The Arrow of Pi Beta Phi-June-1914

THE ARROW

Official PlIblicatio!£ of the Pi Beta Phi Fraternity

VOLU ME XX X J UNE, 19 14 U MB E R 4

SARAH GEIITRUDE POMEIIOY, Editor

Table of Contents

THE CENSO.SHI' 0' P OPULAR SoMGI .••.••.• .•••••••••••

TH E G ilL WH O TO 81t AM' OPE S I Non, by S ara h :::::: ::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

OUI P IOPU'IOM'AL l f ullCIANI ......•...•.

B y 'VAY 0 " SUG(;EST IOJ( • •.•..••.•...•••..•........••..•.....•....••.••

Dt \V E.C;IU IfD 4'1 A " " !I""AN' •.•••.••••••••

GIIECO AlfO III W OllE:, by Ag,us W,,,gdQ,,d .........•....•.........•

THr; R BLATION 0' F IAT£II'f I T Y W OK EN TO STA.lfD"ID! 0,. M UIIC IN Axu,cl\. A MUS ICAL M IUIOKU Y, by M o bIl D S mllrt, N e w Yo r k A , ••.....•.••••...••

S Pi ING SoNG, by L eija Pellbo d y, Colo rado A T HI! I I'fIT ", LLAT ION OF NI!W Y o a I G A ''' STO RY 0 " O EC A G AMW A SIC A , N o w NE W YOlK G AMMA, by M. A lice M eDO tlO Jd .............•.•...... . ..•....................•..•.....

f hno.v OF S T LAWR.!!fC.! UKIVJ:HITY, by M. A ha },fcD oltllld •.••.•.. ..••. THE P I BETA PH I SONG.oQK "ltD ITS Co PlLE.as

S TUDENT LI F.! AT THE SO RII OHN E, by Ma r, D ro k , CH IC OO CO LLEGI"'TI! B u.uu OF OcCU PATION I, by H fllen M. Beltlt,,, A T OAST, b y M.rgo rn I llin ois 11

T HE V ALUE 0,. D £P I NIT E AIM I N CO LLEGE., by S arah Ma r tin Bu r russ, Neb ras ka , 'B ••••••.

N EW, F .O M L ITT LE PI G.!ON A P .ACTIC,o\.L l LLU&T TION" OF I Hu r EN.J\'l!: R USHING TH E D EANI' Col'PEIlE NCE • \\' HAT F AT .!Rl' ITY G I. L THI N"': "'acln g the I ssue, by Iow a 8

H o w Rd o nn H as Affec t e d Barn a r d Coll e g e, by New Y o rk B ....•......

Th e Att ___ f H i ll .da le College by M ; chigOM A ,

H o w ra mes :\lill ik in U niv eni t y I-Ia s Met t he Ma tter, by JJliltois 11 H o w l. Cha pt e r CoOpera t el'l With t he F ac ul ty. by Missouri A \Vh e n Th e r e A re Soci al R Cli tri c ti onit, by I owa r • .•

S t a nding f or the Hi ghes t S ta ndard. by C oli/o rltia B '

Le t College W omen Lead the F as hion by Yi rgitt Ml A

Cu rta il i n g F.xpe n ses. by M oryl,,"d A •.... " •.....

Th e P o in t S y s t em. b y J llino u E ,

A Pl ea Fo r Un i ve r sa l Sociability , by Mis sou ri r , ,

S i mp l icity i n Ore .., by P I "lUyl't'<J"w A ............ . .. . . , ............. .

Some F acu lty R egu la t io n s , by Nn. Yo".k r

Brav ing P ubli c Opi ni o n , by JJJitt OU 11 . ,

H o w Socia l Affa i r Are Regulated in O kl a homa, by O kla h o ma A

C o n ce r ning D re!ll, b y Pc ""sy lua" io r .

A c k no wl edge th e T ru th , T he n A c t , by Co lorlJdo B

I N "IE MOR IA : H e le n S t idge r T ay)o r ,

:\I arlery \Ven t wo rt h·Lce , , ,

Eli ta beth Cu l ve r ll atard ,

\, nel'l M athilde W e rg e l a n d , ,.,

CO MING E\·£ NT!! , OF CLl'lI I ST£ItE!!T

EO ITORIA L!!

A MNOUNCr. WES T'

P I B ET'" PU I!! 1M THr; E yE AL UI,UfAi: P ERSONALS ,

ANN UAL R Ef'Q ays O AL UWN,c CL Uas

CHA r T". L ET TLRS

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Co LLEGE NOTE!!

All manuscripts ahould be addressed to the Editor, Sarah Gertrude Pomeroy. 10<41 Main St., Worcester. Ma ,",. Mlterlal intended for publication mUlt reach the Editor five weeka before dlte of publication THE Auow i publi s hed f o ur times a 1 ear in October. December. March and June at 450 to 454 Ahuip Street. Men as ha. Wis. b,. Georle Blnta. offi c ial printer and publi.her to the fraternity price '1.00 per year ; 25 cents for a!Rlle cO'pi.ca. Entered aa aecond-c:lau matter October 20, 1909 It the postol6ce at Menaaha, Wi uoder the A c t o f Co ngre n of March l . 18 79

FRATERNITY DIRECTORY

FOUNDERS OF THE FRATERNITY

l\laggie Campbell . . ...........••...•... . .. Thyne In st itute. Chase City, Va.

Libbic Brook -Gaddis , IooS S. Third St. , Champaign, Ill.

Ada Bruen -Grier .. .. . ..........

.. . . . 16 Thomas Ave., Bellevue. Pa .

Clara Brownlee-Hutchinso n ........•...... Monmouth, Ill

Emma Bro\vnlee-K.ilgore ... ...

...... 7639 Lowe Ave ., Chicago, 111.

Fannie Wh i tenack-Libby , Goodhue, Minn

Rosa Moore _ 59 East 211t St.. New York City.

Jennie Nichol, M. D. (deceased).

loa. Smith-So u le 9 12 N o rth L St., Tacoma Wash J e nni e H o rn e-Tu rnbull ...............

Fannie Thompson (deceased )

Nancy Black-Walla c e

.... 2510 N. 32d St., Phil ade l p hia , Pa..

.. Sewickl ey P.O., Glenosborne, Pa .

GRAND COUNCIL

GJl.AND PUSIDINT-May L Keller, 1822 Linden Ave , Baltimore, Md.

GRAND VI C&- PUSJDENT-Lida Burk hard Lardner (Mrs J. L ), 810 Milburn St., Evanston, IU

GRAND SECRETARY-Amy B. Onken, Chapin, 111 .

GRAND TREA SURER-Anne Stuart, II}06 D Street, Lincoln, Neb

ARR OW EDITOR-Sarah C . Pomeroy, 1048 Main St., W o rce s ter , Mass.

HISTORIAN

Eli:tabe th C la rk e H e lm ick ( Mrs. Eli), 8 17 Wil so n Ave , Chi ca go, Ill.

CATALOGUER

Kate McL a ughlin Bourne (Mn. Harry S.) , Lewi sb urg, Pa

S&CRKTAIlY 0,. NATIONAL PAN H&LLlNIC CO NGREss- Mrs E N Parmelee, 731g N A shland Blvd., Chicago. Ill.

CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES

ALPHA PROVINCE

PR.UID&NT-Anna Robinson Nickerson (Mrs. David D ), 14 Rockland Ave., Malden, Masl.

ONTAJ..IO ALPHA-University of Toronto, Marearet Anderson, 7 Queen'. Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

VnwONT ALPHA-Middlebury College, Ginevra Pollard Ha.rlow, Pearloa', Hall, Middlebury, VL

VEUfONT BETA-Unh'ersity o f Vermont, D o r o thy II. Cook, 57 N. Union St., Burlington, VI.

MASSACHUSETTS AI.PHA-Boston University, Mildred Kennard, 23 Cas. St., Melrose, Mass.

NEW YORK ALPHA-Syracuse University, Pauline Turnbull, 817 S. West St., Syracuse, N. V.

Naw YORK BUA-Barnard College, Isabel Totten, 51 Morningside Ave., New York City.

E\\, YORK <; ,o\)OI\- SI. Lawren ce University, M. Alice McDonald, 3 College St , Cant o n, X V.

MARYLAND ALPHA-Goucher College, 318 Woodlawn Road, Caroline Diggs, Baltimore, Md

CoLUMBIA ALPHA-George Washington University, Alice Griffith, 2024 G St. N. W., Washington, D. C.

VIRGINIA ALPHA-Randolpb·Macon College, Margaret Moffet, College Park, VL

FLOlIDA AI.PHA-John B. Stetson University, Nina Phillips, Chandoin Hall, DeLand, Fla.

BETA PROVINCE

PRBID&NT-Anna Pettit Broomell, (Mrs. G. L) 4929 Rubicam Ave., German· town, Philadelphia, Pa.

P.&NNSYLVANIA ALPIIA-Swarthmore College, Dorothy Fahnestock, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa.

PJtNNSYLVANIA BETA-Bucknell University, Florence Barber, Lewisburg, Pa.

PENNSYLVANIA GAMMA-Dickinson College, Helen H. Watkins, Lloyd Hall, CarUlle, Pa.

OHIO ALPHA-Ohio University, Henrietta Cronacher, Boyd Hall, Athens, Ohio.

OHIO BETA-Ohio State University, Martha Mills, 24 W. 9th Ave., Columbus, Obio.

NEW YORK GAMMA-St. Lawrence University, M. Alice McDonald, 3 College St., Canton, N. Y.

MICHICAN ALPHA-Hillsdale College, Violet Vande Mark, 230 West 5t. HilIldale, Mich.

MICHIGAN BETA-University of Michigan, Alice M. Wiard, Pi Beta Pbi House, 836 Tappan Road, Ann Arbor, Mich.

GAMMA PROVINCE

PJl&SID&NT-Kate B. Miller, lIZ S. Ashland Blvd., Chicago, 111.

MINNESOTA ALPHA-University of MinnelOta, Florence Bernhardt, 130 Arthur Ave., S. E. Minneapolis, Minn.

WI SCONSIN ALPHA-University of Wisconsin, Jeanette Munro, 233 Langdon St., Madison, \Vi •.

ILLINOIS BETA-Lombard College, Margaret McCarl, Lombard Hall, Gales· burg, 111.

ILLIN OIS DI.LTA-Knox College, Helen Taylor, Whiting Hall, Galesburg, Ill.

ILUNOIS EpSILON-Northwestern University, Gladys Balch, 2u3 Harrilon St.. Evanlton, III.

h LINOIS ZF.TA-Univer sity of Illinois, Muriel Barker, Pi Beta Phi House, 801 South Third St., Champaign, III.

ILLINOIS ETA-Ja.mes Millikin University, Margaret Hessler, 1398 W. Maton St, Decatur, Ill.

INDIANA. ALPHA-Frankl in College, Margaret E. Remy, Franklin, Ind.

INDIANA. BITA-University of Indiana, Edith Haines, Pi Beta Phi H o use, Bloomington, Ind.

INDIANA G,o\lolA-Butler Coll ege , Annette H edges, 42 N , Randolph SI. Indianapolis, Ind.

DELTA PROVINCE

PRESIDENT-Lois Janvier, 1445 Web!ter St., New Orleans, La ,

IOWA ALPHA- Iowa We sleyan College, Schell, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.

JOWA BETA-Simpson Coll ege, J essie M. Coffin, 201 W , A sh land Ave., In diano la, JOWL

IOWA GAMMA-Iowa. State College, Marg aret Peni ck, Pi Beta Phi House, Ames, Iowa

JOWA ZETA-Iowa State University, Hel en J eff r ey, Pi Be ta Phi Hou se, Iowa City, I owa.

NIBRA SKA BETA-University of Nebra ska, Erma Naeve, 164'1 G St., Lincoln. Neb,

MISSOURI ALPHA-Un iversity of Mi sso uri, Olivia Smith, Pi Be ta Phi H o use , Columbia, Mo.

MI SSOURI BETA-Washington University, Win ona Wuert enbaecher, 3315 Ru ssell A ve , St. Louis, Mo.

MI SSOUR I GA),f)(A-Drury Co ll ege, Ruth Wilson , 505 E. H arrison St., Spring· field. Mo.

KANSAS ALPHA-University of Kan us, Hel en Hershberger, Pi Beta Phi H o use. 1245 Oread Ave , L a wrence, Kan ,

ARKANSAS A LP HA-University of Arkansas, Eleanor Forw ood , Carnall Hall, Fayetteville, Ark , LoU I SIANA ALPHA-New co mb College. Jean ette Pardonner, 1629 Valence St .. New Orleans, La.

EPSILON PROVINCE

PuslDENT-Gertrude Fitz·Randolph Currens (Mrs, J W .), 1510 13th St.. B oulder, Colo.

OKLAUOMA ALPHA-University of Oklahoma, Emelyn Miller, Box 483. Nor· man, Okla.

TEXAS ALPHA-Unive rs i ty of T exas, Mary S. Greer, 2525 Unive r sity Ave .• Austin, Texas , WVOMINC ALPHA-Universi ty of Wyoming, Eugenia Neer, Laramie, Wyo

CoLORADO ALPHA-University of Colorado, Barbara Shattuck, 1605 Hill side Rd ., Boulder, Colo

COLORADO BETA-University of D enve r, Evelyn Hosmer, 1615 S. Emerson St., Denver, Colo.

ZETA PROVINCE

PRESIDENT-Margueri te D a vis Carney (Mrs. p, F.), 2504 El"nll St., Berkeley, Cal.

CALIFORNIA ALPHA-Leland Stanford Jr., University, M iriam A. Brynn. Pi Beta Phi House, Stanford Unil'e rsity, Cal.

CAt.tFORNIA BETA-University of Califo rni n, Mila Cea rley, Pi Beta Phi H ouse, 2109 Channing Way, Berkeley, Cal.

W ASHINCTON ALPHA-University of Washington, Mary E McEn tee, 4551 17th Av e. N E., Seattle. W ash.

WASHINCTON BUA-Washington State College, Anita Gallagher, 1207 Kami · naken St., Pullm,n, W as h.

STANDING COMMITTEES

CoMMITrIl ON ExUNSJON-Elda L . Smith, 710 S. Sixth St., Springfield, Ill .; Amelia Alpiner Stern ( Mrs , A. L .), Champaign, Ill.; Florence Sehee, Indian ola, Iowa .

CoMWITTEI. ON ScHOLARSH1P--Anna Lytle Tannahill (Mrs. G. W.), 40:1 Third St., Lewiston, Idaho; May Copeland Drybrud (Mrs. C. H.), Franklin, Ind. Edith Godran, 467 Spadina. A,·e., Toronto, Canada; Bessie Tucker Gislason (Mrs. H. B.) 217 Ha.rvard St., S. E., Minneapolis, Minn . Co)(MITT&1. ON CHAPKJtONIS-Minnie K. Organ, Salem, Mo .; Elizabeth Gamble, Detroit, Mich .; Susanna M. Lovelace, 12:19 Thirteenth St., Boulder, Colo.; Stella R. Fox, 619 N. Salisbury, Lafayette, Ind . CO' UTTEI. ON' FRATERNITY

L Carpenter, Guild House, Peacedale, R. J.; Louise de la Ba.rre, :15:15 Park Ave., Minntapolis, Minn.; Mollie Brown Worcester (Mrs. P. G.), 836 University Ave ., Boulder, Colo.; Grace Fahenstock Birmingham (Mrs. Thomas), 591 North Prairie St., Galesburg, 111., Miss Nellie A. Wallbank, 413 N. Main St., 1\11. Pleasant, la.

COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE LoAN FUND-Mildred Babcock (Mrs. H. L.), Dedham, Mass.; Elmina Wilson, 452 Welt 149 St., New York, N. Y.; Jennie L. Rowell, 89 So. Willard St., Burlington, VI.

ADDITIONAL COMMITTEES

ON SoNG Boox-Alleyene M. Archibald, Lead, S. D.; Mary E. Shannon, :135 N. College Ave., Fayetteville, Ark.; Anne Stuart, 1906 D St., Lincoln, Neb.; Jessie Smith Gaynor (Mrs. W .), 3718 Wyandotte St., Kansas City, Mo.; Lela Howard, 2610 Garfield St. N. W., Washington, D. C.

COMMITTEE ON CALENDAR-Katherine Greist, 5239 Archer 51., Germantown , Pa.; Edith Valet, 111 \Vest 127th St., New York, N. Y .; Deborah L. Ferrier, Moorestown, N. J.

COMWI'M'E& ON PI BETA PHI GRACE--Mary Wallihan Gibson (Mrs. A. E.), 2245 East 82nd St., Cleveland, Ohio; Marie McC lurg, Pi Beta Phi House. Stanford University, Cal.; Emily Guild, Walton, N. Y.

COMMITTEE ON HISTORI CAL PROORAMME FOR FIFTIETII ANNIVERSARy-Emma H arper The Iowa, 13th and 0 St., Apt. 64. Washington, D. C.; Katherine B. Miller, Lewis In s titute, Chicago; Kate King Bostwick (Mn. H . 0.), Chardon, Ohio; Sarah G. Pomeroy, 1048 Main St., Worcester, Mas i.; Mary Bartol Theiss (Mrs. L E.), 11 0 Unh' usity Ave., Lewisbnrg, Pa.; Fl o rence Porter Robinson, 543 Mar sha ll St., Milwaukee, Wis.

PI BETA Pili REPRESENTATIVE IN NATIONAL PAN - H ELLENIC CONGRESs-Lida Burkhard Lardner (Mrs. J. L.), 810 Milburn St., Evanston, III.

CHAIRMAN BUREAU OF PRINTIl" G-Sa rah Gertrude Pomeroy, 1048 Main St., \Vorcester , Mass.

SECRETARY FOR THE ALUMNA!: AND GRAND VICE 'PRESIDEN T-Lida Burkhard Lardner (Mrs. J. t.), 810 Milburn St., Evanston, TIL

ALUlCN.1l: EDITOR-Sophie Parsons Woodman, 561 West 186 Street, New York City.

SP,cRETARY FOR FOREI CX COUNTRIEs-Grand Vi ce-preside nt.

CO:.nuTTEE ON SETTI.EMENT ScHOOI..--Elizabeth Clarke Helmick (Mrs. Eli A.), chairman and treasurer, 817 Wilson Ave., Chicago, lIl.; Kate B. Miller, in charge of policy and publicity, 112 S. Ashland Blvd., Chicago, III.; Lulu Alvord Barrett (Mrs. Channing W .), in charge of school and house furnishings, 446 St. James Place, Chicago, III .; Dema Harshbarger, sec· retary, 47:16 Kenmore Ave., Chicago, III.

ALUMN ,E DEPARTMENT DIRECTORY

ALPHA PROVINCE

VICE -PRESIDENT-Grace Goodhue Coolidge (Mrs. Calvin), 2J Massasoit S t., Northampton, Ma ss.

BALTIMORE, MD.-Cora Scott Doty (Mrs. Albert), 308 Woodlawn Road, Roland Park

BoSTON, MAss -Bertha A. Carr, 45 Milk St., Room 910, Boston, Mass.

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

NORTHERN NEW YORl.:-Dnrothy Cleaveland, Canton, N Y.

NEW YORK , N . Y.- Elmina Wilson, 452 W . 14 9th St.

RHODI I SLAND-lielen D. Barrett, t 73 C lar endon Street, Auburn, R. I.

SYRACUSE, N. Y.-Mari on N. H owe ll (Mrs. LA .), 6 :n Park Ave ., Syracuse, N. V.

R OCIIESTER. N. Y.-Florence E. Ford, 189 Plymouth Ave. TORONTO, CANADA-Jeanette M cCan nell, Milton, Ontario. WASIfIS GTON, D. C -Geo rgia Sanderlin.

WESTERN MASSA CHUSETTS AI.U M!'l.€---Louise Richardson, 12 Pleasant St., Westfield, Mass.

3ETA PROVINCE

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

ATHINS, OHIo-Virginia Bishop.

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

CUnLAN'D, OHIo-Mabel McDill Charlesworth (Mrs. S. J.), 79 Elberton Ave., East Cleveland.

COLU)(aUS, OHIO-l\farjorie Beebe, 127 E. 14 Ave. OHIO GAMMA ALUMNJE CLuB-Irene Morley, III So. Wayne St., St. Marys, Ohio.

ANN ARROR, MI CII .-E mma Hyn es Riggs (Mrs. H. E.), 1319 Cambridge Rd

DETROIT, MI CH.-Leila Lan e Smith (Mrs C. A ), 89 W. Hanc oc k St. HILLSDALE, Mt CH.-Gladys Dibble

LEWISB URG, PA.- Irene Fenton Clinger (Mrs. Frank), l\.Wt on, Pa

PHILADELPHIA, PA.-Edilh S. Bunting, Chesler, Pa.

PITTSB URGH , PA.-Mnry E. Rolx:rtllo n, 723 Franklin Ave., Wilkin sb urg, Pa.. TOUDO. OKlo.-Harriet A. Briggs, 2359 Warren St.

GAMMA PROVINCE

VICE- PRESIDENT-Li se tte Woerner Hampton ( Mrs. W S.) 3505 California Ave ., Pittsburgh, Pa.

CuTHAGE, ILt -Abigail Davidson, 306 S. Madison St. CHICAGO, ILL.-Carrie Flager Schantz (Mrs. O. M.), 5215 West 24th St., Cicero, IlL

CENTRAL ILLINOIs-Hazel 1. Craig, 616 West Hill St., Champairn, Ill. FRANKLIN, IND.- Fran ces M. Dean.

GAL&SBUi.G, ILL.-Mildred Mabee, 914 N. Broad St. INDIA NAPOLIS, IND.-Ble ssin g Rassmann. 17 N. Ar se nal Ave. LoUISVILLB, KY.-Ccle stine Prouman Koontz (Mrs. F. L .), The Besten. MADISON, WIs.-Stella Kayser, 802 E. Gorham St. MINNf.APOLI S, A!'OD ST. PAUL, MINN.-Aimee Fisher, liotel Maryla nd, Minn eapolis.

DELTA PROVINCE

VICE-PRESIDENT-Edith Baker, Webster Groves, Mo. AMu, I owA-Emma W ennholz Paltengill ( Mrs. E. A.) BOK.LJNCTON, IOWA-Katherine Alice Lundgren. 115 North Gunnison Sl CoLU)IBIA. Mo.-(MISS OUk l ALPHA ALUMN..-£)-Edith Snyder Coursault (Mrs. J esse , 210 Hicks Ave. SPUNCFIELD, Mo.-Staetira Fisher Sills (Mrs. John M.), 434 Kimborough St. Du MOINES, IOWA-Anna Ross Clarke (Mrs. C. H.), 1510 9th St. INDIANOlA, IOWA-Stella Hartmn Perry, (Mrs E. W). IOW A CITV, IOWA-Fanny Gates Dunlap ( Mrs. J. H .) 311 Brown St. KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Mrs A. L Rubl. 51 E. 52nd St_ LAWUNC E, KAN .-Laura Pendleton, 1000 Tenn. An.

YOI.Jt, NUJ.AIXA-Haz.el Thompson. • LINCOLN, N .-Myrna Sedgwick, '727 S. 22d SI. MT. PLEASANT, IOwA-Mary Hulme McCoid (Mrs. Calvin). Naw ORLEANS, LA.-(LoUIIIANA ALPKA ALUMN.-.:)-May Logan Monroe (Mrs. J. Blanc) Louisiana Ave. OKAHA, Nail . AND CoUNCIL BLUFFS, I owA- Mary Phillippi, 23 to California SL, Omaha.

ST. JOSEPH, MO.-Letitia Wood, Krug Parle Place. ST. LouiS, MO.-Edith Baker, 235 Rosemont Ave., Webster Park, Webster Grovel. Mo.

TIlI·CITY ALUMN..£-Leila Kemmerer, 803 W. '4 St., Davenport, Iowa. SIOUX CITY, IA.-Cora Colbert Derthick (Mrs W. M. Jr.) 507 Otoe SI., SIOUX FALLS, S. DAK.-Grace McKinnon, 516 W. 12 St.

EPSILON PROVINCE

VJCIt PUSIDZNT-Emily Maverick Miller (Mrs E T ), University Station AusUn, Tex.

AUSTIN, Tu.-Vivian Breni:ter Caswell (Mrs. Wm. T), 1502 We st Ave. BOULDU, CoLO.-cleophile Bell Dun (Mrs. Paul M.), 1931 Hill St. D&HVU, COLO.-Mary Morse, 1347 HiCb St. HOUlTON, TH.-Naomi Peacock Cosby (Mrs. Rodman), 2308 Genesee Ave. OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.--Carolyn Wynn Ledbetter, 327 Park Place . TULSA, OKLA.-Mrs. T. I. Monroe, Seventh and Detroit Ave. WACO, Tu.-Monette Colgin, 1902 Austin St. LARAWIE, WYo.-Mi riam Doyle.

ZETA PROVINCE

VICIt·PUSID&HT-Leta HOerlocker, 418 Blanchard Building, Lo, Angeles, Cal. NORTHERN CALIFORNIA-Hatel Donoho Babcock (Mrs. David) 905 Co ntra Costa Ave., Berkeley, CAl.

·Los ANGELES, CAL.-Anna L. Bradley, 304 So. Madison Ave., Pasadena, Cal. PORTLAND, ORE.-Olive Neal Man teeth (Mrs. ]. C.) 5Z0 Davenport St. SEATTLE , WASH.-(PUCET SoI;ND ALUWNJE CU'B)-Marion L. Frye, 618 Terry Ave

SPOKANE, WASK.-Bertha Bigelow, 103 Bridgeport Ave.

·Pi Beta Phi Headquarterf-418 Blanchard Bldg , Los Angeles.

-T HE MEANING OF BEING A PI PHI

By AONES l\IATIIILD£ \V£1l0£LAND, PII .D .

PI I' HI STANDS FOR COMPANIONSHIP, PI PHI STANDS FOR UPRIGHTNESS, PI PHI STANDS FOR SCHOLARSHIP.

YOU learn compa lli(l1'.t hi l) by Ihe "ery fact that you arB together, call yourlelvel gi.ter" bear the arrow. H(),lo de e ply it .in!.:., 11 010 per/utly it beeom" a part of your life, your friend. cannot tell, you can't e ith er tultil a te.t come.. But you uncoruciotUly come to l'1,-itate the btlt, yqu. lear" (I le86o" o{ goodtlu" howe""r p erfunctorily. Compall io ll hip i, good fat many thingl , it curb. Y&Ur innate •. it drav. you out, if you {ITt inclined to be reticent and ItJCretiv6, and you allo become /orbearillg-a very good thing /01' UI frail being., Pi Phi .tand. for llprightnlll. The f1U.}ral 0/ thi, world i" twofold : UBi along at w hat ever colt .. ami be 1I 0ne,t, don't c h eat . Thi. tw ofo ld moral, on, of w h ich i. unm.oral, will confrollt you. on every corner you turn during your eart hly career, and you, altd yo" aloM, will MV. to d 6c id, w hich it iI to be. Victory will b. flictory 'IOil1 b, ea.!!, according to your cUcirio",; .ometimeJl there will b, a drawn batt16. But you. cannot .ay that thil frat,rnity , '&Chile you b,'onged to it, did not point O1.It to 'You plainly which way you 1D6rs to go Pi Phi hal ideal.. Th e.e ickal. are baled 0,. rightsou,. lifJjltg , it help. you to be good, it demand. of you to b. hon elt, it urg e. you to .peak you r 'mind and be cor rected i f neC,"aT!/, But it <UnWInd. of you careful .earcmng of heart befor, you condemn, that you do tI.Ot undermine rather than build up, Crit ici.rn u oft,,,, but that , too , tnll.t b, /t one.t, not promot,d by th. duire to quibble alld .tab in. th. back.

Pi Phi .tand. for .chola nhip-there, too, it demand. th, honelt ,ndea"or t o achie",. I t i. our .acred duty to nk'lk.6 the 'lWd of our abiUty, en.Go1mrunt , to be th, belt eoer if le' can, to be (U good (II 'IC. pOllibly can.. TJr.re 1.8 no ,;teu.e ther" e",'"Yo", car, ezcel in .om. mea#ure, and t hat on.. ezcellence will bring with it ol h'rI. LI, It'gd ent" you ,"ould be tM friliful . of your prof,"or, a,..d win t h eir frieJUJ.hip for Y()'U by your d,meaA,or, for if yo" cannot e;tcel in anything elle, you can. ezul i" good behatlwtlr,' it iI th. fI.ry lea ,' and the 1:.ry molt that Ihould b, tUrrtaJUkd of you , But 1 feel 'Mt ,cholarlhip includu not only a Ncora f or but a record for ,n<haror to prov, that you nre ambitiou. for ot h e r honor. a. well, t hat you millh to make of your mind a {in,'y ',"'p.rsd. inltnnn.enl,

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THE CE SORSHIP OF POPULAR SONGS·

(An opportunity for college women to use their influence)

From time to time during the past ye:u various contributors to our department, What a Fraternity Girl Thinks, have chosen to write of the character and the pernicious influence of the modern "popular song." One writer from Oklahoma A asked why a system of song censorship similar to that 31ready in force in regard to moving pictures could not be inaugurated. Shortly after the publication of the March the Editor received a letter from Miss Maria Leonard (Indiana r ), Dean of Women at Coe College, referring to the contributions above mentioned and asking if THE ARROW would endorse a movement for song censorship h3.d already been started and which Dean Leonard was bringing before co l1ege clubs and organizations in her part of the country,

After consultation with the Grand President who he:lrtily approved of the proposition, the edito r secured permission from the edito r of rVomafl's '''''orld to reprint a lett er to President 'Vil son which had been addressed to him at the request of thousands of people who had been stirred to action by the edito r ia l consideration of popu lar songs which had appeared in previous numbers of IVoma,,'s IVorl". The letter is as follows:

Sir: In the March number of 'Yomall's World appeared nn aTticie dealing with the present state of American song writing as typified by many of the popu lar successes of the di'\y.

Briefly, there was illustrated the far · reacbing power which songs possess.

In religion they have always had a leading part.

In war the in8uence of rOl\sing songs is too well known to require com ment.

In politics, too, parties and principles nave sometimes risen or fallen by the strength of II. few sharp rhyming l ines.

While as for love, probably ever since the world began the lover a nd the ballad-singer have walked together hand in hand.

In sho rt. the influence of a n:1tion's songs cannot be denied. It is doubtful indeed if we co ul d overestimate it. But nen as this influence may be a good one. it may also be nn evil one. And this latter alternative presents the sit uation which seems to confront the American I)eople to ·day.

*See also pp. 533 nnd 60 I.

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in words which have been ca refully considered, the guiding spirit of many of our modern songs has pAssed the point where it might be called indecent.

It can only be described as , ' ile.

On every lide the i mpressionable are being taught that unchastity is to be applauded, Ihlll the marriage vow is !l jest and that modesty may utter any obsce nity imaginable-provided it has first been set to music.

So startling are these conclusions that I might be accused of fanatici s m unl ess I proved my case .

But that, unfo rtunat ely, is all too easily donc Unchastity is applauded by the type of song of whi ch "Row, Row, Row" is an example.

That the marriage vow is a joke is the lesson spread by the legion of songs which is typified by "My Wife's Gone to the Country-Hurray! Hurray! "

And as for obscenity, that terrific hit, HHitchy Koo/ ' has probably seldom been equaled this side of Gomorrah.

Sir, these are serious things.

They affect us mor e deeply than any Question of material prosj>erity, for they affect us in our morality, in our ideals and in our national ch aracter.

As a nation, we were born in righteousness . \Ve have set up and maintained. for ourselves a standard of clean IiViDg which forms one of the fairest chapters in world history.

It is a standard whi.:h well deserves to be guarded.

And it is a standard which is to-day being assailed by one of th e st rongest and most invidious forces that the mind of a man could well conceive, namely : the powe r of tuneful reiteration. Such, in brief, was the purport of the article above referred to.

W e invited nn expression of opinion fr om the readers of the magazine, and we have been literally overwhelmed by their responses. It is doubtful whetber any article ever published in Am erica bas elicited such an avalan che of replies. They have been received from every section and every corner of our borders, and they are unanimous that a curb be placed upon erotic songs.

Tbe situation can best, perhaps, be e!tp re ssed by the following analogy. Let us suppose for a moment that one hundred lectures are to be delivered in the United States thi s week in favor of adultery.

And let us suppose that five hundred persons attend each lecture. We would ha ve then a total of fiCty thousand persons who wou14 hear the lecture once. And out or that number probably not one dozen could repeat, a week hence, twenty words of what they had heard, or eveD the substance of them.

But now, let us suppose that the lame argument for adultery is compressed into the form of a popular song and supplied with a catchy chorus, l uch as

III loVE My WtFl, BUT OH You KID!"

The result is notorious.

The song is heard in theatres, in moving picture show s, in countless homes. It is sung, illustrated, danced, whistled and played on every hand. It is reproduced on talking-mllchines, player-pianos and every modern musical instrument_ Instead of fifty thousand persons hearing it. the number is probably n-earer five millions.

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Instead of hearing it once, they hear it scores of limn. Instead of forgetting ii, they memorize it, consciousl), or unconsciously; or at least they know the significant lincs of the chorus.

Did Argument in fayor of adultery ever before hue such publicity as this?

Returning now for .. moment to those one hundred lectures, let us suppose it was proposed to hold them in United States Government buildinr'. lIow long would it take the President of thue Ullited States to put a stop to such a precious scheme?

And yet the longs to which I have referred rely for their popularity upon the protection which our government alone can give them. For it takes money to start a popular song upon its wily. And the money would not be spent unless the publisher were first insnred by a national copyright.

It may be nrgued that if there is a censorship upon songs, there should also be a ctnsorship upon books, (or the same reuons. Songs and books, however, differ in their essential chan.cteristics. Songs make their most vital appeal to the young, they are easily memorized, they are constantly repeated llnd the circulation of a popular soog is out of all comparison with the circulation of II book.

Moreover tbe withdrawal of copyright protection from indecent songs could easily be accomplished, as the nature 0/ a soog can be determined upon sight. This is, of course, impossible in the case of books. Any attempt, therefore, to befog the issue here presenterl by attempting to include books il not justified.

Under the constitution of the United Statei, copyrights are granted "to promote the progress of science and useful arts.1I But there is nothing in the Constitution which gives the privilege of copyright to offensive songl.

I therefore suggest that such action he set afoot as will result in nn order to the Librarian of Congress that hereafter he shall deny the copyright to a ll songs which are openly immoral, or which are indei:ent with an obvious double meaning. Yours respectfully.

GEORGE WESTON.

The editor of World supplements this letter by a note to the readers saying:

HGet the pastor of your church to preach about this evil, the teachers in your schools to talk about it, the women's clubs to discuss it. Then write to the Post Office authorities at Washington. asking that indecent songs be classed as indecent books, and refused the privileges of the mail ; and to your senators and congressmen, asking them to press the matter of refusing copyright to these songs. When public performances are given, get the authorities of your town to establish a local board of censors who will pass on what is played or sung, and forbid indecency! under penalty of loss of license . The power to suppress this abomination is in the hands of our women. \Vill they use it?"

The Editor of Til E ARROW wishes to emphasize these words by

asking C'l.luy reader of THE ARRO W to use her influence At Onc e in one or all of the ways suggested above. There is no doubt how our members feel on this s u bject as the twoeds of many of them in another part of th is ma g az in e will show. ow it is time to act j l et every Pi Phi d o h er duty in this matter and by helping to suppress evil, also help t o promote the good and beautiful.

THE GIRL WHO ASPIRES TO BE AN OPERA SINGER

Bv SARAH \V ILDER-NEIDHARDT

(Sarah Wil der - Nei d hardt (Kansas A, '05) was born in Hiaw atha, Kan sas, and was ed u ca ted there, r ece iving her A . B. degree from the State University . In October, 1905 . following her graduation, s h e ui l ed for Europe wher e she spent the nex t fi\'e years in Puis, study ing Fre n c h, German, singing Ilnd acting. In Augu s t, 19 10 , s h e went 10 Muni ch, Bavaria, to st udy German opera and lctd er und e r Profes so r Ant o n Fu c h s a n d Kapellmei s te r N eid hardt. Two years lat e r, in Dece mber, 19 12, was married to H err N e idhardt who has th e distin ction of having prepared so me of the greatest s ingers in Germany for their operatic roles.

Since their marriage Herr and Frau Neidhardt have co n ce rtized together in the leading musical ce nters of Germany and, at their studio in 1\1 uni ch, th ey also prepare pupils fo r opera and conce rt. They are now con temp lating an Ameri can co ncert tour and Pi Phis everywhere will be eager t o h ear them. Frau Neidhardt's advi ce is worth reading for it is spoken out of years of experien ce .}

THE specie has become , 'ery numerous. In fact, most of us singe rs have been attacked by the operatic fever at one period o r another of our ca r eer ' Vith some, it has never developed into a se vere disease, eithe r because of a st ron g co nstitution-o r a weak pocket book; with others , it has taken fast hold upon the whole individual and led him on to success or disappointment-un· fortunately , more often to the latter.

Ign o rance of the countless obstacles which lie in the way, indiscriminate praise of teache r s and friends, and, above all, the desire to be a "star" a r e most often responsible for the ope r :ui :: ambitions of the modem young singer . In America, opera has come to occupy an important pla.ce in the imaginati on of the people and it is su rrounded by a halo of dazzling brightness which tempts man y young girls and their indulgent parents to lay the greatest sac rifi ces at ts.. p. 533·

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its feet. But how few of all the hopeful young throng eve r realize their high ambitions and how many are doomed to disappointment.

My advice is simply this: Unless you aTe certain of unlimited financial support and unfailing influence-don' t risk it. Just remember that, no matter how talented you may be nor how well prepared, there is always one factor over which you can have no con trol and that is-luck.

There are so few ope ra houses in America that it is almost necessary to come abroad for the beginning, and, here , the field is so on Tcrowded that hundreds are waiting for every place-and , naturally, Americans are not given the preference.

But it is nOt abso lut ely necessary to be a grand opera star. and foremost be all artist. \Vh at the world of music most needs to -day is true devotion to art and high ideals uncorrupted by commercialism. \,yhatev e r you decide to be--opera or co nce rt si n ge r , strive for the highest artistic expression of which you are capable. Taste , temperament, and natural aptitude will determine what pa rt icular branch yo u are best fjtted for.

If a girl has plenty of time and money at her disposal , it is of great value to study all forms of singing-especially ope ra , songs, and o ratorio. Such training is almost necessary for the first class. all around artist, but one need not take th em all up at the beginning.

r myself pursued the opera fan cy long enough to acquire a r epertoi re, of Fren ch and Genn::m ope ra and I am very glad of the musi cal and stage train ing which this course mad e necessary It all tells now in the delivery of a concert

In my opinion, no a rt offers such joys and compensations, along with the hard work and frequent discouragement, as the development of a voice and th e fine art of singing. It is a divine gift and deserves the g r eatest car e a nd conside r atio n.

" There's music in the sighing o f the reed ; There's music in the gushing of the rill ; Ther e's music in all things if man had ears."-Byron.

JESSIE L. GAYNOR 507

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JESSIE L. Smith Gaynor is perhaps the most widely known among Pi Phi musicians . She was born in St. Louis, Mo., and received her early education in that state, graduating in 1881 with the B.S. degree from the Pritchett School Institute in Glasgow, 1\1:0. Tn 1883 while attending the University of Iowa where her sister Susanne Smith Tyndale was professor of English Literature,

she became a member of I owa Z Chapter of Pi Beta Phi to which her siste r already belonged. Later, both t r ansferred their membership to I owa K

Mrs Gaynor re ceived her musical training at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston under Louis Maas but she has lived most of her life in the middle west. She says of herself "I have been 3. professional musician all my life, was fir s t connect ed with the Chicago Conservatory as teacher of piano and harmony, then had a school of my o wn, The Gaynor Studios, in S1. Joseph, Missouri,

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until fi,'c years ago, wh en I look my daughters to Berlin to pursue their own musi c studies. Since then I have taught one year in Miss Barstow 's school in Kansas City, Missouri, and rece ntly have been doing concert work with my daughters and devoting my spare time to composition."

It is as a compose r that Gaynor is widely known over the United States. H e r first songs were published about twenty years ago and re cei ved immediate recognition. (" The Slumber Boat" and "The Ginger Bread Man" are now known eve rywhere). The words to some of her earlier songs w c re writt en by Mrs. Alice C. D Riley, with whom she later co llaborated many times , and these two women h3.ve really made the educational' field of children's songs peculiarly their own. j t has been said of Mrs. Gaynor that "She has done for the American c hild what Carl Reinecke did for the German childtranslated into music the spirit of national c hildhood "

Her ope rettas, especially "The House th3.t Ja ck Built" and liThe Toy Shop" are deservedly popular, and h e r compositions for the pianoforte are also well known.

In rece nt year " The Gaynor Trio" have won plaudits 011 the co nce rt platform both at home and abroad. Mrs. Gaynor's daughters, M rso Dorothy Gaynor·Blake and Miss Rose Gaynor in· terpret their mother's songs delightfully, and as they are composers as well as their mother; they present a c harming , oa riety in their programs , as they accompany each other turn about in aria or c radl e-song, humoresque o r plaintive ballad. 0

The words of the majority o f ?\lrs. Gaynor's songs have been written by others, but that she is a composer of verses as well as of musi c is shown by th e following group of poems which she has contributed to THE ARR O W.

POEMS 13Y J ESS I E L. GAYNO R

A RECIPE FOR. WaITIS e A Sose. i" a Book.)

I f th e gift of song be given thee. \Vith out the poet'. art, Seek far and wide and patiently Until thy longing heart

Find. words, whose rhythmi c ringing Some thought of thine may voice Wh ich loosed at last goes singing

POE.lIS Bj" JESSIE L. (;./j"XOII

To make all men rejoice. Then bring all wealth of learning, All reverence and skill.

Se'er from thy labor turning, Ne'er satisfied until, The melody and harmony, A worthy setting seem

To make the words, the jewels, With added splendor gleam.

TO MV OWN LITTLE ).IAID

Of what are you dreaming, nh liulf" mAid mine. With your wistful smile and your wide wee! eyes? Of fairies and blossoms, of birds and btu Of floating clouds and sapphire skys?

Oh what do you see in the far-away

With those sweet eyes little maid of mine, A prince, perhaps, or a warrior bold, With eyes whose love-light answers thine? And will you drift. oh little one mine, Away down the years through the curlains of mist, Out in the world far (rom folding care

With your wistful smile and your curls sun-kissed And when you have drifted, oh little maid mine, With your sun-kissed cheeks Bnd your wind-tossed hair

I wonder if prince or if warrior bold

Will bring love l ike mine to my maiden fair.

TO TilE LITTLE WAVE

Hurr y little wave, hurry on I say

For the West \V ind's close at your heds. Don't imagine that you've time to stop and play And to toss your caps in the sun, T pray, For he's close at your heels in a cloud of spray

So hurry, little wave, hurry on.

Ilurr y, little wave, hurry on I say. For the West ' ''ind's close at your heels And he's running in a race with the clouds to-day, And the old sun has given him right of way

So you'll never dare to stop till he snys you may

So hurry, little wave, hurry on!

TilE )lISTS CI.EAR AWAY

When yonder through the canopy high hung

A ray of light, a shaft of gold has sprung Its source still hidden from our mortal eyes lbe clouds obscuring with their gloom the skies, As if by magic, mist and gloom retire, Affrighted by the shaft of heavenly fire.

O U R PROF E SS IO NAL M US I CIANS

ACOMPLETE list of our professional musicians would be fa r longer than could be include? in THE ARROW. A questionnaire prepared by the Editor was sent out early in the year by Jennie Rowell (Ve rmont B ) to all of the professional musicians whose names were 1isted in 1911 edition of the cata.logue and to all others whose names had been sent in by the chapter secretaries, in response to an earlier request. Over 3.50 co pies of the questi onnaire were sent out and, even then, it is undoubtedly true that some of our professional musicians did not receive a co py. Several letters were returned and a number of people wrote that their work did not warrant their appearance in this classification but the majority of those who replied have been listed here.

This classification involved a tremendous amount of detail work for whi ch the Editor is indebted to several members of Vermont B. Jennie Rowell, '09, had the work in charge and Edith Carpenter, '00, and Ruth Durfee, '14, and Dorothy Cook, '14, helped her with the clerical work . T o them the Editor wishes to extend her thanks.

R UTII ANSA FAIR ALL!'" (Florida A), studied under conservatory gradulltes and Inter specialized in both vocal and pinno music at John B. Stetson University during the year 19 1:H3. At present she is teaching music in Somerset. Ky.

CELINA PLANK-ANDERSON (Iowa E), studied music a t Bloomfie l d and Mt Pleasant. She taught music for several years.

JESS CAND£!' AItCHER (JIlinois .1., ' (9). graduated in piano and theory from Knox Conservatory of completing a four years t course in three years. She has been organist at Bradley Polytechnic Institute and Westminster Pres· byterian Church of Peoria, 111 . , nnd assistant direcfor of music and teacher of piano and theory in Central Conservatory of Music of Central College, Con· way, Ark.

ALLEYNE MERRIAM AR CHIBALD (Nebraska B. '02, B . Mus .), taught in the Uni"ersity of Nebraska Schoo l of Music for five years after graduation. The years 1908- 10 inclutoive were spent in Paris, assistant to Henry Eames. She has appeared with Chas. W. Clark, C Edward Clark and Oscar Seagle, in concert. For the season 1914-15 Misl Archibald is available for recitals and teaching in San Fran cisco. Her studio is in the Kohler and Chase building. She is chairman of the committee which is editing the third edition of the II B 4> Songbook.

GUTRUDE MAY R"t'ER ( New York A ' <)8), received her musical education in the Colleie of Fine Arts of Syracuse University. She has been a private leacher of piano for fifteen yean.

MYRTA (New York A, '01, B. Mus.) did postgraduate work: at Syrac use f o r a yu r. She taugbt music at National Park Seminary,

FaTui Glen, Mar yland, and later taught !I. private class in Akron, Ohio.

SADIE \VILLIAWS ·BItLL ( N. Y A. '01, B. Mus .), studied piano, organ and voice. Taught music I C)OI-Q3. Mrs. Bell was Convention Guide in 11)01 and Alpha Provin ce Pre sident tc}OH)4.

EMMA BOWES ·BERRY (Iowa .A, '82, M. S., I owa Wesleysn University, 'SS) , studied music at Ottumwa and MI. Plusant. Later she received instruction (rom Prof. J. II. Rhe e n. Mary Townsend. Lide C. Thompso n, Elizabeth Clark Ilnd Prof. A. Rommel in instrumental music and from Mrs. Galton Boyd and Madame Berand in voice . The state of Montana has granted her II. diploma allowing her to teach music in the public schools.

RESA IsOBEL BISBEE (Vermont A. '00, A.B. <I> B K) s tudied piano. organ and harmony under n. J. Lang, S B. \Vhitn ey and B. L. Whepley She has given private len ons and has done concert work. She has been orgnnist of the Belle· ville Congregational Church of Newburyport. Mass.; organist and choi r director of Trinity Church, Milfo rd, Mass., of the Draper Mem or inl church of Hopedale, and now holds a similar position at St. John's Church, Watertown. Man.

RUTH JOSEPIHNE BLAKESLEE ( ), specialized in harmony, and voice at Pomona College, Clarendon, Cal., and has followed a private study of piano and voice. Mu c h of her training has been under the supervision of her mother. Mrs. S. N. Blakeslee. who has been in charge of the piano departments of Ohio Wesleyan University, Denver University and Pomona College. Miss Blakeslee is giving piano lesson., ill Longmont, Colo., and i s Ipecialil:ing in accompa nim ent work for choruses and soloists.

KATE (Kansas A), received the degree of Mus. B, in 1891 from Baker Cniversity, s tudied mu sic under Prof. Preyer end Prof. Hair. later with Prof. Farrell and Prof. Hu bach of Kansas University and with Franci s Fischer P owe rs . Mrs. Blackma r taught music in the public schools of Lawren ce , Kans., for four years before her marriage.

KATHERIN'E BOPES ( Ill inois.d, '9 i), studied for three years in the Knox Con· servatory at Galesburg, Ill inois.

KATE KING - BOSTWI CK (Michigan A, '92), studied vocal ani:! piano at Lake Erie College, Painesville, Ohio, 1885 .87, voice at H illsdale College, 188<) -92, voice in Cle\'eland, 1893. :Hrs. Bostwick does ch urch and amateur concer! work.

ADELI!'<E BRAINARD (Illinois Z ), attended the Northwestern Unh'ersity School of Music followed by study at the Uni"ersity o f Illin ois he has supervised the music of the public schools of the following Illinois towns, Harvard, Wood · stock and Crystal Lake.

JANET BU:"'YAN (New York A, 1 10 ), graduated from the in public school music and, since September. 191 0 , has s upervi sed the mll sic of th e public schools of Brookv ille, Pa.

MARY LA!'iDES Rl;Tl'ORFF ( Florida :\ ). a dramatic soprano graduated in piano from Ilarri sb urg Conserva tory of ) Iu sic in 1<)05 , followed by IwO of study at Peabody Conliervalo ry and training with John W. Phillips of Chicago. I n addition to teaching she does r ecita l, co n ce rt and oratorio v.ork. She is l ocated at Fremont College, Nebraska.

Jl nE:.." JOSEP IlI"E CMtI'E:"·Tf.R (Minnesota A), studied musie at th e Univer-

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sity of Minnesota, following (our years' work at the Minnesota School of Musi c. Miss Carpenter has been a member of the {(LC.uity of the Minnesotll School of Music for the past two years, does recital work, and is a professional accompanist. She is a member of the Thursday Musicale, one of the largest organi:r:ations of its kind.

NELLIE C. CHUItCIIILL ( Minnesota A). is a junior at the University of Minnesota. She is president of Girls' Clee club, does university extension work, and sings in church quartdtes.

aDA ZOE CLOSSON (Nebraska U, '98, A.B.), received instru c tion in voice for two years at the University of Conservatory of Music, followed by two years' study nt the Chicago, which institution awarded her a tea c her 's certificate. She was teac her of voice in Alabama Central College, Tuscaloosa, 1903-04; in University of Nebraska Conservatory, '904-05·

LILLIAN CRAIC-COFF.\1AS ( [ owa A, '86, D. Mus.) did postgraduate work in Ihe Kroeger School of Music, St. Louis, studying piano, pipe organ, and composition. She has had publishc:d the following sOllgs-"June Roses", " An d You Away", "Lullaby", "Happy H earts a-Maying", "Proposal", (the latter written for Missouri B), "Abide With Me", "One Sweetly Solemn Thought", and "Nearer ?ofy God to Thee." She is now teaching piano, and is organist and choir director in the Methodist Episcopal Church (So uth ), St. Louis, Mo. She is a member of the l\Hssouri chapter oJ the American Organists' Guild.

EI.SIE 8AR8EREUX -CONSER ([owa B), attended the Nc:w England Conse rvat ory of Music, nnd has studied under private teachers in Boston, Chicago and New York. For twenty-six years she has been studying and tenching, held positions in four different schools and also conducting a private studio.

ETHEL VIOLA COOL£DG£ ( Iowa B), attended Obe rlin College and Conservato ry 18<).4 - 1&)6. She did privnle work in Boston and has dip lomas from the singing and supe rvi sing departments of the Institute of Masical Art, New York City. She has been t eacher- of singing in Simpson College, lndian o la, Ia.; has been in charge of musi c in boarding schoo ls in Hawaii and at Hampton In stitute, Va., and has been special teacher of musi;: in New York City sc hool s.

RUTIf ELSTUN -CU RTIS ( lndiana r, '06), was a piano student at Indianapolis Conservatory of Music, graduating from the Normal Department in 1907. In 1907-08 and 191:3 she w as a member of the Artists' Department_

SUSAS MEUIEL DAl'ID50X ( Ill inois n, has studied voice ander Bicknell Young, Chicago Conservato ry; Francis Fischer Powers, New Y ork City; Dr. O. E. Stubbs and Dudley Bu ck, Jr., both of New York City; Madame Teresa Emerick, Berlin, Cermany. She has bt:en a teacher of vocal masic in the following sc hools-M egq ui e r Seminary, Boonville, Mo .; Bethany College, Topeka, Kan.; Brownell Hall, Omaha, Neb_; and wd head of the Voice Department, School of Music, Carthage College, Carthage, 111.

FANNY GUTlUD£ DENIO (New York .!). studied music for two years at Syracuse University and then did work in vocal music in Springfield, Mass_ , under Madam von Mitz!aff, former head of the Vocal Department at Smith College. She h:lS done church quartette work and has taught one term in the East Greenwich Academy, East Creenwich, R. I., but her specialty is r ecital work, for which she has many engagements.

C.'Wflll'.: \ DIER (Colorado .\, 'II, B \ .), has studied the "iolin for many years, hning received i n st ructio n from C. F. H orst of Denver, well knowli thr oughout the west. She is at present studying vocal music togclher wilh the violin Bnd is con nec ted with severa) musical organizations.

KATIIERINt: EMMA 011.. (Co l orado A, 'oq, A.M. '10) befo r e entering co llege st udied with Dr. Jam es Tra c y of Den\'e r, and contin u ed her musical eduealion in co llege. receiving instruction in piano and history of mu sic. After recei ving h e r master's degree she studied mu sic in Wa shingt o n, O. C., and is at present teac hing mu s ic in Golden. Colorado. She ha s been active in mu s ica l club organizations and has done some Pllblic con ce rt work.

MAY LEWI S·DoUIAN ( Mic hig!lu .A, 'OJ ), composed th e music of her class song and graduated fr o m the music:tl depa rtm ent of lI i ll sdsle College in H)OJ She has taught music eve r since h e r gr aduation.

CLARA D H ANSBROUG H- EAMES (Neb r aska B ), nttended K en w ood- Laring Institute of C hi cago and Mor gan Park Semin:uy, III. She co ntinued h er -educ ati on at the Mu sic and Art In s titute of C h icago and the School of Musi c o f the Nebraska State University. In I89s she married H e nry Purmont Eames, the dirtttor of the piano drpartment of the CO.imopo lil a n Schoo l of Mu sic , C h i· cago.

ETHEL M ARCI,;ER IT£ E AST MA:s' (Iowa Z, '13. A.B .) , received her musicai education at I o wa State Teach e rs' Co ll ege and at th e State University of I owa, I owa City, t owa. During her co llege co urse she taught viol in and directed high M:huol orcheslra.s, and after graduation she direded high ItChuol orchelitras; in C l eveland, Ohio, maintaining a studio at the same lime. She is now engaged in te aching in the I o w3 State University School of Mu sic.

ELsrz B. ECCUSTON ( Michigan A, ' 14), has taught piano for two years at Montgomery, Mi ch., and also public school music and c h orus work. h e is at present attending Hill sdale College and will graduate in piano, Jun e , 19 '4.

MARY C IIU PELEAR EVANS (O hio A, '0<), A.D.}, graduated from the Ohio University College of Musi c in 1905. During the years 19 10, 1911 and 1912 she taught pianoforte in the Ohio University and was also organist of the First Meth odist Episcop al Churcb, Athens, Ohio. She has also done work as accompanist.

WINIFRED F ORBES (Illinois Z). began the study o f the vi o lin when nine years of age and graduated from the America n Conservatory, Chicago, in tc)0 2. She continued her work for a year and a half under Leopold Kramer, concertmaster of the Thomas Orchestra. For two years she was instru c tor of stringed instrument s , University of South Dakot a and for six years was instructor of violin in the University of Illinois. At present she is tt:aching violin and theory in the University of Oregon She is also directo r of the University Orchestra whi ch is doing splendid work, under her leadership

BERNI Cr: H ALLEy-FORREST ( I owa B), left college in 1906 and began teaching voice in Simpson College but since then sh e has been teaching piano as well. Her special lines of work have been "Home studio work" and c hoir directing. For three years she taught in Delta, Colorado. and hal been for three years at Simp so n She has also done some studyi ng and recital work at the University of Nebraska School of :\fusi c.

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FRANCES GERTRUDE FRENCH (Michigan A. '98, B. Mus.), studied voice and Public School Music Methods in the New England Conservatory of Music. BostOD, Mass., for two years and graduated from the Public School Music Department in 1903. Since gndu3.ting she has given private instruction in voie.: nnd has been supervisor of Music in Public Schools in Hillsdale. Mich., Wallingford, Conn., ::md in Boston, Mass., where she is engaged at present.

JESSIE SMITH GAVSOII.-See speci:!1 article on page 561.

HATTIE BROCKWAy CETTEMY (Illinois d, '89), graduated from Knox Conservatory of Music in 1889 and attended Oberlin Co ll ege and Conservatory IS9()-() I and in 189 2 the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Mass. She studied piano, voice and harmony in all of these schools. In 1894 she was the pi3.nist of the Phelps Concert Co., in Illinois. She was a member of the fnculty of the Lefton School of :Mu sic in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 1896. She has appeared in many redtals in Illinois and Iowa.

AMELIA HUNTINGTON ·GILLMORE ( Wisconsin ..\), studied music, before entering college, with a private teacher nnd continued her mu"ical ed uca tion in coll ege under Profes so r Pnrker.

ANN.E REAVIS GIST (:\'ebrasl;a A ), a diploma in piano, harmony and theory from the Illinois \Vomnn's College, Jacksonltille, IlL, in .884. Since graduation s he has done public piano work and has taught both privntely and in colleges. She hilS been president of the Federated Clubs and is now General F-ederation State Secretary.

MYRTLE ]ACODS GRIFFITH (Iowa A, '00 , A.B.), studied musi c in Ihe Iowa \Vesleyan Conservatory in 1901, instrumental with Doctor Rommel and vocal with Ella l\'lary Belden. Fur five years s he has been tea ching in Crawfordsvil(.e, la., and during that time she has supervi;;ed th e music in the schools and acted as organist of the Methodis t Episcopa l Church. For two yettrs she a lso directed the choir. For the past three summers she has had '1 large class in instrumental music :\Od :l.t pr-esent she is an organist and assists in quartette work.

MARY ESTA GROVES (Iowa A, 'Sq, B. M.). completed the courEe in piano and harmony in Iowa \Vesleyan, under Doctor Rommel, acting, at the same time. as contralto soloist in a ci ty church. Since gr&duation she has a professional musician, taking advanced work under William Sherwood and European training with August Spanuth and Leopold Godovosky. For a number of years she was Supervisor of Public Schools, and afterward an instructor in piano and voice in Drake University. She was also n. so loi st in the Cent ral Ch ristian Choir in Des Moines. At present, she is at the head of the musi c department in the M anua l Arts School, one of the largest institutions on the P acific Coast.

L ucy AllOSE GUTHRIE ( Indiana A, ' 11, Ph.S. Magna ("um la ude), after completing her co llege co urse, went to the Cincinnati College of )Iu sic where shf'! spent two years studying both voice and pin.no, and also French and Italian This last winter she has been studying ,'o ice and Italian in York City.

FLOREXCE KEPPLE·HA1NES ( Mi chigan A), studied music at Hill sdale College, Mi chigan, an d taught for five years after graduation. Since then she has laught only a little, but she bas been active in all musical affairs.

MARY FRANCES HAt .L (Jllinoi! E, Wisc:onsin A, 'oS), after attending

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wutern t:niversity for a year, trll.Dsferred to the University of 'Vi sconsin, where she guduated in music in 11)08. She has had about ten years of vocal training, but in spite of many opportunitiet. has preferred not to do public work.

]. FLORENCE HASNA (Wisconsin A), studied music at the Sherwood Music School of Chicago, for two years, and in 1913 graduated (rom the Cosmopoli· tan School of Music and Dramatic Art, Chicago. She is DOW teaching music.

KATIIERIN! HANNA (Illinois d, '01), studied piano at St. Mary' . School, Knoxville, 111 ., and later studied four years at the Knox Conservatory, Calesburg, Ill. She graduated in piano and theory in 1901 . She ha s since st udi ed with Mr. Will iam Sherwood. Chautauqua, N. Y.; Mr. B. ]. Lang, Boslon, Mass.; Miss Carruthers, Chicago; Mr. Rudolph Ganz and Mr. Emil Liebling, From September 190t until June 1912 she taught piano in Monmouth College Conservatory, Monmouth, III. For the past year and a half she has bt:en in New York City, studying with Mr. Rafael JOlieify.

PillSCILLA RICHAIU)SON HARDESTY (Pennsylvania r), graduated from the In s titute of Musi ca l Art, in New York City, in 19 t1. This IiChoo l is under the direction of Dr. Frank Damrosch, brother of the New York Symphony Orches tra conducto r. Mis.s Hardesty'S specialties are piano and pipe organ and sbe now teaches both. She does much public work, both solo and accompanying. and is organist at the Centenary Methodist Church.

MABEL SLAWSON-HARRIS (New York A, 'II). attended the Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore. J\'ld., and received a ce rtifi cate in Normal Music in 1911, from Syracuse University, Syra.cuse, N. Y.

ALI CE] . HAW (Iowa A, '93, B. Mus. ), studied organ with Alfred Hollins, organist of SI. George's, Edinburgh, Scotland, for one year and was a church organist in Ottumwa, Tn., for three years.

MAY LACy - H ENRY ( Iowa B, '86, B. Mus.), graduated in the Music Department of Simpson College, Indianola, Ia., in 1886.

MABEL E. HU. L (Michigan .A), studied at the In diana State Normal School with Mrs. Sawyer for two years, and with Professor Chase at Hillsdale. Michigan, for a few months. Since then she has been teaching and doing accompanying work, and holds a position as organist.

LILLIAN JAy- HINZE (Iowa A, 104 , B. M.), gained her musical education in Iowa We sleyan University, Mount Pleasant, Ia. She taught vocal and instrumental music for a year in Raton, New and has sung as soloist in various churches in Oklahoma City and Raton, New Mexico.

GEORGIA 1.. HaAG (New York .A, liD, B. Mus.), after graduating in the Music course of Syracuse University, taught piano in Syracuse and at the same time did postgraduate work in piano at the University. She is now head teacher at the Man sfie ld, Pa., State Normal School.

LULU JIl NCHLIFF- I NCERSOLI. (Illinois.1. , 10 8, B.A.), attended the Knox Conservato r y, Galesburg, III., and received a diploma for the work in violin and theory, in 1904. During her college course and since then s he has taught privately. For two winters she has made concert trips for the Santa Fe Reading Rooms, between Chicago and Los Angeles. For the years 1910 - 1 t s he was a member of the faculty of the Macomb Conservatory, Macomb, Illinoi s

PZAR.L MAY JA C KSO,", (Ohio A, log), began the study of music, specia lizing

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in voi ct, at the lI'lnrion, Ind., Conservatory of Musi c and also the COllc K!: of Musi c She completed the two years' Publ ic School M usi e co un t in three terms at the Ohio Univer!oit)', a n d r eceivec. her diploma in 1909. She " ' as supervisor of mu sic in the publi c schoo ls of Lan castu, Ohio, and had charge of the music in the PresbytHian Church. In 1910 s he ca me to Norwich, Conn., and began s tudying with Theodore Van Yon of New York City. At the same time s he was so loi s t in a New London, Conn., churc h. Since 1912 she ha s done much co nce rt and recital work under the auspices of the Hartford Conservatory of Musi c. at Hartfo rd, Conn., and has also been teaching vocal there since last October. She also does c hoir work and Public School Musi c \V ork.

EDITH M CCA IN -JAEKEl . ( Penn sylvaniB B), studied at Bucknell l:ninrsity and Swarthmore College. r eceivi ng instruction in violin from Professor Elysee Aviragnet at Bucknell. She continued her study und e r Martiniu s Van Ge lder of Philadelphia, wh ere s he graduated in teachers' co urses , and Bertagne. in Paris She studied vocal under Madame Picciato in Paris. M or rath in Berlin and Maestro Martini in Philadelphia. She taught \'iolin and "oice culture from H)OO to H}o3. having had c harge of violin department at P erkiomen Seminary at Pennsburg, Pa., ::md violin Bnd voice c ulture at Urisnus College. Collegeville, Pa.

H ARR IETT L. KELLEv (Ohio A, 'II), studied Ihree years under M. Edith Jones and finished h er cou r se in Harm ony and Hist o ry of Mu sic. She was a student in the Voice Department also. At present she has a st u d io at Lima, where she teaches piano. She is conti nuing the sl udy of voi ce with Professor Ryder, of th e Toledo Conse rvat o ry, and is his official accompanist. She expects to continue the study of both piano and voice in New York, in the spring.

ZOA LEOS \1lD-KEVES ( Mi chigan '<)6). comp leted the music course in Hillsda l e College, Hill sdale, Mich., receiving her diploma in 1&}6. She has taught piano in La Rue, Ohio, and Pitt sb urgh, Pa., and was head of the music department of :1 private prep3.ratory sc h ool at Uniontown, Pa

HILA VERBECK KN APP (Illinois E, '97, A.B .) , graduat ed in music from Northwestern University in 1<)04 She s tudied a year with Jo sef l'hevinne, in Berlin, 1910 - 191 r. Since 1<)04 s he has been in piano in the Northwestern University School of Mus ic She has been eSI)ecially active in the field of music, as she has had exceptional opportunities 10 study and play in public most of the important compositio n s lor piano 3.nd strings. She h as done :1 great deal of accompanying.

Lou BELLE YOUN G- KOEPP (Nebraska B), studied music for three years at the University School of Music. Lincoln, Nebr., Bnd st udied voice and Public Sc h ool Musi c at the Chicago Mu sical College, Chicago, til.

BEATRI CE REQUA-LEVERE ( Iowa H, '07), studied at Simpson Co ll ege and University. She spent eight years in study under foreign trained professors, specializing in vocal, instrumental and public school music. Before h er marriage she was an instructor of voice and piano, supen'isor of public school music and choir director.

SYLVIA W ARE- LEWIS (Maryland A, 'ai, A.B. ), received a teac her's certificate in piano from Goucher College, '99. and one in voice from the Peabody Co nservatory of Music in, '02. She obtained her musical instruction under Pietro

:Minetti. Otis B. Boise and Archer GibsoD of Xew York. Since then she has worked for periods ""jlh several well -known teachen. She has been voice instruc tor in the Peabody ConservatoTY of Music, contralto soloist in several churches and has been an organist. She has been teaching {or a number of yean and doing conliiderable concert and oratorio work.

YJ\'IAN EJ.SIE Lvos (Michigan At 'oS), graduated from the Music Department of llill sdale College, 'oS· In 1C)08 she received an artisfs diploma in piano (rom the Uni\' crsity School of Music nnd did postgraduate work therc. She taught pinno in Hill sdale College for five years. She composed Te Deum in G. given by the lIill sdale College Choral Society in 1910. She does concert work and was Grand Organist, Order of the Eastern Stars, State of Michigan, She was chosen to represent her University at the MUSical (.;onvenlton of St. Louis, Mo., in 1C)08. She is a member of M lP E musical

FAYE REMICK M.4.TIfERY ( I owa B), graduated in Public School Music from Drake University.

FLQY LAWRE:SCE MCCO:\AUGIIY (Nebraska A), graduated in '89, from the \V eslern College, now Leander Clark Conservatory of Music. She studied the organ with C. A. Havens of Chicago. She has taught piano in \V estern College, Toledo, Iowa, York College, York, Xeb., and has given pri,' ate lessons for ten years.

LAURA SINCLE MERRY (New York A, '05, B. Mus.). began to take piano, as a student at Syracuse University when only nine years of age. She entered as a regular student in the piano course in 1900 and received her degree. She also studied organ, and did some work as ch urch organist during her course. She has done amareur concert work, and taught for severa l years.

PEART KEPPLE MILLER (M i chigan A), gro.duated from the Vocnl Department of Hill sdale Co llege, Hillsdale, Mi ch. , in 1908. She has done ch urch work, o.s a contralto soloist and is a teacher of singing. She is available for local concert work and is an acti"e member of the Fortnightly Musical Club in Cleve · lan d, Ohio.

MARCIA )IILI , ER (Indiana A, '94, A.B.). studied piano and voice under Alexander ErnestinofT, lu di:mapolis, Ind., for one year and later studied with 1\lr. Thomas Tapper nnd Mrs. J. P. Brown of Boston. She taught public school music and also had prh'ale pupils in Franklin. Indiana. She does choir work at prescnt.

EOSAII Dow-;\fOlR ( Ill inois B, IIlinois.1, '98, B. graduated from Kno'( Conservatory of Music , Galesburg, Til ., and later continued he!' l§tudy of the violin in Chicago MU l!oicnl College, and in New York. She did professional concert work with Ernest Gamble Concert Company H)02 - IQOJ, touring east, soulh and middle west She has also done private professional work.

GRACE (Iowa E), received a cerlificnte of graduation from Nichols and Treat's Conservato ry of Mu sic at Des Moines, In ., in 18n. She taught music for :\ number of years.

SVLVIA ,\I00RE (Ohio A, '05), studied music for four years fit O hi o Univer· sit)' . Alhen ... Ohio, three of which she look regu lar work nlso. She r eceived a diploma in lQOS in harmony and pi:lnoforte. She studied under Margaret Edith Jones while at Ohio University. Since graduation she hns studied with Albino

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Garno and Louis Victor Saa r of the Coll ege of Music, C in cin nati, Ohio, with Ca rl Batemann of the New England Co nser-vatory of Boston, and with Mrs. G r ace H amilton Morrey of Columbus, Ohi o. She ha s done a great dea l of co ncer t w ork, both as accompanis t and solois t , and ha s ta u ght musi c private l y and in th e Co ll ege of Music of Ohio University.

FLORA GUNDEl\ro' NINc: M uLLINIX ( I owa A.), while attending the U n iversity of Nebraska in 1878, took vocal and instrumental lesso n s togethe r with h e r other s tu dies. After thi s s h e gave pinna lessons and ha s composed so me music. In 18<)0 sh e attended l ow:!. W es l eyan co ll ege II.t M t. Pleasant, Iowa, and received instruc tion from Doctor Rommel.

SARA If WII I>EK·NI!.I D II ART'S (KansQs A, 'aS. A B.) education has been wh o ll y European. Five years were spent in Paris st u dying Fren c h, Ge rm an , and act· ing Among h er teachers there were J ean de Reukeaud, Madame Requia de Sales. L ate r sh e pursued h e r s tu dies in Mun ic h un de r Prof. Anton Fu ch s and K apellmeiste r N eid h ardt. She has been a professiona l co n ce r t singer since 1912, singing i n most of the l eading centers of music ,V ith h er hu sband she is engage d in th e w o rk of preparing p upils for opera, con cert and ora tori o

loUISE L EAVENWORT H NEWKI RK ( M inneso ta.A, B.A., 1908), has st ud ied the piano since childhood, and voi ce culture under Ralph Savage and Cla r a WiI · Iiams; f o r three years a t th e universi t y, she st udied h a rm ony, co unt e rpoint a n d original composition. 5he be longed to the h ono rar y mu sica l fraternity, open to both men and women , and to the girls' glee c lub , and sang in th e pres· entations of "Dame Fir e n y" and Cl D ()C to r of Al canba ra ' " as well as in concerts and recitals. Sin ce l eav ing coll ege, she has t a llght vocal and piano mu sic , s ung in ch urc h music. and ac ted as supervisor of public sc h oo l singing.

MII.DR£IJ CLAIRE OZI I\ S ( Minn esota A ), s tudi ed v oca l mu sic for three years und er M ada me Sc hou R en e, b e fo r e ent er ing th e University of Minnesota f o r tw o yea r s o f the classical co ur se Sh e th en studied one year und e r th e same teacher in Berli n, and l ate r, under Signor Cecchini and M oratti. She return ed from ab r oad last year, and is now sopra n o soloist in St. Msrk' s E piscopal Church of Minn eapo li s.

FLOREN C E C H AP )l AN-PAETZOLD (Neb raska B. '09, B. Mu s.), attended the Uni· versity of Nebraska d uring the year 1906-07. and took th e cou r se in th e School of l\tusi c connec t ed with the University 11)06 - 1909 From 19 11.13 sh e spen t her tim e in New Y ork City, st u dying with Mrs. L aura M o rrill, and doing churc h and conce rt work. In 1913-14 she was engaged in con cert singing and t h e teaching o f voice p r od u ctio n at Lin co ln, Neb.; since her marriage in J an u ar y, 19 14. to Mr. Paeuold, she r esides in 51. Paul, and co ntinues h er musi ca l work there.

CLARA LuILLA M ORaiS P ERKINS ( Mrs. L H .), ( Kansa s A. Sc.B. ' n, Sc.M. 'So) , r eceived p ri vate instruction in music, but never studied a co ur se in music in any insti tuti on. Wh ile at the University o f Kansas (1873·7), she paid her way by choir work and by teaching beginne r s. On h e r graduation, the Chan· ce llo r of th e University, recognizing h er ta l ent, told her th at h e wi sh ed to add a Department of - Mu sic to th t institution and asked her to tak e cha r ge of it. Thls position she held until 1881, r eceiving her degree of Master of Science in 1880. She has not contin ued her work in music after h e r marriage, and does not consider tha t she has eve r been entitled to be called a professional musician.

ELiSABETIl XIX,PI!\"KE.lt.TOS ( Mrs. \V.), ( Iowa A, '8g, B. Mus. ) , studied music (or it. own sake, intending to make no professional use of her knowledge. though she bas taken 3.0 active interest in musi cal affairs of her home tOWD.

E)fluJ: YOl!l>G RAMSEY ( Iowa .A. B. Mus. '89). attended the Mt. Pleasant Conservatory of music, connected with Iowa Wesleyan College, taking a fouryear course in piano study, two years of work in harmony. After graduation, she has {or ten years given instruction in music and for several yean has had experien'ce in church rnll5ic.

LILLIAN KENDIG- RocERS (Mrs. C. S.), (Iowa A. B. Mus. '(0), entered the Department of Music of Iowa. Wesleyan College, and dter graduation remained for IlOlJlgraduale work, sen ;ng :lIsa :1.1 instructor in music for two yean.

LoVISE R '\SDQLI' II ROK )lAN (Mrs. J. E .) , (Michigan.A, '94), on graduation from Hillsdale College, received :t diploma certifying to her four years' work in music i she returned in 18<)7 for several months' postgraduate study in the music department. For three years she was teacher of piano music in Parker College, Winnebago, Minn., then in the Billiard Normal (Mission) School of Macon, Ga., for two yea.rs.

MYRTLE RAWEy·RQSENBERGER (Mrs. C. E.), ([owa A, '9 1), was a student at [owa Wesleyan College 1887 '9 1, completing the course in harmony, and all but one year of the course in piano. From 189'-93 she taught a private class in music.

SARAH LINGARD ScOTT (Mrs. John), (Kansas A, '95, B. Mus.), was a student at Baker University, Baldwin, Kansas, and at Drake University, Des Moines, [owa, before she went to University of Kansas to study music. She received her degree from that instilution in 1&)5, and taught for the three years following, until her mllrriage. She still keeps up her music in the form or instruction to her own children.

JULIA DUNBAR SU()tONS (Kansas A), attended University of Kansu 18<)81901. Before entering she had studied piano with Carl Preye r of Kansas University and harmony with Professor Hair of Baldwin University. After leaving college she taugbt piano a few years in Leavenworth, Kansas; later she went into the music business and is now connected with the Kroh Music Company of Muskogee, Oklahoma, acting as mnnager of sheet music, small goods, and record department.

RENA BARRY SKERRIY'T (Mrs. H . H.), (N. Y. A, '10, B. Mus.), entered Syracnse University in 1<)06 where she majored in piano and pipe organ work. On her graduation she was granted a. postgraduate scholarship in instrumen t al music and this occupied her time during 1910'11. Since then she has ta u gbt music and done church and concert work . She has also had some experience in original composition, having written several songs and smalle r pieces for piano and organ music.

GENEVIE\'! CHURCH SMITH (Wisconsin A). attended University of Wisconsin for three yean, studying chiefly with Mme. Christine Farnese, pupil of Mme. Marchesi. For six years she was a member of the facuity of University of Wisconsin School of Music. She obtained leave of absence to go to

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Berlin f or study with Mme Schou-Rene, whose pupil s he had formerl)· been for three years in Minneapolis, and from whom she has a teac her 's certificate. and with Mme. Viardot Garcia in Paris. She has studied, t oo , German Lieder with Alexander von Fidili l and has been the pupil last year of Signor A. Carbone , formerly leading baritone of the Metropolitan Opera Company. She appeared in public concerts in nnd near Madison and has sung in several churches thue and in Minne so ta; for Iwo yenrs she wa s director of the surplice choir of male voices i n i\fadison Grace Churd.. She is at present teaching in Blan c hard H all, Los Angel es.

CLAm's MARY S;\lITII (Nebraska H, B.A. 1913), attended Simpson Co llege, then Unh'crsity of Nebraska. Before this she studied the violin in Chicago 1907 -08 and in Des Moin es 1909.

MABEL G1LLASp n:-SMITIl (Iowa A, 'OS). a t eac her of piano, graduated (rom l\ft. Pleasant Conservato r y of I owa Wesleyan University.

