Matilda Smith meyer, Lawrence, Kan.; Jean Lindsay, Topeka, Kan.; Grace Graham, Hiawatha, Kan. They are all just dear, and we aTe expecting wonderfu l thingl from them .

On Saturda,., October 30, we are to hold initiation for Frances Powell and Jean Lindsay, who have advanced standing, and we feel we are forl1lnale to be able to initiate them 50 soon, for we feel when they can really be in the fraternity they realiJ:e more fully their dutie • .

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Then the following night the freshmen give their annual musicale, and we are looking forward to it with great expectation for this is always a great event, and they apparently are working Quite faithfully on it from all the drilling and practicing going on the third floor. Following the musical, the freshmen give us a spread of some kind, and that is always welcomed heartily. We had planned to have our house all remodeled during the summer, but we were not able to do so. However, anticipation is half of realization, and" we had lots of fun building our little air--castles. But we sincerely hope that this lime next year we will be absolutely establi shed in our new home. Mrs. Fritcbie is with us again as chaperon this winter so needless to say how happy we are about that for we love her dearly as everyone else

The big Kansas-Missouri game is to be played here Thanksgiving and we are in hopes that a great many of the girls will be able to come up from Missouri for it, so we are looking forward to the game with great pleasure. We have with us some girls who have been here in previous years and, last year, atttnded different colleges, Lillian Smith, '12, who attended Smith: Sophie Smithmeyer oC Leland Stanford. Helen Moore, ' 12, is in school again and we are so happy to have them back with us this year, and we feel that it is a help, too, for new ideas have been obtained and these may prove helpful tn us in the following year.

We were so sorry not to have Ruth Peairs, '12, with us this year, but the Columbia A girls will find she comes up to their expectations in every respect.

ELIZABETH BROWN.

ARKANSAS ALPH -UNIVEkSlTV OF ARKANSAS

(Chartered 1909)

I just wish all of you could have seen the freshmen girls with their hair down their backs. It was perfectly ridiculous for some had such short hairand had to wear the gTeen bow at the top to hold on a switch instead of at the bottom and only the fear of UKangyoo Court" kept the hair down a week and so you can the spirit of the girls. And the number of new girls is astonishing, even if the "war and hard times" played havoc with OUI" purses, the attendance at the university is larger than ever.

One of our greatest losses is the resignation of Dr. Edgar F. Shannon, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences. He accepted 11 position at Washington and Lee. Several of the professors are on a year's leave, and there are scy many new teachers that it seems like a new school.

We have had three football games at Fayetteville: one against Hendrix, and of course we won it; one against Ouchita, and well-the score W8'; unfavorable to us; and one against St. Louis University, and we won that l'by a big score." Saturday, October 24, we play our last game at Fayetteville against Rolla Miners. 'Ve are holding our breath about iu outcome, but the univenity team is as strong as could be expected when so many old men have failed to return.

The university life is as changeable as Pathe's Weekly in that the scenes. fly by so quick that you hardly recover from one befoie another one appears

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First, there wu the Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C. A. reception at the Armory and was 5uch a success that the doors had to be closed before anyone would Itaye. The "New Girls' Night" at the dormitory was celebrated with a dance. But the fint real dance was October 16. How we danced! That wu onc enjoyable evening because the Cadet Club dance began 50 late.

The boys tried II. new uperience in their rushing. From the openin g of school until the Saturday of the following week there was absolutely no rushing and then they rushed strenuously for ont week and pledged October 3. But we poor girls had to rush until October 8 and pledge the twentieth. As a rClult we have five loyal n ells: Velma Leitzell of Springdale, Beatrix Quaile of Fort Smilh. Martha Price of Bentonville, Pearl Wallace of Fort Smith, lister of Lillian Wallace, ex-'Io, and Hatti e Mae Wood of Ashdown. The rulto; w'"rt quttr; wt" could hllVt only twn formal partitll, and at the feasts we had to have two other fraternity girls. For our first lushing "stunt" we had a 1'500" party at our fraternity rooms. It certainly made a hit with the new girls. Ou r second was a luncheon at "Scott's" and the baJJ game afterwards.

We have a pledge from Colorado A, Doris Stratton, and we expect to ir.itiate her Saturday night, October 24. and celebrate with a big cooky shine afterwards.

And then the next Saturday night Mrs. Lighton and Mrs. Ellis, two of o ur n mothers, are going to give a Hallowe'en party for the n cI>s and Z Ns. We know that we will have a wonderful time of our past experiences at Lighton's Happy Hollow Farm.

RUTH McKINNEY.

LOUISIANA ALPHA-NEWCOMB COLLEGE

(Chartered 1867)

INITI ATES

(Initiated October 9, 1914.)

Fannie Craig, ' 17, 1138 3rd St., New Orleans, La.

Grace Denis, '17, 13[5 Jack son Ave., New Orleans, La.

Edith Glenny, '17, 1435 Webster St., New O rleans, La.

Doris Kent, '17, Kentwood, Miss.

Mildred Parham, '17, 1429 7th St., New Orleans, 1.0.

Laura Saunders, '17, 2925 Coliseum St., New Orleans, La.

Aphra Vainn, ' 17, 19 Audubon Pl., New Orleans, La.

Arthe Vairin, '17, 19 Audubon Pl., New Orleans, La.

Lulie Westfeldt, '17, 1629 7th St., New Orlellm, La.

(Initiated October 19, 1914-)

Regina Walshe, '17, ISH Dafo5sat St., New Orleans. La.

Louisiana .A is very proud of her eleven new members, among whom is her first "little daughter," Fannie Craig, daughter of Mrs. F. B. Craig (Fannie Leverich E shleman, '92). n B <II is repre se nted in the Art School this year by three of our new members, Grace Denis, Mildred Parham, and Fannie Craig. Counting the initiates, six seniors, six juniors, and two lpecial

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juniors. our chapter numbers twenty-five, whi ch is unU"5ually large (or us as for any chapter bere at Newcomb .

In addition to th e hon ors mentioned in the annua l letter. Carrie Wogan, '16, was elected as Art repr esentative on Student Co un cil. Among the sophomores .. Doris Kent is class historian and poet "forever and ever", Lulie W estfe ldt t('elected basket ball mannger; and Fannie Craig, Field Day captain.

Sched ul es for the events of the c oming year have been posted. The dramatic club play is thl! first event to claim our interest. Since Ella Rei ss and Mildred Post 8r e both among the officers, IT 4> feels a more personal interes t in its success a n d we only hope that we mny be as well rep r ese nted in the cast

After dramatics will come basket ball, which always is so important toNewcomb. Since n • was in evidence in last year's class teams, we havethe greatest of hopes concerning 19 14'1915.

I think that at present we are most interested in the mandolin 4 guitar cl ub which after many trials seems to be at last officially established. As practicallyall of our sophomores either play or sing, we less gi fted ones ca n only stana by and Jisten The la st meeting of the club was in our room, where for ove r an hour most earnest practice wen t o n A concert has been scheduled in the· sp rin g, showing that the club me.ns earnest work.

IT <IJ greatly misses her two transfe r s. Helen Pendleton of Kansas A and' Esther vo n Rosenberg of Texas A. \ Ve h ave Janet Reid of Arkansas A. with u s this year

Rushing for n .. is just start ing We have been so busy with initiation that we have on ly been able to l ook over the freshmen and do not really know them. Speaking of initi ation. I want to say that o ur s was most successful. Somany of our alumna: came to it that we feel as if we knew them much better _ Louisiana A only hopes t h at tht othe r c hapters have as pleasant an outlook _ for the coming yea r as she has.

JEANNETTE PARDONNI.Y.

