The Arrow of Pi Beta Phi-January-1912

TRBARROW Of"

PI BETA PHI

THE ARROW

ofJicial Publication of the P i Beta Phi Fraternity

VOLU ME XXVIII

JANUARY 1912

SARAH GERTRUDE POllfEROY, Editor

Table 01 Con te n ts

NUMBER 2

NEW CHAPTER HOlofES

New York Alpha's House

Wi sconsin Alpha's House

Missouri Alpha' s Hou se

Oklahoma Al pha's H o use

THE TE N TH NATIONAL P AN-HE I LENI C CONFERENCE

REPORT OF TENTH NATIONAL PAN-HELLE N IC CONFERENCE

CoNFERENCE OF W OMEN DEANS

PI BETA PHI FELLOWSHIP FOR GRADUATE STUDY

INVITATION TO THE CONVENTION

EVANSTON' A CITY OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES

EMXRSON'S WIFE AND OTHER WESTERN STORIES by Flo r ence Finch Kelly , Kansas Alpha

WILD ANIMALS EVERY CHILD SnOULD KNOW by Ju/id Ellen Rogers Iowa Zera

CHRISTMAS IN SWEDEN'. A FESTIVAL OF LIGHT by Sarah. Gertrude Pomeroy. Massachusetts Alpha

MISS KELLER AND THE NEW YORK A LUMNAE CLUB

CONFERENCE OF THE GRAND COUNCIL

AN ApPREC I ATION

SUCC ESSORS by R14th Hammitt Kaufman

WHAT A FRATERNITY GIRL THINKS

The Work o f Pi Beta Phi

On Pi Phi 's La bo r of Love

A New Id ea for Pi Phi Social Workers

Kan sas Alpha's Candy Sales Opportunities for Social Se rvi ce

IN MEMORI AM

Carolyn J e nnings

ANNOUN CEMEN TS.

EDITORIAL

ALUMNA.! PER SONALS

CHAPTER LETTER S EXCHANCES

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Entered u seeond-cla.. matter October 20, 1909, at th e poatoffiee at M:enuha, W I.. , under the Act of Conare of Il a ra 3, 1879

FRATERNITY DIRECTORY

FOUNDERS OF THE FRATERNITY

Maggie Campbell ..........••...... Thyne Institute. Chase City, Va.

Libbie Broo k·Gaddis .....••..•..... A. on, Ill.

Ada Bruen-Grier .............•...•........ 16 Thomas Ave., Bellevue, Pa.

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

Emm a Br ownlee-Kilgore .........

Fannie Whitenack-Libby .

,_................ Monmouth , Ill.

. Red Wing, Minn. R osa Moore 59 East :nst St., New York City

Jennie Nicol, M. D. (deceased).

Ina Smith-Soule 621 South K St.. Taco ma, Wuh.

Jcnnie H orne-Turnbull . ...

Fannie Thompson (deceased)

Nancy Black·Wallace ...

. 2510 N . 32d St., Philadelphia , Pa.

.... Glenosborne, Pa.

GRAND COUNCIL

PusIDINT-May L. Kelle r , 1822 Linden AYe .• Baltimore. Md .

VICJ,-PusIDENT-Anna Jackson Branson (Mrs. Chules F.), 520 West J22nd St., New York City.

SECUTAllY-Julia E. Rogus, 363 Edgecomb Ave., New York City.

TUAs uuR-Ce leste Janvier, 1445 Webster St., New Orleans, La.

EDIToR-Sarah Gertrude Pomeroy, 7 Negus St., Webster, Mass

HISTORIAN

Kate King Bostwick (Mrs. Hubert 0.), Chardon, Ohio.

CATALOGUER

Kate McLaughlin Bourne (Mrs. Harry S.), Lewisbur&, Pa

COWWITTn ON UNDUGIADUATK LoAN FUND-Boston Alnmnle Club. Chairman. Min Georgia Bentley, 193 Fairmount Ave., Hyde Park , Mass.

CoWllITTU ON GRADUATE Fsu.owsHJP-Gru.d Council.

SICUTAtY OF NATIONAL PAN·HILLINIC CoNRUNCE-Mrs. Leigh Reilly, Gamma Phi Beta, 10 Quick Avenue, Oak Park, Ill.

CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES

ALPHA PROVINCE

R obinSOD Nickerson (Mrs. David D.), 74 R ockland Ave., M&1den. Mus.

VOKONT ALpHA-Middlebury College. Ruth H. Richner, Pearsoo', HaU, Middlebury, Vt.

VUllONT BETA-UniTer.ity oC Vermont, Helen M Darfee, 128 Colchester Ave., Barlington, Vt.

MASSACHUS&1TS ALPHA-Boston University, Marjorie N . Upham, 60 Hum· phreys St., Dorchester, Mas•.

OHTA1UO ALPHA-University of Toronto, M. Gordon Lovell, 119 Madilon Ave., Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

NKW YORK ALPHA-Syracuse University, Gertrude Skerritt, loS Liviuglton Ave., Syracuse, N. Y.

Nlw YOR.K: BETA-Barnard CoUege, Ethel B. Goede. S:z8 Welt 114th St., New York City.

PJ:HN S¥LVANIA ALPHA-Swarthmore College, Elizabeth E Jack son, Swarthmore, Pa.

PINNSYLVANJA BITA-Bucknell University, Marion E. Fischler, Lewisburg, Pa.

PENNSYLVANIA GAMMA-Dickinson College, Helen Langfitt, Lloyd Hall, Carlisle. Pa.

MAJlYLAND ALPHA-Goucher College, C. France. Strader, Baltimore, Md

CoLUMBIA ALPHA--George Washington Univtrsity. Ruth V. Pope, 1.)40 Mindian Place, N. W ., Washington, D. C.

BETA PROVINCE

PUSlOENT-Kate Walker J ohn son (Mrs. Ben. W .), 66S Lincoln Ave ., Toledo, Ohio.

OHIO ALPHA-Ohio University, R. Doris Ludlow, Boyd Hall, Alhens, Ohio

OHI O BETA-Ohio State UniveNity, Ruth Saddler, 393 West 9th Ave., Colum· bus, Ohio.

OHIO G U{MA-University or W ooster, Ellen F. Boyer, Holden Hall, W ooste r, Ohio.

INDIANA ALPHA-Franklin College, Edith Wilson, Franklin, Ind.

IN DIANA BETA-University of Indiana, Gertrude Hec:kenhauer, Pi Beta Phi H o use, Bloomington, Ind

INDIANA GAWWA-Butler College, Mary Stilz, 1260 Wright St., Indian apolis, Ind.

ILLINOIS BETA-Lombard College, Bessie Emery, Lombard Hall, Galesburg, III

ILLINOIS DELTA-Knox College, Martha L Latimer, 694 Bateman St., Gales· burg, 111.

ILUN OIS EPSILON-Northwestern University, Frances A. Panllin, 1908 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Ill.

lLUNOIS ZlTA-University or Illinois, Margaret Webber, Pi Beta Phi HOlUe, 807 South Third St., Champaign, III.

MICHIGAN ALPHA-Hillsdale College, Grace Cone, East Hall , Hillsdale, Mich

MICHIG:IlN BUA-University of Michigan, Irene McFadden, Pi Beta Phi House, 836 Tappan Road, Ann Arbor, Mich.

WISCONS IN ALpHA-University or Wisconsin, Barhara Mullon, 915 University An., Madison, Wi s.

GAMMA PROVINCE

PUSIDINT-Anne Stnart, 1906 0 St., Lincoln, Neb.

MINNI SOTA ALPHA-University oC Minne so ta, Ali ce Lawrence, Pi Beta Phi

H Oll se, 4D6 I uh Ave., S. E., Minneapoli s, Minn .

IOWA ALPH A- I owa Wesleyan College, Mar y Phill ippi , Elizabeth Hershey Han, Mt . Pleasant, Iowa.

IOWA BnA-Simpso n College, Mary M. Thompso n, 400 Wes t Ashland Ave., Ind ian o la, I owa.

IOWA GHUIA-Iowa State College, Blanche Hopkin s, Pi Beta Phi H o use , Ame s, I owa.

I OWA ZETA- Iowa State Uninrsity, Helen Been, Pi Beta Phi House, 114Fairchild, I owa City, Iowa

MI SSOUill A LPHA-University oC Missouri, Jean Massey, Hilt St., Col um bi a, Mo.

Mu souil.I DETA-Washington University, SeiCert, 5338 Cote Brilliante, St . Louis, Mo.

ALPHA-University of Arkansas, Mary Droke, 103 Hill St., Fayetteville, Ark.

LoUISIANA ALPHA-Newcomb College, Mary C. Raymond, 1444 State St., New Orleans, La.

NURASKA BITA-University of Nebraska, Miriam A Clark, Pi Beta Phi House, 345 North 13th St., Lincoln, Neb.

KANSAS ALPHA-University of Kansas, Geneva C Wiley, Pi Beta Phi House, 1245 Oread Ave. , Lawren ce, Kan .

OKLAHOMA ALPHA-Univers i ty of Oklahoma, Eva Lee, Norman, Okla.

TJ.XAS ALPHA-University of Texas, Catherine Hill, 2106 Pearl St., Austio, Texas

DELTA PROVINCE

PUSIDEs T-Ge rtrude Fiu-Randolph Curren s ( Mrs. J. Wilson), 1510 13th St., BOlllder, Colo.

WYOM IN G ALPHA-University of Wy oming, Margaret Arn old, Laramie, Wyo.

COLORADO ALPHA-University of Colorado, Rebecca Vaille , Pi Beta Phi H ouse, 1229 13th St., Boulder, Colo.

COLORADO B&TA-University of Denver, Elsie C. Connell, 825 Washington, Denver, Colo.

CALIFOR NIA ALPHA-Leland Stanford Jr. Uni ..enity, Anne Brooks, Pi Beta Phi H o use, Stanford University, Cal.

CALIFORNIA BJ.TA-University of California, Floren ce McCoy, Pi Beta Pbi H o use, 2415 Pros pec t S t. , Berkeley, Cal.

WASHINGTON A LPHA-State University of Wuhingto n, Vera Bons all, Pi Beta Phi House, 4551 11th Ave , N E , Seattle, Wash.

ALUMNA; DEPARTMENT DIRECTORY

SSCIJ.TAIY FOR TilE A LUWN£ AND GRAND Vl c z-PazslDJ.NT-Anna Jack son Branson (Mrs. Charles F.), 520 West l :und St ., New York City.

AL U.IN.1!: EDITOR- Sophie Parsons W oodm an, South Hall , New York University, New Y ork City.

SECIItTARV FOR FmtEIGN COUNTRIEs-Grand Vice-P re siden t

COMMITTE.& ON SETTLEMENT H OUSE-Emma Harper Turner, chai rman, 12 I o wa Ci rcle, Wa sh ington , D . C. Anna Jack son Branson (Mrs. Charles F.), treasurer and in c harge of ways and means, 520 West I22nd St., N ew York City Lillie D. Hatelton. sec retary of the Washington commi ttee, 38th and W oodley Rd., W ashi ngton, D. C.

ALPHA PROVINCE

S&CuTAlty-Elizabelh Shepa rd Lough (Mu. William H .) , 2:293 Sedgwick Ave , New Yo rk Ci t y .

VERM ONT-R ena l. Bisbee, t82 Palfrey St., Wate rtown, Mas s.

MAitYLAND AND THE DISTRICT OP CoLU MBIA-Lo ui se Van Sant, 411 H a wthorne Rd., Roland Park, Baltimore, Md.

PSN NSY LVANIA-Grace S. Woodard, Bradford, Pa.

NIW J USEY AND DEl.AWAu-Ca r rie St r oud, Asb ury F a rk, N J .

NEW YORK-Julia Talbo t, 620 Irving Ave., Syracuse N. Y.

M ASSAC H usETTs-Jenni e B Allyn, 471 Broadway, Cambridge, M ass.

RHODE I SLAND AND CoSNECTICU T-Edith 1... Carpenter, Peace D a le, R I. SoUTHERN STA TU-E loise Mayham Hulley (Mrs. Lincoln ) , President" H o use, Deland, Fla.

BETA PR OV INCE

SttuTAltY-Fanny Miner, 3 9 15 North PenD sylv ani a St., Indianapolis, Ind. H o usem an Belknap (Mrs. H S.), Pai nesville, Ohio.

ILLiN oIs-Ka tharine M. Bagby, Rushville, III.

INDIANA-Ruth Eistun Curtis ( Mrs. H. C.), 1940 Park Ave ., In dianapolis, Ind.

WI SCONS IN-Iva A Wel s h, 416 N. Livingston St., M adiso n, Wi s. MI CHI GAN-Mary L So ule, 112 Waverly Ave , Syracuse, N. Y.

GAMMA PROVINCE

Szc:uT.uy-Fran ces M. Dunninr, Hershey Han, Ml Pleasant, I owa.

IOWA-Sara Eikenberry Sigle r ( Mrs. Carl), 703 West Ashland Ave ., Indian· ola, I owa

KA NSAs--Claud ia Pendleton, 100 2 Tennenee St., Lawren ce, Kan.

NEBRASKA-Je ssi e Nason, 2552 Manderson St , Om aha, Neb.

LourslANA-Alice M onroe Labouisse ( Mr s. S 5.), 1021 Soniat St., New Or· le ans, La.

TEXAs-Mae S Wynn e, Hunt s ville , T ex.

MI ssou RI-Nellie Turner Pr a tt (Mrs. A D.), Unionville, Mo MINN BSOTA-Abb ie D. Langmaid, Granite Fall s, Minn ARKANSAS AND OKLAHOMA-Carolyn Wynn Ledbette r, 327 Park Place, Okla· h oma City, O kla

N ORTH AN D SoUT H DAKOTA-Castle Crain, Redfield, S . Oak . K.&NTU CK Y-

DELTA PROVI NCE

SECRETARy-Mar y E. WaBiban Gibson (Mrs. Alfred E .) , 41 03 Clinton Ave ., Cleveland, Ohi o COLORADO-Lena H a rpe r Tro rt ( Mrs. A B.), 1571 Steele St., D enver, Colo. C ALIFORN IA-M a rj o rie H Little, 245 North W as hington Ave ., Wh i ttier, Cal. W AS HIN GTON-E lla W oods, 504 Mutu a l Life Building, Seattle, W ash.

ALUMNA<: CL U B SECRETARIES

AWES, I OWA-Lo l a A. Pl aceway, I owa S t a te Co lle ge. A RKANSAS-OKLA HOMA ALU)INA'.: CLUB-Ca r o lyn Wynn Ledbetter, 327 Park Pl ace, Okla h oma City, Okla. ATHENS , OHI o- Virginia Bishop. A UST I N, TEX.-Helen Garrison, 2600 Whiti s Ave. BALTIMORE, MD.-Isabel Drury H e u beck ( M rs. Geo F .) , 29 19 St P a ul St. BERKELEY, CAL.-Mrs. Roy E. W a r ne r, 91 I Kingston Av e., Piedmont, Ca l. BosTO N, MAss.-E thel M. Pi per, 57 P embe rton S t , N o rth Camb ri dge, Mass. BouUl E!l., COLO.-Frances Andrews. 1903 W a l n ut S t.

BURLINGTON, IOWA-Katharine Alice Lundgren, (IS North Gunnison St. CAlI.THACE, Iu.-Katharine Griffith Hill (Mrs. W K.)

CHICAGO, JLL.-Carrie Flagler Schantz (Mrs. O. M.), S21S West 24th St., Cicero, Ill

CIN CINN ATI , OHIo-Gertrude Hancox Car man (Mrs ]. Ernest), University oC Cinc innati.

CUVELAND, OHIo-Pearl E. Kepple, 8403 Linwood Ave , Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland Heights. Ohio.

CoWllBIA, Mo.-(Ml s SOURJ ALrUA AW1Hf Al)-Virginia Lipscomb, 311 South 6th 51.

CoLUMBUS, OHlo-RlIth Cla rke Seeds (Mrs. E. W., Jr. ),88 Panons Ave. DENVER, COLO.-Bess Moberly, 1237 Cook St.

DES MOINES, I OWA-Marguerite Robinson, 1808 West 7th St MICH.-Marguerite Birber, 92 Marston Co u rt, De t roit, Mich

FRANKLIN, IND.- Herriott Clare Palmer. Franklin College. GALESBURG, ILL.-Delia Spinner, 375 North Academy St HILLSDALE, MICH.-Vivian E. Lyon, 16 Budlong S t INDIANAPOLIS, IND.-Ruth de Hass Bunch (Mrs. Ray), 31S::I W ashington Blvd . INDIANOLA, Io\'fA-Elizabeth Brown, 404 North Howard St. IOWA CITY, IOWA-Maude Young Ball (Mrs . Geo. W ., Jr .), North Liberty, Iowa.

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Ruth Mervine, 432 Benton Blvd , Kansas City, Mo.

LAWJl.EN CE, KAN.-Bernice Taber Van der Vries (Mrs. J . N.), 1644 New Hampshi re St.

LEWISBURG, PA.-Grace SliCe r Drum (Mrs. Martin L.)

LIN COLN, NEB.-Alyse S"edburg, Box 109, College View, Neb. -Los ANCELES, CAL-Mary Esta Groves, Pond Square Apts., Los Angeles, Cal. MADISON, Wi s.-Co ra Norsman Neckerman (Mrs Reuben), 40S Washburn Ct. MINNE APOI.IS AND ST. PAUL, MINN.-Elizabeth H Foss, 824 9th Ave , S E .• Minneapolis.

MT. PLEASANT, I OWA- May Hills.

NEW ORLEANS, LA.-{LouISIANA AI PHA ALUMNJE)-May Logan Monroe (Mrs. J. Blanc). 1424 Louisiana Ave.

NEW YORK, N. Y.-Sophie Parsons Woodman, South Hall. New York University

OMAHA, NEB. AND COUN CIL BLUFFS, IOWA-Henrie tta C. Benedi c t, 3S20 Dodge St., Omaha, Neb.

PHLADELPHIA, PA -Katharine Griest, S239 Archer St., Germantown, Pa.

PI1TSB URG, PA.-Mabel B Kirk. 807 P«bles St., Wilken sb urg. Pa.

RH OD E isLAND ALPHA AL UMN£ CL u n-Laura R. Gibbs, Brown University Library, ProvideD ce, R. J.

ST. J OSE PH. Mo .-Mildred White, S03 So uth Ill th St. ST. LoUIS, Mo.-Helen P. Shultz, 6019 Waterman Ave.

S&ATI'LE. WASH.-{PUGET SoUND ALUMNA!: CWB)-Leda Pinkham Wilbur (Mrs Han'ey B ), S28 18th Ave., North SY1lACUSE. N. Y.-Louise V. Winfield. 121 West Castle St., Syracuse, N. Y.

TOLEDO, Du Bois, II The Hattersley.

WASHINGTON, D C.-Frances H eilprin. 2620 University Place, N. W ., Washington. D. C.

W&STE RN MASSA CHUSZTTS A.LUKNJE-Leah L Stock, Washburn House, Smith CoUege, Northampton, Mass

• Pi Betn Phi Headquarter&-418 Blan cha rd Bldg ., L os Angeles.

THE ARROW

VOLUME XXVIII

JANUARY 1912 NUMBER 2

NEW CHAPTER HOMES

Three years ago, THE ARROW presented an exhaustive account of the way in which our different chapters are housetl , illustrated by several pictures of typical chapter houses. Thre e years brings many changes in the college world and ' since then several chapters have solved their housing problem in new ways. At the opening of the college year, five chapters reported that they had either built new houses or moved into a new rented house. Four of these chapters have responded to a request that th ey send an illustrated account of their new home to THE ARROW . The other chapter, California Beta, writes to the editor that while its new rented house is very comfortable, it is working on plans for a new building which it hopes to complete within the year and, therefore, desires to postpone a description of the chapter home until a later date. The four chapters whose accounts of their houses a re here published represent three of our four provinces, showing that the matter of chapter houses is one of general interest throughout the fraternity.

NEW YORK ALPHA'S HOUSE

New York Alpha's new chapter house, located at the corner of Euclid and Ostrom avenues has reached completion. It is New England Colonial in style. The Colonial entrance with leaded glass windows is on Ostrom avenue and opens into a large entrance hall, 18ft. wide with two inglenooks on either side of the vestibule. At !he left of the halI is the living -room, 16ft. by 30ft. , with an open fireplace on one side opposite which is a window seat. On each side of the seat French windows lead to the large veranda which extends the entire width of the house on the Eu clid avenue side. Back of the halI and ente r ed by glass doors is the diningroom , 18 ft. square , with red walls and mission panels. At the right of the hall is a pleasant music room looking out on new Berkley Park and Ostrom avenue The coloring is green and the beau-

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liful Tiffany lights blend well with it. The butler's pantry, kitchen and cold room occupy the remainder of the floor.

On the second floor a re eight sleeping r ooms, twelve clothes presses and a bath·room. French windows open upon the decks over the front and rear verandas. On the third Boor a r e four sleeping rooms, a bath and a trunk-room. The chapter hall occupies one entire cnd of this Boo r.

Everything about the house is simple and homelike. OUf alumnae donated the plain white curtains for the first flo o r and tho se on the other two fl oo rs are alike. Among the gi fts was a very handsome b rass door knocker engraved with II B q" given by Mrs. Estelle Foote Harvie, President of the Board of Directors. Mrs. Florence Sherwood Wood furnished the chape r one's room throughout.

If ever gir ls we r e glad to be in a new house, New York Alphas are and they most co rdially thank all of their friends who have made this new chapter home possible.

GERTRUDE '13.

WISCONSIN ALPHA'S HOUSE

The new house, which was completed a month ago, is proving a great j oy to us all. The house , I s uppose, shou ld not be call ed "the new house," exactly, for it is merely remodeled; but we have changed it so much that it seems an entirely differe nt place. We turned the old part around and made the former chapter room into a dining room, so that now a small table does not have to be set in the chapter room in order to make room for everyone when we have guests. We then built a new chapter room in front as well as a new hall and reception r ooms. We have also added a story, so that now the house can easily hold twenty-two girls.

The house is built of gray stucco, with brown woodwork about the porches, and brown window frames. At present it looks rather bleak and bare, but it will look very lovely when we have planted SOale shrubbery about it.

It is a great pleasure to be making things for the new house and our alumnre and the parents of the girls have been so kind about giving us pictures and furniture and han g ings , that the new house is quite homelike already. At least, people have said that it is a very charming place in which to live. One very ni ce feature is that by

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means of ope ning very large double doors we can dance through the dining room , the hall, which is quite lar ge, and the chapter room; and so can give even our formal party in the spring at home, if we wish.

Of course it has been a rather large financial burden to assume, but I am sure in due time it will come ou t all right . The chapte r raised part of the necessary funds by means of pledges, some of the alumnre gave large amounts, and then the rest of the obligation was assumed by the alumn;:c who formed themselves into a corporation and bought shares. A mortgage was given to one of the trust companies in Mad ison, and this will have to be paid gradually, as well as the loans which the alumnre have made through taking shares. It is by no means an easy undertaking, b ut eve ryone is determined to make the attempt a success.

BARBARA MULLON.

MISS OUR I ALPHA'S HOUSE

OUT new house is a three-story yellow brick in a very pretty part of the city There is a large porch across the front and to one side a portecochere. The ent rance into the r eception hall is through a small vestibule opening on the porch . The other r oo ms on the lower floor are the den, larg e dining r oom, music room, kitchen, butler's pantry, and maid 's room. The finish is white enamel and the walls are tinted a light tan. T'he fl oors and stairway are fitted hardwoodli gh t maple. The stairway is especially pretty-curving from the center of the re cept ion hall to the fir st landing where there is a large mirror, seen from below. In the den and music r oom are fire places and built in book cases. All the rooms down stairs open together which makes it very convenient for dancing On the second Hoor are four bedrooms, a large hall and a bath. All rooms have spacious closets, and a door from the hall opens on a large sleepin g porch.

The third fl oo r has two bedrooms, a store room and a bath. The decorations on the upper Hoors are dainty paper in conventional designs. The house was built for a home and shows it

OKLAHOMA ALPHA'S HOUSE

Oklahoma Alpha is nicely sett led in its new home on De Barr A,"enue. We are especially proud of ou r fraternity house this year, because it is decidedly the most original one in town. We have (ourt een room:; with the liv ing room and dining r oom thrown together,

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so that we can conveniently hold informal house parties and dances. The lights are very attractive. They are mission style, in silver blue with the Greek letters II B in wine. We think this gives our house a novel fraternity touch.

At present we have ten girls in the house besides our chaperone, Mrs. Mann, who occupies a room on the front. She is a very charming woman, and we feel that we are getting along splendidly under her guidance. So far we have had a pleasant and prosp erous year, and we hope that a ll ou r othe r chapters are as comfortab ly situated as Oklahoma Alpha. EVA LEE.

THE TENTH NATIONAL PAN-HELLENIC CONGRESS

As SEEN BY PI BETA PHI 'S DELEGATE

The tenth meeting of the National Pan-Hell enic Conference was held in Evanston at the Guild rooms of N orthwestem University Friday and Saturday, November 3, and 4 . The presiding office r Miss Marguerite Lake, a r, called the meeting to order, and the r oll call by the secretary, Mrs. McElroy, A <1>, showed sixteen del ega tes present from the sixteen women's national fraternities represented in the organization. Of this number seven were presidents, and almost all were national officers .

The important work of the Conference was the adoption of the new constitution, wh ic h grants limited l egis lative power to the delegates. The name of the Conference was also changed to N ational Pan- Hellenic Congress.

The morning session on Saturday was followed by a large PanHell en ic luncheon in the Northwestern Gymnasium, at which covers were laid for about 350, representing sixteen national fraternities . The table decorations were the flowers o f the different fraternities, each delegation being seated near her special fl ower.

Thirty-one P i Phis were present, r ep resenting about fifteen different chapters, but as no register was kept, the list of names cannot be given. The Chicago Alumnae C lub was represented by the President, Mrs. Lardner, and a number of others, while the acti ve chapter at Northwestern sent a large delegation.

B etween courses various fraternity songs were sung, and at the

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close b r ief speeches were made on liThe History of the Conference" by Mrs. Parmelee, A .6. A; "The Broader Fraternity LiCe, its Opportunities" by Miss Kelter, n B an address by President Harris of Northwestern Unjversity, the guest of honor of the Conference j and the concluding speech made by Mrs. McElroy, A <1>. Miss Lake, A r , acted as toast mistress, and the spirit of good -fellowship whkh prevailed-made it an occasion long to be r emembered. Never befo re in the histo r y of Pan -He l1 enism had such a number gathered to celebrate the successfu l close of a Congress session, and n ever before was enthusiasm so g r eat over the possibi l ities, which are at present offering themselves to the Greek world.

MAY L. KELLER Pan-Hell e flic delegate.

R EPO R T OF TEN T H NATIONAL PAN-HELLEN I C CONFER E NC E

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY EVANSTON} ILL." NOVEMBER 3-4, 1 9 11

F I RST SESSION

The tenth Nationa l Pan-Hellenic Conferen ce was called to order in the Guild Room of Lunt Libra r y, Northwestern Unive rsity, Friday, November J, at 10 a. m. by Miss Marguerite Lake, Delta Gamma, Chairman. M r s Cora Allen McE lroy, Alpha Phi, acted as secretary.

The following delegates presented credentials and were duly enr olled :

Pi Beta Phi-Miss May L. Keller, 1822 Linden Ave., Baltimore, Md.

Kappa Alpha Theta-Miss Eva Hall, 327 W. Sycamore St., Sycamore, Ill.

K a p p a K a ppa Ga mma-Mrs. A. H. Roth , 264 W. Tenth St., Erie, Pa.

Alph a Ph i-Mrs. John Howard McElr oy, 1514 N. 54th St., Chicago, Ill.

D elta Ga mm a-Miss Marguerite B. Lake, IlCrannog," Forest Hill, Md.

G a mma Phi Beta-Mrs. Leigh Reilly, 10 Quick Ave. , Oak Pa rk, Ill.

Alph a Chi O mega -Mrs . James H. Crann, Davenport, Iowa.

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Delta Delta Delta-Mrs. E. N. Parmelee, 7318 N. Ashland Blvd., Chicago

Alpha Xi Delta-Miss Lena G. Baldw in, Elmira, New York.

Chi Omega-Mrs. H. M. Collins, Loveland, Kentu cky.

Sigma Kappa- Miss Gr ace Small , 262 Highland Ave., So mervi ll e, Mass.

Alpha Omi c ron Pi-Mrs. C. O. Bige low, 16 10 Sou th 7th Ave ., Maywood, Ill.

Zeta Tau Alpha- Miss May Agness H opkins, New Eng la nd H ospita l for Women and Children, Boston, Mass.

Alpha Gamma Delta-Miss E l izabeth Corbett, National Home, Wis.

Alpha Delta Phi-Mrs. W. C. Coles, 21 Cleburne A ve., Atla nta , Ga.

Delta Zeta-Miss Mar tha Railsback, 1624 N . I lli n ois St ., I ndianapolIs, Ind.

The motion was carried that the reading of the minutes of the Ninth Na tiona l Pan - Hellenic Conference be dispensed with, as copies we re in the hands of the delegates.

The chair appointed as a committee on Rec ommendations: Miss H a ll , Kapp a Alpha The ta; Miss Corbett, Alpha Gamma Delta; M rs. Roth, Kappa Kappa Gamma.

As a committee on an Informa l Report to the Grand Co un ci l s; Mrs. Rei ll y, Gamma Phi Beta.

The repo rt of Miss Lake, secretary of the conf crcncc, 19 10· 191 I, was read . The following summary of the year's work was:

SECRETARY ' S REPORT

Seventeen hundred copies of the report of the Ninth Conference we re printed and distributed .

Thirty-six copies of the exchange list for the Conference Fraternity Journals were sent to the editors and grand presidents.

Admission to the Conference was no t granted to any petitioning fraternity . During the year 1910-1911 the 'ational Pan-Hellenic Conference has been more than ever befo re a court of appeals. Among the cases considered were appeals from Goucher, Dickinson, Stanford, Missouri, and Denver.

The secretary is convinced that it is reasonable and n ecessary that the Grand Councils of the fraternities suppo rt that office r in her attempt to settle Pan-Hellenic violations.

I n addition to the routine business of the office :-issuing repo rts, co ll ecting votes from the grand presidents on the Conference Recom-

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mend at ions and announcing the same, the sec retary has been ca lled upon to answer many letters giving advice and information so she rep o rts an arduous but interesting year and r ecommends that the government of the Conference be invested in an Executive Committee, as defined in the constitut.ion to be submitted for adoption by this Conference.

Each delegate presented a report fr om he r fraternity gi ving convention action on Pan-Hellenic matters, together with r ecommendations from her f r aternity to the Conference.

The recommendations in these r epo rts were referred to th e committees on Recommendations and on an Informal Report to the Grand Councils .

SECOND SESSION

The second session was ca ll ed to or der at 2 p. m., Frida y, N 0vembe r 3.

This session was devoted to a discussion of some local Pan · Hellcnic problems and an ana lysis of ways and means fo r their sol utions.

THIRD SE SS ION

The third session was called to order at 10 a. m., Saturday, Novembe r 4.

The Extension Committee, Mi ss Ha ll chairman, p r esented a n ex· haustive rep o rt. This report was accep ted and placed on fi le

COMMITTEE ON THE CONSTITUTION.

The proposed constitution drawn up by l\'frs. McElroy, Mrs. Parmelee and Mrs Bigelow was presented. After some m inor changes, this constitution was adopted. This co nstitution changes the of the Conferen ce to the National Pan · Hell enic Cong r ess, grants l imited legislati on to the delegates and directs the gove rn ment of t he organization through an Executive Committee .

PROFESSIONAL FRATERNITIES.

The motion was car r ied that the Nati onal Pan - Hellenic recommend to Grand Presidents to admit professional fraternities after the Executh'e Committee shal1 determine upon a suitable basis of admission.

COMMITTEE ON CHAPERONES .

The Committee on Chaperones, Mrs. Dennis, Alpha Chi Omega, chairman, presented throu gh Mrs. C r ann a creditable report. This

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repo rt was referred to the Committees o n Recommenda tio ns and on an I nforma l Report t o G r a nd Councils.

COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL CUSTOMS.

The committee, Miss Green, Kappa Alpha Theta, and Mrs. Parmel ee, Delta Delta Delta, p resented a valuable repo rt on socia l customs It was ord ered printed for the Grand Councils.

FOURTH SESSION

The Congress was caned to order by the chair after an adjournment f r om I p . m. until 3 :30 p . m. in order that the de legates might participate in a luncheo n at th e Patten Gymnasium, which was attended by three hunc!red and fifty women from the ac t ive chap t ers at Northwes te rn University and the alum nae of the National PanHellenic fraternities.

Some minor reports were considered. The motion carried that the delegates be ins tructed t o notify th ei r fraternities to send their National Pan-He ll enic dues of $10 .00 to Mrs . J ames H. Crann , Treasurer, 520 Rusholme, Davenport, I owa .

The Pan-H ell enic Confe rence was decla red adjourned u nti l the second week in Octobe r, 19 12.

CORA ALLEN M cELRO Y, Alpha Phi, Secretary o f the Tenth National Pan - Hell en ic Conference.

RECOMMENDATIONS TO FRATERNITIES.

I . That the Con f erence endeavo r to estab li s h uniformity as to the size of cha pters , as to the length of time a bid m ay remain open, to dispense with coercion in pledging, to bring about a sys tem of uniform scholarship requirem ents fo r initiatio n.

2. That the governing councils of the fraternities be urged not to allow chapters to withdraw from the local Pan-Hellenics under any conditions.

3. That the National Pan-Hellenic consi d ers money penalties un ethica l and recommends their abolishment.

COMMITTEES APPOINTED BY THE CONGRESS

Comntittee on Social Customs: Miss Green, Kappa Alpha Theta; Mrs Parmelee, Delta Delta De lta

Committee on M fS Denni!, Alpha Chi Omega.

Committee on Uniform Scholarship Car ds: Mrs Bigel ow, Alpha Omicron Pi.

Committee on Eligibility fo r Admission to the Congress: Mrs.

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Collins, Chi Omega; Mrs. Parmelee, Delta Delta Delta; Mrs. McElroy, Alpha Phi.

Committee on Extension: Miss Hall, Kappa Alpha Theta; Miss Lake, Delta Gamma; Miss Hopkins, Zeta Tau Alpha.

Committee on Dean's Conference: Mrs. Parmelee, Delta Delta Delta.