BERTHA SNIDER ( I owa A. D. Mus. '0 1). a certified teacher of "Parson's l\fusic Kindergarten," did two years' graduate work at I owa \V es leya n University; studied with Seeboeck in Chicago and with Lesch etizky in Vienna. She has taught in I owa \Vesl eyan University, in Ath e ns Co ll ege for Girls and in Pomona College . In February Miss Snider return ed from studying abrotld.

MARCAUT ULLO)I-STAlDER (Ohio A ) , received her musical educatio n at Western College, Oxford, Ohio, and with Henry C. Froehli ch in Cincinnati. Later she studied the violin, and laught at Ohio University. At present Mrs . Stalder is slUdying with John N. Hizey at Ohio University.

'VI NIFJtED HOWELL-STERN'S (Nebraska B, '04), specialized in pianoforte under Henry P. Eam es. Lat e r she studied in Chicago un de r Hans von Schiller and Mnry Wood Chase. (n September 1905. she was awarded first scholarship in piano at Chicago Musical College.

MARtE COSCOON-STEWAkT (lowa K), a successful teacher of "oice cu lture. studied at the University of Iowa, with Cha.s. R. Adams of Boston , followed by instruction in New York and abroad. Mrs. Stewart taught for some years at the University o( Iowli and has filled church positions in Louis\'ille, Ky , and Atlanta, Georgia.

RUBtE AM OS-STRONG (Indiana f), atlend=d the College o( :\Iusical Ar' of In dianapolis.

FRAN CES BEATTIE-TERRY ( New Yo rk A, '96), studied vocal music at :S-eff College of Oratory in Philadelphia, and rec e ived the degree o( bachelor of literary interpretation in vocal music. She taught piano in Hudson River I nstitute, Claverack, N. Y.

FLOSSIE EMELINE WHITNEV ( Mi chigan A, '03) , r«eived a diploma for graduation in piano (rom Hillsdale, has studied with Blan c he Dingley Mathews o( Chicago, Mrs Boris L Ganapol. Ganapol School o( :\Iu sical Art , Detroit, Michigan; Charles Dennee, New England Conservatory of Music; G. W_ Hull. T o ledo, Ohio, and ha s betn a correspondence student in harmony with the Sherwood School o( Music, Chicago. Miss Whitn ey was a private teacher of piano, I QO I - IC)04; teacher of piano, o rgan and theory, Defiance College, Defian ce, Ohio, 1904 - 1914, and director o( the music department of Defian ce College since 1911.

FLORE!"in BAlJ)\\I:-;- W ISTO!'O (Illinois E. Litt.B. '04), graduated from Chicago Musical College in lC)OO where she was a pupil in piano of Arthur Friedheim, the Russian pianist, one of the grealeU !i\"ing pupils of Listl. S he sub sequently look private lesso ns in public schoo l music at Chicago Mu sica l College and stlmme r work in Silver-Burdette school of public school music. She is a h old er o f II life ce rtifi ca te in mu sic in th e state of M ichiga n Before her marriage, Mr s. \ Vinton gave p riva te instruction in piano and taught public sc h ool music; published original song: " A Toast to O ld Northwestern", 1<)09.

MII.DRED W ASIIUUR!"- W OOO Ii A M S ( Mi chigan A, ' II ). graduated (rom pia n o departme nt of Il illsdale Coll ege, studied violin at llill sdale, with Earl Drake of Drake Schoo l of Mu sic, Chicago, Ill in ois, with Arthur Bryce of Battle C r eek Co n se r va to r y, Baule C r eek, M ichigan. She was director of the violin depa rlmlent of Hill sdale Coll ege.

H AZEL W OODY ( Indi ana r), studied music at the S t ate Normal School , Emporia, Kan sas. She is a sa l esl ady for ]. W. Jenkins Mu sic Co., of Kansas City, Mis sou r i.

J UN! Y ouNe ( Illin ois E, '10) , studied at Northwestern University witb Professor Arne Oldbergj at I owa Stale Teachers' College wilh Ann Ka ufmsnn; r eceived diploma for Pu blic Schoo l Mu sic from I. S. T. C. Miu Young has taught public school music in Spencer, I owa.

BY WAY OF SUGGESTION

Following a plan already used in previous vocational num bers, of publishing pra cti ca l hints ga thered from the expe rien ce of olde r sis t ers, th e Editor 3.s ked our mus. icia ns the following question: " Hav e you any hints or practical s ugg es tion s f o r our und er g raduate sisters who may wish to know the professional op p o rtuniti es open to a college girl with musica l training, to-day? If so, please gi ve them brieRy." The replies were so num erous that it was impossible to use th em all, so in selecti ng the f oll owing fo r publi ca ti o n , the c hief effort has been to avoid r epetitio n

f would advise eve r y co ll cogco girl with mu s ica l ability and training to be s ure and keep up sludy a n d pr3clice while in college. II 's difficu lt I kn ow especia lly, if onc goes t o tl unh'ersi ty for a li he ral a rt educalion bU I ii's possib le and ce rta inly a grcolt advant3ge in teaching i n any depa rtm en t

KATHERINE E DEER, (Colorado A, '(9)

T sh ould not adv ise any undergradutltco student t o t nk e u p any lin e of mu sic as a p rofession , unl ess h e r tra ining had been ca rri ed on with that end in view. One ncoed not necessarily be a soloist in o rd e r to become a teac h e r; b ut the tmi ning must have been thorough in all branches o f the subject.

Th e field of p ubli c sc h oo l music i s cons l3nll y widening and young women

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of sound. broad. musical training, are being sought to supervise this subject. A Ilsmattering" of music. so 10 speak, will no Jonger meet the requirements. At lea st not in localities where good snlaries are paid.

FRA:o>' CES GERTRUDE FRENCH, (Michigan A. '1}8)

There arc many opportunities open for co llege girls with musical training, whose preparation is thorough and whose standards BTC high. Standards of musicianship, as well ns those of every profession, are higher to-day than ever befo r e. and there nre places (or those who are Qualified. I have found the associations and opportunities connected with a college position most delightful and inspiring, and I am sure there are also excellent advantages to be gained from private teaching.

FLOSSIE E. WIII TNEV. (Michigan A, '03)

I sho uld like to call high school orchestra w ork to the attention of my undergraduate sisters who have had violin training.

Not one city in five provides a competent dir«to r for this bran ch of work. and the sma ll e r towns fairly welcome an application for the position. II a girl has taken an interest in orchestra work (or some time, she .,hould have no trouble in applying what she has gained from experience even though she has not been specia lly trained. The work is remunerative, takes little time, is extremely inte resting and the experience is invaluable.

MARCUERITE ETHEL EASTMAN. ( I owa Z, ' 13 )

There is to-day, more than ever before, a demand for professional musicians in our smaller The larger per cent of our boys and girls are eager for musical training and in th ese smnller town s the opportunities are u s ually limited

MYRTLE GRIFFITH. ( [ owa A, '00)

To those desiring to ente r the professional field I would say: c ultivate a pleasing personality; have as broad a general education as possible since teaching music involves more than a mere technical knowledge of that subj«t

RENA BISBEE, (Vermont A, '00)

As organist nnd choir director in the same ch urch for twenty years, I have found great pleasure and wide opportunity (or use(ulness. I recommend it as a comparatively new field for the co llege trained woman musician. In working with a volunteer choir one is given a variety o( experience, and it has been to me at least, exceedingly p rofitable, and pleasant. It also enables the housekeeper and homemaker to keep in touch with the musical world in a way that she could not otherwise. Good organists are increasingly in demand-and to be a choir director as well, req u ires sharp wits, and an all-around equipment. Pi Beta Pbi girls answer these requirements--do they not?

FLOY LAWR!N Cr; M CCoNAUG HY, ( Xebraska A)

I am sure there are many opportunities open to a good violinist who is an allaround musician with plenty o( courage and one who is willing to work hard.

M any of the smaUer coJleges are unable to s«:ure g ood tuc hers wh o are c apable of organizing new classes and of holding them together.

MILDRED \VASHBURN WOODHAM, ' I t.

An understanding of music, eveD though it is not specific, is worth everything to a girl when she gets away from college and goes into a strange town especially a small town, to teach I know of one high school t'eacher who is directing two glee clubs And an orchestra, made up of her high school pupils; also another, a supervisor of drawing, is a talented pianist.

If a girl has not the time or taste for a thorough musical training, let her absorb all she can, the more she can get the more she can give to olhers. Every girl who has umade" the college glee club or orchestra will concede to this 1 am sure . Girls, if you can only play the guitar, join the orchestra, it will take but a small portion of your time and will be a recreation too. Recreation is only a different kind of work after all.

MAY LEWIS OORMAN', (Michigan A, '03)

The professional mUSICian is not look ed upon now as so impractical or "freakish" as he once was. The desire to be of serv ice to our fellowmen is growing and the field of social service is one of the most popular with college women. The social worker with college training is doubly equipped, if she also has a musical training; coupled with the n 4> ideal of womanhood her ability and usefulness &honld be far-reaching indeed.

DOlo ZOE CLOSSON, (Nebraska E, '98)

The musical profession is to my mind one of the very best (or women, if they have any natural talent for music . Aside from the work of private teaching of voice, piano or violin there is the work of supervisor of music in the public schools, and also choir work and chorus directing-a musical woman could not do better than fit herself for the profession.

JESSIE 1.. GAYNOR, (Iowa Z)

J think the greatest opportunity open to II. college girl with musical training to-day is the concert and recital stage. perhaps because I have had success there. I n this work one has the opportunity to express the best that is in them to the real music loving people and most appreciative audiences of our country. Quite a number of my recitals have been given jointly with Hans Kronold the eminent New York cellist who has toured the country with Schumann-Heink, Nordica, Eames, De Reske.

The best way to begin this work is to sell your own talent until rou get some experience and then perhaps en roll with some good bureau. I ( J can help any of you girls in this line I will be glad to do so, if you want to write me.

PEARL M. JACKSON, (Ohio A ' og)

Since genius is rare and the majority, perhaps. of musi cal students ex pect to teach, I wonder sometimes if they pay enough attention to the pedagogical side of the subject. Six hours a day at the piano will scarcely fit ODe

to interest" live wire. tw e lve yen r old boy. Get nil the knowledge of the s ubject a,-ailnble. but .)so obtain all the ways and means of getting that knowledge t o you r pupi l in :l manner th at will clp«ia ll y touc h him. So it seems to me th a t a good course in c hil d siudy or n o rm :" work is almost 11 n ecessi ty for a s u CCtSS Cui tcac h e r , to-day.

}\JARCIA M ENOEN II ALL, ( I ndi ana A , '94 )

The only ad \' ice I wish to give vocal students is to get a ll of the education possible. bo th mu sica l and Iit emry. T oo many singers; a las ! h ave onl y their voices to recommend them. Knowledge of all other- branches of music helps a singer and a knowledge of t he four la ng ua ges-E"gJi,r/" German, Fren ch nnd Itnlian is almost absolutely ntttSsa r y. By English I menn, English, every word of which can be under:itood by 4n averl1ge a udience.

GEN EVIEVE CHURCH SMIT H, ( W isco n sin A )

One may be an ex cell ent churc h and conce rt singH and yet be unable to cope with the p r ob l ems that nrise in the public sc h oo l w o rld On the ot h er hand a singe r with an o r din4ry voi ce and only average pian is tic ability may be a s uccess as 11 s upe r visor.

1 entered the work of teaching singing with an eq ui pment of two years' voice tralOlng. 1 had had absolutely nothing else in the musical line. The two yellrs th at followed formed a period in which I l ea,rn ed far m ore than any of the pupi ls who studied with me. Directors of schools are wiser now and de· mand a more co m p rehensive tra ining. My work in New York is the supe rvi · sion of the m u sic of nine schools, th e smallest of whi c h h as nineteen c lasses, th e Il1rgesl, eigh ty -nine.

A girl who aspires to lea c h music i n the public sc h oo l s sho uld h ave:

Fir s t . A vo ice . pleasing rather thall s tro ng, with so m e training.

Second. Fair abililY 10 accompany on the piano, if necessary.

Third. At l east two yea r s of theory with a good t eac h e r.

F o urth. Cou r ses in public school methods, ea r training and musical history.

Equipped with th ese sh e s houl d take the first oppo rtunity for wo rk that ope ns whether the salary and locality please hH o r n OI For two years she sh o uld do e\' e r yt h ing that she is asked to do: sing at entertainments, di r ect a n y chu r ch choir tbat comes her way, play for Sunday schoo l, plan I1nd ca rry o ut conce rt s, and ne\' er balk :at anything in the musical line whethH she feels prepa r ed for it or n ot. At the end of this t wo years' app r en ti ceship s h e h as trained h e r ear, improved her ability to read, acqui r ed the faculty of h and l ing cho ru ses a nd classes, gained in confidence, and secured that thing of more value in the eyes of principals and superintendents tha.n She is now r eady to demand a more lucrative position or, better yet, to take an additional yea r of study and th e n sec ur e the positio n

M y last wo r d to nyone entering the teaching profession is-before comp l et· ing your education get Iwo years' experien c e. Then after another year of study, doo r s to r esponsible positions will open to you. All other things being equal a college woman is given the preference.

ETHEL VIOLA COOLEDGE, ( I owa B )

BY WAY OF SUGGESTIO.V

My advice (0 a girl who aspires to become a mu"kl3n and 111so to han a college is to take ber work at collegc, gel her languages and the traiainK' she will need. aDd then take up her music later, but not to ITy to do both at once It takes an exceptionally strong girl to keep up the present day col· lege course and music too. The average girl cannot do it and in attempting to, merely saps her strength which is so essential to her as a prole sional mUSIcian.

NELLIE C. CIIUK(,"IIILL, ( Minne sota A)

The professional opportunities open to those seriously studying music are many, however so few realize that music is a profession, and as such requires a good general education, and as deep, earnest, persistent st udy as is necessary in the pursuit of law or By many, music is an accomplishment, but truth is, it is one of the broadest and est of studies. A musician must have 3 well enr nnd an unfailing ory. She must understand her instrument, her muscles mu st be under absolute control. She must know the construction of music, what effects the composer wishes to produce and how they can be ohtained. Her taste must be cultivated through hearing the best music given in an <lllthoritative manner.

It is this hut requirement which ca uses us all to wish to study in Europefor there the majority of our finest :artists l ive, and the opportunities to hear them are many. who cannot study abroad should take advantage of every opportunity to hear these artists here in America.

BUTHA (Iowa A, 'O J)

No aspirant for honors in musi c, unle ss she be Il "gen ius". can afford to neg· lec t the other sides of her education. The world of art needs more well· rounded, high minded teachers, players, and and gen · eral culture become a Ij"e qtk! non.

The lints ot special training, ear training ( the basis of a musical equip· ment) must be than at present and the studies of harmony and counterpoint be more thoroughly master ed and practically applied.

My husband finds few indeed who ca.n "think" music and this ability nsults from cons tant and mental discipline and should be commenced in the graded schools and through the un iversity. "The College girl in Music" should take up orchestral instruments. Thi s is done all over the world ex· cept in U. S. A. The violin, cello, flut e. and oboe are instruments well 3dapted to women and are in constant demand. The rank of pianists and vocalists are filled to ovrrflowing, while the instruments first named. are neglected Public school musi c needs bred and specia lly trained women This is a gre:lt field, well paid, and growing in influence and demand.

CLARA

B. HAN SBROUC H EUHS. (Neb raska H )

I would not advise a young sister to study for public singing unless she bad an exceptionally fine voice and health; was gr:aceful and attractive; with strong mornl principles and patient perseverance and and money enough to give her :advantage. Even th en there i'! a great c hance

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of failure; and s h e must be r.ble 10 bt:ar it. I (1 m sorry to be so discouraging. I n o rder 10 mnke .:l good in Italian Opera one must, without doubt. spend at leas t two ye:lTs in Ital y studyi ng Ih e Italian language. One should. be Ihol"Oughly trained in the Old Italian voice method! Th e voice well placed, pUTe and firm, with o ut a of tremolo before leavi ng America. I bt!lie\O e Pari s, if one can find the best t eache r, probably as good a place to Hudy as any abroad. \ 'annini, Vocal Masleo, Fl orence , Italy, is the greatest and mos t conscientious lellc her, abroad, whom one ca n find. li e is recommended by Mr. Arthur H ubbard of Bos ton. who sends his pupils to him i and they have met with great success h e has told m e. I would very gladly assist anyone who wants advice in their vocal studies.

;\I ARIE COoSGDOoS STEWAItT. (Iowa K )

Among the many opportunities (or the college girl with 3 musical education 3re editorial and' critical work for newS!Jnpe r s and pe ri odica l s in the large music cen ter s of the co untr y; and the "lecture- recit al" or explanntory exposition o( symphony co nce rts, grn"rl operas, o r works of ce rtain composers. Anne Shaw Faulkner of Chicago, W3ltcr Damrosch, and Mrs. Edward Mnc Dowell, th e widow of our great compme r, are jUlot 3 few names taken at random, o( persons who are engaged in this sort o( work.

FLORE:o.'CE BALDWt!" Wt:O<TO:O<, ( Illinois E )

As we all know who have entered professional life, the co ll ege woman is better equipped in a business way, as well as by her greater intellectual ability, than the average musician. Mu sic , (and [ notice it more espedally in singing) requires not only a kee n nrtistic sense , but a knowledge of history, literature and people. The fraternity woman, with her college training a long these lines, and her fraternity associations, w it h their sweetening and b r oadening influenc es , is in a position to give to the public the very best possibl e, not only in the execution of her art, but in the selection o f her numbers. To study the \' arious audiences, and to give them real plensure, without ever allowing ourselves to do wh:lt is our standard for the praise and applause we may receive, that should be ou r !lim.

SVU' IA \V AIlE Lt:\\'Is, ( Maryland .>\, '01)

Th ere are many ways of self·hel p open to a girl who wishes to study musi c in Chicago. In all of the musi ca l colleges of that city many girls have paid ILnd can pay their way through the four year co urse by playing accompaniments for some "oice tea che r . This r('(luires from two to three hours a day four or fi"e days out o f the week. I kn ew one young lady who p!lid h e r tuition in this manner She took a graduate :mcl postgraduate co urse and said she hardly the time. I kn ew seve ral vocal students who paid for- their tuiti on by sitting back of a little desk on the different fl oors and answering the questions of those who sought information. There are many small ch urch positions open to young singers and many of these are obtained through the co llege.

Lou VOU:O<G KOEPP, (Neb raska 8)

\ ·ocaiisis may dh-idffi into three cla optr.l :lnd concert inger must be more c:t refully prepared than tht other two, (or the public df'mDnds perfe..:1 technique, artistic c'tpre .. sion !lncl buu!)' of tone, in the singer who must !oland before them, in !>imple dignity. Wh e rea s th e ope ra singer may hide a " muhitud e of sins" under the clock of dramatic fervor, and emotional abandon: and, I may add here, the ollerlltic stage, particularly in Germany, stands a lw ays with open arms r eady to Teethe a young singer who h as t:lrne5t ly studied , has le:lrned her dozen or more rol es, and h n a good voi ce of r ange a n d \'olume. Th e c hurc h dema n d:. l{o()(1 sight·r eadinR'. and t rai n ed voices o f pleasing (I u tdity-an d Ih e w ea lthi e r th e ch urc h, th e better th e music, as a rule; (or they a r e willing to I)ay good sa laries to accep tabl e si ngers.

Mil DRED CL \l kE 071\S p lin nelOtll A)

For those who ca re not (or the remuneration, but 10 reach their ideal the selli ng of pianos and pian os would not i nt ere<;t. nut to those who are r ea ll y interest ed in th e dollars a n d cents-t h e co mm ercial side of m usic would p r ove very allrac t i\"'e. It keeps you in tou c h with lOme of the world's best musi c ians and music lovers . It seems to me the knowledge one gains f r om beiog i n pe r sona l t01lch with suc h pecp le is a lm .)S t 3.5 ins lru c th'e as if you were :a c tually st udyi ng

I t is n«essary t o play, 10 be q u a lifi ed t o sell a n d the more instruclion 11 girl ma y have a long thi s lin e, th e beller are her possibilitie,. HAZEl , ( Indi ana r)

Some peop le prefer teac hing in schoo ls o r co lleges, t o private tea chi ng but have found after fi fte e n years o( private t eac hing that th e mo r t: r gain in experie n ce, the more 1 e njoy my work. One mu s t love the work t o s ucceed ( o r it is not Il. sort of a busin ess propos ition only, P e rsonality co unts so mu c h t oo. Th e h o urs in private teac hing are n o t always as easy t o arrange as in sc h ool so o n e must think of that in c hoo s ing Bul th o ugh it lakes ti me to become establi shed , pupils will co me most un expec t ed ly and th e lesson tim e will be fillet! ve ry eas ily a ft e r one has proven her se lf capab le o( t eac h i nR And she will (eel reco mpen sed for giving up h e r days to the co ntinuous routin e o( giving lesso n s. If successfullhe temptati o n is not t o refuse th e m:ln y applica nts and a waiting list is 50metimu advisllble.

P:lti ence must be acquired, if not natural-:\S a phy ic ian studies each c ase, so 3 s ucc ess(ul t eac h e r of music must st u dy the temperament o( each pupil.

GERTRUDE M AV B Al'EJt, (Sew York A. '98)

DR. WERGELAND

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DR. WERGELAXD AS A MUSICIAN

IN another part of this issue appears an appreciation of the writer of the following article on Grieg and His W o rks written by a member of her own chapter in whi : h she was dearly loved by every member. It seems fitting, howcn:T, that some further mention should be made of this brilliant woman whose name was known throughout the fraternity and who'ic remarkable attainments were a source of pride to us all.

Or. \Ver geland was a thorough musician and her devotion to her distinguished fellow countryman and former mUSIC master the Nor· wegian composer, Grieg was well known to all her associates. Before his death, when his music was less well known in this country than it is to-day, she ably defended him in an article in the North 4maican RN'ieu..' in answer to a c riti cism of him which had appeared in The Outlook. Her interpretation of his genius undoubtedly helped to win for him the rec_ognition which his work has received in America to-day. Under these circumstances it was most fitting that the memorial exercises in commemoration of Dr. Wergeland's life and work which were held in the University of Wyoming on' March 16, should have opened with an orchestra selection, "Solvejg's Song" from the "Peer Grnt Suite No. II," by Grieg.

Dr. \V e r geland never played in public as she always modestly declared, H I am not a performer"; but those who knew her best r emember her playing on the piano which was marked and unusual and the charming way in which, sometimes, she would whistle as she played. When the piano became too difficult a task physically she played on her zither which she declared had a finer tone than the piano. And it was with this delicate instrument that she frequently entertained visitors at Enebo, the mountain home which li;o me people ca lled "Little Norway" but wnich the Pi Beta Phi girls always ca ll "the doctors' co ttage" because it was shared by nr. \Vergelalld with htr dear friend, Dr. Hebard , ( I owa Z '82) who has been fo r years her fa cu lty associate at the Unive r sity of \V yomingo

In this delightful mountain retreat , Dr. \Vergeland was wont to f ollow many of the quaint customs of her native count r y. among them the hahit of preparing a feast for the birds at Christmas time . \\rriting o f th e musical life o f her friend. Dr. Hebard refers agrun

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to Dr . \Vergeland's love for the bi"ds saying: "Often when we took our long tramps together she t ook one or two harmonicas, when in a delightful way she played for the stray birds we encounteredth ey always listened and then answered her with their little h eads on I IlC side as jf to a..'Sk ' \\ 'ha t mann e r of song is that? ' It.

I )uring her lifetime . Dr. \ Verg e Jand gave morc than a thousand hooks to the library of the Uni\"crsity o f Wyo ming and at her death hequeathed th e univer s ity her privat e library co nsisting of more than a thousand books in ten different languages which she had been morc than forty years in co lle cti ng and all of which she had read, studied lnd most of them annotated. Although there are several music books in the collection, the majority of her musi cal scores and books with htr zither werc given to th e Rt. Rev. Arnold Bod e, formerly Dean of the School of Musi c in the uninrsity. betwe e n wh o m and Dr. Wergeland there existtd a strong hond of musical sympathy.

Am ong the personal papers which Dr . \ \'ergeland bequeathed to the university library is the musical setting for an ode of Shakes · peare's which had been translated into Cerman hy Lem c ke and two original songs which she wrote (bo th words and musi c) while sne was in Zurich in 1890. These songs are remarkablt hecaust the words were so well written in English, although at that tim e th e writer had never been in an English-speaking country.

Dr. \Ve r geland was the first woman of Norway to receive a Ph.D. degree and by setting this n e w standard for the women of her nath'c land she but followed in the path already blazed by other members af h e r distinguished family who were ever in the ad\'ance guard making way f o r coming generations, for it was her grandfather who paved the way for the freedom of Norway, the centennia l of which freedom is to he ce lebrated on 18 of this yea r. She was eve r a leader for the higher education of wOlllen in both her native and her adopted co untry, and it is significant that with her wide knowledge of educational ideals and traditions she should ha\'e welcomed the opportunity of fraternity membership and have heen so loyal to th e fraternity idea. 'Vyomin g A will always be a better and stro nger c hapter because of her Inemocrship in it and Pi Bela Phi will always count nr . \\ 'ergeland alllOng the wo me ' l will) ha\'c re Hec ted her c r eed in their li\"l"'i. Editor.

GRIEG AND HIS WORK

(Reprinted from Tlu if'yumlllg Stlldrlll of October, 1907. a few weeks after urieg', death.)

AGAI OTway has lost one from among: her circle of great SOH:, and <bughlers. Edward Grieg is dead. The circle is growing smaller and the names which have been su intimately associated with her rise from an unknown country to a leading position in the world of literature and art disappear one 3.fter the other from the Jist of the living. Grieg (born in 1843) li,"cd to be over 60 years old, the greater part of his manhood heing "pent on his property ncar Bergen, where he composed a large portion of hi:; piano pieces. It .:;.aid that his health was not of the hest, hut his joy in his work was 110t therefore :my less, and he has iShUed songs and piano pieces up to the very last years, besides gi\'ing concerts hoth at home and abroad, and with his pen contributing to the musical and biographical literature of our day.

(:rieg has somewhere told the story of his early youth and his studies. H e came of a 1l1usical family, his mother being especially gifted. and from her he received his first instruction. He soon began to compose and dreamed of going to Germany to study. But it was conside red a greal risk to send so young a boy away from home :llone, and it was for OIL Bull to persuade the anxious parents that the son was really desen'ing of so great a sacrifice.

In J .eipsic he was brought up in the traditions of Schumann, Men· deh:sohn and Chopin, and like K je rulf , he might never have found the true medium for his musical gifts if-hy an accident-the treasure hidden in the old Norwegian folksongs had not been rC"ealed to him and he came to see the path for him to follow. He has indeed adopted the form. but the speech joo:. after all. his own; and even the form has, under his dexterous and sensith'e handling, assumed un· dreamed of musical possihili t ies. For (;rieg is a great artifice r , a master of harmony. a thorough judge of musical means, a painter who wields a very suggestive brush. On the Continent he was for a long time known as the Chopin of the North. But his world is one of more freedom. less than is that of the great Pole. H e is more imbued with the spirit of venture and conquest and glorying in the promi"ed land within hi gra-sp. than could ever

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be the wonderful ' P o lish rom a nti cis t whose soul brooded ove r past sp lend or and vanquished power.

Few nations have with more i n stantaneo us app r ecia tion gree t ed a compose r than th e Norweg ian people greeted G r e ig's early works. We f elt as with one accord that in his pieces spoke at once a n a ti ona l, a historic a nd a thoroughly mod ern spirit which we we re proud to ca ll our own. And Greig has r emained o ur interpreter until this day. Hi s co mp os ition s have given us a hearing and opened the way fOT o ur mos t seductive m e lodi es to win friends f o r u s a ll a \'e r th e wor ld . \V he r e Grieg is, there is Norw ay, an d bi tter will be the r eg r e t with wh ic h th e news o f his deat h will e ve rywh e re be r eceived.

T he first tim e I met G ri eg was o n e autumn day in 1879 . Grieg had come to Christiania in th e s pring of that year, and his fame as co ndu ct o r and in stru ctor h ad already made him the most so ug ht t eache r . What I always r emembered was his co urteous g reeting , his smile of welcome. He was a very small man , delicat ely built, as slender as a boy, but with a rather large head , surrounded by a c row n of g lorious blonde hair. His hands, too, were ve ry large, as became a pian is t, but strong a nd very shapely. And I have neve r heard anyone play in a manner so instinct with the very soul of music ( that most heavenly and elusive of all arts ) as did Grieg. When he played, his eyes, which were ge n e rally of a pale , almost co lo rl ess blue, underwent a change, a fire spra n g up in them, they became s uffus ed with a light such as is born on ly in those who see the heavens open before their rapt gaze.

H is fa ce and whole being radiated an inspiration and a respond · iog with soul and body to th e vo ices that a rose under his fin ge rs As Grieg played the n o w so little app r eciated M oza rt with exquisite phrasing and compl ete co mmand of the beauties of m elody, I have n e ver heard anyone pl ay th at dh'ine maste r-a nd never shall. At s uch moments genius und ou btedly spo ke to genius, and I w as p nvileged to be near and h ea r . As was prope r , I had t o sit down and play for him-it happ ened to be his ow n co mpositio n . Wh en I was through, he r emarked that T did pre tty well, but not as we ll as th e compos it ion desened. My m ethod w as at fault. To e radi· cate the failings would be an endless I3sk. hence T had better begi n from the very beginning. And T began that very day w ith fiv e- finger exe rcises. F o r Grieg meant what he said. The next time I came

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he gave me ODe of Mozart's sonatas , and it was then that he played for me the first lime.

Grieg was most ardently beloved by his pupilso When he gave concerts they flocked to hear and applaud him. \Vherever he went, a train of devoted disciples escorted him to and from the railroad stalion, gave him three times three cheers, flowers, smiles and adoring glances. And Grieg enjoyed it. Even when most tired, he brightened at once into radiant sunshine, and no smile could be more responsive, warmer or more enthused than his. Yet he was not a teacher to be trifled with. The tallest and sturdiest stood in awe of him when he conducted an orchestra or sat down by the piano. He soon did away with mannerisms such as the Tyro is inclined to adopt for the sake of effect. A reproof from his lips, when some awkward passage irritated him, was something everyone dreaded and r ecoiled under. There was much grief in Christiania when, after a stay of a year and a half, he decided to leave for his birthplace, Bergen. It was the last I saw of him. But the memory of him as a musician and an interpreter is fore\'er with me, as with all his pupils.

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Our professional musicians were also asked by the Editor to suggest how fraternity women who are pledged to further the love of the beautiful can help to further the love and appreciation of music in our country to-day. Amung the many replies, the following have been selected for publication.

Fraternity women can keep in mind this saying of Theodore Thomas, late musical director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, who proved its truth by his own un falttring :dlegianc c to high icteals, "Popular music is familiar music", and thus they clln help to make more widely known that high class of music so . uplifting and refining in its influence.

SUSAoS' 1\1 EKMEL 010 \ ' IOSON (Illinois P)

Fraternity women, if they did nothing more, would be doing a. great work, if they took a stand against ragtime and cheap popular music. Music of this kind i. on a par with coarse and vulgar companions. Good music will not only educate the! mind but it will enrich the! heart and ennoble the soul.

·See also PI> SOl and 601

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1t c an made the vehicle (or transmitting happines !I and inspiration to any r ecep tive spi rit.

l\{ARY L\UI>&S B UTTO RO" ( Fl o rid a A )

wome n ha ve 11 g reat work ahead )f them in supporting m ove me nt s ( o r the pop ul a r izatio n of art music through soc ia l ce nters, c ivi c f edHatio Ds. women's clubs, music nnd art dep:ulm enls , loca l orchestras, c h o r a l socie ti eit, and c ham ber music o rgan iutions. W ome n have a lw ays been and mu st eve r be l eaders i n aesthetics. Th ey must be b r oad a n d impersonal in t h ei r .5 uPI)Orl of 3 ft 3nd music. Th ey ca n promote the welfare o f art in this coun tr y in n o be tt e r w ay th a n by introd uc ing the folk songs and dan ces o f o ur ow n , as well 3S ot h e r l a nd s, into the I lo m e, schoo l a n d socia l ce nt eno No class of music is so productive of disc rim i nat ing taste a nd knowledge of musi ca l form. l( co llege girh will s tn dy the peop le's songs a nd car ry th em into their life work-wherever it m ay be-the future of America a s an art loving and art c reati ng nation will n o t be in da nger .

C!.ARA B. H ANSBROUG H EAMES,

(Nebras k a II )

A s frat er n ity we ca n furth er the appreciation of g ood music by at leas t gi vi ng grl:ater th o ught and attention t o tbe musi c u sed in o ur o wn h omes, mak ing j ud ic i o us se l ections and po int i ng out \ e ry early to th e youth of th e family the con tained therein. thu s fostering a love for the best-th e beautiful.

ZoA L. KEVES, ( M ic h i g an A, 'C)6)

My experie nce in s inging f o r fac to r y girl s leads me to believe that we girl s who are able to, ca n in n o bette r way furth e r th e lo ve o f musi c than by bring · in g to those wh o wo uld n o t o th t: rwi se h ea r it, the r eally good mu sic Frater · nity wom e n wh o arc n ot train ed mu sici an s ca n wo rk a l ong the same line by pN:sentiog various phases of mu sic, such as the life of so m e partic ul a r co mpose r or the story of some opera, and Ihen interest th ose wh o formerly did n ot care f o r anything but very light musi c

Luc y ANNE GUT HRIE; ( In dia na A, ' II )

In musi c, liS in the ot h er art s, 9.S in science :lOd in morals, we be h o ld the un · r em itting s truggl e between falsenes s and truth. As fraternity w o men , we sh ould see to jt that we "ho ld fast to that whi c h is good" i n mu s ic as in all ebe, and so do our part in the adva n ce ment of Ihe art in our co untr y to-day Th is is not a l one for th ose who have c hosen musi c as their vocation in life. I dep lore the attit ude of many well·meaning and othe rwi se c ultured people wh o are wont to say " I kn ow nothing abou t mu sic" in a tone whic h leads o n e to infe r that they might add "And 1 glory i n the fa ct.': It seems to me th a t s uc h igno ran ce in this en lightened age sho ul d be a ca use fo r shame and that a. de · sire to conceal such a shortcoming would in this instance be more l audab le th an such boastf ul frankness. Let those who r eally do " know nothing about musi c" c ultivate an appreciation of the art by making it a point to hear the best musi c and to frown upon all that whi c h is co mm onplllCe and degnding. 1 say de ·

RELAY/OX Or FIIATER.' · I7T /rOJ/EX TO .1/US/(; 535

grading, for I belil!\'e Ihal much of the popular "rag" etc" which unfortunately is the rage among college girls. cannot rail to ha\e :l laloling influence upun We go 10 college 10 impro\'e our taste in literature and in the nTIS. If ont ca n be co nverted from Bertha M Clay to Browning "hy not (rom "Alexander's Ragtime Band" to a Beetho\en Sonata.

Mu\' IIA-PI' EI EAIt E\A:-'S, (Ohio .4.,

Keals say. "T ruth is beauty, beauty truth", and \Ie t;r ee ks who have promised to further truth c an best begin by an appreciation of the beautiful. The whole ·so ul and in fact th e whole universe is based on rhythm and each of us have a bit of the general supply . E,' en the most primitive savage loves music, so why s h ou ldn 't we, who s«k after the true and the beautiful. cultivate and foster the primitive instinct whtch leads 10 the appreciation or this art, If any· one can read Browning'l; "Abt " ogler" and then not realize how closely inter· woven are music and truth, they will never know much joy there is in 5C:ekin : the Beautiful and th e True in life.

GI.ADYS M SMITH.

(Nebraska n, ' 13 )

As Pi Phis, we ca n further the lov e and appreciation of mu sic in our country lIy helping our ' hool in The mountaineers love music and, by educating them, th ey will learn t o appreciate good music.

MAY L.... c Y JlESRV , ( Mi c higan A. '06)

Fraternity women can rendtr no more beautif ul se rvi ce to th e count ry. than by aiding in th e coun try - wide movement to raise the s tandard of music, There is a great neetl of this. especia lly among the class of people who do not have opportunities for hearing th e best music.

PE lUl. 1. "Et ' t'I.E MII I.EN, ( Mi c higan A, '08)

I wish every Pi Phi !!lister who loves th e be.!!t in music and is co nnected with a Sabbath sc hool will just gently but firmly insist that chi ldten who attend that sc hool are to know the best, and sing the best ioongs-and if they really learn they really lik e them better than the jing le s that are so easi ly learned and as easily f orgotten. So you having so m e of my own, it's the boys and the girls that appeal to me m ost just now, their welfare and their happiness. Whatever, in the ho me, makes a c h i ld happier and beller is we lt worth while, and I believe th e right kind of given in the right way, will help make any c hil d's life mo re abundant.

MAIW IA Ah: ;\IJf.SIIAII, ( I ndiana \, '94 )

A high musical s t andard in our co untry may be maintained only by music sludent and music lo,'e r holdillg courageousl), .end unceasingly to that whi c h is good in music. By this is not me!tnt th e works of the masters exclushely: (or good may be round in modern musi c Tra sh and th e in music nre doing more harm to the Am ericnn music than anYlhing and !!Iho uld be discoun t enanced by all true lovers of the heautiful.

I.lItl'\'" ". i{f l{; EKS. ( I owa .\, '90)

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It is when we feel the molive of 1\ composit ion that we appreciate it. If then we caD show those about us that every piece of music ha s a message we will arouse an interest in and appreciation of music.

RUTH JOSEPIIJN!: BUKESLE.I

The wonderful work done by the women's musical c lubs in this co untry should serve as an example to women who wish to further the cause of music. By enco uraging their membt!rs to keep up their own musical work, by bringing good music to the noti ce of the public, by st riving to cultivate the fllusi ca l taste of the cities in which they flourish, these womco's musical clubs have been of untold value to this ca untry. Pi Phis everywhere should encourage these clubs.

JE SSI£ L. GAVNOR, ( I owa Z)

There arc constan t for the girl with musical ability to time and to philanthropic work. There calls to perform unions of all kinds, in social work, before factory girls, before meetings, in public sc hools. The re is great pleasure in giving of this kind, for that is always so show n is a lasting reward. And co ul d not find a better opportunity for furthering love and appreciation of music in our co untry to·day, than in service of this kind.

MILDRED

C. OUAS, (Minnesoota A )

First and foremost the fraternity woman ca n furlber the love of the best in music in our country by knowing it herself. She need not be a performer on any instrument whatever and still be a musician . There is a purely mec hanical side to music which at least is within the range of one who is absolutely without "ear". The desire to know how instruments are made, the arrangement of orchestra, the desire "to see the wheels go round" will grow in time to an appreciation of the melody from the instruments and the great harmonie s of the orchestra.

Apply the same rule to music that you do to literature. Did we always ap· preciate the great mind of Shakespeare and the subtleties of Browning or are the great masters only now beginning to dawn upon us after years of study and familiarity with tbem?

OOA ZOE CLOSSON (Nebraska B, '1}8)

As fraternity women, we should encourage the best kind of music and thus help to educate our country to an appreciation and desire for good music, to the same edent do for good literature and painting.

ELSIE B. EccLESTON, (Michigan A )

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Music i. 10 fine and so spiritual in its essence, that it should appeal to the fine, sensitive natar« of all women whether musicians or not It seems to me tbat the first duty of all, is to use every opportunity for hearing the but music, cultivati ng a love and apprec.iation for nothing except the but, and then en-

deavoring to help others to an appreciation of the best. W e learn to enjoy most that which we hear mOlt. This sense of appreciation will be greatly in · creased by knowledge. Study of the great compor.er5. of the history of music, of the operas, of the various forms of mU5i c and their development, elC., either in club work or in private rcading, would aid very materially in furthering • love and appreci3.tion for the best in music throughout our country. (or the influence of our women is greater to-day than e \'c r before in e\er)' phase of life.

FLOSSIE E. WHITNEY.

One way of promoting love and apprccllulon of music is when II. mother gathers her children .round her and renders for them the best of the world'. classic and romantic music. Musical education beglns with music loving a.nd out of this love of music will come the ability to translate the speech of the piano and. later, to make the piano lopeak. Cultivate the powe r to bear music intelligently and this ability to listen to mu.sic will enrich everyone's life.

BEATRI CE ETHEL LEVE"E.

(Iowa B, '07)

Fraternity w omet:!. call further the love and appreciation of music in our country by becoming i.nteres ted in the right kind of music. The ch ildren 00 our streets could just as well be humming and singing tunes from our great operas as the so-called "Ragtime" that we hear so much.

Wby is it? Because so many people do n ot know how to appreciate the classics. How can tbis be overcome? By lakini' advantai'e of the very best that comes into your co mmunity and schooling yourself to enjoy the very but music written. You ca n be absolutely ignorant of a note of music but still appreciate the very best.

HARRIETT L. KEl.l.Ev,

(Ohio A, 'It)

As fraternity women, we s h ou ld discourage the modern populll.r song whi ch SfllOrs of coarseness or conveys a double meaning.

L'LUAN CU'G COFF

MAN, ( Iowa A, '86)

I have one suggestion to make that might belp to further the love and appreciation of music in our co umry today, and it is the following: First I have :0 "ery warm spot in my heart for o ur Settlement School for I thin.k this is by far the best thing that any fraternity has eve r undertnken and my grealest ce:light is that it is II ' B <J.> that is the first in the work. This the best argument for college fratemities that we co uld have Thel'"tfore r want the school to prosper and to do so it must have support, so 1 propose that we have a concert company of two or more members of II n -I> nnd give !hent enough salary to travel on and let them give a concert in every town and city where there is an IIctive or alumntr chapter and give the proceeds to tht: sc hool. Among all our professional musicians it seems to me that it co uld be done, and I for one am willing to begin work now on plans for it, if it meets with your approval.

This is just an outline of my plan but it ca n be enlarged upon Have you. any suggestion to make?

PURL M JA CKSON , (O hio A, '(9)

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I think the most effecti,·t: way to furthH the love and appreciati o n of good musi c is t o hn\'e the right kind of music in our homes. Tea c h our chi ldren the bes t and surely, if n o l lo day-to morrow we will see the resuits.

F AYE REM1CK M \TIIERY. ( Iowa B)

O utside of the professional realm th e r e is mu c h thai the coll ege woman ca n do to further the appre c iation of music amollg all c lnsses. Pos sibly no town of its s i te in the co untry is doing more in thi s direction than th e law n in which I IIOW live, Montclai r, New Jer sey. J u se it as an illustration beca u se of the large percenlagr of co llege women who live there and of the high intellectual class of the greater part of its population. II would take too mu c h space to en umerat e all the mu!o ica l activitiu of the town; but c hief among them perhaps are a se ries of free co nce rts in th e largest schoo l auditorium in t own, wh e r e not only the best local talent but frequ'Cntly artists of national r ep ute are to be ht'nrd in programs of uniformly high grade; a c horal society whi c h gives Iwo c r three splendid concerts eac h year, chen with the assisance of musicians from New York Cit)'; fr ee oratorio renditions by sepa rate o r unit ed c hoirs of the \' arious c hurchu; and, th e newest and by no menns the lea s t imporlant depnrlllre, a movem'enl undertaken by the c hild study department of a l oca l club, whf'r ein "m usi ca l h o urs " are a rranged (or the c hildren of the com munity. Eac h program is devoted 10 a ce rtain composer or to a group of musical forms, the speaker gi"ing a vt:rbnl exposition of the suhject in hand and illu st rating it wilh piano, "oice or "jolin, as Ih e case mny be, The movement has met wilh great success, :md it would indeed Kern as if it had struck Ihe very keynote o f Ihe d eve l op men t of the lo\,t and appreciation of musi c: for if the child in his plastic )'ears not acquire a knowledge and love of the beautiful that will outweigh th e influence of the chea p and tawdry in musi c, can we ever expect the adult to forsake the music h311 song or the "turkey trot" for sheer love of the classics?

I would make a suggestion that fraternity women might aid materially ill furthering the love of goOO mu sic if, instead of filling their thought and brain with so much of the tr:lshy so-called. "popular" music, they would allow themselves.to familiar with our beautiful so ngs and ballads . It is possible to c ultivate a fondness for what i s good just as easily 8S love of the other kind of music.

SAOlf WII , i IAMS BELL, (New York A , '0 1 )

I that great good may be accomplished by high -minded women nlUsicians by their loyally encouraging all music of a fine and uplifting cha racter, thlll c ro 'wding ant the tendency toward cheap and sentimental music of all kinds. Both in choice of music for concert and teaching purposes and in the of deliver-ing such music, purity of thought and nobility of purpose wiII readily express itse lf. The development of :t high type of spiritual life is essential, if one would succesllfully work for the uplifting of ou r music

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An intelligent understanding of music and increa.sed efficiency in the work will depend partly on a thorough study of its theory and hi510ry W'l'"'IF1I:£D Foans. (lIIinoil Z, '08)

It seems to me that fraternity " ' omen have a great opportunity to further the love and appreciation of music in our country 10-day by "".ging a veritable WAR on Ihis cheap and mos t unmusical popular trash, the l>apular "music" of our day.

MVRTA J-hurS GTON'

Ih:I.I., (Ne w York A. '08)

A phase of musi c teaching lo-day, which is interesting to the looker-on. farreaching in its influence upon the masses in our larger cities who have musical ability but not the means (or the necessary instruction. and of untold satisfaction and gratifica tion to the teachers lbemselves. i. the "Music School Settlement." Inform yourselves concerning these schools in New York City, Bo.ton, and other cities, and you will be filled with enthusiasm, and a desire to "further the love of the beautiful" tither by offering your service. as a teacher, or by contributing your time :md money to schools of this c haracter.

FRANCES FkEN C lI, (Michigan A)

t would .uggest that the fraternity woman practice for her§elf and instruct others in the art of discrimination of good music. Instrumental rubbish of the day i. unworthy the name, music. Edmund Burke hal well observed that "Great variety, and quick transition from one measure to another, are contrary to the genius of the beautiful in mU$ic".

Again, we would urge the teac hing of young children to recognize the musi· cal c l assic.. They will often surprise one by their l ove and appreciation of the characteristic. of greatness as set forth in the simpler passages of the great Ol>eras and oratorios, even earlier in life that they sense the sweetness of simple, meret r icious poetry.

Finally, we plead for the study of the biographies and memoirs of the great masters, and the best histories of music. The highest ideals of a person, a people, and an age are expressed in their great artistic produ c tions-in their mU!lic. Without the power derived from the knowledge acquired only from the sources just mentioned, one may not be 3n intelligent teacher of good music.

AnEI .A INE BRAINARD, (Illinois Z)

The musi c of our country can be better by teaching youth to listen, for the of music upon the emotions i s universal, as ill recognized by its UM: not only in all places of an uplifting c haracter, but in the vile resort. of evil-doers. Too many of our college girls smile approv31 upon Ihe coarseness of the present day popular music. Germany's rise in independence is due to her patriotic songs taught by note to the army 3nd nation ,

We can raise the s tandard of the Art and further the love and appreciation by familiarizing ourselves with Ihe best in music, using it in the homes, by mechanical devices, if in no other way; but it cannot co me except as one leurns to be a goud listener-. May we all co me to realize the tru e value of

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music, the gTeat universal gift, which shall in its influence reach upward and onward though Eternity, (or God, Himself, is the Creator of Music and Art.

MARY

ESTA GROVES, (Iowa A, '84)

In Kansa s City, ont of our leading musicians introduces his leading pupils by giving free recil2,l s in all the high schools of the city. To-day there are so many more ways to tea ch the appreciation of better music, than ever before.

One of our leading piano bousts bas dODllted to our city library several hundred rolls of the best player musk-to be used in the same manner as the books . 1 understand as soon as the city can provide a room-this same firm intends to place a player at their disposa l. This is a wonderful step forward -fo r it gives children as well as grown people an oppo rtun ity of hearing and becoming acquainted with musica l selections that they cou l d not possibly hear under otner circums tances.

H AZEL W OODY. (Indiana r)

Club womtn may help to further the l ove of the beautiful by bravely denouncing the playing and singint of vulgar songs, one of tbe crying evils of the world to-day. It has all come upon us so slo wly and slyly that-as a lady of noble thought and position expressed it "ou r sensibilities have become dulled" so nothing looks to us as it really is. It is - time for the American women to arouse themselves to the dange r , and join forces for the uplift, and th e purity of home and family.

MARIE CONCDON STEWART , (Iowa K)

. H ow may we who are pledged t o love and further the bea utiful , advance the app reciation of musi c in our country? Never bas the country been so fl ooded with music that debases the taste of the hearers.

On tbe otber band , never have tb e re been so many p upils reacbed by t he private teachers of voice, violin, Rnd piano, and by the music teachers of tbe public schools. These teachers and all women who have bad the advantage of good musical training should hold themselves true to their musical ideals. We must bring an intimate knowledge of some of the best music to the little sec · ti ons of the co untr y where we have influence. In my opinion, very few people have an instinctive love or even liking for the best in music when it is first hellrd. But nearl y everyGne enjoys the repetition of the very greatest musical works once ther-e is some degree of familiarity with them. There should be a phonograph in every schoo l building with most carefully chosen r ecords. Piano players, when available, are of great val ue But above all, our own attitude towa rd the really fine in music must be reverent and the flame of our own devotion be kept clear and unsullied.

ETHEL V,OLA COOUOCE.

A MUSICAL MISSIO ARY

(A Ittltr from Mabel Davison·Smart. of SOOCho..... China. )

AFTER graduating from a college prep>ratory school in New Jersey, where I had carried the music course with the belles lettres, [ studied music in New York City under an efficient master for a year. Then I entered Syracuse University, but it was not for long, for at the end of the first half year, I broke down in health and was obliged to stop my musical course. Later, I began study again in New York City, taking a teacher's course under my former master. Again, I was denied completing the course, for after two years of work an urgent call came to me to teach music in a mission school for Japanese young girls in Nagasaki, Japan, (my birth place) and I accepted the call. ever having had the privilege of graduating in music, I can hardly call myself a "professional musician/' and yet the teaching of music had been my profession in life. In 1903, I was proud to begin work in this mission school as a missionary-a second generation mIssIonary. I was prouder still to be a musical Pi Phi, but was proudest to be a "missionary Pi Phi," for "Pi Beta Phi" stands for all that is good and noble and true, and to be a missionary Pi Phi means that conse cration and service are added to fraternity ideals.

Certainly no te3cher could have asked for a g r eater variety in her work than I had. I had r ep r esented in my class, Japanese, Chinese, Koreans, Americans, British and the pitiful Eurasian (a mixed race ). Our grade of work ranged betweeen "first steps" ano elementary theory, vocal music and instrumental. Our instruments were weak puffy little "baby organs/' o ld reed organs and well pensioned pianos. But how I enjoyed my work, and how I planned and worked that these music hungry souls should have the very best r could give them, and how I used to advantage the native language which I had not forgotten since childhood.

Perhaps few graduates have ever received their well-earned diplomas with greater pride, than did I the results of my first year's work and the first concert. I taught at "Kwassni Jo GaUo" (The Living Waters School for Girls) for over three yelTs, till cupid shot another arrow in my direction, and I laid down my work to be come the wife of Richard Davis Smart ( a K E ) in Chilla. During the seven years spent in China I have found many opportunities for work, some of which I have been able to do, but much I have had to lea.ve undone waiting for another II B 4> sister (?).

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To the undergrlduate sisters I can but suggest that they fill their lives with music, song and consecr ation and try impart.ing some of the beautiful to - the benighted music loving sou ls in distant lands You will find work, pleasure and spicy variety, and such earnest ness on the part of your pupils; and , after a ll , what is more g r atifying to a teacher than a willing, earnest and responsive pupil! Be su r e to prepare well in chorus and part-music. Many a young girl in the far East can ca rr y an at tractive song to her home, where she is of t en denied the use of a musical instrument.

"Study music in orde r to beautify yo ur own life, and beautify your own life in orde r to make this world more beautiful to othe r s." This motto always hung in my little st udi o. It was painted for m e by the art teacher of our schoo l who was one of my pupils. (She did all o f her work and music with the use of her on l y eye.) W e ma y not all be pipe o rganists or sta r conce rt performers, but there is joy and conten tm ent for those wh o have helped some one e lse to enjoy a taste of the beautifu l and to enable a heathen heart to sing "the new song" of Christ and his lo v e. Nothing that is really worth while is ever gotten without some toil and sac rifi ce. II N ot without design does Goo write th e music of ou r l ives. If we look up God will bea t the time for u s."

MADEL D. S MAR T ( New York A)

S PRI NG S O NG

Sing me a song of gladness

I ' m tired of so rrow and pain:

Sing of the pussy willows And of April's gentle rain.

Tell of the daffodi l s, golden; Of the violets, shy and sweet; Of the choru s of blac kbir ds and robins That rises Aurora to greet.

Sing of the mist o n the mountains, And the sun l ight breaking through; Of the myriad glories of nature

That are free to me and you.

Oh, radiant world of the springtime! Come wtAve thy spell over me, That my he3.rt, that's grown hard and withered, May burst into bloom like thee.

(Colorado A)

THE INSTALLATlON OF ;\, EW YO RK GAMMA

(As RECALLED By THE VISITING PI PHIS)

FROM the painting of St. Lawrence hanging in the President's office, the natural inC erence would be that he is the presiding genius of 81. Lawrence University. By those of our number who had the privilege of attending the installation of ew York r on March 20 another saint would have heen selected from the Saints' Calendar to preside over the destiny of the university, namely St. Julian, patron saint of hospitality.

On Thursday morning the visiting Pi Phis began to arrive. DUT· ing the night snow had fallen and the first introduction to Canton, clad in a soft white mantIc, was most auspicious. From the train we werc hurried to a St. Patrick's luncheon, served by the Domestic Science School; the afternoon was devoted to making the acquaintance of the A A girls in their beautiful new home; and the evening was spent with Mrs. Squires, closing with the pledging ceremony.

The installation took place Friday afternoon by which time everyone had become acquainted, and the thirteen Pi Phis present agreed that it W:lS a most admirable way of holding a province reunion. Mrs. Hamilton, Columbia A, and Miss Boardman, Vermont A, proved invaluable in their practical aid and advice, while Mrs. Squires showed herself the ideal patroness in every emergency. As for M iss Townsend, the chaperon, her entire time was spent in watching over us at all hours of the night :lnd day.

The crowning moment came on Friday night when sixty-one Pi Phis gathered round the banquet table, which was arranged in the form of the (;reek letter n There was a wealth o[ wine carnations everywhere, red shaded lights, and the sound of happy voices; this was the consummation, the final act, looked forward to by all the girls of n l' ::;: through all the ye:lTs of working and waitIng. And it was worth it, SO said they, olle and all, as alumna: of several years standing and freshmen of to-day joined in the bond of fraternity fellowship. As the serenades began and the Pi Phi call rang out clear and true in response, we felt that the new sisters of New York r would prove worthy wearers of the wine and blue, and that Pi Beta Phi had forged one more strong link in the chain of her golden arrow.

MAY L. Kt:: LLER.

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Pi Phi's spirit of friendliness and good-fellowship hung over the whole village of Canton, enveloping not only the university but also the residential section, for everyone opened up home and heart to receive us. There is no doubt about Our new chapter growing and flourishing in such a kindly atmosphere.

Saturday morning the Z 4> girls had open house and coffee was served while we made the acquaintance of the girls and several wives of the faculty . In the afternoon a reception was given by the newly initil.ted Pi Phis for the town women , so we met many friends of the girls, who rejoi ced with them in their success. A

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formal reception was held in the evening for the college people. By ten o'clock, when dancing began , we no longer felt like strangers in a strange land, but as though we too were members of the big student family at St. Lawrence.

From the moment when our feet tou c hed the station platform, we were caught up in the contagious wave of enthusiasm of the girls who were soon to wear the arrow . Really they were already Pi Phis in spirit, from the top of their heads to the tip of their toes , save fo r the tiny pins which they we r e keeping for the supreme moment. And when Miss Keller had performed the last rite and

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Pratt, OnL A, May L Kcllc!J Ruth Brush, N. Y. A, Ruth Catlin, Vt. B, Agnes Miller, Vt. B. Ruth Wean, N. Y. A. S.,o"d ,.our

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ceremony, we were deeply convinced that our new sisters would prove worthy of the trust placed in them by Pi Beta Phi.

PA ULINE TURNBULL, New York A.

ARE You OPPOSED TO EXTENSION? One could not attend the installation of New York r and come home without having views antagonistic to extension radically changed.

We found at St. Lawrence University a chapter of splendid, broad-minded, congenial, and enthusiastic girls j girls with high scholarship, with high ideals, \Vould that every active Pi Beta Phi could have seen the exp ression s of happiness on the countenances of not only the active gi rls but a large number of loyal alumnre , who had been connected with the local chapte r previous to its admission to OUT fraternity, and who had come from all parts of the country to attend the installation and initiation ceremony.

We were greatly impressed by the steadfastness of purpose which the girls of n r have had in working for their new charter. Un· daunted by defeat extending over a number of years, the girls worked harder than ever for the goal which they had ;n view. As one of the faculty of St. Lawrence said to us, " Pi Beta Phi is to be cong ratulat ed upon receiving into their membership such a strong chapte r of splendid girls." So, let a r ousing "Ring Ching" from our great sisterhood welcome the girls of New York r into the ranks of our beloved Pi Beta Phi.

I SABELLE U. ESTEN J Vermont A.

To be present at the installation of a new chapter is one of the greatest privileges that a Pi Phi can ever enjoy. This is the im· pression that has been firmly fixed. in my mind ever since I left Canton. How the St. Lawrence girls have worked for their charter: and how deeply it conce rns everyone of them, can be understood only by those who have visited the chapt er If New York r con· tinues in the spirit 1n which she has begun, T do not see how she can ever fail to be a success.

LINDA PRATT, Ontario

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represent the true sentiments of fraternity life, and who are loyal to their college, I should answer that such a group may he found in our new chapter at St. Lawrence.

AGNES J. MII.LER, Vermont B.

HISTORY OF OMEGA GAMMA SIGMA NOW NEW YORK GAMMA

ON November 4, 1904, a group of seven quaint and picturesque colonial dames presented n r I to the college world of 51. Lawrence, at a formal dinner in their own chapter house, on which occasion the other fraternities of the co llege tendered them the usual serenades . A reception was a lso given to the members of the faculty and board of trustees and some of the leading citizens of the village. These seven girls were the charter members of the new society, which made its initial appearance fully o rganized with badge, coio r s, flow ers, and, best of a ll-hi gh ideals and a deter · mination to s ucceed.

The society at once began to take an active part in the college world. Growth was s lo w, but s tabl e, a secure basis of scho larship was laid , and a finn adhe rence to high ideals of co ndu ct and life was maintained. After seve ral changes of residence , in the spring of 1908 a lease was taken from the university of their present home, which is located directly opposite the president's house and facing the campus Realizing that the benefit to be derived from the organization would be materially increased by affiliation with a national fraternity of high standing, they began work in ea rnest toward this end. Baird's Manual was car efu lly studied, fraternity men and women were co nsulted, and fll1ally it was decided to seek admission to Pi Beta Phi. The girls were influenced in their choice hy the prestige of Pi Beta Phi, for the decision wa!' unanimous that a st r ong local was preferable to a weak national, and nothing but the best would satisfy us; and by the personality of Mrs. 'Cla ra Wil son Hamilton, Columbia A, who is our staunch friend and an ideal fraternity woman.

In January, 1909, our correspondence \vith Miss Keller was be ': gun. Armed with instructions, we opened the siege, for a II r ea ll y truly" siege it has proved to be. If we had fully realized at the outset the difficulties we were to encounter, the long probation we

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must serve, the energy and force we must expend, we might not have had the courage to begin. To accomplish our design has proved to be no small undertaking. St. Lawrence ranks as a small college; Pi Beta Phi is conservative j and only the firm determination to succeed has sustained the Omega girls and their friends. But to-day how they bless the perseverance that car ried them to the glorious end!

In 1910 the first official visitor, Mrs. Nickerson, Alpha Province president, inspected the chapter, but the size of the co llege especially was not in our favor. There seemed nothing to do but wait and st r engthen OUT connect ions by correspo nden ce. After a time the girls took up the cause with renewed zeal, feeling that faint hearts would never win the coveted arrow. New York A, the nearest chap· ter, was invited to send delegates, and Marion Wells , and Kathryn Steinle carne. Their heany espousal of our cause and the official endorsement that followed gave us f r esh courage and hove. Then Vermont B, at our request, sent us Mabel Gillis, Jane McLaughlin and Ruth Catlin, and with their added encouragement and ment we began with infinite labor and care the preparation of our petition.

In the spring of 1912 Mrs . Branson, Grand Vi ce·pr esident, and M iss Rogers, Grand Secretary , visited us. Their cordiality, enthusi· asm, a nd helpfulness made us long more than ever to ente r the charmed circle. Their official endorsement foHowed, but the time was so short before convention that we were advised to send dele· gates. Three active girls and one alumna made the pilgrimage, but as it seemed best not to submit the matter to a vote , the petition was withdrawn. However, we were encouraged rather than disheartened.

In the spring of 1913 , N ew York B sent us l\farguerite Schorr and Ethel Goede, and in October Miss Pomeroy ca me to make Oll r hearts glad wjth her sincere friendliness and the assurance that our fate would soon be decided. A few days later Dorothy mal1wood and Margaret \Veller of Columbia A visited us on their way home from Ontario A. By a fortunate coincidence Miss Corbitt, ( Michigan A ) a Y. W. C. A. Sec r etary, was on an official visit to St. Lawrence at the same time. One incident of this visit stands out strongly. After the informal Sunday eveni ng tea ·in the c hapt er parlors, Miss Corbitt, Miss Weller, Miss Smallwood, Mrs. Hamilton, and Mabel Boardman , Vermont A, now in co ll ege here, sang the first Pi Phi

that ou r chapteT w:IlIs ha,"c eTcr echoed through the long year') of :-.tri,·ing. How we drank. them III and hoped they might prove a good omen!

"Cn lucky 13" has I>fU\"OO to he our lu c ky number, for our happy fate wa..; practically M:ttled in 1913 hy the winning of strong. new friends and the unanimous vote of the Grand Council. Thirteen in number were the delegates and visitors who came to inspect us. And on Friday, February 13 , the last vote securing our c hart er \Va.., ceived by Keller, and her letter of official notifi cation and ("0 11gratulations bore that date. Need we attempt to describe the r ejoicing on th e hill upon the receipt of that letter

.\Iiss Keller could he with us on :-'larch 20 and the intervening weeks w ere busy ones as we prepared for th e great event of installa· lion. All the other fraternities here, both women's and men's, showed th e true fraternal spi rit and helped us 10 make the occasion a menlorahle one. On :\Iarch 19, Miss K eller. th e Mi sses Brush, Burlingham. Turnbull, and \\' can of New \' o rk A. ":\Ii sses Estell and Bullis, of Vcnnont A. and iss Pratt. of T o ronto A. a rriv ed, and on the following day Catlin, and Stuart of Vcr · mont B came, eleven in all. Alumnre of n r I were :uri,-ing on every t r ain, and e:\citem ent was keen. Thursday and Friday a St. Patrick's luncheon was se rv ed to ou r guests by the girls of the Dom es t ic Scie n ce department. Thursday afternoon from three to five. Beta of 6 a entertained the Omega seniors, alumna:. and guests. Following this our official patroness, Julia B quires. served a huffet ,upper at her home to th e entire chapter. alumna', and guests ; after which th e. eveni ng was spent in practicing P i Phi songs, and singing those of S1. Lawrence and n r Friday morning Dr. K elle r ga,'c a hrief. hut delightful , talk to the student body at chapel exercis es on "College and Frat erniti es".

The work of initiation and installation occupied the greater part of the day Friday, for , in addition to the acli\'e chapter of twcntythree, twe nty-four alumna! had gathered from far and n ea r to pledge their allegi3n ce to th e wine and silve r hlu e. four only of our alum· were unable to he here_ Th e heauty and impressivenc"" of the installation ce re mony will n e ver he forgotten; it has inspired us all with an earnest resoh'c to che ri sh "the good. th e tru e, th e heautiful" This ceremony was followed by th e first "cooky-shine" of New York r at the home of :-orrs. Hamilt on. wh e re the ne w Pi Phis first tasted the delights of a r eal Pi Phi gathering.

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At 3 late hour that evening sixty girls . including Keller, and 1\1 rs. Hamilton, wearing the golden arrow of n B forty-seven of them for the first time, sat down to our installation banquet in the gymnasium. OUT official patroness, Mrs . Squires, was with us, tOO. The table was arranged in the form of the letter II and lighted with ca ndles in silver candelabra, each candle with a wine-red shade decorated with carnations. Seven baskets filled with ca rnations and tied with broad streamers of silver blue ribbon adorned the table at intervals, and a red carnation lay at each plate. The menu cards were enclosed in wine-red leather covers with the Pi Phi crest in silver. \Vith the courses different little flags were presented, the American flag, the scarlet and brown St. Lawren ce flag. the Omega Aag, which ca me with the salad lC a l'Omega", green and gold, and lastly, with the II B <I> ice cream, a tiny flag of wine -red and silver blue.

During the banquet all the other college fraternities came as usual to serenade, each with a new song of welcome to the new frateTllity and bringing gifts of Howers .

On Saturday morning at half past ten Z entertained us with a charming morning r eception, or "coffee." In the afternoon we gave a reception to one hundred and fifty ladies of Canton in the gymnasium, and in the evening to the faculty and students of the university, dancing being the orde r after ten o'clock.

Sorrowfully we saw Miss Keller, to whom we lost OUT hearts almost at first sight, and our dear Pi Phi sisters leave us, but we rejoi ce that we have known them. Beginning with the telegram of Mrs. Ni ckerson, ICA hearty welcome awaits you in II B such warm g reetings have been showered upon us that we can not but feel that friendship is the strongest link in the golden chain that binds Pi Phis together, and that after labor comes reward. To her sisters far and near ew York r (how good it sounds) wishes to express her appreciation of this cordia l welcome, and pledges her honor to s triv e earnestly to uphold the high ideals and lofty purpose of the noblest of fraternities, II B 4>.

CHARTER MEMBERS

Huel Belle Allen, ' 14

Helen Chalker Brainard. ' 14

Bessie Marjorie Blanchard , '16

M. ALICE M cDONALD.

OF NEW YORK r OF n B40

Estelle Elizabeth McVickar. '17

Flortnce Mildred Maloney. 'IS

Maude Sophia Maloney. 'IZ

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Mabel Silina Clark, '13

Lucy Cleften, "5

Dorothy Kendall Oeaveland. '12

Estelle Marian Cordery, '16

Angela Wood CortrighT, '16

Lavinia Cunningham, 'oB

Mary Vera Dana, '16

Virginia Dill, '16

Mildred Farmer, ' II

Bertha Aurelia Godfrey, "3

Frances Emma Cover, ex-'ll

Mrs. Allan A. Griffin, "2

( Margaret BancrofT)

Arloine Beatrice II astings. 17

Audrey Ford J lastings, "i

Mrs. Dan Judd, '07

( Mary Rispa Per Lee)

Laura King, '13

Emma Fredel'l'fa Lubcke. '13

Agnes Frances McDonald. '09

Margaret Mc Donald, 'IS

Marie Eli:tJibeth McLaughlin, '13

Ruth Emma '13

Edna IIllrriet Mayo, ' 17

Hel en Eliubelh Merriman , ' 12

lIelen Louise Mileham, " 7

Min ette Dorothy Newman, " 4

Mary Catherine O'Donnell, ' 15

Amanda Pellenl, '14

Pellens, "7

Rulh Janette Richardson, '17

Katherine T. I. Roche, '14

Mrs. J. Rushton, '0<)

(Marv Helen Oailey)

Laura Evelyn Slocum, '12

Annie May Smith, ' 10

Mary Eliubelh lilwell, "2

Bula Achsah "3

Elizabelh Louise Towne, "7

Susan Townsend, 'oR

Edilh Annette Tryon, "7

Nalhalie Rodge Uplon, 'oS

Muriel Jane Walers, ',6

Blanche Wood, "3

HISTORY OF ST . LAWREN CE U NIVERSITY

TH E naming of this co ll ege may be t r a ced back to August 10, 1536. This seemingly extravagant statement requires a word of explanation . ' Vhen St. Lawrence University was founded in 1856 the name was assumed, nOt di r ect ly from the saint, but from the county in the institution is located. The county, in turn, received its name from the great r iver which forms part of its houndary. The Gulf of Sl. Lawrence was so Tlamed by Jacques Cartier, when he entered a small ha r bo r on the northern shore on the feast day of the martyred saint. However remote the connection between the saipt and the ac t ual naming of the unive rsity may be, the fact remains that in s titution bears his name and that he is called its saint. rn the motto adopted for the college sea l, ({Fides l'I1'.:rilas," is expressed by the spirit of loyalty, he r oic honesty, and love of truth which characteTlzed the l ife of the saint and sustai ned him in the hour of death.

In Richardson H all, the old main college building, is an o r iginal painting on wood of St. Lawrence hy an unknown artist of the seven.

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teenth century. The painting stoOO originally in an old Spanish cathedral in Palos, the port from which Columbus set sail, and it was secured from the collection of a wealthy Spanish gentleman of Seville. The Gaines memorial window ove r the entrance to the Hall contains a beautiful stained glass reproduction of this painting. Copies of the famous series of frescoes by Fra depicting scenes in the life of St. Lawrence, and of the statue of the saint which is one of the treasures of the Escurial, are among the objects of especial interest in the Fine Arts Room.

The first steps which r esulted in tbe establishmen t of St. Lawrence were tak en in lSSt, and its charter is dated Apnl 3, 1856. The old college building, now known as Richardson Hall , was finished in 1857 , but was not opened for work until 1858. The first diplomas of the co ll ege of arts and sciences were not granted, however, until 1865 , and in the class of 1866 two women were graduated, for St. Lawrence has been co-ed u ca tional from the start.

During its early existence the col lege struggled hard to overcome the many difficulties it encountered. ]n those early days, with no wealthy alumni, with only a scanty source of revenu e and little prestige, the true St. Lawrence spirit was evinced .by both faculty and student body, who pledged their last dollar that their Alma Mater might live. As she became more widely known, substantial gifts we re received , among which arc Herring Library, Cole Reading Room, Fisher Memorial Hall, the gymnasium, and the Carnegie Science Hall. The facilities and equipment of these are of the best, notably that of Carnegie S c ience Hall, which is onc of the best planned and equipped establishments for its s ize in th e country.

In 1906 the state made appropriation for building and maintaining on the camp us a School o f Agriculture. which now has a number of buildings. On the campus. t oo, is situated a United States \V eathe r Bureau building, one of th e fourteen such buildings in the entire co untry, and courses in climatology and meteorology are given in the co llege.

Canton, the seat of the university, is also the county seat of St. Lawren ce co unty. The uni"ersity site is the highest ground in the village, and from the ca mpus th e re is a fine view of the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains. Th e university grounds comp rise one hundred and six acres, and the principal buildings are ten in number . The university property is nOw "alued at about a million and a half dollars, and the yearly income exceeds $125 ,000.

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The departments are the College of Letters and Science. the Theological School, the Brooklyn Law School, and the New York State School of Agriculture. All but the law school are located at Canton. Each is independent of the other in buildings, faculties and government of students. and all are th oro ughly non-sectarian except the Theological School. The student body in all departments numbers about six hundred.

The st udents are energetic, interested young men and women. Their soda l life is , 'e ry democratic and affords unlimited opportunities for intercourse, close fri endship, and development of strong IIldividual traits. The Thelomathesian Society, co mposed oC the co llege students, has adopted within the past year student government , legis lative, judicial, and executive boards being appointed to make and enforce the laws.

There is also th e Good Government Club, a branch of the Interco ll egia te Civic League , membership in which is open to all the men. Connected this is the Debating Society, which holds intercollegia te debates. The \ Vomen's Forum, modeled on the Good Government Club, with a membenhip of seventy, was organized to draw all the women of the college together in a co mmon interest and pleasure. At its frequent meetings current events, socio logical and local matters are freely discussed. The Athleti ca for athletic interests , the Players' Club, French and German societies, and a weekly Seminar for the discussion of philosophical and scientific subjects , offer ample opportunities for student activities. Ano th er, not very active, social club, known as "The Gridiron which has as its emb l em a tiny go ld gridiron, is composed sole l y of sons and daughters of former St. Lawren ce students.

There are twO student pub li cations, the Lawrcnlioll , a monthly magazine devoted largely to alumni interests, and the Hill Ne'lIJS) a newspaper published weekly, which ch r onicles the daily doings on the hill. There is also the Gridiron ) published at irregular intervals, by various classes. Our live Press Association, which calls the attention of the outside world to the college, is doing splendid work.

'V e have numerous alumni associations scattered thr ougho ut the country, of which several are in New York State; an castern one has its headquarters in Boston; and there is a vcry ene rgeti c one in California.

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The Y. " '. C. A. has a thrhojng organization, which holds weekly meetings. In the Greek world there are chapters of six national fraternities located here:

Beta Theta Pi, established in 18i9.

Alpha Tau Omega, established in 1882.

Delta Delta De Ita, established in 1891.

Phi Sigma Kappa, established in 190 2.

Pi Beta Phi, established in 1914.

(ho norary) Phi Beta Kappa. established in 1899 and two locals: Zeta Phi, (successor to the former chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma,) and

Chi Zeta Sigma (men) . Each fraternity owns or rents its chapter house.

St . Lawrence has many interesting traditions and customs . Immediately on the opening of college in the fall the contests between the sophomore and freshman classes begin. On the night of matriculation the rivalry begins with the "Proc" scrap, a lively encounte r , which doses with many of the losing class being ducked in the park fountain The Salt Rush, the underclassman game in football, hasket·ball. and baseball, and the hotly contested annual debate how zealousl y the honor of the class is guarded.

One of the prettiest c ustoms of the year is carried out on "Moving Up Day", when senio rs, donning cap and gown for the first tillIe, l ead the march in chape l , which ends only when all the classes have "moved up", the juniors filling th e senio r scats, the sophomo res the junior. the freshmen the sophomore, the seniors going back to their old freshman seats, which they occupy for the remainder of the seme ter. In each of the girls' fraternities the freshmen prepare and serve a "moving up" breakfast to the chapter and at the chapter house.

Up Day has succeeded the old Tree Holiday, a day on whi c h the classes formerly planted trees, with fitting ceremonies. The beautiful artificial grove on the campus, which has every appearance of a r.atural grove, owes its existence to this custom. An underclassman "show" and dance usually end the gala day.

Tuesday night of Commencement week is "Sing Night", when all the visiting alumni and students gather on the hill to sing the co llege songs and gi"e the college and class yells. The President's reception follows this. On f nter·!'.cholastic Day representatives from

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the high schools of th e north e rn half of the stale compete on the Dean -\V eeks ath letic field in a track meet for a trophy c up presented by the univ e rsity.

Int er-f raternity serenades are anothe r delightful custom at St. Lawrence. At the autumn initiation banquet, when ea ch fraternity presents its initiates t o the Greek-letter world, the othe r fraternities come to the house and sing fraternity songs and special songs of welc ome t o the new members. Us ua lly the gi rl s carry ou t some scheme in decorating the banquet hall and dressing th e i nitiates. In 1911 , 0 r dressed her seven initiates to represent the days of the wee k In 191 2, we were co mpliment ed on having the prettiest banqu e t e\'e r held here. The parlors were ,-e ritabl e Jap anese arbors hun g with wistaria and radiant autu mn leaves and the six dainty Japanese initiates se rv ed tea t o the serenaders. In 19 13 ou r nine initiates w e r e the quaintest of Dutch maidens with a huge Dutch windmill as a background a nd the cleverest , or igina l Dutch English song to answer the greetings of th e visitors. At various times dur· ing the year the fraternities serenade th e faculty and one another. AlI together, the spirit of helpfulness. com rad eship, and close frien dship is very marked he r e at 5t. Lawren ce. Thi s exp lains why th e best beloved so ng on the hill, after "The Scarlet and Br own ", is :

"Against St. Lawre nce spirit naught can prevail. Stand by your co lors, Let not co urage fail, for we are with yvu; We are 311 toget her, going to see you through, All for Alma Mater, old S. L. V."

M. ALI CE M c DoXALo.

THE PI BETA PHI SONGBOOK AND ITS COMPILERS

THE long awaited third edition of the Songs of n B tI> is now a reality. In si7.C and appearance the new volume is very similar to the old one, but the contents are quite different as even a casual glance will show.

As the plates of the old edition had been lost, it was necessary t() have a ncw plate made for each song and in o rd er to be vcry su re that eve ry song would be used, the commhtee asked each chapter to send in a list of the six songs which the girls sing most. From these lists eight songs were discovered to be universal favorites and thesehave been especially listed in the preface. Eighteen of th e o ld songs proved to be so little used now that they were omi tted and fifteen new songs, several of them written to the sets of verses submitted by the gi rl s, were inserted instead. One hundred seven of the old songs have been retained but two of them have new accompaniments. Besides these the words of thirty-five "songs to be sung to popular airs," are grouped in the back of the volume. The price of th e book is $1.50. o better gift for a n 4> could be devised. Orders will be filled by the Grand Treasurer in the orde r of receipt.