EPS IL ON PROVINCE

OKLAHO MA ALPHA-UN IV ERSITY OF OKLAHOMA (C hartered 1910)

INITrATES

(Initiated June 5. 19 14 ) H elen Beattie, "7. Okla.homa City. Nell Dyer, ' Ii. Oklahoma City. Lee Stigle r, '16. Stigler. Oklahoma. Dear Pi Phis:

We are so delighted OYer winning the Women's Pan·Hellenic Scholarship'" Cup for last semester tha.t we ca.n scarcely wait to tell you. We really did" not expect it but there we were two whole points ahead of K .A. e! And DOt only did we surpass all others in scho larship records. but, as usual, in pledges (It seems as though we hate oarselves. but r eally we dQ...

Dot!) We want YOD. to know our pledges too. Isabel J one5, the daughter

of ou r chape r on. is from one of the most sub· s t antin! families of O k· lahoma City and will be a great facto r the r e for drawing futu r e Pi Phis. She is deve loping into one of th e bes t all-round gi rl s in coll ege.

San Ant o nio, Texas, and IMtr :lttended Belmont. (res h ing an d talented girls we have.

Nell Stap le r of Tahlequah is (rom one o f the first families in old tndian Territory. S he is a graduate of Mulholland Schoo l for Girls at he is ont of the most rt-

Fl o ren ce Furman of Ok l ahoma City is the da ught er of Judge H. M Furman, Chief Ju s t ice of th e Criminal Cour t of Appeals Fl o r ence i s an A st ud ent and an unusually attractive girl.

Elise Potter! of Ardm ore is th e daughter of Judge Potter f, an influential lawyer and a membe r of th e State Board of .l:.ducation. Elise is also an A Hude nt and is th o roughly interested in everythi ng pe rtain ing to college and fraternity li fe.

Lucil e Shuttee of EI R eno , wh ose fath e r is one of the wealthi est and best known bu s ine ss man in th e s tat e, is h e r self n girl of c harming persona lit y. Oklahoma A expects much th r ough her

Paulin e Collin s of De Queene, Ark ansas . is the da ught er of ex- U . S. Senator Collins. P a ulin e attended Arkan sas l:nive rsity last year and received bids f r om the three leading fraternities. S h e is j u s t as popular h ere.

Brazilia Dunn of Wapunu c ka r ec eived a B.M. deg r ee at Christian College last year, but is continui ng her st udy of music in the university. Elyda Berry of Pawnee is the ni ece of one of our patronesses. She is a girl who appeals to the bes t in all of u s. Laura McCall of N o rman bids fair to be as good a Pi Phi as her sister, Anne.

Alice Hurley, the sis te r of Patrick Hurl ey-the General Attorney for the Choc taw Nation-is herself a bright and interesting girl, whose grades nre never o ther th an A . She co mes from Tul sa. Virginia Strother is also one of those talented and good -l oo king gi rl s. li ef home is in Altu s. Okla W ood. !\ ca ndidate for a Mas te r 's Degree came highly recommended f rom Blackwell. \V i th all o ur pledges and ou r eighteen "o ld girls". we predict a s u ccessfut yea r (or Oklahoma A.

Y o ur s in II B

PATCHBLL

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TEX.AS ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS (C

hartered H)02)

INITIATES

(Initiated, September 28, 19 14)

Louise Crow, '07.

Louise Fenet, '16

Mary Farrell, '17.

Rosalie Meek, '17

Juli a Hoard, ' 17

Mildred Howard, "7. Mary Ann e Blattner, '17.

With the opening of the 1914-15 semeste r , Texas A entered upon a most promising year. To begin with, seven of our nine last year's pledges. r et urned to ent er the chapter. Th ese were pledged on May 20, last , concluding a very strenuous "closed season".

This year a kind {scohy ruled "open season", so that freshmen could be pledged immediately after matriculation. Acco rdingly, we made good our oppo rtunity and pledged nine splendid girls. One of these, Mary Farrell, was el igible for initiation at once, a few who have as much as sophomore standing, we hope to initiate after C hri stma s, but the freshmen must wait until next fall. Our new pledges are: Lo uise Skinner, Tillie McCammon, Ona Sims, Dorothy Hill, Kathleen Little, Elise Bumpass, Dorothy Swearingen, Pearl ZUker, Minette Thompson, Annie Engli sh, Sara Davis, Geneva Harris, Dorothy Wil cox , Mary Shelton, Jeannette Hagelstein, Maurine D owna rd, Ruby Knight and Margaret Lee. Already the pledges have o rganized and, with the help of some of the older girls, are laying the foundation of a strong chapter for next year. In addition to thi s training, we have assigned to each freshman an upper c1assman from the active c h apte r, to be her especial guardian and l'he lp in the time of need". This guardian looks after the pledge's grades, helps her out of any chance difficulty, and advises her when she deems it ne<:euary In order to keep the pl edges in close touch with the active chapter, we intend to have a cooky-shine, or some such function, eve ry month or so.

On September 28, we initiated our seve n pledges from last year, and never were there more enthusiastic Pi Phis than these initiates. Following initia· tion, a cooky-shine was enjoyed by the chapter and seve r a l town alumnre . A few days later there was another cooky-shine for the pledges. This one was given by the new initiates, who covered themselves with glory, so great was success. Afterward we taught the freshmen IT B songs, then were entertained by them with an impromptu vaudeville, which was very clever and amusing. Tex as .A is not lacking in honors, ei th er intellectual or social. We have four girls in Ashbel, an honorary literary society, Mary Greer, Adele Glasgow, Mary Anne Blattner and Rosene Gould. Mary Bryan is on the uCactus" board. Julia Hoard and Rose lle Gould are on the staff of the Daily Texan. Several of the girls are prominent committee workers in V W. C A. and \Voman's Council. Rosalie Meek is vice-president of the sophomo re cl ass. Jeannette Markle, :Mary Taylor and Louise Fenet were among the six girls on the uEeauly Pages" of th e 1914 Ca('/UJ. "Rabbitfoot" and l'Anglers" are two dancing clubs of the university. Louise Fenet, Mary Bryan, Adele Glasgow

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3nd Rosalie Meek are "Rabbit foot" members, while Louise Crow, Farrell, Mildred Howard and Mary Anne IJlattntr are "Anglers".

Of our pledges, Dorothy Wilcox has been elttted to " Rabbitfoot", Margaret Lee and Jeannette Hagelstein to "Anglers". Laura Johns went to the Waco Cotlon Carniva l as Duchess from Austin, with Mildred Ramsey ns her Maid of H ono r Anna nelle Hilgartn er went to the Fort \Vo rth lI o r se Show as Duchess fr om Austin. Im o Ja Link, a pledge from last year, who did not return, represented lIou 5ton at the \V aco Cotton Carnival. Severa l alsL. attended, representing various Texas towns.

OUT lawn alumnre club, as well as several out of town clubs, have been, and art, of great assistance to us. To their etTorts and aid was due much of ou r success in rushing last year, whilst their kindly interest and enth usiasm in an incentive to all of us. We have received several han dsome gifts (rom them, including a most generous check (rom one very justly beloved al umn a who has of ten come to our aid in such matters.

ROSELI.E GOULD.

WYOUING ALPHA-UNI\' ERSITY OF WVOMING (Chartered 1910) ISITIATES

( Initiat ed October 10, 19 14 )

Evelyn Sturgeon, 'IS, lI anlburg, I owa. Mary Spafford, ' 16, Larmie, Wyo Esther Down ey, '17, Kemmerer, Wyo.

