The Arrow of Pi Beta Phi-June-1916

THE ARROW

Official Publication of tke Pi Btta Pki Proternit"

VOLU>lE XXXII ] UNE, 1916 N U MBER 4

SARAH

POMEROy RUGG , Editor

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FOUltDERS oJ: THE

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Maggie--Campbell: ...................... Thyne Institut e, Cha!fF:GUy.- Y:L

Libbie arook ·C addis , 1005 S Third St., Cha mpaign, Ill.

Ada Bruen ·Grier. ................••...... 16 N Tremont St., Bellevue, Pa.

Clara Brownlee -Hut c hinson , ....• , Monmouth, 111.

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Rosa Moore 59 East 21St 51., New York, N Y.

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[na r ; ?J2 . North L St., '!'acoma•. Wash

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Nan cy Black Wall ace 1049 Court t., Salem, O r e.

GRAND COU CIL

GRANO PR&SIO£NT- M:lY L. Keller, W es thampto n Coll e ge, Ric hmond, Va.

GRANO VI C£, PRESIOEWf-Nina Harri s Allen (M rs. F. J.)' 6411 Lake St., Oak Park, Ill.

GRANO SECRETARy- Amy B. Onken, C hapin, III. GRANO TREASURER- Anne Stuart , 1<)06 0 Street. Lin coln, Neb. ARROW EDITOR-Sarah Pomeroy- Rugg (Mrs. F. A.), 46 Mounlfort St., Bos ton, Mass

C HAIRMAN SETTLEMENT SCHOOL COMMITTEE

EI\7.8beth Clarke Helmi ck (Mrs Eli), Donna, Texas. clo Maj or Helmi ck, 28th Infantry.

HISTORIAN

Dai sy Davi s Carney { Mr s. P F.}, 2504 Etna St., Berkeley, Cat. c

CATALOGUER

Edith L Carpenter, Guild H ouse. Pea ce Dale, R. I.

'ALUMNA;: EDITQR-- - =

Anna Robin son Ni chrso n ( Mrs David D .), 74 Rockland Ave , Marden, Mass

PI BETA PHI REPRKSi.NTATIV£, IN NATI ON AL PANHF.LUNI C CoNcuss-Anna Lytle T:mnahill ( Mrs. G W. ), 4 0 2 Third St.j Lewist on, Idaho.

S&cu:r.u.y OF ,Nj\T IONA L PANIIEI LEN I C CoNGRESs-Mary C. Love Collins, X n, Box 69, Denv er, Co lo.

CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES

ALPHA PROVINCE

PRESIDENT-Eva BurlingJlam .. ,., Robinson SI., Binghamton, N. V.

OSTAII.IO ALPHA-University of Toronto, Bessie Ewan, t H ampton ApI S" Toronto, Ontario, Can,tc:1a..

VElCwos 'r ALPIiA-MitJdfebury College, Marie Champagne, Pearsons Hatl, Middlebury, VI.

VERMONT BUA-University of Vermont, Clara Howard Hall, Burlington, VI.

MASSACHUSETTS ALPIIA-Boston lTniversity, Abbie P. Mac Kinnon, u8 W, Brookline St., BOiton, Mu s.

NEw YORK AI .PHA-Sy racuse University, Dorothy Doran, 80S Ostrom Ave ., Syracuse, N. Y. ' I

NEw YORK GAMMA-St. Lawrence Uni\ ersity, Edith A. Tryon, Pi Beta Phi House,' Canton, N. V.

Bl!TA PRbvlNCE

PU.8IDENT-Mnrguerite W e ll er, 753 8th St" S. E., Washington, D. C.

MARYLAND ALPHA-Goucher Collegt:, M:trgaret Forsyth, Vingolf Hall, Goucher College, Baltimore, Md. •

COLUKBlA ALPHA-George Wa shington University, Lettie E. Stew t, 3014 G St., N. W., Wuhington, D. C

VIRCINIA ALPHA-Randolph-Macon College, R:tyner, College Park, V•.

FLORIDA ALPHA ......John B. letson University, Darlie Prather, De Land, Fl •.

PENNSVLVANIA ALrHA-Swarthmore College, Edith Mendenbatr, Swarthmore College, Swarthmol-e, Pa.

PENNSYI .VANIA DnA-Bucknell University, Alice Ha sla m, Women s Col1ege, Lewisltarg, Pa.

PENNSYLVASIA G,uHfA-Dickinson Co ll ege, Mary R. Learned, Metzger Hall Carlisle, Pa.

GAMMA PROVINCE

PRESIDENT-Leah Stock, 27 Broad St., Hill sda le , Mi ch. OHIO ALPMA.-()hio {}niversity, Marion Wil cox, 16 S. Congress St., Athens, , 01110 BUA-Ohio Stale Universil.y, Ruth Spankle. 16<) W 11th Ave., Columbus, Ohio.

l\fI CHICAN ALPHA-Hinsdale College, Tsla B. Owen, 220 W est St., Hillsdale, Mich.

MI CHIOAN BETA-Univenity of Michigan, Genevieve Corey, 836 Tappan Road, Ann Arbor, Mi c h.

INDfANA AI PHA_Franklin College, Mi.iam Deming, 201 N. \Vater St., Franklin, Ind.

INmAN'A BETA-Univer sity at!: Indiana, Florence II H en, Pi Bela Phi H ouse, Bloomington, Ind.

INDlANA GAMMA-Butler College, Alice L. Dunn, 124 S. Emenon AYe., Indianapolil, Ind.

DELTA PROVINCE

brr 'Spry ( Mrs. Walt er P .), 1633 Asbury Ave., Evanlton, III . . ,

ALPHA-University Minneso ta, Ethelyn '112 W. St., Minneapolis, WISCONSIN ALPIfA-Univ":rsi ty 0'( Wisconsin, Ruth O. Roberts, 237 Langdon S.!., Madi,qn, Wil

ILLINOI S BETA-Lombard Co ll ege, Ca therine Crissey, N . Prairie St., Galesburg, III.

ft I INOIS Dr:LTA-Knox Co ll ege , Margaret And e r so n, 21 N. Kellogg , Gales · burg, 111 .

ILI INOI S EPSILON-Northwestern U nivers ity, Mary Louise Koehl e r, 45:11 N. Ashl a n d Ave., Chica g o , III.

I LLINOIS ZnA-Univenity of Illin ois, Mil dred Frommain, 807 South Third 8t, C hampaign, III.

11.I.lIII OIS ETA-James Millikin University, Frances K en ney, 275 Park Pla ce , Decatur, III.