A brief account of the t r aining and professional experience of Alleync A,-cnibald. the efficient chainnan of the songbook committee appea rs on page 510. Miss Archibald is about to leave L ead . S. D ., where she has been teaching since 1911 and will herea.fter have her headquarters in San Francisco. Those who kn ow Mi ss Archibald best and who have followed her career predict a splendid future for her in addition to the laurels she has already won as a con "ert pianist. The fraternity will always ha\'c a special interest in her because of her service in connection with our own songs. ext to Miss Archibald, the heaviest work on the songbook has been done by Lela H oward of Columbia A. Miss Howard graduated from the Washington College of Mu sic in 1909, the year before she ente red George 'V ashington Uni ,'e r si ty and became a 11 4>. Late r , she studied under Sherwood, the Chicago pilnist. Those who were present on "stunt night" at the Swarthmore cOJwcntion will remembe r the enthusiasm whi.ch greeted her playing of The Arrow march which she had composed and dedicated to the fraternity. "'fh is was the first

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of her composi ti ons to be published but others SOOn fol1owed. Seve ral of the new songs in the new edition of The Songs of TT B were composed by M iss H owa rd

OUT efficient Grand Treasu r er, Anile E. Stuart is another member o f this com mittee. Miss Stuart does n o t d evote all her tim e to financia l matt ers , although she has had heavy w o rk to d o along this line

during the pa s t few years both as treasu r e r of the Linco ln Y. W. C. A. and as treas urer of th e fraternity. Nevertheless sh e has kept up her music and is in .cons tant demand as a concert pianis t. Miss Stuart re ce ived her degree of Mus. B. fr om the School o f Mu sic of the University of Nebraska in 1899 and she supp lemented tw o yea rs of graduate work at th e university, with pr ivate work in

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Chicago, under Fanny Bloomfield-Ziesler and with study abroad. Her playing has delighted many Phi Phis in chapter houses in different sections of the country and at conventions she is always in demand to preside at the piano.

Mrs. Gaytwr is a lso on th e songbook commi tt ee and an account of her with her picture is found on page 561. The other member of the committee Alary E. Shannon ) Arkansas A, ' 10, will be pleasantly re-

membered by many as the delegate from her c hapter at the Swarthmore convention and as a visitor at the convention in Evanston . She was a charte r member of Arkansas A and has been a loyal memb er of th e fraternity ever since her initiation. Unfortunately, her photograph and the facts concerning her musical training had not reached the edito r when THE ARROW went to press .

ANNE STUART, Nebraska B

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STUDENT LIFE AT THE SORBONNE

By MARY DROKE ( PI BET ' FELLOW t'OR 1913 - 14. )

To the student considering a year's study in one of the many large universities at home and abroad comes the question, "'Vhere may 1 find the best opportunity t o advance myself in my chosen line and at the same time in all -around development and general cultu re?" Those choosing, as an answer to this important question, the Unh"ersity of Paris will not be disappointed, I feel sure, 111 the result. No matter in what line onc is specializing, student life in this university furnishes a cons tant opportunity of becoming a cquainted with art, music and literature; of meeting and talking with cultured people of all nationalities, learning of their c ustoms , their history and their ideas; and of acquiring a knowledge of that "language of diplomacy," so cha rming to hear, so difficult to speak. Perhaps this idea of life in Paris is not strict ly in accordance with the one we Americans have always held of this city of wealth and gayety. True, these terms do apply to the Paris to the ri ght of the Seine; but on the left bank of the river in the oldest part of the city, excepting the island ta Cite, is the Latin Quarter, from time immemorial the of intellectual societies and whose distinctive feature to -day consists of its many institutions of learning. At the head of these stands the Sorbonne.

This name is commonly given to the Faculties of Letters and Sciences of the University of Paris. The Sorbonne was origina lly a co ll ege founded by Robert de Sorbon, confessor of St. Louis, in 1253. He designed it for the reception of professors and studen ts of theo1?gy at the l7ninrsity of Paris, founded about the middle of the predous century. There being no uniYersity building, these professors had been forced to teach in private houses, under the arches of monasteries, or even in the public squares. This college soon hecame the ce nt er of the scholastic theology and gave its name to the whol e theological faculty. \V ith the Renaissan ce and the advent of humanism the Sorbo nne encountered strong rivals among which were the Royal College of Fran ce and the successful colleges of the Jesuits. Little by IJtt le the university closed its doors to outside influen ces . opposing all more modern tea chings with thr scholasticism of the middle ages. When the revolution burst fo rth, its life was almost extinct. Early in the eighteen th century it was

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r evived, however, under the name l.;niversite Imperiale but not until 1896 was the name University of Paris again given to the body of faculties. Since 1906 as a result of the law separating the chur ch and the state, the Faculty of Theology has ceased to take part with the university, which to·day is composed of the fol1owing departments, the Faculties of Law, Medi cine, Sciences, and Letters, the School of Pharmacy, and the Normal School.

Of these the Faculty of Letters and the greater pan of the Faculty of Sciences have their seat in the Palais de la Sorbonne, the cen tral and most important building, con taining also the library of the university. It was erected in 1629 under the direction of Cardinal Richelicu for the theological faculty hut has been r ebuilt and enlarged since 1885 from plans by Neno!. The main fac;ade in the rue des Ecoles facing the H ote l Cluny gives ent ran ce to the Salle des Pas-Perdus, a hall of striking simplicity and grandeur. Opposite the entrance to the right is the long gallery of the Faculty of letters, to the left that of the Faculty of Sciences. The most striking part of the building on account of its fine and conspicuous dome is the Church of the Sorbonne in the west wing f r onting the Pla ce de 1a Sorbonne and Boulevard St. Michel. It is the only remaining part of the original st ru ctu r e begun by Ri c helieu and in the interior is his tomb and that of the Duc de Richelieu.

The Sorbonne is of special advantage to the foreign s tud ent by the two-fold reason of its situat ion and its curricu lum Concerning the former nothing need be said, it being a well-known fact that Paris is the cente r of the artistic and scientific life of the nation and is perhaps the most attractive treasury of art in the world. In the curriculum of the Fa c ulty of letters arc courses especially adapted to foreigners dealing with the history of art, and the French language and literature. These courses a r e not , as a genera l thing, public j that is, only students matriculated in the university may attend them. A certifieol d'e/tides Fra1lfaists is offered to foreign matriculated students who have followed. these lectures and have received a passing grade on examina t ions consisting of three partS,-two written and one oral. The oppo rtuniti es for the s tudy of art and th e Fr en ch theatre are incomparable. Comprehensive lectures dealing with the French d ramatists whose works a r e discussed, exp lained , and co mpared, arc delivered by some of the most l earned professors of the day. After hearing talks on a certain French writer, a student has

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are fo r e ign e rs fr om n ea rly all part s of the globe that th e social life at the Sorbonne as we unders tand the term , is n o t strongly devel oped . One h ea rs of n o s u c h o ccasions as c hap e l exe r c ises , class e lec tion s , plays and entertainments by vari ous groups of th e student bod y, with o ut wh ic h our American univ e rs ities wo uld lose so much of th eir charm f or the student. But I assure you that here no onc f ee ls the lac k o f social organizations,-there are so many other thin gs to take one's time.

Th is social co nditi on-o r the lac k of it-doubtless arises partly because th e re a r e no dor mit o ri es connec t ed with th e univ e r sity; the st ud ent s board in p e n sion s, h o t el s, or perh aps take r oo ms and prepare their own meal s. Nearly all find places in th e Latin Quarter which co n seque ntl y is fill ed a nd runnin g ove r with th e m , th e university alone furni shi n g ove r se ven t ee n th ousand. It is i nd eed th e students' q ua rt e r Th e gay, idle Paris on the o th er side of th e r iver does not disturb th em in th e leas t. though th ey ma y a lway s tak e advantage of all it has t o oller th e m- its L o uvr e. its O pera, occasio nally it s variou s l ig ht amusements. Th e lif e of th e typical student at th e Sorbo nn e is one of mu ch s tudy and r esear c h , and most pl eas ur e is found in thin gs lit e rary , scie ntifi c or artistic. A busy life it is fill ed with the study of great men and the thing s th ey have done and c reated. and withal such r. happy, instruc t ive one that only one winte r of it must surely en ri c h the years to c ome , making them d oubly fruitful.

II Musi c is t o th e m ind what ai r is t o the body ."- Pl a to. hath cha r ms to soothe a savage b r east, T o soften r ocks o r bend a kn otted oak. " -Congre\"e.

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CHICAGO COLLEGIATE BUREAU OF OCCUPATIONS

By HE LEN 1\1 . BE:'\:-JE1T,

(The Pan-Hellenic Congreu is helping to support this bureau during its initial period. Miss Bennett addressed the Congress al its meeting last October and this article. like sevcral others already published this year, was written by special arrangement with the Editors' Conference (or publica· lion in all National Pan - H ellenic Congress journals-Editor.)

FOR th e ambiti o us girl with a college degree in one hand and a diploma in the other. trouble has just begun.

She ma y think the sailing ve rr smooth and beautiful before her, but she does n ot realize that the little journeys she ha s mad o in the bay and among the blessed li ttle islands of h er college and home d omain s are but poor prognostications of what she may expect when h er littl e ba rk gets out into st range waters , and waves roll high , and she mu s t sail an unchart ed sea. For th e wor ld is not always kind to the co lleg e bred m:m o r woman and the old attitude o f the fast passing west to th e effect that if a co llege man kept quiet about his d eg re e hi s neighbors might co me to overlook it , is not so far - fet c hed as it may sound.

Until the last few years th e r e h as bee n but little that the co llege girl could do with dignity except teac h That profession was admittedly her o wn . And having st ruggled, as she did, for the mere right to a c quir e a higher education, woman was willing for a time at lea s t to confine h e rself- un -E denlike-to ce rtain specified fruits and not to push her de sir e of a varied occupation into troublesome fields. But, gradually, as a col1ege education for women came to be an acce pted fac t- no more outre or qu estionable than the same education for men , women began to question a littl e.

"Must I tea c h ?" asked the girl graduate. " Am I not a llo wed to do anything else, or am I not prepared for anything else?"

Public o pinion and public experience in it s c ustomary an o malou s way answered yes and no to both questions. But the di sc uss ion was sta rt ed a nd a new battle begun. To -day the outcome of th at but recently pre cipitat ed proposition rests entirely in the hand s of th e co lle ges, the co ll ege stud ents and th e g rad ua tes. If Wall len ca n make good in o ther profe ss ion s than that of tea c hing, these professions will be ope ned to them without re se rve; for the de -

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mand to-day e \-en above t he matter o f sex - privi lege o r chiva lry, i. for efficiency. The work of the world, and its growing multitudinous needs ca ll for eijicient service and the person who can perform this service is to be the person to whom the work will co me. This person may be man, may be woman j may be co ll ege bred, may be se lf-<!du cated. Into thi s s truggle, the coll ege bred wo man must throw her se lf w ith all v im for s h e must co ntest with th e other sex and with a great army of people admirably tr ai n ed in th e sc hoo l o f need . O ne of th e gravest and most se ri o u s c rit i: isms made to -day upon the work of co ll ege wome n is that it often fails at a c riti c al point, because the girl does no t have to work. It take s c hara c t e r to ca rryon w o rk s uccessfu ll y to a point of real achievement wh e n there is no financia l pressure behind it.

Because of the se variou s co nditio n s whi c h I have tried briefl y. rather to indicate than to de scr ibe, various bureaus of occ upati o n s hav e been formed thro ugh o ut the country for the purpo se of putting college women and oth er trained w o men into occ upati o ns other th an teaching. S u c h bureau s are now in ope rati o n in Bosto n , New York, Philadelphia , and in C hicago, where the C hi cago Coll egiate B ur eau of Occupat ions whi ch opened it s door s the twelfth of la s t April is trying to deal with the question of trained women and occ upati o n s as it pre sents it se lf espec iall y in the middle west.

All of these bureaus have substantially the same ends in mind; to inve stigate ne w occ upati ons for women; to put th e employer and the emp lo yee in to u c h with eac h othe r; and to give vocational advice both t o und ergrad u ates and to the g irl s who have finished their co llege "" o rk but hav e not ye t fo und th e mse lv es vocationally. Thu s the se b ur eaus hav e a threefold function-<!ducati o nal , vocational, and co mmerc ial -fo r in the la s t anal ys is the employment part o f it mu s t resolve it se lf into the ac tual work o f an employment agen cy. Thi s la st feature, how eve r, while it may seem to th e indi v idu al girl , who wants work, the most important of ail, is rea lly l ess so than i t appearsj for given the ·woman who kn o ws what s he want s t o do-add to that a sufficient training and experience and it is not SO hard to find the positio n At the same tim e it mu s t be recognized that th e emp lo yment feature is an im portant a nd ne cessary one. For all work is highly specialized to-day, and time must be saved by th e empl oyer

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at every turn. If he wants a highly specialized woman for a line of work, it may be a matter of months t o find her through his own efforts or even through those of his friends , while with the aid of such bureaus as these, he should be put in touch within a very short time with the candidate who has just the qualifications which he needs. These bureaus should he in fact, to the woman who does not want to · teach, what the teacher s ' agencies are to the woman who wants to teach.

The Chicago bureau does not of course place women in the teaching positions but it does place them in all others with the exception of social service. That work is handled in the city of Chicago through the Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy. But all other branches of work are asked for from this bureau and are offered to it -bo th employers and employees bringing their vari-colored needs to this young clearing house One of the commonest occurrences is to find in the morning's mail from one to three letters, each beginning, "I am that eternal misfitthe girl who does not want to teach but has been crowded into it because she does not know what else to do. Can you do anything for me?"

Often the bureau is able to meet tllis request for help with a definite offer of some kind-more often it is able to suggest to the girl some way in which she may work herse l f out of the profession in which she is now unwillingly engaged into something where her talents will be better employed and which eventually will prove to be as profitable financially as the teaching.

The bureau provides for a registration fee of one dollar which registers the candidate for one year, and entitles her to the services of the bureau for that length of time, regardless of the fact of her changing her occupation several times within that specified time. It also charges a three per cent commission for the fir st year's sa lary of all applicants placed; Or a six per cent commission if the position is for less than one month. If it is for morc than one month and le ss than a year, thr«: per cent is charged upon the length of time which the candidate spends in the position.

Advice as to occupations, necessary training · for them, the fitness of the individual and the opportunities offered is gladly given both to graduates and undergraquatcs , and there is no fee connected with the interviews. Many girls who are not college

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graduates are registered with the bureau, though the report for the first six months of its existence shows that of 220 girls registered 162 were college graduates, 36 had had some college training, and only 22 had had none. Among the various kinds of work for which employers applied to this bureau are the following:

C;Lnvasser

Filing Clerk

Secretary

Solicitor

Office Assistant

Stenographer

Bookkeeper

Invoice Clerk

Designer

Artist

Reader

Matron

Housekeeper

DIFFERENT OCCUPATIONS LISTED

Assistant Housekeeper

Teacher Textiles

Companion

Cashier

Teacher Stenography

Translator

Interpreter

Reporter

Typist

Governess

Director of Hall

Law Stenographer

Librarian

Teacher Experimental Cooking

Historical Clerk

Clerical Worker

Dictograph Operator

Manager Tea Room

Social Worker

Proof-reader

Musician

Tutor

Dietitian

Editorial Assistant

Executive

Chaperon

Shopper

Publishing House Assistant

HELEN M. BENNETT, Manager, No. 934 Fine Arts Bldg , Chicago, Ill.

A TOAST

Should you ask me whence these pledges \Vhence these vows of love eternnl With their hopdul earnestness

Showing trust in one another I should answer, I should tell you

From afar across the water

From the ever blue skied southland. Ye, who love the golden arrow

Hold within your hearts its message As it spuds with sharp point (oremost Let your truth pierce difficulties

Make an opening for your friendship

So uncover hearts your kindred. Out of childhood have you come now, You are women 30d we trust you Pledges wer-e you and we loved you

Watched you growing and our hope grew Sisters now you know our whole truth Symbolized by Point of arrow.

MARGARET

Hr.ssLf.I, Illinois H.

THE VALUE OF A DEFDlIITE AIM IN COLLEGE

13\' SARAII B '10

SO mu ch has been said to the college girl of late co nce rning woman 's sphere, the feminine movement, sex hygiene, equal suffrage and all the othe r important subjects of the day that she may sh rink fr o m having anoth e r duty pr ese nted to her for serious co n · sideration. And yet , how I wish each girl cou ld be shown the importance of havin g a definite aim while in college.

So many gi rl s complete their courses in high school and co llege conscientiously, and develop morally, mentally, and intellectually by their experiences only to find themselves as doubtful co ncerning the problem o f what their \"ital interest in life is to be when they emerge from co llege to hegin practical life as when they entered co ll ege I have known many girls of this type both business women and home makers, girls with serious thoughts and ideals, too. Wh en in school how often we said to one another, HWhat are you going to do wh en you get out of school?" And how often the answer came, H [ don't know" O T, " [ suppose I ' ll have to teach."

The girl who of necessity must earn her living chooses some means of self-support and proceeds to prepare herself along that line always keeping in the background th e thought that someday she will develop h e rself a long some line of individuality, if she has really not found th e lin e which satisfies her. "'rhere is an inherent cravin g in us all for self-expression, but too often this is no t conside r ed at all when the time comes for a girl t o choose a means of livelihood,

The girl who marries, on the othe r hand, is usually too eng rossed in taking her degree before she is married to give the subject mu ch thought. The engaged gi rl in co llege, according to my experience, was apt to be a womanly, conscientious worker, but awfully sentimental.

Then there is another class, the girls who do not have to earn their living, and 1n this class we are more apt to find the girl who is working along lines which are valuable to her as an individual. But too many of these girls go to co llege beca'use someone else goes or (according to the much abused term ) f or self -c ulture. ! There are many causes for this indefiniteness of aim. Som e of

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the principal reasons which occur to me are: First , that th e girl is at th e age where she naturally dwells in generalities. She feeds herself upon idealities which , however beautiful and ne cessary to her dc\'cloprnent, are not apt to be practical. It is a pity the modern gi rl cannot go through that period and work out her specific needs from her generalizations! The hard facts are quite the contrary . She is, in the great maj o rity of cases, c rowding into four short years all the opportunities of a lifetim e for getting definite training -unless she is unusual enough to train herself.

Second, the girl's family ei th er by en vironment or education. does not r ecogn iz e the need of making a girl's work an expression of herself. " Tea ching is a lady-like profession . therefore, it is best that Ruth tea ch" or " I always wanted to paint, so, J ane shall learn painting" or kindred remarks are frequently made by mo th ers.

Third, the co llege and university faculties either take the qu;:sti on too much as a matter of co ur se or, granting they arc co ns cious of the need, the greater number of students and their co mplicated duties, render them inadequate to cope with the situation.

So th e problem falls back upon the individual.

So much is said about work being really a pleasure and about woman's work, etc.-but how many college women give anything to society outside of their general intellectual influence? Vo u will agr ee with me, 1 am sure, when I say that the great majority of co llege graduates have \'aluable capab iliti es, if on ly they were ce ntralized enough to be effective. How true it is that ou r m easu re of greatness depends upon our usefulness. 'V e must ea rn ou r living or we become drags on society no matter what our envi r onment. How many wom en find themselves past the place where they can get definite training f o r any sort of paying work ( work that pays either them or society) and feel eith er a need o r a c raving for such work and an inherent convic tion of their own capabili ti es, if on ly they had grasped the opportunity when it was theirs !

[ am a finn belie \re r in everyone working out a profession which exp resses his own individuality, and [ am equally certain that this is a practical theory. At the same time I r ealize that the co llege girl cannot decide always ju t what would fit her personal needs. Unfortunately, everyone's nature doesn't ca ll them to some definite line-law, medi cine, art, music, etc., but let each girl f3ce the prob-

lem. when she enters the university, and if she can't decide just what she needs and wants let her detennine to study along some one line and learn it so in after years she will have something to work on; then she will be independent and can earn her personal freedom.

:\farriage is not a sol ution of the problem as college girls, consciously or unconsciously, are so prone to generalize. A woman is no less an individual after marriage than before and no mo r e apt to be satisfied intellectually with the routine of domestic drudgery. And she is no less perfect a wife and mother because she has a definite interest in life-quite the contrary. A family of children satisfies this craving in women for a few years, but even then there comes the time when the children are away, married or otherwise independent, and then the need is most insistent; for few women have the incenth'e in middle life to take up a purposeful work. I have seen women who have outgrown the taste for pur ely social interests of this age become prematurely old for lack of something definite and important to tum their thoughts from too much int r ospection. And the woman at this period has often just reached the point in a purposeful work where her rewards a r e most fruitful. The time to lay this foundation is in high school and college. Let the girl entering co ll ege look about her and even there she will see that it is the st ud ent with a real aim, a definite purpose, who does the best work and carri es away from college the most ,'aluable gains.

NEWS FROM LITTLE PIGEON

All's quiet al ong the Little Pigeon 'gain. Schoo l has closed, three of the teachers have gone, and the new schoo l house is completed. The last is now of first interest to u s all. The building stands on gently r ising ground, with Baskin's Creek , o ur western boundary, on one side, a.nd the Littl e Pi geon River, several hundred yards to the northeast, in front. The hills rise at th e east, ou r own IT 4> hill, a nd at the so uth beyond a stretch of corn fi eld. The bui lding is 60 x 84 It is a one sto ry and partial basement, six room frame st r ucture, which, with its rathe r low, projecting roof , resembles a bungalow The main entrance is from a porch int o a l a r ge ha ll , from which five class rooms ope n , one o n eac h side, and

Four of o ur school girls with Christmas dolls and new aprons they made themselves.

Group of our sc hool boys (1913.14). Some of these boys have come from a long distance to attend our school.

three in the rear. The hall will be used as a reading and rest room, we hope , by the mountaineers as they come to the village store from their distant cabins. Its salient feature is the large fireplace opposite the entrance. The two class rooms on the sides are small , the three at the rear are much larger, two being 30 x 30 and the other. the middle one , 30 x 24. The three are sepa rated by sliding partitions, which will permit of the three r ooms being thrown into onc large room. This we hope to make the social cente r of the community until we can build a real settlement house. The build · ing will have a furnace, and will be equipped during the summer .

After schoo l had closed for the official year, Miss Pollard stayed on, to rest , she Her resting has consisted in visiting our friends and in teaching twenty o r more boys and girls who needed individual instruction. She wrote concerning one of her visits: "This morning (Sunday), three o[ the gi rls and I walked up Mill C r eek to the c hur c h there. A fter church we went home with one of our pupils. The preacher was there, too. It was town talk last fall that he was so angry at us that he offered to fight one of Ou r best fri ends. I had forgotten all about it, and never connected it with the prea<: her of to-day. So we sat at the table and discussed :\l oody and Sunday schools and se rm ons and mission chu r ches and all sorts of thin gs; and th e n we went out and looked at the onions and the Howe rs , and I offe red to send th em some suggestions for keeping worms out of apple trees. \Vhen I lef.t, he held out his hand and '=aid, 'You have conve rted your worst ene my in town to -day; you needn't be afraid of anyone e lse j I shall be your friend hereafter.' I really [elt as though I had done a good day's work without knowing anything about it."

An the tea c hers have done so many good days' work that , as th e fiscal year of the committee ends, its members wish t o exp ress their appreciation to them. The committee also wishes to commend the school and its welfare to the fraternity at lar ge during the summer, hoping that every n B <I> who is interested will see that en ry sister whom she meets during th e summer who is not interested becomes so before she lea ves her.

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A PRACTICAL ILL US TRATION OF INEXPENSIVE RUSHING

( Rum ors of a successful dinner which Maryland A se rv ed forty-six guests at II tota l cost of dollars have r epeatedly reached the editor, so she asked for a detailed acco un t of this seeming l y impossible feat. W ou l d tha t all anti - fraternity peop l e who c r y "ex travagan ce in entertnining" co ul d r ead this true sto r y )

" Th e re's Gaelic music in the ai r , ' Ti s Patrick 's day in th e morning, Th e shamrock in each coat is seen ] n all its soft pe r ennial green, The yea r s ca n't dim its verdant sheen, 'Tis Patri ck's day in the morning ,"

D a wonderful St. Patrick's day it was for M aryland A when to her feast came th e forty-six guests bidden to partake of her hospitality. Limited by l ocal Pan -H ellenic t o thirty do ll ars for th e entire rushing season, on ly ten could bt: spared fo r this dinne r , so that 1rish wit and diplomacy were called into play to p r ocure a suitable and appetizing menu. H a \"ing kissed the blarney stone the committee on purveying sallied fo rth to Lex ing ton market in the hope of finding bar gains. All groce ri es were purchased a t wholesale, and as a result of strategy and a wo r d o r twO of anyth in g but Tu sca n It a l ian to t he picturesque vende rs from sun n y It aly, g rap e fruit we r e purchased at fi ve cents apiece, bananas at three ce nts a dozen, while lettuce and peppe r s were almost thrown in, so r easonab le wer e they at these stalls .

Since the party took place On a school day much of the preparation had t o be m ade in advance. At the home of one of the girls the major portion of the cooking was done, so that in this way ninety biscuit cost but fifteen cents with no expense for service. \\-hile ce rtain of th e m embe rs were working f o r St. Patrick by preparing fruit soup, and vegetables, othe r s were conveyi ng the twenty freshman guests to the home of an alumna in the suburbs, where they were shown the beauties of the country side, until th e silve r, tables, and ch ina , co llecte d from many sources, together with the various food supplies, had been safely and surely united at the appointed place.

As darkness f ell thirty -six girls gathered around the six tables . The decorations were in g r een for St. Patri ck's day, while the

invitations had been written in Ir ish brogue. The place cards were decorated with K ewpies wearing green sashes and bonnets and shamrocks were in evidence. Each course was se rved by thr ee djfferent members of the active chap ter, and at the end of each cou r se the Pi Phis prog r essed while the freshmen r emained. The menu consilS t ed of th e following:

Fruit p un ch a 10. marasc hino (g reen)

Oxtail so u p (Campbe ll 's variety)

C r eamed chicke n G reen pus Crea med hominy

Hot butte r ed biscuit

Salad (sbw gA rn ishf.'rl with green and r ed ing Crac kers

Pistachio ice c r eam (served in g l asses) Coffee

Cakel with gt'een icing

After dinner the alumna! en tertain ed the freshmen while th e cast got ready for the " audeville whi ch followed. This co nsisted of five acts:

1. " Th e Alimentary Cana l"- A contest of gast ri c j ui ce with 'V eish rarebit , lobster, milk, etc.

2. liThe H enpecked Hu sband and Hi s Suff r age tt e 'V ife"-a one ac t farce.

3. A pantomime.

4 . " Th e Tumbl e rs"-A n ac robatic performance.

5. A song.

The ca rd s I or th e dan ce which now came we r e in the shape o f shamrocks, and th e punc h, which also came within the ten dollar limit, proved most refreshing.

I f the fTeshmen enj oyed th e evening as thoroughly as Maryland A did, all are wen sltis fi ed. The whole cost, everything included, was slightly und er ten dollars; so th e ge ne ral f ee ling prevail ed that th e riddl e of th e Sphinx, how to rush sanely, had in a m easure been solved.

THE DE A NS ' C O NF ERENC E

THE deans of women held th ei r six th biennial co nf eren ce at H ot e l L a Salle, C hi cago, Dece mber 16 - 18 , 1913. Th e follow in g universities were r ep r ese nt ed : Cornell, Miami , Ohio, and the state univerSltles of Wisco nsin, Minnesota , Michigan, N o rth Dakota , Nebraska , Ohio, Oregon, Washington ,

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Vermont, Iowa, Colorado, I ndiana, Illinois, Kansas, Kentu cky , Oklahoma and \,Vest Virginia. The guests at the conference were , Miss Potter, dean of women at Northwestern University; Miss Talbot, dean of women at Chicago Miss Bennett, superintendent of the Bureau of Occupations, Chicago, and the foll owing visiting officials of N. P. C who were present at one session of th e co nference: Mrs. Collins, President of X n j Mrs. McElroy , Pr esiden t o f A Mr s. Parm e lee, President of a a a ; Mrs. Lardn er, Vicepresident of IT B <1'>; and Mrs. N afis, A X O

The latter read a brief resume of the work of the last N. P . c., cove ring the ban on high school sororities, the adoption of uniform schola rship ca rd s, uniform house rules, and the finan cia l support given by the T. P. C. to the Collegiate Bureau of Occupations. The deans expressed themselves as mu ch pleased at the work of the Congress.

It was gene rally conceded among the deans that the g r eates t one danger to scho larship and healthful living in our uni\'ersities is the excess of social life The confe r ence, therefore, stood st r ongly for more moderation and restraint in eve ry line of social activities

(1) For restraining the number of entertainments and moderating in e\'e ry possible way th e extreme cha ra ct e r of present-day dancing.

(2) For mor e sa nity and simplicity in dress.

(3) F o r less extravagance in the cos t of en tertaining.

(4) For decreasing the excessi\'c social life among ce rtain g r oups of girls (frate rnity gi rl s for example) and for equa l izing leadership among both the fraternity and non-fraternity girls.

To this end emph3.Sis was laid not upon faculty regulation, but upon the students themseh·es. M oderation shou ld be brought about through public se ntiment in indh'iduals and in groups; through selfdisciplining bodies such as self-government cou ncils ; o r through a ny large representative body of women, such as the \V oman's League. The aim should be higher schola r ship; g r eate r health, and a happier life through ca r eful selection of social activities, and fewer of them!

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(A resume of the Conference of \Vomen Deans toitlher with 3. summary of the (our objects (or which the Deans pledged themselves to work wa, sept by the Editor to each corresponding secretary with tbe request, "Show what is being done in your college to bring about the det;ired end and how you, as Pi Phis, are cooperating with your deans or faculty advisers in these matters." Representative replies from each province have been selected (or publication).

I f there is one thing more than another that brings criticism upon college girls it is our excess of social activities It has been Facing the Issue proven time and again that high scho lar ship and nightly c:;ocial activities do not go hand in hand. \Vhil e the faculty can certainly assist the students in decreasing the number of social activities 1 yet the real remedy must come from the students themselves. Do we 1 as fraternity girls, ever stop to think that we require of the popuInr student a standard almost impossible of attaining under the present regim e ? Let us be honest with ourselves and judicious in selecting the number of social activities.

Agajn, why is it that some of our girls are simply loaded down with offices while the girl by her side, perhaps just as capable 1 holds not one office? You may say: "Oh 1 that is easily explained. The first girl mentioned has been found capab l e and we know that she will (using the popular phrase) fill the bill." Right here is the problem. Perhaps the gi rl number two has never been tried. She is :l so r t of retiring, r eticent girl who hides her light under a bushel. But why not give her a chance to show her strength? Is not college a place of development? Is it the place for the development of the few only? Anyone of you would answer emphatically that co ll ege life should be a development for each and everyone. we, as fraternity more equally I

Then, in the name of common sense, why cannot girls, do all in our power to divide the leadership I OWA B

New York B can speak feelingly of the wave of reform of social life-fraternitjes at Barnard College suffered from it. But aside HOlt! I <eform has A fJeel cd Barnard Col/ege from the fraternity question, many purely co llege institutions were affected) and more happily. The number of inter-class parties was st ri ctly limited by Student Council to eight a year) ineluding the juniors' welcome to the freshmen, and "Mysteries."

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This cuts the number to which they had grown nearly in half. Freshman show was eliminated altogethe r, th e o ri gina l p l ay being transferred to the sophomo r es

Some interesting reorganizations were made by combining some clubs to make them morc worth while, as the "Religious and Philanthropic." The "Feminist Forum" is an outgr owth of th e suffrage club, where very interesting discussions are held. By far the most marked development has been in "Wigs and Cues," the new dramatic association, which has gained much prestige among professionals as well 35 in .c ollege. The aim of the r eform in gene r al has been to cut down the number of merely futile activities, and to encou ra ge those that are really l ive and broadening to co ll ege gi rl s.

New York B .

To a sma ll extent our college has helped to materialize each one of the four objects for which the Deans of W omen pledged themselves to work. Though her actions have The Attitude of not been due directly to the Confe ren ce of Deans, H illsdale College yet they may have been an indir ert result . Heretofore co ll ege o r ganizatio ns have been all o'wed to ghoe dances if they so desired, bu t a r ecen t action of the fa c ult y, while n ot fo rbidding stude nts to da n ce, h as f o rbidd e n dances to be given und er the auspices of any fraternity o r other co llege o rgan ization.

At a meeting of the Y W C. A. cabinet n ot long ago the duty of th e co ll ege gi rl toward th e ext r eme fashions o f th e day was brought out by one o f th e adviso r s. Remarks on the same s ubject were also given by a r epresentative of t he college befo r e the high school gi rls . Through the Camp Fire g r o up s here in Hillsdale, two of which are in charge of IT gi rl s, th e subj ect has r ecei ved still further emphasis.

I n orde r to decrease the expense of fraternity part ies and ente rtainments, it was decided at the last Pan-Hellenic meeting to allow but one forma l party before bidding day.

The recent action of the Student Council , resulting in the limiting of the number of hours of outside activities which a student may take, while tending to equalize l eade r ship will a lso help to do away with excessive social life.

MICHIGAN

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La t January, President Fellows called a meeting of the officers of each colJege organization, and several represen,tatives from the

Ho w James A1i/likin faculty, to discuss some means of regulating social affairs. It had been conceded that there were too many social events, and University has met the Matter that the fraternities in a way monopolized The arrangement was finally made to limit the parties and Saturday nights_ The number of formal parties the time. to Friday allowed each organization was limited to two a semeste r, except for the annual. A formal parly was defined as one in which both men and women were included and whIch lasted over two hours. This allows the entertainment of guests at dinner, but not in the evening after the meal. Pan-Hellenic was asked to consider what could be done about rushing season, which was not included in the other rules.

ILLINOIS H

The problem of decreasing the excessive social life among the university girls is one of th e most impo rtant that has ever come

H mlJ a Chapler Coopuates with the FaCility

before our Woman's Council, and one which, I think, has been to a large extent solved. At a mass-meeting of the university women held at the beginning of the school year, it was voted that no girl cou ld have over four c"ening engagements a week. Girls disobeying this rul e were to be called before the Discipline Committee which consists of the Dean of \Vorn en and member s of the Council. As far as I know, this has never been necessary. This rule has been strictly adhered to and the r esult is that no girl becomes so worn out that she is un able to ca rry on her school work.

Pi Phi has gone a step further in the matter of restriction. If the schohrship of a girl becomes lowered. she may have on ly onc evening engagement a week until her grades come up to normal standard . This measure has proved very successful. Girls work consisten tl y rather than be deprived of their social life.

Each fraternity has a house committee composed of the chaperon, tw o girls of the active chapter. and a town alumna, whose business it is to cooperate with the \\·ol11an's Counci l and see that all rul es a r e enfo r ced. All of our girls have shown a sp l e ndid spirit and consequent ly thes e measures have been of infinite benefit to us.

MISSOURI A.

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"Remember, we aTe h e ld up as standards." This is what w e, as fraternity girls at Ames, try t o bear in mind consta ntly. If

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we break rul es, ot h e r gi rls feel it is all right for them t o follow in line. For this reas on we are as ca r efu l as possible and as the rul es are quite r easo nable, it is not hard to k eep them It see m s that Ames being a lar ge s tat e co lle ge, is rath e r unusual in that there a r e socia l r es tri ct io n s. To g ive Pi Beta Phis in other co ll eges an idea of the r eg ul ations here I will give a few of th e more i mp o rtant rul es.

A comm itte of student social affa irs composed of five m embers o f th e f ac ulty makes t he rul es rega rdin g socia l affairs which eq ualize the ente rtaio\.ng. Eac h fraternity is lim it ed t o three fun ctions in the fall semes t er and four in the sp r ing se mes ter. On e of these is usua lly in the form of a house party. At the beg inning of eac h seme ste r th e fraternities sec ure their party dates from the chairman o f the social co mmitt ee. College student functions are h e ld o n Saturday evenings a nd close at eleven o'clock. "V e may have " dates" Friday and Sunday nights until half -pas t ten. To mak e up for the ear l y closing hou rs the dances begin about 7 :30. \\Te may now dance the new dances, if w e do n ot do them in an extreme way .

The ente rt ainments are never ex travagant and remark th a t co nditi o ns seem a lm ost ideal her e

Th e question forcibly in the Stallding fo r the

ou tsid ers often I OWA r.

of m odern dancing has come h ome t o us ver y past year. The senior w o men in our university have p assed a sen timen t against ra ggi ng and the most extreme forms of :nod ern dancing. Our D ean of Wom en is also very s tr o ng ly op- fli ghes ! Standard posed to th em. As a result th ere is no p r ogressive dancing at o ur big co ll ege dances. H owe ve r , many o f th e fraternities have disregard ed this sentiment and have given "one-step" and "rag" part ies in th eir chapte r houses. Although many of ou r gi rl s do not disapprove of the new steps we have felt that we do not ca r e t.o have them at o ur own dances. We f eel that we would be lowe r ing o ur standa r ds, if we allowed questionable dancing in o ur Pi Phi home

Don't think it has been the easiest thing for us to take s u ch

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a stand. But as a reward we have not only our own feeling of satisfaction that we have acted. as Pi Phis should but also the approval and appreciation of our Dean of \Vomen and the added respect of Ollr many friends CALtFORNIA B.

Much hru; been said about the sensible age into which women are coming, with their Bat heeled shoes and loose clothes, but we find

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that when the styles in Paris rev ert to high heels and pointed toes, American women are just as quick to go back to them as they were to leave them off. Is it not a shame that we women of the United States who are known throughout the world for our independence of thought and leadership in many good movements shou ld slavish l y follow the fad, no matter how ugly we think it i? The college women are the ones expected to take the lead in the wearing of becoming and tasteful clothes, and we must not be found wanting i n this r espect any more than we would wish to be found so in others.

VIRGINIA A.

Frequ en tly it is said , and often justly too, that fraternity people u run " a l1 the affairs of college. It is quite an t"asy matter for a f r aternity gi rl to get school honors, for all the members of her ow n fraternity will vote for h er ; and of t en one or more fraternities will combine thus givi n g the office to a fraternity girl. Is this fair to the non-fraternity members of the college? Until the standard of leadership i s based upon the ahility of the individual to fill th e p l ace efficiently, not upon the fraternity to which she belongs, condi t ions will probably r emain the same. It is the duty of eve r y fraternity to try to r emedy such conditio ns , if they do exist in their college.

The non-fraternity and the fraternity girl are membe r s of the same co ll ege society, and are therefore entitled to uniform privileges.

'V VO MI NG A.

A social affair does not necessarily have to be expens ive to be enjoyed. Often most enjoyed is the simplest, given at least Our Cos mopo l ita n Cl ub demonstrated thi s C I % expenseo ur at &ng E fact at Ch ri s tmas time when the members worked up x penses a dehghtful sixteenth century entertamment, with homemade costumes and no scenery but fir trees and branches. \\' hat is

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Jacking in elabo r a te a ccesso ries in dramatics must be mad e up i n sp lend id dramatic effects. P ersonal e ffort , th en , muc h more pleasantly than faculty regulati o n, would extrava gant cost in e nt e rt ainmen t. This yea r' s P an- H e ll en ic has lim ited to thirty d o l1ar s the expe nses o f " ru shi ng ," whi c h co nstitutes m ost o f Maryland A's en te rtain ing. It r eq u ir es c areful planning to give four informal t eas and two big form a l II s tunts" with so small a sum, but it ca n be done, as we have found o ut

A nd placing a limit o n expenses f or entertaining fosters the spirit o f econo my , 31?-d encourages th ose i nter es ted to think up all kinds o f i ngeni ous devices that would make it possible f o r them to "ge t th e most f o r their m o n ey ." Th en t}rink of the satisfaction in knowing you have given a mighty good time and have spent only a reasonab le amount of money!

MARYLAND

A.

Through- th e W oman's League, we, at N o rthw este rn , have insti tut e d the point system and have found i t a mos t successful means of e liminatin g the co ndition existing i n many The P oin t System schoo ls where the very f e w are lead ers bo th in social and in school affairs. In th is system, each honor co unts so many points, for th e o ne to whom it is awarded, and no girl is allowed to win more th a n a gi ven number of points .

This ha s been a factor , n o t only in b rin ging about a higher grade o f scholarship and be tter h ea lth to th ose who have been the greatest leaders , b ut it has also developed int o splendid l eaders, man y who formerly had had no chance of sho wing their ability.

Every school finds as a very vital problem in schoo l management, the socia l SIde of co ll ege life. 'Wh en th e social events are unreA Plea F OT stricted they become a drain on the various o r ganiza ti ons , a g r eat expense to the individual, and lower the scholarship and high standing of the institution. 'V e h:lVe found that when fraternities are limit ed in Univ e rsal

Sociability their soda! functions to a ce rtain number durin g a semeste r , the even t s have more of r eal pleasure and value.

A girl who passes through her college days w ith o ut the pleasures of mingling with other students misses much o f the joy of that t ime, for i t is th r ough these broader inte rests in othe r s that we l earn t he

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true meaning of college life. Thus we ask for more comradeship and interest in the "other" girl. She may wear a fraternity pin or she may not but let us extend ou r good fellowship to those outside our group.

MISSO UR I r.

Huxley says, "The higher the state of civilization the m OTe corn· pletely do the actions of one member of the social body influence S ,.. D all the rest , and the less possible it is for any l.1np lett)' ttl rus one man to do a wrong thing without interfering with the freedom of his fellow citizens." Yet we, as college women, often forget the that have been given us to raise social standards, especially in regard to sani ty and simplicity in dress, and the good we on do as we go out from Ollr alma mater back to our own home town. I think this refers particularly to girls who come to college from small towns. Small towns are apt to "ape" city fashions. The co llege girl who goes home dressed in pink ribbons and shadow lace will be the model for all the belles of the town. But let her come home dressed and the same sweet friend she left them, her country sisters will follow her good taste. For after all, as Dicken'S says, uSimplicity and plainness are the soul of elegance." A.

During the past year the faculty has taken definite action toward helping the students to lower expenses. A ruling was made to the

Some Faculty Regulations

effect that no decorations sh all be used at the balls held yearly in the gymnasium by the B @ IT and A T n fraternities, and at the Junior Prom. In form er years on these occasions the interior of the gymnasium was always transformed -a different sc heme being carried out on each occasion. This meant that not only much time was spent by the members of the fraternities in de co rating, but also a heavy expense was incurred.

Social activities are regulated by a social committee co mposed of three members of the faculty. No formal or informal dances are held without permission of the com mittee. Each fraternity , th e non -fraternity men , and th e non-fraternity women are allowed one fonnal twelve o'cloc k dance and an occasional informal ten o'clock dance each semester.

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There is a decided movement in the domestic science department to emphasize conservatism in style and simplicity in dress.

NEW YORK r .

Braving

Opinion

To a critical outsider the cha ra cter of any fraternity is judged by what that fraternity does. And surely no more salient point could be touched than that of careless, excessive Public expenditure for ente rtain ing . We, as a chapter, taken definite formal party. have seriously considered this point and have steps toward remedying it this year in our annual Perhaps one must break a custom, cease to follow precedent, or even suffer somewhat from unjust comparisons, but the principle of entertaining less extravagantly is, nevertheless , one which we, as loyal Pi Phis, should uph old both for the good of the fraternity, as well as for its great economic importance.

I LLINOIS .6..

The social activit-ies in Oklahoma University are cont roll ed by the Dean of Women and the 'V omen's Council. Before any party

H OlO Social AI/airs are R egulated in Oklahoma

can be given, permission must be had from the Dean of \Vornen . In addition to this the Women's Council has drawn up a uniform set of house rul es . It is the duty of the Council, consisting of a representative from each boarding house and fraternity, to r eport anyone violating these rul es .

OKLAHOMA A.

Dress! Fashion! Style! \Vhen we look at some pictures what a disgusted feeling we have and at o thers, what a refreshing one!

Concerning Dress

If we wou ld remember that a well·dressed woman shows refinement, culture, and thought in every line, we would buy more care fu11y . Let us purchase good materials, harmonious colo r s, sane patterns, mixing in common sense at every turn, and we will be healthier, happier and better dressed girls. It is so much better to be well-dressed than merely II sty lish." A great deal depends on what kind of clothes \\e wear for the It is much better to be underdressed than overdressed.

PENNSYLVANIA r .

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Much of the anti· fraternity sentiment is due to the unequally divided social life of our colleges. Social intercoUJse seems almost

A ' I I fh T fh whollv confined to the fraternity groups in (Ilnow e( gc C Ttl, Th A I many of our institutions, with the result on c . . . that the fraternity girl has too much SOCJ31 diversion, while the non-fraternity girl is left almost entirely to her studies. It is an unhappy state of affairs and one that the fraternity student admits with reluctance. But it is by no means an irremediable situation. It is quite within the power of the fraternity girl to create a social atmosphere which will include every student in her college. The first step in the direction of creating such an atmosphere is the elimination of fraternity politics--support should be given the capable non-fraternity girl in preference to a sister Greek.

1t is the duty of every fraternity girl to lend her support to each college function j to see that social happenings in her fraternity a re not schL>du led to conflict with college, Y. \V. C. A. o r class affairs . Such gatherings she should not only attend, but lend her efforts in securing a large attendance of both fraternity and non-fraternity groups. 1 t is also within her power to limit the number of social occurrences in the Greek world and to increase the number of social events which may be enjoyed by the students as a whole. This latter may be accomplished by a whole-hearted ope ration with the Ch r istian Associations, and other stud ent s' organizations. Regular functions should be planned and scheduled .

The ability to assume different view-points is an essentia l feature in th e development of an all around cha r acter. Cultiva t e that ability, and, f o r a moment, ass ume the view-point of the non-fraternity student. Then glance over the socie t y section of your college paper. I sn't about ninety per cent of it taken up with accounts of socia l happenin gs in th e fraternity world? Y our attitude tow a rd the problem will become a serious one, if you look at it squarely. Surely, the question demands the earnest considera tio n of eve ry P i Phi.

COLORADO B

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IN MEMO R IAM

HELE NE STIDCER- TAYLOR

H elene Stidger-Taylor died very suddenly at ' her home in Denver early in the morning of April]3 She was initiated into Colorado B in November 190 2 and two years later transferred her membership t o Colo rado A when she ente red the University of Co lo rad o from which she obtained her degree in 1906.

In May 1913, she was married to :\1r. Frank Taylor and , besides h er husband, she leaves a little baby_ The only other member of her immediate family who was in Denver at the time of her death was her younger sister Da gma r Stidger - Reynolds, Colorado A t ex'15 , as her parents were traveling in Europe.

Her death is deeply mourned by all Colorado Pi Phi s for she was well known in both chapte rs and her capac ity for fri ends hip and her r a r e thoughtfulness and sympathy had w on her the love of all.

MARGERY \ VEXTWORTH-LEE

Margery Wentworth -Lee was born of New England parentage , receiving her college eduC3.tion at Yankton, S. D., and at the University of l\1innesota .

A lovable personality won her many friends as did also her gift in elocution. About a year after initiation into II B <1> , on O ctober 20, 1893, Margery Wentworth became the wife of Dr \V. P. Le e, November 20, 1894

Having the training of a physician's daughter togethe r with ability as an entertainer, Minnesota A's second bride made her presence f elt in the little town of Fairfax , Minn ., wh ere most of the Lees ' married life was spent. Febru3ry 27, 1914, brought the news of her death at Northfield, Minn. , after many years of semi-invalidism. Doctor Lee. a son, and a daughter mourn her loss.

ELIZABETH CULVER HA ZARD

Eizabeth Culver Hazard who died on F ebruary 5, 1914, after on ly a day's illness will long be remembered as one of the most widely known and best loved o f Pi Phis.

In 1887 she became a member of Colorado A at Bould er and almost immediately became one of its leading spirits. H er unusual intellectual gifts raised her high in the estee m of her professors and f ellow-students. and her channing personality made her a g reat

favorite in the life of the college and the town. She did not confine her friendships to IT B <I> but mingled freely with all and thus became well known and much loved among the whole student body. Her home in Boulder was the central meeting place for Pi Phis, and many merrymakings were held there as well as conclaves of more serious import.

In 1890 the Culvers moved to Baltimore and later Miss Culver entered Goucher as a special student. Here she longed for a chapter of IT B 4>, and, as soon as opportunity offered, began to gather

around her those who should become its charter members. The charter was granted and l\1aryland A began its career. Ever wi11ing to listen, ever ready to aid, she became its most devoted guardian. Her heart 3nd her home were ever open to the girls of the chapter. The Culver home became their headquarters for most of their business meetings and their social gatherings were held there. There, toO, they met Pi Phis from distant chapters for Elizabeth Culver was widely known,

She was the one who inaugurated the movement for a Baltimore

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Alumn::e Club and was its leading spirit until she left the city in 1907.

I n that year, she married Mr . \¥!illiam Henry Hazard of Salamanca, New York. There, as everywhere else, her charm and ability wefe quickly recognized and she became foremost among the women of that city. A most popular social leader, an esteemed philanthropist, she was universally acknowledged to be one of the best loved as well as one of the most useful of Salaman ca's citizens. Every co mmunity interest and P TO j eet had her capable support, and no worthy private appeal was ever passed by unattended. She was a veritable fairy-godmother to many a poor home; she was keenly interested in the welfare of the youth of - the town and she gave freely of her time and means wherever they could be of service to individuals, to institutions, or to the community at large.

There are many in the towns and cities where she has lived who will mourn the loss of her presence and her friendship, and there are many Pi Phis all over the United States who will ever remember her most lovingly as a 'Power in their lives and in that of the fraternity .

AGNE S MATHILDE WERGELAND

In the death of Dr. Agnes M. Wergeland there has come to Wyoming A a grief too profound for words. But mingled with that is a great joy that Dr. Wergeland's terrible sufferings are over, her spirit at rest. I shall not dwell on our personal grief, that is for each one of us, something sacred and apa r t , rathe r would I seek to express, however inadequately, the lesson of such a life.

During college days, filled with activities, c rowded with tasks to be performed, there often seems little time to reAect on the greater things of life, to strive for a broader vision. But one could never co me into co ntact with Dr. Wergel a nd without pausing for an instant forgetting the busy whirl of life and becoming thoughtful, so marvelous was her personality, so magnetic her influence. Th e hours I spent in her history classes seem like consecrated minutes to me now; hours I shall never forget b ecause they brough t to me, as to cou ntl ess others, the great lessons of life , ideals, aspirations.

One of the dearest memories each one o f us possesses is the recollection of the toast which Dr. \Ve r ge land delivered at ou r initiation

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banquet this year. How well I remember her as she was that night. Never shall I forget the beauty and purity of her face or the music of her ·voice. Serenity, broad vision, wide knowledge and sympathy and above all simplicity, th ese attributes perfectly moulded together composed a character so beautiful, so inspiring that its imprint will remain on many lives forever.

Dr. Agnes M. Wergeland was born at Christiania, Norway, May 9, 1857. Her early life was spent in Norway where she received the best of instruction. In 1884 she went to Germany for advanced work, later she went to the University of Zurich from which she received her Ph. D. degree in 1890 The same year she came to the United States having received a scholarship at Bryn Mawr . Later she went to the University of Illinois at Urbana and hom tht:ft! to the University of Chicago. Tn 1900 she returned to Europe and studied in Berlin. In 1902 she came to the University of Wyoming as Professor of History.

Dr . \Vergeland was the last of a famous line of statesmen, scholars, and artists. Her great-grandfather was the liberator of his co untry; her co usin, Henrik \VergeJand, was the leading poet of Norway; her brother was the artist of Norway, a painter of international fame.

Dr. WergeJand herself was a gifted student, a poet, and author, and a wonderful musician. She had traveled extensively on the continent and met many distinguished men of letters. At one time she was the pupil of Grieg, the greatest musician of Norway.

In 1911 Dr. Wergeland became a member of Wyoming A of n B <1>. She ever took the deepest interest in the fraternity. To those who knew her she was the embodiment of all that is best and highest in the ideals of ou r fraternity. She was always ready to help o r advise. Se\'eral times she has spoken to us On the IImeaning of n B $" and the mem ory of these talks can never fail to be an inspiration to those who heard them.

The following is one of the many beautiful tributes that was paid to the memory of Dr. Wergeland.

"In the wind and sunshine of the mountain campus Dr. Wergeland Joved and servj!d so well, the flag of her adopted country droops at half-mast, and in the heart of the University of Wyoming there is sorrow too deep for tears because of her passing. Faithful , patient, loving, with the heart of a poet and the keen mind that penetrates

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disguises and refuses to compromise with truth , she so lived as to give something of her own self-mastery to those who knew her, and to them she leaves a memory vital and beautiru1." Wyoming A.

C mU N G E VE N T S

The following alumnre clubs announce their meetings : B ost on. Mass.

June 13. 2 :30 P. )f.-At 103 Hemenway St. Study of Constitution . • July t I-Outing.

*August 8-0uting.

Chi cago , Ill

June 6-Albright Studio, Hubbard Woods.

(Mrs. Alb r ight, a IT cfJ, is the wife of the well known artist, A. E. Albright, whose Log Studio has attracted so much attention th e last few years. Mr. and Mrs. Albright have been exceedingly gracious in th eir invitations to the Chicago cl u b and for three years it has enjoyed vtr;y delight Cui summer o u tings a.t t h e Log Studio. Any II ck, visiting Chicago at that time will receive It cordial welcome from Mr. and Mrs. Albright as well :IS from the Chica go Alumnae Club.)

Cleveland, Ohio

J une-Ann ual P icnic. Chairman, Mrs. If H. Allyn.

Los Angeles, Cal .

June 27, 12 M.-Long Beach. Progressive Breakfast, at the home s of: Mrs. F L Rogers, 362 Junipero Ave., 1\[iss Julia. Ellen Rogers. 355 Junipero Ave. i 5 P. M., Beach Party, by Long Beach Alumna!.

Mount Pleasant , Iowa

June-Party, with Mrs. J. E. Holland. Omaha and Council Bluffs

June-Meding in charge o f Mrs Riffle Mi ss Lu ci le Brown, Mi ss June Brown, Miss Ade l e Davis.

Philadelphia, Pa.

October la-Anna Pettit Broomell, 4929 Rubicam Avenue, Germantown, Pa Centre.

Entertainment-The Settlement School. Edith L. White, Ch:lirman. November 14-Helen Carre Turner, Swarthmore, Pa . Hostesses-Swarthmore Centre.

Entertainment-The Recent Agitation Against Fraternities. Anna Pettit Br oomell. Chai r man

• Details will be given Pi Phis visitin, Boston during the summer months. i£ the, .,iIl write to the secretary.

Pitt.burgh, Pa.

:z6--Hosteu : Miss Anne Porter, 107 Center Ave., Emsworlh ' -.1CAtioD ReminiloCtnces. (Members are reqaested to notify hostess whether or not they can be present).

Rochester. N. Y

June 2o--Picnic.

Sept. Hr-Cooky -S hine

Oct. 17-Study of Constitution.

Nov. 21-Study of Examinations.

Seattle , Wash.

May 13-Picnic. Mrs. A. Sch r amm. Chairman

Waco , Tens.

July 29. 4 :30 P. lL-Miss Anne Risher, 602 North l:Jth 51. Active Chapter Day.

CX:toJ;>er 27. 4 :30 P. M.-Miss Benna Clinton, loth and Columbus SiS. Meet1ng- devoted to Settlement School.

MATTERS OF CLUB INTEREST

SUFFRAGE IN NEW YORK CITY

Ten of our girls WHC in costume at the Turkish·Vi11a of the I nternational Fete held at the 71St Arm ory by the Woman Suffrage Party They were delighted to learn at the close of the Fete that the Turkish Villa had been ca lled the most popu l ar one of .the fourteen nations represented. Mrs. Catt, the Honorary Chairman of the party. was the guest at the Villa one evening; everyone was amused when the Palmist said she sa w in the lines of Mrs. Catt'. hand that she had many good impulses but not will power enough 10 carry them out!

The ten girls were: Edith M. Valet. New York B. "2, whose mother, Mrs. \Vm Valet, was floor manager; Marion Stoner, Maryland A. ex-'o4; Julia Shankland and Gertrude Beard, Iowa A, '04; Elmira Wilson, '92:, and Aida Wilson, '94. Iowa r; Margaret Stanton, Wisconsin A. 'oS; Mrs. J ohn M. BoHes (Ne llie McMillan ), Illinois Z. '03; Marguer ite Schorr, ' 14, and Isabel Totten, New Vork 8 , "5.

Mrs Norman de R. Whil ehome (Vi r-a Boarman. LouisianR A, ex '94) received at Sherry's the first week in April for the W oman's Political Equalitv League.

TEN LITTLE ANTIS

By FLORENCE E. H UBBARD, Nt:\\, YORK II

Ten lillIe Antis on the firing-line; "WOMEN MUST PAY TAXES. " Then there were nine. Nine little Antis, si tting very straight; " ' VORKERS NEED TI-IE BALLOT ." Then there were eight.

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Eight little Antis gazing up to heaveD; " SALOON-MEN AID THE ANTIS." Then ther e were seven.

Seven little Antis, in a dreadful fix; ONE LOST HER PREJUDICE! Then there were s ix.

Six little Antis, hoping still to thrive; "CHILD-LABOR MUST BE ENDED." Th en th er e were five.

Five little Antis, safe within their door; "HOME IS BIGGER THAN FOUR WALLS," Then th e re were {OUT.

Four litt le Antis, one begins to see HALF DEMOCRACY I S NONE. Then there were three

Three little Antis, fee l ing pretty blue; "INDIRECT'S A LONG WAY ROUND, " Then there were two.

Two little Antis, politics would shun; "THE STATE NEEDS MEN AND WOMEN." Then there was one.

One little Anti isn't any (un; FINDS SHE'S WAY BEHIND THE TIMES. Soon there

*Reprinted from Tlte Woman Voter, will be none!

EDITORIALS

"BOVEE has said: 'Music is the fourth great material want of OUT na.tures-first food, then raiment, then shelter, then music.' Granting that this is at least a 'near· fact' , every {' ollege fra· ternily woman, who aspires to become a 'soldier of the common good', will do well to employ the means at her com mand to further the love and appreciation for good music in our co untry to·day." So writes Miss Brainard, one of our musician s, and surely every r eade r of THE ARROW will agree with her.

On lnather page appears the details of a proposition for helping to raise the standards of music in our country in which every Pi Phi may have a part. There is still another opportunity, however, to further this same good cause which is open especially to our under· graduate members. A glance at the piano or music cabinet in almost anyone of our chapte r rooms will reveal the presence of many of the so-called "popular" songs which should be tabooed. In truly refined homes these songs would not be tolerated and yet we boast of our aim to make our chapter homes cente rs of refinement and culture! No chapte r would tolerate dime novels in its chapter library, why then allow songs which are as bad or worse than the novels?

While we are promoting national song censorship, let us strike at the evil nearer home by cleaning our chapte r houses, once for all, of all this trash and establishing house censorship which will not tolerate any more such songs in the house. If each cha pter will take such a stand and propose that other fraternities cooperate through the local Pan - Hellenic , it will riot be long before the song standard in our colleges will be improved.

THE following extract from a lett e r written by Amelia Huntington-Gillmore (3. charter member of Wisconsin A), is printed here because, as she suggests, others who are located as she is in a small town or rural district may be interested in her experiment.

"There is musi r al ability in our small t o wn but it la cks organization -I have had little time to de"ote to musi cal affairs since my marriage but I have organized a musical club in our co mmunity which is to be composed of all gi rls and boys r eceiving instruction from the different teachers in town, We devote one hour every Saturday afternoon to one composer. One of the older ones gives a biography

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though all are expected to read beforehand. We talk informally of the c haracter of music composed by our author under consideration and illustrate, if anyone ca n. The last twenty minutes different ones play compositions or parts of one from this composer. The first ten meetings we will confine to German composers. Beyond that , I have not planned. My object is to stimulate music generally and perhaps make the course more interesting for the children. I am not a music teacher".

IT is seldom that THE ARROW records the passing of so distinguished a woman as Doctor Wergeland whose life and achievements have been portrayed. at length elsewhere . The attention of all readers is here called especially to Doctor Wergeland's interpretation of liThe Meaning of Being a Pi Phi" which is printed in the front of this issue. After Doctor \¥ergeland's death, D octo r Hebard discovered the m3.nuscript of this toast among her private papers. It was forwarded to the Editor by the secretary of Wyoming A, with this message-"This toast meant so much to us that we thought perhaps that girls from other ch<lpters might benefit by the thoughts and ideals of that wonderful woman, Dr. Wergeland "

These strong helpful words should benefit us all. Never has the Editor seen a better exposition of the inner meaning of our fraternity than this toast of Dr. Wergeland's which seems to most adequately express th e hopes of our Founders. Coming from a woman of such unusual inheritance, experien : e and power, the words have a remarkable significance.

FOR some years past, THE ARROW through its vocational numbers has been attempting to help its undergraduate reade rs answer that most perplexing question; After college, what? Every girl is bound to meet this question sooner or later and Miss Bennett's article on page 573 is so full of information and suggestion that it should prove especially helpful to those who are facing it at this time. But there is an other aspect of this question which has Dot been considered so often and which, if met seriously by every girl, would find her, in her seoidr year, able to anticipate the future without inward quaking because she had the assurance that she had prepared herself to fill a definite demand somewhere in the great world.

Mrs. Burruss, in her article on the Value of a Definite Aim in Col-

lege, has touched upon a very vital point which it would be well for all und ergraduates to consider Nowadays most girls come to college for the avowed purpose of fitting themselves to earn their livelihood afterwards. Even girls from homes of wealth who seek college primarily for the general cultural advantages to be gained are, for the most part, eager to fit themselves for some vocation j for it is now universally conceded that, whether she be rich or poor, it is the duty of every girl to be equipped to earn her own living should necessityarise. But comparatively few girls enter college with any definite idea of the vocation for which they are naturally best adapted. It is of course too much to expect that a freshman should have decided "this question once for all on entering college but it would save many vague questionings and much uneasiness in her senior year if, during the early months of her college course, a freshman could be shown, by means of vocational lectures and conferences, some of the many fields open to the college equipped woman to-day. This survey of the field thus early in her course would enable her to plan her studies more efficiently.

Here is an opportunity for those Pi Phis who are to be upperclassmen next year to help their younger sisters in the Chapter by assisting them to the mean s of ob taining such information and impressing on them the value of co nsid e ring this matter early in the college course. One or two chapter meetings devoted to vocational study, planned to take place soon after the initiation of underclassmen should be part of every programme for next year. Try it and see if you will not want to ma.t..e it 3.n annual custom.

THE editor is always glad to receive copies of .college or university publications which contain articles of interest to the fraternity world in general o r to Pi Beta Phi in particular. She wishes to acknowledge with thanks the r ecent receipt of the following: The Kansas Alumni containing articles on the fraternity controversy j The Wyoming containing a most interesting a ccount of Doctor W ergeland's gift to the university library ; The Hill Newl- giving a fine IIwrite-up" of the installation of New York Gamma, and the St. Lawrence Plai"d ealer which devotes a column and a half to the same subject . The latter was especially interesting since it is rather refreshing in these days of anti - fraternity s trif e to

find a local newspaper dea1ing with matters of fraternity interest in such a fair and friendly fashion.

MI SS Helen Keller has been attracting new attention during the past winter in her joint lectu r e with her teacher Mrs. Anne Sullivan Macy on H eart and Hand ", One portion o f Mrs. Macy's account of Miss Keller 's life and training is of especial interest. After telling of the many difficulties whkh her r emarkable pupil overcame in her successful attempt to earn a degree from Radcliffe College, Mrs. Ma cy remarks that she feels that Miss Keller's co llege experience was incomplete because she missed " the best part of a college course, co ll ege life". The remark seems especially pertin ent coming at this time when so much is being said about the limitation of social activity in our colleges. There is probably no danger that this agitation will cause the pendulum to swing too far the othe r way and r es ult in making our colleges deadly serious places where th e atmosphere of books and business is entirely unrelieved. No one d esi res this r es ult and ce rtainly not those who are foremost in agitating a normal state of affairs in college. But even students are coming to r ealize that the balan ce between work and play should be a more even one. To each and every undergraduate, THE ARROW wis hes a joyous, c arefree playtime during the summer days.

" It was tli s voca tion to a nd to train His work in music was t o perpetually to for the wodd that bridge of sound over which Faith aids itself in walking toward the eternal. This of falling notes i t as Nature 's bridge of falling drops: individual drops appear for an instant in the rainbow, then di s appear. but century after cen· tury th e great arch s tan ds there on the sky unshak en. So throughout the ages the bridge of sac r ed music in which individual voices are heard a little while and ihen are heard no longer, remains f or man as the one same structure of rock by which he passes over (rom the mortal t o the immortal ."

( Fr om A Singer by James Lane Allen, in the C,,,lury M agazine for May .)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Committee has invited the Grand Council to hold its annual meeting this summer at the Settlement School. Miss Pollard , who has decided to stay in Gatlinburg during most of the summer, will be at the cottage to act as hostess and as guide. Miss Keller expects to go down about June 15, and will remain to teach if she finds summer school work advisable. At the present writing, the Grand Council is not yet certain whether they can accept the invitation to meet in Gatlinburg and the definite date of the meeting has not been settled. But the meeting will take place before the publication of the October ARROW. Any matters which should be brought before the Grand Council for consideration, should be presented to the Grand Secretary in writing be fore July I.

The Catalogue r will edit this summer a supplement which will contain names and addresses of Pi Beta Phis initiated since the last Catalogue was edited . The Pi Beta Phi apartmen t in Boston will be sublet during the summe r months. Rooms .can be secured for the whole summer and a lim ited number of transients can be accommodated. P ossib ly students OT tourists coming to Boston for a sho rt time, will be glad to know of these rooms. Th,:- apartment is delightfully located at 103 H em enway Street, nea r the Fenway and is on a quiet street, hut within easy access of all c ar lines. For full information address the secretary of the Boston 3.lumnk club, Miss Bertha A. Carr, 45 Milk St., Boston, M ass., Room 910.

A copy of the rules of the Prize Contests on the Best Essays on " Int ernational Peace" reached the Editor too late for insertion in the March number. This is an annual contest for a prize offered by the Lake Mohonk Confe rence on International Arbitration . This year's bulle tin concerning the contest, announces the prize winners for last year. The second prize of $ 200 was won by Helen Anderson, Colorado B, '14, who was one of contestan ts. H er essay and the one by Miss Mary Pollock ,winner of the first prize, have been published by the Lake Mohonk Conference on I nternationa l Arbitration.

Professor and Mrs. C . H. l 'a rnsworth (Cha rlotte Joy Allen, Colorado A) have issued a most attractive folder concerning the

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Hanoum Camps, Thetford, Vermont. The season of 1914 opens July 1 and lasts until August 26. For illustrated booklet contai ning full parti culars of the Ran ou m, Blue Bird's Camp Fire Girls, College Club and Guardians' F estiv al Week , address Professo r 3.nd Mrs. C. H. Farnsworth , Teachers' College, New York City.

The Mar.c h edition of THE ARROW is now exhausted.

The June number is being mailed to the co llege address of all undergraduates. Those who have left for the holidays, before THE ARROW arrived and made no pro\'ision to have this number forwarded should write to the postmaster at once and make such provision. The October number will be mailed to the college address also unless a new address has been furnished the alumnre editor. All seniors or girls leaving college for good in June are asked to write directly to Miss Sophie P. Wo odman, 561 West 186 St. , New \ 'o rk City, and give her their permanent home address.

*So many ask me what are the present conditions at Barnard that the following statement may be of general interest. A committee composed of a rep resentative of each of the eight fraternities at Barnard has met almost weekly since early in March. An appeal, setting forth prese nt co nditions among alumnre and undergraduates, offering to cooperate with the faculty and proposing several rather radical me3.Su r es of reform, was laid before the faculty at their April meeting.

The reply of the faculty states that they do not care to reconsider their decision of May 1913. The letter, however, explains that, UDder the new r eg ulati ons, Student Coun cil will have, next fall, full authority to propose the establishment of any club, fraternily or othe rwise . The faculty will have the right to consider their re commendations.

In other words, if the college wants fraternities next fall Student Council might recommend to the faculty their r einstatement but the chances seem small when one co nsiders that the senior class is the only one in which fraternities .are represented and that the president of the Undergraduate Association, and hen ce chairman o f Student Council, is ardently opposed to them.

SOPHIE PARSONS WOODMAN

As the alumnz of narnard bad l et the matter Test over the winter, the N P C. !Kcame interested and aUlreated that our alumnz editor set tbe ball Tollinc and act as chairman of a committee. Mia, Woodman called tbe Tepr«entativea together and New York 8 at the mectinc

PI BETA PHIS IN THE PUBLIC EYE

ALMA MOSER-REINSCH 1 WISCONSIN A, '00

IWON DER how many of the Pi Phis who read of Paul S. Reinsch, Minister to China and one of the foremost living au· thorities on international law , realize that this man, of tru1y world-wide reputation, is joined to all of us by a very dose bond, in fact that he has the distinction of being the husband of a Pi Phi.

Ever since her initiation in the fall of 1894, Alma Moser-Reinsch has been one of the most loyal and helpful members of Wisconsin A. fn college she was a popula r girl and a very good. student, after college a lovely wife and mother, a prominent member of Madison society, when in Madison, and always a faithful worker for the best interests of her fraterrUty.

Mrs. Reinsch has made many interesting trips in company with her husband-in 1906 to the Pan-American Conference at Rio de Janeiro, to the succeeding confe ren ce at Buenos Aires, in 1910 j in the winter of 1911-1912 to Berlin where she was presented to the Kaiser, at the German Court and finally, last fall to Pekin. Everywhere her gentle and charming personality has won her many friends. Wisconsin Alpha joins with many others in missing Mrs. Reinsch and in lookin g forward with joy to the time when the four years of Mr. Reinsch's pub l ic duty will be ove r and we will have her with us again.

JEANNETTE MUNRO.

"Music is the soul of all things beautiful."-Tennyson.

At.MA M OSEit-REIN SC H # WI SCONSIN A. '00

ALUMNlE PERSONALS

All ,""antes 0/ address, "olu lor Ihis sect inn, romp/ainU and quutions any 0/ tile circulation 0/ TUE ARROW sent d'rut to the Aiu.mn(J! Editor. For explana/loII 0/ slalistiu 0/ Circulation see hu report in fhe Odobe,. Secret Nu".bn.

There is no friend like an old friend Who has iohared our morning days, No greeting like his welcome, No homage like his praise. Fame is the scentless sunflower, With g'3udy of gold; Dut friendship is the breathing rose, With sweets in eve ry fold.

OLIVER WENDILL HOLMES.

ARKANSAS

ALI?HA-UNIVER

S ITY OF ARKAX SAS BIRTHS

To Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Row a n (Susie Moore, '08) a daughter, at EI Campo. Tex , January 19.

To ltfr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Weavei'" (Eliubeth Nichols, '(9) a son, at Hight Point, March 20.

May Pitman, '12, and J enni e Morton, '13, spent a week with us at the time of nur Bnnual dance, April 3.

We expect to have Sue W oody with us again on May I when she arrives home from her visit in Corvallis, Ore.

CALlFOR:NIA ALPHA-LELAND STANFORD} JR. UNIVERS ITY

ENGAGUCEKTS

Julia Moore, '12, to Sidney Lawrence, Michigan.

We were very fortunate this spring to have both Mrs. P F Carney and Miss Leta lIoerlocker with us (or several days, when we heard many interesting point5 concerning convention.

Anna \-Veaver, '97, of In dianapolis leaves the latter part of May to spend the summer in Greece.

Louise Pearce, M.D., '07, of the Rockefeller Institute, gave a talk at the Founders' Day lun cheon in New York

Mrs. W. J. Mc Laine (Bonnie Carter, ex·'O<» and Mrs. A. Proctor (Ellamae Lambert, exI o 7) spent several days with us at the time of the CaliforniaStanford track meet in April.

Mrs Robert D. Scott (Mary Herdman, ex-In) with Mr Scott and her young daughter are Itaying in Palo Alto and intend touring California this s ummer

Anna Laura Bradley, '13, Helen \Vahrenberger. ex·' 16 and Marie Lockwood, ' 13. stayed at the chapter hou!'e during April.

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CALIFORN IA BETA-UNIVERSIT\' O F CA LIFOR NIA

MARRIA GES

Grace Ewing, ex·'14, and Joseph Hunt , April 28. They will make their home in Oakland, Cal.

Mary Day, 'aS. and Dot Wilson, '05 have given up tea c hing and bo ught a ranc h at Los Gatos, Cal.

Mrs. Verne Stout (Ella Moore, '0<) and her hu sband are now living in Oakland at the Jackson npartments. Since thei r marriage , a litt le over a year ago, Mr and Mrs. Stout have taken a very interes ting and r a ther exciting trip to Mexico; but we are all glad th at they h ave decided that California is the best place to Hve.

Alic e Hiestand. '12:, il teac hing hi s tory at th e Hayward high sc h oo l.

Ethel Robinson, '12, left the middle o'f March for a year's stay in and abou t Paris.

Lucy Brennan, ex-'IJ. is teac hing at Miss Randolph's School in Br:rkr:lr:y.

Emily Moore, r:x-' 13, aitu a most i nt err: sting year of tr:ach ing and travr:1 i n Turhy has returnr:d to California, and is tr:aching near Hayward.

COLORADO ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO ENCACEMENTS

Hr:lr:n Carnr:y, ' 13, to Burwr:ll N e wt o n Kilbourn e. Colorado School 0/ Mines, 1: N.

MARRIAGES

Ruth Harringto n, e lt·' IS and Edwin Gilc hre st, January 4. At home. uad · Colo.

BIR.THS

To Dr. and Mrs. Wm Ba i rd ( Maud e Elden, ' 12) a daughter, J a nr:t, F r:b ruary 11.

T o Mr and Mrs. Frank Taylor ( Helene Stidger, '06) a son, Edward Fnn c h, in March.

DEATHS

Mrs. Wm H H aywa rd ( Elizabeth Culver, '89) at her h ome in Salamanca, N. Y.

Mrs Frank Tayl or ( H e l r: nr: Stidgu, '06) in D r: nv er, Colo.

The correel address of Mrs . Grant Allan Sharpe ( Fl ay S h eldahl, e:w,: . 'to) is 3¢S A . Shenandoah Ave., St. Louis. M o.

Colorado A was represented at the Founders' Day luncheon in York by Charlotte AlIen·Farnsworth, '97; M abel Martin Whit akr:r, '1}8; Ethel \Vright -Rubri dgr:. '01, and Theo Townes, '12.

COLU MBIA

WA S HINGTON UNIVERS I TY

Anna Kelton \V i le y, '9 7. is surely a famous mother!

W AS HI NGTON, M ch 18 -John Preston Wiley of this city hal bad the unique

honor conferred on him of beiDa pronounced the finest specimen of a m.alc infant known to art. Smithsonian Inmtution apcru NY be measures at eye..., point the ideal deyelopment and Eycry curn and dimple of his anatomy hat been preMn'ed for the wonder and admiralion of the present and comin, Icnerations by careful modelin, from plaster casu. The modeled result ill be duplicated many time. as • 6,ufe for the decorationl of the buildin •• a t tbe Pan ama-Pacific ExpositioD. John Prulon Wiley i. the youDlcr son of Dr. Han'cy W. Wiley. the champion of pure f ood. and i. now three wttb old.-New York TltPlfu.

ILLINOI S flETA-LOMBARD COLLECE BIRTHS

To Mr. nnd Mrs. Pollock (Elizabeth Philbrook, '04) o( Cleveland, Ohio, a daughter.

Mrs. L. Ward Brigham (Emma Ballou, '86) has moved from Brooklyn, N. Y., to Chicago, where her address is 3006 Prairie Aye.

Mrs. F. J. Allen (Nina Harris, '97) recently visited h er parents and the chapters in Galesburg.

Lucy Conger-May, :94. has lately gone to Paris and will return to America in June, after an absence of two years.

At the recent Founders' Day banquet of the St. Louis alummr, Mrs. E. W Thomas , ( Lilian Harris, ex-'04) gave a very clever toast "fo r the married

Lucile Cravens, ' 10, is teaching in Forest Park University, St. Louis, Mo.

Mrs. William Gilman (Edna Uhler, '06) of Burlington, lowa, will go to New York City early in May, for an extended visit with her sister, Mrs C. M Tidderington, 551 West 17l Street.

\Vinifred Tompkins, ex-'14, has returned to Lombard as secretary to Mrs. Anna GrofT Dryant, head of the Vocal Art department.