I n spite o( fore ign war and comme rcia l disturbances , Wy oming University ope ned it s doors on Sep te mt>er ,6 to the largest st ud en t boJy ever enrolled. And while we had been at our home s or otherwise engaged in Hvacationing".

the "powers that be" had not been slnl ilarly occ upi e d (or there on the camp us we saw o ur new Agri c ultural building in a ll its glory of white stone and four stories; in the main building wt: found a new library reading-room; and joy of joys, the seniors and juniors found their old rooms in Women'. Hall gone and beautif ul Senior

II all with all its added pd vileges awaiting them.

Il ow thrilling it was to see the rush of registration, to hear the c ries of delig ht tiS nrroW' gravitated tow a rd arrow, or to hear familiar whistles on the campus! Th er e were, of co ur se, eighty odd persons who did not join in the mcBee but they entered into the co llege spirit so easily that now we distin-

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guish them from their superiors on l y by their small sk ull caps of brown and yellow. If any of yo u sho ul d ever travel thr ough our state, be sure to look o n the hills n orth of fown for the large " W I! which the class of '., built and which they co rdial1y b ut fi rmly (?) invited the c lass of '.8 to white-wash, Naturally, the invitation was accep t ed.

The greater part of our outside inte r ests this fall has cen tered on the gridiron, wh e re under Coach Thacker, o ur eleven ha s prepared to pile up sco r es against our oppo n ents Saturday, Oc tobe r .7. o ur team was escorted by a few h u ndred enth usiastic cheerers to Cheyenne to meet the Miners, of Golden, Colorado. The increase in enth usiasm over a ll coUege activities is due, we Pi Phis congratu l a te o ur selves , in a great part to the spi rited and ener · getic w o rk of o ur "Students" editor, Margaret Mullison, '16.

Perhaps it was indisc reet in thi s season to say a thleti cs have occ upied OUT undivi ded attention, for we have just co mpleted s u ch a strenuous r ound of rushing, leas following dances, s u ppe r s s u cceedi ng theatre parties, that we drew a l ong sigh of r elief and h appiness when in r esponse to each of our seven bids, we received a shy "yes" Those who in a few months will belong to n ., a r e: M ary Aber, Esther Bolln, Dorothy Downey, Lillian D a vis, Beatrice Dana, Ellen Greenbaum, and Esther Mo r sc h

W e can sca r cely wait to pin the shinin g arrow on these girls, but in acco rdan ce with the rule s of ou r l oc al inter fraternity co uncil , no fraternity can initiate before second semester o r until the pledge has co mpleted successfully twelve hours of work. We feel that this co un cil is doing much to eliminate unwise rushing and unn ecessary bitterness rival fraternities, and this year alth ough w e had no common b id day and our rushing was very simple, we l ost no bid. We ha ve our alumnte c lub to thank for many good ti mes, especially the one i n the form of a lovely lun c b eon at the h ome of Mrs. Earle Cady , ' II. YOIl may be sure we have all poured ODr libations to Cupid for attracting four n brides to Laramie h om es. where we active girls are so warmly welcomed.

W e are looking f o rward to a most happy and successful year, for ever so many reasons, chief among which are: we have a reputation fOf scbolarsbip whi c h it is a pleasure to s u ppo rt; o ur Y. W C. A president is an overwhelming success and is one of us, M ary Spafford ' 16; its vice-president is a simi l ar su cce ss and is Katharine Bennitt, '16, also a n we are planning a delightful play to be given immedia tely before the Christmas holidays; and best of all we a re lookin g forw ard to the messages fr om distant Pi Phis, in TilE An ow.

RUTH SWANSON.

COLORADO ALPHA - UN I VERSITY OF COLORADO

(Chartered '884 )

W ell. Pen, doesn' t it setm good to be back with the girls gain? My coyer is getting rather worn, but I hav e a nice new supply of paper, so I h o ld my

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as high as any of th ose new soCt-backed note-books the freshmen have. B ut aren ' t they j nIt .bo ut the finest bunch of pledges yo u ever saw: There'. Rebekah Shattuck, Gra t ia Boyd. Harriett Gibson, Florence DempsCY. Virginia M cCrea, Dorothy Deisher, Helen Crill and Luella Jackson. Florence Dempsey came .11 the wa y {r om Ill i n ois and Gratja Boyd from Kansas, but the rest are all Colorado girls. W e are aU 10 glad to have Pauline Powell and Murray S&nderaon (rom Mi sso uri A in the chap ter this year.

The freshmen h a ve had rather a h a rd time. 'Iou know Virrini. McCrea had • dreadful acciden t. S he was thrown from a borK and dragged. She is in the ho sp ital n o w, but we hope it will not be lonr until she is back in school.

Then Florence De mp sey was in an auto a ccide nt the same week and she looked PN;tty sad going "bont with h e r h ead bandaged.

Guess our girll will be pretty busy this year. F o ur of tbem are in the dramatie club, and &11 seem to be taking an active interett in Woman's League, Y. W C. A " o r some form of athletics. R eb elcah Shattuck is secre tary of the freshmen, and Gertrude·Rennie o f the se nior cla ss.

Those were nice parties they gave the first week of sc hool, and they all seemed to enjoy th emse lves at the coo ky -s hine the night of formal pledging Now they are giving a se ries of teas at wh ich they entertain two fraternities each Sunday afternoon. That seems mu c h better than the old way of having aU the men come at one time. The freshmen are planning to en ter tai n the active chapte r and with a play.

Hush! Th e re come the girls!

PORTIA OLWIN.

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COLOR..."-DO BETA-U::SIVERSlTY OF DENVER

Dearest Peggot)': (Cha rtered 1885 )

Well, I have gone and done it. erateroity. I shall explain myself

[ ani ,'cd at Denver I was met at

"Done what?" you say have joined a at once, so that you'll understand. When the station by the most attractive of girls. She positively insisted on my going home with her nnd although I had bet:n warned by mother time and again to look out for strange women, yet I went with her! Next morning she registered me at college and took me through that first trying day. Then she asked me to a reception and fairly swamped me wilh invitations to corn roasts, luncheoDs, sewing parties, parties in the morning, parties in the afte rnoon and parties in the evening. I didn't know that college was a bit like that. did you? But the stunts were all delight(ully informal a.nd so I became acquainted with all kinds o( girls, (airhaired girls, girls of the dark haired variety, tall skinny girls and nice plump girls, girls that laog and playM:, others that were Itudents, athletic girls, and in fact I never in all my life knew that there could possibly be so many fine gi rl s held toge ther by one tie

And when they asked me to joi n Pi Beta. Phi, I rather guess [ said "Yes".

And then you should see the girls that are (reshmen this year. There are thirteen of us who are pledged to become wearen o( the arrow.

But don't thin}.; that T have not kept up with the times in other things. I have l earned that in order to get anywhere at all one must study r eligio usly so I am now trying to keep up the s tandard of In order to be initiated I must hne an o( 8S in all my studies . Cold chills run up and down my bade: when I think of it. Peggoty, dear, can't you see me bending over a page·worn Trigonometry with the 8S hanging over me like a ton o( lead. ]Jut I shall mue it.

Oh! yes, Billy unda.y addressed us in Chapel last week. He is indeed a for ce. One never forgds him nor his message. He used more unusual words in half an hour than I ever knew existed.

[ j ust learned that the univen ity is working hard for an endowment fund . I ( we can only raise $ISO,()(X) more before the end of this month we ca n have $100,000 from the General Education Board. I was 10 excited when I heard that the Pi Phis had raised $3,200 in the campaign last year and were personally responsible of $700 that I made a subscription of $50 right on t1Ie spot. Mercy! I wonder what Dad will say? But it certain1y is a good cause.