EPSI L ON PR OI'I NeE

PRESIO EIIIT-U ll e n a Inge r so ll, MI Pl easa nt , Iowa

I OWA AI NfA-lowa Wes leya n Co ll ege Beulah Billingsley, Hershey Hall, MI. Pl easa nt. Iowa.

IOWA BETA-Simp so n Co llege, Ruth Buxt on, 500 E. Salem St., Ind ianola, Iowa

IOWA GAM)IA-Iowa Sta te Coll ege, Edith Curt i 5s , Ca mpus, Ames, Iowa.

IOWA Zr.TA - l o wa State U n i "e r si t)', O live Eastman, Pi Beta Phi House, Iowa City, Iowa.

NEBRASKA BUA-Univ ersi ty or Nebra <: k n. Melba Quigley, t9S2 Euclid Ave., Lin co ln, N eb .

MIS SOUR I AI.PIIA -U n iversity of 1\1i sso uri, Mar y M. Lee, 500 Ro llins St., Columb ia, Mo.

MISSO UR I BnA-Washingt on H e len 1-1 McCar go, 5413 Butmer Ave ., 51. Louis, Mo

MISSOURI GAMMA-Drury Co llege , Emma M Baldwin, 113S Benton Ave., Springfield, Mo.

KANSAS AI PIfA-Uni,' er si ty or Kan sas, Miss Ma y Miller, Pi Beta Phi H ouse, J:J46 Mississippi A,' e. , Lawren ce, Kan.

KANSAS BETA-Kan sas Slate Agri c ultural Co llege, H elen L. Winne, Pi Beta Phi House, Manhal"',", Kan.

ARKANSA S ALPHA -U n ive rsity o r Arkansas, U Irene Kneer, Fayetteville, Ark.

LoUISIANA AI PITA-Newcomb Co llege, Doris Kent, !:J24 Fourth St., New O rlean s, La.

ZETA PROVIN CE

PRESIDENT-Emily Ma\'e ri c k Mill e r ( Mr s. E T.), Universi t y Station, Austin, Texa s

OKI.AHOMA AI pu \ -Universi t y of Oklah oma , Elizabeth Boyd, Pi Beta Phi Hou se, Norman, Okla.

TEXA S AI. PIIA-Univeuily or THas, Mary A. Blattner, 2506 Whiti s Ave ., A ustin, Texas.

\\' YOMIN G AI.PIIA- U niv e r si ty of W yoming, Lo 's Butler, 205 S. 8th St ., Laramie, \Vyo.

COI.oRAOO of Co lo rad o , Marj o rie Fleming, 1075 !:Jth St., Boulder, Co lo.

CO I ORAOO B.:TA -Uni,'er sity of Den\ e r, Elma :\l cC le ll and, 50i Downing St., Denver, Co l o.

ETA PR OV IN CE

PRESIDENT-T rea su re Ellis M cC lymonds ( Mr s Vance), 424 Sunnyslope Ave ., Oak land, Ca1.

CA l.lt'ORNIA ALPIIA- Le la nd St3nford. Jr ., Univers ity, Fl o ren ce Knapp, Pi Beta Phi H o use, Stan fo rd Universi ty, Ca l.

CAI JFORN IA BIITA-UnivHsity or Ca lifornia, Mary Donnie, Pi Beta Ph i H o use , 2i09 C hanning Way, Berkeley, Ca l.

NEVADA AI.PHA-Vnivenity of evada, Ju anita Frey, M a nzanita Hall, Reno, Nev.

OREGON At-pnA-University of Oregon, Leta Ma s t, Pi Beta Phi H ouse, 877 tlth A ve E., Eugt:ne, O r e.

WASlfINt;TO AIPd,-Cnh-ersih' o f \Vashington. M. Olive Moore, 4535 18th Ave. N. E., StaHle, Wash : W <\SIII .... crO "J BEl !'itate College, Olive Bruning, 704 Campus Ave., Pullman, Wash.

STANI>I"I(;

CflM MI""I!£ ON Ex rEN<iIf) .... -F lor e nce Carter Sherman ( M r ... E. Cr.), 2002 EI Cerrito Pla ce, Hollywood, Cal.: Edith Valet, II' W 127th St., New York, N. Y.; Mary de Garmo, Agnes Scott College, Deca tur, Ga.

CUM10tiTrEf ON 54: IfOLAIlSIIII'- Anna Lytle Tannahill (Mr ... l;. W.), 402 rhird St.. uwiston, Idaho; El sa Schlicht, 210 N Sandusky St., Bellevue, Ohio; Edith Gordon, 467 Spadina Ave., Toronto, Canada; Ilessie Tucker Gislason ( Mrs. II. B.), 217 Harvard St., 1':., Minneapolis, Minn.; Dr. Grace H ebard, University Library, Lnranlie, Wyo.

COM II1fTI'U ON CHAPERONs.-Effie Patch, 836 Tappan Road, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Minni e K Organ, Salem, Mo.; Roberta Campbell Bowen (Mrs. Ralph), Sol A e., Syracuse, N. Y. ON FRATERNITV EXA"IINHIO"l s- Nellie B. Wallbank, N. Main St., Mt. Plea san t. IowA; Mildred Poley (Mrs. C. \V.), 1020 15th St., Boulder, Colo.; Edith Baker, 7Z \Vestland Ave., Boston, Mass.; Kate Freund, 1656 W. Garfield Blvd., Chicago, IlL; Marie Il ammond, Miami University, Oxford. Ohio; Gracr lIan chrr Beck ( Mr s. Rurton). 234 N. 19th St., Portland, Ore.; lIarriet Wilmot Caldwell (Mrs Wallace E. ) , 114 South Grant St., Bloomington, Ind. ON LOAN Babcoc k (Mrs. II . L.), Dedham, Mass .; Elminn Wil son, 124 I';. 2ith SI. , New York, N. V.; Jennie L . Rowell, 83 lIun gerford St.. Burlington, Vt.

COMMllTEE ON SEn'LE\IE ...·T SnlooL-Elizabeth ClArk Helmick ( M rs. Eli A.), c/o 28th Infantry, Donna, TexAs, chairman and treasurer; Jennie B. Allyn, 296 Massachusetts Ave., Arlington, Mass.; Louise Van Sant, 411 Hawthorn Road, Roland Park, Maryland; lIarri et A. Briggs, 2259 Warren Ave., Toledo, Ohio ; Mildred Steele, 7ql North Academy St., Galesburg, 111. ; Mary Phillippi, 2310 California St.. Omaha, Neb.; Lena May Har per Trott (Mrs. A. B.), 1571 Steele I., Denver, Co l o .; Leda Pinkham Wilbur ( Mrs. II. C.), 528 18th Ave., North, Seattle, Wash.