Mr and Mrs Radcliffe (Georgina Pugh, ex-'IS) are living at 184 North Chambers Galesburg.

At a recent election of the Galesburg alumnre association, Delia Conge r , '06, was elected president, Lillian ]Olnc Hale, ex' ll, was elected cor r esponding secretsry. and Jlmet Chap mao, ex-'IS, treasurer.

ILLINOIS DELTA-KNOX COLLEGE ENGAGEMENTS

Edna Heaton, ex-'09. to A. Dawson, Wi.rCOlUilf. 1: N . After the wedding in June the co uple will re side in Clara, Mont.

BIRTHS

To Mr and Mrs. R. C. Ingersoll (Lula Hin chliff, 'oS) a son, Robert, January 28

Mrs. Victor Bender (Alma Colville, eJ:-'88) is president of the Springfield branch of the D. A. R.

H ele n C.WiIlard, ex-'99, lives at 29 C laremont Ave., New York CitY' I'

Mr s. A, If. Stephens (Margaret Sisson, '89) has moved from New York to 87 Edgecliff Terrace, Park Hill, Yonkers, N. y,

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Laura Kn o wl es. '02, spent a few days visi ting a t the h om e of M rs. J . D. Griswold (Grace Ballard, ex·'99).

Katherill c Bagby, '04. o f Ru sh ville, Ill., a!tended the party of February 27. Annett e Lindn e r, 10 8, H e len Turn e r. ' 12, and Ruth Meacham, ex -'14. came back to auend the formal party of Feb ru a ry 27.

Lois a nd Mary Potter are planning to sail f o r Europe Jun e I I

Co rd e li a Willard - D odds, ex-' Io, and daug ht er Ma ry Louise and so n Jobn, spent a w eek i n Galesburg with friends aod relatives.

Mr s. Arvi d Zetterberg ( W i nnifred I nge rso ll, ' 12 ) ha s r e turned to Alb io n, 111 ., after visiting at t he h ome of her parenls for seve r a l weeks.

Mrs. Mar c Par so ns (Ambe r Ca rl ey , eX.' IJ ) of Ste u benville, O hi o, w as in Galuburg (or a f ew weeks visiting at Ihe home of hH parents

ILLI NO I S EPS ILON-NORTHWESTERN UN I VERS I TY E S G"(; £MENTS

June Bir dse ll, <ex · ' 13 , t o Leland Sa un ders , 0$ II E, Lake FOl'esl , ' 12, of C larion, I owa

Genevieve Isra e l, Illin ois Sanbo rn , Bowdoj", A .6 4>

M <\HRI AC r. S E , and W ashing to n A, 'II , and Edward Talbot At h ome, Port Gnmb le, Wa sh

BIRT H S

To Mr and M rs. C hnrle li Lawrence Garner (Co rnel ia Blake, u ::·' J 1 ) of Ottumwa , Iowa, a son, Blake, M a r ch '4

To Mr and Mrs Vai l ( Len o r e Negus, '03) a son , Marc h '7 .

T o Mr. aud Mrs . Walter B. Spelman ( Ruth Schantz, ex·' 13 ) a so n, W alter Bishop Spelm an, 2nd . not J r " , acco r di n g to th e c us to m of Prin ce to n graduat es.

Mrs P ope ( Elfri eda I-I oc hbaum , '99) is spe n d ing a year abroad with h e r husband, Pr of. P ope of Cornell. They have been in Muni ch doing re searc h work but expect to go to R ome the first of Mar ch for three months. They plan to spe nd the s umm e r i n Switzerland.

Lu c ill e Fitc h , '99, has been t eaching in the Des Plaine s high sc h oo l.

Elda Smith, '01, is sec r et a ry of the Springfield N o rthw es te rn Alumni A ssoc iati on Florence Reynolds, '0 1, has r ecen tly done important com mitt ee wo rk in the Drama Lugue oC Chi ca go.

Elbert a Smith, '04. h as been s tu dyi ng at the Ill inois Con se rv ato ry of Mu sic , J acksonville, 111 She is secreta ry and treasu rer of the Springfield Musi c Cl u b.

Mr and Mrs J ames Forbes (S tella Rogers, ex·'o s ) sailed the first of April for tw o months in Europe:.

Mr. and Mrs Frank Swett ( Myrtclle Rogers, Vassal', 'oS) h ave rece ntly moved to th ei r new h ome a t 132S Franklin Ave., R iver F o r est, III.

Mrs. Earl M allory (Catharine Donald son, '09) is now living at 444 Diver · sey Parkway, Chicago.

The address o f Mn Geo rge Miller (Ger tru de Foste r, ' It ) is '303 North S h or e A ,"'t., Chicago.

Adele Loeh r, ' 13 , has been substituting in the Carlinville high school.

ILLINOIS ZETA-UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

ENGAGEMENTS

I1arriet Bowman, ex*'ZJ. to Raymond Latournea u. both of Chic_roo

Kate Summerwill. ex ·' IJ. to Frederick Fritz. both oC Oltumwa, Iow a. The wedding is to take place in June.

J,(ARllIACES

Rose Louise Fatch, ex ,' ll. and Frank Fellow s Flnnner , Februuy 4 . At home, 2757 Woodbine Ave., Evanston, Ill.

Maryon Mount., '13. and Lionel Moise in February. At home in Brooklyn. N. Y.

A number of Illinois Z gave a small informal dance in Chicago, April 14.

The Illinoi s University Club of Chicago, 00 April 13, held the annual Easter prom in the ball rooms of the La Salle Hotel. The dancing was preceded by • co n ce rt given by the Military Band. Several of the active girls and alumox were present.

Dr. and Mrs. ] F. Churchill (Virginia Busey) expect to leave Chicago early in May for an extended journey in Europe.

Lois Swigert, '08, of 828 Park Ave., South Bend, Ind. , visited Ethel Lendrum in Chicago in March and attended the meeting of the Chicago alumnz club, March 21.

ILLINOIS ETA-JAMES MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY

MARRIAGES

Margaret Seifri ed, 'u, of Georgetown, Col o., and John Franklin MacFarlane of Atlanta, Ga., April IS .

Gladys Sprague, ex-'16, of Decatur and Roy Curtis Mill er of Taylorville. Ilt the home of the bride's grandmother in Decatur. Mr and Mrs. Miller will make their home near Taylorville.

BIRTHS

To Mr. and Mrs. Loyd A. Patch (Fan John son, ex-'IS) of Springfield, III.. a daughter, Jane Adair, January 21.

Mrs. O. C. Montgomery (Lucy Penhalegon, '05) is secretary of the College Club in Los Angeles, Cal.

Irene Handlin, 'Oi, visited in Monticello in March.

Mrs. JI C Johnson (Candace Cloyd, '07) visited in Decatur in February lind again in April. \Ve hated to have Candace leave Decatur, but we are glad that Mr. Johnson is a railroad man, so she can visit us often.

Kate Trautman, 'oS, is teaching domestic art in the Decat ur schoo ls.

H elen Bishop, '09. who is t eaching domestic science in Oklahoma City expects to return to her home in Decatur by the lirst of ) une.

Edith Schenk, '09, of Moroa has spent a great deal of time in Decatur this winter.

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We nre glad to hear that Dr. Mc David, hu sb and of Mn. J. T McDavid (O lga Ked, U·'II) is muCh better He has had a bad attack of pneumonia.

Floren ce Page; ' II, hns been writing a pageant (or our annual Maypole exercises. \V e are nil looking forward to its presentation.

Grace Thrift, 'II and Illinois Z, has just returned {rom a sanitorium in Chicago. She has been working (or her master's degree at 1IIinoi s this year , but tried to do too much. We arc glad that she is feeling so muc h beUer.

H elen Voris, ex·' II, visited us in February. She assisted at the initiation of her sister, Virginia, a t that time.

We arc looking forward to a visit from Mrs. Fred O ' Bannon (No rma Council, 'n) in early June

Mrs. LescHe Taylor (Blossom Field, ex ·' I2) has r e turned to Chicago. after visiting her parents in D eca tur for several weeks.

Mr. and Mrs Paul O'Oay (Jessie Patterson, '12) nre at hom e 98S Benton Ave., Springfie ld , Mo.

Mrs. R. H. Oliphant (Margaret Gray, ex·'lo) has moved to 4i39 St. Louis A ve ., St Louis, Mo.

Mabel EdmonSon, '13, visited at the house at annual time. She is teaching in the high school at H indsboro this yea r

Mrs . Lindley Huff (He l en Page, ex ·'13) of Moroa is a frequent D eca tur visitor.

Marie Scott, "3. of Bethany is taking music at the Millikin Conservatory. She malees at least one visit to DeCAtur every week.

Mrs. Lee C. Moorhead ( Winifred Davis, ex·' 14 ) together with Mr. Moorhead and Rosemary Jane visited in Decatur in March . They were here f or the ann ual.

Virginia Bowyer, ex·' IS. of Springfield, 111., was here for ou r banquet.

Helen Roby, ex -' iS. is a regular librarian at the Decatur Public Library.

H elen Francis, ex-' I S, has been at home this winter looking after her moth er who has been critically ill

Mary Louise Kohler, ex·'t6, visited at the Iooust for a co uple of weeks in February.

Dorothy Stevenson, ex·'16 and Illinois Z, was over for our annual.

We are glad to hear that Lois Scott of Portland, Ore., who was a 6 eo/at Millikin, graduating in ' 12, hlUi been initiated n B at Pullman.

ALPHA-FRANKLIN COLLEGE

ENGACEMESTS

Lucy Anne Guthrie, ' If, of Indianapoli s to Earl W Crecraft, 'O i, a professor in School of Journalism in Columbia University

K 4.JUtIACES

Mary Wysong, '07 , of Leban o n, to James A. \Vill ets of Simms, Mont. They will reside on a ranch.

BIRTHS

To Mr. and Mrs. Eden Thurston (Carolyn McCaslin, 'oS) of Boulder, Colo • a son, Arthur McC.u.dio.

Ethelwyn Miller, ' 94. is one of the instructors of art and designing in Chi· cago University.

Mr and Mrs. W illiam Ph e lan (Grace M aga w, ' 08) spent a week in Franklin while o n their h o n ey m oon.

Esther A iken., "12 , who is tnking journalism in the University of Wi sco nsin , spen t Easter in Franklin with her pa r ents.

Edith Wil son, ' 13, who has been teaching in the Settlement Schoo l, visited in th e city in April.

Euni ce M agaw, "3. was ca ll ed to her h o m e at Franklin in April on account of the serious iIIneu of h e r father.

Viola Lukens, '95 . Mrs. Edw!lrd Mi dd let o n ( Mae Carney, '99), F ay Mar · sha ll, '06, Oahy Mil u, ex-'14. Edith Nelp ex' 15. were among those who we re back for initiation April 4

JNOIA NA DETA-U:"I'IVERSITY OF I NDIANA ESGAC£MENTS

Hetti e Carlton Neat, '06, to Edwin Lewis Derby, Jr ., of Cambridge, Mass

MARIUA-CU

Bright Camp, 'oS , and Jame s R. Bruff'

Marie Me t tlen , '0<), and De \ ViU Jones , J snuary 26. At home in the Brow n ap:lrtments, Des :M oine s, Iowa.

BIRTH S

To Mr . and Mr s. Haro ld K in g (Florence M as ton , ' II ) of In dianapolis, a daughter, Mary J ane .

We are ex pecti ng P ea rl Huff- Bartholomew , 'a s, and Rose Sa ne r -\Vo lfe , '08, to visit us this term.

Mr s : H ope Graham is planning to spe nd th e s umm er ab road.

M rs. G lenn Peters (Grace Blle rd, 'oS) has moved to 117 D e troit St. , Hammond , I nd.

J:-JDlANA GA MMA-B UTLER COLLEGE

Th e F ebr u ary meeting of the Indiana pol is a lumn ae club was at t he home of Anna W eave r, Ca lifo rni a A . Th e p r og r amme was a musicale by M rs. ll a r o l d C. Curti s ( R u th Elstun, '07) and Ruby W inders , ex ' ll

Mrs Demarchus C. Brown (Jessie Chr istia n, '97) is plan n ing to spe nd the s umme r in E nglan d.

Luci le Didlake, '08 of L afayette, visited Ine z J o hn ston , ' 15. the w ee k of April 5 and attended th e mee tings of the In dia n a T eac hers' A ssoc iatio n .

Mrs Ll oyd Balfo ur ( Ruth de Hass, ' to ) th e pre side nt of the Rhod e Island alurnn:e cl ub, has just attended th e D A R. Continental Co ngres s in W ashington as delegate of the Attl eboro chapter .

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Lora Hu ssey, ' II, is teac hing in \V illiams College, Mo.

Elizabuh Ohr, ex ·' 12, visited recently in Chicago and Madison , Wis .

IOWA ALPHA-IOWA WESLEVAN COLLEGE

MARRIACES

Gertrude Redd, ex ·' I2, and Everett Franklin Moore at the home of the bride's parents at Denver, Colo., April 15. 'Ihey will be lit home after the first of May at Moundsville, W. Va.

Sarah Taylor, ' 72, has returned home. She spent most of the winter in Omaha.

Mrs . ]. O. Phillippi (Mary Taylor, ex-'74) made her sister Sarah Taylor, ' 72, a sho rt visit. She had been visiting h e r daughter, Mrs . Frank Wilkins (Margaret Phillippi, ex-'IO) Mrs. Wilkins now lives in Detroit, Michigan, at 677 Hamilton Ave. She has joined the Detroit club.

Helen A Culver, Musi c '83, was in MI. Pleasant for a short visit. For the Il\st three years Miss Culver has been with the Moody, Ma nners English Grand Opern Company of London. Whil e Mi ss Culver was in the city the alumnre club had a reception (or her at th e home of Mrs. Holland ( Kate Lang, '81).

Mrs . W. C. McDowe ll (Flora Hou se l, ex-'84) was called to the city by the sickness and death of her sister .

Mrs. Eliza Palmer (Eliza Wallbank, ' 84) was in Denver, Co lo. , 00 a short trip.

Mrs. George H aid (Minnie Riefenstahl, ex-' Sc}) entertained the St Louis alumn:r club at lun cheon in February at her handsome home 6 143 Washington Ave., St. Louis, Mo.

Mrs. Charles Rogers (Lillian Kenig, '93) visited her parents at Hedrick, Iowa.

Mrs. ]. C. McCoid (Mary Hulme, ex-'90) visited in Chicago in March.

Mrs Jerry Sullivan (Martha Groves, '91) visited in De s Moines en route from her new home in New York City to Los Angeles, Cal., where will visit her sister, Miss Mary Groves; both sisters during years o( residence here belonged to the Des Moines aJumnae club.

Eva Freeman, '97, sailed on the "Martha Washington '· , March 22, for a trip abroad. She _ill be gone for several month s and her to ur will include Greeee, Egypt, Pal estine, Turkey, Italy and Switzerland She has spent the winter months in Florida, but upon her return to the United States in the early summe r, she expects to come back to her home in Winfield .

The sympathy of I o wa A alumn:t: goes out to Mrs. R o lla Hukill, (Do ra Laughlin, ' 97) in her reeent the death of her mother. Mrs. Hukill spent seve ral weeks at her mother's bedside during her illness, but has since returned to her home in Denver. Her address is 3548 Franklin St., Denver. Colo.

Mary Brrnholtz, ex-'99, who is teaching in the Seattle public .sc hools, expects to rem ain in Seattle during the s ummer months to take special work at

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university. lIer pa.rcntl. who are located at La Grande, Ore., will go to Suttle to be with her during the vacation period.

Julia L. Shankland, '04. who has teaching in New York City for several years has just been appointed special teacher in arts and crafts in the city IChools.

Gertrude Beard, '04. is a candidate for a degree It the Institute of Musical Art., Frank Damrosch. Director, New York City. She has been one of Miss Nainlka'. favorite pupils this year.

Verna Scott, '09, of Burlington has had as her guest, Vera Lee of Centerville, a n from Massachusetts A.

Ethel Lymer, '09. has been very ill {or the pa!)t weeks. At prescnt she is at Exccl<l;or Springs.

Bernice Holdeman, '10, has spent the winter in Indiana with rclativu.

Nona pahr, '10, spent her spring vacation at Davenport, Iowa. he and May Hills, '99. attended the South Eastern Iowa Teachers' convention in Burlington, recently.

Margaret Torrence, '10, visited her aunt Mrs. W. P. Gardner (Josephine Gassner, '8.4) at Wellman, Iowa.

Joy Pierce, '13. who is teaching at Salem, Iowa, attended initiation as did also Marion Becker, ex-'13, of Salem.

Mary Phillippi, ex-'14, of Omaha visited friends in February and she spent Easter week with her sister Margaret Phillippi-Wilkins in Detroit. While there she attended the club meeting held at the home of Frances Foster.

Rae Zook, ex-'IS, is living at 509}1,: Wahsatch Ave., Colorado Springs, Colo.

The alumnae club were very glad to have Mrs Helmick pay them tl visit in February. We invited the Pi Phis of Ottumwa. Fairfield, Burlington and New London to be our guests on that day All who heard her thought the)' had had a rare treal. Her message hrought the Settlement School nearer and mAde it seem more real to each one

IOWA BETA-SIMPSON COLLEGE MARRIACES

May Ch«k, ex-'IS, of Kansas City, and Lester W. Parsons, March 28. At home, Celaya, Guamajuata, Mex.

Vera Peasley, ex-'n, and Edward Wickersham, of Spokane, Wash., February 17. At home, 509 Cedar St., Spokane.

£IRTHS

To Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Krell (Cora Quail, '06) of Chicago, a son, Robert Burton, February 10.

Mrs. D. H. Scott (Rebecca Black, '78) has moved to Griswold, Iowa .

Mrs. J. H. Henderson (Harriet Spray, 'So) has returned from Des Moines where she has spent the winter with her husband. Judge Henderson holds the position of Commerce COllosel of Iowa .

Mr and Mrs. Frank Peck (Mary Hall, '89) have gone to Stutgart, Ark., {or an extended stay with her mother.

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Mrs. Evan B. Dowell (Anna \ Vright. '85) was :1 de l ega te to the W omen's General Missionary Society of the United Presbyterian Church which met in Phil3delphia in May. She visited n 41 frieDds in C h icago en route.

Mrs. Elizabeth Cook M a r tin , '78, has resigned her position as DeaD of W ome n at Simpson College.

Mrs . Frank H enderso n ( M ertie An de r son, '95) vi sited in M ay with her parcnts in Sewa rd Neb.

The sy mpathy of all I o wa B Pi Phis goes out t o Mr . and Mrs. Harry H art man (Ora T a lbott , '9:3) in the loss of th ei r littl e son Edgar who w as ill bu t Q. few days with dip hth er ia: a nd to Mr and Mr s. George Slidger (Lena D e rr, '82) of Denver in the d e ath of their da ugh ter. H elen Stidge r -Taylor, Co lorado B, '06.

M rs. Cha rl es E. Carve r ( Fl o ra Sigl er, '1)8) and littl e daughter o( South Pasadena, Cali!.. came th e last of Ap ril (or,: visit wilh h e r brother F C. Sigle r a nd family. They will return h ome in Ju ne.

Mr. and Mrs. W ebb H ancock (Daisy Dent. '00) o( Spokane, W ash., h ave adopted a baby gi rl.

M rs Orr H owse r ( Marion Cook, '0:0:) o( Tyronz.a., Ark .• visited I ndianola relatives in April.

M rs. Bru ce Tallman (Nan Wh ite, '(9) o( Rockwell City , I owa, has been very ill the past month and is in the Method i s t H ospi tal in Des M oi n es f or treatment.

Je ss i e Schee, 10 8, o( D etroit, Mich., visited h er pare nts and sister, Fl o r ence. the la s t o( March.

I OWA GA

MMA -IO W A STATE COL LEGE

MAR.RIACES

Jenni e Th o rnburg, '92, librarian a t Co rn ell University, and Thoma.s ] ] e nning6. owner o ( a ranch at Ph oe n ix, Atit.., where the co uple w ill li ve.

Blanche H opki n s, '13, wa s back (or a (ew days' visit l ast week. Blan che is teaching h ome eco n omi..:s noW' at Charles City. I owa.

Ruth M cClin t ock, ' 14, o( Ceda r Rap ids, has und e rgo n e an operation (or appendicitis re<:ently. She is getting along n icely but will be unable to return t o school this semester.

D orothy Busby, ex-'J6, was bac k (or a (ew days' visit this la.st w eek.

M rs. Owen Barry (Alice H owe, '12) was b3ck to visit her II 4> sisters a (ew weeks ago.

Mrs Fred K ellogg (Luella Kilbourne, 'oS,) is now li\'ing in Cedar Rapids, 16:14 5th Ave. E.

The Chicago alumnre club symp3thizes with Ali ce E. Roge rs who losl both father a n d mother in February. Mi ss Roger s ha 3 j u st moved to New York.

I OWA DELTA-BURLINGTON

Mr . and Mrs. H orace Patterson (Car ri e A c res) have returned (rom their so uthern trip 3nd are now located :1.1 014 College Pla ce, Burlington, I owa.

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Josl!phine BUrl, principal of North Hill school, Burlington, has had sevenl honors conferred upon her Ihis spring. She was chairman of the reception committee for the Southeastern low. Teachers' convention held here in April, and was also chosen by the school as a member of R committee to investigate certain iChool buildings in Cedar Rapids in order to Gbtain ideas for the new school buildings to be trec:ted in the borne city. Miss Bart is an enthlu:iastic worker in ber chosen profusion.

Mrs. Charles Roberts (Add. Drury) of Peoria, spent several weeks in Burlington this spring, called here by the illness and death of a relative.

IOWA ZETA-UNIVERSITY OF JOWA

ENCACEMItNTS

Madge Eastman, '13. to Dr. Delivan A. MacGregor, Y"le and Wuler" Reserve Metii<a/, A K K, of Lakeside Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio.

Nadine Crump, '83, is now connected with the 'eXtension department of the Unh'ersity of California.

Members of the St. Louis alumnre club welcome Mrs T. W Gaynor (Jelliiie L. Smith, u·'87). At the Founders' Day banquet a number of her kinder· garten songs were sung by the members. lI er addres!» i, uSo Hamilton Ave.

Mrs. B. F. Shambaugh (Bertha H orack, '8<}) was chosen by Ihe alumnre of Erodelphian literary society to present to the society a new desk. tbe front of which is made in imitation of the front of the old capitol.

Mrs Nyle Jones, (Virginia Haldeman, '06) is living at 9So Providence Ave., Webster Groves, a suburb of St. Louis, Mo.

Mrs. Phillip Macbride (Edith Ba ll , 'oS) and litt le son of Seattle, Wash., are visiting her pa r ents Mr and :Mrs. George Ball, Sr. Mr. MacBride's father has long been the esteemed professor of botany.

Mr. and Mrs. Roy White (Margaret Moore. 'oS) have gone to Hankow. China. Mrs. White's address is in cbarge of Hong Kong·Shanghai Bank . Mr. \ Vhite a former football captain at the university, is a railroad engineer. Previous to their arriv'll in ChinA., they spent fifteen monlhs in the Philippine Islands, where he was district engineer moving from town to town. Mrs. White's mother and sister are spending tbe year with them in China. Mr. and Mrs. White will return in 1915 by Siberia.

Sadie Holiday, '09, one of Dr L u ther H. Gulick:s pupils, is to have charge of a three weeks' summer school course in connection with the university ex· tension work at Lake Okoboji, Iowa, for the training of leaders of Camp Fire Girls. There will be counes in physical training, nature study and handicraft. Lakeside Cottage will be the headqu:nters.

Mrs. William Hayes (Carolyn Bradley, ex·'f:Z) of Mason Cily visited ill I owa City during March.

E l izabeth Brainerd, ' 13, who is teaching in Charter Oak, I owa, is coaching the senior class in high school in thei r play "The Rose of Plymouth",

Anne Pierce, '11, with her pArents And brothers, enjoyed a two months trip 10 Panama, retarning just in time to serve as hostess for the April meeting of

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th e Des M oines club. Louise C lark, "5 , and N3talie Phill ips . who w e r e home from I o wa Cit y for spring vacation, and their guest, Bess H e rringt on of Sioux City, w ere also at this meeti ng o f the De s Mo in es club.

Louise Cody, ' 1:2, was back for Pan-H ell e ni c ball April 18.

Naomi Stewart, '13. also attended Pan - H e ll e nic.

Frances Bum, ' 13. was bac k (o r commence m ent.

Gladys Gaga and J en n ie Dunnegan, ex-'13. attended Se ni or H op.

IOWA LAMBDA-DES MOINES

Mrs . C. B . Frase (Helen reUseD, '86) has returned to I o wa from Los Angele s, and will make her home throughout thi s year, at lea st, in D es Mo ines .

KAN SAS ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF KAN S AS MARRIAGES

Edith Laming, '0<), and Lawrence Peain, Ben, April II, in Kan sllS City, Mo They will live in Tonganoxie, Kan.

Hel en Bangs, '10, and Neal Clark. They are living in Kansas City, Mo. , 3400 Wabash.

Mary Buc kles, 'oS, and Louis K +. They are living in Blain, Wash

Mrs E. C. Case ( Mary Snow , '95) was a guest of Mrs J K. Hamilton (Ethel Allen, '82) over the week-end of February 20 at her homo! in Toledo

The address of Mrs George F. \Vall s, (Marie Jone s, ex ·'84) is Hotel Je(. ferson, Springfield, Mo .

Mrs . A . L. Ruhl (G race Bangs, '01) is the new corresponding secretary of the Kansas City alumnll: club. She is living at No . 51 E. 52nd St.

Ethel Houston, '13, who lives in , Vi chita came back se veral days ago for a short visit, whi ch. needless to say. we all enjoyed very muc h. She left here for a short visit in Emporia, Kan.

Marian Ellis, '13, was with us [or the freshman far ce.

Edith Laming, 'og, spent several weeks visiting Lawrence previo us to her marriage to Lawrence Peairs Numerous partie s and entertainments were given in her honor.

LOUI SIANA ALPHA-NEWCOMB COLL EGE

MAllRIACES

Carrie May Hopk ins, '08, and George M William so n At h o m e , 665 J o rd e n St., Shreveport, La.

BIRTHS

To Mr. and Mrs. J ames Snead ( Lily Post, '1)8) a daughter.

T o Mr and Mrs. Richard DugglUl (Elise Urquhart, 'Il) a daughter.

The address of Mrs Armour Polk, (Charlotte Payne, ' 95) is 5Jo S. C r oc ket St .• Sherman, Tex.

Mrs. Zeb Mayhew, (Julia Armstrong, 'og) is living at M ayba nk, Great Neek, Lone Island, N. Y.

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MARYLAND ALPHA--GOUCHER COLLEGE

Mr. and Mrs. William H. Smith (Grace Taylor, '13) ha\'t removed to Ij0 3 Atlantic Ave., Long BeAch, Cal. .

Mr. and Mrs. John K. Culver (Francu Strader, '13) have returned to Baltimore and will spend the summer at their summer country Mt. Washington, Md.

The Baltimore club held its bi-monthly luncheon on Saturday, March 14. with Mrs. Keder.

May L. Keller, 1l}8, spent April 8-12 in Louisville, Ky .• where she presided over the annual meeting of the Southern Association of College Women. During Easter vacation she went u p to Canton, N. Y.• to install New York r. On the way she took dinner with Sophie P. Woodman. She returned by way of Worcester, Mass., where she was the guest of Sarah C. Pomeroy. In BOlitOl} Mrs. Nickerson was her hostess.

Columbia A and Maryland A and the local alumna: celebrated Founders' Day together at a beautifully appointed banquet at The Rennert in Baltimore. Gretchen Schmidt, ex-'I3, is conducting a Montessori school in Washington. Her address is 3307 13th St. N. W" Washington, D. C.

The Pi Phis of Baltimore sympathize deeply with Alice and 1\'lolly W ood in the recent loss of their father. 'V e feel that we have suffered a personal los5. for Mr. Wood was always a sta un ch friend of II B <I).

MASSACHUSETTS ALPHA-BOSTON U:-;ln: RSITY BlkTHS

To :Mr. and Mrs. H arris Leroy (Elizabeth Brainard, '01) a son, \Vhitman Forbes, on February 20.

To Mr. aDd Mis. Pn:ul Shaffroth, ( Loui se Brown, ex-os) a daughter, in December, at th eir home in Seattle, Wash.

To Mr. and Mrs. Chas. H. White (Vera Swee:r:ey, 'oS) a son, Donald Austin, April 20.

To Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Wild es (Mild r ed Aldrich, '12) a daughter, Barbara. Louise.

Eleanor Good, 'ai, who has been a welfare worker with the Filene Co. in Boston for eight years is now in Rochester, N. Y., with the Hickey Freeman Co., Manufacturers of men's clothing. She is planning to introduce much the same kind of work there. Her address is 60 Plymouth St., Rochester, N. Y.

Prof. and Mrs. A. C. Crowell (Carrie Provan, '03) of Providence are to spend next year in GumaDY·

Mrs. Gilbert Kent (Avice Williams, ex·'03) has moved to 122 Center New Haven, Conn.

The sympathy of all goes out to Mary Galbraith. 'as, whose father, Dr. John GalbraitJt. died very suddenly, April 2S. Ever since h er mother's death, seven years ago, Mary has been mistress of her father's home and she has cared for him most devotedly while he has been in failing health.

Sarah Pomeroy, '06, spoke before an open Pan-Hellenic meeting at Boston

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University in M a r c h S he repo rted on the National Pan-H ell e ni c co nve ntion and told o f rushing conditions found in many coll eges. She al so had a toast at the annual lunc h eon o f th e College Club in Worces ter.

Mrs. M e lvin Gould (Elizabeth R ic hard s 'on, '(9) has moved to 63 Brook St., Man c he s ter, N. B ., wh e re she expec ts to be permanently l oca ted.

Mr and Mrs. Alton C. Roberts (Elizabeth Wh ee le r, '10) h ave r emo ved to Flemington. N. I ., where Mr-. Roberts is with the New J ersey State Committee of the Y M. C. A. as sJH'c ial sec ret ary for co untry a nd rural w o rk.

Mildred H ood, 'II, g r ad u a tes in June from the co mm ercial branch of the Salem State Normal Sc h oo l and Gertrude Copeland, ex' IS. finishes h er co urse at Hi cox Secretarial Sc h oo l.

Ann ette R egnier, ex -' n, h as r eturned from a two mo nth s' visit in Philadelphia.

Bertha Ca rr, "I, Mir iam T ayl or, and Gladys Norton, ' 13, attended tltt a c tive chapt er dance he ld at River da le Casino, Brook lin e, o n F ebruary 14

MI C HI GAN ALPHA-H ILL S DAL E COL LEGE

BUt.THS

To Mr. and Mrs. Hu be rt O. Bostwick ( K ate King, '92) of Char do n, Ohio, a son, Marc h 2.

To Mr. and Mr s. M E. Tri pp (May Collins, 'o3) of Hudson, Mi ch ., a daughter, January 25

T o Mr. and Mrs. Murr ay L. Stillman (Edna Tomkins, !leX-'U, an d New Y o rk B ) of Amity, Ore , a da ughte r , Ma rian Esther, February 18.

Maj o r E. J. H e lmi ck, U. S. A., who has been on staff duty, with head· quarters in the centra l depadment of the army in the federal building, Chi cago, ha s been ordered to Mexico. He will be I nspecto r General in the Interior, and will rank n e xt to Genera l W ood in a utho rity

Mrs. A. C Stebbins (A n na Burgoyne, '87) 109 N. Walnut St ., Lan si ng, Mich ., is happy with her new da ugh te r ·in -Iaw, Mari e Win so r, Mi chigan B.

Mrs . L . S. Loomis (Ada Br own, '9 1) is in Hudson, Mi ch.

Mint a A. Morga n, '88 , one of the charte r m e mber s of Michigan A is living in Pasadena, CaL, ' at 446 Oakland A ve.

Zoe Leon a rd K eyes, '96, is i n Spokane, Wash.

M rs. W W Crofoot (F l orence Alvord, '96) who was ob liged to seek a warmer climate, is in Portland, Tex as.

Mayme R andall, '90. is living at 3323 Newton St., Denv er , Colo.

Mrs. J. N. Greene ( K i tti e Closson, '9 5) 336 Benton Blvd., K ansas City, Mo., is r ecove ring fr om an ope r a ti on, which, it is believed, will re s to re he r health. H er sister, M rs. B. F Green (Anna C l osson , ' 95) oC Hill sda l e, h as been with her for several weeks.

Mr s. E. O. Mathe r (Ma r y Well s, '03) is now li ving in Buchanan, Mi ch ., where her hu sband is pastor o f the M. E. C hurc h.

Ma r y Co r bett, '04, will spend two month s abroad and will attend the conferen ce of the W or l d ' s Y W. C. A. to be held a t Stockho lm in June.

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Little George Vernor McKinley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles McKinley (Annie Vernor, '04) bas been very seriously ill at Iheir home, 839 24th St., Rock Island, Ill.

Grace Bailey, '00, is still teaching science in the high school at Billings, Mont. Her address is 120 N. 30th St., Apartment 3.

Mrs. Milton W est (Gladys Barker. 'aS) is living at Kindersley, Sask., Can. Bertha Baker, '95. is teaching in her home village, Avilla. Ind.

Mrs. F. M. Stewart (Elizabeth H enry) has been invited 10 give Browning readings in severa l .Mic higan cities during the past winter. II e r a udiences have been very enthusitlStic in their appreciation of her literary ability. Mrs. Stewart's interpretation of the masterpieces is most pleasing and educational.

Mrs. N. B. S l oa n (Katherine Cook, '00) is at 401 N. Lincoln St., Bay City. Mich.

Mrs. M. G. Dickerson (Olive Merrifield, ')0) is living at 1713 Washington A ve., La Grande, Ore

One of o ur patronesses, Mrs . W. H. Sawyer, was a member of the program committee for the Twenty-third Congress of the National D. A. R. which convened April 19-25 in Washington. The local chapter was represented by Marjo ry Whitney, '10, who is studying this year at Columbia University, N. Y.

Edna Coldren, ex -'14, is taking a course in nursing at Harper H ospital, Detroit, Mich.

Polly Branch, '07, is in DeKalb, III., one of the managers of a "Handy Kraft Shop", l ocated at 127 Lincoln H ighway. In th e State Normal Sc hool locn ted in DeKalb, C lara Hugh es, '97. is instructor in mathematics. S!te writes of a very fl ou rishing Pan-Hellenic o rganil.3tion in the city with thirty-five members, eight of whom are Pi Phis.

Dee Baker, ex- Hill sda l e ' It, and Corne ll , ' 12 , i s now t eaching in Noble Institute, a sc h oo l f or girls, Anniston, Ala.

Mrs V L. Stone (Este ll e Green) is n ow l ocated at 68 Ashland Ave., Ashville, N. C

Mrs. J R. Rorman (Louise Randolph, '94) has moved from Frost, Minn._ to Winnebago, Minn

MICHIGAX BETA-UNIVERSIT\' OF MICHIGAN

Blanche Bayliss, ex-'15, 10 Osborn Brines of Algonac, Mich.

)IARR1ACES

Gertrude Burbank, ex-'13, and Arthur O. W ittman, April 15. At home after September 1,409 Victoria Pl., Toledo, Ohio.

BIRTHS

To Dr. and Mrs. H e r be rt M artin (Ruth R eddick, '0 1 ) a son.

To Mr. and Mrs. J osep h Devel (Donna Mar shall, ex-'04) a daughter, Dor· othy E lh:abelh, in i\'fa. rsha ll, Mich.

To 1\1 .. . and Mrs. Lawrence Bowman (Gladys Manwaring, '09) a da ught e r, Belty.

THE ARROW OF PI BETA PHI

Mr nnd Mr s. R obert :\lcCollllm (F l enno r T owa r, '03) have m o \' ed to D etroit t o liv e. At prescnt they a r e at 26 Pil c h e r Street. Th e twin s are fine yo ung e mbryo IT

L otta '06, is going to t a k e a sma ll party abroad this s umm el".

Mi ss Patch, M ichigan.A t Ellen Mc H enry, ' 12 , Mrs Leah L Smith, Mic higan A, and her da ught er nrc of the party.

H el e n W att l es , '0 1, is a lso going to trave l in Europe

Florence Ri c h a rd s, '98. is dean of women at th e Normal Co ll eg e , Winona, Minne so ta.

Dai sy Olney, '07 . g ave a paper before the modern l a nguage section of th e Sch oolm asters' Club in Ann Arbor

J eanne Griffin, 'Oi. is working in the Publi c L ib rary in Detroit.

Harri d Beard i s s till abroad. She will r et urn in August.

Th e address of Mrs Lawrence Bowman, (G ladys Manwaring, '0<» is 1123 64th Street, E dmo nto n, Alta. Can.

Gertrude Burbank, e,,·' 12. a bride of this mo nth of T o led o wa s e nte rtaio eG by th e club for lun cheon at the Mandarin with Keith pa rty afterwards, A pr il 4 H a rri et Briggs, ex·' 15, is teaching in th e e leme ntary sc h ools in T o ledo. H er address i s 2359 Warr e n SI.

DEAT II S

Mrs W P. Lee W en tw orth. ex·'¢) died recently !it h er h ome in Northfield, Minn The i nt e rm en t too k place at Lak ewood , February 27 She is survived by h e r husband and two c hildren.

Fran c P o tter, '93, h as rece ntly been appoi nt ed ed it or f o r all publications of the University o f Minn eso ta.

Abbie Langmai d, ' <)8, of Granite Falls. M inn., spent a few days in Minne · apolis th e la st of Marc h . She will spe nd a month in Detr o it, Mi c h ., and from there will go with a party of fri ends to Eur ope f o r a thr ee months' trip .

Mr s. Adelaide R obbi n s Gillett , '02, and her so n Louis, ha\' e r etur n ed from si x m o nths in Europe.

Mrs W S. Blackburn (Flo r ence Burgess, ' 06) and family will s pend the summer at Lak e Elm o.

Mrs. J B. Ladd ( Ali ce E. Thorup so n, '06) will co me up fr om K a n sas C ity, M o. , t o spe nd th e summe r with r e latives in Minn eapolis.

Monica Keating, '07, went to G r acev ill e, M inn., for seve r al weeks in April.

J osephine Schain, LL B. ·OJ. spoke before the College W ome n 's Club r eo ctotiy. She is now editing the "Social and R eligious Ac tivities " colum n in the )I.nneapolis Trib u ne.

J\.frs . Burt Newkirk (Louise Leavenworth, 'oS) recently en t ertai n ed th e mothe r s' sec t ion of Fa c ulty W omen's ciub at her home, Essex St. S . E.

Inpa Smith, ' 09, is teaching in the W in ona schools and is living with her sis te r, Mrs. Frank Ru c ker (Carrie Smith, 'OJ).

Edna Brown, '10 , spent the early part of A pril visiting relatives in Willm ar and G ran ite Falls, Minn.

Mr. and Mrs. W. ll. Long (Mary V. Tisd.le, '12) bue moved from Los Angeles, Cal ., back to Minnesota because of the illness of Mr. LonK's (ather. Mrs. D. L. Fairchild (Helen Oz.ias, P.C. '09) is living at uS Avon Road, Elmhurst. III.

Mrs. F. C. (Frances Jacobs, P.C. '09) is prnident of the Board of J)irt'cton of Maternity Hospital.

Mildred Ot.i .., ex-'13. sang before the Thursday Musicale this spring and received very complimenta ry press notict •.

H e len Carpenter, ex-'IS. WIlS pianist f or the performance of the Bohemian Girl which was given by onc of the Unity Hou se clubs, Marc h 21 - 2:1.

]ollephinc Berry, Knnsas A, '92, has spoken before the College Women' . clubs of St. Paul and Minneapolis this spring on household economic.. Mill Berry will spend the summer touring Europe by automobile.

Mahcl Flynn, Illinois d. is now living in Minneapolis.

Miss Kate Miller, Iowa B, '88. our Province President, spent a week witb Ihe active chapter in March. The chapter gave a tell (or Miss Miller at the house and the alumnoe gan a luncheon at the Leamington. At the lun cheon Miss Miller gave a. delightful talk about the Settlement School and other matters of (raternity i nterest.

The active chapter gave its annual vaudeville (or the benefit of the h o use (und in Shev lin Hall, April 4. The date chose n (or the Founders' Day Banq uet is Saturday, April 25. at the Leamington. This will en3.ble the out of town alumna! to come 10 (or it

Aimee Fisher. P.G. '07, is acting as secretary for Ihe Equal Suffrage Associatio n.

Mrll. Henry Cass (Ben ta Werdenhoff, P.G. '09) and family have moved to Hope, B. C.

Word has j us t been re ceived that Mrs. A B. Robbins and her daughter, Mrt'. J. R. Ware (Amy R obbins , '06), will return (rom Europe the last o( May. Elsie Griffin, ' 12, of Liberty Corner, N. ]., and Glady. Lenning, ex-'IS. who is studyi ng at Pratt attended the Founders' nay luncheon o( the New York club.

MISSOURI ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF MI SSOUR I ENGAGUflNTS

Mamie Sudduth, '07, o( \Varr ens burg, to Frank Deering, ..., A e, Columbia, Mo.

XAUJAGU

HdeD Cook, '13, and Otto Zwick, !: A E Miuo.,,.;, a lawer in SI. J oseph, Mo., April 25

Marita H odg man, ex_tn, and Ja ck Armstrong. l: A E, lIfinouri, September 13. At h ome, Hi cko ry , Okla.

Marie O'Day, '13. and William Merriman, l; A E, Missouri, October 24. At home Utl E. 36 St., Kansas City, Mo.

BIRTHS

To Mr. and Mrs John Sykes (Lit Jobo soo , '0:1) a son, in November.

THE ARROW OF PI BETA PHI

T o Mr. and Mrs Berry M cAleste r (Vi rgin ia Oyas, '0:1) a daughter, in Septe mber.

To Mr and Mrs. H a rry T rotte r ( D oro thy Lewis, ex·' ll ) a IOn, April I.

To Mr. and Mrs. Laws ,V a tse n (J ean Massey , ' 12 ) a lon , in November .

Eatnli'ne Wil so n , '1 1, is teachi ng in th e State Normal at Cape Girardeau, Mo.; h e r add r ess is 4231 Th emis St.

Mrs Wm A shl ey Gray (Mary Step h e n s, ex·'IO) h as moved to 5535 Berlin A ve ., St. Loui s, Mo.

Lena J ohn so n, ' 12 , h as been visi ling at Goucher Co llege, Baltimore, Md

H e l en R ob n e tt is n ot entered up in sc hool thi s semester.

ENGAGEMENTS

Mona Ald e n, ex-' t 6 to Burchard O. I-l ess.

M

AR RI AGES

M abe l G r an t, ex-' tl. and J ohn N. H aga r, Jun e I.

Floren ce I-l age r, ex·' 14. and J ohn Bec ker , April 15. At home, 3867 Lafayette Ave., St. Louis.

L ois E . Tu c k e r, ex-' 13, and !rad Hidden.

Julia G r is w o ld, '09, who te aches in the W ell ston h igh sc h ool , h as been doing graduate work in the history department o f Washingt on University for her m as te:-'s de)tree in th at subject.

Shirley, '09, and Ad ele Seifert, ' 13 te a c h in th e Ilan'llrd Sc h oo l f or Specia l I nstruc tion in 51. Loui s.

Helen Gorse, '10, has been teac h ing hi s tor y and Engli sh in the high school at St. C h a rl es, Mo ., (or the pas t few m onths.

Mrs F. T. Buss (Helen Schuitt, 'II) has m oved to 699 E. Mll in St., Roche ster, N. Y

Dorothea Frazer, ' II, is tb e leacher of bota ny and hi story in Lenox Hall, University City, M o

Emma Be tti s, ex-' Il , has been substituting in the St. Louis public schoo l kindergarte n s, besides supe rvi sing her own private kindergarten in \Vebster Gro'/e!! , Mo

The 5[. Lo ui s alumnlr had th e pleasure of a h oliday visit from Mr s. Geo rge Burleigh Drummond ( Helen e Branuner, ex-' u ), whose present add re ss is 136 C lari ssa Ave., Davenport, I o w a.

Mrs. Jam es C Lincoln, ( M a rgu erite Fruer, eX-·I2) spent J an uary and February with h e r f a m i ly in St. Louis. She is h o usekeeping i n the K en nilworth Apa rtm ent s, 4 5 Pin ehurs t Ave., New York City, and reports very p le asant times thr ough th e New Y o rk al umn R: club th er e, to which sh e was introduced by Sophie W ood m a n, New Y o rk B, who lives Dear by.

Florence Baird, ' 13 , of P inckneyville, Ill , vhited Adele Seifert, ' 13 fo r the

ALUMN£ PERSONALS

)Ii ssouri 8 active chapter vaudeville and also at the time of the St. Louis .lumnae club Founders' Day banquet.

Gertrude Cole. ex-'13, i. spending tbis year traveling with her mother io Florida.

Mn. H. Edw. Miller (June Oehler, ex-'(4) has started housekeeping a.t Russel and Grand A venuel, St. Louis, Mo.

Emma Perham. '13. wrote And coached the McMillan May nay play, which Will produced May 14 with a large number of Missouri B active members in the cast of characters and dancers.

Among the Washington Vniversity alumna!: chosen (or the St. Louis College Club production of Love's Labour's Lost were :-Erma Perham, '13. as Rosalind. and Edith Baker, 't I, as DOD Armado.

At the Philadelphia convention of the Association of Collegiate alumnz, Washington University was unanimously voted to admittance in that organintion.

Missouri B is very proud that three of her alumna! are among those recently elected to B K: '09, Shirley Seiferti ' 10, Zide FauntleroYi Mary De Garmo. It is interesting to know that among the twenty -six alumna! from the classes '83 to '14. they were the only fraternity members chosen.

Miss Sophie Roever, '97. one of the most ICJyal patronesses of 1\1iS50Uri B ch arter days. wal also elected to that honor.

MISSOURI GAMMA-DRURY COLLEGE

MARRIACES

Ruth Thomas, ex-'13. of Carthage, and George Baldwin, D,.u,.y, K A (So) u.-'13, of Springfield, Mo., at the home of the bride's parents. Mr. Baldwin is with the Rogers & Baldwin Hardware Company of Springfield, where they will be at home at 783 Cherry St.

Mrs. Alva Trowbridge Wing (Jessie Livingston, Illinois B, '83) has been living in Springfield for three years and we are glad 10 welcome her into the club. She was II 4> 's Grand Secretary in 1883.

Mrs. Dramond J. Hangeberg (Grace Mills, Iowa r, '93) is a resident whose suppo rt in the club is invaluable. She will be known among classmates of the four Mills sisters of Iowa r.

Mrs. Alfred H. Mansfield (Jessie Smith, '02:) w.n initiated April 4. She was one of our most enthusiastic past members of :M B, and worker for recent honors.

May Berry, '10, is teaching history this year in the Aurora high school, Aurorn. Mt).

Mr. and Mrs. John Hardie Morgan (Yvonne McClain, '10) have moved to Birmingham, Ala. Mr. Morgan has accepted a position with the Southern Railroad with headqusrters in that city.

Mr. and Mrs. Deverne C. Houston (Carolyn Harrison. ' II) have moved to Springfield from Monett. Mr. Houston is traveling electrical inspector for Frisco Lines. They will be at home at lOCH N. Jefferson St.

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NEBRASKA BETA-UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA BIRTHS

To Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Stern (Inis Everett, '06) a son, Jerome Wm ., Apr-il 6.

Mrs. Sigmund W. Stern (lnis Everett, '06) Jiv es in Glens Falls, N. Y., R. F. D. She and her husband own a farm there.

Mrs. B. G. (Pearl Archibald, '06) acted as toastmistress (or the Founders' Day luncbeon in New York. ..

Mrs. F. L. Paetzold (Flonnee Chapman, i;; - living at 439 Portland Ave., St. Paul, Minn.

Grace Salisbury, '12, was in Omaha in January at the time of the monthly meeting. She told the club some interesting things about the Settlement School and they were very glad lo get the latest news.

Gertrude Kincaide, '09. Kale Heacock, '06, and Mr s. Fred Funke (Elizabeth BurruM, 'o z) were guests (rom Lin coln at the Febru3ry meeting of the Omaha club.

The alumnae club of Lincoln has invited the Omaha and Counci l Bluffs club to join them in a union Founders' Day celebration. Many of the Omaha girls are planning to go April :rS.

Florence Nason, '14. and Ruth Quigl ey, '17, were guests at the March meeting of Omaha club.

Mr. and Mfi. Newton Buckley (Ne ll Bratt, '08) passed through New York recently on their way to the West Indies where they will spend two years.

NEW YORK AJ I"HA-SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY

MARRIAGES

Anna Magee, '09. and Jobn W. Teitswoflh. December 23. At home, Conesus. N. Y.

BIRTHS

To Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Kenney (C lara McDonald, '01) a son, Donald.

To Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ooty (Cora Scott, '04) a daughter, Cordelia Jane. February 2.

To Mr. and Mrs. Edwin ChoHar (Estelle Ga. Nun, '07) a son, Robert Ga Nun, February 10.

The sympathy of the Pi Phis will go out to Mrs. Barlow Rhoades (Miriam Wrigbt, ex-'o2) whose husband died recently in Elbridge, N. Y.

The :alumn:"e club entertained the active seniors at a cabaret luncheon, April '5·

Mrs. Wm. B. HUlk , (Bessie Dudley) now resides at 84s Harvard St., Rochester, N. Y.

Isabelle Moore, ex-'o2, is now living at t75 Rugby Ave., Rochester.

Sabra Hayden, '06, who is a critic in the Brockport Normal school will teach methods in the SyraculC UninuilY srunmer school.

Carlene Barrett, ' oS, teaches domestic science in the Geneseo Normal .chool. Ethel Lapham, ex- ' IO, is spending the winter in San Antonio, Tex. Isabel Shepard, '11, made a trip t o California in March. visiting' Pi Phil in Chicago en route.

Louise Coldwell, 'oS, of Matteawan; Mildred Taitt, '04; Lillian Neff, '07; Fra.ncu Bull, 'aS; Marion \Vells, '12; Minnie Dinehart, 'I I, and Carrie Stroud, '06 of Albury Park, attended the Founders' Oay luncheon of the New York alumnoe c lub

NEW YORK BF.TA--RARNARD COLLEGE ENGACEMENTS

Harriet E. Wilm ot, "3. to Wallace Everet! Caldwell, Cornell, ' 10 Mr Cald, .-ell holds th e in classical history at Columbia (or next year.

BIR.THS

To Mr. nnd )'frs. Murray L. Stillman (Ed na A. Tompkins. ex-'OC) daughter, Marian Esther, February 21, at Amity, Ore.

There were twetlty -seven New York Betas at the Founders ' Day luncheon : among them Nell Thomas, '04. wbo came way jn from Connecticut and Linette Metcalfe -Meikeljohn , '04, whose baby is usually morl! interesting than the dub. Edith Valet, ' 12, ga.ve a talk on the A_ C. A.

The active chapter gave a tea for Mrs. \Vrn. Phelan (Grace Mag aw , Indiana A, '10, :mrl New York B) at the chapto!r room during Mrs. Phelan's bridal trip to the city. The alumnae of 'II, 'u, and '13. were invited. Grace now live. in Los Angeles.

When Margaret Bouleware and Enid Alexander of Virginia A were in town Edith Valet, 'n, entertained them at the Women's Univers ity C lub, Abhy Porter Leland , '05, was a hostess at the School Garden Association lun cht'on held at the Hotel Majestic, April 25.

In March the N. P. H. wrote to Sophie P. Woodman, '07 ••uking her to orgaui 7.e n movemtnt to see what could be done concerning the fraternity situation at Barnard . Accordingly, Sophie got the alumnre together, many meetings have been held and the appeal, signed by the representatives of the eight fraternitie s, was laid before the facully at their April meeting

Mrs D. B Pocock (Eleanor Murtha, ex-'lo) entertained the Pittsburgh alumnae club retently.

Lucy Landru, '12, sailed for France April 18 on the Olympic, to visit her relatives ther e. She will return shortly before her wedding which is to take place June 16.

Dorothy Grillin and Margaret \Vood, '12. are going abroad this summer. Together with 'Edith Valet ha.ve held a. series of subscription dance. at the Marie this winter. A number of the active girls have them.

Florence Jiubbard and Claffy, '04, were hostesses (or district teas (or Brooklyn in April.

Elisabeth Thomson. 'II, WAS hostess for the district tea for \V ashillgton at the same time.

THE ARROW OF PI BETA PHI

Jessie Fox, ex-'ll. while home (or Easter vacation spent a night with Beth Thompson. Jessie teaches in Albany,

Several of us attended the reception given by A 6 .d on the occasion of their province convention in April.

A blessing in the shape of Helen Bryan came to Nc",' York for a few days in April. Helen was on her way from Gatlinburg to her home in Hamilton. N. Y. She was enterta ined by Sophie Woodman, '07. and Edith Valet, '12. She also spent the night with Lillian Jackson, ' 15. when Lillian kept the active girls over night :tCler the New York B mecting which was held at her home in Brooklyn.

NEW YORK GAMMA-ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY

EN'CACElIENTS

Lavinia Cunningham. '08, of New York City to Frank H, Cooke, '06. Annie May Smith, ' 10, of Brooklyn, to Horace France of Brooklyn. Bertha A. Godfrey, '13, of Huntington, L. I., to Herbert W. Leighton, 'II, X Z 2';. Mr. Leighton has a position in the Western high school of Rochester.

Ruth Emma Maltby, '13, of South Rutland, N. Y., to Robert L. Joyce, '12, X Z 1:. of Brooklyn.

Laura Evelyn Slocum. '12, who is now teaching at Grafton. Mass., has ac· cepted a position (or the coming year to teach mathematics and science in the high school at Fort Plain, N. Y.

Dorothy K. Cleavehnd, '12, who has been taking additional courses in college the present year, is engaged to teach history in th e high schoo l at Gloversville. N. Y., the coming year.

Lavin ia C unningham, Fran ces Grover, May Smith. Jl,Iary Stilwe ll and Susan Townsend attended th e Founders' Day lun cheon of the New York a lumn re club. They r eport a wonderful time :-their fint IT <I> party.

OHIO DETA--oHIO STATE UNIVERSITY BIRTHS

To Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hoover (Mae Scott, Ohio A and Ohio B, ex-'o7) a da ught er, Elizabeth, March J.

To Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Bonnet (Grace Bradford, '08) a daughter, Barbara Bradford, January 16.

Mrs. Ralph Belknap (Ruth Houseman, '97) who visited relatives and friends in Columbus for several days in January was entertained by lIlrs. J. F. Stone (Oa.11as Lisle, '99).

Augusta Connolley, '02 , had as her guest Mrs. \Vm . Evans o( Ml. Pleasant, Iowa. a patroness of Iowa A chapter.

Ernestine 'Ball, '04. Martha Jones, '06, Terese Kennedy, '13, Helen Browning, '13, Sara Barrow. lowa r. are going abroad this summoer.

Katharine Bancroft, '06, spent 9. week with her parents nt the Normandie Hotel.

Mrs . Ed. (Bertha Rc.nkin, visited in Bellaire, Ohio, • coup le of weeks in March.

Helen Smith, ex·JOC), had Abbie Price, Ohio r, as ber guest (or lome lime in February.

Jeanette Logan, ex-'to, visited Terese Kennedy, '13, of Portsmouth for sever&1 week ••

Mn. Edgar Seeds (Ruth Clark, ex ·' IO) has taken up work in the university nnd will graduate with the class of "5. Her husband died last December.

Mrs. Wm. Hoft' (Nell Aylsworth, ex,'lo) visited Mrs. John Henny ( Ruth Wilson, '(9) in March.

Eliubeth Bancroft, ' TO, spent her spring vacation with relatives in Columbus.

Mrs. Cecil Julian (GladYA Jones, ' II ) has moved into her new home on Forsythe Ave.

Loretta Snyder, ex-'12, was in Columbus for several <Jays this spring.

Alice Du Bois, ex·'Il, of Toledo, spent two weeks last winter visiting at the home of her fiance, Dr. C. S. Prugh, l: A E, in Cincinnati.

Roth Saddler, '13, visited Marjorie Beebe, '12, the end of February.

Virginia Pringle, ex·'14. spent a week-tnd with Elizabeth Carroll, ex 'ts. in March.

Gladys Williams, ex·'16, hilS been in FloridJ. for several months.

The alumnae club was entertained. February i. by Ernestine Ball with Mrs. Carl Postle, (Mary J ennings, ex·'07) Mrs. Bayard Dish'oPt Ohio A, Mrs. Cecil Juli an (G lady s J ones, ' II ) as assisting hostesses.

Florence Bradford, ex·' I2, had the cl ub, March 2, assisted by C. Claudine Urline, '12. Hel en Krieger, '13. Mrs H't:nry Deea, (Cora Conk lin , ex-'oo).

At the banquet held April 4 to ce l eb rate the twentieth anniversary of th e O hi o B c hapter the f ollowing out of town Pi Phis were present: Mrs. R. C. Kyle (Be th Campbe ll, I owa r) and daughter Hilda, Ohio B, ex-'14. of Washington, C . H.; Helen Robinson, '06, of Worthington; Mrs. Robt. F. Kyle (Gertr ud e Jackson, '04) of Portsmouth; Mrs. Ira Dresbach (Anne Nichols. ex·'os) of Chillicothe; Mrs. Wm. HoA' (Nell Aylesworth, ex·' 10) of Marie Grimes. ' II, of Cleveland; Loretta Snyder, ex-'13. of Kenton; Jess Dow dell, ex-'IS, of Harrisburg, Pa.; Lucille Gillivan, ex ·' Jo, of \-Vest Jefferson; Terese Kennedy, '13, of Portsmouth; Elsa Schlicht, Ohio r, Provin ce Vice· president from Bellevue, Ohio.

The College Woman's club of which many of our alumn3e are members was hostess of the conference of Ohio college women held in o ur city, March 6 and 7. Friday evening there was a banquet at the Virginia Hotel with over three hundred in attendance One of our Pi Phis. Mrs. Fonsa. Lambert (Do rothy Irwine, ex -' ll) took one of the leading parts in the little play "Alice In Wonderland," following the banquet.

The Saturday morning session was addressed by Miss Emily W atts McVea, Dean of Women of the University of Cincinnati, on "The College W omen of th e Future", and Miss M. Edith Campbell , Cincinnati, Ohio, on "O utside Cooperation with Public Schools."

THE ARROIV OF PI BETA PHI

After an informal lun cheon Ilt OlCley Hall the afternoon session listened to Miss Frances Cummings of New York City o n "Vocational Opportunities for Women" and Dr. Jane Scherzer of Oxford College for W ome n on "College Clubs and their Value". The purpose of the Marc h meeting was to bring co l· lege women throughout the state (rom as many different colleges as possible, to renew old acquaintances, make new ones, gain fresh enthusiasm, and interest .and go back to build up or establish college clubs in their own towns.

OHIO GAMMA-WOOSTER UN IVER S ITV ENCAGElfENTS

Mary Buchanan, ex-'15. t o Alexander Higgi e X , of Lorain. Ohio.

BIRTHS

To Mr. and JI,{rs. Harold Starr (Marie Munn, ex-'n) a son, March 4.

Lois Neff, '12, gave a talk at the Founders' Day luncheon of the New York .alumnre club on the rural problem of to·day and its relation to the church Lois is with the Presbyterian Board and is working on this vital problem .

Isabel Boone, ex-'IS, is teaching in Mt. Victory, Ohio.

Lu cile Herschler i. teaching in Mansfield, Ohio.

Pearl McCrory, ex·'13, is studying at Pittsburgh Technical School.

Harriot Wickham, '12, is studying in the Norwalk Commercial College.

OKLAHOMA ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA MARRIAGES

Etta Nairn. ex-' I S, and Milton Meyer, Oklahoma, ' 13. X N , in Norman, Marc h 14. Their address is Beeville, Tex.

Eva l.e't, ' 12, withdrew from school at the end of the first semester and is teaching in the Ardmore public schools.

Wynne Ledbetter, '. I, and Mary Campbell, Arkansas A. came down from Oklahoma City for the initiation ceremonies, February 7.

We were glad to have Helen Bishop, IlIinoil H, with us (or open house and initiation

Beatrice Von Kellar, '12, and Allie Breeding, ex·'14. have visited us several times this semester.

Jennie B. Dyer. ex ·'I:J, visited Beatrice Von Kellar, 'u, in Ardmore during February

Grace Lee, 'I I. has been ill at her home in Norman for several weeks.

Ruth Davidson, tx-'I4, of 'Vagoner, Okla., will visit the chapter at tbe time of our spring dance.

Martha Memminger. ex·'J6. visited at tbe II .., bouse for two weeki in February.

PESNSYLVAN'A ALPHA-SWARTHMORE COLLECE ENCAC!)(ESTS

Alice Sto,"er. 'll, of DUftieton, P •., to Morrell Parrr. MAnIACr:S

Deborah L. Ferrier, ' 01, and Edmund Stratton, Swart/,more, A T. at Moorestown, N. J" in November.

Either Barnes, '10 and Paul Millis Shepherd, on April 2, at the home of the bride" parents in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Mabel Richards, ex·IIS. and George Griest, Swarlhmore, ex,'lS, K "'. on l\{arcb 4. At home aitr!r May I at the look Apartments, 1:15 East umon St., Lancuter, Pa.

BIRTHS

To Mr. and Mrs. R oger Clark (Sarah B:J.ncroft, '9 7) of Street, Somerset. England, a son, Stephen, December 26.

Mrs. Horace Bingham (Amy Young, '98) has mo\'cd from Chicago to 84Q Faydale Ave., Winnetka, III.

Mrs. Charles F. Branson (Anna Jackson, ex-'Ol) is now living at l066 E. 93rd St., Cleveland, Ohio.

Arvilla Lang, M.D ., ex-'os, is studying at the Cnil' euity of Pennsyh-ani a_ Her addreu is 2033 N. College Ave , Philadelphia.

Flora Boyle, ex -'0 7, and Annabelle Boyle, ' II, have recently visited their sister, Mrs. Carl McClure (Clara Boyle, ex-'06) at her home, 489 Sixth St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

Beatrice Victory, '07, is planning to condu c t a tour, thi s summer, for Pi Phis and their friends.

Mrs. Thomas Green (Lucretia Shoemaker, '0<) of Beatrice, Neb ., i s visiting her parents at their home in Philadelphia.

Frances Vauclain, ex-'Io, of Altoona, visited in Philadelphia during )farch. She spent several days with the chapter at Swarthmore.

Mrs Frederic B. Jaekel (Edith McCain, ex-'Ol) now lil'es in Doylestown, Pa.

PENNSYLVANIA BETA-BUCKNELL U:"'IVERSIT\'

Floren ce D. Leland, ex -'ll, and Columbia _"-, ' t4. to Arthur Lee Thompson Cornell, A Z, (Agricultural).

MARRIA CES

Sara Ray, '10, of Pittsburgh, and Palmer 'Vay, Bucknell, ' 10, K • A.I home in Wildwood, N. J., where they are building a BIRTHS

To Mr. lond Mrs. A. M. Schermerhorn, (Lila Long, '0 3) of Sl9 Flatbush Ave., Brooklyn, a son, March 19.

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis E. Theiss (Mary Rarlol, '94 ) have moved (rom XcwYork City to Lewi sb urg, Pa.

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Mr s. Harry S. Bo urne ( Kat e Mc Laughlin, '95) look a leading part in "Maidens All Forlorn," a comedy given, February 10, by the local Bucknell alumnre club Iza Martin, '00, and Mrs H. G. Dreisbach, a patroness, were also members of the cus t. Two weeks later this successful pby was repea ted in the Orpheum Theatre for the benefit of the Lewisburg Civic Club.

Mrs H. S. Bourne (Kate M c Laughlin, '95) is president of the Lewisburg alumnre club. and Mrs. L. E. Theiss ( Mary D:lrtoi, '94) i s vice-president of th e New York alumnre dub.

Mr s Lincoln Hulley (E loise Mnyham, )97) of DeLand, Fla., is the aunt of Mary Hulley who was r ecen tly initiated into Wyoming A. Harri et Hulley !lnd Louise Hull ey, both members of Florida A, are cousins of Mary Hulley, whose brother is editor of The Ph; Gamma Delta which is recognized as the largest and the most s u ccessfu l of all the fraternity magazine s.

Mrs. M. L. Drum (Grace Slifer, '98) is sec retary of the Shikelimo c hapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Mrs. G. W. Murd ock (Clarissa Fowler, ex·'99) of East Detroit, Mich., spe nt Easter in Lewisburg as the guest of Mr s. Frank M. Simpson (Mary Wilson ex·'<}8). Mrs. Murd'ock , as auditor, was on her way to attend the April meetings in Philadelphia of the Association of Collegiate Alumnre.

Mrs. Wm. 1\!. Ki effe r (Carrie Halfpenny, '02) is living in Fre ehold, N. J., where her husband is pastor of the Presbyterian church. J ean nette Sheppard, '02, of Main Avenu e, Ocean Gro\·e, N. J., visited her during the holidays.

On her way to Pittsburgh to attend Sara Ray's wedding, Mr s. Wm. S. Baldwin (Edna Gan'in, ex-'09 and Maryland A, ' 11 ) of Clarks Sum mit visited her aunt, Mrs. H. M. M cC lure, a patroness

Eunice V Hall, '09 , is teac hing this year in the publi c sc hoo ls of Waverly. Pa

]\,[ ary M. Meye r, 'oq, is teaching in the high sc hool in Paterson, N. J. He r address is 26 Church St.

Priscilla R. Hard es ty, ex-'IO, has given up her studio at Cape Girardeau, Mo., to become an instructor in the Buck nell School of Musi c.

Gretchen A. Radack, ' lI, who teaches German in the Franklin high schoo l, and Olive AI. Long, ' 12, who teaches Latin and mathematics in the Lock Haven high school, spent their Easter vacation in Lewisburg as guests of Mr s. Wm Leiser, a patroness. Gretchen was diredor of the senior class play, "C upid at Vassarn at the presentation of which one thousand dollars was realized.

Joletta. M. Arthur , '13, is tea ching in the government schools in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

'Ve sympathize with H annah Bertin, ex-'13, in her sorrow. Her mother died March 26 at Williamsport, Pa.

Mrs. J. G. Sholl (He len Hart!, '10) spent the first two weeks of April with her parents in Lewisburg, Pa.

Johnson. ' 10, visited in Lewisburg :\t the close of the winter term.

Verna \Vhitak er, 'II, during the winter term was the guest of her sister, Amanda Whitaker, one of our freshman pledges The chapte r gave a cookyshine in her honor.

ALU.lfS.E PERSO.YALS

Olive Long, ' 12, spent. few days during 'he spring term In Lewisburg. Ethel Hottenste in, '13. !lttended OUf annual dance the evening of Marcb 18.

PENNSYLVANIA GAMMA-DICKINSON COLLEGE

Mrs. Munson Corning (Florence Kisner, 'II) spent a week st her home in Carlisle.

Helen Carruthers, '12, entertained Helen Langfitt, ' 14. during part of the Easter vllcalion.

Mary Thompson, ex-'12, spent several days in Carlisle.

Elizabeth Garner, "3. lpent a day with the lhapter during her spring vacation.

Lydia Gooding, '10, has been home in Carlisle recently Clara Margaret McKee, eX-'J4, is librarian at the Brown University library T£,XAS

ESr.ACEMENTS

Margaret Ralston, ex-'iS. to Boyd Redding, 2: X The wedding will be on May S.

MARRIACES

)fay Wynn, '06 , and Ike M c Farland, e, April 22.

Ethel Matthews, ex-'to, And Lindon Casey, April 3.

BIRTJI S

To Mr. and Mrs. Richard Neg ley (Laura Burleson, ex-'ll) a son.

Again 'rexas A was well rep r esen ted in the ann ual Dattle of the Flowers at San Antonio. Luci le Matthews, f'X-' I4 was Duchess of Ft. Worth while her sister Sallie M:.tthews, f'X-' IS , wns her maid of h ono r Ann Richer, ex-' iS. was Duchess of ,V aco Rnd Buena Clinton , ex-' IS, was her maid of honor.

Clara May Brooks, ex-' , s, and C laire Lucas, ex-'12, were also d u chesses.

Margaret Ralston, ex-'IS, visited Mrs. Helen Kinlt:y d u ring the latter part of April.

Texas .A has enjoyed the visit of Jeffries Green, a Randolph · Macon IT 4>', who spent two months with her cousin, Dorothy WelL

Laura Randal, ex-'13. visited Annie Garrison and was present for the open houst in April.

Anita Schelmer, ' II, who is now in Sewanee, Tenn., l eaves in June for Europe.

Mrs. John Townes ( I-Jelen Markle, ex-'n) visited Judge and Mrs. Townes in Austin .

Mrs. Luther Stark (Nita Hill , ex-'I2) visited her mother in Austin. She and her husband led the grand march given by the cJI r.4 fraternity in honor of their guests at a convention held here.

The Austin alumna: club met with Margaret Robertson on April 10

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Moselle \Vebb, ex-'16. Buena Clinlon, ex·I I S. Tharon Thompson, ' 13 and Monette Colgin, ex-' i S. were guests at the II house for the two dances given by the Arrowhead and Ratler clubs.

Mrs. Fred Raymond (Dora Neill, ex-'u) and Wilma McKee. 'oS, were visitors in Austin in February.

Ada Helle Williford, ex -'09, will be in Dallas with her sister :\Irs. Talachee. There will be a number of visitors (or the banquet with which Texas A will celebrate Founders' Day.

ALPHA-RANDOLPH-MACON WOMA::-l ' S COLLEGE

Hardcnia Fletcher, 'II, is Ilcling 35 traveling V. \V C. A. secretary for secondary schools ill Virginia this spring.

Margaret Bouleware, '12, is spending a month or two in York City and is to stop by college on her way home. Enid 14. is also in York studying violin rind will visit here in spring. Both al lunch at the new W omen's University Club b)' Edith M. New York B, '12. Enid played a violin solo at the Foundtu' Day banqud of New YOTk alumnre club

VERMO::-:T ALPHA-MIDDLEBURY COLLECE

Mrs. Ralph Denio (una Roseman. '97), Mrs. Scott Gooding C}laud Smith, '03). ex-'oS, Eliolabeth 1. Adams, '11, Sarah 'll. Mrs. Fisher See ley, eit-'I2), Louise Munroe, '12, and Hatch, ' 13, were present at initialion b:mquet, March 14

Mrs. Scott Gooding (Maud Smith, '03), Mrs. Philip Crane (Mary '03), Theodora Crane, ex·'oS, Mrs. Ray Fisher (Alice Louise Munr oe , ' 12, and Eleanor Hat ch, ' 13. were at the initiation, March 13.

Mrs. Ralph Denio Rostman. '97) was in town for the Middlebury alumn:e banquet, M. r ch 28.

Mrs. 1. C. Poole (Margaret Matheson, '03) of Fall River is of the Rhode Island club. in New York recently she attended the Founders' Day

Mrs. Philip Crane (Mary Munsey. '03) took part in the mid·winter initi.· tlon ceremony o( B K at McCullough gymnasium, March 25 Crane , ex·'oR, is taking her M.A. in at Cn rmen Walk er , 'II, has spent winter with her (ather in Florida. address has been changed to 73 St., Niagara Falls, Onto

address o( Mrs. Ray Fisher (Alice &tley, ex-' u) is now No. 500, 43 ,Vest 159 St., N. Y. City. Her husband is pit ching (or the X e w York cans.

Helen Harriman, '13, and Eleanor Hatch, '13, visited in March I-J.

Mary '13, when home (OT her E stH vacation, spent days visiting friends at the coHege.

ALUM'\"£ PERSOXALS

VERMONT JtETA-U::'UVERSITV OF BIRTHS

To Mr. and Albert C:ui)'le Brown (Estelle Metcalf, n ·'oS) of Chicago, a .second daughter, Katherine Eugene, July 2.

To Rev. and Mrs. Guy F. Crawford (Maude Fletcher, ex -'oS) of Randolph, Vt., Jl daughter, )Iargaret Bailey, in Much.

Mrs. Car l Guptil (Ethel Stevens, '02) is now living at 935 Elm St., New Haven, Conn.

Grace Jlayes, '09. and Grace Sylvester, '10, who leach respectively in private sc hools in Roche ste r nnd Bronxville, N. V., 5pent the Easter vacalion in \V ashiogton, D. C. Grace Hayes is president of the newly organized club at Rochester.

Daisy Russell -Drew , 'oJ. recently entertained several members o f the active chapte r, including the six initiates, at dinner.

Ruth Catlin, ex·lu, has returned from a trip to New York. \Vhile there she called on Grace Sylvester. ' 10. and Ethel Center. ' I J. Ruth also rece ntly st· tended the installation of New York r at St . Lawrence University.

Ruth Ladd, 'II, i. s till teaching in Leland University, New Orleans. La. Mabel Gillis, '12, i. spending the year at her home in Greensboro.

WASHINCTON ALPHA-UNIVERS I TY OF WASHINGTON (Chart e r ed 1907)

ENGAGEMENTS

Elibabeth Wilbur, '08, to Roy H erbert, Williams, rJ> !: K. BIRTHS

To Mr. and Mrs . Bob Denny (uta Birch, '12) a SOD.

Marion Spelger, ex-'t6, has just returned from a trip to Ca lifornia.

Bertha Bigelow, 'II, been le:lching this winter in the North Centra l high school of Spokane.

Marion Frye, eX··14. l eft in April for an ex tended trip through France and Germany

Imogene Cunningham, '07, is traveling in California at present. An exhi· bition of her work was held last winter in Brooklyn, N. Y., Ilnd Mabel Joyce , '06, and Miss Woodmnn the editor.

WISCONSIN OF WI SCONS IN MARRIA GES

Selma Vognild, 'oS, and H:lrry Bertram Forbes, April II. AI home, 1933 Humboldt Boulevard, Chicago.

Mary Louise \Vright, '10, and Warren Wilbur Witmer , January 15, at Rensselaer, Ind.

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BIRTHS

To Mr. and Mn Carl S. Pick (Mabelle C. Bredette, '11) a daughter, Mabelle Elisabeth, February 4. at West Bend, Wis.

Mrs. Wm. H. Lough (Elizabeth Shepard, '02) gave a talk at the Founders' Day luncheon of the New York alumnre club.

?ifargarp.t B. Stanton, 'aS. who has been studying at Teachers' College for the past year where she ha s just r ece ived a B.S. in dom es ti c science has accepted a position as head of the domestic sc ience department in the American College for Girls, Constantinople, Turkey. This institution of which Doctor Patrick is president was formerly und er the American Board but is now financed by private individuals and chartered under the State of Massachusetts. The new buildings of concrete are upon a hill sloping down to the Bosphorus several miles out of th e city. The work in domestic science is new and considerable tim'e will be given the new head for travel and investigation Queen Eleanore of Bulgaria and Queen "Carmen Sylva" are deeply interested in the work as are people in this country such as Miss Grace Dodge Mrs. Helen Gould Shepard and Mrs Russell Sage. Prof. A l bert Bushnell Hart is one ot the trustees. Margaret sails, August 22. from New York by the Cunard Line.

Mr. and Mrs Wallace S. Hampton (Lisette Woerner, 'Il) have moved to 3805 California Ave., Taco ma Apartments, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Mrs. G. H. Young (Bernice Baker, ex·l l2) now lives at Till smook St., Portland. Ore.

Florence Hanna, ex-'13. has moved to S. Linco ln Ave., Springfield, Ill

Several of our girls are helping to form new alumnre organizations. Mrs . Wilber M. Derthick (Cora E. Colbert, ' 12) is secretary-treasurer of the new club at Sioux City, Iowa, while A l ice Rudolph, '13, and Grace McKinnon, ex·'rs, are busy forming one in Sioux Falls, So. Dak.

Mrs. H. B Hawkins (Daisy Moser, '08) has changed her address in China. It is now care of the Chinese Maritime Customs. Shanghai.

WYOMING ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING ENGAGUIESTS

Teresa Langheldt, ' II. to Fred Newman.

Agnes Anderson, eX-'ll, to Robert Gotschalk.

Miriam Doyle, 'II. to James Bogie.

Wilburta Knight, ' II, to Earle Cady.

Gladys Corthell. ex·'14, to 'Vii bur Hit chcoc k , ' 12, A T O. Ruth Greenbaum, ' 13. to Clifford Dickinson, ' 13. A T O.

BIRTHS

To Mr. and Mrs Earl Bradbury (Louise H enk le ex-'ll) of Evanston, a daughter. in February.

DEATHS

Dr. Agnes M. Wergeland at L ara mie, March 6.

ALUM,y./E PERSOSALS

Mrs. Ben Bellamy (Beth Cuy, ex-'n) is living in Chicago this winter.

Mary JODeI, n-'u, will graduate from Pacific College, Rex, Ore., in June Wilburta Knight, 'II, i. teaching domestic science in the high school at SterHo,". Colo.