CONSTITUTION

ART. I-NAME

The name of this organization shall be the National Pan- Hellenic Congress.

ART. II-OBJECT

The object of the Pan -Hellenic Congress sha ll be to improve the conditions of fraternity life and inter-fraternity relationships , to strengthen the position of fraternities in the co ll ege community, to co-operate with college authorities in all efforts to improve social and scholarship standa rds, and to be a forum for the discussion of all questions of general interest to the fraternity world.

ART. III- ORGAN I ZATION

The Congress shall be composed of one delegate from each national fraternity repr esen ted.

ART. IV-ELIGIBI L ITY TO MEMBERSHIP

Sec. 1. Section] is referred to a committee: Chi Omega, Delta Delta Delta, Alpha Phi.

Sec. 2. Any fraternity meeting three Congress frat ernities at any institution and not eligible to full membership in the Congress, shall be admitted to associate membership-having a seat and a voice but not a vote.

Sec. 3. The application of any fraternit y for membership in the National Pan- Hellenic Congress shall be refe rr ed to a commi ttee of three, which shall investigate the standing o f the petitioning body, and upon their recommendation it shall be admitted into the Congress upon a unanimous affinnative vote of the delegates present .

ART. V-MEETINGS

Sec. l. The Congress shall assemb l e annually, the time and place of the foll owing meeting to be a rran ged each year, and shall be presided over by the fraternities in ro tation.

Sec. 2. The officia l list shall be: l. Pi Beta Phi. 3. Kappa Kappa Gamma. 2. Kappa Alpha Theta. 4 Alpha Phi.

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5. D elta Gamma. 11. Sigma Kappa . 6. Gamma Phi Beta. 12 . Alpha O mi c r on P i.

7. Alpha Ch i O mega. 13 . Zeta Tau Alph a.

8. Delta D elta Delta. 14. Alpha Gamma D elta .

9. Alpha Xi Delta. 15 . Alpha Delta Phi. 10. Chi Omega 16. Delta Zeta.

Sec. 3. Addit ions to the officia l l is t sha B be made in o rd e r of election to members h i p .

ART. VI - P OWERS

Sec . I. Th e powers of the Cong r ess shaB be five - fold :-Fi rs t, to make l aws that pertain to its own go vernm en t. Second , to adm it at its discretion petitioning fraternities . Third, to levy an nu a l d ues - n ot to exceed $1 S.OO to be paid by the fraternities within two weeks of not ifica tion by th e treasurer. Fourth, to m ake final se ttle me nt of a dissent ion in a l ocal Pan - H elle nic reported to its Executive Committee. Fifth , to have advisory pow e r ove r l oca l Pan - H e llen ics .

Sec . 2. An una nimo us vote of the del egates pres en t shall be necessa ry to a v ote in th e Co ngres s.

ART. VTT-GOVERNMENT

Sec. I. The de le gate from the fraternity caBing th e cong r ess shall ac t as cha irma n of the same, and the de l egate from the fraternity next in order shall ac t as secretary o f the Co n g re ss. The tr easure r sha ll be the d e le ga te who se fraternity is next o n th e li s t afte r that of the sec reta ry's .

Sec. 2. Th e Executive Committee sha ll co nsis t of the secretary of the l ast Congress as c hairman, the sec retary of th e nex t Cong ress and the treasurer.

Sec 3. The dut ies o f the Executive Committee sha11 be t o carry o n the work of th e Congress between sessions: to a ppoin t, o n app lication from a G rand President of any chap te r involved in loca l Pan - Hellen ic d ifficu lt ies, a mem be r of the Cong ress whose fraternity i nterests are no t involved in the q uestion at issue to inv estigate and arbitrate any difficulty arising in the Pan - H e ll enic, expenses of the one sent to be defrayed by the loca l P an- H e Benic : to make final se ttle men t and inflict penalties , if necessary , o n any chapter which withdraws fr om a l oca l Pan - H e ll enic o r refuses to arbitrate its v io l ation o f any Pan-Hellenic contract or the "li ft ing" of a pledge, after the G ra nd President of the offending chapter has bee n duly in form ed by the chairman of the Executive Committee.

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Sec 4. Chairman. The dut ies of th e chairman shall be as follows:

She sha ll keep the minutes. She shall send r epo r ts of th e Cong r ess promptly t o the members of the Congress a nd t o all G ra nd Secretaries of the fraternities represented in the Congress fo r distr ibutio n to chap ters and officers of th eir fr aternities .

She shall issue ques t ions proposed by the Congress t o the G r an d Secretaries for presentation to their fr ate rnit ies and shall, up on receipt of the result, send notices of the same to all Grand Secretaries. She sha ll repo rt all measur es of in te r-frate rn ity i nte rest passed by any Grand Counci l or by any convention, at once to the Cong ress . She sha ll send to each G r and Secretary voting blanks f or all motions submitted to the fraternities by the Cong ress .

S he sha ll prepare, with th e other mem bers of th e Executive Co mmittee, the program of the Congress and the instructions to the delegates, and sha ll issue the call for the next meeting. She sha ll send, with the aid of the Executive Committee, quarterly bulletins of Pan-Hellenic interest to each Grand Secretary.

Sec. S. Treasurer. The duties of the tre asurer sha ll be to co ll ect and hold al1 moneys, subject to the will of the Co ng r ess and to be expended on l y on a written orde r from the chairman.

ART VIII-METHODS OF PROC EDURE

Sec. 1. Actions of Pan-Hellenic inte res t passed by any G ran d Counc il or any Grand Conven t ion sha ll be reported at once to the chairman of the Execu t ive Committee and also to the Grand Secretary of each fr aterni ty represe nt ed in the Cong ress .

Sec . 2. Suggestions offered by the Congress shal1 be submitted as soon as possible by th e chai mlan of the Execu tive Co mm ittee, to all the Grand Sec reta ries of th e fraternities, and the resu lt of th e vote announced by each Grand Secretary to th e chai rman of th e Execut ive Committee of the Congress w ithin two months.

Sec. 3. The chainnan of th e Executive Committee sha ll then announce the result to all Grand Counci ls and chapters. The moti o ns that have recei ved a un animous vote o f all the fraternities shall at once become binding upon all chap ters, the Grand Counci l being responsible for the obse rvan ce .

ART. IX-L EC I SLATION

Legis lati on enacted by a frat e rnit y at the suggestion of the Co ng r ess can be r epea led or modiJied on l y by fonmal ac t io n of th e Cong ress.

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ART X-AMMENDME NTS

This Const itutio n may be ammended by a un animous vote of all the fraternities r epresented in the National Pan ·Helleni c Congress. Executive Committee of Nati onal Pan-Hellenic Congress, 19 111912:-

Cora All en McE lroy, Alpha Phi, Ch airma n . Es th er Rich Reilly, Gamma Phi Beta, Secretary. L ois Smith Crann, Alpha Chi Omega, Treasure r.

CONFERENCE OF WOMEN DEANS

As THE ARROW goes to p ress, the Conference of Women Deans is meeting in Ch icago. Through the court esy of Mrs . McE l roy, Chairman of t he National Pan - Hellenic Con gress we are enabled t o q uote t he following from the Chicago R ,eor d -H erald of D ecembe r 19.

A co n ference o f the deans of women of state universities began yes terday aft ern oo n at the Hotcl Blackstone. Misl Adah Comstock of the University of Minnesota is p r esiding ove r the sessi ons. A committee fr om the Pan-Helleni c Congress met with the association. It consisted of Mrs. J ohn H o ward McE lroy, p re si den t ; Mrs. Leigh Reilly, secretary ; Mrs. E. N . P a rm elee, Mrs. Laura Norton, MTS C. , A. Bige l ow and Mrs 1. S. Blackwelder. T oday the visiting deans will be entertained info rma lly a t lun cheon at t h e Chicago Wo man' s Club and rbe subject of h o usin g at stat e univ ersi ti es will be disc ussed. Tomorrow at an informal l uncheon at the Chicago College Club. "The Duties and Oppo r tunities of Deans of Colleges" will be conside r ed Some of the visitors who will speak on these s ub jec ts are Mrs Ge r trud e M a rti n of Cornell University, Miss M ary Breed of the University of Misso uri. Mrs. Mathews of Wi sconsin and Miss Isabelle Austin of t he University of W ashingto n

II We are considering conditions surrounding the life and work of our women students," said Misl Comstock. " We find thac things have heen moving along congenial lines in most in stanc es witb minor changes suggested in o thers. Our s u ggestions will be reported back to our universities for actio n .'1

There are twenty re presentatives of universities and colleges a t the confe ren ce. Mrs. Martin is sec r etary

THE PI BETA PHI FELLOWSHIP FOR GRAD- . UATE STUDY

For the year 1912 - 1913 one graduate fellowship with a valu e of five hundred dollars will be offered. This fellowship is open to any Pi Beta Phi who has r eceived her bachelor's degree. It may be used at any university, either in this country or in Europe, which offers the best advantages in graduate work along the particular line desired by the holder.

Two points will be considered by the Grand Council in awarding the fellowships: lirst, the scholastic standing of the student, and second, all-round development of character, and the ability to represent the fraternity in whatever place the recipient may be.

Applicati ons, together with photographs of the applicants, credentials from professors, and other testimonials should be in the hands of the Grand Council not later than March first, 19 12, so that the award may be made before the close of the college year. Blank forms for application for fellowship may be obtained fr om the Grand President. Any applicant of former years who has not received the fellowship may make a Dew application if she so desires.

All applications for the undergraduate loan funds should be made to the Boston Alumnre Club, which has been appointed by the Grand President as the committee in charge of th ese funds. Information as to conditions, credentials, and terms of loans to undergraduates may be secured from the chairman of the committee on loan fund administration, Miss Georgia Bentley, 193 Fainnount Ave . , Hyde Park, Mass

MAY LAN S FIE LD KELLER, Grand President.

INVITATION TO THE CONVENTION

Illin ois Epsilon most co rdially . invites every member of Pi Beta Phi to attend the Twenty-Second Biennial convention to be held in Evanston next summer, beginning June twenty-fifth. The chapte r will do all in its power to make this conventi on the best possible , and reali zes that the success of convention depends upon it as well as upo n the attendance of as many Pi Phis as possible. We are hoping it will be the largest and most enthusiastic convention

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we have ever had. Already definite plans are being laid to care for a convention larger than any previous one, and we hope that each Pi Phi wh o r eads this number of THE ARROW will begi n at once to include a week in Evanston during the conven tion period in her plans for the summ er. Definite information as to program, accommodations and othe r matters of inte rest will be announced in the April ARROW.

ELDA

L. SMITH} Convention Guide .

EVANSTON-A CITY OF BEAUTIFUL HOMES

Evanston was founded as a home for students. In 1853 the trustees of the University bought an area of rising ground bounded on one side by Lake Michigan and on the othe r by a swamp. But th ese men of energy and imagination had faith not only in the ridge , with its beautifu l g rove, but a l so in the swamp. Fo r the level of the swamp being higher than th e l ake, what was simp l e r than to drain it into the lake? And so they bought the ridge and th e swamp, enough of the latter to make a respectable village. On the ridge have grown up the Unive rSity buildings and the surrounding campus j on the swamp has risen the wealthiest suburb of Chicago, a town of pride in itself and in its institutions .

Some one has ca ll ed Evanston liThe Athens of th e West" and one is tempted to wonder if Athens itself were more beautiful. The wonderful old trees, the charming homes, lawns, parkings, th e broad, wellpaved streets, a nd the artistic public buildings combine to form a justly far-famed city . Situated as it is on the shores of Lake Michigan, Evanston is a popular summer resort-beautiful, cool, quiet, yet within a thirty minute ride of Chicago with its theatres, parks, and shops.

From the first the trustees of the University co ntemplated a model town for students . To the extent of their power they aided in the establishment of churches, the public li brary, the railroads and other public institutions. They gave liberally of their l ands and of their revenues for these purposes .

The University and the town have developed together, each helpful to the other, each dependent on the o ther . The University che rishes ideals, not of scholarship only, but also of noble charac ter and of social service. The municipality, in good order and in free-

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dam from baneful influences, has given r oo m f o r the free play of these motives .

Evanston is primarily a ci ty of homes Man y o f the residents are in business in C hicago and make their homes away fr om the noise, grime and d is tractions of the city There 3re almost no fa c t o r ies and few s t o res and th e r esid ential part of the town is r emarkab l y uniform. But while Evanston is proud of its beautiful homes and its ideal location, it is prouder of the cul ture of its people. "Th e A th ens of the Wes t" does indeed desc ribe the aspirations of the people of the town and they point with great pride t o their educational institutions-a nd forem ost am ong them stands Northwestern.

On the last day of May, in the year 1850, at 109 Lake Street, in the ci ty of Chicago, within a st one's th r o w o f th e present N o rthwestern Uni vers ity Building , nine men met in co n fe r ence, and voted that lithe interests of Christian learning demand the im media te establishment of a university in the N o rthw est ." Immediate es ta blishm ent was r ea lized in c haract eristi c fashion. A charte r was obtained th e nex t year; within fou r yea r s a site was se lected, an endowment of $200 ,000 secu r ed, a bui lding comp leted; and on the fifth day of November, 1855, the College of Li be ra l Arts opened its doors to ten s tudents.

Northwestern Uni ver s it y is th e ch ild of C hicago . The founders were r esiden ts of that city, were enthus ias tic ove r i ts future, and full o f zeal fo r t he se rv ice of the co mmunit y of which it was th e cen te r . This purpose l ed them t o se lect the name liN o rth western U n ive rsi ty.' 1 During a h a lf centu r y th e University has kept pace with the g r owth and prosperity of the g r ea t N o rthw es t

Chartered as a unive rsity , N o rt hwes tern has justified its name by a broad interest in many lin es o f study a nd research, by high standard s of scholarship, and by the development of professional schoo l s wh ose s tanding and influence a re a source of g r eat pride.

The si te of the College of Li bera l Arts is E vanston, twelve miles north o f the b usiness center o f Chicago, with th e advantage of ra pid tra nsi t, but far enough to ens ure the quie t necessa ry for study. Its spiri t o f academic charm is felt by all who visit it.

The campus extends f o r three-quarters of a mile a l ong the sho r e

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of th e lake, and is bordered by Sheridan Drive on th e wes t. On the southern half of the campus-the old campus-stands the original building, Old College. Am ong its statelier companions it offers striking testimony to Northwestern's progress. Near by is University Hall-Fran ces Willard has ca lled it a poem in larly fortunate in the beauty and di gni ty of its design. Close at hand are Fisk Hall, the spacious home of the Academy; the beautiful Swift Hall, occupied by the School of Oratory; the Old Gymnasium; and Fayerweather Hall, used by the departments of Physics and Chemistry. Just to the north are H eck Hall, a dormitory for men, and Memorial HalI, of the Garrett B ib lical Institute. Beyond are Orrington Lunt Library, the most impressive of the University buildings, and the new Swift Hall of Engineering. On the north campus are Hatfield House, a men's d o rmitory, the Dearborn Astronomical Observatory, with its historical eighteen and one half inch telescope, an d the new Gymnasium, one of the finest in the country. One block to the west of the southern campus, on what is known as the Willard Hall Campus, are three dormitories for women. Nearby is the building of the School of Musi c. In the extreme southeastern corner of the campus is a building peculiar to Northwestern-a United States Life Saving Stati on. The c rew , composed entirely of students, has a r eco rd of thirty years of gallant service, and has done everything to insw:e the safety of this part of the lake shore. I t is an inspi ring sight to witness a life -saving dri1l and the en te rtainment committee are hoping to arrange for one during the co nvention .

Illinois Epsilon is very proud of her co llege home and is eagerly loolin g forward to having yo u all h ere to know and love it . The National Pan-Hellenic Association, which met in Evanston in Novembe r, was royally welcomed by the University and was invited to make the Gymnasium its permanent head-quarters. The N orthwestern chapter of Pi Beta Phi assures its National Conventi on a no less hearty wel come and follows the lead of the Unive rsity in inviting yo u to make Evanston your place of abode.

CATHARINE

L. DONALDSON , '09.

EME R SON' S WIFE AND OTHE R WE ST ERN STORIES

By FLORENCE FINCH KELLY OF KANSAS ALPHA

It is to be hoped that readers of THE ARROW are already familiar with the work of this autho r. To those who have read other books from her facile pen, it will not be necessary to commend he r latest book. IIEmerson's Wife," the opening story, from which this book gets its title, intr oduces again Emerso n Mead, who w ill be remembered by the readers of uWith Hoops of Stee l ," and is a connecting link between it and "The Delafield Affair ." Aside from this there is no particular reason why t his should be the opening story. More than one of the thirteen stories which follow is better fitted in interest and literary excellence to help the book to make its public bow. Mrs. Kelly certainly does not !ldeacoD" her lite r ary barre l , and it is pleasant to find fruit of better appearance and flavor as one investigates

The motif in this as in her previous volumes, is the fresh, free life of the western plains and mountains One recognizes at once that the author knows the country of which she writes thoroughly and is in love with it And she makes her readers feel its fascina· tion in vivid description, and in subtile literary charm. As the spi r it of the book captures the reader, the horizon seems to widen, the arch of the sky becomes higher, and in swift panorama he sees the vast stretches of alkali plains, the beauty of fertile prairies, the wooded foothi1ls, and the mountain fastnesses . When we are introduced to the human element we see the rough wild life of the frontier.

The book is a typical work of the better class , of western life and adventures of a day which is happily passing. Its comedies, tragedies, revenges, and loves are set forth in strong and forceful language . One is reminded of the old hymn in which lIevery pros· pect pleases, and only man is vile." But the men and women are by no means wholly vile. There is a rough sense of justice, a royal gene r osity, and a fellowship and helpfulness in better moods wh ich tone down the lurid colors of scenes of violen ce

Some characters are typical and some are exceptional, but all show the natural effect upon adventurous natures, of conditions of hardship and danger and the rem oval of the restraints of a settled civilizatio n. There are five illustrations in colors. A. C. Mc· Clurg & Co. Chicago.

WILD ANIMALS EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW

By JULIA ELLEN ROGERS Or IOWA ZETA.

This book which contains the ulife sto ri es and other true stories of the wild cousins of domestic animals and other warm -b looded quadrupeds" should appeal to c hil d r en in all sections of the count ry. Alth ough Miss Rogers was given special oppor tunit ies for studying and photographing the animals at the New York Zool ogical Park, she has not devoted all her time to telling of wild animals held in captivity. While th e sto ries of uThe \Vays of Man-eating L ions" and their fierce neighbors in the jungle will attract especially those little folk who have seen some representatives of these wild animals in the fl esh, others who have never experienced the fearsome pleasures of the Zoo or the circus will find in them all the charm of the unknown . l\'1any will find the most popular featu re of the book to be th e way in whi ch Mi ss Rogers has pictured the family traits and customs of the little furry creatures well -known to the country child but not always appreciated by him

The fa ct that you should "Never, never kill a bat, any more than you would you r dearest friend" because he performs such a g reat servi ce in killing pests will be news to many adults. The excel1ent reasons why squi rre ls should not be sho t will a lso be new to many young sportsmen.

The book is admirably planned on a scientific basis and much valuable information is packed into its 385 pages. But the facts are told so naturally and are so cleverly illustrated by amusing stories that the child gets his informat io n unawares. In c identally, Miss Rogers p roves the falsity of many common superstitions such as that of IIgro u nd-hog" day and the popular story that the owl, the dog and the rattlesnake live together in peace. But she substitutes so many true stories of actual experiences with our wild fri ends that no one regrets that the o ld stories were false. I n these days when so much of myth and fairy -lore has been m ing led with animal sto ries for child re n, it is a joy to find a boo k where the truth is made so fascinating. Grown-ups and little folks alike will want to sen d to the publishers, Doubleday and Page for the book which sells for $1.20.

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CH RISTMAS IN SWEDE I. A FESTIVAL OF LIGHT

Bv SARAH GERTRUDE POMEROY OF MASSACHUSETTS ALPHA

This is the fourth s tory which the author has cont r ibuted to a series entitled <lCh ristmas in Many Lands," published by Dana Estes & Co., Boston, Mass. The following selected from among many reviews sufficiently indicates the design and scope of the book.

"This little story, printed on a high -grade paper and beautHully illustrated with colo r ed pictu re s, is ODe of the most interesting little t al es that Miss Pomeroy has ever written . It relates the experiences of two American children, who, with their rather and mother, the (ormer a profe ssor in an eastern college, are s pending a yea r in Sweden. The account given of the Christmas festivities, which in that count ry are much more elaborately celebrated and last a good deal lo nge r th an they do in America, is uter em ely int e res ting. Besides a charming little s iory in whic h the reader will beco me int en se ly intere s ted the book contains a good deal of intere sting information about the c u stoms and people of that (ar off land !'-Every Wilmington, Delaware.

MISS KELLER AND THE NEW YORK ALUMNAE CLUB

At the December meeting , held at th e home of Mrs. 'Theiss, the New York Alumnae C lub was fortunate in having present besides Mrs. Theiss, Miss Kell er, Miss Rogers and Miss Pomeroy. The subject for the day was the policy of Pi Beta Phi. Both Miss Rogers and Miss Keller spoke informally Miss Keller said in part:

"To define the policy of Pi Beta Phi in fifteen mi nutes is a greater t ask than any number of the Grand Council would care to attemp t , it is possible, however, to state b r ieRy a few of the main points, which are particularly emphasized in the fraternity a t large

Leaving the whole extension poli cy for separate discussion, the first point to be taken up is the Pan - Hellenic policy. The Pi Beta Phi fraternity stands for clean rushing, fair play, and adherence to the spirit of the rules as well as obedie nce to the actual letter of the law If laws are made let us see that they a re enforced, if th ey prove useless l et us not hreak them, but l egislate them out of existence, and make better ones to take their pl aces

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The second point concerns the high social standards , which should be maintained everywher e by Phi Beta Phis The claim is made that the fraternities elect to membership in th eir respective organizations the best of the college mater ia l j it behooves them, therefo re, to make good this claim through the excellent influence brought to bear on our college standa rds and activities by the members of the g roups . From the fraternity house as a center should emanate a spirit of helpfulness and a strong uplifting influence in the co llege community. Such a house can be a menace to the scholarship of the members , and a place detrimental to the best development of the individual, if the standards are wrong. As a fraternity we demand the highest and best for our girls.

The third point deals with the matter of scholarship. Faculties and Deans have criticised fraternities, and justly so in many cases, for the low grades of their members. In rece nt years, however, every effort has been made to raise the scholarship standard, and Pi Beta Phi has sought through her Scholarship Committees to co·operate in every way with the co llege authorities in securin g the best p oss ible work from her members. The Graduate Fellowship, granted yearly t o an alumna member, to be used at any institution in this count ry or E urope , is a tangible evidcnce of the policy of the fraternity in this respect.

The last point concerns the development of the individual member. The editor of one of the men's journa ls said a year or two ago in an editorial: lilt is not ,"0 muth the men we take in that counts, it is the men we turn out ." It is true, and we have it in our power as a fraternity to spoil good freshmen, or to mak e the fraternity one of the important factors in developing st rong well ·rounded college women. The latter policy is the one that has marked every step of the development of Pi Beta Phi, and wh en we have failed , it has not been due to the po li cy of the fraternity, but to human nature and circumstan ces. Pr esi dent Vincent of the University of Minn esota speaking recently of the magnificent opportunities open to fraternities at the present time, said: "The frate rnit ies have chosen to have their members develop the thing they co uld d o best; it remains to be seen whether they are wise enough to choose the best thing for them to do." Let us then , as Pi Beta Phis , adopt as part of our policy a IIchoice of the best thing to do."

CONFE RENCE OF THE GRAND COUNCIL

The G r and Council of Pi Beta Phi met on December first at the home of the Vice-President, Mrs. Anna Jackson Branson, in New York City The arduousness of the two business sessions was relieved by the delightful luncheon party, over which Mrs. Branson presided. The only regrettable feature of the conference was the absence of Miss Janvier, detained by illness, and the natural concern for the health of Mrs. Theiss, who no longer feels able to carry the increasing burdens of the ARROW editorship. Miss Pomeroy, the incoming ARROW Ed ito r, sat with Mrs. Theiss in the Conference.

The subjects b rou ght before the G rand Coun cil included: Dates and plans for the next Convention National Pan-Hellenic Constitution. Groups applying for Charters in Pi Beta Phi. Report of Grand President's tour of Chapters . Reports from other Grand Officers. Rep o rts from Province Presidents. ARROW plans. Settlement School Movement. Fellowship and Loan funds. Pi Beta Phi Coat -of -arms . Revision of Song Book.

The especial thanks of the Grand Council were unanimously tendered to Mn. Bo urne for her untiring labor on the catalogue, to Miss Zeppenfeldt for her resear ch work on which is based her valuable Historical Sketch of Pi Beta Phi; to Miss Pettit and Miss Griest, and Mrs. Burton for giving us a calendar and a symphony of excellent literary quality , and tasteful appea rance, and to Miss \Voodman for her painstaking work in editing the annual chapter letters . Mrs. Theiss received the heartfelt thanks of the Conference for her work of building up the ARR OW, and Miss Pomeroy was pledged the cordial cooperation of the Council in her new duties as Editor.

The twenty -second biennial convention of the fraternity is scheduled for June 25 -29, at Evanston, Illinois , the home of Illinois Epsilon. Miss .. Elda Smith, whom Miss Keller has named as Conventi on Guide, has charge of preparations.

J ULIA E . ROGERS, Grand Secretary.

AN APPRECIATION

The membe rs of the New York Alumnae Club of Pi Beta Phi who have been associated so intimately with :Mrs. Theiss ever since she came to New York eight years ago and who have witnessed with admiration her loyalty to the fraternity in the various capacities of Grand Secretary, Cataloguer and Edito r of THE ARROW desire to express their deep regr et that ill health obliges her to resign f r om th e Grand Council. (Signed) For the Club, Elmina Wilson, Presiden t, Iowa Gamma . Elizabeth Shepard-Lough, Vice-President, Wisconsin Alpha_ Sophie P. \ Voodman, Secretary-Treasurer, New York Beta.

SUCCESSORS

From a newspaper: uChi ld labor has now so displaced adult work in several departments that, in many Southern cotton-mills and Pennsylvania silk- mi11s, a common sight is .... . . . . "

At the cros s -roads past th e borough. Fifty yard s beyond the door

Of the red-bricked line of silk-mills, Stand a dozen men o r more .

1t is noon: the siren whistle

Shrieks its news from floor to floor.

At the cross ·roads wait the fathers: They were one time waited fo r.

Hungry, eager, noisy, nervous, Tumble from their daily jail

Children working for the wages, Calling for the dinner · pail.

At the cross·roads past the borough, Rough and s trong and stern-faced men

Give the tinkling tins of dinne r

To their boys and girls; and then Mill-hands eat as those-who -serve them

One rime in that prison -pen

Ate: the whistles call the childrenAnd the men trudge ho me again.

RUTH HAMMIT-KAUFMAN in the American Maga z in e.

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The following extract from an article entitled HThe Work of Pi Beta Phi" written by Sophie Parsons W oodman f or the "PanThe Work 0/ Pi Bela Phi

doing . Hellenic Numbe r!! of the Crescent of Gamma Phi Beta gives an <IceBent summary of the purely charitable philanthropic work which our chapte rs are

"Ma.n y o f o ur active ch ap ters an d alumnae clubs undertake lome altrui s tic work each year. In an age of chapter house buildi n g th e actua l s ums expended may sometimes be small but the spiri t gives fair promise f or the futur e. The chapter at the University of Vermont maintains a rest-room in Burlington wh ere farmers ' wins may stop aftH shopping; the girls at Ca rl is le hold mission and Bible classes af the Indian Schoo l and they al so dress do ll s ( or Mrs Maude BaIHngton Booth; the girls at the University of T o ro nto dress do ll s f o r the Children's Hospita1. A number of other chapte rs express th eir Christmas g ood will in simi l ar ways. Th e New York Alphas of Syr:lCuse maintain a com· mittee which call s at the Ol d Ladies' H ome, and at the req uest of the matron, they have given several musicals there. The cha pter and alumn ae of Nebraska University h ave furni sh ed on e of the rest rooms in th e new city Y. W . C. A . build i ng Two alumnae clubs maintain a room in the hospita ls of the ir reo spective cities.')

Since October, when th e above s wnma ry was J.mblished, several other chapters have reported their plans f o r brin ging happiness to ' oth ers a t Christmas time . The gi rl s of M isso uri Alpha, Missouri Beta, Indiana Alpha, and Michi ga n B eta , dressed d olls and prepared othe r Christmas presents for poor chi ldren. Mass. Alpha sent a Chris tmas box to a poor family and Arkansas Alpha r aised twenty-eight dollars towards the s upp ort of a r esident Y. w C. A. secreta ry . EDITOR.

For almost eve ry girl, college life is like a lifted c urtain which re vea l s the world to her, not as it is, but as it might be. Often this

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in teresting and abso rbing investigation completely fill s he r horizon. In her own room she evo lv es theori es and ideals- her study world fills her thoughts and she kn ows no o th e r.

Ima gine how helpful a gi rl of this type could be to another whose mind is sta rved for thought and whose heart is famished for sympathy-if this girl co uld be pe r suaded to come out from her study world and br ing a little of her knowledge with her. T h is

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is what one of the Maryland Alpha gir ls did during the entire schoo l tenn last year.

The girls of M aryland Alpha have a peculiar opportunity for th ey are located in a large city, where there are so many cases of this starvati on which they might alleviate. It really takes such a little tim e to p ass on the newly acquired learning to those who are less fortunate. L ast winter one of our Pi Phi's visited once a week a poor Bohemian woman of Baltimore. This co llege girl had become interested in the needs of the Four Million in her study of Sociology; and through the Federated Ch ariti es she was introduced to this woman simply as a friend.

The woman was a widow with five chi ldren; she earned three dollars a week sc rubbing fr om six in the morning until two in the afternoon. The struggle for mere bread had dulled the woman's mind She co uld hold up few ideals to her chi ldren and give them no pleasures. She used no discretion nor eco nomy in the expenditur e o f her little income--whi ch was increased by contributions from the Federated Charities. At one time the children insisted on baving a pet goose live with the family, at another the woman spent her savings to buy herself a plum colored silk dress. Tactfully the co llege girl from her broader knowledge suggested and advised . She tri ed as bes t she could , to give this working woman an idea of the relative importance of things She showed h er how to keep an account of her spendings, she procured library cards {o r the children, she encouraged the mother worn out and fretful from her work.

The woman came to look forwa rd to these weekly visits. It is tru e the gi rl br ought no financial aid , bu t she brought those other virtues mo re priceless than money, sympathy and love. The woman saved up her perpl e xing questions and decisions for her friend's advice and she acknowledged with app reciation the imp rovements brought about by this on e girl's effort.

This is a sample of what each one of us could do. Why cannot the college girl combine with he r theoretic study of Political Economy a study of the practical side. Will not the reality of her theories be mo re clearly b r ought home to her by practical application? Maryland Alpha.

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The Y. W. C. A. of Butler College is interested in the Christamore Settlement, which is located in one of th e poor distric ts of

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Indianapolis, and many of the fraternity girls take an active part in the work carried on there. Two of the Indiana Gamma Pi Phi's have a gymnasiwn class for the mothers which meets once a week This class is not only a benefit ph ys ically, but it broadens the woman's narrow existence by bringing this new interest into her life .

MARY STILZ, Indiana Gamma.

One little piece of philanthrop ic work which our girls are doing, alth ough small, makes its mark in the long run That is, that our Kansas Alpha's Candy Sales girls aTe making candy each week, which is sold at the candy sales every Friday morning at the versity, the proceeds from which go to the dormitory fund. This takes but little time, and yet helps th e cause.

GENEVA P . WILEY, Kansas Alpha.

Although New York Beta has done no settlement work as a whole outside of the work for the Southern Settlement School, nevertheless some of our girls have beco me greatly Opp ortunities interested in it and aTe spending a f e w hours a week for Socia l in the New York Settlement distri cts in connecti on Service with their Y. W . C. A. work. Among th ese are Dorothy Griffen and two of our new initiates, Alice Wall er and Martha Wyco ff. They teach the little children various things about sewing and cooking, also about singing. We wish we had more time to do more of that work.

In my opinion it would be a fine thing if each chapter as a whole could suppo rt some work of this kind. Even if we could help only one family or one little orphan by giving what aIu we could and tr yi ng t o bring happines s to th em by little vis its n ow and then we co u1d feel we are doing something for some one. We hear of so many depl o ra ble cases wher e, because o f misfo rtunes o f one kind o r another, a family is reduced to the utmost p ove rty.

You will say there are charities to take care of these unfortunates. Yes I admit there are and they are doing a wonderful wo rk but

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there is still plenty of work left to be done. Couldn't we Pi Phis as chapte rs mak e somebody just a little happier even thou gh it be ' o nly to pay occasiona l visits to some poor being and give a few words of cheer and encouragement, for that often helps more than financial aid . We ourselves are so supremely happy, let's try to do something for somebody else. N ew York Bela

IN MEMORIAM

Carolyn Jennings, Indiana Gamma, died suddenly at her home in Indianapolis, October the nineteenth. Several years ago Miss Jennings came from Chicago to Indianapolis where she made her home with her sister, Mrs. John Nichols. She graduated .from Shortridge High School with high honors in Ju ne 1907, and, in the fall of that year, entered Butler College. She was in college only one year and had planned to become a teacher but eventually studied stenography.

Last summer, she was with her mother in California for several months and returned home the first of October. She attended the Indianapolis Alumn", Cl ub lun cheon October the seventh, when she seemed. in perfect health and very much interested in the plans of the club.

Miss J ennings was to have been married in November to Ray Fatout, Delta Tau Delta. Her death, which was due to ce reb ral hemorrhage, was a great shock to all who knew and loved he r.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

With the resignition of Mary Bartol Th eiss from the staff of THE ARROW.. th e fraternity loses from its Council one of its stronges t members. Connected with the organization in an official capacity since 18 95, she has filled almost every office in the fraternity, and is ac quainted with eve ry phase of fraternity work. As Presid ent of Alpha Province, Grand Secretary, Cata l oguer, Compiler of the Song Book, and finally as Editor of THE ARROW, Mary Bartol Theiss has proved herself at all times strong, reliable, and ever alert to the best interests of Pi Beta Phi. Under her able management the circu lati on of THE ARROW has approached very near to the four thousand mark and by this means hundreds of Alumnae mem be rs have been brought back into closer con ta ct with the fraternity at large I t is therefore with the deepes t regret that we of the Council, who, perhaps, better than any others appreciate her work , are forced to accept the resign i tion made imperative by the demands of health.