COM MITTEE ON ARROW FILE-Delia Conger, 381 N. PrAirie St., Galesburg, Ill. ; Edith L. Carpenter. os FELLOWSIIlP FUND-Sophie Parsons Woodman, 561 We s t , 86th St., New York, N. Y. Adelaide Rothert. 141 6 G rove Ave., Richmond. Va. Loua Broadbridge, 274 W est GrAnd Blvd., Detroit, Mich. Marie Gates, 532 Cherry St., Springfie ld, Mo. Edith Daniel Dyer (Mrs. Arlhur), 2208 McKinney Ave., Dallas, Texas. Mrs . Ki ssick, Colorado Teachers Co ll ege , Greeley, Co lo. Alice Hiestand, Hayward, Cal.

CIIAIR M<\N BUREAU 01" PRINTIN(".--Sarah Pomcroy - RuRJ;' (Mrs. F. A.), 46 Mountfort 51., Boston, Mass.

CtSTOOIAN OF TilE PIN-Queene Snow Cox (Mrs. H enry), 3320 Dewry AYe., Omaha, Neb.

ALUMNA, DEPARTMENT DIRECTORY

SECRETARV FOR Tilt: AJ.UMNN. AND GRAND VI CE- PRESIDENT-Nina lI arris Allen (Mr s F. J. ) , 6417 Lake St., Oak Park, 111. AWltlNA'.: EOITOR-l\nna Robinson Nickerson (Mrs. D. D.), 74 Rockland Ave ., Malden, Mass.

A LPIIA PROV I NeE VI CE- PRESIOENT-Jennie B. Allyn, 286 Massa chusetts Ave., Arlin l.;"10n, Mass. BOSTON, lIfAss.-Hertha A. Carr, ISo LongWOOd Ave., Hoston, Mass. DUI"I"ALO, N. Y.-1ma M. Donnaker, 333 151h St.

BURLINGTON, VT.-1 ennie R owell, 83 Hungerfo rd St. N ORTHERN NEW YORK-Dorothy Cleave land, Canton, N. Y.

NEW YORK, N. Y.-Elmina W ilson, 12:4 E. St. SYRACUSE, N Y.-Marion N H owell ( Mrs. L A. ), 6:12 P ark Ave ., Sy r ac use , N . Y.

ROCHESTER, N Y.-Eleanor Gcod, 36 Tracey St. TORONTO, CANADA-G ladness ehA.pman, 14 Forest Hill Rd WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS ALUMNM-Amy L. Wall on , 10 7 Sh e rman St., Springfield, Ma ss.

BETA PROVINCE

VICIE-PRESIDENT-Louise Van Sant, 411 Hawth orn Road, R olan d Park, Md. SALTUIORE. MD .-Molly W. W ood, 2W Prospect Ave., R oland Park. Md. CARL ISLE , PA.- H aze l Ki s n e r . W. Louther St. LEWISB URG, PA.-Irene Fent on Clinger (Mrs . Frank), S . H o well St.. Milton. Pa.

PHI LADELP HIA, PA.-Marion H allowell, 2124 N. 18 th St. PITTSBURGH, P A.-H ele n B. Clark, 540 7 Fri e nd ship Av e. RI CHMOND, VA.-Adelaide R o th e rt, 1416 Grove Ave . W AS IUN OTON, D. C.-Alice Griffi th, 1846 Ontario St.

GAMMA PROVINCE

VI CE-PRESIDBNT- H arriet A. Briggll,2359 Warren Ave., Toledo, Ohio. ANN ARBOR, MI CH.-Janet M c Donald Chipman (Mu D. C.), State Street R oad. ATHENS, Omo-- M ary Reah W ood (Mrs . Jam es) 34 Washington St. CINC IN NAT I, O Hl o--Gert rude H a ncox: Carmon ( Mr s. 1 Ernest), No. 10 Th e Rosson, Clifto n .

C LEVEI.ASD, O Hl o-G ladys Cole, 3076 W. 51,,1 S t. COLUMBUS, Omo--Dorothy Irvine Lambert (Mu. F o n sa) 1994 Summit. DETROIT, MI CH.- Mar jo r ie Beebe Hadley (M u. M J.) 200 Highland Place. Highl a nd Park, Mic h.

F RAN KLIN, IND.-Frances M. Dean.

HII LSDALE, MI CH. -Myr1a K empf

I NDIANAPoL IS, I ND.-Cleo Mill ikan H all ( M rs. E. S.) 2411 N. Alabama 51. 0 1-11 0 GA;\(MA A LU)INA: CLuB-Ellen F. Boye r, 6 24 W . Market St., Orrville, Ohio.

T OLl:OO, OH Io-Sarah Wllit e , 424 Islington St.

DELTA PROVINCE

Steele, 791 N o rth A ca demy St., Gale sburg, til. CARTI-IACE , lLL.- Mrs Ellen F erri s Scofield, !i02 Locust St. C III CAGO, In.-Carr ie Finger Schantz (Mr s. O. M .), SuS We s t 24th St., Cicero, Ill.

CENTRAL, ILL.-Mabl e Li nd say Fairclo ( Mu G. C.), 4U W Church St., Champaign, Ill

DECATUR, ILI. -Erma Ande rson, 616 W. William 51. GALESBURG, I LL - J eanette Chapman, 701 North Prairie A ve. M ADISON , WIs.-H elen Kay ser , 802 E. Gorh&m St. MINN EAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL, MINN.-Lillian Mc Laughl i n, 3144 Colfax Ave., S. Min neapolis.

MONMOUTH ALUMNA: CLua- Katharin e Hanna, 307 W Broadway.

EPSILON PROVIN CE

VI CE-PRES IDE NT- Mar y Phillippi, 231 0 Califo rni a St., Omaha, Neb. I OWA-Edna Eve r e tt Bush (Mrs. E. B.), 706 C lark Av e

BURLINGTON, I OWA-Jessie M Thomas, 109 \V ood lawn Ave.

CWAR RA PIDS, I OWA- Hel e n Holm es, 1748 HA ve.

CoLUMB IA, M o.-(hoIJ sSOURI ALPHA A LUMN,1!!)-Elizabeth H o u x: Will ia ms (Mrs. W S.) 818 Vi rgin ia Ave.

DBS MOH<lES , I OWA-An n a Ron Clarke ( M rs. C 1-1 .), 1510 9th Sf.

FAYETTEVJLLE, ARK.-Mildred Gregg, 12 9 E. Dickson St .