Peggoty, you limply ought to be a member o( the Y. W. C. A. I joined becauIe SO many of t1Ie older Pi Phis were active in it but since I am learning what a great organization it is I am glad that I have a small part in it.

\Vell. with the new joy. of frate rn ity, of studies, of Y. W. C. A., of clus picnics and football, I am thl! most contented of freshman.

Your Old Pal, MARGARIT E FORSYTH.

ZETA PROVINCE

CAL IF ORN IA ALPHA-LELAND STANFORD, JR., UNIVERS I TY

(Chartered September, 189 3 )

California A has ente r ed u pon a veTy bright yea r With a strong chapter of twenty -tw o girls ready for work. we were plunged beadlong into a ru s hing season (raught with many d iffi c ulties on account of it'! !hortness to which we were not accustomed. But we are happy for we h ave five fine girls pledged, Clarice Goplerud from Osage, I owa. Geraldine Hamlyn of San Fran cisco, California, Jean Ha1l and "Bob" Shelton (a n <I> sister, from Lo s Angeles, California) and R o wen a Taylor of Claremont, California. Ru shing season, h owever, has n ot been entirely satisfactory to any of the houses and the tenden cy seems 10 be towards open bidding for next year.

During ru sh ing season, we had many visits fr om o ur alumnre, wh o were very active in their aid. Agnes Maloney, ex -' 14, came down several time s and al ways gave us a treat with h er so ngs. Carrie Weston , California B , who plays the violin wonderfully well and who has been on the Pantages Circuit all summer also treated us to 11 musica.le. Floren ce M ' Grath, 'IS. who comes to us as a tran sfe r fr om Color ado .A but who lives in Palo Alto. bas been with us often and takes an active part in chapter life.

On the tenth of October w e entertained our new pledges with a dance in their honor, and we are making arrangements for a Hallowe'en dance. to be given on the thirty-first of this month . The seniors, as is their custom every year. are planning a s urprise party for the re s t of the chapter whi ch is to be given very soon, and the girls are anxiously awaiting the arrival of the day

Shubert Club, the one woman's musical organization. of which Winona Rassett, 'IS, is president, held it s tryouts recently and three of our girls me t th e requirements successfully. Leigh Shelton, '16, Helen Keetey, 'IS. and Florence M'G ralh, 'IS.

One of the higbest ho n ors which can come 10 a woman of Stanford is to be elected to Cap and Gown, as recognition (or her activities in universi ty

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life . This honor came to ODC of our girls (Clara Cram, '14) the first of this semester and we are all extremely proud of ber.

We are very glad to have with us again Chancellor Jordan, who has been in Europe the last year on a mission of peace, but whose mission bas failed as is evidenced by the great s truggle now going on. Doctor Jordan delivered an address last week to a crowded anembly hall on the "Confessio ns of a P eacemake r". and upon r eq uest thi s address will be repea t ed on October 15_ \Ve arc looking forward with much enthusiasm to our annual football game with the University of California whi c h is plnyed at Berkeley this year. The contest will be especially exciti ng as both universities have strong teams.

Mn.oR£D O. CARR.

CALIFQRNl. BETA-UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

(Chartered 1C)OO)

INITI ATES

Edna Aik en, ' 18, Ill S H o llywood Ave., Oakland. Octavia Downie , ' I], 1821 Regent St., Berkeley . Pauline Finnell, ' 18, Red DlufT, California.

Mildred King, '18, 1334 N. EI Dorado St., Stockton. Margaret Mail, '15, 1806 Hob6!t Blvd .• Lose Angelel. Helen Miller, '18, Marysville, Cal.

Helr. n Richardson, '18, 7263 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood

Germaine Steward, '18, 1421 N. EI Dorado St., Stockton. Olive Taylor, '16,868 Ridge Road, Riverside. Mabl e Tuttle, '18, Watsonvill e , California. Elizabeth Van Arsdnle, '16, Yub3. City, California. Gertrude ' Vare, ' 18, Williams, California. Ethel Wilbur, '18, 306 E l mwood Ave., Modesto. Catherine \Vollsey, '18. 2244 Dwight Ave., Berkeley. ( Initiated September S. 1914)

My, I have so many things to write about that I hardly know where to begin! We had a very busy rushing season, the usual lunc heon s, teas and dinners. Our alumnz entertained for us at a breakfast whic h we all agree was the most s uccessful rush party we had. It seemed ha.rdly any time before we had our fourteen fine pledges. They w ere initiated o n the fifth of September and we were mighty proud to welcome them as sisler Pi Phil. Our chapter this year is the largest we have ever had-forty -five active members; twenty-nine of these lirls liye in the bouse. I only wisb I could tell you of all the joUy times we have together.

On Monda,. night all of the acti ve g-iTls come to dinner and often some of our alumnae. We sit around the tables, (or there are two of them, and then there cornel to each of us the feeling that colle ge is not .11 work or pleasure but we have a sense of something higher; of lo\'c (or our Alma Mater and our fraternity .

This semuter as always Pi Pbis are taking a prominent part in college activities, Vinnie Robinaon. "5. will manage the ne,.;t I'arlhenia This i. the highest appointive office on the campus. Helen Havens, 'JS. is president of Pan·Hellenic and she ably fill, this trying position. To encourage the singing of college longs among the woman students twenty minutes on each Wednesday has been set aside for a "singing". Mila Cea rley, '15. has been appointed song leader, Helen Lawton , '16, the manager of the Womens' Mandolin and Guitar Club.

Victor Herbert's co mi c opera and "Red Mill " whic h was preduced by T"eble ell! socie ty o n Oc tober the eighth at the Mp r Donough theater in Oakland. was a decided success. Mila Cearley. 'IS. in the leading part, Gretchen, was cha rming.

This year is witnessing many improvements on our campu s , a new track oval is being built and new tennis courts. Additions have been made to the Chemistry Building and Hearst Hall. Also our swimming pool, which is the largest woman's pool in the world, will be finished this week. The men have long had a pool in Strawberry Canyon. but it wa s not until thi s semester that the w ome n students have had thi s ad,rnntage.

\Ve feel very fortunat e in having Professo r BGnn of the department of Economics of the University of Munich here Ilt California this year. It is :\ decided advantage to be able to get th e ideas of great men from otber co untries.

To morrow night we are going to have our first Father's and Mother's dinner. Alth ough we hav e a Mother's club. we have felt that we would like to have our fathers know us better and become interested in fraternity life. We do not expec t to limit the se informal dinners to fathers and mothers but to have other relatives also occ asionally.

California B sends gre etings and best wishes for a happy year. We are looking eagtrly forward to next July and our n convention h e re i n Berkeley We in the \Vest are so far lrom most of the n cit chapters that we some times feel just a "Wee bit out of things". We do want to know all you girls and have you kn o w us. So please everybody come to convention in 1915· KATHERINE \VESTBROOK

WASHINGTON ALPHA-UN1VERSITY 01'" WASHINGTON

(Chartered 1867 )

ACT I

(Scene-Drawing r oo m in Chaptel" ho u se of Wa shington A.) Time-Five o'clock.

ChllT3cten-Girls of Washington A. chapter and an alumna. As the curtain rises the f o ur pledges. Josep hine Lane. P o rtland; Virginia

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Madigan, Seattle; Jean lacoy", Walla Walla; and Irene Steele, Walla Walla. nrc silting in front of the lire.)

J osephine-Now that we have everything ready for tea, I wish they would come Wbere is everyone, anyway? The house seems so quiet.

frene-They will be back soon, it is five dclock now.

(There i s a bang off stage. Irene exits and .-:returns immediately with several co ll ege papers, which she passes around.)