No one can take her place, each editor of a fraternity magazine has his or her own place to mal.:e, so while lamentin g the c ause that deprives the fraternity of so able an Editor, we say at the same time lIWelcome to our new Editor," Sarah Gertrude Pomeroy , our Pi Beta Phi Fellow, wh o comes to us after a year's s tud y at the University of L ondon, ready to make a pla ce for herself. To her we wish all success and a continuation of the work so well begun by Florence Porter Robinson and su ccessfuJly carried out by Mary Bartol Theiss.

The Twenty-second Biennial Convention of Pi Beta Phi will be held in Evanston, Illinois, June 25th·29th, 191 2.

The Convention CaJl with programme and fuJI details will appea r in the April ARROW. Notice is given at this time in order that all Pi Phis may keep these dates in mind in making plans for t he summer.

Unfo rtun ately an advertisement of the Pi Beta Phi calendar for 1912 co uld not appear in THE ARROW before Christmas. Thanks to the efforts of the Committee, a large number were sold in December, but many are still in s tock . Every Pi Phi should have one. It is not too late to buy it now. Send $.60 to Anna F. T Pettit,

EDITORIAL

The report of the Tenth National Pan-Hellenic Congress found on the preceding pages should interest all Pi Phis. As was pointed out by our delegate to the Conference last year, Pan -Hell enic is not without influence although she lacks the power to make laws and execute them. By emphasiziog the necessity of a high standard of scholarship among fraternity women she is beginning to make her influence felt in colleges and universities all over the country . For this result alone if for nothing else the organization should be commended, but, she has been less successful in promoting a better understanding and a greater spirit of unity among fraternities, the avowed aim of her organization.

In many individual colleges the loca l Pan-Hellenic has seemed to fail utterly in justifying the end for which it was organized. Embarras sing situations have arisen chiefly because undergraduates would insist on formulating specific rules for rushin g which it was impossible to enforce. Consequently feelings of suspicion arose, trifles were magnified, and rushing became even more complex than it used to be before any attempt had been made to control it . As a natural result in such cases Pan-Hellenic was broken and individual chapters would insist on declaring that they were no lon ge r m embers of the organization. Pi Beta Phi has had to face this situation more than once during the past few years. I n eve r y case she has pursued the same policy, declaring that as lo ng as the national fraternity was a member of the national Pan-Hel1eni c no individual chapte r co uld secede from a local Pan - Hellenic . Such a withdrawal did not seem to us to be the Usquare deal." In all cases the chapters were loyal to the decision of the Council and although it meant personal sac r ifice they showed th emselves willing to suffer individually for the sake of fraternity honor. Pe rh aps we have never had a better illust ration in our history of the truth that Ifin union the re is strength." For this reason Pi Beta Phi is in a position to sympathize with her sister organizations who are facing the same problem and she wishes for them th e same success which has met her effo rts to co ntrol a similar situation.

No g r eat reform was ever initiated without mistakes being made at the outse t . It seems to us d iat Pan - Hellenic in her zea l to bring about an ideal resu lt has been too hasty in her methods, by allow -

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ing and enco uragin g too complicated legislation in local orga n izations. The co llege atmosphere will always be happiest where it is sweetened by the simplest virtues of womanly honor, truthfulness, and sympathy. W e cannot affo rd to check the freest exercise of these by spendjng precious time in makin g and enforcing complicated laws. If greater simplicity were made th e key - note o f each Pan-Hellenic co nstitution something would be done towa rd sol vin g the m ost vexing prob lem th at the national organization fa ces.

The Editor has on he r desk, at the present writing, several suggestions for the improvement of THE ARROW. While she d es ires f o r the present, t o f ollow closely the policy which the r etir ing edito r has outlined, she will be glad to r eceive any s ugges tions with r e· gard to the future dev elo pment of the m agazi ne. It is her aim and am · bition to maintain the high standard already estab lish ed by her pred ecesso rs , but she will be glad to make any changes which time and expe rience may show to be wise. If you have any c riticisms or any suggestions for the improvement o r development of THE ARROW, please send them to th e editor.

No long e xamination is n eeded to show the value of the Pi Beta Phi ca lendar for 19 12 appropriateness and Every day of the year has its choice sentiment sure t o bring inspiration and chee r. Th e ,y ork reflects great cred it upon the committee having it in charge. It is att ractive l y pub lished and should be in the hands of all m embers of the fraternity.

The compil ers have wandered far afield and have culled the choicest b lossoms from many l itera r y gar dens. If "genius is the art of taking pains) " genius is he r e exemplified. Of specia l tim e· liness are selections for Septembe r and Octobe r selected in view of the rushing season The calenda r should be in the possession of eve r y loya l Pi Phi.

The new edition of the So r o rity Ha nd book, compiled and edited by Mrs I da Shaw Martin , is larger and more comp let e than former editions have been. It shows th e r esult of mu ch painstaking labo r in th e compilation of statistics and varied information. Th e new illustration depicting the soro ri ty flags is a parti cularly

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Pueblo, July 25th. Dr. Fisher is a graduate of the State Universi ty and a Delta Tau Delta.

Frances Andrews was married to Albert Franklin Sawyer of San Francisco and a Delta Tau Delta of Williams Co ll ege on November 22nd .

Maud McKenzie is teaching this year in Brooklyn , N. Y. and Isabel McKenzie and Helen Baker in Porto Rico

Frances Waltemeyer is studying with Frank Damrosch in New York City.

Ann ounce ment has been received of the wedding of Edith Moore, '10, to Edward Dillon Rich, a Delta Tau Delta, in New York City, December 8th. At home, Rochester, Vt.

Mrs. Myrtl e Ziemer Hawkins is now at home in Reno, Nev., where her husband is practicing law.

Elizabeth Downer Ball is spend i ng the winter with her mother in San Diego, Cal.

To Mr . and Mrs. Osca r Foster (Mabel Pugh) a little daughter, December 13th

Molli e Brown, '10, was married at her hqme, Belvidere, Ill., on Au gus t 29 th t o Philip Wocester of Verm on t , a graduate of the State University and a Delta Tau Delta.

Martha Hankins, who has been the g ues t of her sister, Mrs. McAlliste r for the summer, has left for Chicago fo r the winter.

COLO RADO BETA-DENVER UN IVER S ITY

Hilda Beggs, ex-'13, is a student at Goucher College, Baltimore, Md., and has affiliated with Maryland Alpha.

The address of Geraldine M. Long, ex-'12, for this year is Delta Phi Omega House , Greeley, Colo.

Ali ce Wilson, ex-' 14, has moved to Tulsa, Okla.

Lulu Hastin gs, ex-'89, is now Mrs. Thompson of Buena Vista, Cal. Mrs Albert L. Guirard (Wilhelmina Maca rtn ey, '97) is liv ing at Stanford University, Cal.

Mrs. Jam es B. True ( M . Lau ra Beyer, '07) was married Februa ry I S Mr. and Mrs. True live in Suffield, Alberta, Ca nada.

Faith Gilmore, ex-'12, is teaching this yea r in Glencoe, Ill.

Louise Hopkins and J oh n C. Davis were m ar r ied December 8th. They wil11ive in Wyoming , where Mr. Davi s is a minister.

CALIFORN I A BETA-UNIVERS ITY OF CALIFORNIA

Mrs. Henry Ward Beeche r ( Blan che Cameron) is visiting around the bay. She and her husband have just re turn ed from a pleasure tr ip through Canada and the eastern states.

Mrs. Paul Yost (Amy Hill ) is living in Sacramento.

Miss May Bissell announ ced her engagement recently to Dr Chan· ning Hall, IN. They a re to be married sometime in the early spring.

M r s. William Hayes Hammond ( Madge Bliven) is living in Mexico.

Miss Ethel Morton has been visiting friends around the bay for several months.

Mrs. Walter E Stern ( Ida McCoy) has been visiting friends about the bay. H er home is in Eureka

Adelia Evel yn Darden was married the last of August to M r . Geo r ge Ar chie Randall. They are living in the south ern part o f the state .

Edith White went East in September to attend the wedding o f Ade le Taylor in Washington.

Louetta ' Veir has just returned from a six months' trip abroad.

Sue H iestand is in Phoenix, Ariz., where she has gone for her health.

Miss Mary C Day is teaching in Needles, Cal.

Mrs. Albert Lee Clark ( Laura Bransford) is living in Berkeley , since her marriage in June.

Miss Margaret Smith is teaching in Santa Clara High School.

Mi ss Jul iet Bennett is teaching in the Stockton High School.

COLORADO ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO

Bernice H. Coultrap, ex·'07, is now Mrs. Ben Ge rw ick o f 10 Mt. V e rn on St .) Arlington, Mass.

Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Farnsworth entertained a company or guests in the Thompson Gymnasium, New York City, on F r iday evening, December 8th. The entertainment was furnished by Mr . William Chauncey Lan gdon who lectured on "Pageantry" and was illustrated with dancing by the girls of l'i\'O associated summer camps, Leata Elden, '0 1, was married to Elber t C. B est of Pittsb urgh , July 29th. They are at home in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Helen \Valtemeyer, J 10, was married to Dr . V . Benjamin Fisher,

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ALUMNJE PERSONALS

ARKANSAS ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS

Garland Barton, ex·'14, is teaching in Parkin, Ark.

Velma Watt, ex-'14, is a student at the A. and M. College at Stillwater, Okla.

Sunshine Fields, '08, is now Mrs. Louis 'V . qates of Booneville, Ark.

Mrs. Aubrey Koser ( Madge Campbell, ' 08 ) and Mrs. Thurman Bohart (Josephine Dubs) visited in Fayetteville in October.

Frances Douglass, '09, is teaching at her home in Senath, Mo.

Aileen Spen ce r , '09, is teaching in her h ome town , Monticello , Ark.

Dolph McCain , ' 10, is teaching in Blissville, Ark.

Lois Rankin, '11, is attending Ames University , I owa.

Aurelle- Burnside, '11 , is te aching in her h orne town, E l Dorado, Ark.

J ennie Morton has been attending Randolph·Maco n this autumn, but expects to resume her work here the second semester.

M aTr Shannon, '11, is teaching in Marietta, Okla.

Lucy Nichols, e x -' I O, has r eturned f r om Ashevill e, K . C., to her home in Muskogee, Okla.

Mary Campbell who is private secretary of the Treasurer of the Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company w ill spend the holidays with her parents in Fayetteville, Ark.

Mildred. Gregg is studying music in Fayettevill e, Ark. , this winter.

\Vanda Richa.rds is teaching in Oceola, Ark.

CALIFORNIA ALPHA-LELAND STAN FORD JR. UNIVERSITY

Miss Bessie Lee \V endling, '09, has annou nced her engagement to Mr. H O£Qer Sharp, Siallford, '10.

Miss Eva C la rk , '10 , and her siste r Miss Georgia, visited us at the time of the game.

Miss Ilda Lane, ex-'12, and her sister Miss Helen Lane and Miss Thelma Gregory, visited the chap ter in November.

Miss Fran ces Loftus', ex' I3 , address is 208 Aspinwall Ave., Brookl ine, Mass.

pleasing feature. It is a r educed copy of the illustrations which were first used in connection with the article on liThe Flags of Women 's Fraternities," written by Mrs. Lois Smith Crann and published in July, 1911, issue of The Lyre of Alpha Chi Omega The book is a genuine encyclopedia of fraternity da ta and, as such, deserves a place on the shelves of every chapter library.

By the opening of the new yea r, every mem be r of the fraternity has r eceived or should have r eceived a copy of th e annual lette r issued by the active chapter to which she belongs. The letter in its present form is the result of slow development The first step towards the establishment of this custom was taken in June 1906 when the Indi anap olis convention voted that, in the future a ci r cula r letter should be annually prepared by the correspond.ing secretary, and circulated among the alumnae of eac h chap ter at the clo se of every college year. For various reasons several chapters neglected to follow this ruling , while those who did were free to exercise th ei r own tastes and desires in the matter of fo rm and a rr ange ment of mate r ia l.

In order to secure g reater unif ormity, the Grand Council, in the interim of Convention (in J anua r y 1909) issued detailed directions for the annua l letter to alumnae . The effect of these direction s was apparent in the letters of the following year, but, neverthel06s, th e result left much to be desired, and at t h e Swarthmore Convention it was felt necessar y to have still further l egis lation in orde r to insure absolute uniformity in the matte r. As a result the fraternity is now for the first time in possession of a complete set of uniform annua l chapte r letters . Now that the new system has been firmly established, its advantages must be r ealized by all.

The Grand President app ointed Miss Woodman to edit the chapter circu lar lett ers for 1911 and the fraternity o \.\'es much to her patience a nd perseverance in the inauguration of the new system.

Owi n g to the carelessness of some individuals , much unnecessary delay was experienced in publishing t he letters and it is to be hoped that next year the whole fraternity will not have to suffer for the procrastination of a few. Some information of value t o the keepers of the chapter r eco rds has been contributed by M iss W oodman and may be found under the head of Announcements.

Virginia Brown, ex-'12, and George W. Anderson, a professor in an Eastern school, will be married December 27th in Montrose , Colorado . They will live in Pawli n g, New York.

Bess Moberly and Frank C. Cann will be married January 24th. They will live in Denver where Mr. Cann is in the Real Estate business.

Anna J. Berry who visited in her home in Parker, Colorado, th is summe r , is teaching in Minnesota this year.

Mrs. A. R. Curtis (F rances Car pente r ) is making an e}(tended visit in New York.

COLU MBIA ALPHA---GEORGE WA S HINGTON UN I VERS I TY

Ruth W. Cochran, '09, of Denver, Colo., is teaching in the high school at Durango, Colo .

Wa shingt on, Nov. 7.-The marriage of Mi ss Adel e T ayl or, '06 of this city to Ensign Thalbert Nelson Alford, U. S. N., took place thi s evening at the home of the bride's parents, M r and Mrs. Stanford A. Taylor, in the presence of a small company of relatives and intimate friends. Miss Edi th White (Ca l ifo rnia B) of Alam eda, Cal.; the Mis ses Sibyl Baker, Ruth Albert, and Ruth Riser of this city were the bridesrilaid s, and Ensign L. B. Bye, U. S N., best man. The Re,o. Clarence Whitm o re of Trinity Epi scopa l Ch urch , officiated.-New York Times.

Mrs. Newbold (Mary Bi r ch) wi ll spend the Christmas H olidays in Washington.

Hilda Beale has been spending a month o r so visiting her siste r in Upper Marlborough , Md.

Mrs. Helen Beale ' Vest, afte r spe nding th e month of October with friends in Baltimore, has returned to Washington for the winter.

Helen Nicholson, who is teaching at Stuart H a ll , Staunton, Va., is now home fo r the holidays.

Anna Br own in g is expected to ar r ive he r e from California on Christmas Day. She will make her home with her brother in Clevel and Park , D. C.

Maxie Robson, who is in her senio r year at \Vellesley, is h ome for the holidays.

Lieuten ant and M r s. Alvord (Ade l e Taylo r ) will spend Christmas with Mr. and Mrs Taylor in \"ashington.

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I LL I NOIS BETA-LOMBARD CO L LECE

Mrs. Gail C. P o rt er (E th el Chambe rl ai n , '06) is living at 55 H o ll ywood Ave ., Eas t Orange, N. J.

Gladys Cox, ex·'14, of Galesburg, is tea ching in North Hend erson , Ill.

Ruth Chamberlain, ex-' 12, of Ga lesburg, has r eturned to co ll ege.

Vada Wiswell, ex-'96, is now Mrs. A. M . Shelto n of Berwick, Ill.

H o rtense Cowan, ex·IOO, is now Mrs . Hubert Holland of 1240 California Ave ., San Francisco, Cal. .

Harri et Claycomb Hull , ex-'90, visite d in Ga l esburg for two we eks in October . She lives in Eureka, Kan sas, where h er husband , Felix Hull, is a successful farmer and ca ttleman.

Nanni e Mer Bock, 'OJ, is teachi ng in Chicago.

Mar ia n Wilcox \V ayman, '98, visited in Galesburg . Her hus ba nd is sales manager for th e Staver Automobile Company and his headquarters are in Chicago.

L ouise C laycomb, ex-'0 7, was marri ed to Mr. L ouis R . Lov e. They live in Coeu r d'Alene, Id aho.

Delia Conger, '06, is teaching English in Dean Academy, FrankJin, Massachusetts.

Jennie Grobb Fowler, '91, is chainnan of the new civic department of the Galesburg Woman 's Club.

Sarah Heaton Swigart, ex-'79. was here at the Federation of 'V ornan's Clubs. She lives near Fanner City, I owa, and is active in reli gious, club and school work.

E lice Crissey, '96, is living at City Point, Florida, where she int ends to raise grape fruit and oranges.

ILLINOIS DELTA-KNOX COLLEGE

Mrs W. H. T obey (Charlotte Ayres , eX-'92) has moved to 304 Barclay St., Flushing. Brooklyn, N. Y

Mrs. Austin Dodds (Cord elia Willard , ex-' I O) r ecen tly spent a day at Whitin g Hall with her sister, Louise Willard.

Irene But che r, '09 , is spending seve ral months in Galesburg.

Alice J ohnso n , '08, has been visiting Mrs. Albert Oreott (Ed ith Green, ex·IOS) at her home in Arco la.

Grace \Vaterous, ex-'12, who is teaching in the public schools of Galva , visited Helen Ryan for a few days during November.

Mrs. Mildred Brown Pearce, '00, of Candle, Alaska, is spending the winter at the home of her parents in Galesburg.

Edna Lee, ex-' 13, is teaching in Farmington this yea r.

Mrs. Jessie Van Clute Johnson , '02, is spending the winter in Galesburg .

Lottie Steele, ex-' 12 , who is attending University of Illinois, spent Thanksgiving vacati on at her home in Galesburg.

The marriage of Flo Bethard, '10, to Louis Zearing McKee was celeb rat ed at the home of the bride's parents in Fairbury on Thursday nig ht, November 22nd. Among the bridal party were J ean McKee, '08, sister of th e groom, Harriet Avery, '08, who played the wedding march, and Mrs . Miriam Hu nte r Avery, '09, who sang. Other Pi Phi guests were Mad g e Blayney, 'II, of Creston, I owa, Eunice Jacobson , '10, of Fargo, N . Dakota, and Dema Harshbarger, ' II , of Kn ox ville, Ill.

The week end following the wedding J ean McKee entertained th< bridal party at her home in Galesburg.

Mr. and Mrs. McKee are living in the Adams Apartments, Galesburg. Mr McKee has a splendid position with the C. B. & Q. Railroad.

Gertrude Erickson , ex-'13, who is spending th e year at the Chicago Kinder ga rten Normal, was home for Thanksg iving.

Mrs. Ma ynard R. Swanson's (G ladys Van Patten, '10) address is R ose ville, III.

Winifred Ayl esb ury Thompson has recently joined the St . Joseph Alumnae Club. Her address is 301 South 20th St., St. Joseph , Mo.

Mrs. Guy A. Tawney spent the Thanksgiving vacation with her mother in Champaign, Illinois.

Helen Adams and Ruth McC lelland a r e attending Sm ith College. Florence B aste rt who was graduated from Smith College last Jun e is spendi n g th e winter at her horne in Quincy, Illin ois.

Margaret 'Vhiteman , Pennsy lvania r , is assisting in the cata logue department of Columbia University Library.

ILLIN OIS EPS I LON -NORTHWESTERN UN IVERS ITY

Elda Smith, '98, visited the chapte r ea rl y in November, and atten ded the Pan-Hell enic Conferen ce lun cheon.

On November 15 , Sybyl Davis, ex- 'IO, was married to James New-

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ton L ott of San Antonio, Texas. Mr . Lott graduated from Georgetown University in 1910 and is a mem ber of the 4) .6. E) fraternity.

Mr . and Mrs . L ott wiI11ive in San Antonio .

Haz e l Schelp Taylor, ex-flO, of Irvington, Alabama , is visiting her former h o me in Chicago.

Catherine Little Starnes, ex-'IO, has recovered after a long and serious illness.

Laura Paullin, ex-' 14 , who is attending school at the National Park Seminary, Forest Glen , Md ., was at home for the holidays .

The Illinois Epsilon Alumn re entertained the active chapter at an informal dance o n November 10th at the \Vilm ette Co untr y C lub.

Marian Sibbett, ex- '14, of Delphi, Ind , is studying at Lake Forest University.

ILLI NO IS ZETA-UNIVERS ITY OF ILLI NO I S

Mrs Ida Spalding Milner has cha r ge of the public library at Coeur d'Alene, I daho .

Ruth Work is teaching in Chasko, Neb.

Mrs . \V. E. Lunt (Bess Atkinson) liv es in Brunswick, Me.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Trigo (E dna Sheldon, '04 )

Mrs. Fred Sager (Alta Stansburg ) lives at 4853 Lake Ave .. Chicago , Ill.

Louise Pellins is working in Chicago and is at the Y W. C. A Mrs . Harry I chsteadt (C lare Sommer) has a young son about a year old. Her address is 514 E. 50th St., Chicago, Ill .

Ali ce Mann (M rs. Chas. Sheldon) has moved to Los Ang el es.

Agatha Alpiner has a scholarship at Chicago University this year .

Stella Work was married September 23, to Dr. Page Lovell Gilbert o f Ottumwa, I owa. They are living in Ottumwa.

Edith Armstrong Hiller lives in Veni ce, Cal.

Virginia Chester is at the Student Hostel , 93 Boul. St . Michel, France, s tudyi ng book-binding.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Royal Stipes, (De lia Stern) a son, Oc tober 29,1911.

Edna White is Assoc i ate Professo r of Domestic Science at Ohio State University.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Fithian (Edi th Chester) a daughter, N ovembe r 29, Redlands, Cal.

Emma Wernham is Physical Director in the public schoo ls at Wat erl oo, I owa. H er add ress is 406 Wellington St .

Sarah K. White is Assistant Sup ervisor o f Music in the Pub lic Schools of St. Joseph, Mo.

Hazel Ovitz, '11, has moved to Milwauk ee, "Visconsin.

Clara Swigart is at school in Bloomington , Il l.

I N DIA NA ALPHA-FR..o\NKLIN COLLEG E

Miss Lu cy Anne Guthrie, 'II, is studying mus ic in the Cincinnati Conse rvato ry of Music, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Mrs . Fiske Allen (O live Moo re, '94) has moved to Empo ria , Kan., where Mr. Allen is in charge of the mathemati ca l d epa rtm en t in the Kan sas State Normal School.

Mrs. Ir a Dildine ( L ottie Ward, ' 96) is spending the winter in Schenectady, N . Y.

Mr . and Mrs . Tom Overstreet ( Kate Webb ) a r e th e parents of a baby girl.

Minnie Eng ler was married N o v em be r 29 t o Leslie J. Barrows,

A E . Mr. Barrows is a farmer and they will make the ir home in F ranklin .

Lou ise Ca rter, 'II , is working f o r her M aste r' s degree in Leland Stanford Uni versity.

Mrs . J . T. Hoopingarner (Ti lli e Weyl , '08) was h ere f or initiatio n.

Caro lyn M cCas lin, '08, is spending the winter in Pu eb l o, Colo.

Mrs. E L. Middleton ( Mae Carney, '99) has moved to Evans ton, III.

Mrs. A. O. Neal (E lsie Hol man) visited F r anklin the first of December.

Mildred P ope, ex·' J 3, of Franklin is a stud en t at Co l orado Co ll ege, Colorado Springs, Co lo.

INDIANA BETA-I NDIANA UN I VERS ITY

H arriet Russel has affi l iated with the Wisconsin Alpha Chapter .

Born t o Mr. and Mrs. Ray Meek er (Go ld ia Carolin e Cecil, '08) a son.

Helen Esther Harris and Edna Wa lker, ex-' I 3, a re teach ing in Princeton, Ind ,

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Bess Fisher is teaching mathematics in the Vincennes, Ind. high school.

Ruth Miller, ' II , is tea ching German in the Shoals , Ind . high school.

Miss Lillian Thornton ( Ind r ) was married to Mr. Irwin J. Chapin of San Diego, Cal. Novembe;- 22nd . They will live in San Diego, Cal.

The Second Annual Home Coming, November 25, brought many old Pi Phis back to Bloomington for an en j oyab le week-end.

Mrs. Oliver C. Martin (E leanor Harman, '00) has moved from Denver to 196 Water St. , Perth Amboy, N. J.

Stella Robinson Fox, '96, who was regen t o f the N ationa ! Park Seminary, Forest Glen, Md. last year, is the n ew dean of women at James Millikin University, Decatu r, Ill.

Mrs. H. C. Berry (F lora Silver, ex-'92 ) is living at 33 East Stratford Ave., Lansdowne, Pa.

Mina Sedgwick, ' 11 , of Ottumwa, I owa, is teaching in Elmh urst , Ill.

Ruth Miller, '11, of Bloomington is teaching in Shoals, Ind.

Elizabeth D. Fisher, ex-'12, of Monticello is teaching in Vincennes. Her address is 810 North 6th St.

INO'IANA GAMMA-BUTLER COL LEGE

Carolyn Jennings, ex-'ll, died suddenly at her home in Indianap olis, Oc tober 19, 1911. She was apparently in good health and her death was a great shock to all her friends. Her death was due to hemorrhage of the b rain .

IOWA ALPHA-IOWA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY

Christine Gassmer, of Philadelphia, Pa. , is now attending Mt. Holyoke College and has become" m ember of the Western Massachusetts Alumnae Club

Mrs. Louis Irwin Voss is spending the winter in Warrenton, Mo. Kansas Alpha.

Mrs. L ouis C. Poehler returns after the holidays to Berlin, Germany. She has been spending the past year with her sister, Mrs. E. A. Kinsey, at her home in Cincinnati. ,

Eva Freeman, I owa Alpha, has gone to L os Angeles to spen d the winter.

Mrs. Edmund Simmons, (Olivia Ambler, I owa Alpha) spent a rew days recen tl y with her brother in this city, enroute from a visit with her mothe r in 'V ashing ton, D. C. , to her home in Denve r.

IOWA BETA-SIMPSON COLLEGE

Mrs. J. E. Carmen sp ent the holidays in Greensboro and Winston -Salem , North Carolina.

Mrs. R. V. Nicholson will leave the lirst of J an ua r y t o spend the winter in California.

Mrs . Ralph McCune and daughter Elizabeth have r et urn ed from a two months' visit wit h Mrs . Charl es Carver of South Pasadena, Ca l.

Mrs . J ohn H ende rson of Indian ola is spendin g the winte r in Des Moin es and is a ve ry welcome addition to our club.

Mrs. Frank Camp ga \'e two large bridge parties and a recep ti o n early in December .

Miss Louise Clarke ( Iowa Zeta) a daughter of Mrs . Anna Ross Cla rk e , was a guest at the December m eet in g of th e Des Moines Alumnae Club.

Effie K e ll y of P omona, Ca1., who h as been abroad th e past year, spent a month in I ndianola visiting f ri ends on h e r way home.

M abe l Brown, '06, is teaching in Cody, Wy o.

Blan che Spu rg!!on Ri ggs, '06, is v isi ti ng friends in Indiano la before l ea v ing with her h usband for Burma.

Anna Dowell had a "Coo ky sh ine" a t her home in honor of Effie K elly of Cal. and Kate Miller of Chicago.

K a te Mill e r of Chicago spent her Thanksgiving vaca ti on in Indianola

N an White Tallman, '08, o f R ockw e ll City, spent a few days in Indian ola.

I OWA GAMMA-I OWA STATE COLL EG E

I owa Gamma sympa t hizes with Miss L ola Placeway in the deat h of her fath e r which occu rred November 2.

Mar ga ret Stanton is teaching Hi s t ory in East Des M oines high sch oo l this year.

Fanny Wilso n is spending the winter with her sister in N e w York .

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Ruth D ye r, '09, who is teaching in 'W ate rl oo, spen t Thanksgiving in Chicago wi th Mrs. H. W. Nichols ( L ois B oa rdman , '09).

Regina B rennan, ' 11 , visited us November 11 and 12. II Pe g" is tea ching at \Vapello, Iowa this yea r.

Josephine Hun ge r fo rd , '11, of Carroll h as m a de us several s h o rt visits this fall. She was here for our i nforma l dance November 29.

Vera Mill s, '11 , recently visited Emma Wenh o l z, who is Principal of the We lch School at Ames.

Shirley Storm, ' II , spen t Th anksgi ving v acation at her home in Ames. She was th e g ues t of ho nor at a b uffet lun cheon give n by Ruth Barrett, ' 12, for all the Pi Phis who rema ined here during vaca ti on.

Miss Storm has charge of the home economics department in the Ma rshall, Minn. hi gh school.

Lu cy Anderson, ex - '09 , and Lela Moo re, ex-'12, visited the chapter la tely.

Edna Wes tfall of Iowa Zeta, spe nt December 9 and 10 with us L o uise Ahlbrecht, 'II , of Tama is teaching in Austin, Minn.

Regina Brennan, 'II, of McG rego r is teaching in Wap e ll o.

Emma \Vennholz, ' 11 : of Dundee, Ill. is teaching in Ames.

Mrs. Ca rri e Chapm an Catt, 'So, has that she will not be a candidate f or re-election as head of the Interu rban Suffrage Association of Greater New York. Mrs. CaU is now on a trip around the world fo r the purpose o f regaining her health and investigating the con d i tion of w ome n i n various countries.- PAiladelpAia NortA American.

Mrs . Carrie Chapman Catt. I owa r, who is making a trip around the w or ld, has stopped in So uth Africa for the purpose of being present at the first s uff rage co nvention ever h e ld in that co un t ry .-North Amerkan.

Emma Trummell , one of the ch arter members of Iowa Gamma, is Mrs. C. H. Sibley, 705 15 th Ave. S E , Minneapolis, Minn.

IOWA DELTA-BURLINCTON" IOWA

Ella B. Spencer, fo rme rl y of 411 Manhattan Ave., New York Ci t y, has gone to the Philippines fo r a num be r of yea rs.

Leila Penrose, of Chicago, vi sited with Burlin gton friends late in the autum n. and attended the H allowe'en party.

Perle Hayden is winte ring in Southern Florida . Mrs. Charles Roberts, (Adda Drury) o f Peoria, was a gnest at the Thanks giving dinner of the club.

The Burlington Alumn., Club is enjoying its re gu lar monthly

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meetings and has planned an inte r esting program for the year. The October meeting was of a business nature, held at the home of Sadie H oliday at which the foJl owing officers were elected for the year:

P r esident, Sadie Holi day j Vice-President, Mrs. Ethel Cowan

WeihleYi Sec r etary, Katherine Lundgren j Treasurer, Sadie Bur t.

The H aJlowe'en party, held at the bea ut iful home of Mrs. H . O. Todd, was a very merry one; fo r the white r obed ghosts, flitting about in th e dim li ght of th e J ac k -o-lanterns, were un de r the influence of th e mysterious wi tch, who presided ove r her glowing cald r on. One of the features of the evening, was a visi t down the Ilwinding stair, " t o the dungeon of Pi Phi, where "Billy" the club's mascot, awaited his victims Need we explain that the Udungeon" was the darkened laun d r y, and " Bill y," a faithful, huge "wash machine" which dressed in sheets and pillow cases, rocked and ba lked as vigorou sly as his living brother might have done?

On Decembe r first, at the home of Mrs Edna Uhle r -Gi1 man , the club was addressed by Rev. Na both Osborn. of the Congregational chu r ch, on liThe Southern Mountaineers." The address was a most excelle nt one, and will certain l y awaken a more lively interest i n our Settlement School. Mrs. S. O. Thomas gave an inte r esting reading and Mrs. Gilman favored the club with two piano numbe r s. The annu a l Thanksgiving dinner fo ll owed th e program.

We are now looking forward t o our Ch ri s tm as party, when the co lle ge gir ls will b rin g us once more into close r touch with the active chapters.

IOWA ZETA-IOWA STATE UN IV ERSITY

Grace E. Gab ri el, '05 , of Des M oines is ,a g r aduate st ud en t at Bryn Mawr College. Her address is Denbigh H all, Bryn Mawr, Pa.

The gi rl s back for the I owa-Ames game November 18, were May \Vangler, ex-' 12, Vera Wilcox, ex-'12, Miriam McCune, ex-'13.

Vera Wilcox, ex-' 12, spent two weeks at the Pi Phi house in Novembe r.

Stacy Turner, I owa Alpha, ' 15 , visited at the Pi Phi house d ur ing the last week of November.

Ethel Besser of Iowa Alpha w as a guest of Emi l y Ranke th e week of Iowa-Ames footba ll game .

Mrs . Wild , '9 7, was with u s during initiation November 26, 19 11.

The I owa Gamma gir ls who were guests at Pi Phi ho u se du r ing

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Ames-Iowa game were Ruth McClintock of Cedar Rapids, Louise Tuttle of Des Moines, Evylin Marshton of Mason City and Jessie King.

Isabel Cramer of Minnesota Alpha spent the week-end with the Pi Phi girls at the time of Ames-Iowa game.

Mrs. Jessie L. Gaynor has recently moved to Kansas City, Mo.

Mrs . Nyle W. Jones has been spending several months with he r mother at Scotts Bluffs, Nebr.

Mrs. Mabel Rundell Abbott ( Keen Abbott) of Omaha, Nebr., is about to publish another book.

Maude Delmage and Verne Stockdale are t eaching in Porto Rico again this yea r.

Mrs. Edith Ball MacBride of Seattle, Wash. (529 32nd Ave., South) visited her parents in I owa City, this fall.

Mrs. Edna Boerner Rose is living in Cedar Rapids.

Mrs. Benjamin Shambaugh has entirely recovered from an illness of several months duration.

Louise Adams, Iowa Zeta, is pursuing post-graduate work at the State Unive rsity, where she holds a Fellowship in English.

Miss Jessie Pontius, Iowa Zeta, who spent her summer vacation in Omaha , has returned to Christoba l , Panama, where she is teaching in the governmen t schools.

KANSAS ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS

Hazel Leslie, ' 11, is spending the year in Redlands, Cal. Her address is 118 West Fern.

Gertrude Blackmar, ' 11 , is a student at Simmons College, Boston, Mass.

Mittie Westbrooke, ex·'13, of Peabody is teaching in Burns, Kan.

Tess Critchfield, '11, of Oskaloosa is teaching in Lebanon.