INDIANOL.o\, IOWA-Stella Hartman Perry (Mrs. E. W.). I OWA CITY, IOWA-Fanny Thompson Wi ckam (Mrs. H. F.), 911 Iowa Ave KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Lottie Allen·Bs.bb (Mrs. Miles T.), 3400 Localt Sf. LAWUNC&, }UN.-Adrienne At.k:io50n. 829 Mill. St. LIN CO LN. NIB.-Mary Spalding, 221 Sheridan Blvd. LITTLE ROCK, AaK.-Wanda Richards, 1300 \V 3rd St. MANHATTAN, KAN.-Edna Hood Lanu (Mrs. Chs.). 830 Houston S1. MT PUASANT, I owA- Miriam Young Mel cher (Mrs. Karl ), 20 7 N. Adams St. OJU HA, NEil., AND COUNCIL BLUFFS, I OWA-Flo r ence H ostetler Raymond (Mrs. Anan), 4815 Underwood Ave. OTTUMWA, IOWA-Olive F. Nimockl, 724 N Court t. ST. JOSEPH, Mo.-Charlotte Allen, 2810 Sherman Ave. SPRINGFIELD. Mo.-Myrtle Hunt, 532 Cherry St. ST LoUIS. Mo.-Ruth Meinholt.z, 4812 Greer Ave SIOUX CITY, IOWA-Florence Benson Bristol (Mr s. L. W .), 2709 Dougla ss SI. TOPlKA, KAN.-Frederi ca RuBene · Woodward (Mrs. C hester ) , 834 Buchanan SI. TU -C ITY ALUlfNAt-Leila Kemmerer, 803 W. 14 St., Davenport, Iowa

ZETA PROVINCE

VICI-PREsID1NT-Lena Harper Trott (Mrs. A. B.), 1571 Steele 51., Denver, Colo. AUSTIN', Tn.- Lulu LeSueur, Manor Road. BoULDlR, COLO.-Dorothy Chittenden, 1605 Hillsid e Road. DALLAS, TEx.-Edith Daniel Dyer (Mrs. Arthur), 2208 Mc Kinney Ave. D.lNVER, CoLO.-Mary C. Frost, 1635 Gaylord St. HOUlTON. Tn.-Naomi Peacoc k Cosby (Mn. Rodman), 2308 Genesee Av e. UUWIIt, Wvo.-H arriet !of. Abbot, 400 S. 9th St. PUIBLO, COLO.-Wave Richardson, 1301 Grand Ave. WA CO, Tn.-Monette Colgin, 1902 Austin St.

ETA PROVINCE

VI CI·PRESIDENT-uda P. Wilburk (Mrs H B.), 434 35th Ave., Seattle. Wash Los ANCELES, CAL.-Irma Walker Senseney (Mrs. H. E.), 886 W. 471h Sf. NEVADA-Myrtle Cameron, 205 Vine St., Reno. NORTHERN CALIFORNIA-Eliltabeth A. Coats, 1343 Grove 51., Berkeley, Cal. PORTLAND, Ou.-Mrs. Frank L. Knight, 178 East 14th St., Portland, Ore. PI BETA PHI REGISTER-llotel Portland. SUTTLE, WASH.-(PUGET SoUND ALUMN.-E CLUu)-Marion L. Frye, 618 Terry Ave. SI-'OKANE, WASII.- Eleanor Henderson Johnson (Mrs. Arthur M.) , S3 Breslin Apt. PI BETA PHI REGISTER-53 Breslin Apt.

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· ONE OF TIlE WORLD'S GREAT WOMEN

(Adapted from an article by John Temple Graves)

One day, during the memorable suffrage campaign in New York, asked my fellow speaker, Mrs. Philip Sno\yden, regarded by many the most brilliant woman "peaker in the world , if she would tell Ill"", after ten years campaigning in the United States, who, in her o pinion greatest of American women. \Vith oul a moment's hesitation she replied, uCarric Chapman Catt."

" I will go further," said the beautiful and distinguished Englishwoman. "Measured by the grasp and power of her mind, by her wisdom, her self -control, and her consecration to a great cause, hy the constructive genius of her services, by her power to plan, her cD-pacity to execute, and her genius for leadership, hy her unsurpassed eloquence in speech and hcr absolutely unselfish devotion to the cause of women, I hold Carrie Chapman Call the first and greatest woman of the English speaking race."

This disinterested judgmcnt upon an American woman impressed ' III(.. deeply and inspired me to consider its foundation.

Carrie Chapman Cau, and leader of the Int ernatio nal \\' oman Suffrage Alliance, chosen by twenty -one o r ganized nations, may fairly be regarded as the woman who best represents the women of the civilized world.

obody, man or woman, could he ch osen to such a position without d<;<;erving it. Mrs. Call has spoken for woman suff rage in every of the Union except South Carolina and Florida. She has lectured for the cause in England, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, ll o lland , Saxony, Bohemia, Prussia and Hun ga ry

• Quoted from a more e:o..tended artide in the c urrent number of SIgma Kappa Triangle.

Prelident, International Woman Suffra&e Allian« Presiden t, Natio nal America n W o man Suffrage Auocia t io n

C\UUIt CHAPMAN CATT, I OWA r, '80

THE ARROW

VOLUM. XXXll

JUNE, 1916

UMBER 4

THE PRESENT STATUS OF EQUAL SUFFR AGE

By AIMEE FIS C HER, lv.fintusola Alpha} '07

The question of equal suffrage should be of especial interest to Pi Phis at this time because one of ou r members, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Cau, of whom we an: particularly p r oud, is n ow president of th e National American \V oma n Suffrage Associa tion . Let us look at woman suffrage movement for the past three years and see what has happened since that splendid suffrage number o f THE ARROW. Is it on the wane, as some people assert, or is it rather gradually but surely waxing grea ter and stronger year by year? Let us consider .first the principal events of the last three years, second, the reasons for this growth, and last the reas ons why this great question co n ce rns every one of us.

When we look at the four stat es (New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Pennsylvania ) whose male voters last fall rejected a constitutional amendment r emoving the sex limitation to the exercise of the fran chise, it seems as <if th e climax had been reached. However, when we consider that these we re first campaigns in states entirely removed from eq ual suffrage states, so that the majority of their voters had no opportunity to see for themselves how it works j when we consider , too, that an enormous vote was polled for the amendment, we know that the questi on is not killed , it is only postponed for a while. Consider, too, the fa ct that the New York wo men, worn out with waging a and extremely creditable campaign met in Carnegie Hall the day after elections and raised $100 ,000 for another campaign . That does not sound like defeat nor even discouragement, does it?