Virginia-Dh! I can hardly wait to see the re sults of the e Jection.

J ean-(After glancing at the paper) Yes, Virginia, you got il. Aren't you happy? Ju st to think of your being secretary of the freshman class.

(Delighted capering about. At this point there is the noise of a door opening, laughter and voices. Enter the other girls Dnd an alumna. Pledges bashfully rise and greet her.

Alumna-l have heard so much about your new house, but this is the first chance I 've had to see it. You may certainly be proud of it, but how did you ever manage to do it? I've been away all summer, so am very ignorant about it.

Senior-We never in the world could have done it if our alumn:E had not stood back of us so splendidly and helped us. The girls' parents have also been very much interested and have helped in various ways. Now, thanks to the co-operation of parents and alumnz, we have one of the best looking houses on the campus

(Telephone rings; exit freshman.)

Aluma-H ow many girls have you in the h o use?

(F reshman enters)-Is Hazel Jones here? No? All right. (Exit)

Senior-We have seventeen girls in the house now, but only one freshman. Jun ior (exp laining}-Vou see we are having semester p le dging. \Ve are allowed to have only five dates with a freshman during the semester. Relations on the campus are absolutely natural. We have had several jolly rushing stunts and nre very much in favor of the new system.

(Telephone rings again and a freshman exits.)

Junior-l wonder if it is for Hazel again thit time, she is in great demand today.

Senior-Probably if we were the president of the junior dub, chairman of the Y. W. C. A. social committee and managing the all-university umixer" tomorrow night, we would be. 100. Vain hopes! She is certainly the popular lady.

Sophomore (giggling)-Nol as popular as Margaret Jackson since she has been elected treaSUler of the Athena debating dub.

(Enter freshman with a perplexed frown on her face).

Freshman-Does anyone know where Mary Mc Enrie is? Some moving picture man wants to talk to her

Sophomore (excited)-Whal? Wbo is he? Wha t's it all about? Mary and a moving pictare man?

Senior (calmly)-Don't be alarmed. You know Mary is on the junior vauderitle committee and has charge of the moTing pictures. Tell bim to call up about six.

interesting ennis are bappening in college this year.

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(Freshman goes over and speaks to senior in a loy. tone, beckons to other freshman. They exit.)

Sophomore-There have been any number of tbings already. The Y. W. C. A. girl. have had their freshman "mixer" and with the V. M. C. A. are having Vesper meetings once a month. We enjoy them so much.

Junior-And then we've been so interested in the football games. We've __ __ fimhlg_

wi th Whitman.

Senior-We are turning out for hockey and crew nnd it is such {un.

Junior-Yes, but don't forget dramatics. Early in December we are going to stage uOfficer 666."

Alumna-Well. the year looks bright and r osy, and let us wish every n chapter good wishes for the year.

(All applaud. Tea is served.)

Curtain.

MARY M cENTEE

WASHINGTON BETA-WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE

(Chartered 191:Z)

J:"oI ITIATES

( I nitiated Octobe r 17)

Elsie Freakes, '18, Red Lodge, Montana. Olive Brunning, '18, Colfax, Washington.

I-Jelen Canfie!d , '18, Spokane, Washington. Janet Scott, , , 6, Spokane, Wa shington. Girb. were yo u ever so happy, and did college and rr B cJ> ever mean as much to you as it does this year? Ar en't yo u just brimming over with hap piness at being back in school once more? We, of the W ashing ton B chapler would just love to take you all by Ihe hand and have a regu lar j ubilation dance. Rushing is ove r.

The r esults? Eight perfectly fine new p l edges, Frances H enny, Mildred Frnnc, Blanch C lements, J ean Burns, Janet Scott, Emily Babcock, Ruth Quarels, and Nellie Emerson.

To begin with, we had sixteen of our "old girls" back-practically a f ull house. Is it :lny wonder that rushing came out so well with u s?

Speaking of rushing reminds me. Condi ti ons were much improved this year , thanks to ou r Pan-Hellenic Co uncil, and we are even now beginning to p lan for the comi ng year in order that it may be e v en better. Sophomore pledging will be tried next year.

Perhaps yo u might be i nterested in the soc is.l co ndition s which prevail h ere.

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Dissatis fa ctio n with o ur social regime h as become morc and more prevalent in th e last few years and as a r es ult, last sp r ing a committee composed of three f &c ulty members and two students, c h osen by the st udent body to represent them, were appointed t o investiga te the matter and to try and find some remedy (or existing cond i ti ons. A s a result of these efforts we h ave a new social program at W. S. C. The object is to make social life morc widesp re ad, among the students.

As for honors and co llege activi ti es IT D stands well in the lea d . We were first in sc holarship of all th e Greek-letter soc ieties for the last semester.

Alm a Prichard, Eli:r:abeth Painter, Juanita Gregory, Grace P os t and D o ris Sc hum ake r were elected to membership in the Twentiet h Century Club.

Alma Prichard and Olive Bruning are members of the W o man's Athletic co un ci l. In e% W eave r is secreta ry of W omans Athl etic Association. D oras Shumaker and Zora Wiffin are members of the Evngru,. staff. Grace Post and In e% 'Veaver a re on tht! Y. W . C . A . cabi net. Zora Wiffin will be in the sex tet again thi s year.

Ju st a word about our wonderful ne w hou se- mo th e r Mrs. John Monroe, o n e of the most charming a nd lo vab le wom en imagin a ble. Undoubtedly much o f ou r success thi s yea r has been d ue to her, and we h ope to become a stronger, finer group of girls because of her c harming personality She has added a dignity and h ome atmosph e re to o ur chap ter home that is doi ng much to broaden and de velop us as collegt: wom en M ost ce rt ai nly the house mother p l ays an important part in th e life o f a fraternity girl.

Dear littl e Pi Beta Phi si s te r s scatte r ed a ll over this big co untry there are a hun dred and one things. I would lo ve to compare notes on, o ur chapter l if e, our co ll ege life , an d yes, even th e littl e intimate de t ai ls o f our chaptet' life such as th e tim e Bobby wore her bed -roo m slippers down to dinner the night we we r e entertain ing one of the n o tables, but it is getting "sleepy tim-e" a nd the mysteries of the French alphabet are becoming to me.

Th e ve r y bes t of good luck to you all and a ha ppy, joyous year.

EUZA81TH PAINTER.

EXCHANGES

D e lta Zeta a n noun ceS the estilblishment of Kappa chapter at Wa s hington State University, Seattle , Wash ., May 30, 1914

The Supr eme Coun c il of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity announces the c hartering of Beta Beta chapter, at th e Un ive rsity of 'Vashington, May J 2,1914, and Beta Gamma chapter at the University of Kansas, Jun e 6 , 1914.

Kappa De lta ann ounc es th e estab lishment of c h a pt e r at Millsaps Co ll ege , Jackso n, M iss ., S ept embe r 25, 1914 .

The Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity announces the c hartering of Gamma Delta Sigma as Eta Zeta at Rhode Island State College, October 19 , 1914.

A cco r ding 10 t he D,.o"t ol le M , n'or th e a n c ient f olk pla y, b,.eath in , the s pirit of Robin Hood, ill cominJ' .,ain ioto its OWO , and thb renaiuance iI comin, from the univenitic.-rather naturally. Our modern ltal't: came from the churc.b--e faet IOohich eX I)lains th e 5e r ious didac t ic Qua lity of the En glish th eatre a t I U ben. Th e folk play rooll in the life of the nation itself, but itl inftucn ce on Enalilb drama in the lut four centuria b.. been aliabt.