The 'alumnae club is planning to hAve the active chapter as guelts (or tne Founders' Day celebration.

"That Doctor \Verleland 1I'U active practically up to the time of her death i. shown by the appearance of two "cry valuable book reviewl over her .ien.ture in the illue of the Am""ic(u. Hul onclJ' Rnn'n», Vol. XIX. No. J, for April, 1914. These well-written review•• which represent some of her very latc work, are of tw o French book. by Paul Allard, one entitled, 'Le. Oriline. du Servage en France,' amI the other, 'Le, Chietien. depuis Temp. de l'Eglise jUMju ' lI 1::1 Fin de la Domination Occldent.' Doctor \Vergeland since the appearance of her work on 'Slanry in Germanic Society During the M;r!tt h h.. been .s authority on the history of slavery.

"In the March, 1914, number of the A"'Wtca,. Sca"di"avio" there Ippead • review by Doctor Wer.eland of Lawrence M. Lanon'. work on 'Canute the Great.' one of tbe books in the of the National Serie.:

"Doctor Wergeland' poetry is beine more and more. Recently Maren Michelet, author of a re-cent tutbook entitled., ' First Year Norse: Doctur Hebard, aakin.- pcnniuion to publish a selection from Doctor Wer-geland'. in the second edition of his book, which i. to be used in collele IUd high .chool ctaurooml. In a receot number of Kvart/t4lsltrift, a Norwe.-ian at Eau Claire, Wisconsin, a poem entitled, 'April,' from pen of Doctor land is published. The of the publication considers this poem 1he belt of Doctor eland's work and on'! of the best o f all Norv.'elisn poems,"

uF1'agranl as a c1'lu/u'd rou is the rtDut flower 0/ remembra1f(e/'

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ANNUAL R E PORT S OF ALUMNlE CLU B S

INTR ODUCTORY NOTE TO AL U MNIE CLUB REPORTS

As yo u turn over the following pages you will not e th e e vid e nce o f in · crta sed fraternity enthusiasm in th e twelv e cl ub s which se nd r epo rt s. for the first tim e: Bu r li ngton, VI.; Northern, N. Y.; Roc he s te r, N. Y.; Ann Arbor, Mich .; O hi o r Alumn re; Tri Ci ty, Iow a; Sioux C ity, I owa; Sioux Fall s, So. Oak .; Springfield, Mo .; \Vyoming A; Po rtlan d, Ore.; Spo kane, Wa sh. At the sa me tim e you will r egre t that thirt ee n clubs hav e failed to send us greetings and th ereby have deprived lome four thou sa nd r eaders o f mu ch pleasure.

Since th e r e is no tim e lik e these poin ts to your attention. cl ub r epo rts w ere due May 4.

th e prese nt th e Alumn lX: Editor would l ike to ca ll Page 390 of th e Marc h AKROW announced that Thirty had not arrived by that date W e shall pass ove r th e m e thods of ex trac ting all but fourtee n Th e r e six ty -three clubs in nil Furth er directions whi ch were mail ed eac h secre tary said that the officers at h ead of report must be for 19 14 -15; th a t report was to be signed by th e sec retar y for 1913 - 14. FinaIlY .:15 you read th ese r epo r ts will you co mpare that of your o wn club with others to see whether it represents fully a nd in an interesting way. th e work and p leas ure of the past yea r .

ALPHA PR OV IN CE·

BALTIM ORE A LUMN.+: CLUU

President- Lo ui se R. Van Santo '08.

Secre tary-E li sa beth F. Kellum, ' I J. Cox

Th e Maryland A Alumnre Cl ub has had a each month since October l1tis year we tried the p l an of meeting on th e second Saturday of o ne month at on e o'cl oc k. and the second Friday of the ne xt month in th e evening When we met on Saturday our host ess se rv ed lun ch eon before the business meeting was ope n ed. The plan proved q uite a s uccess as it s uited both th ose wh o pre· fe r daylight meetings and tho se wh o fin d it more conve nient to meet in the evening. The m eetings have been well attended and e n joyed by a ll Ou r enrollme nt has been much jnc r eased by th e presence in the city of a number of Pi Phil from colleges i n the rlOrth and west. W e have enjoyed knowing these fraternity sis ters from ot her coll eges and fee l that they have aro used in u s an interest in their Alma Maters that we cou ld not h ave othe rw ise felt.

At Ch ri stmas we sent a box to the Settlement School. It contained candy, toys, books a n d games for th e c hil d ren as well as gift s for the faculty h o use· keeping department. In return w e had such a long, interesting le tter from ?l,fjss Pollard telling of the sch ool and life in Gatlinburg. She enclosed some kodak pictures of the chil d r e n and the Littl e P igeon R i ve r . W e ce l eb rated Founders' D ay as usual in the company of Colum bia A. This ytar th e 'V ashi ngt on girls came to Baltimore. So me of them came ove r

.Number old c lubs, 8; new, 3. Total II. sending no report, o.

early in the morning nnd spent tbe day seeing the ci ty . Others came in the evening, just in time for the banquet which waJ held at the Rennert The toasts were bright and interesting and the good-fellowship and songs WHe an inspiration to .11.

We are now looking forward to co mmen cemen t with its good limes and renewed friendships We have made. ,pecia l effort to briDg our alumna: back this year and hope that a. large number of them may be able 10 return.

ELISABETH F. KELL U M.

BOSTON AL U MNJE CLUB

President-Mrs. Thomas Gibb (Edna Cu ll is, Massachusetts A, '07).

Viu·Presideni-Mn. A. B. Rider ( Mabel Whilc() mb, Massa chtllllf'tt .... . '03)

SecrettJr"...-Mrs. Alfred Avery (Ethel Piper, Massac husetts A. '06).

Trea.rurer-Mrs. E. 'V Bicknell (Pellrl Bancrolt, Massachu5etts A, '98).

A. Carr, Massachu5e tls, 'II.

The club has held meetings on the second Saturday 01 each month, to whicb the ac tive chapter was always invited. There bas been some special feature at nearly all of these and two different members served as hostesses.

For the two summer meetings we were entertained at the co ttage of Anna Robinson·Nic kerson at Hough's Neck. In October we had a house-warming for our new apartment A ho lhe schol arJhip )¥as presented to Dorothy C l ements for the highest Ttlnk during ):ler sophomore year.

In NovC:luber we held our anoual guut night, at which we were very fortunate in having with us President Rnd Mrs. Murlin, and several others of the faculty of Boston University. Doct or Murlin sp()ke on the p l ans and needs of the college and Shirley Storm, Iowa r, read.

At the regular December meeting Mrs. Laura Macdo nald gave an illustrated talk on Ul nterior Deeoration ll which was extremely interesting and instructive. At this same time we had a shower for the Stttlement School; the members brought either books suitable for the school library or money.

About Christmas we a lw ays hold a reunion. 'lo is yea r we had a "cooky· shine" at the apartment and all the II 41 babies were invited. The Boston club is very fortunate in little ones and the gathering proved a big success . Sarah Pomeroy us one of her splendid travel talks on the of th e \Vy e", in J anuary. In February under thf! able coaching of Shirle)' Storm, Iowa r , and with the assistance of Olive Kirby, New York A, several a.ctive girls, a lumn a! and men from college, we presented a little play, entitled " What Happened to J ones". For this Mrs. Rider (Daisy Whitcomb, '03) very kindly opened her beautiful home in Jamaica Plain.

At the March meeting the active chap t er ente rt ained us with music and a little sketch. On April 25 we celebrated Founders' Day with R banquet at the H otel Bellevue.

In May, Professor Rice, head of the Latin departrrent will speak to us and the June meeting is to be devoted to the st u dy of the co nstitution.

The club took c harge of one of the two rushing parties for the actives and

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assisted with the second. Tn January we gave a. tea in honor of Beverly West (Aurora John son. MaSS!lchusetts A, ex·'Q9) and h e r sis ter, who were play· ing in "Little W omen", On March :z8 we all enjoyed an informal afternoon with Mi ss Keller. who was the guest of Mrs. Nickerson.

This year the club took charge of the fraternity home. renting a fine modern apartment and furnishing it. The expense ha s been heavy, but the response for money and gifts has been generous. We have felt fully rep aid for our efforts an-j trust that we may be able to continue what seemed somewhat adventurou s at the start.

We are planning to raise money {or the Settlement School in the near future, by a. series of food sales to take the form of a contest. The members 8re geographically divided into gro'ups and the group rai sing the most money is to be ente rtained by all the others together.

Th ere are about one hundred Pi Phis living in or near Boston. Of these sixty are members of the club. The attenda nce at the meetings has been very good and the individual interest has seemed to increase. We hope our club may continue to grow, augmented by members from other chapte rs and we wish 'every club equal success.

A. CARR.

BURLINGTON ALUMNJE CLUB

President-Mabel Balch, Vermont B, '09.

Vicl!-President-Mn. R. C. Drew (Daisy Russell, Vermont B, '03). Suretar,-Mrs. R. P. Tuttle (Helen Barton, Vermont B, '(9) Treas;'rer-Sylvia Warren. Vermont B, ex-'OC)

The Burlington, Vermont, Alumn:J: Club was organized January 28, 1914, and at present has a member ship of fourteen. We were c hartered April 6. Following is a list of the charter members.

Dai sy Russel-Drew, 'oJ; Amy Met calf, '0 5; Maude Cha ffee, 'oS; J e nnie Rowell, '09; Mabel Balch, '0<); Helen Barton-Tuttle, '09; Sylvia Warren, ex-'09; Ruth Gregory, '10; Ruth Catlin, ex-'I2; Bertha Coventry, '12 ; Helen Durfee. 'IJ; Alta Grismer, 'IJ; Amy Wheeler, ex-' IS; and Blanche Bostwick, Vermont A, eX-'Iz.

The meetings are held on Wedn esday evenings, at lea st once a month. For ou r February meeting we entertained on pledge night at the fraternity rooms. The club has offered a prize [or the highest mark in fraternity examinations in the active chapter

HELEN BARTON -TUTTLE

NOR1' Ht;RN NEW Y ORK ALUMNJE CLUB

Pruitient-Agnes F . McDonald, New York r. '09 . K. Cleaveland, New York r, 'n.

The Northern New York Alumnae Club is so young that there is little to be said about it. After the reception by New York r on March the day after installation, the alumnae: livin g in and near Canton co ll ected and, under Miss Keller's direction, organized an alumnae club {or this vicin ity. We have

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now fourtecn members but as only six of us are in Canton our meetings are small. \Ve are .11 New York r girh excep t Mn . Clara Wil so n - Hamilton ( Columbia A). who did &0 much to help us become Pi Phis.

We are planning to hold meetings the last Saturday in each month, hoping that some of our nearby .lumotle can be with us each time We have had ODC meeting since we organized. This was on April 25. at the home of Dorothy Cleaveland.

Our Advisory Committee for the active chapter here consists of Mrs. Mary Perlee-Judd, Mrs. Clara Wilson -Hamilton, Agnes MeO'onald, Helen Merriman,. and Dorothy Cleaveland.

For the Founders' nay celebution, which was held with the active chapte r at the chapter house on the evening of April 28, we had an old-fashioned cookyshine. All came dre sse d in costumes fr om lii6 t o 1890. 'Vith 11 1 were OUI' chaperon and two patronesses, making a company of thirty -three

The Northern New York alumnae club offen a co rdial invitation to any Pi Phis who may be in the vicinity to join with us whenever possible and we would be very glad to welcome into the club any Pi Phis living in northern New York. DOROTHY K. CLEAVELAND.

NEW YORK AL\lMNA:. CL UB

p,.esidmt-Edith M. Valet, New York B, ' 12. Vice-p,.erident-Mrs. L. E. Theiss (Mary Bartol, P e nnsylvania B, '94, and Mi chigan B).

Sec,.eta,.y-T,.easurer-E lminR Wilson, Iowa r '92.

*Relident Alumnre-260.

Members of Club-67

Average Attendance-40.

The New York Alumnre Club has nearly completed its eleventh year. It was chartered in June, 1907. As usual there have been eig ht monthly meetings, held at the homes of the m embers usually on first Saturday". Two have been purely social. In October, as has been the custom for several years, the active chapter of New York B entertained in their apartment. About forty were present. Last spring the president appointed the secretary to revise the club constitution. Miss Woodman accordingly reported on those ch'anges made necessary by Grand Council action and the requests of the Granr! Vice - President. The dues of the club are now one dollar including the national tax, but exclusive of THE Auow. With a very few exceptions club members, and some who do not ac tually belong to the club, are readers of our magazine, mOit of them being life subscribers. There are. in fact, ninety subscribers in our club radius.

In November the club met with Mrs. Wm. H . Lough (Elizabeth Shepard, Wisconsin A, '02) and Mrs C. H. Farnsworth (Charlotte Joy Allen, Colorado A, '97) spoke on the newer phases of Camp Fire Girls a n d showed and ex-

*Thi, number includes all those within a fifty mile radius of whom we know. It is practically the same each year although about thirty will m()ve away next year to be replaced by othen.

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plained some of the symbolic work done at her camp at Thetford, Vt., las: , ummer

The December meeting was held with Margaret L. C Claffy (New York H, '04) in Brooklyn and brought out severa l Long Islanders who do not get to meetings in up - town Manhattan. Ma ry Corbett, (Michigan .A, ' 02) Student Secretary for the Northeast Committee of the Y. W. C A. spoke to u s on the inspiring con(en'nce of students (rom all l ands held at Lake Mohonk last spring.

For the past six years our annual meeting Ilnd cooky -shine has been held in January, but in conformance with the new I"egulations we changed this to March. So, instead of a business meeting in January, Elmina and AIda Wilson (Iowa r '92 and '94) entertained us at cards. This novel treat was enjoyed by about forty The seniors of the chapter were specially invited.

Edith M. Valet, o ur p resident , was hostess in February. Mrs. Nickerson was tl welcome guest. Mrs. Margaret Hutton Abels (Wisconsin A and Illinois E) gave an intensely interesting talk on the form of social work in which she is engaged as superintenden t of Magdalene H ouse; and Mrs. Theiss gave a bird's-eye view of her trip ,Vest a year ago.

For the annual meeting and election of officers Annie S. Van Buskirk (New York D, 'II) opened her home to U5. The two parlors were hardly large enough for Pi Phis who sat down-on the floor-to the cooky-shine which fol· lowed. The active chapter are always our guests on this occasion.

Ever since the group teas of the first club calling committee which our secretary managed six years ago, more or less h as been said about district meetings. This yeaT the plan, so s u ccessfu lly worked out by Chicago, was tried and in place of the April meeting neighborhood teas were given by Elisabeth Thom so n (New York D, ' II) for Wa shington H eight s; Mrs. H M S n yder (Josephin e Wiley, Maryland A, ex-'o2) for M o rningsid e H eig ht s, and Margaret C laiTy and Florence Hubbard (New York H, '0 4 ) for Brooklyn. The Bronx was inc lu ded in the form er. Other sections were to have been repre· se nte d

The May meeting, our last, was held with l\'farion Stoner (Maryland A. ex-'04) at tapleton, Staten Island. Dr. Stoner is superintendent of the Marine Hospital and we found ' the old house quaint with its wonderful view of the harbor, and the spring·like refreshments, delightful. This was the largest May meeting we have ever had-tlt'en ty.

The luncheon in honor of Founders' Day was held at the Hotel McAlpin, 34 St. and Broadway, on April 25 One hundred and two sat down at thirteen tables--the largest IT <II gathering New York has ever seen. In the selection of the hotel the committee was most fortunate and the club owes a debt of gra.titude to Mrs. H. M. Snyder, Elmina Wi.lson and Marion Stoner for their efficient service. The place cards were red paper nrrows about three inches long, tied with blue ribbon which Miss Stoner had made and which, with the name of the person on one side and table on other were given to us as we entered the reception room. Mrs. B. C Lewis (Pearl Archibald, Nebraska B, '06) presided; Lois Nell (Ohio r, I n) spoke on the rural problem in its relation to the church; Louise Pearce (California A ' 07, Johns Hopkins, M.D., 'tt)

on women in the research laboratory; Edith M Valet on the A. C. A. and Mrs. Lough on II cz, as :I. socilll servant. We were eSJ)«ially glad to have witb us Enid Alexander of Virginia A, who played a violin solo, and five girls (rom New York r. New York B sung several lOngs and did their snake dance.

As Ne" York is luch a cosmopoli tan place the c hapl en represented may be interesting:-thirty-one of them! New York B, 34: New York A. 8; Maryland A. 7; Massachusetts A. 6 j New York r, 5 i Colorado A and Wisconsin A, 4 each; Columbia A, Illinois 4, and Michigan A. 3 tach j Indiana A, Iowa A and r. Michigan D and Minnesota A, 3 each; Colorado B, Illinois H, IIli· nois E, Indiana r, Missouri B, Nebraska A and B, Ohio r, Pennsylvania A, B and r, Texas A, Virginia A, Vermont A llnd B. and Washington .4., one each.

A mlmy h:n'e come to il."ew York thili winter. As usual there have been a number studying at Columbia, Pratt. and in various art and music schools_ Three brides came to us from h ome clubs la.5t fall and many more fJi Phis have either moved here or visited in the city. This shifting membership makes club work both discouraging and inspiring. The 5eCl"etary sends to each one she hears about, a personal note on the club paper 3nd she hu .1ways called on all newcomers in her neighborhood. Mrs. Snyder, Mrs. J . A. Lockwood (Pauline de lesi, Maryland A, ex-'ol) and Mrs. B. L. Mu:6eld (Winifred Hill, M:lssachusetts A, '98) have also done n good bit of calling and writing.

We keep in touch with the active chapter although no Advisory Committee has been chosen this year owing to the uncertainty of the chapter's existence. They entertain us in October; we invite them to the cooky-shine, and, in (act, to all meetings and together we celebrate Founders' Day. There are, o( co urse, in the cily, more girls (rom New York B than from nny other chapter and the club owes much o( its strength and enthusiasm to the Barnard girls both as undergraduate s and as alumnre. It is therefore with keen sorrow that we realized amid our happiness at the luncheon that the tenth anniversary o( the chapter will be anything but a joyful one. l\l iss , .voodman was asked by N. P. H this spring to see what could be done. A co mmittee of Barnard alumnre prepared and laid before the (acuity an appeal bUI lhe faculty did not see fit to alter their attitude.

For the Settlement School we have raised a. bit over $150. Instead of giving an entertainment as has been done twice before the money was secured this year through subscriptions. Adele Duncan (New York D, '11) was chairman o( the very efficient committee which 31so consisted o( Mrs. Snyder and Mabel Joyce (Washington A, '06).

This report, the last the present secretary will write, is her seventh. The first was prepared to accommodate the secretary of that year but since her election to the three -fold office of treasurer, recording and secretary in Januar}', 1909. the reports of the New York club h:we co me from her peu That this has been a great privilege she well appreciates. Not o.nly has it been a pleasure to Iry to make the n life of New York a real thing 10 other clubs all over the co untry and also to endeavor to make it so attractive that stranger Pi Phis may wish to co nn ect th emselves with it, but also the \'ery writing oC tl}e

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reports has made her look with keen interest into the work of sister clubs and 10 has broadened her horizon and deepened her sympathy.

SoPHIE PARSONS WOODMAN.

RHODE ISLAND ALUMN.£ CLUB

President-Mrs Lloyd G. BalCouf (Ruth de Hass, Indiana r, 'to).

Secrelary-Trtasurt,-Mrs. 1. C Poole (Margaret Matheson, Verm ont A. '03 ).

The Rhode Island Alumnre Club has been unfortunate in its m ee tings thi s year as its members are SO sca ttered and have s uch diverse therefore, impossible to give a detailed report of its work in November 1911 occupations. It is, We were chartered

We have lost one or two members and, in a small club, that mcan s a considerable loss . Fortunately, this spring we have rece ived a new lease of lifc, by the addition of two members-Mrs . Lloyd Balfour of Indiana rand Miss McKee of Pennsylvania r-wbom we f ee l sure are going to help us a lot with their enthusiasm. The Founders' Day celebration was carried out by joining witb the Boston club at their banquet at Hotel Bell e vue, Bos ton.

Although our club is small, we are not lacking in "enthusiasm and hope any Pi Phis in or nellr Rhode Island will get in touch with us and become members of the club. HELIN' D. BARRETT.

ROCHESTER ALUMNIE CLUB

Pruidelf/-Grace Christine Hayes, Vermont B, 'og.

Secretary-Florence Eaton Ford, New York .A, '07.

Treasurer-Mrs. L. C. Atwater (Florence Andrews, New York A, '00).

Resident Alumnse-:as.

Members of C l ulr-t8

Our Rochester Club is still in its infancy. but we all feel that it is rather a precocious infant judging from the enthu siasm and growth which it has shown th u s far.

The first meeting was held in January, seven being present. Since then we have met on the third Saturday of each month, and have had an average attendance of eleven .

At the first two meetings, we appointed calling committees, and arranged the year's program and elected officers.

At the following meeting we hoped to have as guests some of the active girls from the Syracuse chapter, but, unfortunately, they were unable to come. However, we received a most interesting letter from one of the Syracuse girls, telling of the m&nagemeot of the ne,.,. chapter house, and many other things of interest.

We celebrated Founders' Day April 2S, by a luncheon at the Powers followed by a theater party. Although there was a veritable downpour of rain, fifteen Pi Phis braved the elements and made our first Founders' Day celebration a &'Rat success

At the May meeting we will decide in what ,.,.ay we shall raise money for the Settlement School. Bertha Kelsey and Sabra Hayden who teach in the

Brockport Normal School invited the club 10 meet with them in BTockpor t, and if the weather i. favorable. we shall make it an outdoor cooky-shi ne.

In June. as many of our members a. possibly can will attend the &nnual II 4> reunion of the Syracuse alumnae club, and we next year, to plan (or a joint meeting with that club.

\Ve have in our Rochester club, at prCiCnt, eighteen members, sixteen of whom -are Aaaow subscribers. As there aTC about twenty-five Pi Phis Jiving in or Dear the city, we fully expect to bring the club membership up to that number before many months.

As we arc a new club organiud in January and chartered in March the names of our members may be interesting.

Clara Andrews, '00, Mrs . L. C. Atwater (Flo ren ce Andrews, '00), Berth. Kelsey, '03. of Vermont A; Grace Hayes, '09, of Vermont B i Eleanor Good, 'ai, of Massach usetts A i Mrs. R. G. Brackett (Esther Beers, ex-'14, New York B); Mrs. Raymond Bettys (Edith Giles, ex-'os, Columbia .A); Mrs. T. M. Shorkley (Genevieve White, '00, Pennsylvania B, '04, Michigan B); Mrs. E. L. Davis (Esther Wil50n , ex-'14, Ohio B) i Mrs. J. F. Barker (Sophie Hargi s, '08, Iowa P) ; and of New York A.--Carlene Barrett. '08; Mrs. Harry Brayton (Mabel Murray, '04); Florrnce E. Ford, '07; Sabra Hayden. '06; Isabelle Moore. '0 1 ; Isabel Shepard, 'II; Mrs. John Teilsworlh (Anna Magee, '09) i Mrs Chas. Weber (Flore n ce Britten, ex·'04).

FLORENCE E FORD.

SVRACUSI-: ALUMN.£ CLUB

Pruident-Mrs. Cuy Chaffee (Charlotte Nearing, New York A, '98). Vice-Pruident-Miss Julia Talbot (New York .A. '96).

Surelary--Mrs. C. Harold Merry (Laura Single, New York A, 'OS).

Corruponding Secretary and Trea.rurer--Mrs. L. A. Howell (Marion L. Nearpass, New York A. '10).

Resident Alumnre-33.

Members of

Average Attendance-l S.

The Syracuse Alumna: Club has held meetings once a month this year instead of twice a month as in previous years. We have found it much more satisfactory both in attendance and in benefits derived.

We h3ve tried to make each meeting of special interest. For instance, the second meeting in the fall we had a cooky-shine to bring all the together. Our November meeting was a stocking, handkerc hief and hair ribbon shower for Wealthy Honsinger, one o( our girls who is at the head of the Baldwin Memorial School in China. As a result we had a goodly num· ber o( articles to send the children for Christmas presents. Our December meeting was a jelly, jam, and conserve shower (or the chapter house. You know h'o w those delicacies are appreciated by the girls.

Since that time we have entertained the active chapter and also the seniors at a cabaret luncheon.

At our next meeting we study the co nstitution and fraternity examination •. Being in the ci ty with an active chapter it is easy to keep in tou ch with them. The chaperon at the house is a member of our club so through her, we

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hear a good deal. Most of us do not attend chapter meetings as we should, our home cares seem to hinder us.

As a club and individually we are greatly interested in the Settlement School and wish we might do morc. \V e have sent money both last year and this and hopt to do more in the future.

Founders' Oay was celebrated Tuesday evening, April 28, at the house. The freshmen gave a minstrel show to which the alumnre were invited.

We c l ose the year with our annual dinner, Saturday evening beleTe commencement week. W e are hoping to have several out of town 1l1umnre with us.

We were chartered by Indianapolis convention in J1}06.

MARION N. HOWELL.

TORONTO ALUMNA: CLUD

May I QI3 to May 1914.

The Toronto Alumnre C lu b has nine resident members, a ll of whom take an active part in the work of the alumnre club. Ou r meetings nre held once a month and follow a programme arranged at the commencement of the year. One meeting is always devoted to the study of the history and constitution and another to the sett lem ent work. Edith Gordon took charge of the February meeting and gave a very interesting travel talk on her European trip of last yur.

In addition to the above studies we sought to assist the active chapter by taking charge of their philanthropic work for the year. We cut out garments l or the H ome and s uperint ended the making of them as well as doing & large amount of the work o urselves .

We also arranged the chapter birthday party and Founders' Day ce lebration. For the latt e r we charged each girl a nominal sum and thus able to make a sma ll amount for the Settlement School in addition to the ten dollars pledged.

Throughout the year we have been able to keep in close touch with the active chapter by sending one or more alumna: delegates to each of their meetings. We also showed our interest in rushing season by giving two informal evenings and presenting a comic tragedy upon another occasion.

By means of a ' special levy we were able to send a delegate from the active chapter to the installation of the St. Lawrence chapter at Canton, N. Y.

Many of the alumnre are looking forward to being present at the ann ual house party to be held at Pickering. We all fee l that this event does a great deal to stimulate our enthusiasm for II and makes us desire greater things for the coming year.

GLADNESS CHAPMAN.

WASHINGTON ALUMN.f: CLUB

p,.esidelfl-Marguerite Weller, 'II. Viu-p,.esidert./-Ruth Denham, '10. Secrela,y-Georgia Sanderlin, '96. r'4'as .. ,.e,.-Edna Clarke. '93. Regirl,a_Mabel Scott. '07.

Resident Alumn3!-io.

Members of Average Attendance--lS.

The \V ashinglon Club has had (our meetings this year. One important step taken was that of affiliating with the alumnre department of the fraternity. It Will felt that if such a department was necessary to the gene ral fraternity it ought to be supported by alumna: clubs. Our charier was granted December 6, 1913.

The chief interest this winter stems to have been in the Settlement School. The Question arose as to possib le methods of raising money to aid in the new building. A theater bentfit was suggested but most of the girls disliked selling tickets, and wished to try raising money through voluntary contributions. A circular letter was sent out to the alumnre of Columbia .A explaining the effort 3nd asking for aid. Many did not respond whom we hoped would do so but as a number ga.ve five dollars or over, about $ 150 was raised in this way. An opportunity came later (or a tea dance, so popular here this winter. It brought in about (arty dollars.

The club has kept .::onstantly in touch with Columbia A and aided it when possible. A bookcase, greatly needed in the chapter room, was paid for by the club; & "rushing" tea, as usual, was given for the new girls; the active and alumnre girls helped each other at a tea dance given by each; the Advisory Committee has attended meetings of the chapter as much as possibII!; the active and alumnre girls joined in entertaining Mrs. Nickerson, and they also united with the Maryland .A girls for Founders' Day banquet in Baltimore.

The gi rls have enjoyed meeting together and are looking forward to seeing each o th er next winter. RUlli RIZER.

\V ESTER:-l MASSACHUSETTS ALUMN£ CLUB

Calvin Coo li dge (Grace Goodhue, Vermont B, '02).

Suretary·Treasurer-Louise Richardson, Massachusetts A, '04 .

After reading the reports of the clubs of last year we feel that the Alumna: C lu b of Western Massachusetts falls far short of the standard set, although we were chartered in 1910. With our small and scattered membership it has been impossible to follow any regular plan fo r meetings, and although we should like to get together every month, we have to content ourselves with quarterly gatherings. At one time we felt as if we must disband because we accomplished so little, but the n bond was too strong.

Our usual program Includes luncheon at one of the hotels in Springfield, as this is the most central place, followed by a meeting at the apartment of Edna Bean-Miller (Massachusetts A, '02). This gives us an opportunity for a real visit. We find it almost impossible to plan an e l aborate program, but spe n d the afternoon exchanging sto ri es of uw h en I was in co ll ege", and discussing the topics of the day.

As almost a ll of our members belong to their home alumnre clubs and are ab le to attend them frequent ly, we have done no definite work either for the

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nearest chapter or (or the Settlement School although we 8re neve r weary of discussing the latter. On one occasion we fortunate to hear a letter that Miss Pollard had written Laura Clark (Vermont A) in whi ch were most inter · tsting descriptions of life at Littl e Pigeon And recently we were delighted to see some snapshots of the school. surrounding country and people that Mrs. Helmick had sent to onc of the m e mbers who was to use th e m in a talk to a group of Camp Fire girls.

Some of us had a little chat with Bev e rly "Vest (Aurora Johnson, Massachusetts A) when she was in Springfield playing in "Little Wom en". She was most charming and we were sorry that the little affair planned in her honor had to be given up on account of the bliu8rd which hindered traffic so that the members of the club co uld not reac h the theatre.

Our Found e rs' Day celebration was postponed as several of our members were out of town. so at the time of writing we cannot give an account of it. The co mmittee, h oweve r, plan for the biggest and best cooky-s hine the club has ever had at the rooms of Amy 'Vallon (Massachusetts A, '07).

We shall be glad to welcome next y ear any girls studying at Smith or Mount Holyoke, as well as any Pi Phis who are in this vicinity. We need new members. LoUISE RICHARDSON.

BETA PROVINCE '

ANN ARDOR ALUMNIE CLUB

PresidimJ-Mrs. E. C Case (Mary Snow, Kansas A, ex 'Q6).

Vice-President-Mrs Franc is W . Kelsey ( Initiated Patroness, Mi c higan B).

Secretary-Mrs Henry E. Riggs (Emma Hynes, Kansas A, ex-'86).

Treasurer-Mrs. Geo. E . Lewi s (Lora Wright, Michigan B, '10).

Resident Alumnre-19.

Members of Club--17.

Average Attendance----9

During our one year of existence we have had twelve members with an averaJit'e attendance of nine. We have added 6ve more members for the year beginning April I, '914. W e were char tered in April 1913.

,-Ve He free to attend so many lectures and concerts connected with the university that we have not felt the advisability of making our meetings either literary or musical, and there are so many things to be done with and for the active chapter that our intere sts are very closely connected with it. Two of the active girls attend each of our business meetings.

The meeting at w!l.ich we read the co nstitution we fC'und to be one of the most interesting of the year.

The members of the Advisory Committee have assisted the girls with different problems. There has not been much time as yet to t est its usefuln ess. W e sent twenty seven dollars to the Sett lement Schoo l and would have been

* Num ber old clubs, 10; new, 2. Total 12 Number sending no r eport, 2.

glad to do more if the changes in the chapter house had not been imperative. We think it will Dot be difficult to keep up an interest in the atumor club because of the close connection with both the active chapter and the Detroit alumnae club.

Socially we have had a very pleasant year being entertained by the girls at the initiation banquet, a tea for Miss Patch, their IT 4> chape ron, teas for Miss Pomeroy and Mrs. Broomell. and a cooky-shine for ourselves and the Detroit alumnae.

We entertained the Detroit alumnae twice at lun cheon, once with alumna! from a number of other towns. That was the day of the initiation banquet. There were about forty alumnae at the lun cheon.

In February we were asked to a very attractive luncheon in Toledo with the new club there, and our Foundr:rs' Day was celeb rated with the Detroit club at a most enjoyable luncheon given us by them. Muy SNOW-CASE.

CINCINNATI ALUMN£ CLUB

President-Mrs. Albert H. Morrill (Lily Logan, Louisiana A).

V ice-President-Stel1a 1. Koons, Ohio A.

Suretary-Mrs. J. Ernest Carman (Gertrude Han cox, Iowa B).

Treasurer-Mae Conner, Ohio A.

CLEVELAND ALUMNJE CLUB

President-Mrs. A. R. Curtis (Francis Carpenter, Colorado B, ex-'89).

Viu-President-Mrs. H. H. Allyn (Minerva Naylor, Michigan .A, ex-'99).

Secretary-Lucy Murdock, Ohio A, '99.

Treasurn-Katherine Bancroft, Ohio B, '06.

Corresponding Secretary-Mrs. Stanton Charlesworth ( Mabel M c Dill, Iowa Z, ex-'os).

Members of Club-zoo

Average Attendance-IS

One more meeting and the club will have closed a most prOsperous and bappy year. Our plan this year of having one o'clock luncheons, three memben acting as hostesses, has proved a great success. After the luncheons we have our regular business meetings and programs.

At our fint meeting we had a shower for Esther Wilson and also planned to send a box of books to the Settlement School. Later through tbe kindness of Mr. Hutchison, fatber of Mrs. Jos. E. Kewley (Florence Hutchison, '0S), a generous donation of books was sent "all D( which" to quote Miss PoUard ucould be put to immediate In addition to this bol[ we have another almost ready to send, the second lot being donations from our club members. I should like to give a detailed account o( each meeting but space and time being preeious I shall just briefty describe our Founders' Day celebration. This W&!I held at the home of Mrs. Jos. E. Kewley (Florence Hutchison. Ohio B, 'aS), 14S0 E. 110 St. The out of town quests were Mrs. H. E. Chapin of New York City and Miss Elsa Schlicht o( Bellevue, Ohio. Nineteen of our

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m e mbers were present, (s i x: years ago we had but fo ur ). Aft e r lun c h eon we, to refre s h o ur memories and r en ew O UT youth, we nt through with the regular i nitiation ceremony, M rs. S tanl ey Murdock (E litabe th Carter, '03) ac t ing as the initiate. At the b u s iness meeting officers were elected (or next year.

For seve ral weeks a co mmittee, Mrs. A E. Gibson ( Mar y Wallih nn , Colorado B. 'oo). M rs Fred Lovell (Eva Glass, I owa Z, '9 1) , and Mrs. ) 05. E. Kewley, h ave bee n per f ec t ing plans for a P a n H ellenic association here. Th e diff e rent alumnre clubs and individual members respon ded in the u s u a l f r aternity spiri t and it look s now as i f we would bu ild up a s trong associa ti on here.

O ur club wi ll entertain the association a t co lleg e club o n E 93 St., on M ay 15.

On April 13 list of P i Phis to be was by the arrival of Miss Elizabe th Ann Burrows whose mother was M arie An derson , Minne so t a A, '08 , a nd in Februar y a so n came to h o me of Mr and M rs. II. O. Bostw ic k ( K a te K ing, Mi chiga n A, '8<}) at Chardon.

Our l ast r eg ular meeting for the yea r will be he ld Saturday, M ay 23 , at the h o me o f M rs H. II Allyn ( M i ner va N ay l or, M ichi gan A , '95) a t Lakewood. l\'lary S l oane wi ll be th e assista nt h os t ess. Mrs C. f. Bran so n (An n a Jack· son, P en n s ylvania .A, '98) ha s charge of our annual pi c nic whi ch we expect to have ea rl y in Ju ne.

M ABEL M c DILL ·CH ARLESWORT H

COLU MB VS AL U M XtE CLUB

Pruidenl-A ugu sta Conno lley, Ohio B, '02.

V!ice-Pruide"t-Grace Scon, Ohio A, '03.

Sec r elary-- Mar jo ri e Beebe , Ohio n, ' 12

Treas urer- Mr s. Flynn (Ma rg aret S uth erl and , O hi o n, '98).

Re sident Alumna:-S 2 .

Members o f

Avu a g e Att endance-25 .

The Columbus Alumnre Club has had a most pleasant yea r eve n if it has not a ccomp li s h ed very mu ch in the wa y of socia l se r vice. Our plan being Bi g Sisters 10 unfortunate girls h as n o t wor ked o ut a n d we have on ly s ucceeded in being siste rly to one anot h e r The members of the dub are n ea rly a ll Ohio B girls and h aving so many in comm on we find i t hard to acco mpli s h a n yt hing in o ur meetings that does n ot pert ain to fraternity. ' Ve ha ve h ad monthly meetings with about thirty Th e plan we introd uced last year of having a hostess with thr ee assisting hos tesses to p r epa r e a supper instead of the o ld sandwich and salad spread has met with s uch favor it has become the cus tom. Eac h member is 3 h ostess o r assista nt on ly once d u ring the year and th en rel ieved of any fu r ther responsibility.

The club docs not have the difficulty of some in keeping in to uch with the nea r est active chapter because the university is in the cit)' and our younge r are close l y associated with the girls in college. W e hlwe join t dinne rs eve ry n ow and th en, th e ac ti" es attend o ur meeti ngs and we a tt end theirs so we keep in close touch with their affairs as well as the university activities.

REPORTS

April 4 Ohio B celebrated its twentieth anniversary. Claumates from onT the state g:llhered in Columbus for the jubilee. Three pledges wue initiated in the fraternity room on Fifteenth Avenue in the afternoon and a banquet at the Neil H o u se in the evening followed. Besides Ohio B girls we had with us alumnae from Ohio A. Ohio r. lJI i n ois Z, I OW8 r, Nebraska D. At the r oll call o nly onc class was not represented a n d over sixty of us 53 t down togcther to join h u rt and hand s around the {es tal boa rd. For th e first t i me many of us heard o f the beginning o f our chapt e r and we were fortunat e en ough to ha ve one o f th e c hart e r members, Mrs. S. S. Sargent (Gertrude Plimmer, 19 4 ) tell u s a ll o f the tint happenings as we ll as s tories of the other six c harter members. The first initiate, Mrs. Fred Co nnolly ( Blanch e Mo ss , '98) , told of " Put Times and Pa sti mes." She kept u s a ll at h e r ea rly expe ri en ces such as bringing her l i ed to school to slide dow n the observato r y hill and th e like, and made us m4rvel at the cha nge of &Chool l ife and the growth of the university i n the last twenty years. The other toasts were sp l endid but none wi ll be r(membered l ike these bei:ause of th eir co nn ection with o ur founding. W ith the singing of IT and college songs we sa i d good-night, each thinking in her h eart she was glad she was a IT 4>.

O wing to tb e banquet on the fourth we ce lebrat ed F ou n ders' Day more q ui e tly. Ac ti ve and alumna! joined together with a spread i n th e private r oom at the Normandiel-I o tel as guests of one of our Ohio A Pi Phi s, Mr s. E. M Parrett (O live Berkstre sse r, ex-'C}6). Again we were privileged in having one of our founders with us, Mrs Reginald Powe ll (Anna B1akist o n , '97) of Philadelphia, P,.

May 16, IT el' a lumn a! will meet wilh other fraternity alumna: to form an orgnniZlltion t o be known as the City Association. Th e aim of the body will be to aid and abet the local Pan - H elleni c. A s uppe r will be served at the W o men' s Union af ter which there will be an organization me eting followed by a s tunt party. Pi Phi will giv e " H e r D ecision," a clever little s kit. as h e r part of the programme .

A new interest ha s bee n awakened in the Settlement Sc h ool this year among ou r members and we to give some r ea l help to tbe sc hool th is nell:! year. ) l opin g that all clubs have had as happy a :rea r and a r e l oo king fo rward to a belter o n e of real accomp li s hment the Columbus club sends its best wishes to all.

M ARGLlElt IT£ LISu: - BELKN AP.

DETR OIT AL L' M XA-: CLUB

P resident- Mary And erson, Mi chigan D, '99

r ia- Pruldent-E ll e n Mc H enry, Mi chigan D, ' " Sure lar y- l\1 rs. Leila Lan e Smith ( Leila Lane, Mi chigan A, '90).

Treas ure r- M rs E. S. R eid ( Mary Thompson, Mi c hig:1n B, '93).

Th e ytar 1913 - 14 ha s been an impo.r.tant one in the hi s t o ry of th e Drtroi t Alumn re lub. for, although th e club has been o rgani zed since 1901, it was not one o f th e chRrt e red clubs of the fraternity until a few days ago when it ceived its cha rt e r, March 6. 19 14.

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As h onesty is believed to be the best policy, I will confess that the meetings of the Detroit club during the past year have been purely social and that no time has been spent studying the consti tution or the examination questions. As a cha rtered club we expect to do otherwise next year.

Our relations with the chapter nearest to us. which is Mic higan B 8re of the true wine and blue quality. A large number of us spent a most delightful week-cnd at the chapt e r house in the fall and again at the time of the Michigan B initiation in February. Whenever we drop in at odd times there is always a co rdial welcome awaiting u s With the aid of the alumnre, the chapter made several interior improvements in the chapter house early last fall, the details of which will, no doubt, be given iu their chapter letter.

The Detroit alumn re club has spent many p le asant hours during the year with th e alumnre club at Ann Arbor. Responding to an invitation extended to the Detroit club, a large number of us attended the October meeting of the Ann Arbor club at the home of Mrs. Heath. It was a most delightful meeting and showed what good times the two clubs could have together. Again on the day oC initiation we were all invited to hav e luncheon with the Ann Arbor club at Mrs. Huber's hom e. On this occasio n not only the Detroit club was in· vited, but all the Mi chigan B alumnre who were in town to attend initiation. H ow good it seemed to see Pi Phis whom we hadn't seen for severa l years and also to meet one or two new ones!

We celebrated Founders' Day Saturday, April :lS. by inviting the Ann Arbor club to luncheon at the Palestine Lodge in Detroit. There were twenty·Cour present, eighteen Detroit members, and six Cram Ann Arbor, and we spen t a very pleasant afternoon togeth er

At our December meeting we took up a Christmas collection for the Settle· ment School and since th en the club has made an annual pledge of five dollars to the Settlement School. In addition to this a large number of the members have made personal pledges. \Ve h ope next year to arouse a greater interest in the Settlement School and to aid more materially in its support for we are, as all true Pi Phis must be, proud of our connectio n with so worthy an under· taking, and take a vital interest in its progress.

MARY RUTH BRIOOE.

HILL SDALE ALUMN.t£ CLUB

President-Mrs. B. F. Green (Ana Closson, '9S).

Viu·Presideni-Mrs. Paul Chase (Vinnie Walrath , ex·'C)6) . Surt'lar,.-G ladys Dibble, ex-'IS.

Treasurer-Mrs. C. H. Kempton (Bertha Myers , '98)

Our club has perhaps been more active this year than in the past. \V e have held several informal meetings aside from the three regular ones . Our patronesses have been present at most of the meetings. they being, with us, very much interested in our Settlement School. One of our meetings was given to a discussion of how we, as a club, could best aid in thi s work. A com· mittee was appointed to arouse the interest of our non· r esident al umn ae. This

commitlec- M n. Green, M n. Stewart, Miss Kempf-succeeded in securing in money and pledges, over $500. Perhaps we are especially interested in this schoo l because Mrs. Helmick and Leah Stock are both of our alumnle. Miss Stock's mother has long been onc of our patronesses.

At a meeting at Mrs. Prideaux's we had ali o ur guests of honor for l ea, two IT 4> mothers who WeTe v isiting their daughters at that time. Mrs. Hugh Myers of Omaha, Neb., and Mrs. Coldren of Milfo rd, Iowa. At that lime, also, we invited some of the other mothers and the active girls.

On Valentine's day we invited the active chapter to tea and s urprised tbem with a shower of timely things for their house. Through our Advisory Committee. we have aided them in planning for their va rious activities and in advising them whenever th ey have desired us te do so.

\Ve C'e lebrated Founders' Day in the interest of the Settlement School, April 30. Desiring to interest our friends and others in the city concerning the Mountaineers, we secured :Mrs. Ida Vase \Voodbury, a prominent D. A. R. speaker, who has made a study of these mountain people, to give a lecture, to which we invited the general public. Mrs . Woodbury knows 50 well of the work which is being done for these worthy people and she, henelf, is such a gifted speaker that we feel sure the talk "lroused a deeper interest in tMs wo rk. We had hoped to have Mrs. Helmick with us also to present our own school, but as Major Helmic k had been ordered to the border, she could not leave home.

B2RTIIA MVER S - KEMl'TON.

LEWISBURG AL t; MNA: CLUB

The Lewisburg Alumnre C lub has a membership of twelve active members. Our meetings which are informal are held once a month, except December, during the school year We meet at the homes of the diffe r ent members. To raise mouey for the Settlement Schoo l we gave, with the help of the active chapter, a tea to our patronesses and a few friends. The club ce l ebrated Founders' Day at one of the t own's tea rooms. We talked of interests pertaining to n B 4' in general.

KATE M. BOUR!"':.

OHIO GAMUA A LUMN:E CLUn

Presidtmt- Elsa Schlicht, '12.

Via -Presidenl-Helen Harringt on, '12

Sur.tlary-Clela Gordon.

Corresponding Surdary- Ellen F. Boyer, ' 12.

Tr.tasuru-I-Iarriot Wick ham, '13·

Our club is unique in that it is mad e up, for the most part, of all those who were formerly membe rs of Ohio f. the Boa rd of Trustees decided that there should no longer be any fraternities in Wooster, we thought we co uld beftet exert our influence toward a change in this non · frat ernity policy if we were an organiz-ed club holding regular meetings. W e are at a dis-

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advantage si n ce our members are situated so far apart but we all make a st r en u o us effort to get back to Wooster to attend the regular meetings which are always held th e r e. These meetings are a delight a nd we enjoy tbe reunions to the fullest. Our patronesses who were more than generous to us in the o ld days, open their houses when we come back to the meetings and make us feel ' more than welcom e

We devote our time u s ually to plans (or helping the movement to re o establish fraternities in our Alma :Maler. All the Greek-letter societies are to meet during co mmen cemen t wee k of this year to discuss ways of showing the trustees the advisability of r econsiderin g the question. In meetings we go through the list of fraternity examination questions and answer them orally. Enc h girl who has attended any function held by any other alumnre club makes it a point to exp l ain to the rest of the girls the workings and plans of that club

Owing to o ur peculiar situation we have the opportunity of taking in only a few n ew members from time to tim e-such Pi Phis as come to live in the vicinity of W ooste r The girls who live in town make it a point to ca ll u pon them and assure th em of a wel co me in our club. rhe hope of the reestablish· ment of fraternities in W ooster, the interest that always goes with the meeting with old friends and the pleasure of com ing back to the former haunts added to our love for our fraternity is s ufficient to keep interest in the club alive.

The charter for our club has been applied for.

We ga\'e fifty do ll ars to the Sett lement Fund this year IRENE M. MORLEY.

PHILADELPHIA ALUMN..t.: CLUB

President-Katherine Griest. Pennsylvania A. '08.

V ice· President-Florence J. Cobb. PennsyivlUlia n, '03.

Corresponding S ec retary-Edith S. Buntir;lg. Pennsylvania A, 'oS.

Recording Secretary--Elizabeth Burton, Pennsylvania A, '0<).

Treasurer-Anna N. Pearson, Pennsylvania A, '0<)

Resident Aiumnre-112.

Members of Club-39 .

Average Attendan ce , Saturdays--z5. Tuesdays-15.

The Philadelphia Club has met once a month since September, alternating on Tuesdays and Saturdays. In this way we to make it possible for everyone to come 10 soml" of the meetings On Tuesdays we met in the afternoon and devoted most of the time to business, while on Saturdays informal luncheons were given at the homes I)f various member s. Th ese we re followed by sho rt business meetings. but most ':.I f the time was spent in soc iability. The meeting for study of the constitution and ex amination questions was given in charge of some girls from the active chapter, from which we always h l' ve a delegation at our meetings.

As Swarthmore is so near Philadelphia, our relations with Pennsylvania A. a c tive c hapter are very close. During rushing season we aided them in various

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ways and they in turn invited us to their entertainments and Founders' Day banquet. The loving cup presented last year to the c baptH by the PhilAdelphia club, to be awarded for high scholarship to the sophomores, has been held this year by Dorothy Fahnestock. Alth o ugh there are always a number of interested Pennsylvania A. alumnae in our c lub the forming of the chapter AdvilJOry Committee this year has been a more official link between the chapler and dub. Thil committee has had oversight of the business of the chapter, making suggestions which have been kindly rece ived. Each chap ter article to THE Auow is submitted to the committee before being forwarded to the Editor. They have also helped the chapter to keep their records and archives up-to.<JIlte.

The &-ttlement hool commiuee planned and cond ud eu a fair f rum whi ch they forwarded one hundred dollars to the Settlement School fund. This renlt was very gratifying and those in charge wish to extend their thanks to all who ht:lped towards this success. At Christmas the club sent a radioptican to the school and received a very interesting 3nd letter of thanks. Besides these actual accomplishments the committee has been busy solici ting subscriptions.

The committee on membership has sent return postals to all active chapte r s alking for names, addresses and date of initiation of all Pi Ikta Phis li ving within a radius of fifty miles of Philadelphia. These have been classified in a card catalogue by c h apter and geographical distribution. Wherever possible these people have b«n called upon or written to. A letter in the course of cODlst ru ction, to be sent to all those whose name s are on the list, together with the prOlfTam for the year 1914'1915. a based on the card catalogue and asking for a reply as to interest in the c lub and de sire to become members for the following year. As very few members of the club liv e in the city limits, the meetings have been arranged according to local centers in the geographical distribution. We are always glad to welcome Pi Phis t o ou r meetings, even though they be in the city for a short time only, and hope that all such will commu ni cate with the secretary.

Founders' Day was ce l ebrated on May 2 with the active chapte r at the home of Elizabeth Burton at Chestnut Hill. After luncheon the active girls pre · sented a "Farce in Pi Phidom." This was a very pleasant c hange from the usual toasts. In witty little sketches they covered the time from the founding of 1. C. to the last Pennsylvania A hou se party. We were fortunate in having with us c founder, Mrs. Jean Turnbull, and a charter member of Pennsylvania A, Mrs. Elizabeth Pounall Walton, both of whom seemed to enjoy the presenta' tion of the sce nes in which they took part. Ideal weather, the beautiful iur· roundings of Elizabeth nurton's country home and pleasant company combined to make our ce lebration both successful and enjoyable

ELIZABETH J. GRIFFITH

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PITISRURGII ALUMNiE CLUD

Ohio r. E Robertson.

Members of C lu b-16.

A vcrage Attendan cto- IO.

Pittsburgh Alumn3e Club has closed the busiest, and probably the most successful year in its hist ory. The attendance has averaged ten at the meetings, whi ch is more than in past years; the interest and enthusiasm has increased in proportion to the attendance . Ou r sixteen c lub feel that, because we have the Settlement School to work {or, the interest will contin ue to grow; and that Pi Phis in our vicinity, who have been apparently disinterested, will become active worken in the Pittsburgh alumna: club.

In the early fall, we took pleasure in making bedspreads, and h emmi ng towels (or the Settlement School Christmas box. On March third, our club gave a musicale for the benefit of th e Settlement School. Mrs Leo Half ( Illinois E), a talented elocutionist prepared an exce ll ent program. She was assisted by a vocalist and a violinist. Mi ss Zu lema Kostomlatsky (Iowa Z) gave a very interesting history of the Settlement School, before the program began. The affair proved to be a great success in every way. \Ve a sum of to to Mrs Helmick, and enjoyed a social Our final for the club yea r was a Day luncheon held April 25. Twenty -o ne Pi Phis, representing were present.

MARY ISABEL BOWER.

TOLEDO ALUMNiE CLUB

PresiJenl-'/r.frs. Sholto M. Douglas (Madge Sommervi lle, Ohio B, ' 10).

Secretary- H arriet A. Briggs, Michigan ex-'15.

TreIJSIIre,.-Helen Browning, Ohio B, '13.

This is the first year of an organir:ed alumnlr club in Toledo, and I fear we have not fulfilled all the requirementl of a chartered club. There are only ten of us, 50 if one il absent from a meeting we miss her greatly, but we are hoping to find more Pi Phis in town ere long. We are: Mrs. Kent Hamilton (Ethe l B. Allen, KansalA, '82); Mrs. Ben J ohnson (Kate Walker, Nebraska B. '9i); Mrs . Ju dson (Ethel Watts, Washington A, ex-'ll); Clare Humphrey, Ohio .0\, '08; Mrs Sholto Douglas (?Iofadge SommHville, ' ro).

Helen Browning, "3. Alice Du Bois, ex -'u, of Ohio B; Mn . A . O. Wittman (Ger trude Burbank, ex-'13) j Sarah Waite , ' 12, Harriet Briggs, ex-'tS, o f Michigan B.

Our meetings have been once a month, for the most part at the homes of but we have bttn lunching togeth e r at different p laces and talking things O\' er at the same time. Every II 41 is present if it il at all polsible. and we have mighty good times.

At our November meeting we province vice-president, with us. with true II 4' spirit.

were honored by having Elsa Schlicht, oor She gave us many good and filled us

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Before Christmas Mrs. Bcn Johnson (Kate Walker, Nebraska B) opened her borne to UI to pack & box for the Settlement School. \Ve brought complete files ot maguines. together with book., paints and crayolas; we surely enjoyed doing it, and we are hoping to raise a good sum for the school ned year.

In February we were glad to have five of the Ann Arbor club and three of of the Bowling Green girb join us in luncheon bere. It gave us a good chance to eel acquainted. Three of the Michigan B tirls were allo prescnt. We are hoping to have many of these little parties.

We celebrated Founders' Day on April 25 with a lun c heon at tbe Boody House. Our tables were decorated with Beauty rOltS, and we all had a good time. \Ve had hoped to have the girls from Bellevue and Bowling Green, Ohio. hue too, but they wcrt unable to come.

Our dub has inaugurated a scheme which we think ought to be passed on to othen. \Ve have elected an assistant to each officer (or next year, who in turn will hold the office the year following. In this way, each officer will be familiar with the work beCore the whole responsibility (all. upon her.

This year has been valuable to us in getting acquainted-next year we intend to accomplish bigger things. HAuin A. BUGGS

GAMMA PROVIN CE'

CARTHAGE ALUMNIE CLUB

President-"Mn. Ralph E. Scofield (Ellen Ferris, Illinois r, '87)·

Sure/Dry-Abigail Davidson, Illinois r, ex-'89.

The past year has not been an active one as far meetings were concerned. We had three meetings, but did not follow the outtiue s uggest ed (or club discussions, principally because our meetings have been irregular. Our President, Mrs McClure. lost her husband. Mr Eizy McClure. by death in October, and tbis spring a step-son by death. One o( our families was in quarantine Co r scarlet fever for six weeks; death entered anothe r o( our families in February.

Our pledge of ten <.Iollars to the Settlement School was paid and a gift of ten dollars given in addition by one o( our members. We are greatly interested in the school, and always glad to hear Mrs. Helmick's reports. ABI GA IL DAVIDSON.

CENTRAL ILLINOIS ALUM:S£ CLUB

President-Mrs. Delbert R. Enochs (NeUe McWilliams, Illinois fL, '00)

Viu.Preside"I-Reka Kiler, Illinois Z, '12.

Set"rt'lary-Hazel I. Craig, Illinois Z, '10.

Treasurer-Mrs. Harry Herrick (Katherine Walls, Illinois Z. '04)·

Resident Alomns:e--26.

Members of Cl ub--17·

Average Attendan ce- IS .

• Number old clubs, 9; new, 0; dead, t. Total, 8. Number sending no report, 1.

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:Much of th e past year h as been given over to getting better o rg a ni zed and o ur c hi ef iotnest h as been the Sett l em ent Schoo l. W e a r e t r ying to a r ouse ent hus ias m among th e alumnre of Illin ois Z c hapte r in the building of a new h o u se for the active girls.

F o unde r s' Day wa s ce lebrated by a cooky-shine, h e ld a t the h ome of Mr s. A. L. Stern, when the a lumn r ente rt ained the active c h apter. Ou r money we m ade into a fund, as h s t to be se nt t o th e Se ttlem ent.

There were forty-three present including alumnre a n d active girls. \Ve ccunted o ur selves ve r y lu cky in h aving with us Mr s. Gaddis, one of the {o unders, who entert ained us by t ell i ng many incidents of ea rl y times both interesting and funny . The active girls gave a very cleve r littl e sketch called "The n <I> H o u se Upsi de D own", which also added t o the fun.

CH I CAGO ALUMNIE CLUB

The club began it s work for the year 19 13' 19 14, the last Sat u rday in September with a meeting in the Caxton Cl u brooms. This was devoted t o a reunion and a disCllssion of plans for th e com ing yea r.

November 28 w as the Th an k sgivi ng meeting at the clubrooms, and a fin e p r ogr.am of mu sic and r eading was rendered. Mrs. C. K. Blake (Stella Capps, I owa e ) played the harp, Mr s M Barbe r ea u x Parry sa ng, and Mr s. Wm. C. Paul (Grnce Dol and, Illin oi s E ) gave readings T ea was se r ved by Mr s C. W. Barre tt (Lulu Alvord. Mic hi ga n A ), Mr s. O. M Sc h antz (Carrie Flngler, I owa 9), and Mi ss K a t e Freund ( lllin ois E) as hostesses.

]anuJ.ry 24 we had "A n afte' rn oo n with P i Beta Phi Authors" 3t the cl ub · r oo m s. Mr s I. S. Bl ack weld e r (Ge rtru de Boughton, Kan sas A), Mr s. F A. BernstadT (In dia n a -), and Mi ss Kal e Mill er, ( I owa B ), spoke a n d gave read· ings from other writers. T ea wa s se rved with Mr s. C. B. Little (---Buxton, I o w a B ), Mrs H omer Bang ( H elen Pi ecce, Illin ois £) and Earl Mall ory (Catherine Donald son, Illinoi s E) as ho s t esses.

The latt e r part o f F eb ru a ry we h eld our u sua l group meetings, working for the Settlement Sc h ool. The meetings we r e h eld a t th e h omes of )Ii ss Sass ( Mi c higa n B ), Mi ss Mabel Parker ( Mi c higan ' B ) , and Mi ss :\ I n,ry Do l and, ( Illin ois E).

At the March meeting we had the p l easure of listening to Mrs. :Mecca Marie Varney, a nd her son, in a debate. Thi s was a guest meeting and wa s very enjoyab l e . T ea was se rved with Mr s :M. Bnbe r ea u x Parry, Mr s. Fr a nklin W anner ( Illin ois E). and Miss Et h el Lend rum ( Illin ois Z ), as hostesses.

Our F o und ers' Day lun cheon was h eld on April 28 at the H otel Sherman. This is the meeting we devote to o ur n ea r est :.:ctive chapter, Illinois E A bo ut thirty of the active chapte r and a lu mnre of Illinois E sat down to lunch with the cl ub. Mrs Earl Mall or y (Ca th erine Donaldson, Ill inois E ) was tOllst· mistress and we all enjoyed the following t03StS: From )Iiss Ruth Porter( Illin ois E) a of "Our Chapter, and what the chapter asks of the C lub" . This was responded to by Miss Kate Mill e r . " Wh at the C lub expects of the Active Chapter". J\(iss "Iabet Abbott wrote a very bright toast to

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"Our Presidents" in verse, but as she was unable to be present it was read by Miss Dorothy Sass. Mrs. Walter Spry (Esther Orr, Illinois.1.) responded with "Our Clubt!.

We have spent much time and discussed many projects, considering how to raise money for our school. We finally decided to earn a personal pledge and about forty members pledged ten dollars each. and earned or saved the amount. It was nearly all turned in, and the club enjoyed the experiences of some of the members told at the luncheon after the progr3.rn of t08StS was finished. Some were very wittily told in blank verse, and all were interesting. We would lik e to hear the experiences of other clubs in raising money for the schoo l.

We h ave two more meetings before our year ends, (lne the middle of May to discuss the constit ution and elect officers, for next year, and one on June 6 at the !otudio of Adam Emory Albright in Hubbard W oods, where we are to have an "Outdoor Play" and ente rtain o"ur husbands. child r en and friends. This is always a great event, and only those who have been there can appre· ciate how enjoyable it is. Mrs. A. E. Albright, Mrs. Robert T. Gault, and Mrs. F A. Sar.er will be hostesses.

Chicago alumnre club sends greetings to all other clubs, and good wi she". for the coming year. We also ask all club secrelaries to l et us know when any o f their members move to Chicago.

\Ve ha\'e 79 s ustaining members.

CARRIE FLAGI.ER,SCHANTZ.

FRA NKL IN ALUMNJE CLUB

P1'uitiellt- Mrs. S. E. Lanam (Bessie George, '05).

V iU'P1'e,ridellt-Susannah Ott, '09.

Secreta1'y--F r ancis Dean, '95.

TreMU1'e1'-Mrs. Edgar ' Brown (Delta McC lain, ' 10 ).

Resident AJumn:r-36.

Members of Club--z8.

Average Attendan ce-zo.

The Franklin Alumna:: Club has had regular meetings on the second Saturday of each month, the meeting beginning with a luncheon at one o'clock, four of the alumnre acting as hostesses. The active ch apter and patronesses hat'e been invited to attend any or all of the luncheons and those who are not members of the club pay the hostesses twenty·five cents. The luncheons have proven a success with us this year. \Ve would offer this as a suggestion to clubs wishing to increase their attendance

The Settlement School has been one of our subjects at every some· thing of interest at each meeting. Edith Wilson of Indiana A has been teaching at the school since January and we have especially enjoyed a letter from her sent for each meeting. For the school we gave a market of good things to eat and made twenty -se ven dolla r s .

During the rushing season we gave a tea for the active girls and helped with a luncheon. On January 16, the active chapter entertained the at the home of Marguerite Hall with a chafing dish party.

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Founders' Oay the were at home to the active chapter with a cookyshine and gave them so mething new for their chapter room. Edith Wilson was here with the latc st news from the Settlement School.

Our la st luncheon will be in May; the constitution and examination questions will be studied at that time. There has been very little for the Advisory Committee to do but we believe it is going to be s ucccuful.

The annual commencement cooky -shine will be in June with a c tive, alumna: and all visiting Pi Phis.

Our dub was chartered in April 1908.

I:-;'DJANAPOLIS ALUMNJE CLUB

September 1913-September 19 14

Prtsident-Mrs. Russell Wilson (Violet Miller.)

Via -Presiden t-Mrs. Hope Graham.

Stcular-y-Mrs. Noble Parker (Mary Clark.)

rr,(uurer-Fay Shover

We are all looking back over a delightful year in our alumnlle club. We have omitted our c ustomary monthly luncheons, but have had afternoon meet · ings regularly on the second Saturday of each month. At one meeting Mrs. D. C. Brown gave a most interesting talk on her travels in the chateau country of France. At the Christmas mettillg, at the home of Laura Parker, we had as guests the active c hapter of Butler College, and their pledges. Our guests entertained u s with a clever original play, and a song written by one of the girls. The Januar y meeting was a musicale.

One of our most enjoyable affairs was a rushing dinner given in September at the home of Mrs. Graham in Inington. We are planning to give a rece ption soon to all the fraternity women in the city. Also we look fonurd with pleasure to our May meeting, which be held with the Franklin chapte r at the home of Mrs. Garshwiler.

Our Founders' Day luncheon at the Claypool Hotel was a great success. It was attended by uS girls from .11 ove r the state. We make F ounders ' Day the occ asion of a reunion of the three Indiana chapters and their alumn:r:. This year we felt that our celebration was the best we had ever had.

M R.y CL RK PARKER.

MADI SON ALUMN£ CLUB

President-Mrs. Arnold Benne tt Hall. Viu·President-Florence Robinson. ,secretary-Stella Kayser. Trearurer-Edna Ingalls.

Members of Club--22.

In October the old members of the Madison Alumnlr Club met at the home of Mrs. Rudolph Kropf, elected the officers for the year, and arranged the following club calendar.

BESSIE LANAM.

November-Cooky·shine at the home of Mrs. William Schorrer. December -Dinner at the n B .., house; Settlement School donations. January-Childrcn'. party at the home of Mn. FnLDk Kessnich. February-Reading oC "Diuaeli" at the home of Mrs. Arnold Hall. Party at the bome of Mrs. Luta Hendricks. April-Founders' Oay celebration at the n B ,.z, chapter house, buffet supper. May-F<irst Aid to the IT house at the home of Mrs. Bassctt. June-Picnic at the home of Stella Kayser.

The following new members were added to the origina l list-Esther Aikin. Indiana 1'. Edna Ingall s, May White-Pete r son, Florence Robinson, Jane GapenWatrou s, Trene Durley-Crabtree and Eunice \Velsh, all of W iscons in.A.. This made the number of members twenty-two in all. We were fortunate in having Mrs Theodore Werder of Ashland with us at our December meeting, and Mrs. Middleton of the Chicago alumnre club, at the January meeting. Mr.!!. Daniells, one of \Visconsin Alpha's mo,;t charming patronesses, was our guest at the February meeting.

This has undoubtedly been the most successful year, the Madison alumnre club has ever had for we have had a larger and more enthusiastic cl ub than ever before, have held our meetings with absolute regular ity, and have effected an organiution which has devoted a most profitable year to the lnterests of the active chapter and to the Settlement School at Gat l inburg Sn:LLA KAYSER.

)[IXNEAPOLIS AND ST. PALL ALt;MXIE CLUB

PresiJent-)tonica C. Keating, Minnesota A, '07.

Vice-President-Florence Lewis, Minne sota A, ex-'14.

Recording Secreta,.y-Lo retta Newman, Minnesota A, '12.

CorresjJo"djllg Sec,.eta,.y-Aimee Fisher, Minnesota A, graduate student, '07. Treasuref"-Mrs. W. 5. Blackburn (Florence Burgess. Minnesota A, '06).

Resident Alumnre-50.

Members of Club-z6.

Average Attendance-zo.

The Minneapolis and 51. Paul Alumnre Club has met twice a month since October, before that time once a month. The business meetings. on the first Wednesday in each month, have been at the II o,fI house, and the social meetings, on the third Wednesdays. at the homes of members. The social meetings were at the homes of Mrs. Ralph Gillett (Adelaide R obbins, '0 2); Mrs. H. B. GislllSOn (Bessie Tucker, '06); Mrs. F. H. Bass (Lillian Leggett, graduate student, '08) ; and Mildred Ozias. ex-'13. The December soc ial meeting was a lun ch eon at the Leamington and was attended by forty active and alumnre members l\hny of the girls who were home for the holidays were there. These holiday reunion luncheons have proved so popular that we intend to make them an annual affair. In March the active chapter and alumnre club met again for lun cheon at the Leamington and had as their honor gues t Gamma Pr ovo ince President, Kate B. Miller (Iowa .H, '8S), who spoke about the Settlement School and o ther matters of fraternity interest. The April socia l meeting

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was the annual Founders' Day banquet at The Leamington attentkd by sixty active and alumna:: members. Aimee Fisher was toastmistress. Mi ss Josephin e Berry, Kansas A, '9.1. spoke upon the fraternity situation to-day. Her talk was most interesting timely. Other alumna! who spoke were Monica K eati ng. Florence Lewis, Viola Lenning, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr s. Gislason. and Mrs. Bass In stead of the usual- arrangement of the tables in the form of n. small tables used and the active girls progressed between courses, thus meeting many of the alumna:.

Our study of the constit u tion this year has b ee n co nfined to the parts which have to do with the alumnre department. These were discussed at the June meeting when Mrs. Gislason ga\'e :1 report of the Alumn re Conference at Chicago . We hav e had no opportunity to study the examination questions ye t but are planning to devote one meeting to tht.m this year.

\Ve have been close to the active c hapter this year in working together for a chapter house. We have bought a. l ot and the Minnesota Alpha Association of II D through its Board o f Directors, is raising funds to meet the payments on the lo t and to start a fund for a house. To this end we gave our first annual Christmas bazaar this year and cleared one hundred and fifty dollars. We are gradually increasing our number of pledges.

Our (" hapter Advisory Committee has been interested and co n scie ntious in solving the problems which have come to it. As the work of this committee becomes better defined and organized it will be of great service to the fraternity. Its first yea r at Minne so ta has been successful.

La s t spring we sent out pledge ca rds to all of o ur alumnre for the Settlement Sc1-.oo l fund. Sixteen were filled out and sent in. Donations and rece ipts from ot h er sources gave us forty-five dollars in all for the fund.

Are we chartered? Everyone thinks we are-but no one really knows! The club has been in existence since 1905-possibly longer. \V e have written to Mrs. Lardner about it so next year we sha ll know how to answe r this question.

One thing more we have done this year and that is, we have m ade a complete ca rd catalogue of nil member s of Minn esota A and other Pi Phis living in the Twin Cities.

BESSIF. T UCKER-GISLASOS.

DELTA PROVINCE '

AME S CLUB

P"esidt:nt-Mrs. Herman Knapp (Mary MacDonald, M, 'So).

Secretary- Mrs. E. A. Pattengill (Emma W ennholz, I owa r, '11).

T,.easlo"L"1"-Margaret Wentch, Iowa r, '12.

The meetings of the Ames Alumnre Club are h e ld q uarterly the first Saturday in October, December, March and May.

The club is divided into four sections and ench sectio n acts as a com mittee

-Number old clubs, 14; new, 5. Total, 19. Number sending no report, 4

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to entertain the chapter. These m«:tings take the form of luncheons, followed by our regular business meetings. We find this the most effective way of getting 1\ larger number to remain for the work of the club.

ODe of our meetings wa. devoted to the study of the constitution, another to the Settlement School work.

On Founders' Day the active chapter entertained the alumnre club The three course luncheon wu prepared and sen'cd by the junior girls. who have special work in this lin e in the home economics course We were proud of our girll that day.

Februcry 20, in honor of Mrs. H elmick, the club gave a delightful dinner at the home of Olive Wilson-Curtiss, at which the husbands, active members and pledges were entertained. Mrs. Helmick a account of Settlement School.

The and the active chapter. has been growing so rapidly that the problem of a suitab l e home for girls has beconle a serious one. \Ve are enthusiastic about our new business The I owa State College Pi Beta Phi Investment Company was o rgani zed in April 19'4. This compnny is composed enti rel y of alumnre Pi Beta Phis, organized to pur· c hase and maintain (l h ome for the active chapter. The house by the girls for the la st two yeaTS has been purchased and will be this so that it will provide a home for twenty-two girls. It is very prettily l ocated and will make a most desirable home. It is to contain a guest room whHe an alumna will be made welcome.

\Ve are look ing forward to our May meeting which is to be held at the home of !\{ary Zimbelman-Otis of Boone, I owa, where the four Boone members of our organization lh·e. MYRA WHITED.

BURLINGTON ALUMNiE CLUB

President-Jessie M. Thomas, Iowa Z.

Vice-Presidenf-Perle H ayden, Iowa A.

Suretary- J osephine Burt, I owa .0.

Corresponding Secretary-Katherine A. Lundgren, Iowa A.

Treasurer-Mrs. P. G. Lang, Iowa .1..

Resident Alumnre-22.

Members of Club-z J.

Average

The Burlington Alumnre have just closed their seventh year as n chartered club, and it has been truly mOlit enjoyable in the interests and associations of II B cIJ

The year began in September with a business meeting at th e h ome of th e president, J essie Thomas, when plans were made for our hospital room, and the year's work in general. This was by n H allowe'en party in October , given in honor of Hettie Jone s, who was going to make her future home in Mt. Pleasant. December meeting was devoted to interests of the Sett l ement School, followed by our annual Christmas party at the home of

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Mrs. William Gilman (Edna Uhler, Illinois B), This is always one of the most pleasant meetings on our calendar, since it brings back so mt or our former members, and the girls home for their Christmas vaca tion. Mrs. William Weibley (Ethel Cowan, Iowa A) entertained the club at the February meeting, whic h again was given over to the Settlement School, reports of the Settlement School Rally in lIoH. Pleasant being given by our delegates who had attended.

The April meeting was a most delightful one; the program consisted of a study of the constitution, the n • history and examination questions, whic h to those of us who were becoming IJrusty," proved It most interesting review. Following this , the annual election of officers was held. The crowning and last event of the year was the lovely IIMay" party, given on May second, in com· memoration of Founders' Day. This was held at the lovely home of Mrs. Clay Waite (Ida Southwell) and was enjoyed by about twenty Pi Phis The house was beautifully decorated with May baskets, and the same deco rations were carried out at the banquet tables--Iarge baskets of flowers gracing the center of each table, while tiny pink baskets of spring blossoms were found at each place. The club was fortunate in having Mrs. C. E . Barnes (Minnie Burt, Iowa .6) of Taylorville, 111., and Mrs. Garrett (Nelle Hurley, Iowa .A) of Wapello, as its guests for the occasion. A program in keeping with Founders' Day was given and a pleasant social hour followed the banquet.

The club has as yet sustained no Advisory Committee owing to the fact that we are not located in a college town, and that eac h active chapter is properly "advised" by the associations of her own city. However, our relations with the clubs nearest us are always pleasant. and we OCCASionally meet in a social way. The Burlington club was invited 10 the Settlement School Rally, given by the Mt. Pleasant Club in February, during the time of Mrs. Helmick's visit. Owing to the stormy weather, only a few were able to attend, 1.ut those fortunate guests report a most delightful meeting at the home of Miss 'Valbank, a home widely known in II circles for its fra · ternity spirit and charming hospitality. And the address given by Mrs. Helmick certainly renewed our enthusiasm in the good cause.

Thus far, the interest in the Burlington club has been well maintained by itl members. and almost all are loyal supporters of the caust. We try to dis· cover all Pi Phis locating in the city, and also visiting members, and we are alwaYI g!ad to add new names to oor list.

We are looking forward with great pleasure to the co ming of another Kansas Alpha girl. Miss Alma Poehler (Kansas A) , will be married in Jun e at her bome in Lemon: ' Grove, California. to Mr. Charles Brook, A. T 0, also of Kansas State University. This event will be of special interest to IT ¢o since the bride elect is a IT and the croom a nephew of o ne of the founden o f our fraternity, Mrs. Libbie Brook Gaddis. Miss Poehler, who has a beautiful voice, has spent several years abroad in study, and will be a mos t valued acquisi· tion, not on ly to the Pi Phis. but to the musical circles of the city. Mrs. Louis Blaul ( Kansas .A) will attend the wedding, and will spend scme time upon the Pui6c Coast.

And now, witb the close of another year in the ties of fraternity interests. we extend heartiest gr«:tings to all our sister clubs, with btst wishes for a successful future.

KATHERINE ALice LUNDGl.IS.

COLUMBIA ALUMNA: CLUn

P"lluienl-Mu. W . S. Williams (Elizabeth Houx. California A, '94 ).

Suretary·T"eal'4f'e,-Mrs. Jesse Coursaolt (Edith Snyder, Misso uri A, '06).

Resident A1UDlD8e--9.

Members of Club----6.

Average Attendance-4.

Our club beeaule of small membership and smaller attendance hal Dot been able to accomplish muc h during this year, except {or the active chapter.

Four of our members held a beautiful buffet luncheon for the active chap· ter doring rushing season. One member gave a reception (or them.

Our club contin nes t o snume the responsibility of a house building fund. Our active chapter is to be congratulated upon the growth of this fund during thi s year, for the rapid increase in the fund been due to their concerted efforts.

We observed Founders' Oay with the active chapter by balding a banquet. "Days of I. C", "Our National Fraternity", "Our Settlement Schoo l", and other equally interesting toasts were enjoyed. A letter from l\frs. Lardner written to the Columbia Alumnlr was read and enjoyed by the active girls as well. Every member of the active chapter and alumnae club was present at this banquet.

MITTIE V. ROBNETT.

DES MOINE S ALUMNIE LUB

President-Mrs. Addison M Parker (Louise Lange, JIIinoi s Z).

Viu-President-Mrs. James A. Howe (Elizabeth Case, Iow a A) Recording Secretary--Mrs. DeWitt Jonea (Marie Mettlen, Indi ana B).

CorusjondinK Sec,..etary-Mrs. Charles H. Clarke (Anna ROil. Iowa A).

Treasa.:rer-Mn. F. \V. Parr (Nelle Welles, Illinois Z and A).

Enthusiasm continues to mark the monthly gatherings DC the Des M oines Alumnae, and the first Salurday oC each month finds twenty to twenty-five wur· ers oC the Arrow in nttendance. We call them parties, becauat of the social feature predominating, our membership being divided so that four or five memo bers serve as hostesses , and a luncheon always concludes the delightful after· noons. In February we had a most interesting visit from Mrs. Helmick. when we invited our husbands to meet with us at the hospitab le home oC Mrs. Parker, to hur "All about the settle ment work". The evening proved a rare treat, and Mrs. Helmi ck a c harming entertainer, and the men were as deeply interested as we ourselves in the school And our mountain protegees. We have dis· cussed several plans for raising more money for th e work since Mrs. Helmick came, but n o thing definite has taken shape, although each one did earn n dollar and turn in toward the fund \Ve find that the interest in the school grows,

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a n d more and more binds us together, as we f eel thai we, who have bee n so long o ut o f sc h ool , have st ill a vi lal place in t h e fraternity.