Helen Ames, who graduated from Smith College last June is spending the winter in her home , 433 Woodlawn Ave., Topeka, Kansas.

Aileen and Amarette \V eaver will return home this month from a six months' tour in Europe.

Annie Cockins has gone to California to spend the winter. Her sister, Mrs. W. E. Tenney (Carrie Cockins) will come from New York to remain in Lawrence during her absence.

Mary Coors, Alice J ohnson, Cornelia Hardcastle, Maude Zoellner and Jane Bruce P orter have visited in Lawren ce r ecently.

Mr. and Mrs. C. B Hosford (Helen Johnson ) are the parents of a daughter, born in November.

Mrs. J. C. Leonard (G race M. Leslie) is living at 1107}1, W. 12th St. , Oklahoma City, Okla.

LOUISIANA ALPHA-NEW CO MB COLLEGE

Mrs. Samuel Labouisse (A lice ·Monroe) has a dau ghter.

Mrs . Theodoro H. N. de BODY has moved fr o m Kentucky to 161 Clifton Ave., Newark, N J

Lois Janvier, '10, has just returned fr om a visit to friends in Texas.

I Tvin g Murphy, t 10, has returned to New co mb and is taking up a special course there.

MARYLAND ALPHA---GOU C H ER COLLEGE

Fan Osterstock, '02, paid the chapter a short visit in October.

Isabel Drury Heubeck, '09, has removed to 2127 N. Calvert St., Ba ltim o re, Md.

Lavinia King, ex·'! I , paid the chapter a visit in October.

Anne Powers, ex·' 12, is teaching school in Florence, Ala.

Mr. a nd Mrs. Robert w.. Wilkenson announce the marriage of their daughter Lois, ex-' J 2, to Mr. David Palmer Christian on Tuesday, Novembe r 21st.

The Alumnae are glad to welcome to membership Cora Scott Doty of New York Alpha.

MASSACHUSE'ITS ALPHA-BOSTON UNIVERSITY

Clara Noyes Priddy and Floren ce Thomas Hammond who have both been absent fr om Boston for severa l years were especially welcome guests at the annual initiation banquet which was held at Hotel Oxford on December sixteenth.

Lillian Horne Bacon, '06, has th e sympathy of her sisters in her recent bereavement. Her mother died after a short illness, early in December.

E. Louise Richardson, '04, is tea ching in the Hi g h School in Westfield , Mass. Her new address is 46 Day Ave ., 'Vestfield, Mass.

Sarah Gertrude P ome roy, '06, returned to Boston on the S. S.

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Canopic, White Star Line from Naples on November fifth after a fourteen months absence in the Old W o rld. She spen t the first two weeks in October in Rome, and was in daily association with Edith Taylor Swift who had just returned to Rome and her work at the International Ins t it ute for Girls. Miss Swift had spent the hot months in the mountains of northern Italy

Nettie Dodge Chapman is now living at 18 Central st reet , Somer· ville .

Mr. and Mrs. J. H . Hayes (Ma rion Coburn) are the happy parents of a baby girl.

Mr . and Mrs. C . C. Quimby (Agnes Logan) are rejoicin g over the birth of a little son.

Mr. and Mrs. George Snow (Dell Brooks) have a baby dau ghter H arriet F. Green is now teaching in Barceloneta, P . R.

MICHIGAN ALPHA-HILLSDALE COLLEGE

Pearl Kepple gave a song recital at Hillsdale, Mich , in November

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Marie von Borries, '0 1, is teac hing chemis try in the girls' high schoo l of L ou isv ille, Ky.

Nellie A. Nagel is now Mrs. W. C. M. Mayfi el d of Lebanon, Mo .

Mrs . Robert J McCollum (E leanor W. Towar, '03) has moved to 441 Yonge St., Toronto, Canada.

Ann ie Kenaga, ex-'OB, is Mrs. Grant Clapperton of Kankakee, Ill. Harriet Griffin, ex-'OB, is Mrs. OUo W. Haisley of Linton, Texas . There is Something new at the Public Library now in the shape of a sort of dispensary of literary first aid. In Room 214 one can apply to a secrefary, who will arrange to have research work done, translations made, family re co rds dug out of tbe geneal'ogical department, old files consult ed, in fact all kinds of investigating and garnering and tabulati ng done.

Thi s first aid office i s one of the ideas of Mi ss Elizabeth Rachel Wylie, ex-'9S, M. A. Columbia, '10 The la st few years have witnessed a totally new development in connection with business and professional life; namely, the evolution of the tim e and trouble saver. Mis s Wylie is rema rkable because she has carried this benign vocation further than anybody else.

In the co orse of her work sh e has been introduced to more kinds of trouble than she had suspected were in e xistence, but the chief objects of her sympathy are th e business and professional men who can't find the right people for the right place. She is now perfecting what she calls an efficiency centre where the tbree necessary factors meet-the employer, the employee and the tra.iner.

"A man who is at the head of a big business came to me in despai r some time ago." says Miss Wylie, "and asking if there was 00 possible way of his getting people to do bis work to suit him; not to s uit somebody else for whom they had worked before or IOmebody in the business college or the correspond en ce scbool, but himself, For instance, he usel a certain filing system and he wanted • head a nd an assistant of that department to do work his way. He co uldn ' t get them.

"Why, the incompetence of the average office alSisCant is the despair oC the employers. Efficiency! That's the great cry nowaday s. But the problem i. how to get it. You caD turn a business college graduate loose with her diploma and she c an take a certain amount of dictation and reproduce it liberally sprinkled with errors tbat tear a mao's patience to ribbon •.

"And there are accountants who can't, or won't, l ea rn to keep your accounts in your way, not theirs. And there are salesmen and saleswomen whose chief aim in life seems to be to drive customers away and empty handed at that.

" What we are trying to do is to get efficiency for the employer. W e have almost by chance had the two e nd s of the chain brought right to us for us to join them A number of college women have asked us if we would take col· lege graduates (girls, I mean,) and give them the tools and the training to fit them for responsible positions in business life. We said we wouldn't bother with giving them the tools. They could get those in a business college, where they would learn stenography, typewriting and the groundwork of business.

"But in the 'efficiency centre' we will take their crude and merely theoretical knowledge and make it practical and efficient. Suppose a physician wants a private sec retary The ordinary stenographer would probably be para lyz.ed by the medical terms she would have to take in dictation If she herself wasn't paralyz.ed the doctor probably would be when he saw what she of those esoteric phrases.

"But an intelligent, educated college girl can be quickly trained so that sh e will spell medical terms as well as her employer and her grammar and general writing equipment will perhaps be better than his. She will be efficient! She will be wo rth a l o t to him and will herself be doing a much higher class o( work than ord inary office srenography.

"O r suppose a f ashionable woman wants a socia l sec retary There are girls who think all that is required in such a position is to be able to write a letter. They don't know the phraseology of (ash ion, they don't kn ow who's who or what's what, they can' t ove rsee even the smallest details o( their employer's social life. They're inefficient Yet they can easily be made fit for the work they want to do.

"Suppose a rai lroad man wants an accountant. We send our trained expert t o the office to investigare, to find ant what the work o( the new man will be, what lines he must cove r, with what condition s he must be (amiliar. Then ins tead of sending any clerk who hap pens t o be out of a. job and experimenting with successive cle rk s out of jobs until one is found who shows enough promise fo make it pay to train him on the spot our expert seltets the man who seems to him best fitted (or the place Ilnd at lea st partially ' Ii cka him into sha pe' before sending him.

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" We have two departments in this efficiency ce ntre-the sec retarial, fo prepa re both. private and social sec retaries, and the managerial. In the l atte r we take up COl t investigation and re g ulatio n, adve rti si ng, sa lesmanship a n d new method s of pushing business. W e don' t aim to do what the business co lleges do. but to do what they don't do, to begin where th ey leave off .

" Th ey tUfn o ut human machinery that h as never fun c tioned and that generally r uns pre tt y poorly while it is getting adjusted. The employer h as to do the adjusting. That's wh a t we wan t to save h im W e wan t to t ake these human machines th a t h ave never, so t o speak , turned a wh ee l, and p ut them in good working o rder."-New Y ork S1I ,,_ November 10

Fl orence Pea rl Cummings, '02, and Dr. B en jamin Sherwin P a rt · rid ge we r e marri ed on October 18 .

Mrs. Frank Rae Moses (A li ce Co leman, '04) visited th e chapte r on Oc t obe r 10.

K. May Rider, '09, has a nnou nced he r en gageme nt to H ome r H eath , '07.

Neva Hun gerford, ' 10, was married on Oc t ober 2 1 to Arthur H ermann Cutler . Mr. Cutl er is a mem be r of Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity.

Bernice Gall up, '07, and Olive Gilbreath, '08 , a re traveling in Europe.

M a ri e Wi nso r, '06, and Anna Marsha ll , '03, visit ed the c hapter N o vembe r 4 and 5

M a r gue rite Biebe r , ex·' 14, has r eturned fr om a visit in N ew Yo rk City.

MI NNESOTA ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF MJNNESQTA

Mrs. B. L. Newkirk ( L ouise Leavenworth, '08) of Minneapolis, is the ve r y proud mother of a little son.

Mrs. Albe rt Preston Reed ( Fl o r ence Amble, '08) is now sett led in a cha rmjng bunga low in he r new home in H ood River, Ore . We feel very mu ch her absen ce from ou r meetings.

Mrs. Winthrop Blackburn (F loren ce Burgess, '06) has a new boy to aid the other fine chap in making l ife merry.

Mrs. Eve r ett F. Tawney (Co nstan ce Day, '08) has taken an apartment and is now really at home in Seattle, \ Vash.

Juanita Day, '08, f ound Porto Rico \"e r y much to he r likin g and has r eturned to her duties t here afte r he r Minn eso ta wi n te r .

H o r tense Laybourne, '08, is t eaching in the high schoo l in Fairfax, Minn.

Alta Dunlap, ex-' 12, is p rin cipal of a high school.

Viola Lenni ng, ' 11, will be in Minneapolis this winter, detailed on The Tri bune.

Mrs. David Fairchild ( H elen Ozias) sailed with her sis te r Mildred Ozias, ' 13 , for a pleasant winter in Gennany, where Miss Ozias will s tudy music.

We a r e so glad to have Mrs. Robt . Haxby (A li ce Ozias) living now in M inneapo i is.

Ma be l Drought, who took work in the U n iversi ty in 1891, is living at 34 1 11 th street, Po rtl and, Oregon.

Mrs . A. P . Reed (F lo r ence Amble, '08) has r ecently moved to H ood River, O rego n . H e r address is 814 Oak street.

Simmons Co ll ege, Bo ston, Mas s., claims Lorett o Newman and Lyle Byrnes, '1 1, during the p rese nt sc hoo l year.

The Pi Phis who a re abroad a r e M rs. D. L. Fairchi ld ( Helen Ozias) wh o is c hap e ro nin g her sis te r, Mil d red , ' 13 , while she is studying vocal music in Berlin.

Agnes Werdenhoff, ' 13, is at school in B ruges , Be lgium. Her address is 18 Quai St. Anne .

P orto Ri co proved so attractive to Jua nita Day, '08, that s he returned to teach for anothe r yea r.

Mrs. W . F. W alk er ( May Co l burn ) who attended th e University in '9 1 and '92 , is now li ving in Algona, I owa.

Mrs . C. E . Bond who h as been spend in g seve ra l months in Yell ows tone Park, is visiting her b rothe r at 194 2 Marshall Ave. , S t . Paul.

Mrs. J . B. L add ( B ess Thompson '06) is living a t 920 Fores t Ave ., Kan sas City, while Mrs. C. E. Chapman ( Blan che Smith '96) is liv ing at 3827 W abash Ave.

Several of the recent graduates are teach i ng in the Minnesota high schoo l s . Marie And e rson, ' II, and Ca rr ie Sm ith , '0 6, are at Win ona, Irma Smith, '08 , is at H ibbi ng, H o rtense Laybo urn , '08, is a t Fairfax, Alta Dunlap, ' 10, is at You n g Am e ri ca, Lois Van -S lyke is at 1\'Iayvi11e, N. D., and Florence Bernhardt is at Mapl e Plain.

Since t he last ARR O W pe rsonals were p r in ted Amy Sh e pard, ex -'12 , h as become the bride of Li e ut. Max R. Waine r . Their h ome is at Fort Sne lli ng, Minn.

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Mr. and Mrs. Eve rett Tawney (Constance Day '08) are making their home in Seatt le, Wash.

Mr . and Mrs. Carl F. Massey (Ma rgaret Parmelee, ex-' lO ) are living in Winchester, Va.

We were very glad to have a short visit from Mrs. Howard Kerns (Co ra Marlow) who was our fonner Grand Vice-President.

Genevieve Walston, '07, is spending the winter in Florida with her parents.

Mr. and Mrs. Burt L. Newkirk (Louise Leavenworth, '08) are rejoicing ove r the birth of their son , Horace.

Sarah Bird Lucy, '92, is Sister Sarah Josephine of the Episcopalian Community of St. Johns Baptist, New York City.

Mrs . Harry Miller (Agnes Watson '08) is in St. Paul for the winter.

MISSOU RI ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF MISSOUR I

Hazel Kirk, Lindenwood College} 'OS, of Warrensburg is a newly appointed instructor in economics at Well es ley College.

Madge Fidler is teaching history in the Jefferson City, Mo. high school.

Estaline 'Vilson is teaching in Edmond, Okla.

Clementina Dorsey is abroad with a party of Columbia girls chaperoned by Mrs. J. C. J ones.

Madge Fidler of Jefferson City visits us often as she is so near she can come over for the week-end.

For our Thanksgiving dinn er we had with us the foll o wing alumnre: Margaret Fidler, Margaret and Elizabeth Woodson , Lucile Anderson, Alice Knapp, Mildred McBride, Mrs . Jam es Buffington ( Linda Crewdson), Rowena Campbell, Velma Johnson, Sara Painter, Mrs . Everett Manning (Zannie May Estes), Loree Specker, Mrs. Harry Sheppard (Do rothy Talbot) has visited us recently.

Mable Lee Turpin and Natalie Birdseye were here several days visiting.

Gussie Terrell was here for Virginia Lip sco mb's wedding .

:Maud H . Neal is the author of an interes ting article in th e magazine section of the New York World for D ecember 10th. It is an account of the new headquarters of the Woman's Equality Association Buildin g in New York City.

Letitia Wood is teaching in St. Joseph this winter.

Mrs. Percy Webb Bonfoey (Eunice Luik) has moved from Vineta, Okla. to Oklahoma City, Okla.

This year, instead of having our annual banquet at Thanksgiving time, the Kansas City Alumnae Club is going to have a Christmas tree for some poor child r en and their mothers. \Ve found thirty children who had no Christmas last year, so we are going to make them happy not on ly by giving them toys but also clothing. Our club presented the granddaughter of Libby Brooks Gaddis with a spoon.

Mrs. Payne, (Be.rdina Crandall) of Austin, Texas, has r ecently joined our club.

Miss Anne Stewart, who attended the Kansas· Nebraska football game in Lawrence, spent a few days in Kansas City lately.

Miss Anne Shire is in the Gennan Hospital with typhoid fever.

On October 25th in the Christian Church at Co lumbia, Mo., Miss Zannie May Estes, ex- ' 09, was married to Mr. Everett Manning of Pineville, Mo. Mr. Manning graduated from the State University in '08, and was a prominent member of the Kappa Alpha fraternity. He holds a responsible banking position in Pineville, Mo., where he and Mrs. Manning will make their home A number of former Pi Phis returned for this wedding For matron of honor Miss Estes had her sis ter-in-law, Mrs. Ethel Robnett -Es tes, and for bridesmaids Amanda Painter of Carrollton, Mo., ex- '09 , and l\1ittie V Robnett, '08 , of Columbia, Mo.

Edna Ellen Thomas, ex-'08, was married on November 1st in the Independ en ce Avenue Meth odist Episcopal Church to Mr. Edward Scarritt North. Mr. North graduated from the Law Department of the Missouri State U niversity in '06, and is a prominent young lawyer in Kansas City. He was in school a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. Miss Thomas had for her matron of honor Rossamond Russell-Fyth, ex-'06, for ma id-o f -honor her sister Ethel Thomas, ex'08 and for one of her bridesmaids Virginia L ee Lip scomb, ex- ' 06, of Columbia, Mo . Mr. and Mrs . North are living on Benton Bouleva rd , Kansas City, Mo.

Mrs. Asheley Gray (Ma ry Stephens, ex·'09) of St. Louis attended the marriage, on November 22nd, in Columbia, of Mrs. Lu ella Wilcox St. C lair to Dr. \Voodson Moss . Dr. Moss is a prominent physician in Columbia and Mrs. 51. Clai r president of the Christian College for

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girls . While in Columbia, Mrs. Gray was the guest of her mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Stephens.

Among the many graduates and students who returned for the annual football game between Kansas and Missouri, played this year in Columbia were several old Pi Phis; among them being Gussie Terrell, 'OS, Eula McCune Caldwell, ex-'06, Mabel Turpin, '08, Natalie Birdseye, ex-'OS, Mildred McBride, ' 11 , Rowena Campbell, ex-' 12, Elizabeth and Margaret Woodson, ex-'ll.

After the football game which resulted in a tie of 3 to 3, the local alumnre gave an el abo rate spread at the chapter house for the active chapter and their guests.

On December 6th, Vi rginia Lee Lipscomb was married in the Ch ri stian Church of Columbia, Mo., to Mr. Alfred Morton Seddon of Kansas City, Mo. Mr. Seddon is a graduate of the Kansas Law School and is now a rising lawyer in Kansas City. When in school he was a member of Phi Delta Theta. Mr. and Mrs. Seddon will be at home after January 1st at 4152 McGhee St., Kansas City, Mo.

Mr. and !Jrs. Edward Scarritt North of Kansas City, Mo. attended the wedding of Virginia Lipscomb on December 6th. Mrs. North was until November 1st Edna Thomas. Gussie Terrill, 'OS, of Ma· con, Mo . also attended the wedding, being the guest of Florence Dor· sey- Welch, ex·'OS, of Columbia.

Clementina Dorsey, ex-' 10, is spending a year in Germany. She is with a party of eight Columbia girls whom Mrs. J. C. Jones, wife of our academic dean, took to Europe in October for a year of study and travel.

Irene Shaefer-Aycock is now living in Muskogee, Okla.

Lucile Lawson-Hall of St. Joseph, Mo., and Sue Stone-Smith of Weston , Mo., visited in Columbia at the time of the Kansas - Missouri ball game.

Mary Stewart, ex·'II, is again studying expression in Boston, with the view of teaching.

Fay Jarman , 'II , is teaching in the High School in Unionvi1le, Mo.

Mildred McBride, ' II, is teaching in Ramona, Okla ., and Rowena Campbell , ex ·'13, is teaching in Hopkins, Mo.

MISSOURI BETA-WASHINGTON UNIVERS ITY

Helen McGregor, ex-'13, of Springfield is a student at Wells College, Aurora, N. Y.

The alumnae club was fo rtunate in having Miss Anne Stuart as a g ues t at its December meeting. Miss Stua rt gave a sp lendid ly helpful talk which wiH serve as a guiding word fo r the f a Hawing yea r ' s club work.

NEBRASKA ALPHA

Mrs. J ennie T. Sedgwick, president of the Tou rist cl ub, was guest of the Shakspere cl ub at th e last meeting befo r e the holidays. Mrs. Sedgwick has made an extensive study of music d uri ng the days of Shakspere and the prog r am which she presen ted was in th e form of an illustrated l ecture of the Shaksperian period. Miss Pattee , K K T, played the selections on the mandolin, because this inst rum en t is the one n eares t in the rep roduction of sound and tune to the old-fashioned lute. Mrs. Sedgwick p layed a clavich o rd , which had been l oaned her fr om a S t. Paul firm, and which was the style of instrument o n which Jahann Sebastian Ba ch had composed his music .

Tn her program Mrs . Sedgwick introduced the var ious calls, f o r during Shakspere 's day the tradesmen, etc " made themselves known by th ei r calls , and th ese call s were illustrated distinctively in liThe Carman's Whistle," liT he Sellinger's Round," liT he King' s Hunting Ji gg." Among the bea utiful o ld so ngs, which were presented in the illustrated l ec ture, were: "It Was a L ove r and H is Lass," "Oh, wn · low, Will ow," IIG reen Sleeves," "Light 0' Love," "Summer Is A 'curmnin' In ," "D rink to Me Only With Thine Eyes." Mrs. Sedg · wick also talked on one of th e old songs, which was composed 200 years befo re the advent of Ch rist

NEBRASKA BETA-UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA

Florence F iske, ex-'06, was one of the six con traltos who sang November 20, 1911 in the Wanamaker Auditorium on Artists' Anniversary Day.

AUeyne Archibald in association with Mrs. Myra K . Peters has issu ed an attractive i tin e rary of E ur opean T ours for the seaso n of 191 2. Parti cul ars in r ega rd t o these may be obtain ed by addressing Miss Archibald a t 3 M ai n St ., Lead, Sou th Dakota . Cathe rine Sedgwick, who studied several years ago at the Sc hoo l

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of Philanthropy in New York, is now working in connection with the National Child Labor Committee in New York .

Mrs. A. F. Riffle is spending the winter in Albuquerque, N. M

Miss Kat e Heacoc k of Fall City has been visiting her sister, Mrs. V. R . Gould.

Miss Alice Troxell, who has been spending, the summer and fall in Bancroft, Nebr., is again in Omaha.

Miss Ruth Heacock, who is teaching languages and literature in the high school at Papillion, Nebr., spends her week-ends in Omaha with Mrs. V. R. Gould and has become a member of our alumme club.

Miss Zora Fitzgerald returned from Dallas, S. D ., where she was the guest of her sister, Mrs. Harold Sears .

Miss Louise Williarci, who is in school at Galesburg, Ill . , will spend her Christmas vacation with her sister, Mrs. Austin Dodds.

Miss Frances Gould spent the summer in the east, where she visited Boston , New York and other places of interest .

Mrs. Harold Sears will spend the Ch r istmas holidays with her pa rents, Mr. and Mrs . F . J. Fitzgerald.

Miss Verne Stockdale and Miss Maude Delmege, who spent the swnmer in Switzerland are again in Porto Rico , where they are teachers .

The members of the Omaha and Council Bluffs Alumnre Club are all interested in fi rst Pan-Hellenic luncheon , which will be held in Omaha during the Christmas holidays

NEW YORK ALPHA-SYRACU SE UN I VERSITY

S. Louise Cerow, '11, of Clayton is teaching at Riverhead , L. I. Florence Dengler, '11, of Little Falls is teaching at Scottsville.

Bertha Fry, '11, of Clayton is teaching at Baldwin, L. 1.

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hoffman (Dora Miller, '07) welcomed Howard Hoffman, Jr . to their home on November 23, 1911.

Mrs. Charles G. R oge rs (Rose Humann ) is on the Board of Directors of the University Cafeteria.

Elizabeth w. Case, ex-'14, was married at her home in Interlaken, N. Y. on November 1st to Dr. Lewis Arthur Gould, a graduate of Cornell. Dr. Gould and his bride will reside in Interlaken where he has a flourishing practice.

Eva S . Burlingham, ex-' I 2, is teaching in the high school at Rome, N. Y.

Mrs. Dwight F. Putnam's (Edna Howard, ex-'12) new address is Brandon, Fla.

Mrs. Guy C r awford, Vermont Beta, attended our banquet . "Announcement is made of the engagement of Dr. Louis J. Brown, Delta 'I I of Sy r acuse, New York, a n d Miss Emma Kent of Westfie l d, New Yo r k. M iss Kent is a member of the New York Al pha chapter of Pi Beta Phi." Xi Psi Phi Qua r terly.

Name of the present secretary, Louise V. Winfield

Isabelle Shepard, '10, and Mabelle Slawson, ex-' I O, have been r ecent visitors at the Pi Phi chapter house.

Faye Ferbe, ex-' 13, New Yo r k City, has become Mrs. Theodore Westlake, ' 13.

NEW YORK BETA- BARNARD COLLEGE

Miss Kelle r visited New Yo r k Beta on Sunday, December 3 .

Mrs. Theiss and Sa r ah Pomeroy visited us at Barnard on December 7.

Miss Marga r et Whiteman, Fa. Gamma, came to see us at the r ooms recently. She is working at one of the libraries in New York

At the initiation of the 19 14 sophomores quite a few of the a lum n re we r e present , among them eleven from New Y o r k Beta Chapter, who were as fo ll ows : Floren ce E. Hubbard, '04, Dora R. Nev i ns, '04, Abby P. Leland , '05 , Sophie P. Woodman, '07, Julia H. Freed, '07, Anna S. Holm , '09, Eleanor F. Murtha , '10, Mabel McCan n - Malloy , ' 10, Elisabeth Thomson, '11, Duncan, '11, Annie Van Busk ir k, ' 1 1.

There were also the followin g representatives from seven other chapters: Elmina \Vilson , I owa Gamma; Aida \Vil son, rowa Gamma; Margaret \ Vhiteman, Pennsylvania Gamma; Grace Kich1iff, Illinois Delta; Mildred W. Cochran, Columbia Alpha.

Aileen M. 'Veaver , Kan. Alpha and New Yo rk Beta, has been t r avelling with her mothe r and sister abroad and met Eunice \Velsh in London.

Eunice W. Welsh , 'Visconsin Alpha and New York Beta, has just returned from a five mon t hs trip in Europe. She had leave of absence for a semester. On her way to Seattle where she teaches

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domestic science in the high schools, she spent several days in New York and took dinner with the Misses Fannie, AIda and Elmina Wilson of I owa Gamma .

Annie Van Buskirk, 1911, is working for an M. A. at Columbia . Levanchia Eaton , 1911, is teaching near her home town of Dansville, N. Y.

The November meeting of the Minneapolis and St . Paul A lumnae C lub was of un usua l interest owing to the p resence of our G rand P r esident, D r . May L. Keller, whom we thoroughly enjoyed. We wish she could come to see us oftener.

David W. Murtha, (or many yeats an employee of S. A. Maxwell & Co. of Chicago and New York, died today in his home at No. 3S West Ninety-sixth Street. Prior to coming to New Yo rk, Mr. Mur tha was manage r for the same firm at Chicago, and was widely known in the wall paper trade . He was born at Orange, N. J., and was in his fifty·eighth year. He is survived by his wile, two daughters, and two sisters.-Nno Yo,.k EVLning Pos/.

Mr Murtha was the father of Mrs Wm. T. Webb (Mary W. Murtha) and of Eleanor Murtha, both of New York Beta.

OHIO STATE UNIVERS ITY

Lucy Murdoch, '99, is working for her Master's degree in English at Columbia University. She is living at Brooks Hall, 607 Wes t 11 6th St., New York City.

Mrs. Rhys D. Evans (Mary Chappelear, ' 09) and Mrs. Ben Gerwick (Bernice H. Coultrap , ex -'OS) both live at 10 Mt. Vernon St ., Arlington, Mass.

Carrie Somers spent her summer vacation traveling in Europe.

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

Mrs. Joseph Kenley (Florence Hutchinson) has removed from Toledo to Cleveland.

OKLAHOMA ALPHA--oKI.AHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY

Miss Telford , \Visconsin Alpha, made the chapter a short visit in October.

Jennie B. Dyer, '10, Wynn Ledbetter, ex·'ll, and Fay Law, '11 , of Oklahoma City visited the chapter in November and attended the Kappa Sigma annual dance.

Eleanor Hanford (pledge ) spent the week-end at the c hapter

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house. She has been out of school for seve ral weeks with typhoid fever .

Grace Lee, one of the first graduates of Oklahoma Alpha is teaching in Wapanucka, Okla.

Fay M. Law, E , is at her horne in Oklahoma City but will be in school, the second semester.

Madge A ck ley is at her home in Musko gee, Okla.

Irma Roser has moved from Miami, Okla" to Imla, Okla.

Nellie Johnson Sneed is living in Tulsa, Okla.

Doris Probst is teaching in the Tulsa schools this winter.

Dorothy Bell, one of Oklahoma Alpha's first graduates is teaching in Tulsa , Okla.

ONTARIO ALPHA-UNIVER S ITY OF TORONTO

Roberta Gilray, '09, is returning from abroad and expects to be in Toronto before Christmas.

The marriage of Beatrice Bowbeer, '08, to Mr. Archibald Acton took place on October 4th. They now reside in Kingston, Ontario.

PENNSYLVANIA ALPHA - SWARTHMORE COLLEGE

Helen Lamb-Hull , '94, has moved to 3510 Duvall Ave., Baltimore, Md.

Bo rn to Clinton H . and Ethel Griest-Snyder, '01, on October 14, 1911, a girl named Janet Snyder.

Mar gareta Lamb , '02, has moved to Duvall and Allendale Ave., Baltimore, Md.

Mary Cooper Johnson, '02, has announced her engagement to Thomas H. Griest of University of Pennsylvania, brother of Katherine Gri est. H e is assistan t enginee r of the Bell Telephone Co"

Born to Lancelot and Ida Wright-Bowman, '02, in July, a gi rl named Edith Bowman.

Ethel Cl ose, 'OS, has moved to Riverview Terrace, near 58th St., New York City.

Born to Stanley and Elizabeth Carter-Murdock, '06 , in August, a son named Donald Lyman Murdock.

B o rn to Samue l D ean and Hazel Davis -Ca ldwell, '07, on October 20, 1911, a son named Samuel Dean Caldwell 3rd.

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Ada Graham-Clement, '07, has moved to 608 Buffal o Ave., Niagara Falls, N. Y.

Elizabeth E J ohoson, '07, has announced her engagemen t to Maurice Ashbrook Griffi th of Philadelphia.

Kath erin e G r iest, '08, has moved to 5239 Arc her St., Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa.

Lucretia Shoemaker-Green, '09, after Christmas will r eturn for a visit from Nebraska to her former home in Philadelphia.

Hel en Spackman, ex-' ll , will spend seve r a l weeks of the winte r vi siting Pi Phis in Chattanooga, Tenn

The II B '" ca lenda r for 1912 has been arranged and published by Anna F . T . Pettit, '07, and Kath e rine Griest, '08. It is a ca l enda r worth ow ning.

PENNSYLVANIA BETA-BUCKNELL COLLEGE

H elen K. Bartol, '13, spent th e C hristmas holidays in N ew York with h er sister Mrs. Lewis E. Theiss ( Mary Bart ol, '9 4 ).

Mrs Lincoln Hull ey (E loise Mayham) is the new alumn", sec r etary for the southern states. Her address is Deland, Fla. , where her husband , Dr Lin co ln Hulley is presi de nt of John B. Stetson Unive rsity

Dr. and Mrs . John Jones ( Kate Goddard , '97) of Ningpo, China, are sp endi ng th e fall and early winter in Wales.

The chapter gave a chicken and waffle supper in November in honor of G enevieve \Vhit e-Sho rkle y, '00 , of Rochester, N. V., who with her small boy is visiting her mother-in- law in Lewis bu r g.

The address of Mrs. Harry C. Hain es (Dana M. Bower, '08) is Glassboro, N. J. Mr. Haines is an enginee r for the Jight and powe r company there.

The marriage of Vera E. Duncan, ex·'07, of Cross Fork, Pa., to Lewis Cla rke H as kell has been announced. After D ecember 16 , Mr and Mrs. H askell are at home at Murray Bay, Quebec, Canada.

Born in November to the Reverend and Mrs 'Vm M. Ki effe r (Ca rri e J. Half penny, '02) of Wilmington, Del., a daughte r

Helen Hare, ' 10, of Lew isb ur g is spending the year at home with her parents, Professor and Mrs . Calvin A. Hare . She ente rt ai n ed the active chapter November 11 at he r home. Ruby G. Pierson, '10, preceptress of Keystone Academy, Factoryville, was an out-of-town guest.

Dr. Mary Moore 'Volfe, '96, of "Stonyhurst," H olmesda le, Fa., is vis iting relatives in Lewisburg.

Mary Jam eson, 'II, who is teaching in the Danville high school visited Ada Brooks, '12, during the early part of the term.

Hester Pyles, 'II, will be in Lewisburg fo r the Delta Theta Upsil on dance, December 20th.

All Pennsylvania Beta girls teaching in northern New Jersey were guests at a house party in Haddon H eights during the Thanksgiving vacation. They attended the Bucknell lun cheon in Philadelphia Saturday, December 2nd.

Flora Sigel, ex-'98, spent Thanksgiving with friends in Lewisburg. She sails December 9th to visit her brother in London.

Eliza Martin , '00, and Mrs. Bourne ( Kate 1. McLaughlin, '95) took part in the "Grandmother's Play" given by the Bucknell Alumn", Club.

Ruth Hammitt -Kauffman's articles and short stories have appeared frequently in the magazines during the past yea r. The most recent is an illustrated article entitled liThe Reason Why of Mr. Kauffman's Stories" which was published in ltf1eekly for November 30. Mrs. Kauffman is now under conlracl for the delivery of a bo ok to an Eng l ish publisher in the early Spring.

Edith Phillips Kalp is r esiding in Huntingdon where her husband is teaching in Junita College.

Friends of Edith McCain Jaekel will be pleased to know that her husba nd , Frederick Jaekel, autho r of "Tn the Path of the Terrible Turk , " was recently made a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society of England.

PENN S YLVANIA GAMMA-DICKINSON COLLEGE

Mary E. Hoover, '07, was in Ca rlisle for the Getlysburg game.

Corinne Gaul, '07 , has been visiting in Carlisle.

Lydia Gooding, '10, has given up her position as teacher at Pal· myra, N. J. , and is at home in Carlisle.

Rebekah Coder ( nee Harris, '10) was in Carlisle this month and has decided to make her home permanently at Pine G rove Furnace.

Elizabeth Blair, '10 , has been ill for the past week at her home.

Margaret Whiteman, '10, has accepted the position of cata l oguer at Columbia University.

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Marjorie McIn tire, '10, spent Thanksgiving with her parents in Carlisle.

Grace Fille r, '10, was in Carlisle for a few days.

Florence Kisner, I J 1, is spending the month at Mt . Gretna .

Julia Morgan, '11, is tea ching science and hist ory near Philadelphia, Pa.

I eannette Blair, '14, spent Thanksgiving with her sister Rosannah Blair, '10, in Prin ceto n, N . J.

TEXAS ALPHA-TEXAS UNIVERS ITY

Elizabeth Wilmot, '10, was married December 6 to Sully Robedeau.