Americana are dcveiopinl' & for historical pagcanb-aad our foremoR critic. de't'Olin& their energies in thit direction. lmmirrlnts han brought with ..,.arioul mumminr performanoes from atien lands.

In Ne. York on the ea.t side, h olidays are with freatest profusion .nd of gay handkerchiefs and bright colorL In Tena there is tbe ceremony of c rowaing King Cotton. In C.lifornia there are .,.rious Hower featiyals aad in New Orleans the Mardi Gras-an of which ioell t o .how an instinct for foUe drama.

Of latc. mlln e rou s c olle ges p;!rticularly th ose f Ol wome n ha v e amu sed them s elves with M ay ,amel in imitation of spring festivab wbich were annual e't'tnU in Enaland in the thirteenth snd centuries. Tbe boys are more interHted in baae"l1 tb an in Robin Hood.

Not only tbe folk play, but the drama itself. owea much of itl inspiration to in i litut io n s o f lea rn ing Ma n y un iveu;il ies have es ta blis hed departments fo r dramatica Edward Sheldon, th e author of "Tbe Ni,ger" and "Sahation Nell," fa the ahow bab, of Rarnrd.

There hu been recently a distinct interest in t.he drama of tlIe paL Only l&at year lOme of the old morality plays ....ere Ji't'en in the New Theatre in Ne .... York Cit)'. These performancH excited ,reat public interest.

In N o embcr lO me of tbe students of C o lumbia Un iversity are to re't'i't'e Robert Greene'. old pla,.. "Priar Bacon and Friar Bunga,. " - K',y. COMIffG

The fo llowing from rhe Caduceus is of specia l because it il &0 close ly identi6ed with the m o vement of a Boston theatl"e to stimulate p l a y · wriling among undergraduates.

"Beline Me, Xantippe I" by John F. Ballard (A T. Neb.) II aald to be the fUDniest play aince "Charlie's Aunt." That aive. its limitationa al well iu merit&. It 6nt brOulht out in Boston lau January It tbe Caltle Square theatre .a the inner of the annual prize wbich John Crai,. the man er of that

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offers to Hanard undergraduate playwrights This pri:te consists of a week', produc_ tion and leave. the playwri,ht free to make any cont ract he may chooae for the future:. Th e success of "Believe M e, Xantippe!" gave it a twelve weeks' run in Bolton at the Castle Square theatre and a longer run in New York, where John Barrymore and Mary Young played the two leading roles. A second play of Mr Ballard'a, "We the P eople"-a play. by the way. which too k second prize in the competi ti on in which "Be li eve M e, Xantippe!" came out tint-was put o n by Mr. Craig on November J. From the r ev iew s thi s was eviden tly far inferior to "Believe Me, Xantippe ' " It was taken off after the first week, but will probably be used in s t ock. \Ve shall undoubtedly be given a chance before lona to judge for ouneln. o f the quality of Mr. Ball ard's ac hi evements. ]n the meantime it is surely somet'hing to have set an blase New York to holding ita s ides with laughter. Vigor and a whole.orne humor and a tremendous energy would leem to be BaHard'l chief characteriatic.s. He ia writing plays: as fast and as hard as men play football or polo. He h as l aid h is plans f or a dramatic career as so lidly as men set to work on engineering. It will be interesting to se e how far this co mmon·sense method wi1l carry him.

Apropos of the article on Northampto n's municipal theatre , whic h is especia lly devised also for the u se of Smith College students, the following items concerning propo s ed college theatres are of especial interest.

DAtTWOUTH TO HAV. A Ta T••

Under the direction of Walter F 'Vange r, a New York boy who is an underrraduate at Dartmouth Colleae. a college tbeatre wi1l be constructed in Ranonr, N. H., in which a company made up of Dartmouth studenta will appear in play. which will be open not o nly to the college stude nts but to all the res idents of the town.

The theatrica l venture is made possi ble b y a gift of $100 ,O()() from Wallace F Robinson, Vice·president of tbe American Shoe Mac hinery Company, who stipulated that the money was to be uaed in furth e rinr some s ide of co llege actiTity other than athletics. Acco rdingly, Robinso n Hall will be built, with the theatre as the chief feature of the building

The theatre is t o be constructed along the lines of the modern playhouse. hut the more or leu hide·bound traditions of co llege d ra matiQ have been turned down and a policy evolved which is little sh o rt o f revolutionary. There il no regular theatre in H a nover, but during tbe past year eighteen plays hue been liTen there. Twenty-five and fifty cents are the prices t) f seats, and M r. Wanger, during the constructi on of the college theatre. has bern able to pack a hall seating 1,200 peop le time and time aga in.

This i s the first time in the bistory or American ' educational institutions that the theatre has been made a part of college work. It is not Mr. Wanger's idea to present Greek tragedies and ancient comedies He says it is his ambition to present up.to-date play s, or r ather, to present plays a little bit ahead of the day.

During the week foll owing Easter of this year Mr Wange r will bring to New York on a special train a cornpany of fifty Dartmouth acton, wh o will appear in a Broadway Theatre for o ne week, presenting a repertory of play s which bave n e ver before been lCen in New York.-New York Sun.

Writing in Alpha Phi Quartuiy, Miss Dorothy C h eeseman, who first won rame in Barnard Co ll ege d r amatics and is now p l ayin g i n Maude Adams' company , says con cerning the stage as an occ up a tio n for women:

I remember being astounded at a remark uttered by our atage manage r in speakinr of the Itage at a splendid profession f or women : ""It ia a profession ," be said, "in which women receive more ffSpect than in &DY othu line of work." I had alway though otbenrUc beaUIe of the ignorant and bromidic remarb of narrow·minded who imow nothiq of the stare. It i. a sad truth that we people of toda,. are willinlJ to accept without proof the old prejudice. o f c enturies that han been

uttered in.t a prokuioo which hat; been chan,inr Ind impro.,in, year by year. Our opinion should vary with ehangioa condition. Unfortunately we haYe not beeI1 open.minded in our .,jew of the. staRe. Respect for tbe aetre is atroD, in the be&rt:l of her fenow worken. if I •• h KIf.respect. , have ""ler aeen • woman held in auda bilb e.teem by men a. i. Miu AdamL I do Dot mean the ,bam pretence of c.hinlry ",hich we 10 ohen wrongly term respect. but the rcspttt that one human being has for another who h attainw. Ireat achicTement. All which exiat in the work of the .tage are .1 "min to man" Ind there i, • footiDI of equaUty wbleb C&I! only result from "e(juat pay."

There are pit f.na, many of them, particularly for the i,norant, (rivotoUII, Uaht. headed rirl lucb as will ah,.y. be found in other lincs of work. I .d iae • airl who ha. neitber borne, resources nor seneroua friends upon wbom to rely in cue of bein& stranded. to feel her way very carefully. and to think many times before tr,.ing ber fortunea on the Itaae. Tbi. profeaaion is a very precariou. one because of tbe maa7 fairurea.