In 1913, the women of Alaska were g ranted equal voting rights with men. In Ju ly of that yea r, Illinoi s women were enabled by N01"&: The material for th ia article cornel from sou rcel t oo numerou s to name ; however, J acknowled"e their aid with hearty thank s. I( you ",i s h t o read more on thi s subj ect, I can highly recOlnmend the following books : Wltot WO'" '" W,,"t, Beatri ce P R nal e; Tit, T ,.od, U"io" WOrM", Alice H enry; Annual Reports of th e CAild Lobo,. Commill" (To be found any Public Library ) Womo" SflI,.og" Hillo"y. A,.gfltlt,"ts. R'Sfllts, Bjorkman

statute to vote on municipal matters and for presidential electors. Although they cannot vote for state officials, they find their 6pportunity great for municipal housekeeping. In 1914 , Montana and Nevada joined the ranks of th e equal s uffrage states making eleven states and one territory where women are fully enf ranchised, and one state where they have presidential and muni cipa l suffrage.

"rhe question was conside red of such importance nationally that afte r having refused for twenty years to vote on an amendment to th e Federal Constitut·jol1, although it was introduced every year, the Senate vo ted in 1914 and the H ouse o f Re'presentatives in 1915 . Th e vote oC the Senate was 35 to 34 in favor, and of the Hou se 174 to 204, showing great strength if not the necessary two -thirds majority. Only one representative fr o m a suff rage state voted adversely and a large number of men who vot ed uno" declared them se lves in favor of the enfranchisement of women, but opposed to the granting of the right exce pt by the individual states

Equal suffrage obtains in forty-nine and one-half per cent of the entire territory of the United States. At the present time, 4,000,000 women may vote for president, and women help elect one-fifth of th e Senate and one-sixth of the House of Representatives.

There is a growth outside of our own country. Women now enjoy full political rights in I ce land since 1913, in Denmark si n ce last summer, and in Canada ;n the provinces of Alberta, Manitoba, and Sas katchewan since January.

It is not difficult to find reasons ror the growing recognition of the political rights of women. It is just, it is necessa ry, it is expedient that she enjoy all the ri ghts and duties of citizenship. Where she has them , she has made good. Justice in a democracy demands equal rights for all ci ti zens. Woman is now recognized as a responsible citizen of the co untry and thererore should be recognized as such by the government. She should vote for the same reason that man votes.

Present conditions demand votes for women. This does not mean that III<!n are wilfully unjust or cold -blooded o r sel fish , but that the average man fails to grasp t.he fact of the existence and needs of 8,000,000 working women and the communal nature of the home today. Man' s cente r of activity is conceded to be the marks of trade and woman' s is the home. For many years, it has been reco gnized that he needs the vote in his business, and only now we are

beginning to realize that she needs the vote in her business. Surely the home and its business is as vital to the state as the office anti it.., business. Are the two utterly separate, as some think, o r are the) interrelated and interdependent?

The business of the office is to produce money to carry on home, the co mmunity, the state. ' nle business of the home is to produce people to carryon the home. th e co mmunity , the stale either can con tinue without the other. Man's business is principally getting money , hen ce he measures things more from a co m mercial point of view. Woman's business is principally raising people, hence she measures things (rom a human point of view. Are not these points of view equally important and necessary to the state?

Formerly home life and industrial life were one. 'Today they 3re widely separated in pla ce and in method . \\'oman's husiness of ca ring for the family's clothes, food, health , education, and morals is affected by such political questions as wages, tariff, dividends, organi· zation of labor, factory sanitation, pure food laws , housing conditiolls. educational systems, liquor licences , prostitution, prisons, cou rt s, hospitals, etc. Every day ready-made articles come into the modem home. Whether the family grows stronger and fl ou rishes or sicken.!:. and possibly dies, depends on how and of what those articles are made. Are the clothes and food hon est ly made under sanitary conditions and of good material or not?

Then there is the woman , or girl, or child, who, for economic reasons, must work outside the home. The man -toiler has something to say about th e condi tion s under whi ch he toils, thro ugh the power of his vote added to those of his mates. Surely the vote which has helped him to help himself will help the woman who toils to help herself. The men's labor uni ons have been short-sigh ted and have handicapped and hurt themselves by neglecting to carry the working woman along with them , and thus have allowed women, almost entirely unorganized, to cut their wages through compel'ition in the labor market. This policy is responsibl e for the fa ct that wom en are replacing men in so many industri es and that also men's wages are not high enough to keep pace with the higher cost of living.

Money ca n always be found for the purposes in which voters are Let us see in part what the United States does with every dollar it receives .

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W'ars-past, present, and futUre ..... ... ...... $ .6 3 Rivers 'and Harbor) Impr ovemen t. :. .0 51 ) Department of Agriculture . . .... . .. • ......... 04 Panama Canal. .03

Ch ildren's Bureau ,. .002

Bureau of Education........ . . . . ... . .. .. ... .002

Is the man's or wOmfln's business mostly represented? I s the state doing itself justice in so using it s resources? H ow would yo u -lik e to see that table r ead? Would not the money, o r at leas t a part o f it , spen t in military operations be better spent on educatio n and works for the comfort not for the killing and afHiction of humanity?

In th e demand for the vote, women of all classes are r ecognizing comm o n disabilities, a common siste rh ood, and a commo n hope.

There can be no argument as to the SliCCesS of the women's ballo t 10 su ffrage s tates--it works. Gove rn ors and State Legislatures at every acknowledge its success . 0 p r ominen t man has ever been willing to affi rm over his signature that it is a failure. N o serious effo rt has eve r been made to repeal it. In t he west, it has sp read from on e s tat e to another. "Imitation is the sincerest flattery."

Every woman n eeds the ballot, that d ignified and hono rabl e means o f securing r ecogni ti on of the needs and aspi r at ions of ci tizens This s tep is th e next big and important o ne in woman's emancipa ti on If a country <is to be prosperous it mus t utili ze and org anize th e productive energy of womeri ' as well as of men so that they may be not a burden (as it is sometimes suggested now in England that they may be after the war), but a r ea l asset.

D on 't say that you do not be l ieve in woman suff rage o r thai you have no time to work f or th e cause, when 8,000,000 women who wdrk in the shops and factories you ' pat r onize in part, need your he l p to secure fair living and working conditions I Don't say your are lnol interested m anything which can help th ousand s of children who are deprived of their birthright by bad housing conditions, bad food, unregulated work, irregular and inefficient schooling, and lack of playgrounds I

The m otto of eve r y "one of us who have been privileged to go t o college shou l d be: "Noblesse Obl ige ," or its English cousin, " H aving freely r eceived, freely give."

CITY CIRCLES

By CAROliNE STOOKEY Lu rz, Pi Beta Phi FelloTV for

I.