Mrs . H. J. Lutche r Sta rk (Nita Hill, ex-' 12) has returned to her home in Orange, Texas. She has been visiting her parents, D r. and Mrs. Homer Hill.

The Alumnre of Texas Alpha are plan ning to give the ac tive chapter a party.

Misses C l ai re Lucas, ex-' 12, Camille 'Webb, ex-'13, \-V i lli e Peag ram, ex- ' 10, and Laura Ranrlal1, ex-' 13 . spen t Thanksgiving with Texas Alpha.

Miss Lucille Mathews, '12, will re·enter the University after Christmas.

Miss Hallette Searcy, '10, will be back to sing at Miss Ga rr ison's wedding.

Miss Emily Maverick, '08, lives in Austin now.

Miss Bessie We ll s, '12, has recove red fr om a serious attack of appe n dicitis.

The chapte r was glad to have had as a Thanksgiving guest Miss Ada Be ll e Williford's sister.

Mrs . Ben Milam will spend the holidays in Austin.

Miss Laura Burleson, ex-'IO, has just returned to W ashington from Panama, and will make her debut into \ Vashington society.

Miss Kate Martin, ex-'08, will be married December 28 .

Mrs. LeI Wa ggene r Lancaster, '06, has been visiting relatives in Austin.

Mrs. Neomi Peacock Cosby, '10, has moved to Houston.

Mrs. Gl over J ohns (Anita Schlemmer, ' 13) is visiting he r parents.

We are saddened by the sudden bereavement of Sallie Belle Weller, '08, wh ose father and mother both died recen tly.

On December 27, Elizabeth Garrison will be married to Mr. Ben. Taylor Wilson of Nacogdoches, Texas. Ada Garrison will be maid of honor.

Mary Gooch is teaching in Palestine.

Mary Gillespie is teaching in Mansfield.

Grace Hill-Milsen is in Austin for a visit.

On November 15, Mary Eliza Holt was married to Henry Hoxie Ladd,<I> r

Emily Maveri c k is spending the winter in Austin.

Laura Randall was the gues t of Annie Garrison for Thanksgiving.

Ellen \Va ggene r-Lan cas ter of Houston was in Austin this fall for a short visit .

Kate Martin will be married on Decemb e r 28 to Mr. James A. Collins of ""infield , La. Annie Townes win be a b ridesmaid , Naomi Peacock-C rosby will be matron of honor, and Helen Garrison will playa vi o lin solo.

Florence Randolph entertained the alumnae club with a heart party, the morning of November II, in honor of the two brideselect, Mary Holt and Elizabeth Wilmot.

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Angie Holden, ' 10 , was married to Mr. J ohn Rowell of Cheste r, Vt., November 29. Mr. and Mrs. Rowell will spe nd the winter in Bermuda.

Mrs. Alice Duncan Pickard, '06, has moved to Keene, N. H. where Mr. Pickard has become a member of the firm of Benton and Pi ckard.

Carmen \Valker, 'II , visited Middlebury a few days recently. She was the guest of Mrs. Hammond of Hammond Hall.

Mrs. Fanny Sutton Lake, '98 and Mrs. Luella Wh itney Dunn, '98 were both present at the opening of Pearson's Hall. Mrs. Dunn was the guest of Miss Gerould '97.

Guen Hughes, '06 stopped at Middlebury on he r return from the teachers conve nt ion at Burlington.

Goldia Monroe has made several week end visits in Middlebury recently.

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E lizabeth Adams, 'II , of Ferrisburg is teaching in Brandon, Vt.

Hel en Wood, ' 11, is teaching in the Farm and Trades Sch oo l in Boston , Mass. H er address is Bo x 14 86.

Ali ce Tipping, ex-' l4 , o f Claremont, N H is at th e nurses' training schoo l, Sp r ing fi eld H ospi ta l, Springfield, Mass.

Jenni e McLellan, ' 11, spent Thanksgiving at Lu d low , Vt. with Ca rm e n W a 1ke r .

M ildred W eld, '01, h as been sick for some time and is in th e ho sp ita l in Ind ia napo l is. Ind

Amelia H a usman, '0 3, has chan ged her a ddr ess to Teacher's Hall, So u th Man chester, Conn

Margaret Fren ch is attending Mt Hol yo ke College and has r ecen tl y joined the Western Ma ssachusetts A lumn ae C lub

Mi ss L aura C lark, Tyler Annex , Smith College, en tertained the Wes t ern Ma'isa chusetts Alumn ae C lub with a "chemical coffee" afte r their m ee ting on December n inth. Th e coffee was made by pouring boi lin g water thr oug h filter paper in a g lass funnel into a fla s k It was se rved i n dainty g lasses which Miss C la rk h ad procured f r om h er ch emist r y labo r a to r y and was imbibed through glass tubes. The origi n ali ty of th e ent erta inment was mu ch en· j oyed.

VERMONT BETA-UNIVER SI TY OF VER M ONT

Ge rtrud e J ohnsto n, '06, has been s tay ing for seve r a l wee ks a t her home in Burlington. D ur ing h er t r ip through the W est she was delightfully entertained by California Beta and Washington Alpha.

C lai r e Reynolds, ex·'07, is teaching Domestic Art in the high schoo l in So. Pasadena, Ca l.

Mr. and Mrs. Carly l e Brown (Estelle Metcalf, '08) ha ve a little daughter.

Mr and Mr s. C. D. How e (A lice Durfee, '05 ) and little daughter we re in town Thanksgiving week.

Mrs. Roy S kinner ( Helen A li en, '0 7 ) has r eturn ed to East Co r inth, Vt ., where her hushand has gone for his health.

Mabel Balch has r emoved from Bardwell's Fe r ry and is now at Southwick, Mass.

Grace Hayes has moved from Farmington, Conn., to Rochester, N. Y whe re she is tea ching in a private schoo l.

WA SHINGTON ALPHA- UNIVERSITY OF WA S HINGTON

Neva Stewart, ex-'12 and Peter Son{la were married October 12th and are now living at the Ca rr ol Apartments, Seattle, \Vash. Scnna is a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity at Cornell.

Lora B. Yaw, ex-' 12, and Merton G. Hemenway were married October 30th at the home of the bride's parents, Silver Creek, \Vash. They are now r esiding a t 5260 Forty -fifth Ave. S. W.

Ruth Anderson , ' 10, is studying in Berlin this winter.

Ida Parton, '10, is teaching at I saquah, Wash.

Ruth Norris, ex-' 12, is in Vancouver, B. C.

Anne Lamping, ex-'12, just returned f r om an ex tended visit in Kentucky.

Pearl Bossong, ex -'12, is attending an Art school in New York

Clara Hewit, ex-' 12, has just returned from a five months' visit in W isconsin, Neb r aska, and othe r s tates in the Middle W es t.

WISCONSIN ALPHA-UN I VERS ITY O F WISCONSIN

Lois Wilkinson , who was a special student he r e last yea r , was married to David Palmer Christian, November 2 1, 1911 . They will live in Chicago. Mr. Christian is a pipe organist considerable repute. His musical talent att r acted quite a little attention in Paris where he studied las t year.

Kathleen Marony , ' 11 , has made her bow to socie ty in Dall as, Texas, her debut occ urring in October at the Idlewell C lu b Ball.

Lisette Woerner , 'I I , is teaching Domestic Science at Loui sville, Ky.

Alice Volkman, '08, was ma rr ied on December 7th to Mr. Kieffer of Chicago. The marriage took place at he r home in Louisville , Ky.

Professor and Mrs. Paul S. Reinsch ( Alma Mos her, '00) are spending the winte r in Germany. Professo r Reinsch is lectu rin g at Berlin. The second semester they will be in L eipsig

Eunice Welsh , '00, returned from a summer abroad Dece m be r S, and will r esume her teaching in Seattle the second semester.

Margaret Davison, 'II, is engaged to be married to A. \Villiam Shoerger, Delta Upsilon, Ohio Uni v ersity. The announcement was m ade November 28 Mr. Shoe r ger is connected with the Forestry station in Madison.

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The engagement of Florence Sutherla nd, ex-'13, Ironwood, Mich., to Dr. O'Brien of Ironwood, was announced last summer

Helen Tyrell, 'II, is teaching this year at Two Rivers, Wis .

Harriet Maxon , 'II, is teaching at Antigo, Wis.

Ada McAdam, '1-1, has removed to Joliet , IlL, wher e her father is a minister of the Methodist Church.

Cora Colbert, ex·' 13, afte r a year of travel, has announ ced her permanent address as 1623 Electric Ave., South Pasadena, Cal.

Margaret Scott, ex-'14, of Wauwatosa, is this year a student at Vassar College.

Mabelle Bredette, 'II, of Augusta, Ill. is teaching in Quincy.

Ada O . MacAdam, 'II, of Louisville, Ky. is teaching in J o liet, Ill.

Harriet Maxon, 'II, of Milwaukee is teaching in Antigo.

Ethel Swan, 'II, of Janesville, is traveling in the west

Marie Minton will spend the holiday season with her parents in Burlington, Iowa Miss Minton is Librarian of the Oska loosa Library.

WYOMING ALPHA-UNIVER S ITY OF WYOMING

"The Pathbreakers or From River to Ocean" a history of the whole western country, rece ntly published by Dr. Grace Raymond Hebard, Iowa Zeta, is now being adopted as a text book in the elementary schools of Wyoming.

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VERMONT ALPHA-MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE

(Chartered 1893)

There h as been little excitement recently in strictly Pi Phi ci rcle s here at Middlebury. There have, h owever, been &everal social affairs in whi ch all the girls of the college participated. A scries of dance. has been held at Pearson', Hall every Saturday evening to which all the men of the collcge wert invited. The dances have proved very enjoyable to all present because of their in(ormal nature and the democratic sp irit which has prevailed. An o ther enjoyable affair took place on Hall o we'en. A heterogeneous crowd of ghosts, witche s, hobgoblins, and elves assembled in the social hall at Pearson's and a gbostly dance ensued. In ont corner a fortune -teller predicted the fatcs of future alumnae of Middlebury while at the other end of the room the wood fire r oared and crackled and an enticing odor of popping corn ftoated forth.

Student government has finally been installed at Middlebury The rapid growth of tbe Women's College within recent years has made such a step advisable and the completion of Pearson's Hall, which with Battell Cottage furnishe s lodging for mos t of the women, has made ir possible.

There are prospects of a new chapel large enough to accommodate both the men and the women and a new science hall in whi ch there will be a well fitted out domestic science laboratory The se have been made possible through the endowment of one hundred thousand dollars granted us by the General Educati o n Board.

The c hapler has held several cookyshines in the fraternity rooms rece ntly . The Udoth has been spread" in the orthodox fashion and we have drunk to our absent members in grape juice of the true carnation red.

Wilh best wishes from Vermont Alpha to every Pi Phi for the nicest kind of a new year.

RUTH H. RI CHNER.

VERMONT BETA-UN IVER SITY OF VERMONT (Chartered 1898)

Time has moved along very swiftly and pleasantly for Vermont Beta since our last A RRO W letter. After the Inaugural Exercises were over we settled down to work in good earnest.

The Fr esh man ·Sophomore football game resulted in a victory of 3 -0 for the Freshmen. This is the first time for many years that the entering c lass has won. Formerly rhe girls have attended the game by c las ses, in gaily trimmed barges, but this year the plan Wfl!I given up and they went into the grandstand. It is probably th e end o f this old c ustom. Soon after the class gam e came the Football Hop, given in th e gymnasium, which was very prettily trimm ed for the occasion.

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On the evenings of November 10-11, the girls gave an entertainment for the benefit of the new Howard Gymnasium. The program consisted of five "s tunts" which were chiefly original and were very clever and attractive. Both performances were largely attended and the affair was a decided Success .

Some new organizations have been formed among the girls to promote college spi rit and give a unity of interests-Glee Club, lnstrumentaJ Club and Athletic Club.

The latter has charge of delightful trips and snow shoe parties.

Vermont Beta is r e pres ented on the "Cynic" nnd "Ariel" boards and Junior class executive committee. A Pi Phi is l eader of the Glee Club and several of the girls are members of both Glee and In stumental Clubs.

On D ec . 8th, we entertained Kappa Al pha Theta and Tri Delta at the home of Jane McLaughlin . Three of the girls gave a little farce whi ch was very well done Altogether we had a very enjoyable time. Dec. t 5th, Kappa Alpha Theta is to entertain Pi Phi and Tri Delta at a dance in Howard Gymnasium.

We are planning for an evening's entertainment on Dec. 18th, by means of whi ch we hope to raise money for the settleme nt fund. Mrs. Lillian Pike Everest of Colorado Beta, a graduate of Emer so n School of Oratory is to r ead Adirondac k M u rray's " The Man Who Didn lt Know Much." Mrs. Everest is a very well known reader and we expect great success.

Miss Margery Melcher, rep re se nting the Student Volunteer Movement, paid a vi sit to U. V. M. tbi s Fall. She gave an inspiring talk to the g i rls at Y. W. C. A. meeting. We wished she mighr have stayed longer. Two large and successfu l Bible classes are bei ng conducted by Professor Terrill, Adviser of Women. One class i s for the girls in th e dormitories and one for those living in town.

Our weekly meetings have been made more pleasant this year by the occasional visits of Lillian Bean '04, Alice Durfee-Howe '05, Gertrude Johnston '06 and Ali ce McIntyre 'oS. Altogether this year has been a ha ppy and busy year. We can sca rcely realize what it would be now fa h ave our old strenuous ru shing rule s again. Everyone is better sati sfied with the n cw p lan.

Best wisbes to all Pi Phi s for a prosperous New Year.

HELEN MrSA DURFEE.

MAS S AC I-I USETTS ALPHA-BOSTON UNIVER S ITY (Chartered 1896 )

Since our last chapter letter, Boston University has had one of the largest events in ils history: th e inaugurati on of Pre siden t Murlin, October :ZO, 19 1I. The inaugural address was given in Trinit y Church, whi ch was packed. Services were conducted all thr ough the day, and in the evening a r eception was given to Or. and Mrs. Murlin. The day will long be remembered by Boston University's faculty, alumni, and students.

On November 23. the girls of the college banded together in Gamma Delta, ltad a banquet. Miri am Tayl or, one of our senio rs, had the Gamma Delta

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toast. The very next day tbe senior class gave a play, "Out of Town." Pi Phi was well represented in this also.

Ju st at present OUf mind s are filled with Pi Phi, and nothing but Pi Phi; {o r pledge day comes a week from Mon day , Decembe r II. 'Ve give our la st party, a burle sq ue theatre party, next Wedne sday, the ltUne time as the other fraternities give their parties. To thi s we have invited twelve l ove ly girls. We're anxi o u s ly waiting for r eplies. Ou r initiat ion and banquet take place December 16th. We are expecting II. grand r eunion of all Ma ssac hu se tts Alpha at the ban q uet, at whi ch Gertrude Jack so n is to be toas t mi s tress.

\Ve were a ll glad to have with us for a shorr time Miss Loftus o f California Alpha. It ce rtainly makes you feel a s though Pi Phi were of some importance, when you meet girls from all over the cn onuy, who have the same aims and ideals.

A short whil e ago Gamma phi Beta held its convention at Boston University . They invited three girls from each fraterniry to attend their r ecep tion at the College Club. The girls who went had a real good time, but came bac k to u s with the report that " Th ere's nothing quite so nice as our own Pi Beta Phi."

M ARJOR IE UPHAM.

ONTARIO ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

(Chartered 19(>8)

Toronto was very gay la s t week during the official visit o f Th eir Royal Hi ghnesses the Duke and Du chess of Conn a ught. and the uni versity had a share in the fe stivities on W ednesday when an honorary degree was conferred upon the Duke by the University of Toronto, in Convocation Hall. As only a limited number of slud ents could get ti ckets we cons idered rhat seve ral of o ur girls were very lu cky to be among tho se who attended the ce remony F oo tball has been of great intere s t to th e students all thi s fall, and ' Varsity is very proud of the fa c t that her team has succee ded in ca rrying off th e Do minion championship again. After four w ee ks of ve r y exci t ing ru shing Ontario Al pha initiated four nice freshies. Marga ret Anderson , Ethel Dryde n, Margaret Kil bo urn and Reba McCredie. We we re 50 gl:td fo have Mrs Boeck , a Pi Phi who was visiting in T o ro nto. with us a t some o f ou r ru shi n g parties.

Next Monday, D ece mber the eleventh, is the third anniversary of our chapter's birthday and we are lookin g forward to cel ebrating the e vent with a cooky-shine The next events of importance will be term examinat io ns and then Christmll$ h olidays. But if will be th e New Year when thi s lette r is publish ed, and Ontario Alpha wishes all Pi Phi s a very " H appy New Year ."

M GORDON LoVELL

NEW YORK ALPHA-SYRACUSE U NIVER S ITY

(Chartered 1896)

Sy racuse University has a new college of Forestry. As yet, of course, it is weak and small, but plans are under way for purc ha sing suitable land

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in the Adirondacks for practical e:rperimentation. The past summer our campus wu entirely made over. \Ve had an expert landscape gardener here who completely transformed the hill and added wind ing walks and drives and beautiful shr ub bery. We were very successful on the oval this fall. Our stadium I'ooked pretty gay at our last h ome game on Nov. 18, when we beat the Carlis le Indians

Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Hersey, our missionaries in China vi sited Syracuse this fall and th e Y. W. C. A. gave a l arge reception in their h on o r.

The Junior Prom, on Dec. 14. in the gymnasium was a great success. Double Seven, one of the Junior societies had it in c harge and tho decorations were a credit to any college. Ten of o ur girls were there . The J uDi o r PIBl liKing Pin" was " ' ell artended.

Mabel '14, is secretary of the Sophomore class this semester. Mary Fox 'IS, Emily Guild ' 14, Florence Taylor ';3, and Mabel Rud 'n, a re members of their respective class executive committees. Genevieve Gifford ' 13, is Secretary of the Women's Debate Club and Gertrude Skerritt '13 is Vice-President. I:l orence Tayl or '13, is Vice - President of the Athletic Governing Board. Mari on Well s, 'n, was e l ected to Senior society and Ruth Case, ' 14, to Illustrato rs Club Ruth MacLachlan, '12 , is Secretary of the Teac her's College, Senior Class. Julia Frantz, '12, wa s chosen for the part of u nderstudy to the leading lady in "King Pin," the Junior week play Jean Muir is captain of the Junior ba s ketball team . Gertrude Skerritt ' 13 is Secretary of the Classical Club. Evelyn Bishop "3 is Vi ce- Pre sident of the Glee Club. Jean Muir, 'n, represents basketbnll on the Athletic Governing Board. Floren ce Tayl o r. "3, was el ec red to uOwls," the Jun ior society.

Pi Phi s never were so b u sy as New York Alpha has been this semester with ru shing, moving and entertaining. At ou r first joint meeting with our alumnae, the Sophomore Scbolarship C up with presented to Kathryn Stirn Ie '13 who attained by far the highe st average in h er tint two years work.

On N ov. 9. we bad the fi r st initiation ceremony in the new bou se , when we added eight freshmen to the n world :

Evelyn Bishop ' 13 , Montpelier. Vt

Docia D a rt '14, Sherbourne, N Y.

Emily Guild '14, Walt on, N. V

Jessie Crane 'IS. Syrac use, N. Y

Lu ci lle Scull 'IS, Poughkeepsie, N Y

Madeline Atwat er 'IS , Grun, N . Y.

Mary Fox 'IS, Black River, N . Y.

Pauline Turnbull 'IS. Ilion , N. Y

W e also have one p l edge, Marga r et Collier 'IS of Montpelier, Vt.

On Nay. :n , we introduced ou r fre s hmen to college soc iety at our annual informal dance which. as usual, was a mo st de li g htful affai r " O pen H ouse" was the feature of the evening and we were very proud to show our new home to our friends.

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on Nov 10. The place ca rds were miniature likenesses of the new bouse and, of course, that was the main theme. About 6(ty alumnae were p resent and they seemed to enjoy wandering over the house of their druIDs almost u much as we enjoyed having them.

On Dec. 9th we held a Christmas buaar for oar patroness, alumnae and friends_ Each girl gave something worth seventy-five cents and the proceed.. of the sale went toward. new furniture. Every active girl made the house a Christmas p resen t of ont dollar and with this, too, we hope to add to our luxury.

On Dec. I, the local Rho Beta Upsilon was initiated into Chi Omega. Gamma Phi Btta reeenrly opened btr new chapter house with a large recepti on.

This has certainly been a wonderful year in the annals of New York Alpha and now we only hope that we can prove ourselve!I worthy of our new home. Best wishes (or the new year to all Pi Phis.

GERTRUD! SKERRITT, ' 13

NEW YORK BETA-BARNARD COLLEGE

(C h a rtered 1(04)

In the beginning of my letter I wish to send the greetings of New York Bela to all our Pi Phi sisters, and hope that everyone of them is as happy as we are. The reason why, I must save until later

At Barnard things have been running along at such a swift pace that we can hardly realite Thanksgiving is past and that it is only about two short weeks until Xmas. We all look at one another and say, UWhy where are we, can this be December. what have we been doing?"

The fact is, we lead such a busy, studio us merry existence at Barnard, that we just cannot take the time, to see where time is leaving us. \Ve must attend class and inter.clus teas and parries, besides numerous other little Ilffairs of the various clubs and associations at whi ch we must be present if we have 3ny so.called college spirit at all.

Here, before I forget it, I must mention the big Int ercollegiate Conference on student government which was held at Barnard Nov. 24-:17. There were two r ep r esentatives each from twenty different colleges besides ou r own undergraduate president and sub-delegate. Barnard tried irs be s t to give them a r oyal good time, and 1 think it succeeded. The delegates were all able to stay at Brooks Hall dormitory owing to the kindness of the girls, who went borne and commuted each day if they could, or roomed togethe r On the first evening there was a reception for the delegates at Brooks Hall. On Friday afternoon they held their first open meeting in Brinkerhoff Theatre, to which the whole co lle ge was invited. All turned out i n gala array for they were requested to wear white At this meering, each delegate explained the workings of student government at her college . 1 wish I had room to tell you of all the different features of student government in the various colleges, because it is certainly a very interesting subject, but 1 must hurry on. Friday evening the Brooks Hall girls took the delegates for a tbus ride to see New York by moonlight, and all had a most delightfu l

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time. Saturd ay morning there wa s another open meet ing. To cap the visit the delegates were all taken to see t'hat wonder of wonders, the New Yo rk Hippodr ome , where they had a lovely time.

Buc to come to class doings, th e most important of whi ch , at prese nt. seem to be the class p lays, which we h ave been lold rank among th e best given b y coll eges. Th ey a re splendid. You have no idea what wonderful t alen t we have at Barnard. Our girls make th e most sp lendid actresses, and when it comes to actors, well, men th emse l ves have said th ey co uld not do b ette r. Such a compliment from man ce rtainly mu s t h a ve weight even with the mo s t co n se rvative. There w as th e Sophomore p l ay ca ll ed the "Road to Ye s terday." It was their fi r s t college attempt a t dramatics, but it was a brave and very creditable o ne, and what do you think the two best-oh I forgot "that's another story." N ex t wee k comes Juni o r s h ow and that is ce rtainl y going to be th e best by far of any play e ver given. O f co ur se being a Junior y o u w ill say I am p r ej u diced. The play i s to b e a co mic ope ra and was written by two girls of the cla ss. Th e songs and som e of the mu s ic have also been composed by vari ou s members of th e Junior class. Everybody expec ts it to be a glorious su ccess. It is th e fir s t thing of it s kind ever given at Ba rn ard and natura ll y it has excited quite a good deal of c uri osi ty and comment.

Speaking of original i dea s, we have found one which is su r ely g oing to buy us a new building. Since we couldn't seem to attract J o h n O. or Andrew Carnegie t o make a donation by ou r song s ung to th e tune of "Three Blind Mic e," we were for ced to t ry something else Now at th e h ead of th e first flight of stai r s we have a large placa r d, tacked up, with a tiny bank p l aced be si de it. On the ca rd, which is chan ged eve ry week, is a littl e verse encourag· ing the girls t o drop all their stray p en nie s (a nd l a rge s um s if they so choose) into the littl e box beside it. All of these pennies (and h ow they are piling u p) are given toward a new buildin g. W e keep account o f how many brick s a t five ce nts a brick we buy o n anot he r ca rd board, and it is awfully fascinating to wa tch th ose bricks grow in number. Delinquent class dues, which the c l ass treasu r ers cann ot o th erwise coll ec t , a l so go into th e box, and the se are often q uite large sums. By rhe end of t he yea r we expect to have a lm os t on e wall built. One thing nice about this i s that every body can contribute whether th ey go to Barnar d or n ot and any co n· tribution no matter h ow s mall is grat e fully received.

But to back t o o ur college activities. Athletics are keeping a great many of our girls busy this year, because of the greater enthusiasm s h o wn by everybody, and also because of our new physical c ulture in s truc t o r Mi ss Beagle Until a few w eeks ago the girls of all clas ses have been playing h oc ke y , competing in class and interclass meets At present all seem very hard at w o rk a t basket ball.

Now I must begin to t alk Pi Phi or I'll never, fini s h. I've just been dyi ng to tell you about everything. Owing t o the strenuous ru s hing we have been doing we have h ad time to give only one Pi Phi dance on October 13. It was a perfect Pi Phi dance; all enj oyed themselves immensely, especia lly the

alumnae. We had with us Grace Hinchliff of Ill. Delta , Grace McCall, of Indiana Alpha &nd Florence Rodewig of Ohio Gamma the latter two are now active members in our chapter. The day after the dance we bad an alumnae meeting at New York Beta's rooms, which WaJ very well attended nOI only by alumnae but by the active chapter as well. We had a lovely time, and enjoyed especially each one', telling her experience. of the pre· viaus summer vacation.

I couldn't tell you about our nice new Junior initiates of November 13. in the November ARROW as they had not yet come in. But they are now about ODe month old Pi Phis and seem just as though they had lived with us all their lives. Four of them altogether, at first only three, but another changed her mind and at the last minute "said she would." The four were Ethel Carey, a graduate student, who is such a wonderful girl that we just had to have her She comes from Harbor Springs, l\'lich. Then there is Margarita Leland, the sister of Abbey Leland who is a New York Beta, lOS. She lives with her si s ter in New York City, and is a very sweet girl. Two more, Margaret Peck and Anna \ Voolworth, the former from Fond du Lac, Wis., and a transfer from Downer College, Milwaukee, the latter a transfer from Mt. Holyoke and at present living in Brooklyn are splendid girls and true Pi Phis 4S are al so the others.

And now I come to our Sophomore Pi Phis whom we initiated on December 8. I do wish you could see them. They are the des rest, finest little sophomores you would ever want to see. First there is Marian Barber of Brooklyn. a very lovely girl, 8S decided 85 anything, and oh such a Pi Phi already. Then comes Helen Bryan, the daughter of the president of Colgate University, who is a world full of jollity and fun. And what she doesn't know about Pi Phi is not worth mentioning. She has lived with Pi Phis :'1.11 her life, but since she has never attended college until now, she could not be one in fact though s he has always been one at heart. But she is one now and a staunch one too. Let me see who comes next. 0 yes, Mae Kenny another Brooklyn girl, a splendid all around girl, very determined and enthusiastic, one whom every body falls in love with becau se she is such a jolly good fellow. She is the best actress in the sophomore class, so we think, and we ought to know, and had one of the principal parts in the Sophomore show, which I nearly told you of before. Speaking of a c tresses I mu st tell you about Marguerite Scborr. who mak es a mo st adorable man, though r believe we like her better as a Pi Phi and in skirts. Marguerite i s a bo nnie lassie with merry black eyes which show at once a senst of humor and the abilit'y 10 do things. She lives at 2336 Loring Place . I must not forget our dear little southern girl Alice Page Waller o f Staffon, Va., wh o jumps s traightWAY Into the hearts of all who meet her and stays there. Above all she is a very bright girl. Last but not least comes Martha Wycoff of Glen Ridge, who is just the funniest, most amusing little creature that ever wore a Pi Pbi arrow. \Ve certainly feel pr o ud o f o ur six babies as we call them and love them so mu ch already that our hearts will burst if we do not stop. Can you see now why we are so happy?

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But to descend to earth again. W e have plan s for a dance on Monday December f8 given in honor of our new initiates. Aside from that we wiU have no Christmas celebration as we have been 50 busy rushing up until now. We intend to h ave some c ha pte r parties d ur ing the h o lidays however.

In regard to fratern ities in general abo ut the most I can say is, that there is a general feeling of dissatisfaction with the presen t system of Pan·Hellenic rules co ncerning ru shing. Even th ose who have u p held them most vigo rously are n ow beginning to realize · th a t there is some thing wr ong somewhere. The thing that has made th em come to this canclu'sion i s the surprising number of Sophomores who hav e decided to go n o n· frat, because they are disgusted with the way things have been done. We think we have been most fortun ate in the girls we have. but there are o thers who have not been. New York Beta has wanted the rushing rules changed o r revised ever since they went into effect in 1910. We are supposed to have no ru shing what· ever, but from the outlook o f things this semeste r it see ms as if something must be done for the no rushing rules certainly do not work.

And now I think I have told you all there is to tell and ] want to close with a Merry Xmas and a H appy New Year to yo u aU from New York Beta.

ETHEL GOEDE.

PENNSYLVANIA ALPHA-SWARTH M O RE COLLEGE

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Swar th more has learn ed of another immediate material from her increase d endowment in the announcement th a t a contrac t has heen given fo r the building of two swimming pools , one for the men. and one for the women. These are to be completed in six months.

On Oct ober 2: l si, we held our third annual Founder's D ay celebration. Eac h class took part in thi s by pre se nting a tableau r epresen ting a scene from th e life of George Fox, the founder of the Society of Friends. Such a ce lebration brings back many friends and alumnae of the College and among them many Pi Phis. Eleanor Rittenhouse was a member of the F o under's Day Commi ttee . On the evening of the lame day the lirst play of the Acting Drama Series was pre sen ted One of o ur girls took the leading part.

The Sophomores gave their annual reception to the Freshmen on the evening of November lOth. Anna Spackman and Ca r oline Shoemaker were ' on the reception committee Swarthmore's 19 11 footb all Icason was & most successful one. It cl osed on November 18th, with a vic to ry over D ic kinson and a big dinner in the dining room, foHowed by a dance in the men's gymnasium.

Penn sy lvania Alpha hu added four new girl!l to he r ranks They are Dorothy Fahnestock, 'IS, of H a rrisburg, Mabe l Ri c hards, 'IS, of Lancas ter, Grace Schaeffer, ' IS. of Lancaster, sister o f Helen Schaeffer·Huff, and Ethel Shoemaker, 'IS, of Lancaster, sister o f Lucre ti a and Anna Shoemaker and cousin of Caroline Shoemaker.

Thi s year we have adopted the plan of meeting at the home of one o f our village girls once each week for a social afternoon. The girls drop in wh eneve r they can. At present ev eryone is making a Christmas gift. These

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gifts are to be put together and one is to be drawn by each girl at a little Christmas party we hope to have before g oing borne.

On December 9th the Chapter is going to Philadelphia to have the chapter picture taken. After this we are all going togethe r to the theatre for a jolly party.

EUZABETH E. JACKSON'

BETA-BUCKNELL COL LECE

(Chartered 1895)

Bucknell University i. looking forward to the building of a big engineer· ing building for practical work. It is said that tbe ne.". structure will be built on the si te of the present athletic field. The new athletic field will be loca ted on the broad plain in the rear of West College The Univenity is rai sing an additional endowment fund of $160,000 most of which has already been subscribed . Pennsylvania Deta introduces a new patroness, Miss Scott, head of the Department of Art, of Bucknell Institute. The chapte r gave an informal suite party in honor of Miss Sco tt.

On Oct'ober the 28th, the girls gave a cooky·shine f or the new initiates. Then Helen Hare, '10, entertained the chapter in honor of her guest, Ruby Pierson, '10. The evening was pleasantly spent in story telling and in singing n songs. On November 15th, the chap ter gave a chicken and waffle dinocr for Dr. Geuevieve \Vhite Shookley, '00. On December 8th, Della Delta Delta entertained their patronesses and the girls of Pi Beta Phi at a reception in the Seminary parlors

Mrs. Edwards, wife of Dean Edwards entertained the girls of the ac tive chapter mo st delightfully on Saturday, December 9th. Th e afte rn oon was spent in sewing and playing games Mrs Edwards is especially dear to the girls of Pennsylvania Beta because she has been associated with the chapter a. a patroness and friend ever since the chapte r was chartered. This was one of the most pleasant afternoon. of the term for us and every girl joined in giving a heart y "Ri ng, Ching, Ching" for Mrs. Edwards.

Miss Scott, our new patroness, has been enterfaining us at a fieries o( infoneal dinner parties. All the girls agree that these parti es are among the best and cleverest that we have ever enjoyed. We are all interested in Miss Scot t's pictures and sto ri es o( her summer's trip abroad, and are still congratulating ourselves on gaining her for a patroness .

We expect to close the term on December 16th, with the one ru shi ng party allowed us by Pan-Hellenic. This year we are planning for a pr ogressive dinner party to be given at the homes of Mrs. Jennie Davis Phillips '0 1, and Hel en Hare '10, followed by D. dance at the home of H elen Bartol '13. Penn sylvania Beta sends best wishes (or success and bap piness to her sister chapters. MARI ON E. FISCHLIR.

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PENNSYLVAN IA GAMMA-DICKINSON COLLEGE

(Chartered H)o3)

At Dickinson College, this year, the girls have been enjoying many privileges which were debarred under the o ld r egime . A new dramatic club has been formed and the girls have been deriving much benefit as we ll as much enjoyme nt from its meetings. The club expec ts to give a comedy and a commenceme nt play in June

Dr. Kellogg has taken cha rge of the Bible department and the s tudents nr e tnking much interest in the CQu t lie. The other departments are under the same management as in former yeats.

The victories of the football team have been delighting the hearts of all the college. Especially the victory of the Dickinsoo eleven ove r the Gettysburg eleven on the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1911 by a score of eleven to nothing made the co ll ege wild with joy.

Our chapter this year has been exceedingly fortunate in the class offices the girls have obtained. Helen B um s is Senior secretary, Helen Gerhard Junior histo rian, Helen L angfitt Sophomore secretary, and I-Jelen Watkins Freshman secretary.

In the last letter, we spoke of the five new girls we had pledged, and now we are delighted to sa y that we have added to ODr list of initiated members Sara Bigham "5, Mary Graham "5, Helene Nelson "5. Ethel Wagg "5 and Helen W atkins "5.