At th e April meeting it WlU even proposed that we discon t inue an es t ablis hed c u s t o m o f giving a IT <z, spoo n to o ur brides, giving the m oney instead to the settle ment fund. No action was taken, however. upon the sugges t ion. The n ew office r s were in s t a ll ed at this meeting and o ur n e w preside nt, M rs. P a rk e r , has an idea which I think is well worlh giving, for the benefit of other alumna: cl ub s. Jt is to name one member who sha ll , a t eac h m eeti ng, give a fiftee n minute talk upo n matt ers pe rtai ning to the fraternity, taking th e {rateroily exami n atio n as a bas i s . So many of th e Des Moi n es members have been mnny years o ut of school, and little or DO kn ow led g e of th e things that every freshman has to be fami liar with. \V e will observe Founders' Day this year with a picnic at th e beautiful home of Mr s. Harry Wall o.ce , -j u st o urse lv es, o.lthough if any visiting Pi Phis are in t own they will be welcomed. ANNA R OSS-CLARKE.

I ND IA NOL A ALUMNJE CLUB

Evan B. Dowell ( Anna Wrigh t, I owa B, Vice· President- Mrs Wm. Buxton ( Anna. M cLa ughlin , I owa B , '90). E W. Perry (Stella Hartman, I o wa B, ' 87) r,.easlI"e7'-Jessie H o wse r, ' 12

The Indian ol a Alumn ae Club has h ad a ve r y p l easant year with meetings hel d with or two exceptions o n the second Tu esday of each m onth Sin ce our l a s t r eport was sent in we had one delightful day in D es as gue s ts of the De s M oi n es alumnae club. Th ey e nter tain ed Ames girls both ac t ive and alumnre as well as th e Ind ian ola Pi Phis . Th e day was spe nt at the beautiful new h ome o f Mrs . H enry C. ' Vallace. Although th e rain poured in t o rren ts most of th e day nearl y e very m e mber from I n d ian ola attended and a m ost de lightful time was enjo)'ed. During the year a number of ol d time members h a ve visited their Alma Mat e r and u sua lly there have bee n g ood times in th ei r h o n o r Especially h elpful have been the visits o f Dr. Lena Hat fie ld. who h al ch3tge of the ' Voman's H osp ital in Foochow. C bina, and of Mi ss Kat e B. Miller of Chica g o, wh o h as b ro ught u s in closer touch with o ur Settlement Sc h oo l. Ju st recent ly we h ad a visit from Mrs , E A Helmi ck o f C hi cago whi ch w as very much enjoyed. \Ve had an afternoon reception for her and served !l b u ffe t s u pper a t the of Anna Wright-Dowell. H er talks abo ut the Se ttl e m en t Sch ool work !lnd her visits to Gatlinburg were very interesting The Indi anol a girls are much intt'!rested i n the Sett l eme nt Schoo l, nearly eve r y one helping a l ittle at l eas t toward that n ob le work.

The rela tio n s be tw een ou r club and the active chapter have , ' ery c lose the past yea r and we feel that the r ecommenda ti o n s se nt ou t by the G rand Co un cil l ast (all have been helpful to both, \Ve en ter t ained t h em at a breakfast on their p l edge day last commencement at the home of Mrs. Eugene H a rl an ( Madge Peasley). their n ew p l edge and a number of v i sito rs being present. During commenceme nt we a l ways hold o ur annual picnic t o

which all the active girls and visitors are invited. They were 8110 present at the reception given for Mrs. Helmick.

Best wishes to all alumnae from the Indian ola club.

INEZ 1I£;o;OERSos·PaOUDFOOT.

IOWA CITY ALUMN£ CLUB

President-Mrs. A. G. Smith (Grace Partridge, Iowa Z, 'Sg).

Viu·Pres.dent-Mrs. H. F. Wickham (Fanny C. Thompson, Iow a E. '1)0).

Secrelary-Trtllsur"-"Mrs. J. H Dunlap (Fanny M Gates, Vermont A, 'og).

Members of Club-If.

Average Attendance--«}.

Our membership includes all of the alumnr in Iowa City, one lady, living in the country ncar here, hA.lo never been able to be pruent at our meetings \Vhen in the city alumnre arc always at our gatherings. Our meetings are largely social. We have no set programme but the interests of tbe active chapter here are always uppermost . The constitution has been the subject for dill' c ussion for two or three meetings; we find many little points have slipped our minds. Next year more attention will be given to it in all probability. The Advisory Committee was appointed in January. The intention is for at least one member to attend each meeting held by the active chapter. This seemed a better plan than for all to go but once a month. Early in the year, we forwarded our contribution to the Settlement School. The amount that each should pay was settled by vote. It is a pleasure to know of the success of this undertaking and to be able to aid in its advancement. Our wish is "may the good work prosper". This year, on Founders' Day, instead of aHending a {ormal banquet, we invited the members of the active chapter to a very informal picnic supper. I t was a very pleasant occ asi on.

FANNY THOMPSON - WI C KHAM.

KANSA S CITV ALUMNtE CLUB

Fred Seddon. Miles nabb (Lottie Allen, Iowa A, ex-'oo).

Secretary-Mrs A. L. Ruh!.

F. \V. Buyer (Loren Leslie, Kansas A, 'o:z).

Members of Club-so. A verage A ttendanct:-30.

Meetings are held each month, usua.lly the third Saturday when we meet for luncheon. This year we did not hold our first meeting until November and the May meeting will be our last until {all.

MRS. A. L. RUI-IL.

MT. PLEASANT ALCMN5. ClliB

Wallbank, Iowa A, '84.

V;u-Pruidenl-Stacey Turner, Iowa A, '06.

SureIDry-Mrs. Calvin :\i cCoid (Mary Hulme, Iowa '\, 'Bi). Swan, I owa A, '00.

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If the converse of the saying "all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" is true, tne MI Pleasant Alumnre Club is surely a sp rightly, ind ustri ous or· ganiutiotl .

We certainly have had one of the most interesting nnd profitable years . We decided at the beginning of our year to divide our dub into two parts. Thus one -half the c lub gave the party for our chapler and guests in September, and a very pretty party it was too . 11 was given at the home of Mrs . \Vhiting (Anna. Crar.e). As it was a dinner, the guests arrived a little before six o'clock. They wefe served at littl e tables very prettily decorated with ca ndles and Rowers.

In February Mrs. Helmick paid us a visit. We are all greatly interested in Mrs. Helmick and in the work in which she is engrossed. Her enthusiasm is very contagious and any club who is fortunate to have a visit from her is certain ly insp ired to greater things. She seems to bring the Sett lem en t Schoo l nearer. Our club invit ed the Pi Phi s of Ottumwa, Fairfield, New London and Barlington to be ou r guelt s on the day of Mrs. Helmick's visil. \Ve also invited the college Pi Phis. \Ve wanted to share our treat with as as possible. This enjoyable party was held at the home of Mrs. Eliu Palmer and Miss Nellie W allbank. W e served dinner at six o'clock.

In March Miss H elen Culver one of our noted II musician .: paid MI. Pleasant a visit. \\rhile she WR.!i in the city we gave a r eception for her at the home of Mrs. Holland (Kate Lang). Each IT 41 had the privilege of invi ting two guests. As we hav e about forty members in our a lumn a: club. it was quite a large reception

We are preparing to celebrate Day with a coo ky-shine at the home of Mrs. Edwin Johnson (Bertha Auspberger). We look forward to this as the active chapter always celeb rate s with us and we find our partiei are always a greater success when we can have the college girls too.

Our last party will be in June at commencement time. Thi s is an annual affair for .11 college. town, and visiting Pi Phis. It is one of the happiest times we have as many o ld Pi Phis meet and friendships are renewed.

So much f or our social l ife.

\Ve han by no means slighted our literary work. Our club meets for its regular mee tings the first Thursday of every month. Last year we made a study of famous paintings. This year we have studied cathedrals. We have two papers at every meeting. Let me say a word in regard to those papers. Everyone has been of greatest thought and preparllticn. Small pictures, c harts and sketches are passed around during the readi ng to supplement the paper.

Tn talking to one of the older members of tht: alumnre club, we spoke of the keen interest in a ll fraternity affairs. We were talking over what we thought had brought this about and the keynote seemed to be the Settlement Sc hool . Now Pi Phis. young and old, have a keen, live interest. something whi c h we are all in and wleicll 'We '1UD"t to see prosper.

MABEL PIPER.

ASSUAL REPORTS OF ALU.lIN£ CLUBS 671

OMAliA AXD

ALt:MX'+: CLUB

Bryce Crawford (Agnes Lo\"e. Kansas A. '86). Glen F. R eed (Mary \Vad sworth, :-l'ebraska B. ex·'OC}. and New York B ).

Correslanding Secrttary--Mary Phillippi, Iowa A. u:·'14.

TreuII'Lr--Ali ce Troxell, Nebraska B, '08.

Resident Alumn3r-42.

Members of Club--36.

Average Attendance-30.

This year the Omaha and Council BluR's Alumn ae Club has carried out the plan {or the put two years. that of holding monthly luncheons at the homes of its members where four ladies are hostesses (or meding It hal proved an exce ll ent way of stimulating the interest of the older members and gaining new, f o r with an ncrage attendance of thirty we c annot help but have enthusiastic and intereuing mee tings whic h follow our luncheons

Since the Conference held last spring we have complied with the action taken by the Grnnd Council to study some things whic h are fundamental co ncerning o ur fraternity. \Ve were c hartered in I90S

In JllIIuary we had an informal discu ssio n of the new co nstitution in which we found alumnre organizations were to be more reco gnized in the future. A paper full of information was read by Mrs. Dodds at the February meeting on the subject. " Histori ca l documents". Though this topic seems quite pretentious. yet it was so handled as to make us want to l earn more of IT 41 beginnings. One m ore will be given next month on "Examinations". From the ques· tions which will be answered then we shall be much wiser in n I) knowledge.

We ha\' e been unfortunate in just missing a visit from Mrs. H elmick seV1!Ta1 time s during the winter. Still we do not lack in interest for ou r Settlement School of whi ch we are not only proud in spirit, but as helpful as possib le in a financial way.

With our pledge we have given over fifty dollars and probably another year the same will be increased as was done this year.

Wh en our club opened last fall we felt discouraged over the fact of lo sing five of our members, but we were more cheerfu l when we found six new Pi Phis in Omaha who brought their enthusiasm to our club and were ready t o take part in it.

For the first t i me since our club has been c hartered Founders' Day was not celebrated in Omaha. The Lincoln alumna: invited us down there to join them \Vhen the time really came (or us to go fifteen of UI were privileged to attend a most successful function. Eighty-eight Pi Phis walked into the most uniquely decorated banquet hall as Anne Stuart, our Grand Treasurer, played IT <I' so ngs. I can almos t hear j\ trs. H e lm ick say-"Well, it must have been Ihe Sett leme nt School ideall-and that was what it was.

In the ce nter of ea ..: h table was a wide trough in which Gatlinburg, Tenn_ had been transplanted for the evening. Even our co ttage where ou r teachers live was th e re, to say nothing of the mountains, rivers and puur mountain highland e rs looking out o f Ihe windows of their cabins The toast program carried

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out idea of "Mounlains", "Ascent", "Vs Furriners", "Summit", "Laurels", and "Them Wimmen" given by Miss June Brown a Nebraska B girl and also ('lne oC our alumna:. Her toast was a tribute 10 our sisters who have worked without end for the School-both teachers and executive committee. 1t was given with so much ease that we enjoyed it with her.

Eleven chapters were represented 'at the banq u et so we could not think of it as pu r ely local. H aving no chapter in Omaha we were delighted to meet the active girls who wert hospitable to us,

Saturday afternoon the out of town girls were entertained at the home of Mary Spa ul di ng where we were given a n opportunity to know our neighboring siste r s and to see those again whom we knew before. The only regret of the whole was that all of our club could not enjoy it with us.

W e will be glad to have any Pi Phis drop in on us any time Dnd we will welcome as sisters. In that respect we have been this winter for at nearly every we had a guest.

Best wishes for the summer and for the next year's work.

MARY PUILI.IPPI.

ST. JOSEPH ALUl\INtE CLUD

P,uidtlft-Sarah White, Illin ois Z.

Vice -Pruident-Emily Wyatt, Missouri A.

Recording Suretary and Treasurer-Mrs. Erwin Voss (Clara Mum;, Iowa .A).

Corresponding Surt'tary-Letitia Wood, Missouri A.

In October 1909, four girls came to org!lnize an club in Saint J oseph. This year we had 'eleven members, so we are g r owing-for a "five year old". Our new members ' have nil from active chapters recently , and hDve b rought all zeal and enthusiasm with them.

Meetings have been eve r y month, even the hot days of July and August did not deter us. They have been well attended, with an average of eight present, and we are happy for the IT cz, association, though we are no l onger in our own chapters.

tn September we all about the Alumnre Conferen ce from our Sarah White, Illinois Z, who gave us a most interesting account of the sessions, and the important matters considered.

Our October meeting was one of the best of the year. Mrs . Helmi ck had written us about things the teachers at the Settlement School needed, and we read Kate Miller's account of the trip to Little Then planning the box began, and until the last nail was in it, and the addreslo properly printed, every one wu interested. (We afterwards received an express bill for box sent to "Pike Settlement")

We Itnt Mrs fifteen dollars for the school this year.

In December we gathered some provi s ions, and with candy, nuts, Dnd toys to bring a little good cheer to the children, trit'd to make Christmas brighter for one family.

\V e have had several luncheons during the year, and arc planning one in observance of Founders' Day. The next meeting will be devoted to a study of the constitution.

MUSl \'OSS.

W e .hall read with pleasure in the June ARROW of what other alumn:r clubs have been doing.

ST. LOUIS CLUIJ

October 1913 to :P.r.y 1914 -

Pretidenl-Shirley Stifert, Missouri B, '09.

Viu-Pf'ui4enl-Mn. Hugh K. Wilson (Be rtha Stt:phcnson, Illinois d, 'oJ).

Corresponding Secreta;y-Edith Baker, Missouri B, 't I.

Ruo,.tiing Secretary-Mrs. E. W. Thomas (Lilian Harris, 11lino il B, '02).

TreaNlrer-Helen Gorse, Missouri B. '10.

Resident Alumnre--64. Club Members-33. Auow Sobscribers-49. A vcrage Attendance-30.

The St. Louis club bas a broader outlook than ever before because in this last year a large number of alumna:: have moved to the city and joined their forces to OUTS. Although only thirty·three out of the sixty-four are yet members of the national alumna:: association, still there are about fifty-five that keep up their {TAternily interests through occaQona l meetings and ARR.OW subscriptions. Regular meetings have been held on the second Saturday afternoons of the months from October to May inclusive; the active chapter is always represented, and some of our numbers frequently attend their meetings, give them rushin g parties and try to become well acquainted as older sisters. Two of the meetings have been afternoons, two cooky-shines, and two luncheons; the mid - year lun cheon was held at the home of Mrs. George F. Ha.id (Minnie Raefenstal, I owa A), with Mrs. E. W. Thomas (Lilian Harri s, 11Iinois B ) and Mrs. Hugh K. Wilson (Be rth a Stephenson, Illinois 6), .lS assistant hostesses. At the closing meeting the club was ente rt ained at luncheon at the suburban home of Edith Baker ( Missouri B, 'II), in Webster Park, with Mrs. John Porter Henry (Imogen Adams, ex·'II) and Mrs. Stratford Lee Morlon (Anna Oierfeld, ex-'ll), assisting

Every passes through the stage of r o using and holding the interut of the alumnte who have grown away from their chapter interests; and we in St. Louis after frequent" trials are glad to say we are gradually growing out of Missouri B friendships into broader national alumna:: relationships. When the yea rly progTam was printed, six popu lar novels were selected as subjects for the meetings; no member regards these seriously as study, but merely to sta rt conversa t ion and discussion on subjects that are of general and up -to·date interests; for instance-theology of the modern chu r ch as presented in Ch urchill's "The Inside of the Cup", and the mountain white situation in John Fox, Jr.'I., HThe Heart of the Hill s"

Through the generous efforts and ab le mnnagement of our fornler president,

CLARA

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Mrs S.]. Park s ( [ de lla Egbers, lll inois 1'), a committee conducted 11 seco nd rummage sa le in o n e of th e ci ty t e nement dis tri c ts. Be s id es raising th e fifty dollars for o ur a nnu a l contrib uti on to the Se ttl eme nt Sc h'oo l, the cl u b perform ed a wo rth y local ch arity because o ur cus t omers believed themselvu truly benefited by o u r sale of winter clothing and household goods.

At o ur m ee ting for st u dy of th e constitution a nd historical documents, e very member brought her copy of the la s t secret ARROW so we read, discussed and fully un derstood th e following s ubj ec t s :-Iatest co n s tituti o nal changes, th e a rticle wr i tt e n by th e Alumnre Editor whi ch dea l s with alumnre responsibi l i ty and r ep rese n l atian, th e yearly examination q u estions. and th e message to the alumn re which wa s issued by the Grand Vice-President, G ran d Tr eas ure r a nd Alumn re Editor exp lain ing the n ew policy Bnd wor king of o ur a lumn re association

Both the club and Mi ssou r i B active chapte r h ea rtily indorse th e Advisory sys tem; it h as cond ucted its business so well that P an- H ellenic diffi c ulti es cf form e r yea r s w e re quietly sett led a nd the general good of the Un iversity student i n stead of se lfish interests of individua l chapters co n side r ed.

The annua l ba.nquet wa s h el d on April l S, at the M e r cantil e C lub in ce lebration of Found ers' Day; ove r s ixty alum nz a nd ac tiv es a tte n ded a nd participated in the most origi n a l ente rtainment and son g f est in our dub h i5 to ry. Our toast mi s tr ess, S hirley Se ife rt ( M isso uri B, '(9) , my ste ri o u sly informed u s that she was th e ed it o r -i o -c hief of the Founders' D ay ex tr a o f the II B ARRow; th at is was a secret "addition" to be issued onl y to the subscribers present disclosing th ei r most hi dden c h a r acte ri st ics to all; then o n e by one she introduced in her usual clever fashion the m embers of her staff, wh o in turn introduced eve r y club and c hapt e r m e mber in h e r most ludic r o us c harac te r midst sh o ut s of d e afening appla use. Th e editoria l sta ff was r epr es ented as foll o w s:

Th e M!lrri ed Alumn re-- Mrs. E. W. Th omas ( Lilian Harris, Illin ois B, 'o z ).

Th e Idl e Ri ch-Sa lli e Lee Spa rk s, Mi sso uri B , ' 13

The Pedagogues-Do r othea Frazer, Misso ur i B, 'I I.

The Students.

Th ose wh o are now Hay-B a rba ra Senseney, ' 14

Th ose who are neither Gr!l.Ss nor Hay- Mildred F ox, ' 16.

Th ose who are Plain Grass--Marie Frances Alofs, ' 17.

But the c r ow nin g success of the program was r eac hed when the toast m istress introduced our fraternity ce leb rity, h e r e tofo re kn ow n only to u s in fraternity examination drill s, Mrs . T. W . Gaynor (Jessie L. Smith, I o wa Z). Th e n with th at well-known compose r p r esiding at th e pia n o, the club groups sang and enacted several of her kindergarten songs, uTbe See-Saw", "The \Vin dmills'·, ''The Brownies", "The Dance of the R ainbow Fairies"; and concluded the evening with a grand march, starting wi th Mrs. Gaynor's "Salute the Flag", and ending with "Pi Phis do Shine Tonight."

EOITH BAKER.

ANNUAL REPORTS OF ALUNNA':. CLUBS 675

SIOliX FALLS .o\LU)(NJE CLUB Su,.t/aJ'y--Grace

Mc Kinnon.

An alumDR dub of foor members is rather an insignificant beginning but what we hope to make one of the most succellful n 41 alumnlJ! associations, was organized in Sioux: Falls, So. Dak., January 31, with just four Pi Beta Phis present.

Mrs. Grefe of Iowa A a former resident of Dea Moines, lows, and a prominent member of the Dc. Moines n alumnae club but now a resident of Sioux Falls, was the fairy godmother of this club and by bringing the (our Pi Phis together at a luncheon at the C:lrpenter Hotel, she arranged our first meeting and a mOlt delightful one it was too. Thert were prUtnl Mrs. Grefe of Iowa .A. Misl Bessie Johnson, a charter member of Illinois A and now teachiDg at All Saints School in Sioux Falls, Grace McKinnon of WilConsin A, also a of Sioux Falls and Alice Rudolph of Wisconsin A., • of Canton. So. Oak.

Our fint aim will be to all members of n B 4» living in the of So. Oak., 50 that will endeavor to some of our meetings which we planDed to hold the first Thursday of each month, In Sioux Falls for the present aDd later, if to go to the different So. Oak. towns where there are Pi Phis living. We want also 10 make il known to every n B .1> that if she goes to Sioux Falls at any time she should feel free to call on the Pi Phis living there and if it is on alumna- dub day she must be lUre to let UI know 10 she may "Hend our meeting.

We plan to make our social in so fnr as getting well acquainted with each other but in order not to allow interest to lag, we decided to make our club a factor in our great II 41 alumnre organization in so Inr as possib le by aiding in every way we can with the Settlement School in Gatlinburg.

Our club is small but our aspirations high and wilh an experienced alumnae worker like Mrs. Grefe, we feel sure we will make our alumntJ! club a success.

Al.J c £ RUDOLPH.

SIOUX CITY ALL' MXJt: CI.L'U

Presidmt-Louise Cody, Iowa Z, til.

Vi.ce·Presitlelit-Mrs. O. W. Bristol (Florence Benson, Indiana B, ex·'o7)·

Secretary--Treasurer-Mrs. Wilber M. Outhick, Jr. (Cora E. Colbert, Wisconsin A, ex-'13).

The Sioux City Alumna! Club sends greetings to the readers of TilE ARROW \Ve come to your notice as a newly organized club composed of a number of enthusiastic Pi Phis desiring to our fraternity activities, philanthropic as well as social.

On Founders' Day, April 28, we met at the home of Mrs. \V. L. Frost. After the usual n <) , cooky -shine and a most enjoyable evening of IT 41 songs and general reminiscences, the new club was organiud.

Our meetings will be held monthly, at Ihe homes of members of the club.

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We shall heartily welcome all n visiton, or those who may make their home in vicinity.

The charter members of the Sioux City Alumnae Club arc: Louise Cody, 't I, Helen Struble, 'to, Grace Hamilton, Mrs. Rudolph Anderson (Mae Belle AIstrand, 'aS) and Mrs. E. P. Farr (Minnie Ely) of Iowa Z; Mrs. E. C . Currey (Harriet Wright, 'So) and Mrs. W. S. Crouch (Mary Byrkit, '87) of Iowa Ai Alma Drown, 'ai, Iowa D; Mrs. Wilber M. Derthick, Jr. (Cora E. Colbert, ex-'13). Wisconsin A; Mrs. W L. Frost (Mary Weiler, '95) and Marie Keefer of IIlinois.6; Mrs. O. W. Bristol (Florence Benson, '07), Indiana Bi Clarice Lytle, ' 14. 1I1inois E; Jessie A. Matson, '06, Minnesota A i Mrs. W. S. A. Smith (Velma Farwe ll , '86, I owa r).

CORA COLBERT-OIRTHICK.

SPRINCJo'IELD ALUMNJE CLUB

Presia£nl-Ruth Hubbell. Missouri A, ' 08. Vice-President-Mrs. Alva Trowbridge Wing (Jessie Livingston, Illinois B, '83).

Secretary-Mrs. William Reps, Jr (DeH Dumpy, Mi$louri r, 'II).

Correslonding Secretary-Mrs. John M. Sills (Stalira Fisher, Missouri r, '10).

Treasurer-He len Hall, r, '12

Resident A l umD2-11.

Members of Average Attendance-Io.

Since we are only three months o l d we can give but a short account of ourse l ves, though we fee l exceeding ly lusty for our time of life.

W e were orga n i.zed J an u ary l a , by M rs. La rdner nnd ch arte r ed J a nu a r y 13. Through her own love l y personality Mrs. Lardner inspired us with the true n 4' spitit of striving for a nob ler womanhood in ourselves. and greate r he l pfu lness to others through Pan-Hellenic channels and our own Settlement School. The first blush of enthusiasm is still on us, the intention being to prolong it indefinitely.

Edith Baker, Vice-President of Delta Province, h:u earned a large place in our affections. Through most of the six years we have "followed the gleam". she has been our tireless champion. We are 21s0 most · grateful to Miss Keller and Celeste Janvier for their efforts in our behalf. To an initiate the thought of having all the lovely women of II B for sisters is the loveliest thing imaginable.

As to our work: Meetings aie held on the first Thursday in each month in the Missouri r chapter rooms. So far we have devoted the time to organization and study of the constitution. Our interest in the Settlement School has materialized to the extent of twenty dollars.

Founders' Day was especially dear to us on this first occasion of its cele· bution with the active chapter. Forty..eight Pi Phis were seated around long tables that formed a hollow square. This banquet, followed by toasts and

songs. reminds us of other nights when we were 5till longing for the sum· ingly unattainable Arrow. As Mu Betas the MiSliOuri r members of the alum· club and the active chapter have been 50 closely united in tbeir effort$ to win n .,that there is an unusually strong bond bet\\cen them. We hope alway. to celebrllie Founders' Day together.

Our last spring meeting this year will be an outing where the children will he in evidence.

The 19'4 - 15 program promises to be interesting with several Little Pigeon day. a.nd several with the active chapter. Th e Springfield a lumn re club sends greetings to TilE ARROW, and to all wearers of the pin.

STATIRA FISHEl-SILLS.

Burleigh Drummond ( H elene Brammer, Missouri H, '12).

Vice-P""idrnl·- E,'elyn Roberts, Iowa Z, '13. Sec,..ela,.,....-Leila Iowa Z, '03.

T,.ea:s .. ,.e,.-Lillian Noth, Iowa Z. '12.

On April 27, Mrs Burleigh Drummond had a Founders' Day lea for members of II B cI'. out of the Pi Phis in th.e city were present. An organiution was effected with the view of becoming a regular chartered alumnlle club. Those present were: Nancy Carroll, '<)8, Leila Kern· merer, 'oJ, Sara D. '03, Margaret lIansen, 'OS, Lillian :\'oth, ' 12. Evelyn Robberts, ' 13. Kathryn Robberts, ' IJ, all of Iowa Z; Edna Dart, KanslS A, '07; Helene Brammer -D rummond, Missouri D, '12.

It was decided to invite all Pi Phis in the Tri ·Cities Bnd vicinity to join the orgnnitation. The next meeting will be May 28 with the Misses Kemmerer. SoJ W. 14 St. It is hoped that any member of n B <J> in the Tri -C ities who sees this article will notify the hostesses even if she ha s not received an announcement of the meeting as we are desirous of getting in touch with all l ocal members. No definite plans have been made for the {uture, but the club hopes to be a help to active chapters. We have applied for a cha rt er.

After the business meeting the hostess d:linlY and the time passed only too Quickly while we talked of n 'I' affairs and sang each one's favorite song.

LULA KEMMERER.

EPSILON PROVINCE "

ALUMN.t£ CLUJ)

p,.esi(/(!fll-Mrs Max H. Brikler (Mary Hillaid. Te xas A, 'OS). Secretary-Mrs. William Caswell (Vivian Brenize r, T ens A, 102).

T,.easure,.-Annie Garrison, Texas A. ' 12.

Members of ClUb-fl.

A veraJ1e nttendance-S.

In reviewing the past year, we are congratulating ourselves upon the success which our club hIlS attained in its efforts to bring about clo!>er relationships

·Number old cl ub s, 7; new, I. Total, 8 Number sending no repor!, 5-

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among its members and to give real assistance at all times to the active chapter.

Much of the success is unquestionably due to the effo rts of our able and loy a l ex·president. Ada Garrison. Her unfailing interest and devotion to the fraternity as a whole is a real inspiration to all Pi Phis.

Austin is very fortunate in having so many resident Pi Phis, and, in can· sequen ce, the alumn:e club has a large and enthusiastic membership. One member of th e ac tive chapter attends each a lumn a: meeting, and makes a r epo rt of the proceedings of the active chapter. We endeavor to cond u ct our meetings with as much good spirit and earnestness as is possible, in order that the same spirit may be imparted to the aclive chapter through the member present.

The club meetings are held once a month at the homes of the different members. The discussions of the past year have been devoted chiefly to the needs of the active chapter. The new ruling of the fraternity for sophomo r e pledging has worked quite a hardship on all fraternities. But Texas A has more than held its own through this trying period. The l ast meeting of the year w ill be devoted to a study and discussion of its constitution. The meeting is to be presided over by Emily Maverick-Miller, our province vice-president.

The and active chapter combined in a celebration of Founders' Day with a banquet at which forty were present. Many unique toasts were given, in which were refle<:ted very happy originality and loyalty to n 4'.

The contribution of the al umn re club to the Settlement Schoo l at Gatlinburg was somewhat limited. owing to the many calls for financial aid from the active chapter. The members, however, feel a very great interest in this worthy enterprise, :md it is their purpose at all times to do their full sh are to assist in its maintenance-an undertaking of which any fraternity ca n well be proud. To the women who are carrying on this good and noble work we send our h ea rty fraternal good wishes.

'VVOMING ALPHA ALUMNIE CLUB

p,tsident-Dorothy Worthington, '12.

Sec,eJa,:y-T,easw't'r-Miriam Doyle, 'II.

The \Vyomipg Club of It B 4' has held its business meetings the fourth Saturday in each month. We met for the first time this year in September, and elected new officers. There were then seven of us in the club. \Ve hav e since lost Dr. Agnes Wergeland who died in March.

Ou r meeting in October was devoted to reading the new constitution, and to a study of Robert's Rules of Order. In November, we made a careful study of the constitution. and also read ml:l.ny parts of the last uumber of the; Secret ARROW. We held no meeting in D ece mber as most of the girls were out of town.

In January we met and discussed the subject as to what we c.ould do for the Settlement School. We decided to send eleven dollars. We would han liked to send much more, but we cou ld not at that time.

We are in the same town with our active chapter. and one of the main objects of the club is to establish a house fund for our chapter. Each year we

wrile to the gir" who have gradualtd from or left college, and ask them to contribute to thili fund; those in the actl\'e dub also give toward it. Each year we: turn the money over to the active chapter 10 be used as a building fund only. This i. ooly the second year that our club has been in existence, but so far this haa • most satisfactory plan.

\Ve amended our local constitution concerning the election of club officers, so that they now are in office from April to April. In one way this is rather hard for UI, al our club i ••0 small i we must take into consideration the girls who will leave and thOle who will come during the summer months.

In February we reread the slumnre section of the conlitilution. AI our meeting in March we discussed our celebration for Founders' Day. \Ve dedded to ask the active chapter to be our guests. We planned to Rive them a dinne r at the home of Mrs. Faville (Jean Douglas, 'II). We wished to have just a quiet affair this year, owing to the death of Dr. Wergeland. Mrs. Faville lives out at the university stock farm just acrou the river from town. The girls walked out, and after the psrty conveyances were provided to bring them all home. We set tables {or twenty-six, and the alumnae girls served the dinner. Afterwards we had appropriate snngs and toasts. and the club gave to the chapter a picture of Dr. Wergeland which they will keep and be proud ofas she was a gifled and noted woman, and a woman of \V yoming A.

We keep in close touch with our active chapter, and attend their meetings frequently. \V e are a chartered club, having had our charter since April 17, 1913. Our Advisory Committee has had lillie occasion 10 act, as the c h ap ter has no house, just r'ooms; thtre is no Pan-Hellenic t;ituation as yet; and the chapter is careful in Attending to the scholarship.

The cl ub plans to have one meeting more before the summer vacation begins; then we adjourn till September

As for the other social interests of the club, we hnve a sewing club which meets each week or two, and in this way we get together quite often.

The girls of the Wyoming alumnre club send best wishes to nil the othe r clubs.

'V ACO ALt': MX.-E CIXU January 1914 to January 1915.

Pruidml-Rose Edmond, Texas _.\, ' 03.

Trt'Qsurt"r-lleuna Clinton, Texas .0\, '10

Surelary--l\Ionelte Colgin, Texas A. 'I I.

Our alumnre club is composed of Texas .A girls, all of whom live in \V aco. This year we have two new members. Beuna Clinton, ' 10, and Anne Risher, 'II, so we now have a membership of seven.

We have hnd only four meetings this past year but we are planning to meet oftener. Our meetings consisted of a business session, with a study of the constitution Bnd examination questions, followed by n social hour. We are greatly interested in the Settlement School and hope to be of material benefit to it, but this year we assisted the active chapter, as sophomore pledging was in-

RUTH GREENBAUM.

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stituted at the University of Texas and only a few girls were in OU f c ha pte r house.

W e were invited to the F o und ers' D ay banqu e t given i n Austin by the active chapter but it was impossible to attend, so w e ce l eb r a ted with a pi cnic in th e woods. Anne Risher a nd BeuDa C linton were abse nt , as they had gone as Duchess of W aco and M aid of H onor to the "Ba ttl e of Flowers" at San Ant oni o. All o f o ur othe r meetings hav e bee n r eg ulnrl y attended, however.

O ur c h a rte r has n eve r been r eceived , th ough w e se nt o ur app lication (or it las t year and h ave written conce rning it seve ral tim es since \Ve wi sh to co ngr atu l a te the c alendar co mmitt ee on the a.ttrac liv e ca lendar whi ch they sent thi s y ea r . M ONETTE COLC 1S.

ZETA PROVINCE *

Los A NGELES A LU M N}E CLUB

President-Mrs . E. G. She rm an (F lo r ence Ca rt e r , Illin ois Z, '0 1).

Secretary·Treasurer-M rs . Wm . Phelan (Grace Magaw, In diana A. '10, a n d New York B ).

Corrnponding Secretary- A nna Laura Bradley, Califor n ia A. ex·'J4

N ORT HER N CA LIF OR N IA CLUB

Presiden t-Mrs. V nnce McC l ymo nds ( Treas ure Ellis. Ca lifo rni a B. ex·'OQ).

Vice·President-Mrs. Roy Shurtleff (linel Lawton, California B, ex·' J4 ).

Secretary·rretlsurer-"Mrs. C. D. Cobb (Ella R oge r son, New York A, ex·'03) . Corres p onding Suretary- Mr s. Da v i d T Babc oc k ( Haze l Donoho, Ca li· fornia B, '(9).

The year of 1913 , 19 14 has been one of g r ea t inter est to u s all. In the be· ginning of the year we thought it best t o reorganize o n a m o r e inclusive basis in orde r t o interest all Pi Ph is in the dis t rict around San Fr a nci sco Bay. We a re anxious to reac h a ll of the Pi Phis here, of wh om we kn ow there a r e many. We are practically a new club as the reorganizing h as been on n ew l in es with new plans for bringing in n ew mem be rs. We have added con s ide rably to our membership this year and h ope to do even m o re next year. We secured a new charter as the Northern Califo rni a Alumn ae C lub of IT B cIJ on December 6, 1913. and have already begun to enlarge our plans to suit ou r name.

W e have endeavored this year to :lSsist o ur nearest active chapter, Cal· ifornia B, in i ts finan cial obligatio n s as th ey relate to their bea uti fu l n ew chap· ter house.

The annual bazaar held on November was put i n the hand s of the a lumn ae dub at th ei r r eq u est, and was h eld at the chapter house, a ll o f the acti ve chapter assisting, and was a great success.

We hold ou r m eetings at the chapte r house. and have very much in·

·Num be r old clubs, 3; new, 2. Total, S. Number se nding n o report, 2.

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tcrested in the many problems of the active chapter who are very fine girls with tbe best idealt; tlDd plans for the chapter- and the fraternity. Two meetings this year were devoted to the reporu in the October Aulow, and we all felt that entirely little time to give to that most interesting number.

Our program committee has reported a program {or next year which we hope will meet the approval of the mtmbers. hut which is a. rather se ri ous one as we feel we mUllt be preparrd for our convention of next year, which we hope will be the best as it no doubt will be the largest attended one ever held.

We have kept the Settlement School in mind. and have made a Founders' Day contribution which though small, sbows we are thinking of it, and now that We have begun we will no doubt make Ii larger one next year.

Our Founden' Day celebration was held with the active chapters, California A and n, at the chapter house at Berkeley with a luncheon which about seven· ty-five members, active and alumnre, attended. Miss Il00riocker, our province vice-president, of Los Angeles was with us on her way home from Salt Lake. It was good to have her and hear her enthusiastic and optimistic talk.

Our final business meeting was held April 20, but we have made plans to hold !oOCial met:tings through the summer so our interest may be kept up and we will be r eady for real business in the fall.

All in all we feel that we have grown this year-gone forward and are now prepared for a much better year in 1914-15. and that we will all come to OUf first meeting in August with a desire to work for the strengthening of both chapte r and club, and to l earn as much as we can next year in o rd e r to welcome all our eastern sisters to the convention of 1915. EDITH 6. DARNELL.

PORTLAND ALUMNA': CLUB

President-Agnes Miller, California B, '12.

Viu-Presjdelll-!rofrs. Frank Knight (Martha H ankins, Colorado A, '98).

Secrelary-Mn Burton Beck (Grace Hancher, Iowa A, '04).

Corresptondi"8 Sure/ary-Mrs. ]. C. Monteith (Olive Neal, Wa shin gton .A).

l'rea.surer-Lida M. O'Bryon, New York A, '98.

It is hard to believe tbat almost a year has passed by since we first met, :l little handful of six to talk over the possibility of organiting an aJumnae club in Portland. We had a dream of a club of fifteen but did not expect it to be realited at a very early date. Now we bave sixteen members and hope to add several more soon.

have held a meeting eve r y month at the home of and have had an average Ilttendance of len. Since October we Illso had a lun cheon eve r y month. now bave o ur lun cheODs at the beautiful new University Cl ub, and it proves to be 11 most attractive and popular affair.

Thul far our meetings have been of a purely socia l nature, as we were strangers, Ilnd felt th a t we co uld do better work late r if we sho uld give some time to acquain t ed.

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Our r equest (or a cha rt e r i s in Mrs Lardner's hand l n ow, and we plan to ce l ebrate ou r first anniversary by dec laring ou r club to be the duly chartered Portland Alumnae Club. r eady for aCtive work We will devote some time to th e study o f the co n sti tu tion Til E ARROW and IT B 41 hi sto ry.

Last ,ummer we sen t t en do ll us to Mrs H e lm ick f or OUf Christmas gift to the Settlement Sc h ool, and we hope to make a larger contribution this comi ng year. W e all nre imm en se l y in teres ted in the deve l opme nt of this c h eris hed projei:t of O Uf fraternity.

At O Uf Dece mbe r lun che o n H elen Graves int e r ested us nil in a poor woman, a n d we tri ed to assist her financially ove r one of the h a rd p l aces in h er pa thw ay. Miss Graves has written morc fully of this bit of Christmas cheer that e ntered the heart of one woman beca use II. IT B felt an inspiration during the gay h o lid ay time.

,Vh o does n ' t love an extra pa r ty? \V e a ll do and our president, Agnes Miller, i nvited u s to a delightful pa rty ttt m os t h ospitab le h o me , during the h o liday seaso n

P o rtland h as n ftourishing Pan - H ell e ni c associa t ion which is entertained monthly by so me on e fraternity, the members of whi c h net as hostesses. The annual holiday P an- H(ll enic lun cheon was attended by some hun dred and twenty Greeks, a lumn re a n d active girls. Mr s. Knight is vice ·president of PanH ellenic IT ..., is well repr esented Ilt a ll meetings. W e will ente rtain PanH e lleni c in Jun e a t th e h o m e of Mr s. Fletcher Linn

And n o w we come 10 the cro wning e vent of the whole yea r F o und ers' Day ce lebrati o n and o ur wo nd e rful Province Presid en t, M rs. Ca rn ey , ca me toge ther, a n d it was a n eve r to be forgotten day Mr s. S hepa r d e nt e rtain ed th e cl ub if'! her cosy co untry home, and we enjoyed an alfreuo cooky-shin e un de r a group of oak tr ees o n th e hill, from which vantage point, w e had a ve r y lo ve ly pano ramic view of O reg on 's green wooded hills and fertile

Mrs Ca rn ey gave u s an interesting and highly instructive talk on matters o f general intere s t t o a ll Pi Ph is , mnd on Pa ci fi c Coas t co n d ili o ns of especia l interes t to all w es te rn Pi Phi s. AI a In Ie h o ur we bade o ur hostess and h er Iwo blessed babe s (the smallest of whom we claim as o ur mascot) good -bye, and journeyed h o m e w a rd; m o re loya l thM eve r to o ur beloved win e and silv er blue.

Mrs Ca rn ey visited Mrs. Knight for severa l days and they renewed happy days wh e n they were gi rl s in Ihe c h apter at Boulde r. Monda,', April 27. ou r club entertained Mrs. Carney wilh a lun c h eo n at t h e University Clu b , followed by a meeting, when she again fed our hu ngry minds with words of n * wisdom nnd answered the many qnes tions asked.

W e h ope for the privilege of meeting our Province Presid en t o n ce more when she returns from her trip In the Seattle and Pullman chapters; fo r we with aH Pi Phi s who know her havt decided thai, "to know her is to love her". She h as filled us with enthusiaJlm for the coming year

• Greetings and best wishes for a happy, rejuvenating summer to all those si$ters fa rt and near who wear the golden arrow.

A list of P o rtland alumna: club members follows:

:Mrs Frank Knight ( Marth a H anki ns, ex-'C}8), )fr s. ( )fyni e Coan,

'(8) of Colorado.A; Mrs. H . L. Shepard (Clara Sawyer, u·'o7). Mrs. C. II . Voung (Bernice Baker, ex-' n ) of Wi sconsin.A; M rs. F. E. Linn (Lo ui se Sawyers, '8c), Mrs. Burton Beck (Grace Hancher, '04) of Iowa .A; Agues Miller, ex-' 12 , Franccs Dewar, ex-'ll. California B; Mrs. J ohn C. M o nteith (Olive Neal, n-' l o), Helen U Graves. ex-'u, W ashington A; Mrs. D. F. M cGee (Rachel Eddelman, Pennsylvania B. '04 ); Mrs. Pownell ( Mamie M cCom bs, Ohio A, ex-' IJ ); Lydia. M. O'8ryo n, New York.A, '1}8 :Ioma Ime s, Indjana B, ex-' IJ; Gertrude Blackmar. K a ns as A, ' J I; Mrs J as. Mc Mena min, We sha ll be glad to ha ve Pi Phis passing thr oug h Portland ca ll Agne s Miller by te lephon e, East 3480.

PCCt: -r Sm; ,XD ALliM !\.t.. CLU H

Prttidl!lll-Mrs. II. B. Wil b ur (Leda P i nkh am , Iowa Z, '9i)

I"ia- P ruidenl- Mrs. F. S. Sawye r (Edit h pray, Illin ois Z, '03).

Suretary- ll a rr iet Johnstone, Washington A, ·OJ. Corrn p ondmg Surelary- Mari on Frye, Washing ton A, ' II. Treas Nrer-Ella Ho p kin s, I owa r. '06.

Members of Clu b--so.

The Poget So un d Alumna! As sociatio n has met thi s year, following th e us ual cus tom, once a mo nth at th e homes of the different members. Many n e w names have been added to our li s t \Ve are happy to have with us: Mrs . ]. W . H ea l (Re vn C uster, New York, A ); Mrs. W . P. Gorsuch (Au. gusta Tunnicliffe, Illin ois d, '<)6); Mrs . E . 1\1. Butc h er () une U hr ic h, Kansas A, '0 4 ) ; Mrs H. H. Harwood (C lnra Prosser, Illinoi s Z ex-'li); Mrs. H. C. Ogden ( Fran ces B. \V altemeyer, Colorado A 'OS); Grace L Terry, Illinois t.., '94 ; Helen Wakefield, lawn r, '07; Marie W aite meyer. Colorado .A, '04.

Early in September we h e ld o ur first busine ss meeting o f th e year which was l argely attended and at that time we decided to ass ist th e ac tiv e c ha p te r of the universi ty in rushing, by giv ing a large tea to which we are glad to say nearly every alumna in the city ca me.

In Oc tobe r we m e t a t an auc t ion party and IhHe made up a subscription li st f o r the Settlement Sc h oo l-many thank s are d ue Mrs. Sawye r f Or her untiring effo rt s in raising this su m to o ne hundr e d dollars.

In No\'ember Mrs B eli k er gave a very interesting talk on her delightful expe rien ces in J apaD.

In December when o ur thoughts are always tu rn ed toward helping o ur leu fortunat e brothers a n d sisters, w e spe nt one day together dressing dolls to put i n o ur Set tlement Sc h oo l Christmas box.

At the January m eet ing we h eard Jessie K eith on uA visit in the Orient" and traveled with her thr o ugh th e most interesting parts of In dia and China.

Our Febru a ry meeting wa s a coo ky -s hine fit the chapte r h o use and th e re were eighty -five

Early in March we gave a mu sica le and it is o ur desire to thank Mrs. Ogden, Grace Terry, Esther Bunnell, Helen R ead, and Frances for the delig htful program so th or o ughly enjoyed by all.

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O ur tau w as a. purely business one. \Vhil e there we discussed the subject of a new house for OUf active girls and it now looks very much as if their one desire will be

In April there will be a luncheon with active girls present to lake the place of our annual banquet. The proceeds of the lun c heo n will be turned ove r to the house co mmitt ee.

Our benefit and pi cnic will be the closing events of a ycaT most active and thoroughly enjoyed by those who have been able to come to a few if not all of our meetings.

All Pi Phis coming to Seallie are co rdially welcomed and tire asked to Ie Iephone their addresses to Marion Frye, 618 Terry Avenue, who will gladly furnish any information she can.

N OTE: It is hoped that all clubs which did not do so this year, will arrange the club year in con f ormance with the r eq uest of the Grand Vi ce- President and elect officers in April. advisability of returning in th e fali organited. ready for work , is obvio u s and it also makes possible uniform club reports and an up -to-date club directory.

Think it over ! What do you think of a club president who does not subscribe to TilE ARROW ? And how can you expect a club secretary to perform her duties correctly or represent her club adequately if she does not read THE ARROW?

MARIOS FRY!:.

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(Instead of printml: the complete JDcmbenhip r oll of each chap ter done in yun put, only the Damn of tho-. initiatel of 1913-14 wbkh hIve not already bun liated in The Arrow arc ,ivcn herc and the names of the rirh who lTe cradu.ti ne with the decrees they ClI:Pf'ct to receive. S i nce Icholutic bonon had not bun I uded in man, coUccn at the time copy for the June Arrow wa. due, no honors are lilted in the Itatiltie. but tb ey are inc:luded i n the letter, whcn they were mentioned . AD accoun t of our Phi Beta Kappa. fo r 15114 "" ill appear in the December number The pictures of all chapterl wh o desired to have them published under the new co ndition. which werc announced in the October number are includ ed i n this acction.)

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ONTARIO ,\LPHA-UNIVERSITY OF TOROXTO

Xumber of students 4;08.

(Chartered I <)OS)

Number of women students 1000.

N umber of faculty 450

Women's fraternities: K:\ e. 19; A ,*,19; 11 B 4), 2 1 '; r, 19-

Girls graduating with degree of B.A .: Annie edgar. Gordon 1...o\' ell, Lillian Campbell, Anna MacLachlan. Mildred Stinson, Lorten Kennelly, Minn ie Wr ight.

During the past few years T oronto Unive r si t y has beell obliged to make acco mmodation for a constantly increasing number of students. Severa l n ew bui lding :t ha,'e been constru cted about the campus, for the tendency now is to h ave all departme nt s centered in Queen's P a rk The most r ecent addi t io ns a r e th e n ew Kn ox Co ll ege f o r theological s tud ents, and th e H a rt - Massey gymnasium, both of whi ch are under process of constru c tion and promise to be very fine st ru ctures.

A very important development in the history of the st u dent life of the past year h as bee n th e formation o f t he In ternational P o lit y Cl ub, w hi ch is in all questions relating 10 in t er nn t ionn l pence. In spite of a general f ee l ing that th ere were already too many student organizations, the Polity C lub has had :l , 'ery prospe rous career. It is the only soc iety of its kind in th e university, embraci ng, as it does, a ll the colleges an,d including bo th men and women in its mernbeuhip. The execu t ive has succeeded in interesting the graduates and the fac ulty, and has ind u ced many p r ominen.t men, luch as Norman Angell :and Alfred Noyes, to 9.ddress t he meetingl. The club's excellent begin ning th is year would seem to pro mi se even greater success in the futu r e, a n d we tru s t it m ay become a st r ong f o r ce in the universi t y.

11 has been the c u s tom for th e women's dramatic club to p rese n t a p lay eac h year in Convocatio n Hall. Thi s year th e one se l ec t ed was " A s Vou Like It", and is was especiall y s u ccessf ul under th e management of Ma rj orie Fra Sl'r, a n 4> Four o f our ot h e r girls were given pa rt s_ \ Ve we re a l su represented in the modem language club, whic h gives a French and a German play every year, one of our girls taking part in th e latter.

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course among the different on the whole, very good.

groups, although the inter-fraternity feeling is. In order 10 become better acquainted with the other girls. we invited each chapler to an informal tea at our c hapter house. This does n o t seem very important. unless ont understands that hitherto there has been absolutely no entertaining between c hapters And perhaps it was a n even less precedented step on our part when we co ntinued by giving two teas for our n on- fraternity friends. Later th e K K r chapter of Vi c toria College invited representati ves from each fraternity to a most delightful tea at the home of one of their c ity members.

Lastl y, but by no means l east, r must mention the St. Lawren ce in s tallation . Since all our final e xaminations come in a few weeks, nnd a l so on account of the sad con ditio n of ou r treasury, we were not able to send more than one representative, but she r eturned with enough e nthusia sm for five or six. Although the r elt of us ca nnot imagine what it was l ike for her, we have all seen more than ever before how well worth working for n .p is, and so we are trying to combine a great many plan "! for r eform next year with har d work for the examinations this year. ANDUSON.

VERMONT ALPHA-MIDDLEB URY COLLEGE

(Chartered 18<)3)

Number of students 340.

Number of women students 148.

J\"umber of faculty 35.

Women's fraternities : A X. 25; B II, 26; 1: K 24.

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(I niti ated March 13)

Florence K opke , ' I 5

Louesa Bullis, ' 17

Edith M. Duffield, '1 7 Eva Lelnnd, ' 17 M a r jo r ie E. Leach. ' 17 Beulah \Vilkin son, ' 17

Girls graduating in June who wiP receive the deg r ee of A.B.: Florence Aseltine, E ll en Bailey. Eliabeth Cha l mers. Isabel Esten, C h arlotte J enne, Ethel Magoon. Florine Parker, Anne Perkins

The excitement of pledging is all ove r but not the pleasure we have hnd. and are still having with our new delegation.

The fears of mid-years were passed when we had our pledging the week

Iafter the much dreaded examinations. Then, on the evening of Marc h 13. our initilttion was held and o ur banquet at the Addison, the following evening. Among the alllmnre and guests present were Edith Cates and Gladys Laurence. Vermont B; Mrs. Scott Gooding and Mrs. Philip Crane, both of t03 j Mrs. Ray Fisher, eX-'ll j Sara Sterns. ex-'12; Theodora Crane, ex-'oo; Mrs. Lena Denis, '97; Gertrade

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Brodie, ' II; Elizabeth Adams, 'II; Louise Monroe, ' 12; Eleanor Iialeh, '13; Bernice Parker, CI-"5; and the patrOneUCl, EH. Rrainard. Mrs. Avery Lambert, and Mrs. G. 'VatlS Cunningham.

There has been a reorganization of the Dramatic Club with Florence Aseltine 81 president, and every Tuesday evening an enter tainment of $O rne sort is given. The sophomores gave a Carnival on tbe eveni ng of Shrove Tue sday and many were the cos tumes paraded. The first prize was given to "S ultan of Turkey". Then the freshmen gave a very pretty little tableau and the junioTs gave a " Better Babies Contest" at which n little woman with triplet. nurly six (ed tall took the prize. The rumor is aHoal that the senion are going to give us a play after Easter and we all hope the rumor is not false.

Middlebury IS rejoicing over the double victory i n the triangular debate on "Should the United State I give the Philippinel their independence in ten years?" Middlebury with the affirmative won against the University of Vermont and with the negative against Norwich .

For the first time in its h is tory the Beta Verm ont C hapter of B K had a mid year eleetion and held a public initiation on ;\tarc h 27 There were three men and three women initiated. among them one n 4», Fl orine Parker, who i. now wearing a key. President Mickelj ohn of Amherst gave the address of the evening on the " Liberal College".

Our Y. W. C. A. has been very active this year. It presented Robertson 's play, "School" for the benefit of the Silver Bay fund and repeated it for Alumni Day, March 28. There were two Pi Phis in the cast, Parker, '14, and Anna Fishe r, ' 16. The Musical Association also gave a concert ending with the Cantata, "The Lady of Shallot" whi ch WIlS enthusiastically received.

At the Pharatra, too, there have been various entertainments. Of coursle there was one grand cooky -s hine with impromptu toasts and IT <I) songs, and the juniors headed the list of delegation entertainments by giving a "lIome Economic Supper" cooked according to the latest rules and regulations of domestic science. Then the seniors gave a farewell luncheon to 1\Irs. Fi sher who is going 10 New York to remain until September.

Isabel Eslen and Louesa Bullis came back from Canton with glowing report s of the "perfectly wonderful time" they had and the splendid girls w e have added to our II 4» roll.

Plans are now being made for Junior \V ee k which comes the first part o f May and the Juni or Play is 10 be William Gillette 's roman ce of the Southern Confeduacy, "Secret Sen'i('E'''. Th en in June we all go home for 3 l ong gloriou s sum m e r GIS&\' RA POLlARD II \RI .O \\'

n : RMOXT BETA-UNIVERSITV or VERMO:ST (C hartered 1898)

number of students 630.

Number of women students I2S ·

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Number of faculty It o.

Women's fr ater nit ies : K A e, 27 i .:1 .6

INITIATE S

A :22 ; II B ell, 18

( Ini tiated March 7)

ussie May Cobb '17

H elen Barbara Hu nt "7 . M abe l Florence Derway ' 17. Sadic Augusta Norris " 7. Loretta Emroy Dyke. ' 16. Ruth Leila Stuart '17.

Gi rl s graduating wi th deg r ee of Ph.B.: Dorothy Cook , Ruth M Durfee, Jan e Mc Laughlin; with de gree of A.B ., Ruth P O'Sullivan, Deal" Nell:

Th e re are the H(acts" yo u wanted including t h e n a m es of the initiates, who m you'd better begin lik ing immediate ly for they ' re well worth it. Ini tiation wa s followed by the banquet at H o t el Vermont and l\fai:tic P owers, ' 10, was sple n did toastmistress . Severa l of th e co uld not come because th ey co uld n ot leave t heir sc hools before vaca tion, but there were thirty-three of u s present.

The next week, Edith Gates and G la dys Lawren ce went to Middl eb ury 's initiation. Marc h zo, Ruth Catlin ex-'n , Agn es Miller. '16. and Ruth Stuart, 'I i. carried ou r cong ratulations to the girls at Canton, Bnd a ttend th e ir insta llati on as a ch aple r of II B cJl. They r e turned so full of enthusiasm oye r th e hospitality s h o wn them and over M iss K e ller th a t we all e nvied th em

As for college news, I ' ll t ell the w o r st first. \V e've been investigated!

The co mmi ssion from th e Ca rn egie F o un dation appointed to inspect, and sug· gest improvement s in the stafe system of sc h ools made the s t a rtlin g recommen · da t ion thai the universities and Middlebury Coll ege be given no aid from state fund s, and th ey advi sed th e discontin uati on of the Med ica l College. You kn o w, the Medica l Co ll ege is in C l ass A, and we're gradually r aising th e standard un ti l four years of acade mic co ll ege work s hall be req uire d before ad · mission. \Ve w ere somewhat s urpri sed, th e n , t o h ea r it ca ll ed "a u seless and extrav agant institution." Thus far it seems to have found plenty of friend!! and material fo r self-defense Wh at will be t h e outcome of the r eport, or how far it is justified. no one ca n yet say.

Aside from that, we've had a peaceful, prosperous year. A co ll ege debating team has been organized for the first time in several years, and 11 contes t held wit h Mi ddlebury and Norwich, in which Vermont lost one debate and won the other. ProfesJOr Groat has p r oved an important addition to the faculty and several new co u rses in econ omics will be offe r ed next year under hi s char ge.

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a new dormitory, Colchester Cottage; the "Cottage". oddly cnough. being much larger th&n the "Hall". \Ve now have a women ' , student council, which meets separately usually. b u t joins the men's to consider maHen of common interest. The honor.ry society, "Akraia", has heen formed, with all the girls oC the- senior clus as members th is year; hereafter, the number will be limited to twelve.

"Alice in \Vonderland". whic h the girls gave some lime was 50 success' ful that two more performances will soon be given j on Founders' Day cornel the Juli a Spear Prize Reading. Clara Gardner. '16, is onc of the five sophomores chosen, and Mabel Derway, '17. is one of the five freshmen. On April 8, we had the p r ivilege of hearing Alfred Noycs read from hi s poems, under the auspices of .., B K.

l'm glad yon're coming to summer school this year; it'. going to be better than ever. Oh. I nearly forgot one of the most important things. One of the four Students' Military Encampments of the United States is to be located here at Burlington under the auspices of the university. We are proud of the honor, and hope it will mean many new students for us.

DoROTHY COOK.

MASSACHUSE 'ITS ALPHA-BOSTON UXIVERSITY (Chartered 18Q6)

N umber of students 1 50S.

Number of woman students 580.

Number of fac ult y 146.

\Vomen's fraternities: K K r. 21; A 4», 23; r 4» D. 21; .6 .6 A. 18; IT B 20; K. 24; A A n. 21; Z T A. 21; A r .6, 18. Girls graduating in June who will receive the degree of A.B.: Marion Coll ye r, Florence I:ight, H elen Lauren ce Laura Palmer.

Mid·year exami nati ons over, Massachusetts A return ed to finish the college yekT. But we missed Dorothea Shute, who on account of illness, cannot be with us. We hope, however, that she will finish her course next yea r.

M any delightfu l and pleasant affairs have occurred since the last letter to THE ARROW. Fir st and foremost was the short visit of Miss Keller, du ring the last week in March. From th e moment of her arriva l we l oved her, a n d thoroughly enjoyed every minute that she was with us. 'V e held a small lea in her honor. just for the alumna: and the active members. We were captivated by her charming personality, and the interesting talk she gave u s.

O ur annual dance was h eld this year on February 14, at the Riverdale Casino in Cambridge. The affa ir was charac teriled by the favor dances, appropriate to St. Valentine In March, the active chapte r ente rt ained the alumnl't. Edna Holmes Sllng several solos and a short sketch enti tled " In Search of a. Cook," was given. Laura Palmerls impersonation of the Frenchman was especially well done.

The fraternities of Boston University held an open Pan·Hellenic meeting tbi s spring, at which Sarah Pomeroy was the speaker New ru shing rules are being discussed, and it is hoped that all misunderstandings and unpleasantness will be avoided in the coming year.

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Our Fou n ders' Day banquet was held at the H o te l Bellevue. Mass ac husetts A ha l had her share of co ll ege honors tb is yea r. Florence Light, ' 14. h as been presiden t o f Pan - H ellenic and served on the Bible Study co mmittee o f th e Y. W. C . A.; Mario n Collyer, ' 14. was treasurer of th e senio r class; Dorothea S hute , ' 14. was p r esiden t of V. W . C. A.; D o ro thy C leme nt s, " S. served on th e 1Iu b, the junior publication, had c harge of th e junior prom and was c b ss sec r e tar y the first semes te r; Mil d red Kennard, "5 was "A lumni Editor" of th e B t(Jcotl , a n associate edito r of the Hu b, vi cepresident of th e c l ass a n d had c h a rge of the j un io r p l ay; Eunice Rowell, , , 6, was sec retary of the soph omo r e class a nd Doris K e nn a r d, ' 16, treas ure r. It is with ge nu ine regret that we anticipa te the end of anothe r college yea r, for, a lth o ugh it has bee n a delig h tf ul yen r , with its work and its ma n y pl eas ures , yet it me a n s sepa r ations , and the b reaking of ties that have grown very dear. F ou r of ou r girls graduate thi s yea r, and the ir l oss will be keenly lelt.

MI LDRED

:S-EW ALPHA-SYRACUSE UN IVER lTV

(Charte red t8<)6)

E. K ENNARD.

Number of st u dents 3830.

Nu mber o f women s tu de nt s 1<)86.

Number of f ac ulty 290.

W o men's fnternities : A *' , 29; r B, 41 ; K K 1', 26; K A e , 3 6 ; n n <1>,30; .6 .6 A, 31; A r, 33: A::: 6, 29; A r A, 2i; !: K , 28; M 41 E, 29; A X 0, 37; X fl, 24.

Gi rl s grad uat i ng who will r eceive the degree of A B. : M abe l Beadle. Theodosia Dart, Ella D onn oc k er , H elen Hurfo rd, Nellie Murr ay, Hazel Onde rd onk. Eva Burlingham will receive the deg r ee o f Martha Harri ngton , B. L.E .; Jenn e tte Finger and Margare t Kinn e B.M .; Ruth Case, a Certificate in Normal Art; J essie C ran e, a Ce rtifi ca t e in Ora t o r y. New York 0\. se nd s greetings to aU her s is t ers, and wi shes that e ach one of you might " lep into her parlor" f or she has so m ething b r and new t o s h ow you. With o ur Christmas doll ars and gifts from some of our a lumn a: we have bo ught b r om;e wicke r furniture f o r our music room and two new table laln:ps. Then we all made some sofa pillows, so we were ready for our spring rushing This consiste d of n glorious sleigh ride, leas , b r idge party. and a caba ret, which enabled us to get acquainted with the city girls who enter co l · lege next fall.

All Syracusans have

had an a(,;live college year. The uni"crsily has won a name (or herself in basket -ball, for the boys have won every game which they played. The girls' inter-class games were also enthusiastic tussles. due to the fact that each das has this year; tbe increased spirit brought out big crowds to the gamel. When the junior team, of which Ruth Wean is the captain, won the championship at the final victory, we gave a sp read at the chapter house for the squad.

Cornell and yraeuse met in debate Marc h :z8. and once more the Orange was victorious. February 21 ·2 2 there were 300 delegates here for the Student Volunteer Convention, and the last of the month Bishop Jlenderson conducted a series of meetings which were a inspiration to the student body. The University Chorus rendered the popular oratorio "The Holy City " and the glee club gave its annual concert. \Ve are now looking forward to the circus, mo\' ing-up day, and finally to the last event of the college year, commencement.

Several Pi Phis have visited us this semester. ga\' e us a delightful surprise and we were Florence Taylor, Columbia A., mighty glad to have her in our group once more. Mary Dana and Muriel \Vaters, New York r. were here during the convention although they were not Pi Phis then. As the hUres! chapter we were especially interested in the granting of the charter. at St. Lawrence. and were so glad of the opportunity to attend the installation. Four of us went and we came back bubbling over with enthusiasm.

Now as to our chapter good times. The freshmen gave us a Valentine party. for which they turned the house into a bower of red hearts. palms. and rosy lights. Then we also had a dinner dance. last week, and the dCi;oratl.ons of daffodils and ferns made it seem as though spring were really here.

February 13. we had a joint meeting with the and now we are planning a grand reunion on Founders' Day. The entertainment for the occasion is always given by the freshmen and is supposed to be an overwhelming surprise. But as I have caught sly whispers around the corners of "Don't forget the rehearsal at 4 o'clock and you simply must know your parts", I think I am safe in announcing that the "surprise" will be a farce. Next month we will at last pin the arrow on our three pledges, and initiate them into the sweel mysteries of IT B 4>

The elections for Y. W. C. A. officers have been held, and Ruth Wean, '15. is first vice·pnsident. Ethel Jessup. ' 16, has been e\Ci;ted to membership in Boar's Head, the dramati c society. Mary Fox, "5, Ethel Jessup, '.6, and Marjorie Leonard. '17, are on their respective class executive Edna France, ' 16, has won second prize in the Sophomore Speaking Contest.

PA ULlN& TURNBUI.L

NEW YORK BETA-BARNARD COLLEGE

(Chartered 19(4)

Number Qf students 851.

Number of women students 85t.

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Iry -o uts for the co ll ege pb.y-U Esmernlda", the (our act comedy, by Mrs Fran ces H odgson - Burnett and Willi am H . G ill ette, wh ich will be given Commence m ent week. Virginia Dill, '16, ha s been cho sen for th e part of Mrs Rogers. -Th e title r ole o f E sme ralda has been assigned t o a non frat e rnity girl. H ele n Brainerd, '14. is to be o n th e r ecep tion lin e at the A T 0 Ball, onc of the two great socia l events of the year, whi ch w ill be held on April 1 i.

The baseball (ever, o ur harbinger of sp ring, has broken out, though snowflak es may drifl thro ugh th e air, th e players 3rt not daunted. Th e track men Rrc frowning at th e sno wstor m s o r showe rs wh ic h a r e delaying their work T o ot h er s, the te nni s co urt s a r e very a lluring T owards Littl e River , beloved by canoeis t s, many tu rn l ongi ng eyes. Before many weeks its banks will be the scene of camp fires and delicious feeds.

I must te ll yo u how p r o u d we a r e of o ur a lumn re who so eage rly returned t o enter Pi Phidom. Th ey a lreltdy possessed a well organized a lumn re associa · tion whi ch th ey s till r etai n, and in addi ti on they hav e incorporated under the state laws as the St. Lawren ce University Arr o w A ssociat ion A l oca l alumna: club has been formed and we are l ooking f orwa r d joyously to ce lebra.ting rounders' Day together.

Agai n New Y o rk r greets h e r sisters and ho pes she may meet and e nte rt ai n th em ofte n on the H il l.

M. AU CE M c DoNALD. ;)

ALP HA--GOUCHER CO LLEGE "

Number of st u dents 381.

Number of women s tu de n ts 38

Number o f fa (' uit y 3 r.

Fraternities:.d r, 16; A ..,. 17; T K n I S ; r B, 13 ; K A 9, 13; IT B 17; d.1..1. , 12 ; A r d , 10.

Girls graduating in Jun e with degree of A.B : Edith M a rgar et Osterstock. Hil da M a r ian Beggs, Anna Ray M owb ra y.

\ Ve have now star t ed o n o ur l ast l ap and in six sho r t weeks th e class of 19 14 will be leaving Alma M a ter Many co ll ege a n d fr a te rnity functions will fill the intervening gap a nd th ese t ogeth e r with the (mi s hing up of our co urses in p r epantion for higher steps next year make the spring the busiest of seasons at Go uche r . Before spring vacation th e j uni ors e nt e rtain ed th e fr es hm en and enacted uThe Rose and th e R ing" by Thac keray. One of o ur girls took a leading pa rt therei n . The co ll ege m aga:dne issued a co mpet i tive num ber for April whi ch th e soph omores won. Two of ou r girls were on the boa r d, and an essay written by a II <}) of 19 16 r eceived hono.rable mention above any article in any of the four numbers submitted. The four big class fun c ti ons come soon n ow -the freshman and sophomo r e boat rides to their siste r classes, the junior banq u et to the seniors. and senio r dramatics. Then too , there are many other entertainments given for the graduating class

Me anwhile in the time allotted to ru shi ng- t ill April 2s- we are t o give two t eas and an o ut doo r party to the freshmen. Th e amount of money allowed for rushing this year is $30 and \Ve have worked hard and deve l oped great

ingenuity to make it cover the entertainments. Before spring vacation we pve a se:ned suppe r with 6,'c to forty people And all for $10

Mrs Nickerson spent a weele: wilh us in F eb ruary and we thoroughly enjoyed her visil. Her person:tJity 50 c ha.rmed us that we (orgot she wa. Mrs. Ni ckerson, PrOl inc e President, who had come to pay u s our long feared vi s it of inspection, and learned to love ber as M n. Ni ckerson, n B oj), whom we were oelighted to entertain. And now we are onl!! and all looking forward with pleasurable anticipation to our next meetings, whi c h we hope we are near enough to expect more often in tbe future.

Gouc her bal gone rapidly forward thjs year, due to the completion of OUT endowment fund last year, and to our new president. Ray Mowbray, '14, bas ",ritlen of his inauguration "Goucher h" enttred upon II new a.nd more gloriou s era under our new president, William "'utley Guth, Ph.D"......-a scholar, a man of cuiture, an orgllniz:er, a tried executive, plain, practical, approachable

The exercises attendant to his inauguration as president of Goucher College t ook place F eb ruary j--Q. The occasion was one for the reunion of alumnor, und e rgraduates and friends of the college, as it marked also the celebration of the twenty - fifth anniversary of the founding of Goucher. For inaugural exercises, proper representatives came {rom about one hundred of the leading co lleges and universities of this country to do honor to Goucher College and its new president

"The long procession of men and women in academic costume, the banners carried aloft, the strains of joyous music, the spirit of loyalty, the optimism, of this great event have all left a vivid impression upon us."

With Dr. Guth's arrival in Gouc her a new sense of security and well-being and the aroused entTgy of a new life has somehow been felt intangibly by all. There have been no changes in the faculty and no new courses have been introduced, but the standard seems to be even higher than formerly. New books, wbi c h were much needed, have been added to the library. One great improvement whi c h was vital to at least half the college was the remodeling of the city girls ' room into an attractive lunch room where hot Bnd co ld lun c hes are regularly served. We have had a splendid course of lec ture s this year at c hapel time-Io to II o'clock-on Frid!lYs. Lecturers from well -known universities and institutions and public speakers who happened to be in Baltimore have spoken on a variety of iuteresting subjects. Then, too, ThursdclY evenings have been devoted to musi ca. l recitals, illustrated tl1.lks on musi ca l appreciation and lectures on art. Th ese were most enjoyable ani brought us into co ntac t with a world which is too ofte!1 apart from that of the co llege girl.

Three resident fellowships w e r e awarded thi s yea r to the senior class, two for postgradUAte work at Hopkins University and the third to the Hopkins Medi cal School. Thi s i s an unusua.l occurrence due to the nperior merit of the lhree holders. Ilerctofore only one hns bee n awarded.

"Goucher sure has c(.me to stay" is the firu lin e of one of our college songs written after our successful Million Dollar Campnign; the last verse co n c ludes--

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"Dr. Guth has come at last Now our troubles all are past."

So they are. And now more th a n ever. if p05!ible, are we glad and proud to be Goucher women.

CAROLINE DIGCs.

COLU MBIA ALPHA-GEORGE WA S HINGTON UNIVERSITY

(Chartered 1889)

Number of s tudent s 1,611.

Number of women s tudents about 300.

Number of faculty 191.

Women's fraternities: II B 4», 20i X n, 16; l: K, 15·

Girls graduating in June receiving the degree of A.B.: Florence Taylor, Esther Galbraith, Ruth Pope , Gertrude Browne, Genevieve Friz:z:ell. Elizabeth Ferguson. Girls receiving the teacher's diploma: Gertrude Browne, Genevieve Friucll, Elizabeth Fergu-

past co llege year with work and its many pl"."u,·", we r ealize Iha: meant a very great deal to both our university our chapter. And as we reluct::mtly l ook its c lo se , our grow sad, (or then six seniors whom we think of as the pillars of our chapter, leave us to st:lft on another road in life. May the courses which they c hoo se be tilled with joy and success.

Since our last letter we were honnred by a week's visit from our Province President. After being with her for a short time we could fully understand why those of our girls who had met her befo r e , were so enthusiastic over Mrs. Nickerson. Her strong personality, her interesting messages and her valuable advice nil inspire us to strive harder for n B

Our girls' basket -ball team bas done remarkably well tbis year, winning the majority of games from othe r schoob. At the end of the season the team gave an exhibition game in the gymnasium to which all the members of the faculty as well as students were invited. The freshmen and juniors played agamS! the sophomores and seniors. The score result ed in a tie, which seemed to please 'everyone.

During the tint week in March, the men's and women's fraternities with the college glee club gave an excellent v::mdeville performance on three nights for the benefit of the unh'ersity athletic fund. As a re sult the athletic debt was diminished one half.

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The chapter and o ur .1 amn t gave a "silver tea dance" this winter (or oar Settlement School, which proved a great SotCell, both financially and socia ll y W e were so deHghl ed with it that we decided t o have a n o th e r some time in April, to meet a deficit io o ur un ivenity fund.

At pruent onr local Pan -Hellenic i s busy formulating rushing rules (or next year. Columbia A. wants to ha ve rus hing during the Christmas holidays BS it proved very advantageous thi s year (rom many standl>oints However the other two {raternitie are i n favor of matriculati on day pl edging or of having it as soo n as pouible af te r co llege opens, so it is quite doubtful that our hope s will materialize.

'V e arC' now anticipating th e most important and' en joyab le event of the year in o ur chapter life--ou r joint banquet with Maryland A , in ce lebration of I" o und ers' Day . It will be h eld in Baltimore this year.

ALI CE E. GRIFFITH.

VIRCINIA ALPHA-RANDOLP H - MA CON WOMAN"S COLLECE

(Chartered 19 13 )

Number of tudent s 576.

Number of women studen t s 5i6.

Number of faculty 58.

\V omen', fraternit it:s: X n. 19; A 6. 6, 18; Z T .A, 19; K A, 13 ; A 0 fl. 16; n D cJ:!. 15; til M, 13; A A n, IS.

Girls graduating in June who will receive degree of A.B.: Ruth Erwin, S te ll a Ca mer on, Margare t Moffett

All but five of o ur girls are away for the E as t e r h olidays now, but we that are h e re a r e h avi n g j u s t as good a time as th ey are, I am s ure Now i s the time wh en our litt le c lu b ho u se i s s u ch a tre as ure because we ca n read o r sew o r coo k d o wn all day acco r ding ' as th e mood st ri us. A II rushing rul es are 0 1T duro ing the holidays too, and as no ru shing h as allowed du r ing the year. it is r ea ll y a to those of our rus hees, who are here. share th e joys of o ur littl e h o u se with us.

'V e have been especia lly fortunate thi s sp ring in having a glimpse of seve ral Pi Ph is (rom th e o utsid e world Mrs Ni c kerson spe nt nearly a week with u s and we were all 50 glad to get acq u a inted and t o : eceive h er words of en co uragement and help, Ma ry Dillard, Louisiana A, who is now l iving in C h a rl o tt uvi ll e , Va" spe nt several days with us, and Mildred Pri c e. Penn sy l vania A. also visited fri ends in co ll ege. Ju s t a s hort while ago w e had

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the trear of having I-I e le n Bryan and Leah Stock s top off and spend th e day and night with us on their r e turn fr om th e Settlement School. Their work and adventures were so fresh in their minds that they made u s feel almost as if we had betn there, and that we did want to do more to help the ca use along.

The next occ a s ion to a nti cipate in our college life is May Day , Ve have Ollr Field Day events during th e mo rning and May Day exercises late in the afternoon. It is to be c elebrated in the regular Old English fashion and all the .s tudent body, as well as those who participate in th e exercises, are to be dressed in cost um e.

Se v ernl additions whi c h aTt s ure to add to its attractiveness, are to be made to our Commencement Program this year. The first is a pageant, repre se nting the settlement of Jam es t o wn t o be given by the senior class one afternoon. just before twilight, on the historic Jam es whi ch flows just a short distance from the co llege. Then. too, one day i s t o be given up to th e installati o n oC Dr. Webb, our n ew president this year, a n d a number o f visitors from other colleges are expected to bt present a t that time W e are also h op ing to have a big r e union of a.1l Rando l p h -.Macon alumnre then. O ur alumna: have become mo r e o rgan · iz ed and enthusiasti c thi s year than ever before through their work for our proposed Students' Bu i ldi ng, and we feel that thi s is a big s tep in good t o the college and the alumna: t oo.

We expect to have ou r first F ounders' Day banquet on April :1S, and . are planning and look i ng forward t o it, and hoping that many oC our o ld girls may be able to be here

It is with si n ce re pleasure that we introduce our first patroness, Mrs M. P Davis. o{ Lynchburg. With bes t wishes Crom Virginia A for a pleasant ,'acntion t o all Pi Phis. MAR GA RET MOFFETT.

FLORIDA ALPHA-JOHN

8. STETSON UNIVERSITY

(Chartered January 31, 1914)

Number of students 475.

Number oC women s tudents :100.

Number oC {ac uity 45

Wome n's frllternities : IT 11 21; d .6. 60,23.

INITIATES

Mona Bate s, '16. \ Vilna Smith, '1 7

Helen Brown, ' 17.