There's no other city throughout the land

Set's the pulse of man to a quicker time. 'Tis a surging, seething 'Of life

Sways backward and forward, and in and out. 'Tis here today, and it will be tomorrow; Yesterday gave us (h,e same busy throng. It's over our heads as the L goes by, Beside us on Broadway and Fifth and the Squares, And hurrying down all the subway stairs. The rumble and rattle and prattle go on From day into night and night into day, And each new day and each new night

Bring more and m,ore to the throbbing throng From the little woman with basket and plaid, Who enters the south by the island way, To one who enters the north gate, Past palisades , Yet whether from north or whether from south, There's always, you note it, a gleam in the And what does it mean? 'Tis hope!

II.

Each person who co mes to the city world Is impelled by a call to a life quite new, And these many lives that are open to all Are sman inner circles of ,one great round. Thus during the din of th e first few days, There's a voice seems of each to inquire, HOh, where are you bent ?-to the c\rcle Of sound-by song, by harp, or lIy .'

Deep organ lured?"-"No?"

IIThen it's color that To her brilliant );.()und, or maybe 'Tis clay or to marble you'te bound?" . "Then verses Y9U'1l give "!$?"

uOh, not guessed it yet I" ..

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But why should you try when it's Sure to come out.

The city had beckoned me too o f late, And th e g leam must have been in my eye, too F o r my hea rt was pulsing with life anew, \Vh ich my circle? Oh! hear that, too .

III.

'Twas a knowledg e quest I e ntered upon j From the teacher's angle I worked. But, oh, what co nfusions my path have strewn, How futile my field 'l'l'IDed at times I Co uld I belong to a ci rcle of life?

Had I created one thing in my work? I turned from the halls of th e learned away. I n another rea lm o f the city, I pausedTher e, all about me, were picture and paintFrom the quiet brook of a sheep-grove noo k To the crashing cliffs of the foam fed s ho re, l' Tom the 'wrinkled hands of the ca rpet rag dame T o the app l e·lik e cheek of a baby girlAway printed page! Give me canvas and brush But these days would fade and o thers would co me \Vith passions more burning than theirs. Not fa ces to paint was the c ry within , But to wash, to feed , and to c heer ! \Vhat anguish to service to give my days. To lives that never had lived before.

Yet ba ck t o my boo ks fr o m these hours I went And a line-O, there're many, what matters whi ch thi sA lin e of literature back to me came , A vision ren ewed of the links o f life . The tea cher creates , not a child anew Tn calor fresh fr om the tou c h of the brush, Nor the glow of r ea l health in the little waif , N o r a towering business of pyramid strength; He leaves not a beautiful piece f or his share j He aids not the prac tical progress o f life ,But, for all the circles of science and art,

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Ther're links to be made-this the teacher's part. Create these must he-and many there be I n the changing course of the round of lifeAnd not just for self, but for others, tOO, For science and are countless circles include And in man's life all must be understood. Cou ld a purpose in liC e be finer than thisTo r elate all the best to the onc g r eat whole? v.

Oh-all who come to the city world, I f you shou ld be caught in confusion's clasp, No matter who or what you may be, It is just because in the life lik e this Each circle of art and science, too I s larger and st ronger and r icher through; Each ce ntre is farther and higher away, So oit's harder to pierce to th e centra l part. And thu s all the ci r r-l es enci rcle so mu ch, That wh en your o wn circle enf o lds yo u within. 'Tis easier faT t o be l ost in that r ound , F orgettin g that all playa part in Man 's world. So, whether to ci rcl es or links you belong, I f at times your beacon see ms fli ckering, dim. Fear not, forge forth, for some days will come \ Vhen your path will be freed from the shadows gray As the flam e bursts forth in a brilliant blaze.

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NATIONAL DEFENSE .

Bv EL I ZABETH A. HELMICK, MICHIGAN ALPHA

The remarkable condition in which the civilized world has found itself during the past two years has forced the people. of the United States to consider seriously the question of the nation's defenses. Never beforc, during peace, has this subject received ear n est co nsideration , or attracted, even, the genera l attention of th e people. The necessity for a large standing anny has been uniformly denied, and the prejudice against it has been so strong and persistent that in spite of the advice of practically all of our presidents and secre· taries of war, from Wlashington's d4y to the present time, it has been impossible t o obtain in time of peace the provision of a proper mili · tary force for the defense of the nation against a possible war. In other words, ou r country has consistently followed a policy of disarmament in time of peace. Whether the r eal r eason for this policy has been the traditional fear of a large standing army or whether it has been the reluctance of Congress to impose the tax necessary to pay the cost of a reasonable force need not be here.

That the policy of disarmament has been a mistaken one is fully supported by the records of our nation, unfortunately little known until the present European war forced them upon - the public mind. It certainly ca nnot be said that it prevented war, for during our co mparativel y short history as an independent nation , we have fought our full share of wars, foreign and domestic, offensive and defensive, in addition to the almost incessant wars - with Indian tribes that accompanied the development of the continent. On the contrary, it has produced confusion and l ed to inefficie n cy in the conduct of the affairs of the War Department at the beginning of every war that we have waged. It has necessitated the employment of great numbers of untrained men in excess of those used by our opponents: it has prolonged the duration of our wars, increased their cost to the Government and laid unnecessarily the homes of our people: and it has created a pension burden which to date almost equals the cost of the wars waged. If a fraction of this immense pension budget had been used training and maintaining a sufficient army in time of peace , the wars would most certainly have been sho rtened , fewer lives would have been sacrificed, and future expense lessened. had not the wars, themselves , been avoided.

Our people have been taught to believe that American soldiers are superior to any other fighting men in the world. When they are properly trained, equipped, organized and led thEY d o make good soldiers, but that without these conditions they fail hopelessly, is shown most conclusively by the following statistics, which display the result of their aggregate effo rt as compared with that of their opponent:

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During the War of 1812 Great Britain never had in the field at one time to exceed 15 ,000 men, yet she carried on the war 4n our territory with uniform success. A trained force of 25,000 would have made this war impossible. A like number of men, capable of conce ntration, would, in the opinion of our best military minds, have prevented the Civil War , and a reasonahle land and sea force might have prevented the Spanish-American war. The 25,000 men cou ld have been maintained during our entire history under our expens i ve methods for a small fraction of the cost of the wars that it would have rendered unm:ceisary. Is it not more logical to expend a reasonable amount in the maintenance of a trained. force which, if it does not prevent war, will at least insure a short and efficient conflict, or remain unprepared , suffer terrible loss of life and contin ue to pay for the cost of war for years after it has been fought? The amount paid by the United States in pensions during the twenty years ending in 1911 would have paid the cost of the German army for more than nineteen of those twenty years, and we still remai" unprepared . That is what unprepartdness has cos t us in dollars only and we have been fortunate al ways in having armies as poor l y trained. as our own to oppose us.