We are looking forward to a delightful year both in fraternity and college circles, and Pennsylvania Gamma wi shes one and all of the chapte rs the most pleasant and successfu l yea r of their hi s tory.

HEI.EN R. LANCPI'M'.

MARYLAND ALPHA-GOUCHER COLLECE

(Charte red 1897)

Rushing is over, Christmas is in the near future and Maryland Alpha is normal again and happy. We can give our pledges an introduction in no more flattering way than to say that we feel they are typical Pi Phis, and the whole chapter, figuratively speaking, is patting itself upon the back. The "pledgtJings" are Eleanor and Caroline Diggs, Marguerite Magruder. and Hester Heisse of Baltimore; Ethel Chamberlain of East Palestine, Ohio; and Rosa Oix of Cape May Court House, New Jersey.

We attribute part of our success during rushing to the great happiness we had the fIrst or the year when we initiated Edith of Easton, Pennsylvania, the President of 1914. We were so glad to have with us rhen her sister, Fan Osterstock , '02.

Our alumnae have been perfectly lovely to us this year and we are deeply grateful for all that they have done for us. We do not mean to insinuate by this that they are not always lovely to us but this rushing season we had to call upon them more than usual and they responded with the greatest interest and aid.

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W e very m uch to learn of M rs. T heiss's illness nnd of her r esigns· ti on as A RROW Edito r Ohio Bela desi r es to send her their btst wishes (o r a speedy rec:o\'cry, and to express their appreciation fo r all t ha i she has done fo r Pi Phi. We a r e also glnd that we have been so fortunate in securing a SUCCC5sor t o this important place, :md we wish her ou r best in her new undert aking.

With the closing of o ur fOOlh!l1l scason on Thanksgiving day ou r whole unive r sity has seen a decided cha nge. This year we we re fort una te in having HaTTY Vaughn o f Y a le as OUT footba ll coac h, an d with him at the head and thr ee thou sand enthu sias ti c st u den t s pushing the team, we feel that we have j us t comp le ted a seaso n of ve ry great success.

Ohio Beta h as a lready be gun to make pl a ns fo r Day. We are planning to our aDn ual banquet at H ote l So u th ern a t th at time, alt h o ugh we have previous l y held our banq uets on initiation day.

Since th e publication of th e November ARROW, we initiated one gitlVirgini a Pr ing le, ' 14, o f Mariett a , Ohio. Th e pledges , who are fr eshmen, will not be initi a ted until afte r the successf ul complet i on of one work, whi ch will bring th eir initiation into February. Edna Pugn has been appointed to th e Girls' G lee C lub. was firs t preli mi na ry contest f or adm is sion to the Ohio State d ram a tic cl u b. Two of Our fre shmen and while t he results bave not as yet been annou nced, we feel q uite sure of their success.

At present many parties and showns a r e being given in h onor of Dorothy Irvin e, ' II , who is to be married to Dr. F . A. Lambe rt th e 14 th of t hi s mon th. Both hav e a tten ded thi s sc h ool, Dr. Lambe rt , a member of A E. graduating from here in 19 10, D o rothy was graduated from W ells Co lle ge l as t Jun e Dr. L ambert is at teac hing i n the Veter i nary Coll ege here, a nd th ei r new h ome is to be very near th e Universi ty on Fifteenth A ve. RUTlI SADDLER .

OHIO GA MM A-WOOSTER UNI VER S ITY 19 10)

In the latter pa rt o f Octobe r , the chnpt e r ente r tained at an afternoon r eo ception at th e of Mr s. Frank B. Meye r, (Anna Brewbaker, Mi chigan Alpha) wh e re o ur acquain ted with o ur pa tronesses. W e w er e very mu ch pl eased to have present Mrs George E. Coo ley ( Wi nifred Har per, California Al p h a) wh o w as visiting in W ooste r ar the time

Three o f o ur l as t year's al u mnre with Fl o ren ce C l ayton, Ohio Alpha, ente rtain ed the active chap ter a t a "cooky shine" at th e h ome of Dorothy M a rtin on Novtmber to. After te ll i ng sto r ies .and si ngi ng our songs we concl uded ou r plans for giving th e fr es hmen a joll y time ne xt day. W e went via the electric car to Cle la Gordon's h ome i n A shl and, and as soon as we a rriv ed we were taken fo r a l ong automobile r ide . A an elaborate s upper we ret urn ed , r egretting th e fact th at th ere was s uch a thing as the 10 :30 rule.

Ou r ch apte r is ve r y so rr y that Eliubeth Evan s, Okl ahoma Alpha, who entered the University thi s yea r, wu to return to he r h o me in

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Hilda Beggs. Huter Heisey and Katherine Marquis We were very glad of th e opportunity to become better acquainted with them and hope to see them again before the banquet, Founders' nay when Maryland Alpha is comi ng to Wa shing ton to celebrate with us.

RUTH VESTA POP!.

BETA PROVINCE

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

(Chartered 1889)

Since tbe last p ublication of the ARROW, O hio Alpha bas added two more girls to her "bunch of preps" which now makes us fourteen new pledges for the new college year-Gladys Th ompson of Dunglen, Ohio, and Marie Lawlor of Youngstown, Ohio, 8rc "our lates t."

This bunch of enthusiastic p l edges gave a dance in h ono r of the active girls, the Friday evening before we left for o ur bomes to spend our Thanksgiving vacation It was quite an enjoyable affair in eve r y way and we as Pi Phi s were quite proud to claim them as "ours," and of the w ay they distingui shed themselves as entertainers. Wi nifred Smith of Pomeroy, one of ou r alumnae was back for the dance.

The year so far bas been most enjoyable in both college and fraternity life The Girl' s Gl ee Club, a new feature of last year, has been continued and n 01» is well represented by having five of her girls as members. Miss Mella Van Meter re pre!'ents us on the editoria l staff of our new co llege paper rlu Creen and White.

Last year we adopted the plan of having papers and talks prepared by the active girls and alumnae and in turn having them given at frat meetings Thi s has been continued thi s year since it ptoved very successf ul, interesting and instructive i and as our pledges are invited. or rather required, to hear them, we spend a very enjoyable hour together before the regular frat meeting. For informal alTurs, to just "get togethe r " more often we have decided to entertain by threes the re st of tbe yea r

Athletics a t O. U has improved very much this year, and it seems that due to this fact, more r eal college spirit and enthusiasm bas been shown than in former years. We closed a successful football season only to open a more s uccessful basketball season, we hope.

Ohio Alpha sends gTeetings and best wishes for the n ew year, to all her sisters.

R. D olt ls L UDLO W.

OH I O STATE COLLEGE

College life at Ohio State is back once more in its regular r o utine path, a nd Ohio Beta is well launched in a year which promises to be one of the brightest in her history. By now the effects of onr long rushing season h ave en tirely passed away, and we have more re ason every day to be proud of each of our seven pledges.

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Ali ce Griffith, Ruth Riter and Elizabeth Wilbur and the two pledges, Marion Fergu so n and Edith King

Two of the Fre shmen girls distinguis hed t'bemselve l immediately by being elec te d to office Elizabeth Wilbur becam e Vi ce -pres ident and Edith King, Secretary of the class. Lulu McCabe is also Secrdary of the J uniOT clau in the College of Arts and Science. The c hapter Jo ined wi th th e V W C. A. io bri ngin g Thanksgiving chee r 10 others and also made a s ubsc ription to ward the piano recently p urchased (o r th e college cbapel.

During the month of November we had the great p leasure o f meeting Edith White of Ca lifo mia Beta who was east to attend the wed di ng of Adele Taylo r which took place N o vember 7th She took lun cb with us severa l times in our fraternity room and we wi shed th a t she belonged to us ( or as the chil d ren say.

Abo ut ten days before initiati o n we had a Ustunt" week for the general .good o f the pledges and our mutual enjoymen t Each pledge r eceived a sec ret le tter with inst ru ctions f or the week and truly eac h was a document to be remembe r ed ! One of the events was a Slumber Party (1) at Edna Hanvey!s (and it cer tai nly was an event). The wh ole week was one of merrim en t but th a t there was a thread of se ri o usness beneath it all, the pledges re alized and it accomplished se veral things which co ul d no t have been attained by any other meanl.

On the eveni ng of Octobe r 25t h, the pledgts ente rt ai ned the active chapter with a delightful supper and highly o ri ginal en ter tainmen t The Y W. C. A. held its first soc ia l Octobe r 27th. It was a H a ll owe'e n party and wa s a great succeu in getting the freshmen girls acquainted.

The c hap te r was entertained mos t delightfully a t n. lun cheon Octobe r 28th given by Mrs. Shoenfeld the wife of one of our pr ofessors, at he r c harming home in Cleveland Park. Sa tur day, November II th, six girls went over from our chap ter to Baltim o re as gue st s of Mary land Alpha and had a most en· joyable time at one of their rushing parties.

O n November 25th, H elen H amme rly and Eleanor J ones went down to Richmond to attend a e A X recep t ion and returned the fol lo wing Monday afte r a delightfu l time. On the 29th they with Alice Griffith attended the Thanksgiving H op at Ann apo lis, whi c h proved as entertaining as usual.

Four of ou r girls wen t to the Army and Navy game at Phil ade l phia. They were: Dorothy Dobyns, Ge r trude Br owne , G enevieve Frizell, and Marie Tun stall . There was q uite a division of se ntiment in regard to th e game and tw o of th e girls ca me home happy and the othe r tw o mu ch disappointed as th e result of th e sco re.

Elizabeth Wil bu r spen t the greate r part of Thank sgivi ng wee k at a hou se party in Richmond. Wh ile th e re she attended a K A dance, The German Club german and the game between North Ca r olina and the University of Virgin ia. She has returned like all the o the rs who go int o the state a staunch s u ppo rter of Virginia.

O n Decembe r 2nd we had the pleasu r e of ente rt ai ning five Goucher Collere girls with a lunc heo n and tea. They we r e Ethel Chamberlin, Edestina Beggs,

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O UT first rushing s tunt was a lun cheon given in the cozy cor ne r \Ve arc going to indulge in more self praise, but we honestly can not resist tell· iog you of the almos t un be li evably sma ll cost of this lun cheo n. We were limited in upe n ses by Pan-Hellenic rul es, but by diligently h aunting the hucksters and wholesale hou ses we gave a four course lun cheon fo r (arty people for the s um of five doll ars a n d fifty-seven cen t s, nnd I am positive that not a si ngl e freshman went away hungry P a r don us for boasti ng, bur we con side r th a t o n e "coup d' e'la/ ."

We next gave an info rmal lea in th e cozy corne r O ur "big st unr" was a camp-fi re s up pe r given at the home of a pa tro ness W e deem ed ourse l ves ve ry fortunate to h ave with u s th en (our o f the Columbia Alpha girls whom some of o ur a lumn a:: very kindly invited over to h el p us rush. Our next affair was th e giving of a play, written by Fl orence Porter Robinson, at the home of an alumna. Our rushing season was brought to a close by a tea in the cozy corne r.

One of o ur pa tr onesses, Mi ss Mill e r , gave a delightful luncheon t o the chapter on Pledge Day and that even ing the a lumnae, active girls and pledges were en te rt ained at a suppe r given by Ali ce ' 0 2, and M o lly W ood '08, an affai r greatly enjoyed by all. W e we r e glad to have with u s during rushing L avinia King, eX·'11.

O ur freshmen i n vited the active ch apte r as thei r guests a t a di nn e r party soon after Pledge Day, where they ent e rtained us delightfully, turning tables, and giving us a taste of "bei ng ru s h ed." i ns tead of ru sh i ng. Ma r2u erite Magruder, one of ou r pledges, ent ert'ai n s the whole cha pte r soon and we ar e anticipati n g the best of good times. Be for e we l eave coll ege f o r vacalion th e r egu l ar Chris tm as pa rt y wi ll be given t he Freshmen by the chapter in the fraternity r oom

W e a r e very glad to p r esent fo yo u ou r n ew patroness and patron Mi ss Ma r y E. Cu l ve r and Mr. John K. Culver of MI. W ashingto n, Md., who have bee n l oyal friends of Maryl and Al pha eve r since there h as been a Maryland Alpha.

Thi s le tter see m s q u i te friv ol o u s, just st unts and th en s tunt s but that is re ally all that we have t o tell you about these days. After vacation we will ind ul ge in mid·years and then, we are h oping, the memory of o ur good times will sho rl en the agony.

We now want to conclude by giving yo u ot h er II cfJ,'s aU of the best kind of wishes for the yea r of 19 12.

FItAS CES STRADER.

COLUMBIA AI.PHA-GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERS IT Y (C h a rtered I 8&)

Columbia Alpha feels tba t the co ll ege year is well begu n now that ru sh ing is over and is p ro ud to p r esen t si x in itiates and two pledges as the reward of h e r strenuous en deavo rs . Now th a t ru s h ing is a thing of the pas t it seems as though we had nev er been without th es e girls who have grown very dea r to us. They are Gertrude Browne , H el en Hamm er ley, Flora Hull ,

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Norman, Okla., on account of ill health. We hope sbe will res ume her work next fall. Glada Chilcote, U;'J3. made a short visit to the chapt er p rior t o the Thanksgiving recess.

[' .6 entertained all the girls connected with the college at a reception on the twenty -third of November. They are the !lrst to try s u ch an event in Wooster and it was a great success. Among the ,'a ricus Thanksgiving ce lebrations whi ch the different fraternities gave wa s our Pi Phi indoor picnic at Dorot'hy Marlin's h ome on Mond a y before Thank sgi ving. Japanese lante rns, autumn leaves and Pi Phi banners were used in decorating. We 8re n ow p lanning for a Christmas party at the home of M n. George J. Schwart!., who is onc of our patrone ss es.

ELLEN F. BOYER.

INDIANA ALPHA-FRANKLIN COLLEGE

(Chartered 1888)

Three months o f the college year have gone by and nothing r e mainli but the term exams !

To us th e most interesting occurrence o f these months was the short vi sit of Miss Keller Although she came lat e one day and left the next, not giving u s much time to see her, we enjoyed her the little while s he was with us very much.

In football we did not star this yenr, having had no team last year and consequently no old men to form the nucleus of thi s year's team. How e \'e r, we won the only two games played on our own field. Dask e .b all promises to be much better for we have four of last year's team and several other splendid players from whom to ch oose this year's team. The schedule t oo, is splendid.

The Friday before H allowe'e n we gave our first party at the country home of Mary Sturgeon, '14. Three hay wagons took us, our friends and our chaperones, Mr. and Mrs Edwin Deming (Jane Ditmar s) out there for a chicke n supper followed by a jolly good time around a huge bon·fire. On Hall o we' en night the faculty gave their annual p:lrty in the "Gym·' for a ll the student body . There each class did a 'lsl unt" and some of them were very clever

Friday, October 2 0, l: A E entertained th e girls of the two sorori ties, A r A, and IT n with a h ay rid e The S!lme evening tJ. e gave a "consolation" dinner. Two weeks lat e r cfl 6 e gave a pove rty party and X A E a chafing dish parry. Saturday, November 25th, we initiated our nine pledges, Mary Brown. Hazel Crook, Martha Deer, Bertha Jane Morgan, Edith Nelp. Mar· garel R emy nnd Jan et Van Nuys.

The freshmen and sophomore classes held a tug -o ( -wn r November 28th which the freshmen won.

Fi\'e o( ou r girls, Ruth McC ullough, ' 13, Katharine K enny, '13. Martha Ott, '13, H el en Bainhizer, ' 13 , and Helen Mil es, '14, were the guests of Edith 'Vilson, '13, at a week-end h ouse party the first of November.

Oakey Miles has been ele<:ted Secretary of the Sophomore class and Edith Nelp, Treas urer of the Fres hman class.

EDITH WILSON.

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I N DIA NA BETA-INDIANA UN IVER StTY

(Chartered 18<)3)

S tudent s h ave return ed fr om the ha ppy Th anksgiving vacation Bnd are now busy preparing (o r the week of fina l uam in atio ns. Indiana University closes (o r the Ch r is tm as holidays, December 15th, giving a two wee k s vaca tion.

The g rea tes t day of th e fall term at Indiana University was Saturday, Novembe r 25th, whe n Purdu e University played foo tball he re The faculty made it the occasio n of o ur second annunl H om e-Comi ng, which was extensivel y adverti sed with the original slogan, "U. and r. at old J. V n Th ousands of vi si tors and old s tude nts were here for th e week-end. Alth o ugh Purdue won the game by th e sco re of 12-5. the Home -Co ming was a great success a nd enj oyed by all.

Among the Pi Phi s who return ed fo r the event were: Florence Masto n, 'II, Columbia City, Ind .; Ruth Mill er, ' It , Shoals, Ind .; Edna W alke r, Juana Yo ung and Hel en E sther Harri s of Princet on, Ind; Nellie Graybille, '10, Lado ga, Ind,; Anna Gray, !08, Gospo rt, Ind .; Vi o let Miller Wil so n, Blessing Rass man a nd H aze l Squires, '07, of Indiana polis, Ind. ; Blanche Couk and Ju lia T obin o f Roachdale, Ind .; Millicent and Mentoria McDo na ld , Seymour, In d.; Ma ude J o hnson, Franklin, Ind .; Ruth Duncan , Brazil, Ind .; and win a D ay, Bedford, Ind ,; a ll of In diana Beta ch ap te r, a n d Pauline Micheals, Th eresa Bo wen, Cleo Millikan, Mary Stitz. and Francis Hill of In dia na Gamma.

O ur ch ap ter is in excellent condition now. Sunday, October 29, we were fortunate en ough and de light ed to e nt ert ain May L. Kelle r, o nr Grand Presi· dent a nd Mrs. Kate W a lker J ohn son , o ur Province President.

W e have established a Pi Phi Bib le Class whi ch Mrs. Rounds, wife o f the Christian Churc h pas tor, conducts here, once a week. W e a lso ha ve a f ac ulty dinne r once a week. W e are proud to introduce the following n ew pledges to Pi Phi : Caro line Weems, of W or thingt on, I nd. , Louise E spy of Rising Sun, In d., and Pearl Phillipi, of Vincennes, In d. Ou r p ledges will be initiated th e first of the wi nte r term, after th ey ha ve filled the fr eshman work, re quired by Pan-Hellen ic ruling

S trut and Fret pre se nted " Mi ce and Men" on W ednesday, N ovembe r :und, in whic h one of o ur pledges, Ann3 H a r pe r, very successfully filled the part of Co l. Goodlake's wife. The In d iana Glee Club, only organiled thi s term, will make a tour of In diana citi es d uri n g the Chri stmas vacati o n.

D orothy Willi ams has been t a ken into the Hi story Club and the French Clu b Mary NflSh h as been tak en into the Eco nomics Cl ob Alma Schlou· hauer, Ruth White, I da Marie Wil so n a nd Margaret P addock were taken into the English Clu b and Mary Kneale, Mil dred Cartwright and Ge rtrn de H eckenhaue r into the Euclidian Circle. In diana Beta is a lso proud of t'he work or Miss Josephine Th omas, ' 12 , in the r eformatory for deflcient chi ld ren last summe r. Also du r ing a lectu r e to Economic student s here W ednesday, November 29th, Mr. H Grout, Sec re ta ry of the A ssociated Charities made special mention of the work which Edna Hatfield, In diana Beta, 'II, is doing

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i n Indianapolis, adding that she is makiDg a name (or bencH and for the universi ty (rom wbich sbe graduated .

GUTRUDI H ItCK&N HA U&Ro.

INDIANA GAMMA-B UTLER COLLEGE

(Cha r te red 18c}7)

The Fall term of Butler College is nearing co mpletion and all eye s now are turned rowa r d the fina l examinations. Indiana Gamma has been well represented in the college activities so far. Maude Martin, C leo Millikan, Ruby Wind ers and Gertrude Pettijohn took part in tbe vaudeville given by tbe senior class. C leo Millikan was elected vice-president of the junior class and John sfo n. vi c e-president of the freshman class Netta Browni n g is a member o f the staff o f the college paper. Mary Jackson was elected to membership in the Philokurean, a literary iOCidy Mattie Emp son is the vice -president of the LotUI Club, Iln organization fo r all the women s tu dents.

Ou r chapte r was fo rtun at e eno ugh to have Miss Keller, o ur Grand Presi· dent, and Mrs. J ohnson, president of Be ta Provin ce , visit us this Fall. At an informal ret:eption given in th eir honor at the ho me of Miss Anna Weaver, California Alpha, many alumnae h ad the opport unity to mee t them. We h ave had Mrs. Johnson with us before, but for most of our chapter, this was our first visit with MilS Keller and we tboroughly enjoyed it.

Severa l o f our gi rl s spent the week·end with the lndiana. Beta chapte r at the time of the Indiana Purdue football game. Our pledges entertain ed the active chapfer with a dance in Octobe r and we have h ad seve r al parties. Our term dance will be December the ninth

Lo r a HUl sty, ' II, a n d The r esa Bo wen, ex -'14, have vi sited the cho.pter sever111 times Altho ugh we have no chapter h ouse in which to ente rtain our alumna! a nd friend s, we are always glad t o see them.

IL L I NO I S BETA-LOMBARD COLLEGE

(Cha rt ered 1872)

Lombard Co ll ege life seems complete now that Dr. Fisher is with u s. A blank that no one else could fill, has been filled now, for his face and his voi ce encourage us to work as hard as we can for ourselves by working f or Lombard. The night he came was one of ce lebrati o n and we made the sta t ion rin g wi th our yells of greeting. The ilL" men of the last year drew him to hi s home and we all marched be side the ca rriage in triumph, for we had our UPrexy" back.

The f r eshmen a re no longer ju s t " new students." They have organized th emselves in to the Clas s of 1915. Their colors have been foughr over; th ei r first party ha s been given, and they now f ee l that th ey belong to Lombard and Lombard belongs to them.

Two interesting experimen ts are being tried th is yea r Courses in stenography and Spanish are offered , though neither have been included in the college curri c ula 81 yet. If th er e is a demand f or these branches o f study,

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they may be added permanently to the coll ege work. A cha nge which partic ul a rly affects the girls is the one which rules that s tudy h o ur s m us t be k ep t on Friday nights. Wh en the Satu r day class system was adop t ed last year, the rul es of the Hall made no change in th e s tu dy h o urs Friday and Saturd a y night s were l eft free. Thi s year, h oweve r, it see med more con sis tent to make Friday h ou r s lik e th ose kept the r est of th e wee k .

Thi s year we feel very pr oud of o ur football te a m. It has not always won, but winning or losing, it has put forth a ll its st rength and h as fought till the very la s t (or th e olive an d gold. Th e team and the stud en t s have carri ed out the sp irit expressed in o ur song:

"Whether in defeat o r vi ctory W e' ll be l oyal just the sa me ."

Now t o turn t o o ur n T d oi ng s. The thing we remem be r bes t is th e party we gave Hall owe 'e n . A s seemed most fitting f or that night, we gave a mas · q uerade dance. All the girls wore pumpkin yellow g owns with ca t s running and witches fiying over them; th e boys, in black dominoes look ed like evil spi rits. The color sc heme, y ell ow and black was ca rri ed o ut by the programs and by th e numbered ca rds b y whi ch we foun d our partners. Th e p lea s ure of the pa rty cons isted in the fact th a t no one kn ew wh o hi s pa rtn e r was to be , as the numbers had bee n given out to girls and boys, r ega r dless of identity . Aft er the dance came the surprise. In stead o f returning to the H a ll, each girl rook her last partner over to the bungalow where we let the boys see h o w things tn ste at a r ea l cooky shine. Be sides th e active ch apte r and pledges, Inez W ebs te r, Illin oi s Delta, Marion Web s te r , ex··o5. Mir i am Fi sh e r, ex·'oS, and Theo Golli day, '0 7 were present.

Mil d r ed Mabee and Georgina Pugh entertained twenty girls a t a party a t whi ch h alf of the girls turne d th e m se lve s into gallant but fi ck le youth s-fickle because eac h man insi s ted on proposing to each pretty girl and there were eleven pre tt y ones th e r e. Fern Townsend, on November twenty -tifth, ent er· tain ed a t dinne r in honor of her cousi n , Florence Fennessey. W e ca rr ied h ome the dainties t II B cJl monogram p l ace ca rd s you eve r saw.

On November twenty -eighth, th e day before we we nt h ome for o ur Thanksgiving vacation, Lill ian M ac H ale gave a cooky sh ine i n Florence's honor. W e never will forget the good things to ea t and the good times we have so often had at Lillian's.

O ur weekly cooky shine, on Octobe r tw enty·fifth differed from the u s u al ones beca u se the four pledges gave it t o th e old girl s. Before we sat dow n t o the feast th ey had p r epa r ed, they entertained us with a clever, original tragedy, "Fo r Love's Sake "

Mildred Mabee was elected president of the senio r class and Bessie Emery president of Zelecali:m Liter a ry Soc i ety at the beginning of this year. In the t'Wo weeks preceding the Th an ks giving vacation w e initia t ed t w o of o ur pledge s, Ge n evieve Zimme rm an, ' IS, \V a t erloo, I owa, and W inifr ed T amp· kins, ' I S. A von. Win ifred is Fern Townsend's co u sin

The A ::: .1 s have given seve r a l informal parties this year. The cJl .1 s and Z N s h ave each given h ouse partie s a t wh ic h their iPrl fri ends h ave h ad m ost

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the New York Club. Violet Van Demark is secretary of the L.L. U. Literary society and also of the girls' glee club.

The class elections also show the Pi Phis well represented. In the senio r class. Elsie Prescott is sec r etary and she along with Myrta Kempf has been asked to write the music to the class song. Grace Cone is sec retary of the sophomore class. Jane Whitney of the junior class is vice-president of the Dramatic C lu b and assistant editor of the Junior Annual.

Pearl Kepple, a former graduate of the college and an alumna of n B 4>, gave a vocal recital here l ast month under the auspices of the Y. W. C. A The recital was a great s uccess Ilnd afte r it was ove r a spread was given in honor of Mis s Kepple in the dormitory.

Last week we had the privilege of hearing Rev. Gunsaulus of the Armour In s titute of Chicago in his lecture on "The Later Eloquence of Puritanism." It was a privilege indeed.

Vivian Ly ons who has been assistant piano teacher here f o r several yeaTS, hns lately in addition to her music been given several classes in German Two of our al umnae are now on rh e faculty. W e were glad to have Edna Coldren and Lorena Smith , teachers at Adrian, Mich., with us on November 18, the evening of the initiation of Lucy J ay. A very enjoyable evening was spent and it was celeb r ated with a cooky-shine.

During Thanksgiving vacation we enjoyed the compa ny of Alice Clark, a former graduate, who is now teaching at Bryan, Ohio The address of Florence H ogmire Arnold is 2703 N. Albany Ave ., Chicago, instead of Sycamore, m., 85 stated ill the year boo)" She is also the mother of William H a le Arnold, born October IS, 191 1.

According to the Pan-Hellenic rules we have, as yet, had no ru s hing. Pl edging day is s till a long way ofT not being until the second week in February. H oweve r we have seve r al freshmen spotted and are looking forward fo great succes!.

GRACE

MICHIGAN BETA-UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

(Chartered 1888)

College work is well under way and the pressure of study is considerably increased by the mid -s emester examinati'ons which are being h el d at this time. However, we have found time and opportunity for the gayer side of college life by giving an informal Hallowe' en dance at which we introduced our pledges.

At Ollr initiation, which was held on November eleventh, we r eceived seven new members into Our chapter: Alta. W elch, Sophie Koch, Marcia Munsell, Hazel Goodrich, Alice Wi ard, Blan ch e Dayless, and Mildred Seward. They a re all splendid girls and we consider oursel ves very fortunate in having gained them for Pi Beta Phi. On O crober eleventh, we had a most enjoyable visit from Mr. and Mrs. Stark of O r ange, Texas. Mrs. is an alumna of Texas Alpha, 'TO. Seven memben of Ohio Beta w ere entertained by us at Iun-

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ILLINOIS ZETA-UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

(Chartered 18<)5)

The University homc -i!oming, when we entertained a Dumber of our alumnae. was held November :14-26. Tho se who came back were Edith Gilbuley , Leila White, Marietta Busey Taoney, Nellie Miller Miller, Angie Stedman Allen, Lois Swigart, Ethel LenDrum. Helen Bagley, Helen At kinson, Peggy Douglll5. Madge Myers, and Clara Swigar t.

On Saturday night. November 25. we gave an informal receptio n (or the town alumnae and the visiting alumnae We initi a ted our twelv e fre shmen the 31St of October, and have recently received Lottie Steele, a transfer (rom Illin ois Delta ioro our number. Saturday, December 16th, the chapter is entertained at the home of Gertrude Harnsbarger, in Champaign, at a thimble party.

November 10 and II a second delegation of abo ut five girls went to Decatur to investigate the local chapter at James Millikin University, Della Theta Psi, which is petitioning They h ad 11 splendid time.

MARGARET J. WEBBEIL

MICHIGAN ALPHA -HI LLSDALE COLLEGE (Chartered 1887)

Tw o months and a half o f the new school year have passed. Hillsdale College is rejoicing ove r its general prosperity and the joyous atmosphere with which it is surrounded.

When we returned in September we were su rprised to find many new im· provements on the buildings, especially on the girls' dormitory, which was renovated from t op to bottom. The co llege enrollment li st has increased CODsiderably over last year a nd we fear that if it continues to increase. the demand for more room will necessitate o ur chapter moving from the rooms which we now call ours. At present we occupy one of the large rooms on the fourth fl oo r but there is a rumor that ned year this r oom will be made over into several small rooms for students.

A greater amount of college spirit is evident this year than there was last. Interest i. shown by each stndent in the various college activities, in studies as well as !llh letics and social events. Athletic s have really been exciting thus far. We came very close to getting the championship in football. Mr. Delapp, who played end was choen as the uail state man." We have fine material for basketball and track work this year The boys are hard at work now and under the leadership of Mr. Hunt, our new coach, we are looking forward to tbe season with strong hopes for success

Our Literary societies and the Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C A. are in splendid condition and growing continually. In proportion to the total number of students enrolled. Hill sd ale has more studenr. li sted in the voluntary Bible classes than any other college in the state. 'Ve have three new organizations this year, which heretofore we have not bad. They are the Dramatic Club, the New York Club, ·composed of 30 members, and an organintion of Minister's Sons. The Pi Phis are well represented in both the Dramatic Club and

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operation of the University, the variou s student organiutions, and the alumnre. Northwe ste rn h as been able to furni sh and maintain a band of which she has reason to be proud.

Now that the football season is over, the basketball schedule has been ann ounced, and coach Hammel has held the firsr practice. Game s will be played with &11 the conference schools except Iowa and Mi n n esota. On Deeember ninth, the College Carnival will be held In the gymna sium. The management announces many attractions of l ocal intercst, including moving pi ct ure s of the Chicago-Northwestern game and of the camp us. All departments of the University will be r ep r ese nted. D ec em ber fifteenth is the date set (or Junior leprom," onc of two formal student assemblies. Parties have been held by the classcs, the literary societies, the 'Voman's League and the Y. 'V. C. A., and numerous smaller groups of students.

The National Pan·Hellenic Conference was held November third and fourth at the Avenue House, Evanston. Miss May Keller was n cz.ts delegate. On November fourtb the Conference delegate s and about two hundred and fifty fraternity women, including many active girls, attended a lun cheon at the "gym." Miss Keller gave an able and interesting talk on the relations of the sorority to the college

The freshmen entertained the a c tive chapter at a Hall owe'en party at the home of Lynne Smith in Wilmette. On November 27th the girls had a cooky shine ar the home of Mrs. J L. Lardner , everyone bad a delightful time and is very appreciative of her hos pi tality . In o rd er that we n 4>s might see more of each other in a social way, we have been meeting occasionally at the homes of our vari o us members. We bring our sewing, and any girls with whom we would like to become acquainted, thus being able to rush very informally. Tbose girl. who have entertained for u s in this way are: Mari e Hakes, Mar· ian Warner, Helen Schultz, Ruth Porter, Frances Paullin, and Gladys Ewald. We are pleased to announce the pledging of Helen Dunc an of Chicago, and Helen Williams of Joplin, Mo. Through error the name of Mildred Starnes of Minneapolis, Minn., was omitted in the November ARROW, as one of the pledge •.

One of the most delightful social event s of the season was tbe wedding of Sybyl Davi s, ex·'lo, and James Newton LoU, '10, Georgetown University,Texas. Two of the bridesmaids, Zen Harries and Beatrice Cummins are II 4>5, and the active chapter and many alumnae were at the wedding and r eception. The non ·sorority women have organized into the "Campus Club," to pro-mote closer friend ship and interest in co llege activities.

The local Pan Hellenic with Miss POlter, Dean o f Women, is discussing sophomore pledge day. No decision has been reached as not all th e so r orities are ready to vole , but from all appearances there will be no pledging of fresh. men nut year.

Illinois Epsilon wishes all n 4>s a prosperous New Year . FRANCIS ANN! PAULLIN.

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enjoyable time s. On Dece mber fifteenth, the day before Christmas vacation, the Knox and Lombard cha pte rs of cJ> 0. a join in givi ng their formal par ty. This event is greatly anticipated.

Illinoi s Beta sends best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Hap py New Year to yo u all.

BESSIE EMERY.

ILLIN O I S DELTA-KNOX COLLEGE (Chartered 1884 )

This fall has been full of achievement for Knox With the close of the football season our 'va r sity presented to the college bOth the s ta te and the conference championships, trophi es won by ODt of the st r ongest teams Knox has ever suppor ted. Alth o ugh the last game was played November 24th, when we defeated Lombard 28 to 0, the season was not formally dosed until December 9th , when a mammoth banquet wns tendered the teams.

In oratory we have been equally s u ccessf ul. Vernon Welsh, our representative, won first place in the inter-collegiate con te s t, thus giving to Knox the opportunity, for the fourt h consecutive time, of r eprnenting Illinois in the inter-state conttst in the sp ring.

There have been the u s ual delightful class fun c ti ons. Early in the fall the sophomores ente r tained the enti re coll ege and faculty at a dance. Late r on came the Junior-Se nior dance. at which the whole student body were again guests. There have been t'wo new organiutions launched this fall at Knox. the 4'CoHege Players." a dumatic organization, and the "Knox College Consumers' League." In both organiza t ions Pi Phi is well rep resented on the list of offi· cers, the president of the latter being Gladys Campbell.