Concerning college dramatics and its con nection with the stage, Min Cheeseman says:

But now I mult follow my title more c10uly and come to the point of collele dramatica in ita connection with the stage For a colleae girl who baa the true delire to hecome an actreu. I think college pia,., are a sp lendid traininr for later profeuional work. Such practice Cives self-confidence, poise and a lmowled&e of stale-busincu without which one cannot eaail,. attempt a profeaaional part, Tbe ,irt who hu the opportunity of nulfJOgj"g amateur playa gains a knowleda:e of ltage-effects and Iiehtinp which every actrell should have. 1 have seen Mi ss Adams remam for a weary bour after the performance to direct the carpenters and dectridana In order to impron lOme 5tale-effect. She understands all the technicalitiel connected with the s tage so that s he can direct the workmen in the pr ope r terms and ob tain the desired result s. There are few women who have tbe wide knowledge and understandin, of Mi AdamL She discuue, any object from the e hics of Socrat.es to th e mechanics of lighting. effect.! Likewiae, the girl who haa becn to coUege shou ld know how to apply herself to these things. She must prepare to undertake a aelf-educa tion mucb wider iD KOpe than that gained at college, but she will have tbe advantage of !mowing how to act about her work. Tbe fault that so many college girls have ia that we imagine we have learned enouph at the end of f {,u r collelle ytoar t,J 3C !lreat thin!!:s with pra cticall,. no effort. But those f our years are merely a beginning; we all find this out lIooner or later with perhaps an unhappy shoc.k. I feel appalled at the eadleu things I must learn. One should read, first of all II much information as one can la,. hands on. Miu Adama Ipob of this particularly, because, she said, the more we dieeat the more we have in our power to express, when we have 1.C1r".d to expreu. One of the belt methods she believes of learning t o is to read aloud and li stto n to your voice If it sounds convinci ng to )'OU, it will sound convincing to otlinl. If it merely full convincing, it is of no a .. il.

I n addition to ita broadening inAuence, college lave me an opportunity to test whatever dramatic ability was in me, though it was and still is in its embryo fonn. It gave me a chanee to bring out any creative power I might have, wben my turn came to assist in putting on sma ll "showa" and entertainmenta or tbe Greek danceL And last. but by no means It-a s t, I shall alway<; fed the influence of the splendid Engliah coune. and broadening philosophy discussions conducted b,. our profeuora. 1 am indeed more thankful than I can express for my three year!! of college training, Yet, I did not complete my last year, but took thinls into my own bands, declcUnl that I must take the opportunity offered me there or never.

Frank Pixley while Attending Buc htel Colk,;oe joined Ohio Epsilon o f <to 6. e, now ina c tive, lie received the degree of Ph. B. from Ohio State University, 1886. and Lit . D. from Buchtel, 1909. He was professor of ED,lish and history iD Buchtel,

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1887.9&, manaaing editor o f th e C bi caco M oil , 1892·99, and editor·in-chief of the Chica go Ti",.6-HN'Dld, 1899-1902.

Hit natioD·wide reputation was made aa author of playa and muaica.l comedies. He is the author of two plays--"Tbe Carpctbagaer," 1900 , and "T h oughts and Things." 1912. H e ia the au tho r of eight musical comedies--"The Prin ce of l)ilscn," Dodo," ''The DUflomaster." "Th e Enchanted Isle," "'Voodland," "T he Gnnd :MolfUl." "l\f arcdla," and "The Gypsy."

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\Vith the presentati on of " Two Gentlemen of Verona" the evening of April 23 , the School o f Drama o f Carneg ie In stitute of Technology, of Pittsbu rgh, m ar k ed not only the birthday of William Shakelpeare but ce lebrat ed abo the fint half·year o f ita existence 1t ia • unique institution , dedicate d to the arta of tbe tbeatre and drama. to tbe education of young men and young women in actin&" in playwriting, and also in scene dealanina. a tage management, dramatic literature, criticism-in abort. production, be,inning wi th tbe scenario , or idea of a play, and eodinl with. review of it lifte r presentation in the Institute's beautiful l ittk theatre.

The course leads to a degree of nacbelor of Arts in Drama. A n idea of the work done and the system of crediting may be gai ned from the r,.lIowing scbedule.

Profusor Stevens. who is at the head of this School of Drama , is a man of broad experie n ce, whose preparation has eminently fitted him for this work. H e has hopes for a wonderful future f o r drama and acting in America. He says: "We mUlt 6rst cultured perlODI workinl' with tbe of the drama." hue rew of them As tbe yean 10 by and the dou• .choola add

to tbi ' number. inev itably ., e shall achieve "artistic suexess 1n Ihi ' country (or we have men and ",·omen (of arlillie conscience and of varying dcgrHs of Bcnius, ritber actin. or produci nl'. or .,rilint'.

"In the institute we plan to eliminate fir-st the fca.r o f working with hands. The first three year. of tbe courK will be hard an d will keep down vanity We will also inculcate th e IhollFht that theatre io; ,l1e democratic of all in'lilution"!

Do you know, 1 th a t th rOll!!h the atlel; it beC"1I InOTC' a n d adored than any other. Thi ! is o nt' o f the rea sons f or it l greatnels, no doub t. But it remained (or m odern time! r ('ally to s tudy the theatre.

In the artide on " Wh o See the Questionable Pla ys?", Mr . Hi att tell ... th e following int e resting s to ry about Ihe work being done 10 rai se Ih e s tandard n f dramatic tast e in th e ci ty of Worces ter , Mllss.

H ere and there Mmetliing is being done by women. 1n W orcester Mauachusetts a sp lend id work i s under way to conlrol SClne ly and sYli temati cally the amuacme nts of the city. Back of tbi endeavor js the dramatic comm ittee of the local P u blic Educat io n Associat i on. with the zeal of Mrs. Eliza D. R obin so n and of Pro fe no r S. P . o f Clark Colle.e, back o f il. Th is committee not long ago began to inform every leacber a nd every motber in \Vo r cesler of th e d anger of indiscriminate theatre attend. ance. The co mmittee has worked, not as an enemy o f the theatre but a. a friend of t he truly artistic and the truly entertaining play. It has n o t pursued the qUU1io nable co urse of attemptinr t o provide amusement itself, but rather o f recommending that which ill !!,ood in Ih l' cily Ih t':alre'l. It has n ot 10 ind iscrimina tt': but has diuemioated informahon in the local presa, in its reports and at public meetings, proving itt premi!lC t hat cerlain forms of may be a 'iourse of monl infeclion.

A "'alt amount of I.bor was necessary in order to get convincing infonnation Tbe comm htee wa s en@'aged for a year making a census of Ihe IIUbhc schools. It w nt a list o f five Question s to about fivl' c hildren between th e ages of eight fifleell years, ask ing : "IJow often do you go t o th e thutre ?" "What theatre do you attend most frequently ?" "What sort o f play do you like best (say , sa d, vaudeville) ?" ":\ ame one o r tw o plays thai rou h,a\'e lik ed best," and "Il ow Inuch money do you spend o n tilt" th ea tr e in a mon th ?"

Th t" answere were hoi led down u lit il a .;ipnificanl story wa l o ld. It y,as foun(1 lhat th e ch ild ren ne,lecte d their studiel for the thealre that tJ,eir lund\ monty went to pay their admission ft"es. Ihal money needful f o r c10lhillM wa'l t; ""'nt ill way. Only a quar t t"r of th e Firl'i and a fifth o f Ihe hoyt; had Ilevt"r heen 10 theatre. Only ali,htly fewer than half o f the girls went once a m on th or oftene:", and a fifth of tbe aida went once. week or oftener.

Should aoy proof be need ed for the generally accepted belief th a t the the.tre is n most potent educational force in Ih e lives of a la rre proport:on o f <:ity children It is co ntained in these .utisties. When we consider th e vividness, the immediatenoCss of a theatrical representation and th e wholcsouled interest with which a ch ild f ollo.1 it we may aafely conclude Ih a t the effect of o n e performance a w eek upon the c hild's im:ari:lation. hi, ta s t t. h anti his ideals ao;; 3'1 thai produCtd by ma n\' hou rs of sc h oolinw. Th e illlllOrtance o f some kind of 'Iu lll'rvision ovtr Ihe way in which c hildren satisf y this passion for the dramatic c erta inly is ohvious.