An adequate national defense involv es, as a first line , a fleet powerful enough to insure the safety of the nati on's co mmer ce and to make an attack upon her coast too haza rd ouc; to be undertaken without supreme provocation. and as a second line, a land force equal in training. and superior in strength t o any expedition which might

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evade our navy and attempt a landing after it has been defeated. At the present time the United States na,'Y ranks fourth among the navies of the world. All our battle units are on the Atlantic and these fall far short of furni,hing ample defense. There is not a first-class battleship on the Pacific Ocean, yet only recently conditions there made the presence of a strong fleet of battleships necessary to the security of the Pacific coast.

Our port and harbor fortifications constitute but a partial means of defense; they make it impossible for a hostile navy to attack their fronts only, but hostile expeditions landing elsewhere under the protection of their navies can reduce these places from the Tear or land -side unless prevented by a mobile army which must form the ultimate means of defense of the nation .

We have always maintained what has popularly been termed a small Regular Army. In fact, we have never possessed an army in Ihe proper sense of the term , in time of peace. Of the fifty -one regiments composing our mobile troops, seven regiments constitute the garrison of the Philippine Islands, five regiments are in Hawaii and three regiments are in the Canal Zone, while a single battalion is scattered over the territory of Alaska. Twenty·eight regiments are in camp along the Mexican border, leaving but eight regiments dispersed throughout the garrisons of the country from the Atlantic to the Pacific and on the Canadian boundary. There.is not one organized division of troops in the whole country, and there are only a few organized brigades.

The militia numbers on paper 127,000. None of its organizations is properly trained and probably not more than one half of them would be available for field duty.

To constitute a proper defense the General Board of the Navy has recommended that ou r navy be made equal to that of the most powerful maintained by any nation in the world by 1925. This would involve an increase of capital ships of twenty - four dreadnaughts and twenty-four battle cruisers in ten years together with the necessary minor craft. The project of the Secretar:f' of the Navy calls for the construction of ten dreadnaughts and six battle cruisers in five years with the necessary minor craft. There are those who maintain that safety demands a navy on both oceans superior to that which any power may be able to bring against it. The interruption of traffic through the Panama Canal which has continued now for months emphasizes the wisdom of this view .

The General Staff of the Army, after a comprehensive study of all phases of the military problems of the co untry, concluded that th e regular force necessary to defend our on.rseas possessions is 82,000 men, to be maintained in time of peace as well as in war, for, in of war, it will be impossible to send reinfor cements. For the defense of our home territory <it r ecommended as a minimum peace strength 148,000 men, with a trained reserve of 379,000 men, making a total tT:lined force ready to take the field of half a million men. In addilion its recommendatio ns callt!d for half a million ci tizen so ldiers trained during peace to the extent that they can take the field on the outbreak of the war and be able to oppose trained troops after an additional training of tllret' months.

The nations of Europe on the east and .T apan on the wes t have been converted into great armed camps. The United States by virtue of her position has become the champio n of the rights of neutrals in con troversies growing out of the present wars. We have had disputes with Gnat Britain ove r violations of international Jaw in her interference with our ri ghtf ul trade ; with Germany over unlawful destruction of co mmercial vessels with loss of life to ou r ci t izens; with Japan ove r alleged violations of the rights of her nationals in o ur country. Th e hopeless conditions of Mexico invo lving the lives and property of Americans, not only in Mexico but along our own side of the borde r , :lIe a constant m€nace t o the peace of the country This is a formidable list of situa t ions . anyone of which may to war. A trd it mu.\'/ 1Iot he forl(ollNl tllat ill the solution of th ese alJd similar con tr oversies 7.1,ith other powers tlte i"fluence of our Governme"t will be mensu",J by ils ""Wary s tr engtlt.

" PRE P ARED NE S S"

Bv L UCIA AM ES MF.Af,. Author of Sw ords 0111/ PJou ghshar(J

National S,creta ry o/the r-VomanJs P e au Party

All pacifists believe in adequate preparedness for real dangers, but not unprecedented for hypothetic dangers which munition makers with lurid picture fi lm s a r e forcing upon a gullible pub l ic. Preparedness is a good word and a cleverly chosen slogan. It appeals to all who believe in foresight hut its perverted use implies that the on ly kind of preparedness is for txp lo!oiives.

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Defense and armaments are not synonymous Armaments are of ten a breeder of rival armaments. OUf chief defense is two oceans from three to five thousand miles distant from possible invaders. These are worth millions of armed men. Our unguarded Canadian frontier 1S the safest borderline in the world. So long as we do not .aspire to have the greatest navy, this keeps the British navy as our asset. No nation has such natural defenses as we. None are as free from boundary disputes, entangling alliances, and race feuds. Moreover, we have thirty treaties of delay before hO:itilities

Our enormous, unique defenses are systematically minimized by the war-scare party who terrorize a credulous peopJe. It is driving us into a policy that means bitter suspicion, conscription, which will create rivalry and a world war. We are in mortal danger of throwing away the greatest oppo rtunity ever given a nation to help an exhausted Europe to adopt a policy which will alone permit her to pay the ca(>ital she has borrowed. If, while bleeding Europe is burying unborn posterity under a of war debts, we seize the chance to build up a' great army and navy we shall simply compel all nations to follow suit and r enew the futile, old preparedness that paralyzed Europe with t er ror and precipitated this war. We shall compel Asia and South America to strain every nerve and drive millions to starvat ion from taxation to build battleships as powerful as ours; we shall simply set a new standard of expense the world around.

The sale criterion of a nati on's defense is its danger, not some other nation's danger We are lik e men who gauge the medicine they take by what their neighbor's take Since we became a republic we have never been attacked. We began everyone of our three foreign wars and lost , all told, Jess than 15,000 men by f oreign bullets. During the many decades when we had a tiny navy no one attacked us. \Ve been a ·world power ever since we adopted the constitution and taught the world how to achieve peace with justice between states. We are the only power that can lend money and are Europe's best c ust omer.

urne danger 01 European or Orienlal in vasion is parlicularly infi nitesimal" says Dr. Chas. W. Eliot. "Nob ody seriously supposes t/tal tne United Slates nuder lear an invasion 0/ its own said President Wilson on January 28, 1916

Even could Germany gain any degree of victory, it would be worth not a th ousan dth part of what she has lost. If she gets any

indemnity it must be in land. If she had African conquests she would risk no war to get land in South America. As all naval men know, she could never risk mOTe than one half her navy on an attack three thousand miles away. No power ever won victory at that distance.

The preparedness most needed is for the awful foes within our midst who annually destroy by preventable accident and disease 600,000 precious American lives- more than Great Britain has lost in the whole war. We burn up seven times as much property every year as does all Europe. We are wickedly wasteful and do not get the value of the $250,000,000 which we expend annually for preparedness. We need drastic reforms.