Illinoi s Delta is very happy to introdu ce a new Pi Phi to h er sisters . Since our l ast l etter we have p ledged and initiated Irene Mc Broom , a prominent Conservatory student whose home is in Geneseo, Ill. After the initiation cere· mony, which t ook place on Novembe r 25th. at the home of Lois and Mary P otter, we enjoyed a cooky shine. A week or 10 earlier we g ave a coo ky shine at the home of Alice Felt for our pledges, with Grace Waterou s, ex·'u, and Madge Blayney, 'I I , as the other guests of honor.

Deeember 14th, we seniors entertained the rest or the chapte r at a little inrormal Christmas party, held at the home of Cladys Campbell. We are now all planning for our informal party which c'omes January uth, imm ediately after th e holiday recess.

MARTHA L LATJ)f £K.

ILLINOIS EPSILON-NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

(Cha rtered 1894)

The fall of 1911 has not brought any n otable changes to Northwestern. The most recent student enterprise is the o rg anization of a University Band. For seve ral years we have dreamed of such a thing, but owing to the lack of necessary suppo r t it has been an impossibility. This year, through the co-

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cheon on October twentieth-the day of the football game between our unive rsity and Case Coll ege.

Pi Beta Phi il well represented on the campus this fall. Norma de Guise was un animo us ly elected vice-president of tbe junio r class while Irene McFadd en holds the office of secretary of the senior class. Three of Our girls are members of the girls' Glee Club: Elsie Ziegele, Margarer Eaton, and Margaret Spier (accompanist for the club). Marguerite Reed, E lsie Ziegele, and Irene McFadden were elected to membership in Deutscher Verein. Ruth Bridge was mitiated inlo Wyvern, a societ'y of junior girls.

We were pleased to have o ur 'Varsity l'eam WiD from Pennsylvania by a score of eleven to nine on November eighteenth, but we had another reason for r ejoicing: as a re s ult of ou r ru shi ng party over the game we pledged two Detroit girls: Hon or Gaines and Beatrice Huff.

We are looking (orward fo attending "The Awakened Rameses," the annual opera produced by Michigan Union, which will be given next week.

Michigan Beta wishes every Pi Phi a most happy New Vear.

IRENE M c FADDEN.

WI SCONS IN AlPHA-UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN

(Chartered 1894)

Since the last issue o( the ARROW a new dormitory has been begun here, the • • vpropriation (or it having been made by the legislature last spring. It is very close fo Chadbourne Hall, the only dormitory on the campus thu s far. Everyone is delighted that there is t o be another dormitory as ever so many girls have to live in boarding h ou ses now, and the waiting-list of th ose wanting room at Chadbourne is very large.

Wi sco nsin, having confident'ly expected the (ootball championship thi s year, was ve ry greatly disappointed but perhaps that is in store (or us another year. At lea s t we are very proud of the t eam and would be willing to free te a ll over again for the sake of rooting for Wisconsin.

In the recen t election of members to T B n, Norman Ounn, the brothe r of one of our active members was chosen from the junior class. Jo sephine Viles has been made president of the bowling l eague whi ch entitie s her to sit in rhe co uncil which Mrs. M athews , the Dean o f Women, has organited for the girls this year.

We have given two parties thi s fall, the one which we always give to introduce o ur freshmen and another on the eighteenth of November, the night of the Minnesota-Wisconsin game. As it was a great home -coming tim e of the alumni we had many guests. Florence H anna, ex-'13, Beverly Emerson, ' II , Marion H o lme s, ' II, and May \Valker, ' 13, were some of the girl. who spent the week-end with us

On Tuesday, November sevenlh we initiated H elen Pfeiffer, Eliubeth Eckel, Jeannette Munro, Katharine Leader, Anne Hut chi son, Agn es Benton, Gertrude Hen d ricks, Genevieve H end ri cks and Margery Burke. The girls have decided not to give th eir u s ual Christm as free party this yea r but will give a dance on the sixteenth of December instead.

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The Chi Omegas have moved into a very charming new home a nd the Chi P sis are building ODe on a l ot ne xt Lak e M endo ta. having onc of the preniest sit u for building of any frate r nity in M a dison.

Wi scons in Alpha extends he r best wishes t o the oth er chap ters for a happy and s uccessf ul seco nd semester.

GAMMA PROVINCE

MINNESOTA ALPHA-UNIVER SITY OF MINNESOTA (Chartered JC)06)

Minnesota Alpha, for the first time since ber installation, was bon o re d by a visit fr om the Grand Preside nt Each girl co unts a n ad ded on e to h e r li st of dear personal friend s since she mer Miss Keller. W e were on ly sorry that the s h o rt two days of Miss K elle r' s visit made o ur acq nai ntance brief. a nd elaborate formal entertainment impossible.

Geo r ge Edgar Vin ce nt, 6 K E, is now o ur president, but UP r exy " Northrup who has won the l ove of generations of s tu dents is still a visib le p r ese nce as well as an intangible inAuence on th e campus, for h e li ves ne ar us and makes occasional visits to cha pe l. Preside nt Vincent's in augu rati on was one of the greatest events in the hi story of o ur Universi ty. Fifty-seven presidents besides the other delegates from uni ve r sities, colleges and learn ed societi es were present. A torch light celebration was held on th e camp u s and Northrup fi eld the night before the in a u g urati on , a nd it was con side r ed the most spec t acu lar affair ever witnessed on the field. All the stud ents of th e u niversity, as well as representative members of all th e classe s that have b een graduated from the university ma r ched with torc h li ghts and J apanes e l an terns. After our president was installed, Pre sident T aft paid us a short visit and spoke to u s at the armory on his w ay through Minne so ta and the Dakotas.

Minnesota's football team w as agai n invincible this year In playing the season's games without defeat, ou r boys won the undisputed t itl e to the Ch ampionship o f th e Big Eight Conference. Minnesota Pi Phis were sorry n ot to be abl e to attend the games played on other college fields and visit sister chapters, bu t we had the p l easure of meeting Beverly Emerson, a Wisc onsin Pi Phi, at o ur open house tea after the Chicago game.

Hel en Knowlten, K A 9, won the women's championship this ye ar by sec uring the cup from Winn e fred Tunnel, A r .6., and Joe Armstrong, A T 0, s u ccessf ully defended his tit l e for the second rime as men's tennis champion. In th e so r ority Hare and Hound race, an annual eve nt at Minnesota, the men who wore the Pi Phi colors, Mr. Tideman, Delta Phi Delta, Eugene Bibb, Delta Upsilon, and Claude Beddall, won the cup. This i s t h e second c up the track men have won for the Pi Phis. Archery, fencing, riding and tr ack r unn ing have been added to the p hy sical culture courses for women in the university.

The Woman's uague has give n several of its ann u al social funcrions. Martica Byrnes, Pi Phi, who is chairman of the social committee planned a

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m os t de l ightful s unlight dance. whi ch was given the 9 th of November. It is tbe c u stom a t these dances to announce the man, who r ecei ve s the greatest num ber of votes from the members of the l eagu e, as tbe most pop ul a r man on the campus. Two men tied (or the h ono r tb i, yea r , Will Eck lund. B 9 II, and John Eggan, .:1 T

A Thanksgiving dinner was also given for 11 the h omesick girls, and tbe annual Child r en', Ch ri stmas Party is planned fot December 16. A ma tinee putr (or all th e members of all so r orities will be at Alice Shevlin Hall after Christmas. The Me n 's Union is preparing to play "The Girl in the Moon" an opereua writte n by Edgar Allen, ' II We are hoping that they will soon be ahle t o begin the men's b ui lding.

Glady. Lenning, n cJI, ' 14. was eJected vice-president of her class at the Agricultural college o f the un iversi ty. Ruby Burtne ss, n 41, '13, is secretary of th e Athl etic Association and Martica Byrnes, h as been elected j unior r ep r esentative of the W o men' s League Co un ci l.

Th e chapter gave a r eceptio n for three hun d red guest s in November, a nd an informal dancing pa rt y at Ali ce S hevlin Hall on November 25th The alumn a: will entertain the acrive Kirt s at their annual Christmas tree party given at the chapte r house on December 20.

W e were p r oud and h appy t o initiate into Pi Phi thi s year the foll o wing girls : Gl adys Lenning. ' IS Duluth, Minn. ; A ddie Keenan, ' IS , Austin, Minn.; Sibyl Seort, ' 15, Sio ux City , l owa; Edith Chap lin , ' 14 S1. Paul, Minn ; Alice Lewi s, ·IS. M a rga ret Ba rnard , ' IS, Nelli e Chu r chill H el en Carpente r, 'IS, H elen Barker, ' 14. Sybil Bates, ' IS. Els a Sheldr u p, ' IS, Lillian M c Laughlin , ' 15. H el en And er son, ' tS , an d Ethe l H arwood. ' IS Minn eapo li s, Minn. Viola Lenni ng. 't I, i repo rting on a city newspaper a nd Ruth Byers. ' 14. re po r ts the university socie ty n ews. Minn esot a Alpha wi sh es a Merry Christm as an d a H appy New Yea r to al l Pi Phi s.

ALI CE LAWitEN CE.

IOW A ALPHA-IOWA WE SLEYAN COLLEGE

(Ch a r te r ed 18(9)

W e are p roud er th an ever of Wesl eyan's f oo tball team which hu an a lm os t clear r eco r d. Our on ly de feat was with Parson's College. We played a return game with them a t the day before Thank sgiving when the sco re re sulted 0 t o o. All of the n 41, went up on th e special tra i n t o see th e game We sleyan ce l eb r a ted Foundeu' Day, Oc t obe r 26, when we h ad a half h oliday. Several of the classes had picnics th a t afte rn oo n . I owa Alpha h as been fortunate this year in having girls who take class and sch ool h onors for them. J oy Pierce is co rre sponding secre tar y o f a literary society and Mary Phillipi is vi ce-p r esiden t of th e same one. All o f o or j u niors a r e on th e statr-our college annual.

The college event of the year i s ou r Thanksgiving Banquel At six o'clock Thur sday evening nearly gu es ts went down to (h e dining room of H ersh ey H all where the rabie s we re el abo rately decorated f o r the occas io n. Afte r the banquet, seve r a l toasts were given. Th e senio r a nd junio r r ep re sent atives were

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II and all of our girls were proud of them. Mabel Piper spoke on "Re· view of Revi e ws" for the seniors and Joy Pierce spoke on "Wide Awake" for the juniors. We are planning another college stunt, a Box Supper. given by the V. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. This will take place in about two weeks.

We had several a lumnae here over Thank sgiving. Friday n ig ht, December 1St, we had a cooky shine up af the housc for the visiting alumnae, f o r Exie Dutton, onc of ou r active girls who leavtl soon for Ca lifo rnia where she will spend the winter, and.. also for our new pledge of whom we afC glad t o tell our sisters-Mary Firebaugh, MI. Pleasant. OUf alumnae who were back were May Pierce, '09. and Nona Spahr, '10.

We are looking forward to OUT Christmu celebration at th e chapter rooms. \Ve are planning on having a Christmas tree, each ODe will put on the tree a present costing one dollar and in that way making each girl receive a gift from the chapter. We are very anxious for the time to come although we know it means we must leave the girls for a couple of weeks.

Iowa Alpha sends best wi shes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy N e w Year

MARY PHILLIPI.

IOWA BETA-SIMPSON COLLEGE (Chartered 1874)

Simpson College has been engaged in an unusually intere sting Endowment Campaign this winter, the purpose of which was to add $45,000 to our present fund. One feature of the campaign was Student Tag Day, at which time the student body raised over $500. On the evening of that day a large mass meeting was held co nsis ting o f the dtilens of Indian ola and the students of the college Some of the famous Simpson "pep" was exhibited and the Ladie s' Glee Club sang to us a number of our splendid college songs.

Amo ng our new Pro fe sso rs this year are Prof. Allen Ruggles of the Educational D epa rtment, Dr. J. P. Morley occ upying the chair of Philosophy, Miss Grace Hayward, assistant Engli sh Professor and Miss Catherine McClaggan. head of the Fren ch department. Mi ss McCbggan is a L\ L\ L\ and a woman who is making her department one of the most popular in t he c urr icu lum. Our champi on ship Ladies' Glee Club will enler the Slate Contest again thi s year, which will be held in January in Des Moines

Pi Beta Phi is represented in the following organizations of the school this year: a presidency and other offices of Literary Societies, Executive Board of the Woman' s League, College Council, English Seminar Classic Club, Y. W C. A. Cabinet. College Annual Board. Conservatory Orchestra. Art Club and t'he La dles' Glee Club.

On December 9th, n B ." entertained at a p r ogressive dinner at the homes o f Hazel P erley and Dorot hy Storey. The dinner was held at the h ome of the former where we were all scaled at one long table bright with poinse ttias, scar let candles and poinsettias deco r afed place cards Later our party progressed to the Storey home, where a Christmas tree, bearing suitable presents f or each hostess and guest, was discovered. Hel ene, '09, and

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Baker, 'II, Eluabetb Brown, ex-'01. Ada Proudfoot, '08, Vera Peasley, ex -' ll, and Ali ce Story, '06, were welcome alumnae girls with us that night.

Ir is a custom with us Iowa Beta girl s, that when one o f our number be· comes engaged she ,halJ give a spread (or the chapter. On November 9th , Edith Payton, o ne of o ur junior girls g ave such a spre ad, at which time she announced to u s ber engagement to R oy Brourink, K e .Jr of the class of 1911 of Simpson College. We all consider Mr Broutink an exceedingly fortunare man. The OUloO{-town guests at Edith's spread were Floy R eed, '10, and Dlanche Spurgeon Riggs, '06.

On November the 16th, Ada Proudfoot, '08, and Mrs. Blan che Riggs entertained the active chap ler and a number of the Blumnse girls at the b'ome of the former. The most exciting feature of the evening was when Bla.nc he appeared for;: us in her wedding gown whic h was then not a. month old.

This year, (hough very q uiet, is proving to be a happy o ne in ou r chapter. Since pledge day June 7th is still several months distant and no ru shing i. permitted, we are having plenty of time t.nd energy for study and for the strengthening of our c hapter within ourselves . Our new initiates thi s year are : Helen Whitney, '13, Indian ola, I owa, a sister of Ada Whitney, '12, and Himena Hoffman, '12, Leon, I owa.

We are looking forward to a visit from our Province President, Miss Stuart, in the spring, and, too, we are remembt:ring and mentioning quite orren th e coming Convention to which Iowa Beta i. desirous of sending a trophy winning delegation.

MARY M. THOMPSON.

IOWA GAMMA-IOWA STATE COLLEGE

(Charte

red 1867)

We have just returned fr o m our (our days Thanksgiving recess and are getting settled down again to hard work because we realize there is much Co be accomplished before Christmas vacation. As our semester ends th en, it means all final examinations are given before Christmas. The girls who remained here during vacation report an unu sua lly good time.

We have had two initiati ons since school opened this fall by which Ruth Cessna of Nevada, Iowa, and Helen Loomis of Sioux City, Iowa, were made Pi Phis. Octobe r 27 the active girls and pledges were delightfully en te rtained at a progressive H allowe'en dinn er given by the alumnae of Ames. Differe nt conrses were served at the homes of Mrs. Herman Knapp, Mrs. S. A. Beach, Mrs. C. F. Curriss, Mrs. L. C Tilden, Miss Roberts and Mrs. E. W St a nto n.

Two of the four girls ' parts in the Sophomore Class Play given November as, were taken by Ruth McClintock and Beth Pryor The chapter is very proud of l'be ucellent manner in which th ey took their parts

The untiring efforts of the Hawkeye. in petitioning A T .0. have resulted in their installation November 4.

We feel justly proud of our many -sided superiority tbis faJl. Our varsity hal done excellent work and we share the Missouri Valley Championship with Nebraska as welt as being State Champion s this fall. Of course the Iowa-

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Am es game was the big game of the seaso n. The sco r e was 9 to 0 in o ur fav o r . Si x of o ur gir l s went down to Iowa City {o r the game and while there en joyed the h ospit'alil y of the gi rl s of I owa Zeta. W e rece ived first p l ace in the c r oss-country at Lawrence. Kan., and at l ows City. This we consi de r a great vi ct ory. ]0 the duel debate with Cedar Falls we won bo th the affir mative a nd n egarive sides o f the Question.

We gave our informal term party in Cbamplin's Hall November 29. Thirty co u p les enjo yed dancing to music furni s hed by Graham's o r ches tra of Des Moines .

BLANCUE H OP KINS

I OWA ZETA- IOWA STATE UN IVERS ITY

(Cha rtered t 882)

Nearly three mont h s of sc h ool have r oll ed by, and now there are on ly two weeks un ti l Christmas vacation. But [bey have been tbru bappy months, and so many things have happened .

We mor e than ever reali:te what good new girls we have-so enth u sias tic and earnest . Emily Ranke of Burlington w as initiated October 7th, and on Novembe r 26 th , Gladys Gage o f Shenandoah, Jennie D unnigan of She n a ndo ah, Eloise Kess ler of I owa City, Louise Clark of Des Moines , Berni ce Orran o f Council Bl uffs, H aze l L angstaff of Spence r , Helen Pri ce of Co un cil Bluffs, and H elen Day t on o f Iowa City.

I owa Ze ta invit ed I owa Gamma to be o ur guests duri ng rhe Ame s- I o wa football game November 18 Four of the girls accepted-Jessie King, Louise Tuttl e, Ruth McC linrock , Evylin Marshton. W e were also pleased t o h ave with u s two I owa Alpha girls, Erhel Besse r and Lavanda Gardner. and with o ur o ld girls V er a Wi lcox , May Wangl er, Isabel C ramer, M iriam McC un e and Stacy Turney, we had a merry c r owd.

W e have betn ente rt ained at several of the Iowa City homes this year and we sinctrely app r eciate i t Last Sat u rday Mrs. Coc hr an, mother of Hattie Cochran O:l.yton, 1882 , en tertained in bonor o{ two of Our girls, H elen and Je an Dayton. We have been honored lately by thre e of our girls being chosen for the Dramatic Cl ub p l ay.

W e wish eve ryone a Merry Christmas and best wishes {o r the New Vear. H ILEN BEERS.

MIS SOU RI ALPHA- UN I VERS ITY O F MI SSOU RJ (Chartered 1899)

Missou ri Alpha has n ow settled down to the regular work of the year, afte r • most successful rusbing season-in whicb we could pledge on l y those who h ad a t least 24 b o urs adva nced sranding. Our initiation ce r emony was h eld on Octobe r 10 here a t the chapter house, and the usual Ucooky shine" followed. Murry Sande r son ha.s r eceived Quit e an h onor-he r name with t wo others is posted as those witb hi ghest sc h olarship o{ the whole Freshman class of 1911 . The Mi sso uri-Kansas game was played here this fall {o r the first time.

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It was well played on both sides and considering the (aci that we had no stars rbis year on account of the captain ' l injury, we as well as Kansas were happy over the tie 3 to J. Columbia', hospitality was taxed to the limit as 50 many friends and alumnae came (or the day. New concrete bleachers (or the purpose were built to accommodate the crowd We had one Pi Phi guest from the Kansas Chapter at that time--Genevieve Herricl.:a very dear {resbman.

We have had quile a number of (unclions this fall as we have to rush till Easter because of the new ruling which prevent'S us pledging before Easter Saturday. We are however limited 115 to the number of formal parties so most of our parties have been (or our rushees at which we could ha\'e only (our rushees. We have had several week end parties, dancu, chsfing di sh parties, bridge parties, chocolates efc . One bridge party was . given for our alumnae here in town and patronesses. So far we have had only one formal, that was at the beginning of the year and we included all our rushees.

During the big game we had a large number of the girls back to visir the Chapter :-Mrs . Jim Buffington (Linda Crewdson), Mrs. Robert Caldwell, (Eula McCune), Miss Madge Vidler, Lucile Anderson, Rewena Campbell, Margaret and Eliubeth Woodsan, Velma Johnson, Mildred McBride, Sara Painter, Mrs. Everett Manning (Zannie May Estes), Genevieve Herrich, Kansas Alpha; Georgia Sullivan and Barbara Senseny, Missouri Beta; Loree Sprecket.

We are looking forward to a vi sit from our Province President Anne Stewart about the eighteenth of December. The Chaprer is doing active work for the Y. W. C. A. Esther Chapman, Minnesota Alpha is the Y W. C A. secretary, and several of our girls are on committees in thar work. We have a lovely chaperone, Mrs. Vandiver, and with a maid, and a cook our housekeeping il made very easy and we live very comfortably And just here I want to say something about our chapter house this year. It was built for a home so is not so much like the usual chapter house you see so ofren. \Ve are located not quite so centrally as we wue before but in a quiet and beauti(ul part of Columbia.

Just before we leave for the Christmas holidays we usually plan to gee togethe r for a Christmas dinner usually given at the chapter house.

JEAN" MASSEV

MISSOURI BETA-WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

Chartered 1907

The first semester is now half over and so many things have happened. The football season which has been m ore su ccessful than for several years has just closed A new gymnasium teacher has been appointed for the girls and we are beginning basketball practice in urnes!.

Class elections were held shortly after the opening of school and Pi Beta Phi steured the Vice·Presidencies of the lbree upper classes. Each

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class has also given an informal patly and the Freshman Dance on December the second was rtle most important affair of this tum. Thyrsu s, the Dramatic club, has presented its first monthly play in which one or our members had the leading part.

At present we are looking forward to the visit of Miss Stewart on December the fifrecntb. We intend to give a tea {or her in our r ooms on Friday after· noon 50 that $he may meet the of the other soro rities. On Satuda-y afternoon the alumnae are going to entertain h e r.

Pan -Hellenic has already sen led the rushing rules for next term and we are arranging to give several informal parties in orde r to meet the girls who are comi ng out in January. The members of each class in our fraternity are planning to entertain the o ther girls of their classes soon afrer the Christmas holidays.

Since our l ast chapter letter our ru shing season has ended most successfully and we haY'e pledged ten girls whom we shall initiare next term They are Marie Bacon, H e len Bryars, Mildred Clayton, Ma rga ret DeGarmo, Marie Hawley, Ruth Meinholtz, Julia Morse, Orue Smalling, Gertrude Sparks, and Helen Stevens.

MARY DE GARlIO.

ARKANSAS OF ARKANSAS

(Chartered 1<)09)

The football season this year has proved quite succeufu1. Our team was unusually strong and out of nine game s we lost only two. We were espeeially delighled with the Thanksgiving game against Louisiana, which was played at Linle Rock, and in which we won with a score of I I..(). The first week in November the Y. W. C. A . gave a camp-fire supper; everyone rtported it to be & grand success. Other soc ial events have been the dances given by the 1: N, n K A, K A, and :t A E fraternities.

There are two honor societies in ou r University, the Skull and the Torch Clubs. These a r e open to Juniors in the second semester and to Seniors, who have made a sufficiently high average in their work . We are proud to say that Claire Norris and Ruth Pye. the only Pi Phis e l igible so far, are each a member of one of these honor societies. Ruth Pye was elected president of the Y W. C A., and is also a member of the Student Council. Claire Norris is president of the girl', dormitory.

Our seco nd rushing party-and also our last one for this semester, by the new faculty ruling-was a dance given on November 4, at the beautiful country h ome of Mrs. Stuckey, one of our Dew pat'ronesses About fiftysix of us rode out there on the afternoon train and returned on the midnight train It was different ftom any orher party that has been given, and everyone had a glorious t ime,-that is, we know we did, and the ru s hees seemed to. We were chape roned by Profi. and Mrs. Newberry . Mrs. Newberry and abo M n. Ellis are new Pi Phi patronesses. Since the last l etrer to the we have initiated four girls: Hazel Nail, of Mena; Irene Knerr, of Fayetteville; Jeffie Murphy, of Little Rock;

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and E rma. Marshal l, of Mansfield. Altogether we began the school year with only six active members, we now bave thirteen, and will of course ad d to that number on next pledge day in February We feci that so rar we have bad successful year in ru shing

T o . 11 the Pi Phi Arkansas Alpba wishes a j oyous vacation

LOUlSJANA ALPHA-NEW CO MB COLLEGE (Cha

rtered I&}I )

New comb just now is in tborough state of p r eparation Basketball prac tice i at it s height, the dramatic dub has begun its rehea nah:, the glee club is working hard for its annual r ec ital, and the lite rary and debating clubs are well laun ched u pon their year's w o rk. And to top it all Ch ristmas holidays are staring us full in the face, and essay., and topics and t'hemes are all due before then A s a conseque n ce eve ry body is busy and nobody hal time (or anything, so that social (unctions just now a re well in the background. But .(te r the mid -ferm examinations in January the regular r o und o( events will begin and (rom the present Louisiana Alpha hopes to be well represented.

Since the lut iss u e o ( the ARROW we ha ve initiated three Soph omo res Fanny Maude Black, Gladys Eustis, and Ethelyn Legendre. Initiation, our first social enol o ( much importan ce, was an in spiring reunion between the alumnae and active c hapt'er Our alumnae have organiEed with Lois Janvie r , ' 10, as pre sident, and together with the act ive ch ap ter is wo rk ing wi th s uch enthusi asm and vim a s we have not shown in years. \ Ve ha ve \--e ry big aspirations which we are trying very hard to (ulfil, and with ('he h el p of our alumn ae we hope to accomplish mo re thi s winter than ever be f ore, Our rushing has been tIlther la x and purposely so. With th e excep ti on of one big recepti o n given by the ac tive c ha pte r and a lu ncheo n by the alumnae we h a ve done n o thing a t all. We find that o ur usua l II wh o le sa le ru shing:' des tro ys to a large extent the right fraternity sp irit both within and without th e f raternity, so we have practically s topped it, and find it su cceed ing admi r ably. O ur plans for a Ch ri stmas party are not ye t made but we h ope to make it a great s ucces s.

M ARY R AYlotO!'lD.

NEBRASKA BETA-UNIVER SITY O F NEBRASKA

(Charter ed 1895)

College enthusiasm h as been h igh this fall The f oot ba ll season was especially exciting Eight of our girls went to Kansas fo r the K ansas- Nebraska game and such a good time as rhey had! W e send a vote of thank s to Kan sas Alpha for giving th e N ebras ka Beta girls s uch a good time. The Mi ch iga n-Nebr as ka game was played here, November tw enty-fifth. A number of o ur alumnae came back fo r it and when the game came out n tie, y o u can imagine h ow ha ppy we were

The J'o wa-Nebraska debate wa s held h ere D ece mber eighth and th ough we didn't win, everyone voted it exceptionally fine. There was an in fo rmal

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dance at the Temple afterwards. The next night was the junior h op at the Lincoln and it was as much (un as the class parries always are.

The Pi Phis keep on re ce iving honors, class and otherwise. Florence Schwake is secretary of the junior class and Fannie Lan e is vice-president of the freshman class. Florence lI os tetler has a n important part in the Dramatic club play and two of the girls are going to fry o u t for the j u nior play.

In spile of the fact that we are all studying unu s ually hard this year. we have been quite festive. The town alumnae gave a lovely lun cheon (or the freshmen and it was a great success fo r it was such a fine way to get acquainted. We gave our Fre shman party the night of Ocrober twen tyeighth and ir was one of tbe best parties of the year. While the gi r ls were in Kansas, the left -o vers had an informal house-party. If was s u ch fun that it almost made up for not going to Kansas. There have been several birthday parties lately and they are always 0. good time

Our annua l Chrisrmnl stunt will be the Monday night before vacation. We are planning a splendid cooky-shine and Christmas tree, with little jokes and poeml After this will come the Freshman entertainment. We have no idea what it ii, as it il a profound sec rer. We are all very curio u s and can sca rcely wai t fo r the time to come.

Several of the last -ye ar's gi rl s have visi ted us t his fa ll Fen na Bee l er and Mona Clearman were here at one time and Ruth Heacock and Zora Fitzgera ld came back for rhe Michigan game. It was fine to have them here again .

At the beginning of the year we had a house -shower and we have many pretty things to help make our hou se home-like. Every girl brought back tw o glssse5 or jelly when school opened and many of them did the lame after the Thanksgiving vacation. We are frying a new plan fo keep the house in order. One girl is appointed pound-master and she picks up any books or wraps, left lying about, and t akes them to the third Roor The o wner must pay a nickle to regain her property. Ie is working splendidly and the h'ouse is always neat We use the money. thus gained, for a linen fund

Our formal party and banquet will be given early in Feb r uary. We are expecting a n u mber of the Kansas girls to be here. We would love t o have the whole chapter and hope as many will come as possible.

MI RIAM ANNE CLARK.

KAN SAS ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS

(C h arfered 1873 )

All attention has been turned this year toward raising fund s for building a woman's dormitory. The girls have been busy co ntriving all sorts of plans for money-raising. A day was set apart by the university as Dormitory Day, and alumnae from all part's of the co untry came to take part in the program, and to create enthusiasm . Miss Gertrude Blackwelder, one of the founders of Kansas Alpha spoke. Our chapter subscribed $25.00 to the fund on Dormitory Day.

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Kan sas is proud of the clean fight which her football team put up this year. Althougb the last three scores were against her, the work done was most creditable. The team was comparatively light, but the o ld tenaci ty and "sticktoitiveneu" characteristic of Kansas was evident in every game. An attempt ha s been made to (orm class organizations a mong ('he women like those of the men. The se will be made up of a chosen number from each sorority and the same number (rom the non (raternity body. Nothing has materiali.ted :L5 yd.

O ur frclhmen have already won honor. for the fraternity . Sophie Smithmeyer w as chose n representative fr om the Freshmen class to the W omen's Student Council. Again she and Irma Spangler '14 made the German Dramatic Club. An o ther of o ur freshmen, Maurine Fairweather toge ther with Lu ci le Smith ' 14 were elected to th e Thespian Dramatic Club. Maurine is the le ading l ady in a p l ay whic h that Club is to put on soon.

Fifteen active Pi Phis from Kansas Alpha are enjoying Th a nksgiving vacati on in Kansas City. They are planning theatre parties and other affairs amongst which is a dance t o be given by them a t the home of ODe of OUr fresh· men, Genevieve Herrick, 5434 Main St., Kansas City, Mo., Than ks giv ing night.

On account of the Mi sso uri Kans as game being pl3.yed a. week ea.rly at Col um bia, instead of the usual Thank sgivi ng game at K ansas City, o ur Missouri - K a nsas banquet was called off this year Only one of our girls, Gene· vieve Herrick, went to Colu mbia for the game. She reported a splendid time, and says the Misso uri girls are the best of ho stes ses.

We enjoyed a visi t from our province pruident Anne Stuart and seven o ther Nebraska Beta girls from November II to 19. They were R3Chel Kellogg, Jasmine Sheradan, Eula Bates , June B(own, Helen Ha.lad ay , Grace Salisbury and C h a rl otte Allen (pledge). We gave a tea for them Friday, the seventeen th t o which th e three rival so r orities, their patronesses and matrons, and our al um · nae were invited. The occasion for their coming was the Nebraska-Ka.nsas g ame Nov. 18t h. We wish tha.t mo re of o ur sisters would favor us with a visit, and are proud to think Nebraska sent such a splendid de legation to us. Many of our own chapte r were back at this time, Mary Coors, Helen Ames, Haz el Kelley, Harriet Merriam, Ava Hardcastle, Alice J ohnson, H elen Bangs and Jane Druce Porter. The Nebraska girls have invited us to their f o rmal, Feb. 9th, and wnny of u s are plauning t o tak e advantage of their cordial invitation.

The freshmen gave their musical wh ic h proved to us all th e more th a t we w on the very best f re sh men "of th e hill." Their program was full of originality and surprises.

We have tak en up the id ea of each fre shman having a "m othe r," among the upper classmen. and find it wonderfully su cce ssful, too. \Ve h ave also instituted a "po und " in the h o use, to which everything l e f t on the first fl oo r is taken to be redeemed hy paying a fine of five ce nf5. This h as greatly enhanced the appearance of first fl oo r-sin ce we a re no longt:r troubl ed with wraps and personal articles being thrown carelessly about.

The annual Christmas dinner, we hope fo make a splendid affair. Many

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of l as t year's girls are com ing back, and we expect to give las t year's freshman far ce again. Thi s will be foll owed by our annual " ca r oling" tour.

The Chi Omegas gave a house -warming in their lovely Dew home, Nov. 4th. The K appas gave a Dutch Market at their chapte r h o use in rhe inte r es t of the dormitory fund. Oct. 14th.

Clara Jaedicke ('12) was marri ed Oct. 23, 1911, to Th omas Burtch l: N ('10). They are now living a t Oswego, Kansas, where Mr. Burtch is in the insurance busine ss

On a cco unt of ad van ce d standing, Maurine Fairweather is to be initiated Monday evening, D ec. 4th, 19Jt.

The fr eshmen have ISsued invitation s to the freshmen of all rival so rorities fo r a fe a, Saturday afternoon December 9th from 4 to 6. We think thi s a fine idea, and feel that they will become better acq uain ted with the girls with whom they go through schoo l

OKLAHOMA STATE UN IVER SITY

(C harte re d Sept. 1st, 19 10)

Since the last ARROW, Oklahoma is very proud to annoance its r eco rd in football this year. The boys won for us every game making the Sooners champions of the southwest.

Oklahoma Alpha is trying a twelve hour rule this yea r -that is-befo re any girl, now pledged is eligible to initiation she mu sr h a ve co mpleted twelve hours uncon ditio ned work. This leave s initiati on until the second semeste r

On Hallowe'en, the chapte r gave an open ho use to students and faculty. The hou se was deco r ated in autumn leaves and pumpkin s Cider and dough· nuts were served from the dining·room. Mi ss Telford of Wi sconsin Alpha was with us on that day .

TEXAS ALPHA-TEXAS UN IVER S ITY

(Chartered 11)0 2 )

The University is now in the throes of pre-examinatioD srudy . The week before the Christmas holiday is devoted to final term exams, and every ODe is now wo rr ying about th em, and the unwritt en papers that are du e. All o f the girls are planning to take up domestic leience afrer Chri stmas. as that co urse will then be added to o ur c urr ic ulum. The provision was made in the university appropriation for this co ur se, and as there is not r oom in the main building for it, & wood en stru ct ure has been erect ed upon the campus to accommodate the aspiring This does not add at all to the beauty of the campus, but ir is to be on ly temporary. The beauty of the campus is being further marred by the addition of a wooden r oom to the chemi s try building, and we h ope that rhi s a lso will be temporary.