Evelyn Beatty, '17. Josephine Steed, ' 17.

Ruby Jackson, '17

Girls graduating in June : Nina Phillips, A M .; Lillian Eldredge, Ph.B ; June Adams, Nell Keown, Mari e Dye, Sallie Jones, Ph . B.

Such a feast oC good Ihing1 has been the good Cortune of Florida .A during the last few months, that we hardly know wh e re is the best place to begin. A mingled joy and so rrow was in the attendance this term o { o ur 14three Chis", Sallie J o nes, ' 14, June Adams, "4, Marie Dye, 'I4-joy at having had them wi th us for th r u months i and JO trOW that they had to leave u s so soon in order that th ey might graduate thi s year from the Uuiversity of Chicago. We miss them but l ook forward to h aving them here n ex t rear

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And now (or the most important, most u :cltlDg and mOlt helpful event of the year with us, which all Alpha Province chapters know could be nothing else but the visit of Mrs. Nickerson. It was our first vi.it from a Province President and of course we hardly knew what to expect, but any doubt. we had vanished during the first few minutes when we came to know her. She gave us so many suggestions and .0 proved to be our guiding angel that now we almost think she belongs to UI. During her stay we held a rtteption in her honor, to which were invited all the fraternities, and a banquet at the College Arms. One of the luggeslions which Mrs. Nickerson gave us was a house party and we will hold it next week-.end. We are to have a bungalow belonging to the father of ont of our girls, and are planning lOme gay time •.

Then, too, we have not gotten over being much overjoyed whenever we ste a n 4' and this winter among our greatest bleslings we count vi.its from Florence Lewis, Minnesota Ai Eliubeth Palmer, Ohio r; Mill Walker, Ver· mont A; Mary Paine, Indiana A. j Anna Bert, Indiana rj Mrs. Kirby, Indiana A; they have all made us feel acquainted with the chapters from which they came.

Now that rushing iii over, all the fraternity girl. are meeting again on a different footing and next week we have an inter·{uternity dance, where half o{ the girls will be men; Pi Phis taking Td Deltas and vice vers&.

Marguedty Blocker, '16, again took the leading role in the college play of April 3. Louise Hulley, ' 16, also being cast for a part. Several o{ our girls won honors in tennis, and six of our members made the Stetson gi rl s' glee club, while a seventh is the sole reader o{ the club, But even better than thi., our six new members who at our last date or writing were pledges are last proving themselves the shining stars of Florida A. And I nearly forgot to say that we are now rich with a new pledge, Myrtle Conrad, '16, and a new patroness, Mrs. S. A. Wood, wile o{ the mayor of DeLand. I am lure every n would be glad to welcome them oath anywhere .

Several of our girls are planning trips abrO.ld this .ummer, but I musl leave thnt for the next time or the new corresponding secretary will have no news (or you next year. NINA PHILUPS.

BETA PROVI NeE

ALPHA-SWARTHMORE COLLEGE

(Chartered 1891)

Number of students 420.

Number of women students 225.

Number of faculty 49.

Women's {raternitie&: K A e, 17; II n c." 27; K K r , 19; r, 20.

Girls graduating with A.D. degree: Marion Baker, Marion Hallowell, Eliza · beth Hause, Marguet l\'larr, Florence Miller., Carolin e hoemaker, Anna Spack· man.

'Vith the close of this college year, Swarthmore one o{ her belt known and most loyal members or the {acuity, George Arthur Hoadley. Dr. Hoadley

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To, r 01lll, from to righI-Mary Gawthrop, Crailhud, Helen Kelly. Evelyn Miller, Mary Mather, Gail Benjamin, Esther Lippincott. Agnes Trowbridllc. Sarah Doyk

Middle row-Grace Schaeffer, Charity H ampso n, Harriet Keen, Ethel Shoemaker, Ruth Lumil. Margaret Mcintosh. Marian Sober. Ellen Miller. Mary Lippincott. Dorothy Fahnestock, Mildr ed Pri ce.

Bott om ro.--carolinc Shoemaker, Ma r ia n Baker, Anna Spackman , Florence Miller. lIa\l owell , F.li:r:abe:th lIause, Margaret Marr, Edna Baker.

has given his services to Swarthmore for 3 Quarter of a century. both as a tcacher and as aD executive officer. Since 1888 he has served as head of the physics department, vice-president of the college, and at different times as acting president. Dr. Harvey Cornelius H ayes of H arvard University succeeds him as p r ofessor of physics, and Dr. J ohn A. Miller, professor of mathematics, succeeds him as vice-president of the college .

For the first t ime this year , a co ur se of lectures on economic agriculture , given by George T. Powell, of th e Agricultural Exptrts Association, h as been open to students. These l ect ures have been exceedingly interesting as well as instructive. W e have almost all decided t o become "farmers" as soo n as o ur coll ege days are ove r

Of inte r est to the student body especia lly is the inaugu r ation of a new absence system . This system, the result of much consideration on th e part of th e faculty, went into effect at the beginning of the second semeste r . Eve ry st u dent is expected to report a ll abse n ces in and if thi" is impossible, immediately after the absence. By this arrangement we are allowed no "c uts" from classes except those whose causes th e faculty consider j ust ifiabl e. The students are doing their best to coope ra te with the faculty in this new under· taking, and make th e system a s u ccess.

A s f o r P ennsylv ania A we too bave been progressing. W ith a l a rge chapte r, large r espon si biliti es and duties have come , but we have struggled hard to meet them. As a chapter, we have raised our scholarship, a.nd as individuals, we have held important offices in co ll ege activities. Our alumnre adviso ry com mittee has been doing a great dea l to help us in everything w e attempt. W ith their he lp we e re planning a big celebration for Founde rs' Day. Inste ad of the usual banquet. we are planning an all-day reunion, leaving out all the formality of toasts and white kid gloves. O n th e following Sunday, w e hope to ha ve an informal meeting with our alumn:-e here at college. We f ee l nssured of the success of our plans, and an xio usly look forward t o May 2.

On March 20, we had our annual dinner and dance at th e Ce ntur y Club. Lan sdow ne Besides our ow n c h ap ter, ther e were representatives from Penn syl· vania r, P en nsyl van ia B, and Maryland A.

At present, one of ou r juniors, Marga r et McInt osh, is ill with the measles, b ut by th e time our celebration co m es, she will be with us again, and we won't h ave to talk to her through the keyhole.

Four of our girls were o n class gymnasium tea m s and ente red the ann ual con test in Ma rch-F lorence C Miller, '14; Dorothy F. Fahnestock, ' 15; Charity B. H ampson, ' 16; Mary H Gawthrop, ' 17 \Vh en the "varsity" team was el ec t eti, we were proud to learn that Florence was a member.

Dorothy F. Fahnestock, ' 15 , was elected a member of II 1: X , a senio r hononry society, at their annual meeting in March.

DOROTHY F. F A H NESTOC K

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PENNSYLVANIA BETA-BU C K NE LL UNIVERSITY

(Chartered 1894)

Number of students 505.

Number of women students 100.

Number of faculty 31.

Women 's fraternities: II B 16; 4 A .6, 13INITIATES

(Initiated April 4)

Ruth Williams, '16.

(Names of other initiates given in December lette r).

Girls graduating June with A.B. degree: Ruth Edwards. Edna Miller, Frances McNall, Helen Ott, Edna \Vhiuam; with B.S.: Lucile Owens.

In closing our last letter to THE Pennsylvania B made the promise that by the next issue we would have at least eight new fre s hmen added to our list. This promise we have fulfilled by having n o t only eight, but twelve, whose names are: Ruth Bac hman, Stroudsburg; Ruth Ballentine, Clarion; Helen Brown, Morristown, N. J ; J eaneUe Cooke, Haddonfield, N J.; Geraldine J-Ianson, Fl em ington, N. J-; Alice Haslam, Philadelphia; Edith Horton, Millville, N. J-; Ella Jone s, Montrose; Elizabeth Lehr, Haddonfield, N. J.; J e anette Owens, Lewisburg; Aileen John so n, Avonmore; Amanda Whitak e r, Millville N. J. To extend tw elve bids is unusual for Pennsylvania B and to recei ve an answer, "yes", fr om each of these splendid fr es hmen has made us still more optimistic and proud when we repeat one of Pennsylvania Beta's standards, U\Ve have never had :t turndown, and always get the be st-" Our only opposing fraternity. 0. .6. Jl. issued eight bids, none of which were duplicate of ours. Thi s fact of no "double bids" we believe demonstrates the in c reasing effic acy of Pan - H ellenic to destroy riva l ry and any bitter feelings which often accompany s uch occasions. l\fany co ngratulations from college friends and others have been recei ved. and most heartily do we say "Thank you", and co rroborate their statement, for we too think we ha\'e the finest freshmen.

To deviate slightly from the chronological o rder of events. 1 will tell you first .:1bout "bid-day". because I have been writing to you about our freshmen. It was a beautiful morning after a snowfall whi ch clung long to the trees, so as soon as the new girls had been welco med we all went for a sleigh ridetwenty-eight in one big "bobsled". You can imagine the c heers. We visited each alumna's h ome , and invited her to call to meet the new girls in the after· n oon at the New Cameron House, where it is our custom to hold a dinne r and afternoon reception. The latter fun c tions were most e njoyable and we closed the afternoon with a matinee party. That evening, Bu cknell having won one of its hardest basket-ball games of the season, the girls all returned fr o m the victory in high spirits, and we had another merry tim e in II B sui te . Then a slumber party, and next morning breakfa s t toget her brought to an end a red leUer day in Pennsylvania B annals.

One of the ea rlier functions of the winter term was an evening party given by Miss Eliza Martin, '00, one of our town alumnae. We always know

it means fun to be invited to her home. and it was not wanting this time. Our town II B .p homes mean much to us girls, and we never visit one of them without feeling the strength of the bond of the wine and blue. At the close of this IBme week, Saturday evening, February 21, our patronesses enterlained the chapter Ilt a formal evening dinner. This function was given in the parlor and dining room of the New Came ron House The tables were beautifully decorated wilh carnations and appropriate n IJ • favors. All these tokens which prove the interest of the ladies in 11 8 <IJ weTe thoroughly appreciated by every member.

We closed the term with OUT annual dance, given on the 'evening of March 18 In spite of iQ me protests we were able to carry out our plan of having none of the modern dances , and found that barring them not only proved the power th.t such an organizatton can be for promulgating higher ideals, but also that it is pOlisible to have a better and 'he best kind of fun without them.

As a number of our were able 10 be with us at the initiation of one of our IOphomore girls, Ruth Williams, it was a molt pleasurable event.

April II, the town alumnre gave a tea at the home of Mrs. F. M. Simpson (Mary Wilson, ex -'99) in honor of her guest, Mrs. Murdock (Clarissa L. Fowler, '96). All the chapte r and patronesses were present. In connection with the tea there was a benefit for the Settlement School and we were glad of this opportunity to help the work in Tennessee.

AI to our college, last summer Bucknell completed her necessary endowment fund and began last fall with an unusually large and promising freshman class a most succeu(u) year. New courses in home nursing and domestic science have been introduced, and lec tures on the latter subject have been given from time to time by experts procured by this department. In my other lett ers I have mentioned Student Government and the H onor System, which were on trial for II. year. We now think of them as established facts, and they have both been so successful that neither students nor faculty would now wish to r et urn to the old regime. This coming commencement marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of Dr. Harris's presidency, so th e trustees Are ml!king arrangements for a celebration of the event.

FLORES" C£ DARBER.

PEN:"'SYLVANIA GA MMA-DI CK IN SON COLLEGE (Cha r tered 19(3)

Number of students 27S.

Number of women students 60.

Number of faculty 15.

Women's fraternities: II n 16; X fl, 11.

Girls graduating in June with A.B. degree: Margar e t H Morgan, Margaret M. Thompson; with Ph.B.: Ruth 1-1. Bigham, R. Hel en Langfitt, Harriett Stuart.

College life has been "especially active at Dickinson and with Commencement coming we will be more wide-awake than ever. In the {all football kept

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spirit high and during the winter term, the basket -ball games and the Indoor Meet. As for u s , we frankly confess that we h ave worked harder and more consistently than during the fall term We feel better for this and e nj oy our good time s more. All of the fraterniti es have had socia l functions, and we have been well r ep resented at them Th e co llege debating team was very success ful, and the glee club report their trip as

"great." The partial st udent go\'e rnm ent which we have been trying ha s been quite successful. W e now feel that we can manage the situation better and hope soon to take complete charge of ourselves. The student council has been at work and with the help of the present junior girls they hope to submit a new and complete plan to th e girls

Spring has come, !md we are busier and happier than ever. Our vic tory on the diamond l ast week wa.s splendid. and we were very glad to start the season with two such baseball games. W e did not win the Princeton game, but the reports we re encourRging, and the Army game was splendid. And we won.

Our chapte r ha s decided to have a little par-ty weekly just for our girls, and the seniors are going to give tbeirs first. The freshmen will have to work hard to give a more cleve r one than they gave us l ast term. W e have p lanned these littl e parties so th,"t we can get together more. Our active members an scattered all over town, and unless we set a time, it is hard for us all to meet except at our weekly fraternity mee tings.

\Ve enjoyed our fraternity examination, or rath e r preparing for it! Yes, thi s seems strange, but we had a lot of fun s tudying and getting r eady for it, over in our rooms.

\V e have planned to ce lebrate Founders' Day by giving a tea and we hope to have Mrs. Broomell with us at that time. We are l ooking forward to her visit in an official way as well as a Pi Phi among Pi Phi s . She will no doubt encourage us and give us a broader and biggu view of what our fraterni ty is doing all over the country. A number of our alumnae met with us at our last regul ar meeting, and we were delighted. They were very enthusiasti c and made us feel more than ever the real meaning of II B

For the first time Dickinson is to have a May Dny celebration. The new chairman of the Y. W. C. A. lOC ial committee, who is a II 4', is to have c harge. The girls are all interested and we hope to make a big success of the affair.

HELEN H. W ATKINS.

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OHIO ALPHA-OHIO UNIVERSIT\'

(Chartered 1889)

:-Jumber of students 22j6.

Number of women students 1350.

Number of faculty 78

Women 's fraternities : n B ...,. :22; A r 6, 26; A ::: 6, 25 i Z Z %, 20; X n, 20.

Girls graduating in June with A.B. degree: Louise Mickelthwait, ADna Pickering.

This palt college year has been a most prosperous and happy one both for Ohio Univenity and (or Ohio . A. The number of students in attendance at the university i, larger than in previoWl years; the buildings are morc adequate and satisfactory and conditions ar-e more favorable in many respects. A large training school bal been finished and occupied since last J unc. An agriculture building i, being built at present across the s treet from the campus and i. to be large and well equipped.

The annual enter tainment by Pan-Hellenic AsJOCiation was held April 31. Every Greek-letter woman was there a nd reported a splendid time. This is the first year that Ohio University has had a Dean of Women and she certai nly has aroused spirit among all the girls. She is a very dear lady beloved by all, and she does and is willing to do all she can for the girls of the university. She bas formed a Women's League which has a party every month and all have splendid times, and we mingle together as one. At our last party held April 25. the girls made paper flowers and other decorations for our May Day. This celebration has been planned hy o ur Dean of Women and promises to be a great success. It is something very new for Ohio University. \Ve have a beautiful spot on the campus for the Maypole and there will be a parade consisting of the May Queen and her attendants. We expect thi s will be the greatut event of the year.

In our chapter life also the year has been one of gt'eal pleuure. Although our chapter is one of the largest we have ever had we have grown very close together and have seemed to appreciate more and more what IT B • means to us. The year has passed so Quickly that we seem to have begun our work when it is time to stop. We are sorry to see the end of the year co me for many reasons, chief among them the fa c t that we Jo se two seniors, Louise Mickelwait and Anna Pickering. These two girls have been hard workers

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both in th e frtllernity and in th e university, and they are very popular in all ways. We will miss th em.

On April 4 two of our patronesses. Mrs. T. R. Biddle and Mrs. Foster, gave u s a card party whic h was l ovely and we had a delightful time. It was given at the bea utiful h ome of Mrs. Biddle and eve rything was carried out in the scheme of IT B <fl This party is one which will long be remembered.

Th e most important event of the year is Founders' Day. The active c hapter and alumna', including patronesses, are going to have a banquet at the Berry Hotel.

Pan - H ellenic is now at work formulating rushing rules for next year.

HENRIETTA V. CRQ!'OAC IIER.

OHIO 8ETA---OHIO STATE USIVERSITY

(Chartered 18<}4)

Number of st udent s 4,000.

Number of women students 900.

Number of f:J.culty 21)8.

Women' s fraternities: K K r, 26 i K A e, 14 i IT B IS i .0. Do d, 24 i d Z, 18 ; .1. r, 19 ; A c." 23; M, II.

INITIATES

(I nitiated April 4)

Mary Bigger, 'Ii.

Helen Wylie, '16.

Ruth Horrocks, ' 16

Girls graduating in June with degree of B.A.: Helen Leahy, Katherine Pugh, Dorothy Beebe; with B.S in Education: Florence Smith; with B.S. in Home Economics: Alice War d.

All the exciting events of the year are over now and we are anxiously waiting for co mmencement to put an end to this funny combination o f misery and pleasure that is ca ll ed school.

The IT ." banquet and initiatio n seems t o have co nstituted itself a 6tting conclusion to our social activity as a chapter, for we have been as quiet as mice ever since. Our banquet this year was a wonderful success. It seemed to me to be the best of the at which t have been present. For one thing it was the largest, there were over sixty present and it was held o n the twentieth anniversary of the founding of this chapte r. W e hel d initiation in the afternoon at our chapte r r oom and then went to an uptown hotel for the banquet. There were quite a number of o ut of town Pi Phis present, besides a great many alumna- who live here. It was lots of fun to hear the who were charier members of this chapter tell about its founding and give incidents of school life. as it was twenty years ago. Somehow this seemed to bring the alumna: mu ch closer to. the active c hapter than ever before. One of the girls had baked a big cake :md decorated it with twenty cand l es in celebration of Ohio Beta' s birthday, and surely no twenty year -old could have had a nicer birthday pnrty.

All the time I have h«n writing I have had a mad desire to write about the beautiful spring weather we are enjoying here for t am sitting on the grass which is everywhere green and sparkling with sunlight . We have woods and a large farm adjoining our campus and, consequently, there are many

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bluebirds who sing almost co nstantly. I only wish those of you who an: not 50 (ortunate as to have a camp us might enjoy ours a few day. at least. The alumnae and active chapters are both looking forward to the joint spread which we will give in celebration of Founders' Day.

MARTHA M MILLS.

MI C HIGAN ALPHA-HILLSDALE COLLEGE (Chartered 1887)

Number of I tud e nt. 497.

Number of women students 276.

Number of faculty 25.

Women ', fraternities: K K r. 17; DB., 20.

INITIATES

(Initiated Feb. I)

Marj o ry W ey mouth . Mildred Eggleston.

Teuah Roberts. Helen Coldren. Laura Myers.

Girls graduating with A R degree: Grace Cone, lone Calkins, Lorena Smith, Viold VandeMark; in music: Flo Gorma, Elsie Eggleston

Since the last Anow, Michigan A has held initiation and the initiation banquet. Each year it seems as if this banquet becomes a more vital part of the co llege year. This time we almost gave it up for the Settlement School but finally decided to give up our sp ring party in5lead. So we sent tw enty-five dollars to the sc hool and this does not include the amount our alumnre sent.

Since the vacation we have lost o n e of our membtrs. Marjory Weymouth. She must stay at h o me (or th e re s t of th e year because of the ill health of her mother_

Hill sda le Pi Phis are very fortunate this year in having a. number o f son gsters in our midst and quite frequently after the c hapter meeting we go serenading. We think this is a good way to increase and give vent to n spirit. One other thing we have done whi ch has kept us more constantly in touc h with our aJumn:e than we have been before, is to give a series of dinner parties during the year. These are given for o ur patronesses, members of the fa c ulty, and special friends whom th e fraternity wish es to entertain. The girls are the hostesses but are helped, each time , with the financial part of it very materially by our l oya l alumna:.

\Ve college people have had the benefit, this year, of a good health week condu c ted in the c ity. Many and prominent lecturers were here and there wa s 11 most instru c tiv e h e alth ex hibiti on held All of this in order that the co mmunity might be universally info rmed of the com m on fundamental principles of good h ea lth and right living.

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To, ,.OUf, 11ft 10 ri"ht-Martha Colborne. Geta Tuc.ker. Helen Hayes, Marie Brocket", Julia Barksdale, uola Royce, Marlarete Kerwin, Martha Gray, H elen Patterson, Alice W iard

Slcond r ow-Kath leen Field, Hazel Goodrich, Genevieve Corey, Dorothy Adams, Aha Welch, Elsa Apfel, Marcia Munsell, Grace Bowen, Mildred Reel.

Third ,.ow--Winifred Williaml,t. Carol Marlaret Spier, Doril SlamalS, Mildred Bachers, garet Eaton, Beatrice Hun, Mabel Hina s.

Sophie Kac.h, Marc hie Siurgel, Mar-

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A brief retrolipection of this year would reveal the fact that H illsda le hu had an active year. In athletics we have done well. Two new clubs have been organi&ed, a l oca l medical society and a debating club. The men's glee club have had a most successful year and have just given their home concert which was very wonderful. Already tw o of the literary societies have entertained the hieh school seniors; this is an annual spring custom. And now through our student council there is a gTtat agitation to introduce the hODor system into Hillsdale.

The spring promises to be a busy one. Our balicball, track and tennis team. are working industriously. The dramatic club i, to give a Shakespeare play and a farce. The girls' glee club will give their annual co n ce rt and included in the commencement week program are stunt days, when each of the four classes entertams the rest of the college on the campus.

W e wi 5h every U cou ld experience a spring in Hillsdale

MI C HI GAN BETA-UNIVERSITY OF MI C HIGAN

(Chartered 1888)

Number of students 5,500.

Number of women students 1,000.

Number of faculty 475.

\Vomen's !raternities: 27; K K r, 26; A 22; r.., B, 33; A r, 23; Collegiate Sorolis, 34; K A e, 32; A X 0, 32; X n, 25; e 4> A, 15. IT B +.

INITIATES

( Initiated February 28)

Doris Stamats, '17.

Geta Tucker, ' Ii_ Carol Miller, 't7. Beatrice Huff, "7.

Girls graduating with degree of A.B.: Alt3 Inez Welch, Margaret Eaton, Dorothy Adam i, Margaret Spier, Sturges, Winifred Williams, Sophie Koch.

It il with sincere regret that we watch the end of another year approaching for the past year has been a very pleasant as well as a very successful one. Spring vacation has just ended: MOllt of the girls, laden with suit cases and traveling bags, returned last night and the rest this morning. The Ddroil girh had the pleasure oC attending a meeting of the Detroit atumn :!! club during vacation.

Spring initiation was held February 28. and we initiated four perfect ly grand freshmen. Many of the alumnre returned and with their h elp s uccess al· t e nd ed our e fforts . The \Vamen's League

VIOLET VAN DE. MARK.

i\ltNNF.sO'rA ALPII A C II APTER

Top row, Je/t to riglll-C iadys Chatman. Kathe rine Donne ll y, J oseph in e Byrnes, Fl o rence Loomi s, ;\lariOIl Gillard. Edith Chaplin.

Third r ow- I sabe l Mc laughl in, Verna Smi th Eliubeth Pi cket, Alice W a lk er. H e len Anderson, Sybil Ba tes. Addie Keenan .

SecQ"d row-A li ce Lewis. Dorothy Gi lbert , Stella Kesson, Olive Kellar, l salinda Miller, Lucy H o w, Margaret Ba rnard, L illia n Mc Laughlin .

First row-Esther Bess ie Ke s50n, Marie Meland , Florence Be rnhardt , Viola Beebe, Ali ce Ber ry. Carrie Upham.

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held its annual Fancy Dress Pany al the gymnasium recently. There was great scurrying around (or cos tumes and grtat (un when they were finally obtained.

The glee club of which Margaret Eaton is vice-prelident, and seven girls of the chapter are members. journeyed to J adc50D lut month, and there gave a co ncert which was enjoyw by a large audience. The club has made a ve ry enviable reputation for itself this year.

The Women's League Banquet took place early in April following tbe junior girls' play. Many of OUT alumnre returned (or it and spent lome time at the chapler house. Governor Ferris who WIIS to be one of the lipeakers wu unable to be present, but addresses were gi,' en by the only two men who were there-Or. James Burrill Angell and Prf' .. ident Hutchins. The toastmistress was Miss Florence Barnard of the class of 1894.

The junior girl's play, " The Treasure of Soule", showed evidences of the hard work the commi ttee put on it. The plot of the play was based on pirates and a treasure chest, and was thrilling to say the least. Haul Goodri ch was vi ce-chai rman of the committee and one of the lyri cs was written by Ali ce Wiard. There were four members of the chapter in the p layMarc ia Munsell, Martha Colborne, Mildred Rtts and Alice Wiard.

The date of our annual formal party was March 2;. The party was given at Granger's Acade my, and was chaperoned by Dr. and Mrs. Albert M. Barrett. a n d Dr and Mrs. Ca rl Hu ber. The out of town guests we r e Norma de Guise , ' i3; Sarah Waite, '12; Blan che Bayless, ex-' I S; M abe l Neal, ' 10 ; and Eva Bowen, one of our pledges. At twelve o'c l ock the ca rriages came for us a nd we returned to the house where refreshments were served at small tables.

Sara h Wa ite, ' 13. and Mabel Neal, Wa s hingt on A ' 10, spe nt the week precedi n g spring vacation at the chapte r h ouse, as th ei r vaca l ions precede d ou r s. The chapter enjoyed thei r visit very much.

Everyone is looking forward to the 1\1"I1Y Festival which occ urs ve ry soon now. The conce rts will be held in Hill Auditorium.

The Michigan Union presented "A Model Daughter" this yea r as ih annual opera , and it was surely a great success The p l ay was presented befo re c rowd ed house s at the Broadway theatre in Detroit and the Auditorium theatre in Chicago. AI ICE WI RD.

GAMMA PROVINCE

Ml :01"XESOTA ALPHA-l':s'IVERSITY OF MINNE SOTA

(Cha rte red 1890)

Number of studen ts 3750.

Number of women 1217

Number of fa c ulty 496.

Wom en's frat ernit ies : K K r, 26; A 1', 20; K A e, I ;; IT n (II, 2S; A fj) , 20;.1..6 A. IS: r <f> n, 18; A Z 6, 22; A r A. 15; A 0 n , 14.

Girls graduating in June with degree of B.A.: , ' iola Beebe. halinda Miller.

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Alice Berry, Bessie Kesson. Marie Meland. Dorothy Gilbert, Stella Kesson; with degree of B ,S.: Marion Gillard, and Elizabeth Pickett.

We have just had a delightfu l visit from Miss Kale Miller OU T p r ovince presiden t. She came M a r ch 23. nnd spent three days with us. Miss Miller told us so many wonderful and interesting things about "Little Pigeon", that we I1rc just more than enthusias t ic about the Settlement School.

The most exciti ng day of all the ycar, May IS. is o nly a month away. On that day freshmen are hid and long ru s hing season it at an end. As decreed by Pan-Helleni c, we a re to obse r ve silence from May 9 to IS. There will be no co mmuni cation whatsoever with th e rushees except a polite but c urt "how-do-ya u do." when we meet on the campus. This is the longest period of silence ever tried at Minnesota. At a r ecen t Pan - Helleni c meeting it was unanimously voted upon to have nn earlie r pledge day next year. December 5, I QI4, was chose n for pledging, and the second semester for initiation Deferring initiation until a semester's work has been completed, will give th e freshm en an oppor tunity to prove what kind of co ll ege work they can do. Thi s has been s uch a strenuous year, a nd very trying for both freshmen and uppercla ssmen. True , soph('lmo re pledge day offers several good arguments; two of which are: first, a better personal acquaintance with girls and second, a better knowledge of their sc holastic ability. Yet there are many arguments against it and all fraternities feel that they never want to adopt long ru shing &eason again.

We are still working for a new house of our own. Last week a vaudeville was given in which both active girls and alumnre took part. It wa s a real s uccess and the money is to be applied on our payments on our lot. h has been one of our aims this year to become better acquainted with the other fraternity girls We began in Cktobe r by inviting the chapters, one at a time, to a coo ky -s hine. Usua lly after a sp r ead on th e 8 00 r. we da nce. I n this way we have the fraternities as a whole, away from the camp us and we feel certain that it has helped so much in c reating a more friendly feeling tow a rd each other.

We meet the non-f ra ternity girls in several ways, but best at "social hour" given Friday of each week by the W omen's Self·government Association at Shevlin Hall, the wom e n's building. Th e dean of women o r the professors' wives meet with us, so the hour of recreation has become a de li ghtfu l one to l ook forward to.

The girls at Minnesota have ceased to feel selfish because they have beautiful Shevlin Hall and the men have none for at last there is to be a men's bui lding. The new Chemistry building will soon be finished, and remodeling of the o ld one into the men's building will begin as soon as co llege doses. Then they will have even Inore than the women, for the plans indude an auditorium which will seat five hundred or more people.

I won der if the other chapters know that Miss Miller has planned a Gamma Province convention to be held in June. It will be such. splendid "ay for us to meet the girls nearer home Minnesota A sends best wishes to &11 Pi Phis for a pleasant vacation and uten ds to each and everyone a most cordial invitation fo vilit her whenever tbey are in Minnea polis. FLonNCZ BUNHAJ.DT.

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WISCONSIN ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN

(Chartered 1894)

Number of students 5.000.

Number of women .tU*otl 1,200, \Vomen'. fraternities: K K r, 33; r • B, 31; K A. e, 36; A 4J, 22; A X n. 17; A Z.d, :z6; A rd,16;,d 1\ 26; X 0, 2Si 606..6.20; II B INITtATU

(Initiated April 7)

NtH Hamilton, and Virginia Higgins

Girls graduating in June with B.A. degree: Faustine Al lto n, Idah Barnett, Louise Brown, Carol Cotton, Alice Cr'ane, Marion Flannigan, Helen Kayser, Dorrit Ouno, Floren« Ross, Vera Sicb.

This fint hal! of the spring term hlUl been a busy and a pleasant onc for our chapter. \Ve were glad to welcome one ncw member, Jeannette Benson of Michigan A, at the beginning of this semester and two more on April 7 when we initiated Nell Hamil · ton of Emporia, Kansas and Virginia Higgins o( Wheeling, West Virginia. Our two Library School girls, Martha Burt aod Alma Jacobus are back from their two months field practice so we (eel like Quite a complete chapter again.

One o( the mo.st pleasant breaks in our semester was the too short visit oC Miss Miller with her interesting talks of the Settlement School and other n (J matters. Another 'Was the delightful reception we gave (or Miss Robinson on March 14. Another, or rather two others, the successive evenings when we entertained Miss Salmon of Vassar College and Dr. Harvey J. Wiley.

The chapter has had its share of honors since the last ARROW appe&red. Genevieve Hendricks WIS elected to Mortar Board, the society or most representive senior girls, and mad e vice-president of the junior class and chostn Student Government Association representative to Bloomington; Alice Crane received the Romance Language scholarship (or next year and was also giVCO.1 a part in the French piny which is to be proouced out-of·doors this spring; Rhoda Owen was soloist at the Maennerchor Easter concert; Dorrit Osann and Vera Sieb were appointed on senior class co mmittees and Esther Aikens, Indi&na A, was elected to e l: <1>, the honorary journalistic (raternity. Also Faustine Alston , Indiana r, has a part in the senior play.

In athletics also Wisconsin A has taken a part. Our team won two cups in the inter -so rority bowling league, one for high team average and the other (or the high individual score bowled by Genevieve Hendricks . Dorrit O.ann made both the senio r and the 'varsi ty bowling teams , Genevieve Hendrick. and

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Jeannette Munro were on the junior team and Vern. Kay ser on the sophomort:. We are beginning now to lay plans for the approaching ru shing season whi c h is to commence with the first Monday in May nnd to terminnte wilh formal bidding on t1 fixed day a week laler. By the time the next ARROW is out we will be able to tell in how far Ihis system is a successful one.

JEA!'OSETTE M UNRO.

I LI.I :'\'OIS BETA-tOM BARD COL LEGE

(C hartered 1882)

Number of students 200.

Number of women students 120.

Number in fa c ulty 18.

Gi rls graduating in June wilh U.A degree: Ella Sengenberger, Bessie Emer y; with B.S in H ome Economics : Clnra Ball.

I SITIATES

( I nitiated February 6)

Frances Eldred. 'I,. Quincy, Illinois. Maude Stephenson. ' 15, Oneida, Illinois (Initiated February 14 )

Ethel Brewster, ' 17, She ldon, I owa. Alice H ale , '17, Stoughton, \Vi sco n sin. Floren ce Hun t, '17. Galesb urg, Illin ois.

Mary Stevenson, ' 17 , Minneapolis, Minnesota, (Initiated February 27)

Anna Gale Stuck, 'n, Galesburg, Illinois. ( Initiat ed March 6)

Bernice Scott, '16, Galesburg, Illin ois.

Con s tan ce Rice, '17. Disco, Illinoi s.

Time has surely flown since the mid ·year examinations and we ca n hardly that there are only styen more weeks of school. \V e w e r e very busy the first month after examinations initiating our nine pledges, whom we are

ri c k 's coo ky-shine. March 14very proud to introduce to the fraternity. We had cooky·shines after each initiation, and after o ur initiation on February 14, two of our Mrs E. Radcliffe (Geo rgina Pugh, ex·'15). and Jan et Chapman, ex-' I S. gave us a lovely cooky ·shine. An · na Gale Stuck and Alice Porter also entertained the chapte r at a aint Pat·

At a recent election of the S troller board Jane Teeple, ' 16, was elected presi· dent. One very enjoyable and mu ch anticipated event was our formal dance

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on February 20. Our alumna! were ""ell represented and there were allO a large number of gUCilS. Everyone present pronounced the party a distinct success. Qne of our sen ion, Clara Ball, has been chosen by the head of the Domestic Science Department to teach cooking to a class of clerks from a department slore.

On February :l8, seven of the girls ,,'cnt 10 the Old Ladies' Home at Knoxville, Illin ois, and gave an entertainment; the program consisted of readings and vocal and piano music. The ladies leemcd to enjoy it very much especially beca u se most of them arc disabled so that they cannot go out of the building.

W e were 10 glad to see Mn. Allen (Nina H arril, '97) when she made us a visit in March, and to hear of the different chapters which she had visited. Winifred Tompkins, ex -'1 4, has returned to Lombard as Reretary 10 Mrs. Ann:1 Croff Bryant, the heau of the Vocal Art department.

Our interest at present is centered OD the preliminaries for the Townsend Oedamatory Contest which will take place during commencement week. This contest has always been won by a n B • and as seven or eight of our girls art entering the preliminaries this year. we are reasonably s ur e of success. Our senio r s entertained u s with a cooky·shine at th e bungalow April 3. The Heats" that they served w ere brought fro m their h omes and we sure ly enjoyed the h o m e cooking.

MARGARET MCC.UL.

IL LINOIS COLLEGE

Number of students 576.

Number of wo men students 382. of faculty 25

Women's fraternities: II B ..:1>, 27; .& 4 .d, 2i; :n, 13.

Girls gradu a ting with A.B . degree: I f elen Ad ai r , Grace Swank, Louise Willard, Louise Huntingt on, Martha Sco ll, Alice Ely, Alta Ely, M a ud e Bowman, H e l en Taylor; with U.S. deg r ee: H elen Trask, Anne Dewey, Mildred Stee le; in music: Eugenia Trask.

The end of the school year finds Illin ois happy and enthusia s ti c , and busi· ly engaged in many acth'iti es.

As Pi Phis we ha\'e been interested in parties, cooky-shi n es , and associ· ation m eeti ng s, besides co ll ege affairs. Our as· socia tion meetings this year have been especially tine and have proved a source oC pleas ure and helpCuln ess. At one meeting over seventy and a c tive girls c&me together to discuss our various problems get better acquainted and gain material p l easure (rom the coo ky ·shine

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OUT formal party wat given February 27 in Elks Hall. A delicious buffet luncheon was served in the intermission, and this party was unusually nice. On the day following, a cooky-shine was given for ou r alumnae and guests at Helen \Veinberg's home and it seemed mighty good to have so many of our alumnre gather "round the festive board" with us.

In March, we entertained at an afternoon tea the patronesses and the mothen of the active girls and those who had had daughters in the chapter recently The "town mothers" have always been so interested in the girls and have so olten shown them their kind hospitality thOot we were glad of an opportunity to tTy to show them, in some measure, our appreciation.

On March 7. three plays were given by the College Players' Club and we were wonderfully proud of EBen Weart, '16, who took the leading woman'5 part in one of them, called "Good News".

Along scholastic line s, we are glad to say our scholarship is good 3.nd that one of our seniors, Anne Dewey, has been chosen 3.5 a commenc ement speaker. This honor is indeed an enviable one and with us comes a s near 4> 8 K 3S anything can.

And now about our college! Many distinctions have come to this institution during the last year. As a result of a resolution passed at the last general convention by th e General Boa rd of Educ ation, Knox has been admitted to the CoBegiate Alumna! Association This Association on ly includes those colleges ranked in the "A" class by the Bureau of Education and so, qui Ie justly, Knox feels proud of membership in this organization.

Many noted men have visited Knox recently; Professor Trueblood, of the oratory department of the University of Michigan; Dean D3venport of the University of 111inois; Doctor Olms t ead, r ecently of Cornell University and now affiliated with the University of Minnesota; Doctor Jenks, of the University of New York City and Doctor Barton, editor of the Advance. Under the system of the Har va rd Exchange, we are now enjoyi ng Professor Moore of the Latin department of Harvard. Besides conducting lOme of the Latin dusts, he is giving a stries of splendid lectures on Greek religion.

Knox has recently been granted $100,000 by the General Board of Education on the condition that $400,000 more be raised. All of this money is to be used for endowment a sum sufficient for building a men's dormitory. This promised sum will raise our endowment fund to the million dollar point, and everyone is working for its realization.

During commencement week, the Bcn Greet Players are to play on the college campus and we are looking forward to their coming with a great deal of anticipation

Each year a May Fete is given at Knox. This year it is to be a Historical Pageant of the Renaissance. 1t is to be developed along the lines of literature, religion, :md politics an d several of the Holy Grail pictures are to be reo produced. The pageant is to be given in front of O ld Main, which furnishes a splendid setting because of the type of architecture . Musi c , including Gregorian chants, and costumes Stting for the oc c a s ion will tend to bring medieval timu, into our own modern world.

HELEN TAYI o R.

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ILLIXQIS EPSIL01"-NORTHWESl ER:-: UXI\' J.:RSIT\'

( ChaTtered 1894)

Number of students J,125·

Number of "omen students 635.

Number of faculty 96·

\Vomen's fraternities: A <j), 32; .6 1', 19; K K r', 19; K .A e, 23 j r 4' B, 23 j A X 0, 21 j n B ., 2J i .6 .6. 6, 18 i X n. 23; K l1, 22 j .A 0 n. 17; A r .6, 19.

Girls graduating with degree of A.A.: Ruth Porter, Marion Sibbitt. Helen Shultz; with degree of B.S. : Mildred Armstrong, and Helen Mason; in Oratory: Alice Loll, Margaret Young i in musi c : Mabel Young.

]SfTIATE

(Initiated March 23 . )

Naomi Everhart, 'IS. Oshkosh, Wis.

In looking back over this year, we .11 feel that it has truly been too busy and too happy a year to end as soon as it must. We would like to continue as at present for oh, so much longer.

A. a university, we have grown in every way pouible. The student body has become mu ch larger; the number of the faculty has bun increased, and, although early in March, I-l eek Ha1l, one of the oldest of the university buildings and the dormitory for the students of Garrett Biblical Institute, was delitroyed by fire, the dormitory system for men has been com¢eted. Seven !raternilY houses nnd four dormi to rie s, built after the Early Italian style of architecture, now form (l very imposing Quadrangle along the lake sho re. They are 8 wonderful addition to our campus and, when a similar plan has been worked out for the women, we sha ll be more than happy.

Our dramatics this year have all been very successful, and II cit has been quite active in them. In the junior play, "The Fortune Hunter". Marie Hake s, in the leading part, carried off great honors for IT cit, while Nona Hak es and Ruth Porter represented us equa lly as well i n the two plays given by the dramatic club.

On April 17. Illin ois E entertained the faculty and members of the other women's fraternities with a reception and dar.ce at the Evanston Woman 's Club. It was such a pleasure for everyone to meet in this way that we hope to make it 3.n annua l affair.

Just among ourselves, we have had almost too mnny good times to co unt. Our HcozytimesU on Friday afternoons have been so successful that we would be almost 85 willing to miss a fraternity meeting as a "cozy time". Our advisory committee has met with us and a lso entertained the chapter at delightful teas and cooky-shines and we now wonder how we ever lived without them. t f every chapter has suc h a committee as ours, and enjoys them as we do, surely there are many Pi Phis blessing those who first con ceived this splendid plan.

GLADYS BALCH.

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Firs' row, 1'/1 to r ighi-Non a Hakes, Claire Murison , Lynn e Smith, Marie B akes, Wilma Whittake r, Margaret Young, Sa rah Mit c he ll, M ildre d Armst ro ng.

S"o "d row-Dorothy Cody, Fra nces S taska , Hel e n P owell, Marion Tibbitt, H elen Mason, Anne Dougherty, Mabel Young.

Third

ow-Jenny Mitchell .

Fo..rlh r ow-Len o r e Allen, Hilde Kramer, Alice Lott, Hele n Shultz, Gla dys Balc::h, Naom i Everhart. Ruth P orter.

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I LLlNO ICO ZETA-UN IVERSITY Of ILLI:-J01S (Cha rtered 181)5)

Number of students 50474Xumber of women Siudents 1,038 of faculty 75 0.

Women's fraternities : K A e, 30; n 8 4>, 24; K K r. 29; \ X n. 25 Xn.33i A Id,2S; K, IQ;d r, 28; A 0 n, 21; A £I, 15 ; r <:> R,21

ISITIATES

( Initiated February 12)

;\I orie Philbrick, t t 7. Chicago. Louise 'V aterman, '1 7. Chicago. J e:m Robe rt s, '1 i . Champaign, Ill. Pauline Mannix , '17. Champaign, III.

Marjorie Spalding, '17. Champaign, III Marion White. '17. St. Joseph, Mo. CathHine Parks, '16, Duquoin, Ill. Agnes Wright, '16, Charles City, l ow3.

Girls graduating in June with degree of A.B .: Madge Myers ( .... B K 4nd Honors in classical department). Jessie Morse , Ruth Hut c hinson.

Perhaps many of you h ll\'e heard of the epidemic of sca rlet fever which frightened us about a month ago. It seemed to be quite serious for a time but the school authorities took great preca ution to prevent the spread of the disease An emergency hospital was tstablished and all co ntagious cases cared for ther e. To the consternalion of the students, the epide mi c threatened to bruk out again about a week btfore spring vacation, but did not prO\'e to be serious, and it is 1:ntirely over now.

Mrs. Carl Dick ( Margartt Wood, '(0) visited us for n few days in April. Irene Gould, ex·'13, stayed with us at the time of th e Military Ball We are expteting severa l visiton during Int er·schollutic which co mel this year from M ay 14'16.

On April :l5, we gave a c hildren' s party for the sons and daughters of our town alumnre. The children played "hunt the permut", " hide and seek" and othu games throughout the afternoon.

The c hapter gave a dinner for Madge Myers when she was initiated into <I' n K at which Mrs. Albert Stern (Almelin Alpiner, '(6) gave us an inspiring talk. We have a new pledge to announce, Helen Sawyers, ' 17, Chicago.

MUR.IEL BARKER.

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ILLINOI S ETA-JAMES MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY

(Chartered 1912)

Number of students 370.

Number of women students about 1 <)0.

Number of faculty 58.

Wom en's fraternities: II .:1.:1 6,17; Z T A, 21; A X n, 22.

INITIATES

(Initiated February 2)

Floren ce Curti us '16, Carrollton. Gail Frede. '17. Stewardson. Elizabeth Galloway, '17. Decatur Margaret H o n ey well, '17. Hooperstown. Mattie Horn, 'IS. Ogden, Utah. Helen Kenney, 17. Decatur. Charlotte Kerney. '17. Deca tur . Helen Kobler, '[7. Chicago. Horten se Morrow, '17. Newman. Henrietta Page, '17. Decatur. Vida Stout, '17. Tnllula. Virginia Voris, ' 17. StewardS"on Mae Clai r e Wright, ' t 7. Streator.

Girls graduating with degree of A.S.: Lelah Bell Davis, Margaret lI essler, Eulah Mason; with B.S.: Ruth Nicholson, Ann Stoker.

The most exciting events which have happened in Decatur lately are not strictly speaking university news. On Tuesday, April 7. we had a big fire and election day. P.erhaps you Pi Phis who do not live in minois did not know that day was the first chan c e most of the I lli n ois women have had to vote \Ve were all interested in the election, to whi c h the "wet and dry" campaign added excitement. At Millikin we have a club, which hu as its study government nnd civic p roblems A n u mber of the Ex Pos t Facto gir l s helped at the IId ry tl headq uarters in various voting precincts. Decatur went "dry" by a large majority. The fire consumed practically all the Powers block, which cQntained the Opera House, Linn and Scruggs, one of the largest department stores, and a number of other stores and offices, and threatened the Millikin Bank and the Courthouse. The office building will be rebnilt immediately, but the Opera House will not be rebuilt.

Onr initiation on February :z was unusually lovely and we are sure that Mrs. Helmick ', visit helped to make it so. We all enjoyed hearing about the Settlement School, nnd felt so muc h more as if it belonged to us, after hearing her talk about it. A number of the old girls were back to he lp with ou'r thirteen initiates. That was not an unlucky number this time.

Charlotte Kerney entertained the girls at a beautiful lun cheon at her home early in February . Friday, March 23, was the night of the Triangular Debate. Our team won in Bl oomington against Wesl eyan and lost at home against Eureka . The following Monday night, the girls entertained the members of the debating teams at dinner at the house We hope that this will be· eome & eostom, for we want to encourage interest in debate as well as in

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OthH college activities. We had a shower (or Mrs Roy C. Miller (Glady. Sprague, ex-'16) at the house March 31.

On Friday and Saturday, March 27 and 28, we had our annual. Friday night was the formal dance for the men. Marquette J r a.ll was beautifully deconted for the occasion. Saturday night was the banquet, just lor the girls. It was served in the private dining room of the St. Nicholas . The toalts we r e The Arrow H enr ietta Page i 1. C., Agnes Childs; The S un in Splendor, Mattie H orn; The Eagle, M argaret Jl estle r; and The Mabel Edmon50n.

On S un day, March 29. the girls were at home info rm a ll y at the h ouse as it was the second anniversary of the i n s t a llati o n 01 lIIinois H Millidtk -electio n took place about the firs t of March. W e are ve r y happy that Mattie lIorn is to be editor-in-eh ief next y ea r. Cha rlott e Kerney has been elected \ '. \V C. A. treallurer for ItJI4·lS·

W e a ll {elt very badly in March when Mae Clai re Wright, one of OQr freshmen, was tak en ill a nd had to go home. She is improving right alo ng now, and writ es thlt we may expect a visit from her about the first of May. \Ve will be glad to see ber.

You ca ll ste from our alumnae noti ces tbat a n um ber of the girls are planning to co me ba c k to Decatur in Jun e. We hope that a numbe r more will also come, and make our alumnae brealc:fast the best r eunio n yet. There are whispers of a house par ty too at t he Fi shing C lub or Faries Park. M RG RET H ESSLEIt

I NDIANA ALP H A-FRANKLIS CO LLEGE

(C har te r ed 1888 )

Number of st u de nt s 205·

Number of women students 100.

Number of faculty 15·

W omen's fraternities: IT B 17 ; A A 18; I 'l' N, 12.

INITI ATES

(Initiated April 4 )

Dorothy Drybread

Jeanette La Grange

J oseph ine W ood

Girls gradu l ting in June, with degree

Toomb s, Martha Ou

Mir iam D eming

Mary Foster Marguerite H all of A.B. : Gertrude Law, Mabel

The leaves ue comi ng o ut on the trees, and da ndeli ons are beginning to come o ut on the camp us-in fact, ICsp ring has came". And P i Phis are busy as b«s, with class play, stunts, cam pus day, clasl work. and "caselli-all si gns of spring. W e a r e very happy, t oo , over o ur new pledge, Hazel Alex ande r , of Hopewell, and o ur newly initiated fre s hme n, whose names you will see at the beginning of th is le tter.

\Ve have a number of things to r eco rd Fint, we are gradually getting our fraternity hall fi,.;ed over. We had the walls re -tinted in a soft shade of tan , put u p bea utiful n ew pictures, dis ca rd ed some of the old furniture and the rug. The freshmen waxed the flo o r, and we put down small rugs. Then we bought new o ver-draperies for the wind ows , and the girls initiated in

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1911 donated 3 beautiful l eat her throw ( o r the table W e wete very muc h discouraged with the ta ble {or it had seen .hard u sage at sp r eads and chafi ng d ish parties-but to our ene rge ti c sophomore , Alice M cG u i r e, belongs the c re dit of Hdoing it over" unti l it l ook s lik e new. So w e are very much delighted. Drop in a n d see u s , any time.

O UT f our pa tr onesses, M rs. Luth e r Sh·ort, Mrs . R. V. Ditm a r s, Mrs . Hugh Pa y n e, and Mr s. E O. Collin s enter tain ed the a lumn a: and active chapter vcry de lightfull y a blu eb ird party o n February 21. Th e games and the refreshments all had th e b l uebird i dea, and t he so u venirs were bluebird pi ns Th e chapter is certa inly fortunate in h avi ng s uch lov ely patronesses, who are so willing to h elp us out and give us a g ood time.

The co ll ege dinne r ca me off March 13 This is a get -togeth er occas i o n f o r the s tu de nt s, fac ult y, and friends of the co llege, and is held an nu a lly in the gy mna sium, which is always deco rat ed bea utifully for the affai r . Eve ryo n e comes out in his best, and mak es it the truly gala night of the co llege year. Our h onor guest this time was Dr. P aul M onroe. '90, now Pr ofesso r of Education at Co lumbia, who delivered a sp lendi d address Then t h ere were and ye ll s and eve rybody went home. m ore loya l than ever to o ur Alm a Mat e r

In dia na .A is planni ng to c amp for a week af te r co mm ence ment, and wind up the yea r with so m e glorious fun.

M ARGARET E . REMY

INDIANA BETA-UNIVER S ITY O F I ND IA NA (C hartered , 8<)3)

N umbe r o f stude nts 1520.

Number of w ome n st u dents 600.

Number o f fa culty T 10.

W om en' s fr a ternitie s: K A A, 34 ; K K r. 32 ; IT 33 ; A r . 34 ; .A Z, 17.

INITI ATES

( Inili ated April 14. 19 14 .)

O l a Yate s.

M a r y H a ll.

M ary Martin

Gladys J ackson.

Berni ce Good. G r ace Gutherie. M a rguerite Da vis. M ae Robbins.

Gi rl s grad u ating in Jun e wilh A.S. degree: Louise Espey, H elen I kerd. Carolyn W ee ms Emi l y Bosto n, M ary J ackson, Mrs Ed na Edmonson, ( A M .)

Since the Apr il showers did not deve l op into a flood thi s yea r, the actin" c hapter returned on schedule time for th e sp r ing te r m and we enjoyed a cookyshine the night before matriculation. We have two new pledges this term: Gladys J ackson of Win chester and I da Meyers of Princeton.

Th e Pnnthegatri c dance was held the first Friday night of the term. This event is always anticipated and we enjoyed t h e ustlal good time; the c hapter of K A e was hostess and Ihe Pi Phis dressed as c haracters in books.

The Y. W C. A. h!1s done much for the women of Indi ana University this year. Formal tellS, with long white kid gloves , etc., are n o longe r dreaded be-

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informal Chal and Stitch parties have taken their place. The democratic spirit has H ! ry muc h. The Association-with a "jew to gt;tting 300 members---f:xpects to accomplish 3. great deal this lerm. Mrs. S. K. Stevenson, a prominent social worker of Jowa City addressed the university women at six different meetings. All of her lalks were most interestini and were greatly enjoyed.

One event that Indiana B remembers more than any other last term was the visit of our province prnident, Mi ss Kate B. Miller. She told us a great deal about the Settlement School-and we .11 beca.me more interested than ever before. One of our girls, Loui e Espey, who won the prir.e of ten dollars in gold, given by the Association of Collegiate Alumnre, gave the money to the Settlement Scbool.

In di:m3. D is now looking forward to th e State LundleOIl at Iuuillnapolis April l5, and also the State Dance that night. We are going 10 make the dance, if a luccess, an annual affair. The la.:;t number of the Cnion EntHtainmenl Series-The Chicago Symphony Orchestra-and "Strife", the play given by Strut and Fret, are to be two amusements of next week.

Indiana B is planning to have a h ouse party either this term or next sum· mer. \Ve have a strong chapte r and are planning to "do things" this term.

The usual round of gaiety is alway. an impor t ant q u es ti on to the co llege girl and especia.lly, to the fraternity girl. Almost the first question asked upon her return is: "When will we give our tirst dance?" To this question was added another this year: "Oh! I woncier whether or not we will do the new dances:'

Th e latter Question was not long unanswe r ed. Wh e n the girls went to dances this fall and heard the comments being made about the n ew dances, they real· ized that the girls of Indi a n3 B cou ld not afford to do them. In a fraternity meeting, it was deeided thllt no IT <I> should do the new dances. We were the tirst organization to lake up the question and act upon it. These girh went to more dances and the temptation came t o do the new dances, but they were ready to say "no", It was not l ong after this that the Faculty and D ea ns made a ruling that no new dances were to be danced at any university function. Furthermore, it was decided that each organization would be permitted to give but one dance a term.

It see m ed rather difficult at tirst, to give up our enjoyable informal house dances, but, I think, the girls realiz e more and more that too many functions are indeed to healthful living and efficient sc holarship.

1:o.' OIANA GAMMA-BUn.ER COLLEGE

(Chartered 1897)

Number of studenls 263.

Number of women students ISS.

Number of faculty 18. EDITH HAINES.

\Vomen's fraternities: K K l', 14; IT n 41, II; K A e, 14; a a A, 14.

INITIATE

(Initialed March 16. 1914.)

Effie Olsen, 17.

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Girls graduating in June with degree of A.B.: Edith Habbe. Ruth Tharp. We have grown in members since my last letter. After initiation on March 16 at the home of Ruth Tharp we had a dinner party-for tbe active I:hapter and Mrs. Hope Graham, Indiana n. Last Tuesday at our monthly we again increased our number by pledging Irma Stone, 'Ii. of Butte, Montana.

All of Butler College W3S greatly affected by the death of one of its most highly honored presidents, Allen Richardson Benton, A.M., LL.D., who died on New Year's day in Lincoln, Nebraska. and was brought to Indianapolis for burial. Many of the former students and the alumni of Butler the !fervices, which it was his desire to have conducted by Doctor Philputt and Doctor Jabe:r. Hall.

On February 7. Butler celebrated her Founders' Day by having the custom· ary chapel exercises. In the afternoon a Pan-Hellenic reception was held at the home of Mrs. Cornelia Allen-Forest (one of our patronesses) for all alumni, students and friends of Butler College. The Founders' Day banquet in th(" evening brought the day to a close. It W3S one of the most successfnl Butler has had.

We 311 extend our deepest sympathy to Louise Russell, '16, who was called home by the death of her mother, February II. She was unable to return for the remainder of this semester. but we are all looking forward to her return next fall with her younger sister-the fifth one of the family to attend Butler.

Butlerites were all very much elated over the first place which Lawrence Bridge, T won in the State Oratorical Contest, February 27. Enthusiasm and "pep" were displayed by everyone the next day. In spite of an attempt to stem the tide of Rutler spirit at a rally held in chapel, a motion to take a holiday and to put on some "re!ll doio's" was rushed through. The Dells had open house all afternoon and in the evening the girls of the College Residenc(" gave a party to close the day's jollification.

Student protest has won out and the Butler baseball team is to play four· teen games this season instead of twelve, as elected by the facuIty. The game with the Chinese University of Hawaii is anticipated with unusual interest.

March 20 the girls of 1: .1. 1; were officially pledged .1. This action did not come as a surprise to those acquainted with the situation, although it is the first Greek-letter society to enter Butler for eight years. We entertained with a. "500" party for the Tri-Delta pledges Monday, April '3, at the home of Marguerite Vlen, 'Ij.

All the girls of Butler are busy practicing for "Robin Hood", which is to be given under the auspices of the senior class on Class Day. Ruby Winder, ex-'13, is to have one of the lending roles. Tuesday, April 14, the seniors first appeared in their caps and gowns in ch'\pel, and we felt very proud to be represented by our two seniors but we dread to think of losing them in June.

The annual state reunion and luncheon of Pi Phis in Indiana is to be held April 25 at the Claypool Irotel in celebration of Founders' Day. In the ev("lIing the alumnre and active chapters of the state art going to give a dance. which will be a grand finale for our day's celebrntion.

ASSETTE HEDGES

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DELTA PROVINCE

lOWA ALPHA-IOWA WESLEYAN COLLEGE

(Chartered 1869)

Number of Itudents 325.

Number of women students uS.

Number of faculty 27.

Wom en 's fraternities: n B eJI, 17; A X fl., 19.

I NITIATES

( Initiated February 3)

Jessie Canning, ' 16, Hileman, Iowa. Ruth Foskette, '16, Chicago, III.

(Initiated JIIl.reh 21)

Nora Wray, '17. Bloomfield. Iowa

H azel Wishard, ' 17. Bloomfield, Iowa

Jessie Clark, '17. Albia, I owa, H elen Milligan, '17. Pulaski, Iowa.

Floren ce Millignn, 'Ii. Pulaski, Iowa.

Anita Crips will graduate with A.B. degree.

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Scene A room in a boarding house of the very fl o urishing western town of Whitebird, Idaho.

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Vogel Tramer, ' 13. Ruth Tramer. "3.

Vogel : "Oh Ruth, I have just I"t ceived :l. letter- from Euni ce. giving all the news of the past two months about dear old \Vesleyan and Do read it."

Ruth, reading: :My Dear Little School l\{arms :- H o w do yo u like the "wild west" and its woolly little urchins by this tim e? I ca n imagine Vogel teaching mu s ic to grown - ups and you, Ruth, hearing Jam es and R oge r say their multiplicat ion tables backwards. I read your lett er, received so long ago, to the whole chapter, and h ow everyone enjoyed hearing it. We all then and there formed II ment al picture of the fun you must be having even though you are so far away from us all. I hope you will forgive my negligence in not answering for so long. Hear what has happen ed, and then you will entirely un de rstand. Prepare for the best new s ever! Stanley Newell X cJ:! E '15. won first place in the State Oratorical Contest hel d in Des Moines, March 6. I was there and heard the decision read, but don't r emember what bappened .(Ier that for it seemed too good to be believed. W eVogtl, interrupting: 4< 1 say three cheers for Stanley! [sn't it wonderful?" Ruth, continuing: Of course 1'ou null how excited and happy we were when Dan Heller, % cJ:! E ' 13. carried off the same laurels last year. This year we celebrated in a similar way, only we ran out o( bonfire material long before our enthusiasm had been expended. About two hundred students and interested friends met Stanley at the noon train the next day, and after II

good parade, we went 10 the c hapel (or the best mass meeting we have ever had. Girls it wu wonderful, and we mighty proud of the man who made it possible {or us to do 10. Likely you have heard that Dan Heller is going out as • candidate for Representative in Congress. The entire college is back of him, 10 such an extent even that a "Dan Heller Club" hu been organiz.ed, whose sole purpoie is to boost and that mightily for him. Follow· ing this victory, we had our nnnual "Boom" given (or the benefit oC the Y. \V. and Y. :\f. Associations. II was as s uccess ful a college affair as we have had for yean. Each class gave a stunt as well as the boys' and girls ' glee clubs. \Ve all thought it a rousing "boom, boom de aye" for Wuleyan (rom first to last , each class sho" ing their "pep" in the songs and yells they gave.

Ruth, droppir.g the leller for a moment: ({This letter makes me pos;itively homesick. What would I gi"e to be back to W esleyan , and yet J can't always go to schooL"

Ruth, proceeding: But you have not heard it all. Am)' Zimmerman, es·'IS, surprised us all by announcing one afternoon, t e n days before her departure, that she would sail for Ipo, Malaysia, with her parents the first of March, where her father is to act as superintendent of a Chinese government school. The trip and experience appealed to us all mightily, but, dear me, losing "Popham" was a thing too sudden and unexpected to appreciate.

Vogel : "'Popham' a missionary! Well it is fine that she can go. But it will Sefm funn)' not to see her when we go back again won't it Ruth?"

Further perusal of the lettu : Just before Amy left, Mary Stahl. 'IS, enter· tained the chapter and pledges in her honor at a Kensington and later served a lovely two-ccurse supper. As she left on the evening of February 3, that morning at 6:30 a. m,. we initiated Ruth Foskette, '.6, and Jessie Canning, '16, at the home of Mrs. Sowers (Della Greenleaf, Iowa E '81), following it up with a cozy breakfast at the Hotel Brazelton \Ve were glad to have Joy Pierce, "3, and Marion Becker, ex-'15, present with us. Katharine Druse. 'IS. is now h ouse prrsident. as Mis s Aimee Core who acted in that capacity first semester was obliged to leave sc hool because of her health. Anita Crips, '14, takes the leading part in the senior play, Twelfth Night.

Vogel: "Isn't that fine for Anita? We simply must be back in lime for commencement. I w o uldn 't miss the senior play for anything." Ruth, reading on: One of the greatest privileges of the year was the visit Mrs. Helmi c k hon o red us with not long ngo. While here she spoke to the ac tive chapter and alumna: clubs from Durlington. Ottumwa and Mt. Pleasant on the Settlement School, giving an intensely interesting account of i15 work and progress during the last year_ How we wished the "has beens" back again. Following this our dub served a delicious two-course luncheon. Miss Nellie Wallbank. ,g4, and Mrs. C. F, Palmer (Elita Wallbank, '84). were the hos tesses. On Marc h 12, the V. \V. C. A. held its weekly meeting in Hershey Hall parlors. The honorary members were present, and following an interesting report of the North Central Student Can f e r ence by the delegates, a dainty supper was served.

On March ll, we initiated 5 freshmen and the ce remony was held at the

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beautiful hom'e of Alma (ex-'t4) and Verna We stfall (ex-' IS ). Preceding the event the ac tive chapter with Mn. ehas. H. Milligan (Laura Plank, I owa E '85), Mrs. Edwin Johnson (Bertha Augspurger, Iowa A '99), Ma.ye Hills, '99. Margaret Torrence. '10, Joy Pierce. ' 13. Marion Becktr, ex-'ts. Stacey Turney, Alma and Verna Westfall, Nona Spahr, '07. Ma bel Piper, ' 12, and Laura Roberts, ex-'IS. were participants in a delightfu l banquet in the Grill Room DC the Hotel Brazelton.

Ruth: "Really, Vogel, there couldn't have been a prettier p l ace for an initiation than at Doctor WestCall's home. I ce rtainly would have enjoyed being there."

Ruth with a sigh on to the end: Mary Philippi, ex-'14, was back for a week -end "isit seve r:ll weeks ago. Yes, 1 mustn't forget to mention our girls' glee club co ncert held on April 9 in the college chapel. The girls netted about $90. Their spring t our has been very successfu l , and next year they are planning for even greater things. We were very proud of our five Pi Phis, among them Jes s i e Canning, '16, who is noted already for her ability as a whistler.

On April 10, the A X A girls were hoste sses at the annual Pan - Hellenic meeting. Following the e l ec tion of officers for the coming year a very p l easant social hour was enjoyed. We are n o w all very busy preparing for the Hershey Hall sp ring party, whi ch will be given, May to. This is one of the biggest social events of the year, and every girl is working hard to make it a s u ccess.

Well, girls, the lights have already gone out and 1 am finishing this by the l ight of my ca ndl e. My ti ckt oc k point s to 'eleven so that is a warning to close. BE SURE TO COME BA CK FOR CO MMEN CEMENT, and don't forget to writ e us all often.

With lots of love in II 4>, I am , Yours lovingly and fraternally , Eunice.

Ruth, laying down the l ette r : "It does make me want to go back again to We sleyan and t o IT but it makes me very happy to think of what l ovely things are happening all th e time," and Vogel, with a far away l ook, answered, "You're right, siste r mine!'

GENEVA DVE S C HELL.

IOWA BETA-SIMPSON COLLEGE

(Chartered 1874)

Number of students 480

Number of women students 260.

Number of fa c ulty 18.

Women's fraternities: D B I lid d 06, 14 ; A X n, 23.

Girls graduating in June with B A degree: Vera Maxwell, Mary Thomp · son, Rut h Harp; in Music: Vera Merritt.

We are having a most succ essful year at Simpson. School life is one continual round of study and social activities.

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Last Monday night, the girls of the school gave their second annual gymnasium exhibition. After rhythmic exercises, apparatus work and lancy dance steps, the lights were turnro out in the auditorium and 32 girls, bearing Japanele lanterns, marched in forming intricate figures the last one of which was the monogram of Simpson. Every one voted the exhibition a great success. During the exhibition the trophy cup, won by the academy girls' basket-ball team in the girl's basket-ball tournnm'ent held in March. was awarded the winners. .

Simpson is feeling quite proud over her debate teams this year ns our four teams, including two boy.' teams and two girl,' learns, have all been victorious. Faye Chamberlin, '14. is a member q! onc team.

Y. W. C. A. i. in a prosperous condition. the services held each Tuesday morning being quite well atlended. Vera Maxwell, '14, i, prelident while Ruth Thompson, '16, is vice ·president.

The junior class carried off high honors with their ciasl play this year. doinr the record-breaking feat of learning Dnd staging an hour-and -one -half play in two weeks. It was considered the best of its kind that has been given for some years.

La.5t week we enjoyed VISits from several of our recent graduates: Lois Karr, '13, Besse Tilton, '13, Hazel Perley, ex -'13, Ruth Chase, "3, Helen Thompson. 'II, and Jessie Sehee, 'oS

Mrs. Carl Brown (Nina Hohenshelt, '02) entertained us at her home and the usual U 4> mirth and high spirits prevailed.

I must tell you about the new ruling our Pan-Hellenic has made. The fraternity girls felt that it was their duty to cooperate with the faculty in abolishing rushing. So we have framed a set of rules which forbids rushing of the freshman girls by fraternity girls. The rule is simply nn experiment, lasting one month, but it is the wish of every fraternity girl that the system may prove so successful that it will be permanent.

We all enjoyed the visit, in February, of Mrs. Elizabeth Helmick. She gave us a most interesting and entertaining account of our Settlement School, nnd also some suggestions that were very helpful in answering our fraternity examinalion questions. JESSIE COFFIN.

IOWA GAMMA-IOWA STATE COLLEGE

lumber of students 3S 16.

(Chartered 1877)

Number of women students 550

Number of faculty 303.

Women's fraternities n B., 23 j K a., IS j .A A n , 16; 6 6 6, 17.

INITIATES

(Initiated February 27)

Lorraine Graham. Ida Anders.

Mildred Potts, '17.

Hel en RodgCTs. Ruth Clarke. PLEDGES

Pauline Norton, '17

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Girls graduating in Jun e with deg ree of B.S .: in Hom e Economics: Madge Elliott; Mary Vaughn Mayme Kirkpatrick, Elizabeth Pryor, Marjori e Mcint osh, Edna Garvin, Hermine Knapp, Ruth Cusna.

Since o ur lasl leller, our hav e incorporated and have purchased th e house in whic h we nre living. Plans are being worked over no w f o r remodel · ing during the summer an d n ex t fall when w e co m e back we will have a nice new home and r oo m for eVH)' one of us \Ve are the first women 's (raternity he re to own our chapter h o u se.

W e wtre happ y to have Mr s. B row nlee Kilgore wilh u s this last m onth She came to visit her cO ll si n, H el en Rodger!li, 't6" who is o n e o f our girls, and we e nj oyed h ea ring hH te ll of the founding of IT and of her college days.

Our May O ay ce lebrati on is to be May 8 and the theme of it is "The Spirit of the Woods. " It is to consist largely of fan cy dances and two o( our girls, Bertha Lam son, ' IS, Bnd Marjorie Wyckoff, '16, have the lea ding part s. \Vilma Phillips, 'IS, has the leading part in the junior class play, " The Lost Paradise ". The faculty r ece ntly raised the ban (r om the new dances but the provision is made that th e stu de nts must s« to it that the privilege is not abused.

We are planning to entertain our alumnre at a lun cheon on Saturday, April 25. The junior girls who are hav in g lun cheon wo rk to s upervise it.

The girls are all planning f o r the summer and thinking o( all so rts of projects. Some are planning to go to the Yell o wstone Park to work in the Wylie Way Camps and others to have charge o f tea rooms at the lakes.

Our grand new c hemistry building is to be finished by September I and nex t f a Wall the uc hemists" wit! hav e a ni ce place in whi ch to expe riment

Mrs Helmi ck was here (or a short time a (ew weeks ago a nd we surely enjoyed meeting her and hearing of her wonderful plans (or our Settlement School.

MARGARET PENI C K.

I OWA ZETA-IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY

(Chartered 1882 )

Number of students 28so.

Number o( women student. i OO.

Number o f faculty 26S

Women 's fraternities: II B 4;1, 27; K K r, 23;.d r , 25;.6 4 4, 26 ; A Z 4, 21; .A X 0 , 20; A Z, IS.

Girh gradualing in J unc with A.B. degree: Helen Holmes, Bertha Nicol, Pearl Martin, Charlotte Loveland. Frances Bradley, Inez Lally, Blanid Lally.

Ib'ITlATls

( Initiated April 28)

Arenn \Vaten, '17.

Gertrude Draper, 'J7.

Anita Me sse lheiser, ' 17.

A nty prosperous year for the State University of Iowa i, just closing. The Itudtnt body has increased remarkably this year and our slogan i. "3000 in 1915." Thi. i. the flrst year that we have had a dormitory {or the girls aDd we arc justly proud of it. The establishment of a Domestic Science department has intreased our number of women Iludents.

The month of Marc h was by the !Ulna:!.! ce lebration of the Engineering College. This ce lebration was marked by a parade and a show.

On April t8. the spring party of the season, Pan - Helleni c Ball, was held. On Founders' Oay, we bad initiation for our three pledges and a banquet afterwards. Our active chapter was recently entertained informally at an afternoon party at the h o me of Mrs C,eorge O'Briel'l (Ellalouise Kusler, ' IJ).

We are very busy making wonderful plans for next f.1I when we are to adopt sophomore pledge day. \Ve are to have a lovely, big, new house, .ll arranged just as we want it with plenty of room for fourteen girls.

Our social year will end with a senior breakfast given the morni.ng before graduation and the senior hop which is the very last social event of the year.

HUES JEFFREY.

NEIJRASKA BETA-UNIVERSITY m' NEBRASKA

(C hartered 1895)

Number of students 4,000.

Number of women st udents 1,500.

Number of fa c ulty 375.

Girls graduating in June with A.S. degree: Rachael Kellogg, Dorothy Knight , Ruth Mah e r, Erma Naeve, Edith Payton.

Women 's fraternities : K K r, 29; K A e, 28 ; r, 22; d d d, 26 ; II B eft, 24 (and I pledge); A 0 II, 23; X O. t6; A 4>, 2Z (and 4 pledges) ; A X n. 20; Aco th, 23 ; a Z, 2 0; A:::..1., 15.

INITIATES

(Initiated March 7)

Harrie t Antrim, '16, Cumberland. Iowa.

Jeannette Finney, ' 16, ZJIS S. 171b, Linc oln.

Constance Lyford, '17, Falls City.

Helen Lyford. 't7, Falls City.

Clara Powers, '17, Creston, I owa

Ruth Quigley, '17, Valentine.

Lottie Unland, '17, 2520 Q St.. Lincoln.

Florinda Young, ' 17. Macedonia, Jowa.

Len ora Young, '17, Macedonia, Iowa.

NEBRASKA

BETA CHAPTER

LDw.r rDUI, Itft to r i"ht- Detty Knieshaw, Florence Kason, Dorothy Kniaht, Fannie Lane, Rachad Kellogg, Ruth Maher, Edith, Payton, Erma Naeve, Genevieve Lowry.

Middle ro-Cuce Porter, Dorothy Carns, Jeann ette Finney, Lottie Unland, Florence Taylor, Florinda Young, Harriet Antrim, Edna Payton . 10' row-Lenora Young, Constance Lyford , Bernice Heckler, Helen Lyford, Ruth Qui&ley.

Girll not on I'irtw re--Pauline Killion, Leah Shaw, Clara Powers, Alice Fullerton .

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(The Oiuy of a Fraternity Girl)

January 24: University girl.' party at the Temple in the afternoon. In the evening, Grace alisbury gives a dancing party at the chapter house in honor of Florence Chapman who is soon to be married.

jaouary 25: Birthday Cake for Florence Taylor - Ilelen P':ce gets the button-not alarming beca use s he i. already eogaged. At 2 :30 the whole c hapt e r goes down to St. George' to have their picturt taken-the u s ual tlmount of giggling which results when a group picture is taken. Afterwards the five senion have thei r picture taken together. In the eve ning some of us have a marshmallow toast around the grate fire.

January 26: examinations begin. C\'eryone studying hard.

janullry 2i: Florence Chapman's , '10. wedding llnd reception-beautiful in every way. Man y Pi Phis back for it.

J anuary 30 : Friday comes at last--examinations are over and everyone feels the need of I l eep.

January 31: 1n after n oon a bunch of the Phi Psis come over for an informal dance . In evening some of the town girls stay all night-talk until the midnight hour.

February I: Sunday morning and waffles f o r breakfast. so eve ryone arises.

February 2 : Social hour after fraternity meeting-sing our II songs.

February 3 : Rushing party 5-8-after an informal dinner, sing Bnd dance .

February 6: Formal dinner party at 6 :oo-two Council Bluffs girls staying at the h o u se-do wn for the K formal. $e"eral Pi Phis go-all have a wonderful time

February 7: In afternoon have our Orpheum party for our week ·end guests. At 5:00, Ali ce Fullerton pledges IT 4>. In evening Phi Delts co me over (or an informal dance.

February 8: Freshmen being breakfut to them in bed. A Theta and two Phi Psis o ut (or dinnel'.

February 17 : I-l ave formal pledging for Ali ce Fullert o n.

February 18 : Miss Conde. Ii Y. W. C. A. sec retary, co rnel out here (or dinner. Talks t o us in such an interesting manner afterward s.

February 19: Mi ss Co nde speaks at Girls' Convoca tion on "Choosing a Vocation."

February 20: Lois Logan, ' 12, and several o ther guest s s taying at the

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house; here for the A T n formal party-a cabaret dinner dance. All who went had luch a good time.

February :11: Alpha Taus come over for an informal dance in the evening.

February 22: Two Alpha Phis here for dinner. Terrible snowstorm all day-street cars stop running-faithful fuss ers compelled to walk.

February 23: Drifts so bad, impossible to go to sc hool in the morninghave a prog/essive bridge game, taffy pull. etc.-no end of fun.

February 26 : Special fraternity meeting to decide on freshman roles previous to initiation-no dates or telephone calls allowed. Black marks given, if rules not obeyed-list of tulu posted in upper hall.

February 28: Junior hop at the Lindell Hotel-terrible there

March 1: Birthday cake for Florence Nason.

March 3. Some of us go to see Otis Skinner in "Kismet"-most of us enjoy it.

March s: Give freshmen a preliminary written examination concerning the fraternity-twelve questions. Papers handed in- are very satisfactory.

1\{ nch 6: One of the Kappa Sigs make s us a large gilded arrow lighted with red lights--so pretty.

March 7: Freshmen clean house all morning. Hold initiation at 2:00 here at the chap te r hou se-so beautiful in every way. Cooky-shine at six o'c1ocks lot of alumnre here--everyone so enthusiastic.

March 9: Freshmen attend their first fraternity meeting-all so excited.

March 13 : Girls begin to leave for spring vacation.

March 24: Alumnae: meeting at the c hapter house. In evening some o f us decide to move our cots out on sleeping porch (really n little upper porch which we converted into a sleeping porch-room for eight cots).

March 27: Get a blue and white drop cu rtain for the sleeping porch which makes it less conspicuous.

March 28: Senior prom at the Lindell H hos a good time.

April 4: Informal dance here at the house-sp lendi d music-everyone has so much "pep."

April s: ]n afternoon, girls begin to cram for the annual fraternity exams.

April 6: Studying still contiDues--begin to write alter dinner-examinations not easy but harder than usual

April 7: Miss Graham, Dean of W omen, holds a meeting of all fraternity house girls--eat our supper Rules pertaining to various matters discussed.