Tl ere, th e n. i s o nt place \00 here an effort i'l being madt t o ra;5C the tOile of the t.bcatre by raisin, the public tas te (or it. And of course there are doubtlus other places that I do not happen to kn o w of where the work is also under way But the fa ct th a t there is n ot enouRI, of it to (ount, t o make an imp r cssion o n the whole condition.

Wh e n Mi ss If o rn iman's co mp a ny was in Ameri c a, la s t winter , th e Ch ica go Nuord-Ifu'old a ve r y inte resting acco unt of h e r and her work. An

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utrtlct from the story is given below because it s hows how the influen ce o f onc \\Qman is bringing about some of th e sam e results in England which the IJrama League h opes to gain in Ameri ca.

So in leas than s ix yean it hal come to pass that when you mention Mi Homiman you have a household word in Engli sh theatredom. No need. DOW, to add "of l,be Gaiety Theatrc, Man c hester," because everyone know. that it is there that Mig H orniman is doing the spade work for the realization of • lifdong ambition. Most people call the Gaiety "Mi ss H orniman' , Theatre," and most people are under the inlrrC!I!I: o n th<ll Mi u IT o TnilTl an is an actress o f cons id erable ab ility , but such is far from the truth. A s a matter of fa ct, she ha s never on the Itage except to make a speech, and it is doubtful if s he has ever rec;ited a poem in publi c. Her dt: v o ti on to the s t age h as bee n deeper th an t he desire to display any personal histrionic abilit y

No woman of the preaent generation bas done more for the Engli sb .tage than .be To he r the J ris b Players of the Abbey Theatre owe much. She finaD c ed them a nd se t th em on th eir f eet. She spent tho u sa nds of do llars in supporting th t: ir ea rly en · t er p r ise long before s he establi s hed the Ih ut re in Manche. tt: r. Th ere she ha s d e voted to th e making o f dramatists and ac t ors and actreslCs. Thousands of plays ha ve bee n her and to eac h o ne 5he has given per50nal attentio".

Giving ber opinion o n the modern art of tbe theatre, Miss Horniman said tbe fa c t wbich tbe management bad to r e ali ze was that an educated public was beginning to open its eyes and its ears, and the .ooner tbe managements realize the existence of that T'lubl:c th e bett c r it will b.e for them

"P.ersonll con n ected with theatr.es," she said, "are 80 likely to associate with the men and women t o whom they give &Call that they don't realize the existence of the mos t important c1a s»--t he persons who live by their brains and to whom fifty c.ents is an important matte r, and so they ask for something more worth having than the ov.erfed man ""ho spends $3 or $4 while he is digesting a d inner whic h cost him probably $10, ] do n o t mean for one moment to advocate .,hat is called l o wering tbe standard to attract the populace.

"] mean to keep the standard 50 that hardworking man and woman s hall not f eel in.ulted when tb ey pay their fifty cents to see a play, even if · it be not • IUCceSS, or a play which they tboroughl, disliJce , Theae matter. are really matters of tute, but rubbish i. an insult to a man wbo goes to a theatre and who i. burd e n.ed with br.in

The following items are all of special interest because of the association o f co llege and dramatic interest.

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CaP and Bells at William. wnI hereafter place its lur-plu. each year in • fund for th e building of a new playhouse in Will ia mst own. T o df.ect this pro t«t the club voted at ill last meeting to amend Article 2 of Hs conatitution 10 as to read : "The object of this or,anization shall be to furtber dramatic and educational interesta among the students of Williams College, and to amall a fund for the erection o f a play bouse in \VilI iamstown."

Th e dramatic club, "Cap and Be lls" pres.ents two plays a yea r, and has ach ieved an en iahle reputation Numerous trips are made each year, and the in riable s uceeu o f the annuat performance at the Plaza Hot.el in N.ew York atteats the merit of the orpnintioa.

Bono. TuwscalrT

'The Book of Job' ..n11 be staged as • drama by the Wiscoaain Dramatic Society IOmetime durinl' the present scuoo. Tbis will be, it i. &aid. the fint time that ·Job' has e\'er been Jive n a modern stage Tha t it was presented by the ancient Hebrews i.

the contention of II. M. Kallen. in5truclor in philosopby at Uniycnity of Wisconsin, who bas dramatized the greatc51 poem of the lIebre w tOl1guc. The pre.ent dramatization i! the only one known in the modern day."

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E. II. SOrUY.RN RECEIVE S D£cu:.r:

On October 29, Geor&C Washington University confer red a de,ree, unique in the hiltory of the university, when it invested Mr. E. H. Sothem witb tbe honorary dc,ree of Doctor of Lelter••

This i. the fint time that this university has conferred tbe honorary de,rce of Iloclor of Letter!; for "the portrayal of the drama." 'Ve feel that George Washington has taken a comme ndable step in placing the dramatic art in tbe rank of SCholarly professions. The drama as enac ted by Mr. Sotbern, affords a wide field for reaearch, and easily lakes its place in the work of social uplift.

$u; " x....PPA TalANGLL

Brother Frederic 11. Hatton, Wisconsin 'OJ, and bia wife, Fanny Loclc.e Harton, have written a new play, The Call 0/ Youth. It is a comedy, a dean conledy of youth, and for clever situations and witty lines is said to rival the Hattons' lasl play. Thl! Ag. 0/ Discretion, which was one of the big arlistic and financial successes of tbe season before last.

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Delta Upsilon in the April Qu"rlerly tclls us how one of their member Paul Dickey, wrote "The Misleading Lady," orw: of the New York succeastB, in seventeen days and also reviews another Metropolitan favorite "Alon, Came Ruth" by Holman IJay, also a Vella UPlilon.

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Hale Hamilton, the actor who is wcll known through his work in Get·Rich.Quick Wallingford, is a Phi. Kappa Psi man from Kansas. At preaent he i. in LondoD wbere h(' "ill soon take charge of the Queen's T heatre. li e is as popular "on the other side" as he is here.

Tus SHIELD O. FHI KApPA Pal.

BR IN RD SINCS "T GIEI!:I:: THEATRI

Rall h F. Brainard (,\.1', the $illger, has the title ro!e in the DeKovell Opera company's "Robin Hood," touring the coun try thi. season, and is receiving much attelltion in the pre... ]n this sumptuous revival of the opera the present cast was picked by its composer, Reginald de Koven. Marian i. being lung by Bessie Abbot, believed by many to be America's greatest lyric .oprano.

While playing iUl engagement at the Columbia theatre in San Francisco, a matinee was given upon March 11 by the company a t the famous Greek theatre at the Univenity of California and witnessed by tbousands of people.

It wa the first comic opera ever presented in the tlleatre, and, says the Sail Francisco Ch,onid. , "one which on its merit and adaptability to simple settio&, justified t he innovation. \\' ith a warm sun and almost 110 wind, the opera could Ilot have been heard t o better advantage. and the player s entered into the spirit of the lUKe audience Illd open·air significance of the forest play, living it all the dash and bouyancy that has helped to make it the favorite it is,"

After tbe play Brother Brainard was met by the members of. Beta·Xi and given an informal and delightful reception at the chapter bouse.

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College men throughout the country will be interested to know that Thomu Achelil. 2nd. who became widely known for his skill 3S an amateur actor during hi s yean at Yale University, i. making hi. professiona l debut in the Shube rt production of "Romancc" at Maxine Elliott's theatre in New York Mr. Achelis, who i. member of a noted New York family, was president of the Yale Dramatic A ociation in 1908, when the colleic boy. presented Ibsen' , "The Pretenders," at the Waldorf-Astoria. In a way. Mr. Achdi. may be said to be making a "double debut," for be i. playing two minor roles of widely contrasling charac ters.

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