With the pusing of Thanksgiving Day came the end of the football season Texas University had very good luck this seaso n, although we did lose the Thank sgiving game. But we defeated our grearest opponent, onr hereditary enemy in the game at H ouston on Nov IJ. On the night alter

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the return, there WlUI a great celebration, a big bonfire and nigh t -shirt parade. Everyone went wild with joy, and so the Thanksgiving defeat was Dol felt nearly so much u it might have been. The Thanksgiving German was, as u s ual, on Thanksgiving night, and was a very gay affair

Texas Alpha has been qui Ie busy studying, but we have found plenty of time to ha\'1! a good time, too. On Hallowe ' en night, we, the old girts, had • cooky-shine in honor of our freshmen. It was held in the studio of one of our alumnae. and was certainly a beautiful affair The table was decorared quite el aborately, and the eats wefe delicious. After finishing the spread, we bad a slunt party. which was awfully {unny. On the twentythird of November, the freshmen had a pArty in honor of the older girls, which was very clever and enjoyable. On the night of the twenry-fifth, we initiated ou r fifteen freshmen, and now we have quite a large active chapter. After the initiation ceremony, we had a cooky shine and a Iirtle party for the freshmen We are certainly t o be congratulated in having such a fine lot of initiates. and we know that they will all mm fine and enthusiastic Pi Phis

The Anglers, a girls' cl ub of the University, have elected Mnydee Canfield, Texas Alpha, ' 14, president. nnd she will lead the dance, which they will hav e afte r Christmas .

Some of the girls of the University have bten applying for a Tri Delta charter, and have just received it. They will be initiated soon and we will give them their introduction into the fraternity world. When they are initiated, there will be seven sororities in the university.

Tonight, occurs the wedding of Elizabeth Wilmot, '12, to Sully Robedeaux. All of Texas Alpha are greally intere sted in it, as the bride is one of our Au s ti n alumnae.

CATHARISE IIn L

DELTA PROVINCE

WYOMINC ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING (Chartered 19tO)

Little has been happening in the University life outside of the football realm. hut there the greatest deg r ee of college spirit and enthusiasm has been shown. Wyoming was successful in the games with the Colorado Schoo l of Mines and the Colorado Agricultural Co llege. We h eld Denver University down to a score of 6 and made the brown and yellow in the Rocky mountain region. With tbe close of the football season, basketball claims the attention of the student body. The relUDs are now and practicing for future games, in which we hope to be as successful as on the gridiron.

President Merica addressed the Y. W. C. A. meeting on Nov. 6. His talk initiated a series of talks on the college woman. On November 26. the girls at the women's hall g tl\'e a frolic to which the young men of the University were invited. Chafing dishes, cards and music helped to make the evening en tertainment enjoyable . The Y. \V . C. A. presented "The Klepfomaniac" on

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Nov. 3. Helen Nel so n, '13. proved a charming h er o ine; Grace F os ter. ' 14. and Margaret Arn o ld, ' 14 were very s uccessf ul in thei r tales.

A very pretty Hall o we'en parry was given at the Corthell {arm, when G l adys earthe ll ' 14 and her sis ter Miria m e ntert a ined J o lly jack-o -Ian terns were in evidence everywhere , and the spi rit of All - Hall o ws w as carried o ut in the favors, detontions and men u . After s upper w e gathe red a ro und the hurt fireplace and liang and talked until the wee bours of the morning. Then w i th mnny farewells we r od e back ro t own

We h el d o u r f orm al pledging ceremony in our" chapter room, Nov. 22. Nine girls were given a wee peep into Pi Phid om Afte r the se rvi ce we had a spread at the h ome of Margaret Abet H oge ' 13 The sophomores entered upon their m eni a l tasks o f serving and clearing a way the l unch with much mo r e carefulness than usual, for I'bey knew th a t s uch slavish duties we re to be theirs no longer.

The girls at the women 's h a ll gave a dance Dec. 2 , (0 rai se funds for refur nis hing the reception rooms of the hal l. The gym nasi u m was d ec orated with red crepe paper One end of the h a ll was m a de comfortable wi t h coz y co rners, divans and large rockers. S upper was se rved in the d ining r oo m of women ' s hall, Am o ng the gre a t number of patrons an a patronesses we re Pres ide nt and Mrs. Merica, and Li e ut , and Mrs. Daly. The affair was a success fi na n cially as well as socially, All the Pi Phis and their p l edge s were present.

On D ec, I, the chapter indulged in a theatre pa r ty, afte r which we had c hafing dish lunch at the h ome of H ele n N elso n '13. W e practiced many o 4> so ngs . We were glad t o h a ve with u s Edith Mill er ' II, wh o h ad com e h om e to spe nd the Thanksgi ving vacation. J ean D o uglas ' II and ?l- Ie rl e Ki ssi ck , 'II. of o ther s tates were present.

We are nil l ook ing forward to the Christmas vacation when we expec t to ha ve almos t all of the al umnae back with us. We h ave begun t o p lan any nu mber of slumbe r parties. theatre pa r ties, dan ces and chafing dis h s u ppers

We have ma de a plan to bring the alumn a e and active cha pte r int o a closer relatio n s hip. Of co urse eac h alumnae ca n ' t write a l ong newsy letter to eve ry active So we"'e hit u pon th is p lan. Everyone writes a lette r and all the le tte rs are se nt on to eve r yone, 50 th a t we h ear from eve r y IT m on thly. We look forwar d with gr eat anti cipa tion t o the arrival of the "B u dget." M ARGARET A RNOLD

COLORADO ALPHA-UNIVERSITY O F COLO RADO (Charfered 1884)

I am the most importan t. n ecessary. and altoge th e r essential pa rt of the Pi Phi establish men t. for 1 am th e big cl ock in the hall and by me the Pi Phi's eat, s leep. and s u ffer. Why then sho u ldn't I be in the very best pos i tion to know what is going on in my l itt l e kingdom? 1 inform th e girls when to ,go to class a n d when to s tu dy so I n eed no telling t o k now that t h e standard o f th e university has bee n r aised and work is m u ch harde r this yea r and

marks are much closer. In (act, the school is ranked among the class "An iruotutions and President Baker has been made the president of the National Auociation of University Presidents, at least 50 I have heard between ticks.

But what takes our attention now i. our vicl'onou, football team tbat has won the threefold championship of the triangle confe ren ce, of Colorado, and of the Rocky Mountain division. Even to my post in the hall have the cheers of the "night shitters" penetrated as they paraded joyfully in pink flannel evening dress after the victories, though J missed seeing the bonfire on the main street , where the boys (ought the fire·department and cut the hose. When the feam went to Utah it was with a slow pendulum and a sinking mainspring that I waited for news, (or everything was against them . But when the news did come that our score was 9 to 0 , the chaptl bell rang and rang and I just st ruck through the whole twelve hours! The wh ole sc h ool had a half holi day to greet the team. But all the e.zcilement is over and life is just one old lick aiter another.

However, the girls J.:eep me livened up considerably with their parties and dances, both school and fraternity. There was the engineer'. ball, and the charity ball and the freshman party, and the Kappa Kappa Gamma reception. Then the girls of the University initiated all the freshmen Coeds into the Woman's League with "stunts" infantile. The Sophomore Pi Phi's gave all th e chapter a beautiful wedding and from my place in the hall I Quite c r acked my face laughing at the freshman play, given for the chap te r. The big Thanksgiving dinner on the Wednesday before vacation was another event Quite worth smelling from afar. [n eve r enjoyed the sigh t of a dinner so much in my life. But then came long silence and sleep for me while the h ousehol d migrated to Denver for the Thank sgiving holidays, and to attend the te a given t o Colorado Alpha and Beta by the Denver alumnae

It was quite l onely here in the house alone and I of necessity fell to brooding over the things that 1 had heard and seen, over how glad all the girls were at pledg ing Katherine Brubaker, and over the l ong discussions of Pan-llellenic; and over what I had heard about the patronesses. It seems that, following the action of fraternities at large the chapter has decided to abolish the whole system of patronesses. As to Pan·Hellenic, it is a long and stormy story whose conclusion is that next year sees the installation of 5eCond semester pledging with very, very strict rules concerning rushing.

Then as ] calmly brooded in my loneliness I thought of the old faces I had seen once more. There was Claire Husted O'Niel, '04. Rosina Vaughn Zimmerhackel 'og, Willa Roesch Foote 'og, Oara Morse Winner '06, Luella Corbin '06, and Stidger '06, all of Colorado Alpha and from Colorado Beta Isadore Van '04. with three new faces from Colorado Beta, Katherine Johnson '14. Elinor Hen sley 'IS. and Irene Bryden '14. Isabelle Maud Dlllmadge, and Helen Baker, they h ave told me, are teaching in Porro Rico again this year, and Maud is teaching in New Vork City , while Francis Walt emeyer is there studying for grand ope ra.

But the silence is over at la st and I cnn once more hear the girls planning the good times fa come; the buar just before Christmas, to raise . money for

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the house fund. and the Christmas tree with its same old presents and it. same old limeric ks There will be something for everybody but their faithful old clock. Since my time began I have held out my han ds in vain 'Tis an ungrateful bunch this crowd of girls bue nevertheless they " have m e going" (you see, I ' m a slangy old ticker) and I wish th em and all Pi Phi's well.

REBECCA W VAILLI.

COLORADO BETA-DENVER UNIVERSITY

(Charrered February n , 188 5.)

First semester examinations a r e over, and the work of the second semester well start ed . Edna Hills is Miss Rilling's assistant in the gymnasium, and has entire charge of basket-ball. She hopes lOOn to start a Pi Phi team . Alma Melze r is vice-p r esident of the sophomore class, and Leila Mercer of the Dramatic Club. Grace Reed. Dorothy Allen, Leila Me rcer. Katherine J ohnson and L ura Mercer belong to t h e girls' Glee Cl u b which bllS just been organized

There is no second initiation rule at D enve r University, so our nine p l edges are initiated Pi Phis, and we have all settled down to s trengthening the chapter within after the busy times of r u shing and being rushed. The girls initiated November thirteenth are : Carolyn Hosmer, '13, 1615 S. Emerson Ave.; Elizabeth Bowman, ' IS, SO W 4th Ave ; Eleanor Hin sl ey, 'IS, 1254 Jos ephine St . ; Evelyn Hosme r, ' I S, 16 15 So . Emerson Ave . ; Doro thy Knight, ' I S. 500 E. E ll sworth Ave ; Edn a Lewis, ' I S, 188 S. Corona St. ; Frances Stanchfield, ' IS, 1470 Adams St.; Eloise Sterling, ' IS, 810 S. Franklin Sf. and Marj ory Th ompson , who is the sister of Jessie Thompson , of Colorado Alpha. After the initiation at our Bungalow, Mrs Shackleford and Gladys gave us thei r bea u tif u l home in University Park for a reception and dance Saturday, December second. the alumnae gave a tea at Daniels and Fisher's Store, to which the Colorado Alpha and Beta active chapters were invited. It was delightful, and well attended. Mrs. Currens, Mrs Whittak er and Mrs. Stidger poured the tea.

Several afternoons we have had sewing parties a t different girls' homes. One Thursday we served lun ch at the Bungalow for all o ur girls and their guests. The evening before the out-of-fown girIs leave for h om e for Christmas vacation, we are planning (0 have a shirt-waist dance at Fran ces Stanchfield', h'orne _

The engagement of Je ssi e Mill s to George Painter, a Sigma Alpha Ep silon of Denver University has announced. Colorado Beta wishes enry Pi Phi a most happy and prosperou s New Year.

CALIFORNIA ALPHA-LELAND STANFORD JR. UNIVERSITY

(Chartered 1893)

With end-semester examinations just a week off we are l'tying to keep our minds on all the wo rk that must be done and not let them wander to the happy holidays 50 near at hand. The semester h as been such a ha ppy and successful olle that we can hardly realize that it is almost over.

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The 1911 football show held on the night of the California-St'anford game, Nov 11th was a great success. Alrhough we l os t, the game was such a splendid one that our enthusiasm was still high and the football show wu very enthusiastically received. AU the numbers were the original compositions of Sranford students and were clever indeed. Mary Herdman eX-'12 wrote the music tor several of the longs The campus was thronged witb peop le the day of the game, more attending the game this year than any other year, that it has been on the Stanford field. The senior women of Stanford entertained the senior women of California at luncheon and all the fraternities kept open h o use. Many of the California chapter were down with u s and al so many of our alumnae. We were so glad to have Thelma Gregory, ex-'14, and lIda Lane, ex·'rl and her sister H elen Lane stay with us for a co uple of we eks after the game.

The University public was delighted with the production of liThe Compromise," a drama written by Dr. Henry D. Gray o f the English department, and presented by the English Club, Nov. 24th. Dorothy Alderton, '12, was in the cast. The play was very clever and original and all the cast took their parts exceedingly well. The University festivities are over for this semesrer now, as the Sophomore Cotillion has been postponed until Jan. 20th.

The chapter for the past month has been entertaining informally at Sundaynight suppers, which have proven to be very enjoyable. Next Sunday night we are to entertain some of the prominent girls of college. The last Saturday night of the semester we are giving an informal dinner for ju st the girls in the chapter. Each girl has drawn a name and will prepare a little gift with appropriate verses for the girl whose name she ha s drawn. We are all anticipating a merry time and it will be a last Hjolly up" before we al1 go home.

On Thanksgiving night we entertained the fraternities in whi ch we have brothers, the Phi Deifa Theta's and Delta Tau Delta's, at a dinner dance . There were sixty seated a t one long t ab le and with decorations o f a utumn leaves, baskets of fruit, and red ribbon streamers, the table was indeed effective. The dance after the dinner was quite informal.

California Alpha sends the heartiest of Christmas Greetings to each of the chapters and h opes that you will all have the happiest kind of a 1912.

ANNE BROOKS.

CALIFORNIA BETA-UNIVER S ITV OF CA LIFORNIA

(Chartered IC)OO)

The class of u)o8 began a work whi ch has been co mpleted this year in the building of a Senior Women's Hall. The building is a rustic little hall on the bank of Strawberry c r eek j ust below the Greek Theatre. This t erm we have moved into the new Library and this spring term will see the comp l etion of a new Agri cultural building

The last college social alTair of the term culminated Friday, Dec. ISt, in Junior Day, with the farce in the afternoon and the prom in the evening. Harmon Gymnasium was so elaborately decorated with fir b oughs that the

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dancers imagined thems elves in a. pint forest. Our JUt fraternity dance was given on Hallowe 'en night. We decorated with oak le aves and yellow chry san themums. Our only lights w ere yellow lante rns and pumpkins with grinning 'faces Hazel Chase and Hazel Orr made the programs of yellow paper with black cats and witches on them. The dance was o nt o f t'he prettiest and jolliest affairs we have ever given. This ferm we have given several faculty dinners. OUT la st dinner will be given for President and Mrs. Wheeler and Mr. and Mrs. Holway.

The classes have done a little individual entertaining which has not been the c u st om in past years. The eight sophomores gave a dinner {or sophomore men on Nov. 18th and the following Sunday the fre shmen gave the sophomores a tea. The seniors assisted by the juniors ent'ertained at a dance the promi· nent men and women of the senior class About thirty couples pronounced it a splendid way for becoming better acquainted with outside peop le.

'Ve have needed a new dining r oo m table for so me time so this m onth with the help of our alumnae and we raised over a hu nd red dollars at a b azaar. We had a very elaborate f ancy·work booth, a coffee and sandwich stand, a cake and candy counter and cornucopia stand. W ith a grab box and a gypsy fortune teller who was Mrs. Carney, we succeeded in sending ou r mothers and alumnae home emp ty pursed. W e wish fo t ake this means o f t'hanking o ur older girls who helped us so much by sendi ng money and fancy things to sell. W e hope you will each one fee l that you " h el ped to buy a board in the t able " as one alumnae expressed it.

Mr s. P. F. Carney of Colorado A, has been in San Franci sco this winter and has s h o wn her won de rful Pi Phi spi rir by taking an active part in the chapter affairs and spurring us on to harder work. Mrs Carney has met with us each meeting night and by her good heart to heart talks we have been filled with new enthusiasm At Mrs. Carney's suggestion we have invifed two alumnae members to dinner and meeting each Mo nday night. We have enjoyed having with us Mr s. LeRoy Briggs, Mi ss Ethel Mo rt on, Mrs. Vance McC lym ond, Mrs. Walter Stern, Mrs. Ray W arne r, Mrs. Albert C lark and Mi ss Mary 101artinstein. Mary Herdman, Verna Marshall, Fl o ren ce M et zer, Agnes Mal oney, Thelma Gregory, Mauie M cC lurg, Floren ce Gamble, M aude Maloney, and Frances Estes have been with us for shorf visits from Stanford W e are a lw ays glad to have the California Alpha girls with us.

Our seven freshmen have been active in college and fraternity work. They are all st rong California girls. Vinne Robinson, Luci e Alrona, and Helen Sargent live in Alameda and Helen Ha vens's home is in Berkeley. Engelena W a rd is o ur third Santa Ro sa girl. Mila Cearley's home is in Fresno and Lurline Browning's in Woodl and. We have ju st p ledged one of the most promi nent girls of the junior class, Grace Ewing of Oakland. She h as taken part in college dramatics and this term took the leading part in the treble clef opera lf When J ohnny Comes March ing Home. "

• Our girls have been nctive in college affairs. Alice Hie stand has worked hard and was just elect'ed to the Senior women's Prytanean honOr society. Ada Cline was on fhe junior prom committee and on the Blue and Gold staff.

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Helen Dabney and Huel Ingels were members of the Sophomore bop commitl.'ee, Haul O rr is on the Y. W. C. A. standing committee ViDne Robinson was on the A. W S finan ce committee for the women', jinks, and Lurline Browning i on the Freshman glee committee (or the coming term.

California Beta wisbes every wearer of the arrow the merriest of Chri stmases. FLOUN'C& MCCo y.

WA S HINGTON ALPHA-UNIVERS ITY OF WASHINGTON

(Char tered 1(07)

The Universiry of Washingt on is already classed among the sixty -five best colleges of the United S tates, and we an stillstnring for higher standard s. Our progress has been very rapid in the l ast fe w years and we hope it will continue 10. The co urse offered in home economics is beco ming one of the attractions of the University. The number of majors in the department is rapidly increas ing. The deparOnent of public speak ing iill also very popular. Pr o fe sso r H ebe rsmann by his personality and enthusiasm, has s ucceeded in making it a most valuable and vital part of the curriculum Dr. Stevens, Professo r of Phil osop hy is srudying in Chicago this winter, and Professor Morrison of the mathematics department , i s studying at Columbia. We h ope to have both of them with us again next year

Washington celeb rated her fiftieth anniversary from the fourth to the seventh of November. Representatives from 72 coll eges were present. Open house was held throughout the campus, although we attended classes in the regular way. The programs held in the auditorium were most interesting, and we had the oppo rtunity of he aring some of the bes t kn own educators o f the day s peak. The festivities cu lmin ated in a big banquet held at President Kan e's home.

In the interclass contests this year, the freshmen won the tie -up and the sophomore the push ball co nte s t. At the e nd of th e Thanksgiving day game Washington again found herself holding th e Northwes t football championship for the fourth ye ar in succession. $e"en senio r s played their last game that day and had th e dis tin ction of playing a college generation without l osing a single game. Just now we are looking forward to the ' Varsity Ball, the one big Univenity function of the year. It is to be held Dec. 15th, and during the evening the " W " men will be awarded their letters Each class has a booth which they strive to make the best of all. Even the freshmen, who are not allowed to attend the formal functions, take a deep interes t in making their booth attractive.

On Nov. '24th the W omen's League gave a Japanese Fan Fete at President Kane's re siden ce. The pt'ogram included Japanese dances and songs and a little play entitled "The Bowl-Wea ring Princess." Vera Bonsall took the part of Lady Vam i kage in the play. After the program, rea and rice cakes were served by maidens in real J spanese costumes. Clara St rong had charge of the refreshmen"ts. assisted by Esthe r Bunnell. Nov. 11th the junior class held their juni o r jinks, a mixer, vaudeville program and dancing filled in the

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evening On December 9th occurs the sophomore glee. and Dec. 16th the freshman frolic. The senior informal and the junior intormal do Dot occur until after Chrisrmas. The class formals are not held until spring.

We are very glad to have Mildred Chase of Indiana Beta with us rbi. year. Faculty ruling prevent. us initiating our freshmen until second semester. Each yea r we have a Christmas tret at the bouse. and each girl give. a present to the house. We usually bold it the night before the girls leave for home. Ir is made the occasion for a general reunion of alumnae and active girls.

Our house affairs &re in splendid condition this year. Roy. i. still with us and makes a most charming and efficient little house mother. This year we bought new curtains and some new furniture for the house. We have a very small beginning (or a building fund, but hope before the year is o ut to have it increased materiaUy. ] ust now our whole thought a.nd attention is given up to our buaar. I must tell you of it for with us it is the whole topic of conversation Soon after ou r return this fall, we decided to hold a bataar to raise money for the national settleme nt fund. Mrs. Eliza Ferry Leary, one of ou r patronesses, has very kindly offered us her home to hold it in. It occurs De<; . 16th and as the time draws near the higher is the excitement growing. Each girl is atfempting to make about six articles for it. All our leisure time is occ upied with unnameable pie<;es of embroidery and little doll dresses. ] ust now we can only hope for success, and a large sum of money to turn into the national treasury. O ur alumnae are helping us and together we are hoping for a busy day on De<;. 16th.

On October 14th, we entertained our patronesses and Dean of Women at a lunch at t'he chapter house. We enjoyed so much having them all with us and hope we may soon h ave them again. Miss Austin, Dean of women left Nov. 29th for an extended trip visiting Eastern Universities. She hopes on her rerum to have many new and excellent ideas for her work here. Washington Alpha wishes all her sisters a very happy Christmas.

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Exchanges that r eceive three copies of THE ARROW will kindly send exchange copies of their publications to Miss May L . Keller, 1822 Lind en Ave., Baltimore, Md.; Miss Jul ia E. Rogers, 363 Edgecombe Ave., New York City; and Miss Sarah G. Pomeroy, 7 Negus St" Webster, Mass.

Kappa Kappa Gamma announces the installation of Beta Psi at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Thus Kappa Kappa Gamma is the fourth woman's fraternity to become international.

Alpha Phi announces the installation of Pi Chapter at the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, N . Dak.

Sigma Kappa Sorority announces th e instituti on of Nu Chapter at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt., October 7, 1911.

The A g/aia of Phi Mu for November 1911 , records the convention r ecently held at Atlanta and says "Phi Mu has nearly 3000 alumn"" mostly in the Southern States, so this con vention held in Atlanta, the center of alumnre territory, was fittingly known as the Alumnre Convention." In speaking of the matter of scholarship requirements, she says, "Family trees and blue blood are good-very good in their places-but let us be sure the girl herse lf is measuring up to her opportunities of heredity."

The formal establishment ofaXL Chapter of Phi M u in the University of New Mexico marks the westward trend of Phi Mu's extension. This movement is in accordance with policy of conse rvative expansion which Phi Mu adopted a few years ago.

The Rainbow of Delta Tau Delta for November 1911 is largely devoted to an acco unt of its Kamea whi ch was held in Chicago in August. The fraternity may justly be proud for not only was this the greatest Karnea in the history of the fraternity but lIin point of attendance it was far and away ahead of any other Greek letter convention ever held." There were 843 names o n the Convention regi s ter and this did not include fifty or more men who came f or the banquet and did not register.

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The leading edito rial in Th e Crescent of Gamma Phi Beta for October shows the plan of a m ost interesting Pan - Hell enic Num be r. Nin e different frat ernities were repr es ented by articles . The whole number was a practical illustration of the possibilities of the PanHellenic movement .

The natio nal Pan · Hellenic claims our interest and our enthu siasm; the local Pan -Helleni c will eventually bring order o u t of chaos; the Pan-Hellenic .pirit, t'heoretically, belongs to al l of us-an intangibl e thing until some deed of good fellow ship makes us realize just bow potent a {acto r it is. An evidence of this Creek bond-an example of the willingness of one sorority to help anothe r-is given in t he present iss ue of The Crescetlt It was no little thing (or you r editor to ask a busy womaD of each organiution recognized by the National Conference, to give her time and energy in behalf of the Gamma Phi maga· line; but editors dare do all that may be<:ome their professi o n, and as a result we h a ve th e wisdom , the achievements and the l ugge .tio Ds of other sororities-a ll of which we may r ead , may ponder and may put to practical use. Our own ideas, our own doin g s, o ur own contributions have hererofo re been faithfuliy cr owded be tween the covers of our magazine; we have devoted time and space to o ur own al umn re. our fre shmen and onr se ni ors; why not enlarge the vision and learn of the work o f o ur fell ow Greeks? \Vby n'o t profit by tbeir kn ow l edge of the grear and vital subjects that be long to the Pan - Hellenic w orld? If this number o f The Crucent quickens the int e rest of its readers in sister organization s, if i t brings the reali u ti on th a t we are one link in rhe chain of H ell e ni sm, th a t it behooves us to keep our link strong, bri g ht, beautiful and sh ini ng, the effor r will n ot have been in vain To tho se who have be en so co urteo us, so cordia l and so g enerous in their hel p. wh o h av e made our pages interesting and in structive, we are deep ly grateful ; we ca n but re pea t th e wo rds o f the editor of the Delta Upsilon Qua,.terly-uDo we believe in P a n·Hellenism? Till death us do pa rt. Th ere is a species o f Pan -Helleni sm that has grown in to a large and fl owe ring plant without seed- time o r culti vati on . We co uld p reach a sermone tt e on that th eme."

Sigma K appa also sees greate r p ossib ilities in the P an- Helleni c m ovement when the energies of the Confe r ence shall be turned to the larger values of soro r ity life. Her attitude is see n in th e f ollowing extract f r om the Sigma K appa Triangle which has already been reprinted by Alpha Xi Delta:

LocAL PAN-HuLENIC DIFFI CULTIES

There are two great problems , eith er one of which may be brought to mind as "the problem of Pan -Hellenic." One is th e origina l problem rh3t firs t forced Pan Hell enics into existence-tha t wu, in il s simplest terms, how to ar r ange th e ru shing season so that the fre shme n and [he so ro rity gir ls may have plenty of ch ance to gtt acq u ainted without giving opportunity fo r anyone so r ority to rake unfair advantage in the process. This is no t necessarily an

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admission tbat the .orority girls are unscrupulous or dishonorable; we may look upon it, with a clever writer in a recent popular weekly. as an agreement akin in principle to • 4'trust"-with the object of "regulating competition" and furnishing .. buis of definite understanding of what each IOrority will es:pect from the othen.

The other problem i. the ODC which Pan -Hellenic is facing at just dti. time especially-tbat i. the double ODC of lengthening the rush leasOD And defining rushing. These two points are bound up inseparably in each other-a lact that i. not sufficiently well recognized in general. Unless Pan -Hellenic cao define "rushing," the seuon must be short enough so that it wi1l be a financial possibility fo allow a certain amount of it.

So (ar, the attempt to define <lrushing" has ended in more or less distinct failure A "no-rushing" season might be carried out fairly well in a dormitory college by a few lororities between which a nearly perfect degree of good feeling has been well esrablished-or it might vary with even other factors than these. But to draw the line, io a way wo rthy of a broad application between legitimate effort to get acquainted with the freshmen and unjustifiable monopoly of certain girls, is almost a s uperhuman task.

To lome it seems 81 if the ideal "non-rushing" was to lubordinate t'he sorority itself to a basis rather of personal attraction-as evinced by the suggestion of a season during which all sorority pins are 1'0 be tabooed. To others it ieeml just the opposite-that what the freshman wants to see is the sorority, and the mou opportun it'y she has of seeing the girls together, identified &I a sorority, the more she can judge of the really vital things.

Qne thing only is really indisputable-that "rushing" in itself is not a wicked or dishonorable thing that we are rrying to prohibit, but tbat the need is great for so me agreement defining exactly how fnr each so rority is to allow itself and the others to go, so as to keep the whole 1'hiog within bounds. 1t seems to me, first, that this agreement should differ freely with the widely differing loca l condi ti ons i and. second. that the "fulloess of time'! for second semester or second year pledging is yet far away. hanging to the skirts of that elusive de6nition of ru shing. But if the agreement, whatever it be, is kept by each girl in the spirit of honoring her own sorority, and tru sti ng in the hODor of others, the problem of Pan -Hellenic will be so lved.

The las t sentence st rikes the key note of the present situation which has nisep from an attempt ro revoluti onize the system o f "ru shing ." A definite period of rush ing o r non-rushing with a definitely set pledge day has the following disadvantages:

The soro rities have become more selfish as a result i th ey have become more distrustful of each other; they are exposed to a greater temptation to tresspass and are rapidly lea rning to evade. at leas t the spirit, of the l:lw i a very ti g ht tlnd very marked line has been drawn between fmts and non-frats, for especially in a small college i.s it very evident on pledge day "who's who?"

It may seem in consis tent in an article of this kind to lay that too much not orie ty h as been given the s ubject. Isn't if time no w to "let the old cat die" at least for the present? Let us taboo the word "rushing." Leave the girls to

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themselves f or a year or two, now that we have started them in what we believe i s the rigbt trac k and let them work out their own salvation while we turn our attention and energies to the larger values of sorority life. Should we put as much effort and interest into a discussion of philanthropic work which is perfectly possible for our sororities (0 acco mplish, 1 predict marvelous results both in actual product and in internal improvement of sorority conditioDs.-The Sigma Kappa Triangle.

The Lyre of Alpha Chi Omega has an article entitled "The Flags of Women's Fraternities ." It is well illustrated and contains much valuable informatio n.

The first Fraternity scholarship in the country has been founded by Phi Chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon at Yale. This editorial in the New Ha ven Register for June 21st, 1911 is an example of the cordial notice which was taken of the matter by leading newspapers all over the country:

A UNIQUE MUIORIAL

So many are the large gifts announced at every commencement time that one important. if not unique. memorial fund. mentioned in the li st yesterday, is somewhat in danger of being overlooked. It is the gift of the Delta. Kappa Epsilon fraternity of $5,000, the income of which is to be awarded at the end of each year to the member of the academic freshman class who shall have shown himself to possess most conspicuously the traits that characterized James J. Hogan, 'o S, the famou s football captain, whose death occurred recently. These traits are defined a s uprightness, high standing in the college world and high character.

scholarship, to be known as lithe James J. Hogan scholarship." is given as a spontaneous tribute to mere manliness. The young man who most signally. out of a class of 300. possesses the characteristics which mark James J Hogan, will manifestly deserve such an award. For James J. Hogan had behind him manliness. not wealth, high character rather than mere social prestige. To honor with suc h a memorial those qualities is the gTtatest service any body of Vale men could do. It is a distinct contribution to Va.le democracy &5 well as to YaJe's scholarship forces. It praises the Qualities in human character whi ch need mos( to be praised, and whose praising will most si gnally react for the good of society.

This note of explanation in the Eleusis of Chi Omega shows the practical way in whi ch the leaders of the fraternity are aiding the chapters. The scheme of work and study for both active and alumn::e chap ters is so suggestive that they are reprinted here:

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This and the {ollowing outline are offered in the hope that the alumnae ans active chapters are eager to help Chi Omega realiu its compelling ideals. If WI!! canno t, during the year, take up work along each of the suggested lincs, ler us at least take up some. Both the {ratemit}' and ourselves will be richer for the effort.

ScHIWI OP W Oa K AND STUDY FOI ACTIVI CHAPTEU

r Parliamcntary Drill

Study of Constitution and Ritual

FrarernHy problems and legi slation

Routine work that contributes to inrernal development

Interest in things local

Study of things Grecian

History

Pan-Hellenic

j National J Local

Personnel of Chi Omega

r The College

Scholorship

Co llege activities

tSocia l activities

Inter-fraternity relati ons

The Myth { I mpo rtant that this be & Eleusinian Mysteries joint m«ting of alumn:r

The city of Eleusis and active chapters { Musk Painting Po ttery Sculpture

Trace Greci a n influen ce upon Literature

History

Politics

Science Philosopby

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Occasional joint meetings J Soci.al

Interest in nearest active cbapter , Dusmess

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Entertainment of each chapter by the o ther

Parliamentary Drill

Study of Con s titution and Ritual

Routine worM: that contributes to terna! development

Hi story

Fraternity { National Local problems and legislatron

Pan Hellenic

Personnel of Chi Omega

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Social service

Interut in world movements Civic service

Study of things Grecian

Edu cationa l

The Myth

Eleusinian Myst eri es The city ot Eleusis

f Social cent" Tenements Ho spitals l Play grounds { Stmt. Sanitation Parks M oral s { Public sc hoo l. Th e college (I) Scholarship Libraries { Im por tant that this be a j oint meeting of alumn:E and active ch apters { Music Art Painting Pottery Sculptu re Trace Grecian influence u pon Literature History I Politics l Science Philosophy

The Pal m of Alpha Tau Omega quotes from the Delta Upsilon Quarterly with the following explanatory note:

The need of a salaried man to devote his entire time to the work of the (ra· temity has several times been advocated in the Palm, and the necessity is becoming morc pressing each year. Five or six fraternities have already adop ted this plan, among them.1. T.

The p resent systtm of fraternity organiution has nearly reached irs limit. It takes too much voluntetr service . Now we require the sustained effort that can be given only by a man who devores hi s whole time to tht work. To-day the particular need of the fraternity is supervision and inspiration of chapters and. the awakening o f dormant alumni. It is the unanimous opinion of the council that though visits to the chapters, either by its own members or by delegated alumni, have useful, they are made at too great pe rsonal cost. Moreover, they are necessarily brief. If Ihese short calls CM do so much , longer ones and more thorough study of chapter conditions would do even more. What we wan I, then, is a man whom we can afford to pay to give his time to the fra.ternity. His chief duty will be (0 the undergraduate chapters, but he

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can be of immense service in calling upon graduates who have 10lt interelt in attcndine club dinners, etc. A broad-guage, sympathetic, taereal young man, {ull of energy and cntbwium, would lift the fraternity to new level. of usefalne H. When once we rid ourselves of the n otion that the fraternity is just a pleasant form of association for boys and rcaliu that, whether tbe fraternity wi shes or not. it is becoming a mor"', intellectual and ed ucation.! fOl"l!c, we shall find the field wide enough for any ambition.-Delta VlliioN Ql4tJrteriy.

The Key of Kappa Kappa Gamma has a leading article on "The Kappa 1our." Sixteen members of the fraternity under the leadership of Mrs Roth , the Grand President, took a co mprehen si ve European trip together during the past summer.

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