April 8: Y. \V C. A. committee supper for M iss Taft and Miss Blanchard, two visiting secretaries.

April 9: Mi ss Taft talks at vespers on Y. W C. A. work in China- large crowd out to hear her. The Nebraska association vote. to support Miss Coppock, a Nebraska graduate in her work in China-large undertaking but great enthusiasm shown.

April 10: Genevieve Lowry, one of our girls e lected as girls' club presi· den t Jor the coming year-she will be delegate to the national convention held at Bloomington, Indiana. AU of us so proud of her .

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April I I : Several of UI attend the Viking formal-han luch • good time

April 12 : An ideal Easter day-all of u.s attend some church.

April 13 : (or our formal coming in; it', to be April 25 . Busy making plus for it; the alumnz h ave charge of the ann u al banquet on April 24-

April 16: Baseball (ever comes over us--buy a bat and some balk Ex · citiog game after dinner; tight skirts certainly not intended (or running purposes.

April 19 : Four of the boy. out here for dinner-Hilda certainly can cook good things to eat!

April 20 : Final arrangements for tbe formal made at fraternity meeting; several Pi Phis from other chapters co ming and only twenty rusbees.

ER}{" NAEVE.

MISSOUR[ ALPJlA-UNIVERSIT\' OF MIS SOUR I (Chartered 1&)8)

Number of students 3534

Number of women students 1024

Number of faculty 225.

Women ' s fraternities : K K r, 2S; IT B u; K A e, 11; .6 r, 24; A 4, IS ;.z, M. 17; X 0, 21.

Girls graduating in June with A. B. degree : Rowena Campbell , Elizabeth Conn.ell, Prudence Gardner; D.S. in Educa tion, Rowena Campbell, Stella Coiman.

I NITIATES

(Initiated February 18 )

Helen Aylesbury, '17, St. Louis, Mo

Emily Powell, '17, Nowata, Ok la.

Marguerite Clay, '17, Pleasant Hill, M?

Louise Vedder, '17, Nevada, Mo.

Lois Locke, '17, Webb City, Mo.

Easter is here again and there are only two s hort months before the end of a noth er school year. Of co ur se the objeel of most importance to us now is building a house of our own. Everyone at a ll conversant with the situation in Columbia admits that a house is an absolute necessity and must be built as soon as possible. We have written letters to .n of our alumnre and have received replies from a number. Many have not respond ed as yet and we anxiously watch each mail for news. We are making some progress, th o ugh things would certain ly move more rapidly if we cou ld on ly impress all of our alumnae with our need. We hope tbat this article will com. 10 the noti ce of all who have not yet r eplied.

The girls of the university have in!;tituted a Loan Fund. The proceeds of a tag-day. April I, added about two hundred and fifty dollars to the fund. We {eel especially proud o{ this, as we raised more money than any o{ the other organizatioQs. After this every girl will pay twenty five ce nts at the beginning of each semester in addition to her registration fee to be paid into tbe Loan Fund.

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We gave a Lenten Musicale (or the II B 4> Settlement School, but unforlllnatelY , it T:lined on that day and we did not hnvc ns many guests as we had hoped {or. We expect to do something else (or it this spring.

Mrs. Buford. our chaperon, bribed us into hemming our new napkins by giving us a party one day last week. It was great (un as well as a novel experience for some.

Alice Osmond went to visit the 0$ K <It fraternity at Manhnttan. Kansas, which is J>Ctitioning IT..,. She came back vcry enth usiastic about the girls and the sc h ool. She is anxious to see n chapte r of II cl> there, nnd h opes to see it ins tall ed soon. Whil e there she mct a Kansas A IT ..,. two girls (rom In diana B, and severa l Pi Phis who live in M an hattan . All were enthusiastic about the petitioning group.

\Ve want to thank the Kansas City a lumn re for the interest Ihey have shown in our house project. Mrs. Tuggle, who is not even a member of 1\lissouri >\, loaned her house for a benefit ca r d party for o ur hou se fund. Such intHest is very encouraging. The fifty dol la rs thus raised brought the fund up to $1100, The making up of the deficit seems to us a matter of life and death importance, for upon the success or failure of this plan depmds, to a large extent, the future welfare of our chapter, In closing, we want to ask every· one who has or has not contributed to remember Missouri A of IT B and to realize that the present house problem is the most vita l the chapter has ever had to face. On assuming this h eavy , yet necessary responsibility, the chapter , therefore, must rely to a great extent ul>on the loyalty, and the support of every member of Mi ssouri A

MI SSOURI BETA-WASHINGTON UN I VERS I TY

(C harter ed M a rc h 22, H)o7)

Number of stude nt s 1,338 (indu,des Law, Medical, Dental, Arts & Science, Engineering, Architecture).

Number of women students 230.

Number of faculty 203.

W omen's fraternities, K A e, 29; IT B 25; Kleo (local), 18.

I:o'lTIAT lS

( Initi ated February 10)

Marie Frances Alofs.

Else Eyssell. Helen McCargo.

Emma Vogt. Augusta P:trker. Marie Kammerer.

(I nitiued April i)

Sally Benedict. PLEDCE

Dorothy H uSlon.

Girls graduating in Ju ne with B.A. degree: Mildred De Courey, Meredith McCargo, Alice McClevey, Barbara Senseney.

The watchword of our university is "A Greater \V ashington" and for the last eight years we have been and are still steadily growing greater. The

OLIVIA SMIT H,

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hanWOIue group 0' buildings to be occupied by the M edical School and Bames HospitAl hAve just been completed, so that tbii department i. now to be ranked with Johns JIopkin s as th e first in the country. All of the departments have grown in enrollment and efficiency, the number of women students, especially. increasing annuaUy. \\Te are proud to a nnoun ce that at last cia B K has granted chapter in WaJl hington. Several of o ur members have in palt years been elected to senior and sophomore honors, 10 we hove high hopes of their possessing the cz. B K key in their own due time.

A true college s pirit is being aroused through the various orgnnir.alions making a name for U5 The glee club on their recent tour through several sta tes eltablished a splendid reputation Then of course, we ha ve our musical co medy club, who gave their production recently. the lyrici and music of which wue wriuen by university men. One of our wirh, Helen Bryars, had a leading part and proved herself quite capa ble. Nine out of ten of the pony baUet were Pi Phis, so we feel qui te proud of our mUli ca l talents. Thyrsus, the dramatic club, il going to present Israel Zangwill's " The Melting Pot" i and two of our chapter have the l eadi ng parts-Helen Stevens and Helen Bryars.

Re«ntly, we have had many good times. just with i n our own circle. First of all we gave a vaudeville show for the alumnre nnd our mothers After the performance we served tea to our guests in the c hapt e r rooms The receipts for the tickets were spent for new furniture and fixture s for the rooms. Then too, many individuals and girls of the different classes preRnted UI with lovely gifts, and in this way our rooms have been prnctically refurnished.

The big event of this ITlonth is our t e n, whi ch will be given o n Ihe eighteenth. We have &ent invitations to the whole col1ege and expect to receive about five hundred guests during the afternoon In the evening we nre going to hnve just a small dan ce (or the active chapter. Then last, but by no means least, is the banquet which the alumnre will give for the active chapter in honor of Founders' This will be held at one of the clubs of the city. WINONA \ VUERTENBAEC IIEII.

MI SSOU RI GA MMA- DR U RY COLL E GE

(C hartered 1914 )

Number of students 544.

Number of women students 350.

Number of fa c ulty 27.

Women 's fratNnities : Z T A, 22; A, 22 i n 8 ell, 33.

Girls graduating in June with degree of A.B. : Lilian Boyd (pos tgraduate ) , Mary riss, Marie Gates, Marguerite George, Eli1.nbeth Allen, Lois Hnll, Vi c toria Pease, Janet McQ uiston, Isabel Mo rse.

INITIATES

(Initiated Februa.ry 7)

Emma May Baldwin, '17, Springfield, Mo.

Emily 1-l ufT, '17, Farmington, Mo.

Mary Be ll e Minard. '17, Springfield, Mo

Gladys Townsend, 'Ii, Springfield, Mo.

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Top ,.o1lf:-Aptba Watson, Vktorla PeaK , Emily Huff, Mary Hopkin•. SecoNd r our:-Lola Robcruon, Lois Hall , Inez. Mathes, Lilian noyd, Glady s Townsend, Marie Cates. Tlli,.d rOUl' :-Aldine Patterson, Isabel Morse, Charlene McCause, Mary Belle Minard, Ora \Valton. FOMrt" row :-Clara Pin. Mary CTi!ll, Margu eri te George:, Ma rie: Thompson, Helen Walker, Janet McQuis t on.

Fittl, ro., :-Maqraret Bisbop, Lura M cNish, Ruth Minard. Emma May Baldwin, Carrie Humphri es. Opal Rhamy . Sixth roar :-Esthe:r Vallette. Nina M cCann, Elizabeth Allen. Ruth Wil son.

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Lura McNish, '17. Brookfield. Mo. Marie ThompsoD, '17, Springfield. Mo. Helen Walker, '17. Springfield, Mo.

(Initiated April 4)

Mrs. A. H. Mansfield (Jessie Smith. '01), Sl Loui., Mo., (Petitioner).

Our first chapter letter a.od yet we cannot cheer our trembliD, hearts with the protecting thought of being the baby chapter! OUf time was 10 absorbed with being installed, taking semester examination., initiatin, pledges &lid studyina: for fraternity uaminationa that we have bad litde time for social atrairs of our own--our informal cooky-.bine. each month tided us over. But the future promises better things. April 16, is our city Pan-Hellenic quet. Two weeks later OUf Founders' Day celebration- 3. banquet. whicb will be the eighth annual one for us. This is always the most enjoyable event of the year and will be doubly dear as our fint n • banquet. The last of this month we give a tea in honor of our mothers. Keeping open house commencement week will give us an opportunity to meet guests and alumnat.

For a week preceding the College Day of Prayer. Dr. A. H . Armstrong, Ben. conducted a series of meetings. The whole college was uplifted and inspired and the Christian Associations have rectived new inspiration. A girls' gospel team has been organi%.ed with one of ou r girls &5 leader The PanHelleni c spirit is splendid now. The three women's fraternities united in giving fifty dollars to nan Crawford and his work in Africa.

Our senior girls having finished their and their fast approaching departure are being extra good and industrious, although our president announced without shame that all finel must be paid in order that the seniors might have the spoons always presented to them.

The Y. W. C . A. is planning a rest room for a Hardy Memorial. Miss Hardy will be remembered by $Orne as the chape r o n with the group of M B girls at the Evanston convention.

We will be sor ry to lose Dr. W. O. Allen of the department or education, who has resigned to accept the presidency of Doane Crete, Neb.

This has been a busy and pleasant year for our girls as we have had our share of honors and offices, presidency of V. W. C. A. an.d d A K. part. in "Alabama," "Chimes of Normandy," girls' glee club. SoJ/'UJesln and Mirror staffs, girls' basket-ball team, and committee chairmanships.

The coll ege too is in splendid condition. Never before have 10 mnny from other schools enrolled in classes. Next year the Conservatory is to be reorganiz.ed; and an endowed chair of English will strengthen that department. The whole feeling and spirit of the school is united and optimistic.

RUTH WILSON.

KANSAS ALPHA-UNIVERS ITY OF KANSAS (Chartered 1873)

Number of student. 2636

Number of women students 9<)0.

Number or faculty 180.

To!, roUt, "'t '0 ""ht-Gladys Luck-an. Stella Bedell, Davida Sawtell. Rebekah Cooper, Hazel Could, May Miller. Mlddl, ro_Rulh Pui n, Maurine Fairweather, Berenice BUI!!,. Genevieve Herrick. Mara.ret Butt s, Marie Willitt, Dorothy Brown. Bollom row-Eliubeth Brown, Lucile Smith, Edith Cubbison, Mary Atkinson, Helen Hcrshberaer. Alice Coots, Grace Zoellner.

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\Vomen's n 84,19: K A a, 30; K K 1',31; X 0, 29 ; .;\ An. 25; K, 23.

INITIATr.:s

( Initiated February 9)

Eliubcth Brown Margo.rtt Butls. Mary Atkinson.

. Stella Bedell

GI:adYI Lu ch R Dorothy Brown.

(Initiated :\farc h (8)

PUDGE

Hazel Canon.

Girls graduating in June with A.B. degree: Maurine Bernice Uutts, Marie Willett and Lucile Smith.

My what a happy year this has been (or all of us! We are building the most wonderful little air castles in the world (or next year, for we are planning to remodel our house during the £ummer, so that it will be as good as new (or next year'. rushing, and each girl is 5!lving up every penny. Our a lumno: h4ve bee n a wonderful help to us in eve ry possible way nod we certain ly feel grateful to them. r think our house will be splendid and the girls who leave u s this year have promised to re· turn real often , 50 they, too, may enjoy it. We w'i1l

build a I.rgt addition on the west, st ucco the whole house, hav e the bed· rooms and dining r oom in white enamel, Rnd during the summer we ore all going to m.ke attractive little draperies and h angings. Won't it be pretty? 'Ve were . 11 100 de light ed for words when 1\lrs. Frilchie, our chaperon, promised to return to us next year, SO for what more could we ask?

On M arch 21, the freshmen gave their annual farce, which proved to be quite n success Ea c h year the freshmen dec lare their farce is the best ever given, which gives great room for argument of cou r se. After the farce, the upperclassmen gave them a CObky-shine, .nd then we sang about every song one co uld think of.

This year the university decided not to have a regular May fete as we !lave formerly, but to have the students give "Pinafore" instead and I believe il will prove quite novel and be a huge success Of cou r se each woman's fra · leroily will have booths as we have always done and we will se ll eve rything from r ed lemonade 10 chewing gum . We have a beautiful camp u s and "Pina f ore" will surely be wonderfully well received. Two o f our girls have parts in it, Margaret BullS :lnd Grace Zoellner, both give glowing accounts of the wonders which are to be, so we are anxious ly awaiting results.

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We art mighty proud of our musicians for we feel that we are wonder· fuUy fortunate in having 150 many talented girls. Many of them are dread· fully backward about exhibiting their talents, but this year Alice Coors and Davida SawteU made the glee club, and I have already spoken of our representation in "Pin.fore:' There is Dot a girl in the house who cannot play and sing for ber own amusement, so we never suffer for music here.

Not very Jong ago, we gave a very informal tea for the non -frat e rnity girls on the hill. and we were mighty well pleased to find how many girls came. We made it just as informal as possible and everyone seemed to flave & good time We heartily approve of the movement to es tablish a more friendly feeling between all the students. and we feel tbat one way to su cceed in th is, is to throw ou r house open 10 tbe girls on the hill and above all make them {eel welcome.

We will lOOn celebrate our Founders7 Day banquet. I do love to have the girl! come back and the alumnae who have been away {or SO long. They always have so many interesting things to tell us and I know we will all be glad when the day arrives.

HELEN L . HERSHBER GER

ARK.ANSAS ALPHA-UNJVERSITY OF A RK.ANSAS

(Chartered 1(09)

Number oC students 684.

Number oC women studen ts 2:10.

1tumber oC Caculty 80.

Women' s fraternities : X 0, :14; Z T A, II; n B 4', 19; .6. 4 4.,19.

Girls graduating in June with degree of B.A : Katberine Banta, Mildrec' Moss ; with L.r. (Licentiate of Instruction): Thyra Corthell, Ellen Scott, Helen Sticken.

INITIATES

(Initiated February 26)

Dorothy Ligblon, ' 16.

Roberta Roberts, '17.

Rnth Morton, '17.

Robin Harvey, 'IS.

(Initiated March 14)

Kathleen Brown, '16.

"Well," laid A, flaren't the girls glad that their dance is over?"

IIOb, I IUpPOse tbey enjoyed fixing for it but it is a kind oC B. beard them I&y that they actually enjoyed fixing those pretty decorations," anlwered D.

"Yes," hroke in E, who in spite oC former good resolutions co uld llay out of the convenation DO tanger, " the window s were co vered with white latticework witb green vines trailing over it and little yellow butter8ies scatte red about and the lights 1rere dropped bthind the windows and shaded with yellow ."

"That will do about the dance," said dignified G_ "I for my part am not intemted in luch proceedings. You know there has been lots doing in school thil year and I hut: been listening to the: girls talk about that."

uTeU us all you know," said A, "for I'll admit that I'm totally ignorant on the subjecL"

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"'Veil of courle you know bout the Armory being liaed over and then the Weekly has improved so wonderfully with the new reporting system, and what a good start the A,.kaltldn has made although it is only two years old. and bow we won the debatel with Tenneslee and Oklahoma. The girls say President FUlrall was mightily pleased with the way went off both times."

"Oh YeI," said D. IIthey said be made a fine speech when tbe girls presented the new flag to the battalion on inspection day."

"Oh I heard something about that," said A "Tell us about i1./I

« \Vell you know Arkansas has bad a state Oag for only two yean and 50 the girls bought this onc (or the cadets. They all marched across ' the campus behind Sergeant Farrel who ca rried the fhlg. Pruident FutrAl! made his speech and then presented it to Lieutenant Wiley who responded for the battalion!'

"What kind of a flag is it 1" asked A.

" It has a large white diamond with a blue border on a sca rld ground, for you know Arkansas il the diamond state. On the white diamond there are three blue Itars signifying that Arkansas was third in the Lollisiana purchase; there are twenty-five white stars on the blue border for the twenty-fifth state admitted into the Union."

II Well," said 0, "I'm not interested in dances or flags I want to kno,y what our girls have done tbis year."

"\Vhy just Jots, " broke in E, who could keep quiet no lODger. "Mildred Moss was vice-president of the senior class, Katherine Banta was on the CaJ'dinal staff and the Weekly staff both, Ruth M c Kinney was on the C6J'tlinal staff, Ellen Scott, Eleanor Forwood and Gellene Nichols are to be on the new Y W. C. A. cabinet; Beatrice O'Neal was elected to Skull, honor soc iety (you know Mildred and Katherine already belong) ; Eleanor Forwood is going to be editor-in-chief of the AJ'kanran next year, Ruth Mc Kinney is on the CaJ'dinal staff and-"

ur think Pan-Hellenic i. going to meet here this afternoon." The coo l even tones were G's, so we had better keep quiet, for we want to know what kind of ru shing rules the girls are going to have next year."

EI lASOR FORWOOD.

LOUISIANA ALPHA-NEWCOM B COLLEGE

(Chartered October 29. 18<)1 )

Number of students 400 .

Number of women students 400

Number of faculty 52.

Women's fraternities: n B 4»,18; A {1 n , IS; X 0, i; K K r, 12; 4» M. 7; A A 4», 6; A ., 9.

Girls graduating in June with B .A. degree: Glays Eustis, Maude Black.

\Ve are eighteen very happy girls just now for two reasons---examinations are over And we have just had A most wonderful house party. But [ tell about that house party, I must say a little about wh.t is happening at Newco!l'lb.

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The series of basket-ball games fo r the c up were most exciting. \Ve are proud that we had two girls, Gladys Eustis and Fanny Maude Blac k on the winning senior team, besides being ,",,'ell represented on Ihe junior and sophomore teams. Now we 3Te eagerly looking forward to our first Field Day whi ch takes place soon. We hope to take h on ors in this, too Tennis htl5 be· gun, but it is too early t o do anything but practise and hope

Al so on o ur spring program is the French play, "Les Foli es Am o ureuses, " to be presented by t h e Ce rcle Frnn ,ais. Two of the lead ing parts are to be taken by I) j Phis, Mildred Post. '15, and Adine Bernard, '16. Speaking of t h eatricals, our famous Tulane Night hu taken place. Instead of giving a play o urselves ""e all t o see "AdCle" presented by Ii professional company. There were th e usual st unt s and the theatre resounded with yells and c heers a ll evening. Class nnd co ll ege spirit were certainly displayed on that night of nights and e \'e rybody granted that it was some fun.

Very little rus hing has been done. Pan - Hellenic has now decided that the same rules that hold for p ledging, hold (or rushing, namely-no girl with two conditions is eligible to be ru shed. So we now ask the girls only into IUll ch or to informal teas Mrs. Ernest Jahncke (Cora Van V. Stanton, '03) gayc: a most delightful ,h; dansfwt (o r us and our rushees. We all had a lovely time and felt so mu ch n earer to our a lumn a'! and rushees after suc h a nice party.

Newcomb's 6rst big debate has taken place and though we lost , we were glad our opponents were such fine girls. To lose to them was no disgrace. Agnes Scott College of Atlanta ought to be proud of her representatives. * B K has been awarded. Eleanor Luenburg, K K r, Gladys Bibbens, A *, and £rene Miller were the favored three.

W e want a ll Pi Phi s to know th.t we were able to cont ribute fifty dollars tJ our Seltlement School. Our scrambling for money in one sho rt week was most amusing, but D OIV we are glad it was done and done successfully I am sorry [ have not the time to say more about our house party. \V e l eft New Orleans on Friday and spent the week -end at Bay SI. Louis at the h ome of Mr and Mrs. Norl o n, the uncle and aunt o( Adine Bernard. As the bungalow was in among the pines and a l ong the water we lost no time in enjoyi ng ou rselves. On the go all tlay 3.nd at n ight impromptu theatricals and singing by th e moonlight claiming our attention, we returned home Sunday night tired but happy. We hope to s('nd our pictures to THe ARROW lOOn and together with a minute 3cCOllnt we will try to t ell you more of Louisiana Alpha's house party.

JE ANNETTE PARDONNER.

EPS I LON PROV I NeE

OKLAHOMA ALPHA-UNIVERSITY

OF OKLAHOMA (Chartered September I, 1910)

N um be r of It u dents 905. Number of women Itudents 315Number of faculty 130.

Women's fraternilies: K A 9, Ii ; n n CPo 18; AA.1, 19; Z T f! ( l ocal), 16. Girls graduating with degree of A.B.: Il clen Pyle, Ruth Aughinbaugh; B. Mus.: Lina Dr) .n .

IXITJ ATES

(Initiated February i)

Mary McMillan, '17. Norman, Ok la

Elizabeth Boyd, 'Ii. Oklahoma City, Ok la

NeIL Dashner, "5. C hi ckas ha, Okla.

Florence Wagner, '16, Monett, Mo.

Ruth Ann Parks, '15. Tahlequah, Okla.

Marcia Purcell, ' 16, Lawton. Okla.

Jewel PAtchf'Il , "i. Pauls Valley, Okl:t. Kathryn Reed. '16, Ada, Ok la.

( Initiat ed February 26)

Glen n Jf:lrrell , 'Ii. M e rcedes, Texas.

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lIelen Beatty, ' 17. Oklahoma Ci ty, Okla. Nell Dyer, "7. Oklahoma City, Okla.

I.ee Stigler, '17, Stigler, Okla.

On Marc h 4. the new Law Building W8!I dedicated, an event wbi ch proved t o be of unusual in terest. The program consisted of an address by Mr. Eugene Wambaugh of Harvard and short speeches by Governor Lee Cruce and prominent lawyers from over the state. In the evening a formal r ece ption \Vas held in the library of the Law Building. Three of our girls, Ruth Aughinbaugh, Lina Bryan, and Elizabeth Boyd, assisted.

At present our intereil centers in baseball. Oklahoma. has played two sue· cessive games with the Chinese University of Jlawaii, winning one. The gam e with the Chicago White Sox was especially exciting although we stood no chance of winning.

The freshmen are "ery mu ch in evidence since the question of freshman caps has betn decided. Long and heat ed were the argumenho pro and co n but it was almost unanimousl)' decided that a r ed postage stamp cap should adorn each freshman during the month of April.

\V e are looking forward to the annual high schoo l track meet held in Norman, April 24 -25 Hun dr eds of high school student:i are expected to attend. It is at this time that we entertain the prospective rushees of next year.

The most exciting event of the year was th unexpected marriage of Etta Nairn and Milton Meyer, N They intended to surprise everyone but the news slipped out a short lime before th ey were to leave. The Sigma Nus and the Pi Phis went to the tuin in a body and showered them in the customary way .

We feel proud of Ruth Ann Parks, one of our newly initiat ed girls. She played the leading r ole in "The Ma s ter- Mind " gi\'en by the Kanuntaklage C lu b.

We are planning to ce lebrate Founders' Day with a banquet al the c hapter house. The Oklahoma City and re s ident alumnre are to be invited. Our l ast will be a rushing dance the fir s t Friday in May.

EVELYN MILLER.

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TEXAS ALP HA-UNIVER$ITY OF TEXAS

"Mary Bryan, what shall I write in the c hapter letter? It's due now a nd must get it off today and I can't think what to write".

"Well", Mary answered, "there wu a time we went to Bull Creek (or the picnic (or the freshmen. All of our uumnae went, you know, and about fifteen freshmen. We gave a dinner t oo, and we bad eight freshmen spend the night at the chapter house. You might alIa say that pledge day comes May ZOll.

"We've had lots of visitors", added AdcJe Glasgow. "Jefferies Green of Randolph-Macon was h ere for two months and will be back here for the banquet we have on Founders' Day. And Margaret Ralston, ex-' IS. visited Mrs. Kirby here. Moselle Webb. ex-'16, Buena Clinton, ex-'14. Tharon Thompson, '13. and Monette Colgin, ex-'14. were here for the Anow Head and Rade r dances."

"By the way", I added, as I jotttd down these notes. "That reminds me of the dances we have had. Monette Colgin, ex-' 14 and Thuon Thompson, ' 13, led the Anow Head danet and cotillion. Jeannette Mad!le and Anna Earle Wells led the Rader dance and cotillion. Mary Bryan led the Easter German, and Nita. Stark (Nita Hill, ex-'u), led the n r .6 dance "

"Do n ' t forget the Easter egg hunt we gave for the twelve littl e deaf and dumb children", said Annie Earle.

" W e are going to have a banquet at the Driskill to celebrate Founders' Day and we hope many of our a lumn se will be here", added Adele. "They will probably stop here returning from San Antonio for the Battle of Flowers. Jane Gregory went there as Ducheu from the University of Texas".

"The best thing of all is what our daily Texan said. that the Alpha Delta Pis Rnd the Pi Beta Phis were the only women ' s frat e rnitie s with no failures", said Mary

And then looking over my notes I though t what a pleasure it had been for us to see Mrs. Wilbur, the mother (If one of the Pi Phis of W ashington A. 1 also thought what a pleasant year Texas A has enjoyed.

MARY GREEN.

WYOMING ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF WVOMING

(Chartered 19 10)

Number of students 425.

Number of women students 250.

Number of fa culty 54.

\Vomen's fraternities : IT B 2); A.6 A, 24; 1.: P (local).

Girls graduating with degree of B. A .: Margaret Arnold, Lucile Wright and Trace Foster; B.S. : Alice Downey

\V yomiog .-". has suffered a great loIS in th e death of her beloved member, Dr. Wergeland. She was taken ill shortly after the beginning of the second semester aod wss obliged to give up her 'Work ai professor of hi s tory aod Spanish. The doctors thought that after a comp l ete rest she would be sble to resume her work in the university next year H owever, in spite of the efforts

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of the docton and of ber dear friend. Dr. Hebard, she eontiou.ed to f.iI rapidly and passed away tatly in March. All who have net kOQ'WD Dr. Wer,eland will realiu the great 1011 that has come not only to Pi Phis bat to the university and entire student body as well.

On lookine back over tbe past year, I think we can sa/ely lIy that this hi. been ont of the most successful yean in the history of the univenity. The total enrollment i, nearly double that of last year and we have reason to be· Iieye it will be greatly increased Dtll:t year. From our President. Dr. Duniway, 'we lellrn that the faculty will also be increased.

The agricultural buildiDg which wa, commenced last year will be finished during the liummer ready (or the opening of the winter term. The estimated cost o( this building i. over $100,000 and will greatly add to the un iversity.

Our delegate , Trace Fosler, has r ecently returned from Salt Lake. Utah. where with delegates from Colorado B. California .A, and B. also the president :lnd vice president of Zeta province, she was inspecting the chapter of r 4' whjch is petitioning n n 410. Our delegate returned wildly enthusiastic over the r 4J girls and after her report was given Wyoming A unanimously eodoned the r chapter. \Ve were also pleased to h e with us for a day Francis Stancb · field, the delegate from Colorado B, who stopped off to visit Wyoming A on her way home from Salt Lake. The freshmen en!ertained at a "cooky·sbine" for our vi.itor and delegate. During the evening the girls told us more about their trip.

The alumnae club has invited the active ch::.pte r to celebrate Founders' Day with them. We are look ing forward to a very pleasant evening as tbeir guesb.

The sophomore c lass is soon to entertain with a "hard times" dance. Every· one is anticipating this dance with a great of pleasure as it i. the first since Lent began.

EUC:EN'IA M. NUl.

COLORADO ALt"HA-UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO (Charte red

Number of st udents 1,250.

Number of women students 450. of faculty 140.

Women's {raternities: IT B 41, 32; .::1 r. 30; K K r, 30; X O. 24; A X O. 18 i 664,21.

INITIATKS

(Initiated February 14)

Ruth Buty. Sue Boot. Ella Borst.

Annie McKay Brown. May Dahlstrom. Marjorie Fleming. Eileen Fruier.

Charlotte Hugo. Helen K oh ler. Mary McFarland . Ruth Menke. Edna OIaison. Marie Quillen. Enid Van Alstine.

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( In itiated M arcJl30) Marguerite Walker.

Girls g radua ting in J une with degree of B.A.: I-l ope C leveland, (4) B K ), Marjorie Dixon, Mary Frost , Ursu l a Patt on, Lolita Sn ell, ( 4) B K ).

On Valentine's Day, as you see, gnnd little val e ntines came right into ou r chapter. The initiation began at five a n d lasted until eight. A ba nquet wa s h e ld at the Bou lderado H otel and it was indeed a night to be r emembered. Later in the month the Y. W. C. A. gave a g r eat carniva l a n d made over $100. The money is to be u sed to send girls t o the Estes P a rk summer confe r e n ce. In M a r ch came the W omen's L eag u e M as k Ball; the m on ey r ealiz.ed was u sed to help p ut a br i c k or two into the \ Vomen's Dormitory, which will be built some time in the future. April II , the Y. W. C. A. had il!' an nual waffle b r ea kfast which was very successf ul in spite of the six inchn of s now outs i de. Thirty do ll ars was cleared for th e S um mer Con ference Fu n d. But the big event we are anticipating is the May Fete on M ay 9. Pi Phi h as maids of h onor from the freshman, sophomore a n d senior classes. ' mere is to be a junior-se n ior ce r emony, at which a senio r will co nfer the h on or of being a se nior t o a j uni or. Th e senio r c111S S elec t ed b ot h of th ese girls a n d chose fo r their r eprese nt at ive. Mary Fr os t, ' 14, who is to h a nd down th e h o n or to Barbara S h a ttu c k, ' IS ; Anna McKay Brown, ' I i, ar.d Ge rtrude R en ni e, ' 15, will take part i n t h e fan cy dancing.

Th e c h ap t e r will give a dance May 2 and severa l of next year's ru s h ees have bee n invited to l'lttend. Hi gh Schoo l Day will come M:ay 16 th is year and eve ryon e will hold open house. T he women's fraterniti es e ntertain at lun cheon and the men's en te rtain wit h dances in the evening for the high school s tud e nl s of the sta t e

The senior bre akfast gi ve n by the j uni ors co m es on the Ba cca laurea t e S unday Th e se ni o rs are eac h pre se nted with a IT ¢' teaspoon. Thi s h as bee n a fine ye ar fo r Co lor ado A

COLORADO BETA- U)l I VERS ITY OF' DENVER

Number of s tu dfmts 1,1 59.

Number of women s tu dents 4 87.

Number o f faculty 75.

\Vo me n's fr aternities: IT B <1>, 22; r <I) B, 20; 2: K, 2 0; 1\ Z, 20; A 2:, 16.

I NITIATE

( In itiated February 11, 1914)

Luc ille Carr.

Names of girls graduating in June with A .S. degree: H elen And erson, Grace Bartholom ew, Lucille Carr, Katherine J oh n son , Faye Jones, Edna Lewis, Alma Melz.er.

"Good m o rnirig, young f r iend", the grave c1d goat speaketh, "The same, sir, to you " , the Kit che n Mou se squeaketh, " 'Tis r ejoicing J am that th e sp ring sunshine beamelh!

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Ilow contented thou looketh; how well - fed th o u seemelh !"

"Yes, ) 'U, {or spring c ometh", the goat gaily croaketh .' N 0 longer I weep, for no more the grate s m oketh .

Well fed am I (or right often I dineth

'Tis the season when best the good cooky shinClh " .

" Ah yes" , said the mouse when the goat his voice husheth. " H ow I do love these days when the Pi Phis firsl rusheth .

This bunga l ow always with gay voices hummtlh Wh en maide n s demure on H igh Sc h oo l day cometh

'fo lunch wilh the Pi Phis whose glad welcome greeteth

The l asses, petite. lIow my giddy h e art beateln

To think that the future su ch happiness beareth 10 the few chosen maids who the gold nrrow wureth"

"Ah me", said the goat what joy this life bringtth, To those who in Pi Phi rejoiceth and s ingeth

And dance th, may h ap, for you every day heareth

Of the wonderful formal that speedily Deareth, Of the diu ling gowns, many secre t s un foldMh, For, be li eve me, the P i Ph is some r eve lry holdeth, And lucky th e men whom by c h ance th ey im, iteth

To join in that gaiety, their souls delighteth".

"Such tr ivia l p l eas ur es t o yo u, sir, appea leth I n spit e of yo ur age, your soul t h ey r evea le th . I was taught bl!tter, si r, by a. f o nd loving mamma.

My tas tes s tro ngly bend to th e fine mod ern dramal: And th e Kitc hen M o u se brush e th a cr umb from her whiskers.

" 1 was chLltting l ast eve with Sir Gamma Phi Fri ske r H e !'I nyl , si r, he too, hath a. love f o r good acting, And we both in thi s wi se find our tastes quite exac ting ".

The g OtH lilted hi s h o m, r ep lied gay l y, " W ell ti r , I( you want right gOM acting , just watch

In the Se ni o r Play, s ir, sh e th e lead ing part ta elh In n forsooth, that the h ero's henri b rea k eth. Helen An de r son too, le i u s n eve r forsake h er, h an In dia n Maid , i n this plsy 'A rro wm aker' !"

"Do n 't call m e 51 R, plen..se," th e young mouse complainelh, " Bad manners with age, sir, you ce rtainl y gainetb".

"Pardo n me, madam, b ut my rhyming co m pels, sir,

To say S I R in o r de r 10 rhym e it with M e lur ".

As t h e Kitchen M ouse seweth a. deep sig h s h e breatheth

"I'm thinking stlith she of the Pi Phis who leaveth

I n Jun e when Com mencemen t ou r gay r Rnks depleteth, Ah me", sigheth she, "how fast the tim e fl eelelh" . "Fifty years" , said th e goat. "si n ce ou r l oved schoo l beginnelh

Jl a th e lapscd and great honors and IRurels !ihe winnelh

They t e ll ,hat gre at th ings al Commen cement occu rreth

CAUroRNIA ALPHA CHAPTJ:R.

First rDUl-t. Winona Butrtt, 2. Elizabeth Anderson, 3. Ruth Brooks., 4. Rofena Beach, S. Miriam BrJan.

S.tDl'ld r0w--6. Mildred Carr, 7. Kathleen Chandler, 8. Gertrude Clancy. 9. Clara enID, 10. lotephine CrUle7

Tllird ro_ll Vi,.-inia Clowe, 12. Constance Darrow. Il. Hazel Dart, 14 Florence Gamble, 15. Phyllia Ellison. Fot4rt" r o_16 Frederica Henkin" 17. Helen Hurd, 18. Helen Keeley (Ind. n, 19 Florence Knapp, 20. Gemude Mendenhall. Fi/th Geraldine McKnilht. 22. Georaene Peanall, 23. Ma.ry SIOIs. 24. Ruth Shelton, 25. Sophie Smithmeycr (Kalt. A).

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That the soul of uch graduate speedily stirrelh. A great j ubilte they all ce:lebrateth

To honor the men who the old school createth

Bilihops Moore and Mc Dowell who in Pllli! day. presideth

Will return to the school where once they resideth " .

"Hove you heard", uid the Mouse, "how the campaign proceedcth For the lund (or Endowment they urgently needeth ". "l've heard the girls say that right well it progrcssclb And Chancellor Buchtel his warm thanks cxpruseth

To tholte who their aid to the good cause cxtendeth All honor to those who their timely help lendeth ".

The Kitc hen Mo use gaily her agile tail flirtdh

A s the goat with such warmth his deep love asserleth

For the school that by hearsay he so proudly praiscth.

"Did you know " , said the Mouse, "that the Pi Phi 'Cai n r:l.b.eth' In a play for the fund that May Second they giveth They' re working right hard, as sare as they liveth

And each 'Raiseth Cain' in a manner most shocking, AI planned by the dramatists Hosmer IUld Hot' king:' Tn Charlotte cometh, tbe old broom sbe beareth

Accompanied by Alice wbo a big apron weareth

Away the Mouse scampereth; Alice lustily screetheth,

The top oC the table she right quickly reach eth , "We must buy us a trap" Charlotte wisely commencleth, "Such gymnasti ..: stunts a mousetrap preventtth",

The Bungalow Goat in grave condemnation

His head quickly shook ot this brave declaration

Thought he to himself. "As I love conversation

The Kitchen Mouse surely is worth preservation".

E\'EI YN II. 1105)1£11.

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C ALIFORNIA ALPHA-LELAND STANFORD) JR.) u .

Number of students 1.740.

Number of women students 500.

Number of faculty 222.

Women's fraternities: K _"- e, 28; K K r, 27; n B 41, 23; A 1' , 31; A of>. 16 ; r of> B, 22; A .d 6., 3'; A 0 n, 24.

INITIATES

( Initiated February 16)

Rofinn Beac h Geraldine M c Knight

Girls graduating with A B. degree: Mildred Carr, Clara Cram, Constance Darrow. Florence G:lmble, l1elen Hurd.

As we are anxious to promote the democratic sp irit here at Stanford among fraternity people 85 weU as non · fraternity people. we ha\'e arranged various

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Int er·fraternity partin during the semester \Ve have hnd two "Exchange Din · ners" one with K K r lind one with I' B At these dinners the underc las s m en are to g ether at one house nnd the upper · classmen nt the other Besides these we hnve enter· tained the members of Ii e 11 at an informa l dance, and d K E at a S und ay supper.

Th e Junior Week festivitie s we re more than s uccess ful this year. The Junior Ope ra, an original piece, was staged under the direc tion of the Juni o r Opera Co mmitt ee, on which we were represented by Miriam Bryan, ' IS Five o f our girls, I-Iazel DI!Tt, ' 13. Mildred Carr, '14, Constance Darrow, ' 14, Muiam Brynn, ' t5, and Rofina Beach, ' 17 took part in the productio n. Ruth Shelton, ' IS, served on the Juni o r Prom Committee.

As it is customary for Cnl ifornia A and B to celebrate Founders' Day together the B erkdey girls entertained us at a lun cheon thi s year. As it was the day of the California -Stanford Regatta baseball game at Berkeley, we spent tblt wh ole day wi th the girls. Eighty of us sat down to the lun cheo n and indeed it WAS a sp lendid sight to see so many e nlhusiasti c Pi Phis togethe r.

Now we are a ll interested in the 'Woman's C lu b I-louse, whi ch is at present in th e process of co n s tru c tion. Tt is to serve ns a meeting place for 0.11 th e women ' of the university as well as alumnre, Fraternity girls are particulnrly interested in this as it see ms a great advance toward democracy.

The Ca lifornia -S t a nfo rd Track Meet which is to be held here April 18, has brought to the campus many of our alumnre and friends As some o f the Berkeley girls will be on that day we are all busy preparing to entenain them.

MIRIAM A. BRYA!'i'.

CAL IJ.'O RNIA BETA-UNIVERSITY OF CAL IFORNIA (Cha rtere d IC}lOO)

Kumber of students 7,52i ( Inclu ding Affiliated Colleges and Summer School).

Number of women students H}OO ( Inclu ding graduate students),

Number of faculty 768.

W omeo's fraternities : K A e, 41: 1'''' 8, 41; K K r, 36; IT B 41, 39: d 4, 33; A 44 ; X n, 32; A 0 n , JJ; d r, 24; A Z d, 31 j A X n, 29 ; % K. 2J; .A .1. n . 27.

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My last letter to THE ARROW! Why, I can hardly realize tbat this is the last time I'll have an opportunity of telling my siEter Pi Phi s of the lidoings" of Califo rni a n. I wonder if the other co rrespoDding secretaries have enjoyed their work as much as I have. Of co urse r don't mean to say that , have not co mplained at timts of the numerous dudevo l ving upon a CO Tr espo n di ng secreta r y, b ut r eally, on the whole, it has been such a splendid oppo rtun ity to get in touch with our Grand Officers and to renli"e the of IT work in I a l most a perso n al friend of those I h"ve bee n talking to by leiter, even though I have n eve r see n them.

Perhaps the most important event sbcia lly for u s this term was ou r r«:tption. wh e n we we r e "at home " in our new h o use. for the first time, to ou r co ll e g e fr ie nd s. O ur province p resident , Mrs. Ca rney, Mrs. Darnell. s« reta ry of our a lumn re club, besides seve ral faculty wives assis ted in receiving, and .11 felt du l y proud of th e suaess of our affair

Last evening we entertained as di nn e r guests , President and Mrs. \ Vheeler, Dean and Mr s. Barrow" Mr. and Mrs. lI o l way ( Mr . H olway is head of the Physi ca l Geog r aphy d.!partment) and Mi ss Lu cy Stebbins, dean of women. They a r e all s u c h int ere s ting peop le, nnd we th o roughly e njoyed having the opportunity o f m eeting them in ou r ow n h ome

Not l on g :lgo the women s tu 4en ts of the university were v e ry fortunate in being able to hnve Miss Co n de t he well - known r eligious l ec turer. A se ries o f thr ee lec tures was given, and eac h time th ere was a c r owded audience in Hears t Hall. At the same time, the men h ad the opportu nity of hearing Dr. Eddy.

Within the n ext week tbe English Club will stage two p lay s in t he Gree k Tboeater, "Co untess Ca thl een" and " T eja" by Veats. Special mu sic ha l bee n co mpo sed for Countess Cath lee n by o n e o f o ur members of the music <.1epartment and with th e sp len did cas t in bot h p l ays , they are attracting much interest. The English CI ub recen tly depa rt ed from precede nt and offered a prize fo r th e best drama written by a s tu de nt. Two worthy motives promoted thi s act: one to encourage c reat ive d ramati c abili ty among undergrad uate students, a n d the ot her to p rovide a modest he a ring for st ude nt s young in Cali fornia dramatics, without entering into competit i on with expe r ienced p la yers.

On April 14. Th e Mi chigan GIt:e Club a nd the U ni versity of Califo rn ia wil1

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i:ive a combined concert in the Greek Thuter The Michigan Glee Club has gained an enviable reputation by itl work on its western tour. Th e U. C Glee Club is looking forward now to :J. European tour similar to one made by the Club two years ago

The Annual Partheneia, a mnlique portraying the transition from maidenhood to wom!1nhood will be given on the afternoon of April 14. It is given in ont' of the most beautif ul and picturesque spots on the camp us, and is always the ar· listie success of Ihis semester. This year. both the masque and the music were written by students nnd everyo ne expects it to be a splendid production. Five Pi Phis have parts in the Parthenein; Luc ie Altona, 'IS, Mila Cear ley, ' IS . Helen Havens, ' t5. Dorothy Elder, '16, and Dorothy \Vetmore , ' 17

Mrs. Carney, our pro\'ince president, recently made her official visit to the chapter and it is needless to say how muc h we enjoyed her talk to us. 'Ve have the advantage of mnny chnpters in that, as the province president lives ill Berkel ey, we have fr eq u t nt visits from h e r and her official , isit is anticipated, rather than awaited in nervousness or d read . )lI1.A CUR LEY.

ALI)

HA-UNIVER S ITV 0'" (C hartered 19Oi)

Number of st udent s 2:,810.

Number of women students 1,145 .

Number of fa c ulty 165 .

Wom ea's fraternities : r o:}J B, 33; .:1 r, 33; K K 1', 31 ; II B 4>, 3i; A ::::..:1 ,2:5; X n, 2:3; K A 9, 26; A r ..:1 , 3i; d ..:1 .6., 2:i; 1: K, 28; ..:1 X n, 2:3; A 9.

INITIATES

( Initiated February 2:1, 19 14)

Dorothea Goodwin, ' 17, Se3ttle, Wash.

Ail een Hamilton, ' Ii, Seattle, W ash.

D ' Ette McAuslan, '17, Seattle, Was h

Doris :Mi sn e r, ' 17, Seattle, Wa sh. Frances Tanner, 'Ii, Seattle. \Va sh ( Initiat ed March 30, 19 14 )

Vera ChamUers, 'Ii, Olympia, Wash

Blanche Bolinger, '17, Methow, Wa sh. Marie ' M cA l1 slan, '17, Seattle, Wash

Hel e!! Gaul, '17. Seattle, Wao;h.

Girls gradualing with degree of A B .: Opal BonS3l1, Mary Ba ch, C ln ra Strong, E s ther Bunnell.

Spring is always the bu siest part of the college year, and this yenr there is m o re to do thon eve r before, and yet w e wel co me each new ;addition.

Ou r crew men have do ne exceptio nally well this season. Th ey have al r ead y won a great ho nor by winning the r3ce with Leland Stanfo r d U niversity and the University o f California. Plan s ore bei ng made fOT'D.noth er trip e3st later in the spring.

The social side of the un iversi ty life ha s by no means bee n neglected du r ing

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tbe past year. By a well arranged schedule of events, we have been kept busy and sufficiently amused to strengthen morl!: than ever, the ties of loyalty which bind UI to our Alma Mater. W e have lately held our annual Connty Fair, rl!sultinl' in a splendid time for and funds amounting' to about $soo for the Women'. League scholarship. DramaticI, deb&ting and choral work have each bad an important part in our col1ege Life. Last Saturday night the University Dramatic Club put on liThe r-felting Pof' and it was remarkably well and staged ]UlIt at present we arc working hard on our comic ope ra , "Erminie", which we are to give the thirtieth of this month.

We have rraduaUy been climbing the ladder, oC enrollment and this year we have reached the round m:nked 2,810. We are grateful (or this accomplishment, but believe that next year with all the strength of the big s(ate of Washington, we will be far put that round

At present we are looking forward with great pledsure to several traditional college days. which will bring out. great deal of college spirit. First will come the Campus Day, the general "clean up·day" of our beautiful campus. Junior Day is the day of inter·scholastic water sports and this year we are ex· peeting some fine demonstrations. The May Fete is a beautiful tradition of \Vasbington and this year it will be larger and better than ever.

We have been trying out a new .ystem to improve our scholarship by not initiating a freshman who failed in any subject and who received more than one o. This liystem we believe to be very efficient, although three of our frelih· men have had to wait over until June to be initiated.

\Ve are very busy with plan. for next year We are bavioK a wonderful new house of twenty ·four rooms built for us, 10 that means that we mUlt now begin to save for new furniture. During the summer each girl is going to make something for our house. As semester rushing is to be tried out again next year, we are looking forward to a very successful year. MARY McENT•••

WASHINGTON DETA-STATE COLLEGE OF WASHINGTON

(Chartered 19(2)

Number of students 1..127.

Number of women students :117.

Number of faculty 146.

Women 's fraternities: IT B oil. 23 j A 4 IT, (4; K A a, 23; A T X. (local), 14; X B IT (local), 17.

Girls graduating with B.A. degree: Quevenne Mecklem, Zelva Mecklem, Lois Caldwell; with B.S.: Bess Babcock.

INITIATES

(Initiated February (914 )

Helen Hungate, '17, Pullman, Wash.

Zora Wiffin, '(6, Ritnille, Wash

Nellie Northrup. '17, Palouse, Walih. Edna '17, S. 30( Regal St., Spokane, Wash.

Esther Horan, '17. Wenatchee, Wash.

Alice Lodge, '(7, Wenatchee, Wash

Mabel McKay, ' (5. Tenino, Wash.

WASIIINGTOS UETA CHAPTER

First roUl, Irft to right-Edna McCroskey, Bessie Dabcock. Edna Babt:ock, Painter. Suo_Ii ro_Helen Ouardl. lnu \'{ca ver, Lillian McDonald. RUlh Shoudy. Nellie Northrup. Third yo_Zein J\lec.klcm, Grace POSI, Anita Gallaghcr. Lilian MacLfi)d. Helen Hungate, I)oril Schumaker. Fon,A rotr-Quevcnne Mcd:lcm, Ruth Latham, Alma Prichard, Zora \\' iffin, McKay. Fi/tl. ,-ow--Esther H oran, Alice Lodgc, Juanita Gregory. Lois Cald e11.

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The annual IT 4> formal was held Jan utlry 24. and w as a veTy delightful alTair. OUT nut social function w:u the pleulotc dance, at which our pledges entertained. The nut day was the happiest day of all for the seven loyal pledges became seven loyal Pi Phis.

Washington B continues to hold first place in scho larsh ip. accord ing to the report of the Dean of the College. W e were '\'ery proud when the list of honor st udents for the first semeste r was read. We had five honor st ud ents , the largest number

The sec()nd semuler began the first of February, nnd so many things have hapl>ened lint: c that I hardly know where to begin. \\'e have four new pledges of \\hom "e are vcry proud. They 3rc Olive Drunning, Elsie Freaks, of any group. H elen Canfield, ond Mabel McKay. All are freshmen "ilh the exception of Mabel McKay, who is a junior, having previously attended the Uni\"ersity of California.

Our girts con tinu e to tak e an active part in co llege activities. Th e following girl!l have had parts in the co ll ege plays: Zelva Me c kl em , ' 14, and EdnA. Babcock, ,,6, in the "PilIars of Society," Nellie Northrup. '17, in liThe Man From I( ome," and Q u eve nn e Meckle m. " 4. and Alma Prichard, ' 16, in "As You Lik e It. " Z-elva Meck lem, ' 14, and Alma Prichard, '16, have had the leading pam in the plays they were in.

Lilian Ma cLtod, ' IS. is chairman of the Jun io r Prom Committee, Society Editor for th e 1915 CI,j"ook (college annual) and Home Economics represen tali\' e to th e Washington Agriculturist.

Bessie Balxock, '14. has be"n chosen as one of t h e nl embe r s for the \V omen's Debating Team. Alma Prichard, '16, Eli:r.abeth Point er ' 16, and Edna Babcock, '16, are o n the staff for the 191 6 ell/nook. Ine z: W eaver, 'IS. was elected president of the \Vom en's athletic association, and captain of the honor basket-ball team.

The e ntire !Itudent body i!l now l ooking forward to Campus Day, t h e May nnd the Annual Musical Festival. Th e women st ud ents are especially interested in the vocational confe r ence fo r women, which is to be held here April 17 and 18.

W e n r e l ooking forward with pleasure to our first visit from our Provin ce president, Mr s. C"r n ey \V e lire in hopes that it will be possible f or Mr s. Carney to be wilh us for Founders' Day.

ANITA GALLACHER.

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The Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity announces the charte r ing of "Skulls" as M Z Lodge at the University of California, Dece mbe r 15. 19 13

TAe A/IAa Gamma Delta Quarterly is an anniversary number (or on May 30, this organization ce lebrates its tenth birthday. The foll owing is Quoted from an editorial entitled, The Journey Ahead.

But let us remember that the work of Alpha Gamma Delta is n ot all done. The future of our fraternity rel t s in our hand_f rom t he oldest alumna 10 the newe,t pled,c. The place tbat. each chapter bold in the life of which it is a part must be decided each year. If )'OU would have A lpha Gamma Delta stand among the best ir:! your college, make it worthy of the place It depends upon the individual members of the chapter. If each Alpha Camma Delta cirl takes the ideala of the fraternity into ber life, 1fe need have no fear for the future 1 repeat, i,lIo A.r life Not only tbe four yura of her colle,e life, but into the years after co lleKe Wherever you 80, your life ia the atandard by which your fraternity is jud,ed. Never do you need to be 10 true to Alpha Camma Delta as when you stand alone. And it i s so worth wbile Jt means the best in womanhood

How can the active girl bel t serve her fraternity? By taking its ideals into every phase of college life. The girl who il loya l to ber collele, wbo Itrina f or th e bes t in scholanhip, who takes an active interest in the variou s college activitie , the Kirl who is glad to reeorniz.e true worth in the Kirl. outside her fraternity, sbe i. the one who senes it best. Let us not forlet that we are most loyal to our fraternity when we are loyal to our home, to our college, and to our fellow student

Says the Sigma Chi QJUJrltrly, "What a fine, healthy ring has the following sentence from tbe Newcomb College (Louisiana) chapter letter of Pi Beta Phi: 'Pa n - Hellenic does not have much to cope with here. as there is little opposition In frat ernities, and the fraternity feeling is very good. '"

Tlal! Eltusis of Chi Omega quotes this item from Angl! los of K. A saying, "The skeptical may cry 'Wba.t's in a motto?' but we have reason to believe that & large number of fraternity girls strive stea.dfa.stly to uphold both their open and sec r et ideals. Quite a numbe r of the following are particularly worthy of note":

If we compare the fifteen mottoes of literary IOroritiel, they divide themselves naturally into tlvo ,roups--tbosc emphuizing loyalty as the ru l ing passion, and those which luggelt the desire for marked betterment of self or othen.

Amon, those iIIustratin, the "loyalty" theme we find A .:1 A declarinK "Let us steadfastly lo ve one anotber, " wbite A .6. n maintains "We live for each other," )( calls benelf "UI lOeurs fidc1cs," and A cbooses "Hand in Hand " to symbolil.e her spmt. A 1: A follows the slogan "To one another ever faithful," and A X 0 beauti· fully combinu the ideals o f loyalty and rilht ambition in "Together let us seek the hei,hh."

Of thote which remain, lOme persistent se lf·betterment: A K '+ in "Eyer Upwards," X 0 in "Hellenic culture and Christian ideals," and Z T A in "Seek the noblest,·' wbich is close!,' akin to our own dear Ta Kala

The lRotto of • l( r, "Know tbyseJf," and that of n K 4, "Oft /Jrogr.di ,st rttroll",di, dcyelop the same theme with slightly different accent. B 1: 0 Itates an unselfish motive in "We liYe t o do lood." :z: K in "One heart, one way" IU'lesta both loyalty aDd serYic.e, while r + B in "Founded on a rock" proclaims the uhimatf' triumph of rilht principles.-Aflg.. lo.t of K Il.

6. T leads all other fnternitiea in the Dumber of its men who bave received

appointments 8' Rhodes fello..... It SCOTe Ilinds at twenty-three ! A E now haa three Rbodes scholan.-T.Ir R,torrJ of ! A. E.-TIl" Phi PI 0 ..0"''',./,.

At the c:ollvenlion each chapter should take £I_sil of Chi Omela.

of A :! thi. pa5t summer, it was announced tbat up lOme fonn of social SC"ICC or philanthropic work.-TII

A fraternity that not included in tbe lut edition of Bturd', of Am,r,call C olleg. FraU""hel il ! I. It .a. founded ten ycarl .'0 at Louis.iana Stale Univct5iIY. It i. aaid to be represented U universities in Spain, German,., Switzerland and Enlland. In Ihi. country" tbere are cbaplctl at Loui.ian., Ceor,i., Rc:n ••elaer, Cornell and SYUC:UK.

The purpose of tbe fraternity in America i. to promote the rtudy of Spanish and to establish a bond the Americana and the Itudtcnu from Latin·American countriel. In Europe: the fraternity aiml to let the Europeanl know IOmethin, of the Uniyeraities in the United States and otber American countriel.-Pllj 8.'tI Pi O",or. "rlv.

The January Cruce,,' of <II B comments editorially on r ecent convention rulinil:

In The CrUte"' of January. 191J-just a ytar a,o--we find the followin, editorial. Quite in the mlnner of a perlinent school teacher we write upon the unlullied pa,e of the new yur tbe .ariou. probleml that are offered you for IOlution. For emphaail, we read them a,ain-Expansion, Viliting Delegate, Nationa l Scholarship Committee, Students' Aid Fund. Hiltorian, Reserve Fund. After how many sha ll we write O. E. D.?

And now in Tlte Cresu"t of January 1914, we make the following statemenU. The queltion of expanlion il no lonaer an idle one; the obstaclel in the way have been removed.

\Ve not only decided to bave a vilitin, deleaale but cho!e her during convention and Knt her on ber way!

Denver', lu.aeltion in reaard to • National Scholarship Committee ,."u lpeedily acted upon and now we have just IUch a committee with the most efficient of chainnen. The compilation of the bistory of r + is assured-and the IOrority historian -Mary \Vhitford of Alpha and Syracuse Alumnae-has becn chosen. Misl Whitford, be it gid, knOWI more about the IOrori l y than any other person and Ihe enjo)" s a rare distinction-that of attending every meetin, of her chapter for thirty years! . The DUcleus of a reRrve fund is eltabliibed.

In addition to all thL., a financial backin, lUS aiven to Th. Cruu"t ,."bicb puts it firmly on i15 feet, definite action was ta ken in relard to biah school fraternities. a reoraaniz8tioll of ,overmncnt WI! effected, a lu.aestion in re,ard to uniform exam· ination. was accepted and a national scholarship requirenlent decided upon. Truly. we may write our O. E. D. in areat and Bamin. capitals.-A I/1AtJ Phi OWGrlerl),.

Says the Sigma Chi Quarterly:

Clara Lynn Fitch, wife of George Fitc h , has p u b l ished A K A 1"S Garde" 0/ ruu for the Scholars h ip Fund of Kappa A l pha Thet3, of which Mr s. Fitch is 3. member. From the volume, we take the following:

And the following : In rushin" I get up by nilht And rUIb by yellow candle haht, I keep it up the same old way, And do not go to bed till day

When I have reached .o\lumnz state. And becomc very ,rand and ,reat. I'U visit with the ,iris and tell JU5t how to run the chapter well.

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WORKING WlTH THE DEAN

At the University of Colorado, th e Dean of women has initia l ed the plan of calling meetings of the presidents of all the sorori ti es to talk over things in general. She believes that the sorority girls sct the standarda and ideals of the college: and although there are seven different sororities with different ideal s, they a ll have the welfare of the schoo l at heart. Each president presents the little outside problems to her chapter , and in tbis way. not only are the problems solved, but the sororities themselves are bound more closely together. Although we have had just one of th ese meetings, it has proven helpful. and we upcct to find it very pleasant to be thus in cooperation with the Dean of Women.-L)'re o f Alpha Chi Omega.

Says The Rer-ord of Sigma Alpha Epsilon:

]n ca lling attention to 1: A E's one woman member, recently melllioned in The Rero,.d. the Brio Theta Pi states that there have been tw o Deta girls at \\'a ba s h, and that Phi Delta Theta initiated Miss Kat e Crotbers for se rvice to the fraternity in establi shing its Cha jl ter at the University of Mississippi.

From Parthenon in The K ey of Kappa Kappa Gamma we quote as foll ows:

The Dean of Men at tbe University of IIlin oi s gave a very inf or mal , profitable t a lk to the girls of our university at a recent convocation. Hi s th eme was "Women As Men See Them." Strangely enough, we all seemed interested in what h e had to say. He stressed merely th ree divisions of his theme Fir st , girls are only at their best when they are themselves, and no sham of manner, dress or action is going to add to their attractiveness. Although i t is a horrible fact to face. he nearly convinced u s that men are particularly apt at detecting shaffill and cri ti cize women accordingly. He told us men of all classes admire sinceri ty and dignity which comes from rea l worth. This ideal led up to his second point, that dignity is one of the effectua l portectioll5 that women He moderni.zed f o r us the old idea that familiarity breeds contempt. Even more than that. he made us realize that it is by means of familiarities. that are engendered so easily. that false and perverted social standards prevail in our relation s with men. Lastly he spoke of the dangers of popularity, "B eware of f res hman popularity" was the watchword he would se nd to every freshman in a large co·educationaf sehool. It takes tim e to make worth·while friends,

Says th e Boston H erald:

College frat erni ty men. of Kappa Sigma representing seven New England colleges at.iopted measures in their session at the H ote l Bellevue yesterday to attack alleged coll ege "evils" along the lints of the general reform going on in undergraduate organiutions of every college in America. Chief among th e faults which have been laid at the doors of fraternities are poor ICholars hip and "ru s hing" s ystem! which take freshmen into the organizations before the freshm en have had time to show their worth. \' it h the cooperation of the Boston alumni c hapter, the New England district of K 1:, which in cludes organization! at Harva rd, Dartmouth. Massachusett5 State, University of Maine, Bowdoin, New Hampsh ire State and Brown. has decided t o do away with both these charges and to !how by their public as!lertiOIlS that they are seeking refonn in this direction.

The delegates from the colleges were in session all day ye s terday. but dined last night with the alumni chapter. when the worle: was cleared away. The so luti on that was offered to offset the fr eshman rushing wa s to make room in the frat er nity for men of th e upper classes who hav e shown fitness and ability for all sides of college !jfe, athletic. scholarship and social.-Doston n,,.ald.

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A very inte re sting plan is being tried out in New York which has pro\'ed so sucessful this past year that it can no longe r be considered experimental. A year ago this the Associate Alumnre of Barnard Co ll ege appointed

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originally (or Barnard graduates, the plan gl"cw rapidly and all this "; Inter the ThompsoD gymnasium of Teachers' College has been used on Monday nights by aJumnz of many colleges who spent the enning swimming, dancing, b:nrling or playing basket·baU. ThHC was also • class in folk dancing. The riding club organized several years ago by a few undergraduates is now a part of this work and htls met on Friday evenings at the Central Park Riding Academy and two n 4Jos-the Wilson sisters of Iowa r, played on what is said to be the hnt inter-collegiate polo learn for women.

This work is designed for the college woman in business nnd next year it will be extended so that 500 mlly be enro ll ed. Any IT B cJ» wishing to kno'r more of this may address the secretary of the New York alumntE club.

S. P. W.

The following announcements were recei,'ed as THE ARROW went to press,

The Lamlxh Chi Alpha Fraternity announces the chartering of the uTolo Club" as 'rau Zeta Chapter at \Vashington State College, April seventh nineteen hundred and fourteen.

Kappa Delta announces the establishment of Chi chapter at the University of Denyer, Denver, Colorado, Ma}' eighth, 1914, and Rho chapter at the University of \V yOIlling. Laramie, \V yoming, May fifteenth, 1914. '

Kapp:l. Kappa Gamma Fraternity announces the re·estahlishment of Beta Rho chapter in the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 16, 1914.

Delta Delta Delta announces the estab lishm ent of Alpha Epsilon Chapter at Brenau College, Gainesville, Georgil. formerl)' Sigma Phi Epsilon Cha;>ter of Alpha Sigma Alpha on May 5 and of Delta Lambda hapter of Butler College, Ind ianapolis. Indiana. on 18, 1914.

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COLLEGE NOTES

Wetlesley , Ma5I., March I i'.-Two hundrtd and fifty Well et ley students and IOU otber persons, including members of the faculty Ind maids, fled for their live. when fire destroyed Collc.c HaJJ, tbe IUlest and !DOlt pretentious of the buildin" in the college grounds early t o-day. No onc W"\S injured The Ion i, es timated at $1,500,000

The collecc .ession. have been temporarily suspended and special tra ins were mlde up to take the girls to their homes. P ractica lly all those who had rooms in th e building l ost their perso nal possession. and all thei r clothing ucept what they had worn la s t niaht

The superb behavior of tbe youn& womtJI in the hour of peril probably prevented 10 •• of life or injury to mIn, who Iroptd their way through smoke-filled hall. and down litairways and fire escapes to sauty.

Collece Hall had a commanding si te on a bill just east o f Lake \Vaban The co rner stone was laid in 1871. It was nlade of brick and Itone, with an interior of wooden fiuina: s. It Wal of five stories, witb a floor space of SOO by 120 f eet.

The building Wall divided into dormitories, the administrative offices and quarters for servants. Three hundred and fifty person! slep t there last nirht, there being, in addition to tbe 2S0 s tudents , SO members of tbe fac ulty and SO maids employed by the faculty and studen tll -Worcester Gu.tte.

Wellesl ey College re -opened on Apr il 7, a temporary 9dministration building having been erec ted in three weeks. Harvard, Tuft s , University of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts In stitute of T echnology and Clark University immediate l y volunteered to l end b.boratory equipment t o W f'lIesley and other instit utions soon followed th eir example. \\'ellesley has issued an appeal for funds to help the college at this c riti ca l time Among the many editorials on the catastrophe, the following is especia ll y signific ant.

THE WELLESLEY FIRE

The salient feature in the destruction of College Han is the escape of the 2SI) occupan t s without injury. Besides this good fortune, the 10511 of the huilding, though a ca lamity to the college, il insilnificant.

is id in jest ::Ioout fire drill s. That such humor ill as unwarranted as sim ilar allulions to the militil in time of peace was fiihown yesterday morning. Never was th c value of order Ind disciplin e more clear l y demonstrated. The fire oc· curred at nilht. It fii tarted at the time wben slumber i ll uid to lie most heavily. Tbe flame s spread with rapidity Yet tbere was no confusion, no panic. For all apparent variation from tbe usual routine, tbe ea rly morninl exhibition milht well have been the customary fire drill. To be lure , &orne circumstan<:e!l favo red the fortunate iuue The bla:r:e originated near tbe top ' of the buildinl The corridors were not filled to suffocation as the y might have bee n had the fire belun below Bllt this docs not detract from the credit due to the Wcllcliley ,irll and the faculty memo ben in the crisis. There " 'as smoke Spara were flyin, The fire's crackle wu audible t o 111. Before the held of the line of ,iris left the building the entire Wellt wing was afllme Far less peril hIS o ften created greater panic and needlel. havoc In a woman's donnitory at Walden University at Nashville, Tenn., 11 years alO, a fire under Ilmost similar circumstances caused the death of Rven lirls. The catas· lropbe in the Chi Psi fraternity house II Corne n a few years alo is s till fresh in the public mind

Again the handicap under .-bic.h rural fire .pparatus labors at a blue of con.iderabl e dimension • .-IS shown. The building was old and fell readr prey to the flames: I n its deltruction ha s again been e xemplified the grcat need of fire prevention. This le!50D will no doubt be carried out when a lItW and finer collele hall ariR from the ashes on the s bore of Lake \Vaban -BoltoD H,rDld.

At the 44lh a.nnual dinner of the Bowd oin C o llege Alumni Association of New York, President Hyde snnounced that the college at Brunswick, Me., had received a bequest of $500.000 from the estate of the l ate Edwin B. Smith,

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a former Assistant Attorney - General of the United Scates and a widely known Xew Vork lawyer, who died 00 Jan. S of this year.

The dinner was marked by the introduction of the Polar Bur as the official emblem of the college. Rear-admiral Robert E. Peary, U. S. N., retired, the discoverer of the North Pole, is an alnmnus of the college, having gradualw in the class of '77. and in hODor of the uplorer, the Polar Bear has been adopted as the college emblem.

Two ac(obats inside a polar bear skin walked about the tablel, during the dinner, the diversion being gleefully received.

"International Nisht" w cdebra\ed by the Co.mopolitan Club of the University of Chiaro in Leon Mandel Assembly 11111 on April 18, Ind the entertainment, raRlin (rom a Ru ••ian dance to a Hindu weddin, and Swedish IOnlS, was tlJe molt varied and elaborate ever givu by the club. The mayor of f oreiln consuls 'Nere inyited to occupy boxes. The dub, hicb is made up of men of an nationalities is affiliated ",itb a lar,er or,aniution wbicb baa for iu purpose a better underatandin, amonl Itudenb of different race..-Univenity of Chicago NftJ!s LdUr-.

Says Tlu A "ge/os of Kappa Delta:

Ne'" York University announces by Decoration Day, 1915, a buildin, in the form of a Greek temple ",ill atand on its campus a memorial to famoua American women. The University's Han of Fame as ori'ainally pbnned and dedicated in 1900 proyided onl,. for famous men. Tbeir are commemorated in bronze tablets in ",ans of a beautiful colonnade that overloola the HudllOn river Name, to be inlCribed thereon arc chosen every £iye years by a board of one hundred dectors representin, every Aection of the United States. These names constitute tbe national roll of honor. Some 50 out of 150 bronte lablea have already been filled. A third temple to provide memorial 5pi1CW!' for foreign·born Amerie.n s of distinction, such Louis A,luiz. ROler Williams and Alexander Hamilton, is in procesl of erection.

But the important and si,nificant fact is Ihal women have found their way into America', Academy of Immortals.

Twelve years a,o, only three college' in the lOuthern s tates had entrance JOequirementa which educators of tbe nortb and Europe demand as a minimum. Tbis year 160 southern collelea have reached this standard rank. It is doubtful if such rapid educational progress ever was made in any section before .-Chicago ](""n(llThrough 8(1"'11'1 Grult, EXCM"II ••

A noteworthy plea {or the of morality and spirituality was made by President Ernest Fox Nichols of Dartmouth College in his address at t he annual banquet of the Boston Dartmouth Alumni Association, said President Nichols. ..

"As for me, ) care little for what becomes of our material wealth, for there will be no one to apply it to its bi,bes t uses if we fai l to keep alive the spirit of robust morality or virile idealism. So long 15 we conserve our higher intellectual, moral and .piritual resourcea, 10 lon, we remain a ri,hteou. and free people. so atrong that nothin, either from within or witbout can wreck u ....

Say. the Sigma Kapia Triangle :

Not only i, Smith', "million dollar fund" complete, but there is a margin of lOme $50,000. Thil endowment in one &enIC of the word i, unique • None of the money i, to be used for new buildinp, .11 is so ohen the case when colle,el obtain their funds. All of it will be devoted to rai.ing the IIlaries of the teaching corps. Perhaps t hat il one reason why it was a comparatively elly matter for Smith to obtain not only it. million , bUl a generous sum in add ition. There is more and more appreciation of the fac t that an efficient faculty il the best auet a college can have a n d the appreciation extends to the money.giving public as well II to the fathers and mothers of children who are to have a higher education. Incidentally Smith has a

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freshman clUlI of 508, and its supremacy as the largest women's coll ege is in no menaced.

The following interesting account of the Faculty W omen's C lub of the University of Minnesota is taken from the Minnesota Alumnre weekly through the Alpha Gamma Delta Qflarterly.

The Faculty 'Vomen's Club of the University of Minnesota was ofgani:tcd in the spring of 1911 for the purpose of promoting the social relations of the facuhy women. The faculty had grown so large that an organization of this kind seemed desirable. At a &pccial called meeting of the club in September of Ihis year, it was voted to enlarge the scope of the club so as t o include educ:tt iona l and philanthropic work. The five departments in the club arc the mothers, the student, the Itudy, the home and the social. There are 211 members, the dub meets once a month and tl;1e governing body consists of ten' directors.

The members of the Faculty Women's Club, having for some time been desirous of cooperating on a project which micht be of benefit to the University, decided early in the autum n to gave a play, preferably an or iginal one. So it was decided to give Mrs. George E. Vincent's play, "The Cowboy in the Kurhaus," for the pt.. rpose of founding an emersency fund to be used for the beoefit of women students in the University. It is, perhaps, not generally known that a large number of the young women who attend the university are wholly, or in part. self-supporting_ During the year 1913 one-fifth of all the women in the college of science, literature and the a rU earned their living

Every year earnest, enterprising students ""hose parents cannot afford to give them a college education come to the university in th e hope that they may work their way throuah by their own eff9rtl. They take whatever they can find, such as tutoring. clerical work, sewing and housework_ What is the result? The physically rohust are able to endure the double strain of se lf-support and academic studies , particularly if they have been fortunate enouab to secure employment which is reo munerative without being exhau s tin,. Th o&e Jess physically strong often break under the burden, and are obliged to give up colleae a lt oae ther if they cannot get at least temporary relief. ]n many cases they have gone bravely and successfu lly through the year until dose to the end of the spri ng t e rm, when demands are heaviest and physical s trength at its lowest ebb. At such a time it becomes imperative that they give up their outside work, but where find the money to make this possible? R oom rent and board must be paid, not to mention a dozen other nameless necessities. Often all that is needed to tide these students over is the small sum of $20 or $30. The university has no means of supplying this, as the incomes fr om th e only available funds, the Gi lfi llan Trust fund and tbe Puritan Colony scholarship fund bave been distributed early in the year. It is to meet the urgent need of deservi ng studen ts that an emergency fund s h ould be established. Neither the sta t e nor the ' university can afford to l ose the services of these high-minded, co n scien t ious women who are eager not only f or an education, but are willing to make the hardest sacrifice to get one. There should be a fund from which they can borrow in times of stress. when immediate relief may ensure a future of usefulness. It is to make a nucleus for such a fund that "T he Cowboy in the Kurhaus" is to be given. ]t is hoped that every person who is interested in the project will give his support to the play, for the success of the play means the establishment of the fund.-Aii""esot(l Wetkl)l.

The Anchora of Delta Gamma says:

"Signor Lorenzo Zampato has come from Venice to take care of the work of the restoration of the famous Memorial Church mosaics at Stanford. He was the artist of the original mosaics; at that time spending four and one-half years on the work. This time it wi ll take at least three years."

The College Alumni Association of the Univerliity of Chicago, for the first time in its history, has had a woman presiden t during the last year, Miss Agnes R. Way'

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man, of the d of 'OJ, who is aD instructor in the Department of Physical Culture. Mia Wayman bas been a partkularly active and dficient president and bas been made a candidate for re-election for 191<4·15 During Mi,. Waymao', term of office • new constitution b.a been worked out (or the association, and vanou. fundamental matten of orl"anizatioD have been readjulted.-Univer.ity of Cbic&(O Lnt,r.

Seve ral journals have aJreatiy printed the following interesting statement : "The New York Jecis1ature hils provided (or Rven hundred and fifty state Scholar· sbipt: livin, one hundred dollar. for four yean to be applied toward the tuition fee of any collele with in tbe atate. Wben .l1 the sc.hotarabi". are 611«1 tbere will be: three thouland student. receiving State aid without tbe maintenance on the part of the State of •• nin.rsity orpaiution."

THE SEVEN LAMPS OF COLLEGE UFE

Fir-t one li.a:bts the lamp of tbe "helpin. hand." Give e.ncoura.ement and be a kelp, not a hindrance to aomeone', collece life. By uainc the powen of the fint lamp one can help tbe othen to keep burning.

The second lamp of "Ambition." It haa two wicks, one the academic, the () Ihu the social or athletic. Both must burn 'teadily in ()rder to attain the loal of the perfect collele life.

Now cornell that which will bring peace and j oy to the colle«e.--the lamp of the "'happy h eart." One', off day, must be. kept to oneae.1f and only one ' , happy tide shown to the world.

But a collele would never 10 ri,ht if it had no lamp of "loyalty." Thi, lamp is Kldom wholly lo,t silht of; it burns to a lTeater or less ex tent in the life o f almost eyery s tudent

The lamp of "pure English llpeech" i. often udlr out of ordCl"". It need. one's careful attention that ita lilbt may help one on one', way.

The n COmH a lamp which belps both student and teacher-the lamp of tbe "commendable r.atio." Let one do what one can in one', allotted time Let one haye the ratio of one', accomplishments measure up to what one is capable of doing. Thi, ratio will always brin, auc:ceu.

Closely conn e.c:ted with the six th lamp is that wbich helps one t o ace the good in others. By the lamp of the. "helpin, hand" may one point ou t t o the owne r his ,ift, if be does n o t ace it, and thereby come n earer one's ow n goal.

Here the seven lamps stand before ua--the lamps o f the "helping hand," of "ambition," of th e "happy heart," of "Ioralty," of "pure Enllisb spetth," o f the " commendable ratio," and tbe one that helps us to see the good in others-To Drallma of Alpha Omicron Pi.

Bucbtel College becomell Akron University, and the third , we be liev e. municipal colle.-e in the United States. The formal act of takin, ov er the college al a municipal attribute occurred late in August. President Parke R. Kolbe remains at tbe bead.-Ba '"',, GruR ExcM"III.

The most critical struggle facin, Proteatant Cllristian missionary forces is not in tbe Orie.nt nor in the island. of the sea, attordin, to John R. Mott, chainnan of the Student Volunteer co nvention , but in the American co llel es themselves. This view of the situation II taken also by the Executive Committee of the orpniu ti on . Spe.eia l emphasis Will laid upon college condit ions in the report of the commi tt ee presented by Dr. Mott at yelterday's le"ion_

Nothing Ie than .an overthrow of " college traditions. custom' and every thin. dse in modern college life" is demanded.

"1£ tbe c h urches of North America are t o wage triumphant warfare in th ese di.tant, defiant lands," uys the report, "the misllionary raot. and spirit must first dominate our leats of learning. The moral evils, the prevailing stude nt temptations. the un · favorable co ll ege t raditions Bnd CUltoms and every thing ehie in modern co ll eae life must be. overthrown if tbere i, to be. most largely developed among us truly world conquering power."-Kanlaa City

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