Compulsory training should be provided for all, but not compulsory military training. Those who do not elect military drill should have six months training in various optional courses: in mechanics, repairing. road building , (ore!;tation. railroading. a nd agriculture with sanitation, boy sco ut training, English for immtgrants, etc. This would help fit our youth for peace as well as war and would be along the line of Germany's most effective preparedness.

Our Government should prepare to keep th e peace

(a) by promising early independen ce of the Philippines and securing their neutralization.

(b) by securing federal prote c tion over aliens which would lessen many occasions of friction with the Orient.

(c) by a commission to study our relations to the Orient.

(d) by substituting a Pan-Ameri ca n doctrine for the Monroe doctrine and thus abolishing excuse for a big navy to protect it.

(e) by establishment of a League to Enfor ce Peace, beginning now and including at first all neutral nations.

True statesmanship lessens dangers rather than increases defenses. It keeps as friends those who ha\'e always been friends instead of turning them by suspicion into enemies.

Democracy is today in peril. Of all nations we can tip the scale up or down. Upon our decision depe.nds the world's decision. College women , for the sake of your children and for civilization, rouse yourself to help America save the world.

NURSING, A PROFESSION FOR EDUCATED WOMEN

By HELEN LILLIAN BRIDGE, B.S., R.N., Asst. Supt. 0/ Nurses, Washington University Trainin g S c hool , SI. Louis} Mo.

(The writer of this article is a member o f Rho Chapter of Delta D e lta De l h and she originally prepared her manu Kript (or an issue of T,.ident Th e article was approved by th e Collegiate Commi ttee of the Nursing and Health Branch of the Teachers' Co ll ege Alumnre Association which aims to bring to the attention of co ll ege girls the desirability of nursing as a profession for edutated 'women. TilE AKR OW in common with other N. P. C. journals is glad to give space to this article in order to carry o ut the dui re of the committee thaI the subject be given wider publicity among co llege women.-Ed;{or.)

In these days of social unrest, while people of all classes and professions are bending their efforts t owa rd the betterment of the public health, the thoughts of th e educated young woma n are turned forcibly toward the necessity of choosing wisely, a profession which will mak :! of her a greater social asset. The young women of our generation have a wide c hoice of vocations . And one of the most useful of these and one for which women are peculiarly adapted is the oldest of all professions, nursing.

For the majority of people the history of nursing begins with tal es of the Crim ea and accounts of the heroi c work of Florence Nightingale . But those familiar with the story of its development realize that the rudiments of nursing were originated in prim itive times. From those far -o ff days , the history of nursing reads like a fairy tale, into which is woven sufficient romance to make of it an absorbing study.

Twenty-five yea rs ago there were only two professions open to women-teaching and nursing. And the young woman who took up the latt er found that she was limited to a choice between two field s of endeavor. For a few there were institutional positions but for the great maj ority there was nothing in the future but private nursing.

Private nursing is sl'ill an important field. but the nursing situation is greatly changed at the 'present time More and more people are being educated to the point of demanding hospital care for their sick. This coupled with the rapid advance of medical science has created demand for the institutional workers of various types and at the same time has narrowed the field of private nursing. The result

is that the young nurse, upon the f;ve of graduation finds, that instead of a choice between twO lines of ,,'\)rk, she is offered such a wealth of interesting opportunities that she is often at a loss to know which to choose.

T'he need for private nurses is so familiar that further elaboration i unnecessary. Although fewer workers are needed than formerly, thIs field will always rC4uirc and will no douht attract a goodly num ber of young women.

l-1ospital positions aTC many and varied and may inrlude positions in the hospital proper or in the training school. Among these arc those of superintendent, supervisors, head nurses, surgical nurses, housekeepers, and dietitians. A t:Ulnparatively new position is that of instructor of nurses.

The very name, IIpub lic Health Nursing," gives one an idea of the scope and importance of this branch of work in which nurses are engaged . This work is chiefly ed ucati onal and preventive although it is also concerned with care of the gick in the home. District or visiting nursing is the o ld est of its branches but some of its new er ones are equally interesting. Among the latter are, Infant Welfare \V ork which inc1udts the teaching of mothers as well as th e care of the sick babies; I nsurance Nursing, which differs from Visiting Nurs· ing only in that the nurses are paid by the insurance companies for visiting sick poliC)··holders and lastly, Schoo l Nursing. This is vastly interesting as well as 'important, for not on ly is it hoped by this branch of the work to discover physical defects and provide proper treatment for the same, but also to bring about an earlie r reeog· nition of cases of the acute infectious diseases to which chi ldren are subject. Another subdivision of this b ran ch of nursing, offe r s th e position of resident nurse in schools and ('olleges. H e r e the nurse often has a great deal of actual nursing to do although her work is frequent ly a combination of teaching and nursing.

Social Service and Welfare work differ from the preceding in that the latte r requires less actual nursing. H osp ital Social Service aims to conse r ve the strength of the patient afte r he has left th e hospital by attending to home conditions and getting him the right kind of emp.loyment. Welfare work in department stores and factories especially designed to keep employees well and happy and t o rend er fi rst aid in case of accidents.

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organization and pUblicity work. Other lines in which nurses have proven successful are sanitary inspection, investigation work with criminals and probati on work.

As laboratory assistants, nurses are widely employed. These positions vary greatly in their scope and advantages offered but present many interesting oppo rtun ities.

Army and Navy nursing prove interesting fields for many women. The serv ice is spent in hospitals and nurses are transferred from one station to anothe r, traveling extensive ly at home and abroad.

Red Cross Nurses do eme rgen cy duty oin time of war or of any national ca lamity. It has bee n the aim of those women in charge of this work to enroll for thi s service the very flower of the nursing profession. The women enrolled in the Red Cross Town and Country Nursing Service do visiting nursing which is true pioneer work. In some of the mounta,in districts, the nurses visit their patients on horse back, carrying their supplies in saddle bags. Here indeed the nurse must be preeminently, the teacher, if she is to be a success.

In all these bran ches of work in the nursing fi e ld , the salaries vary from $50 to $ 25 0 per month , some with and others without maintenance.

For these fields and for othe rs which are less clearly mapped out the nursing profession needs reinforcements. And the recruits are needed from the large body of educated women who are yearly leaving our colleges. A great many of the problems before us extremely practical but so many radical changes must be made, and such extensive organization of the old as well as organization of rhe new of work must be accomplished that we need women who are well trained mentally, who have the highest \dnd of executive ability and have the vision to see far ahead and the power to grasp the shadowy things of the future and make them realities. For this we need women who can lead , who have the oourage of their convictions, initiative, boundless courage and enthusiasm.

To women of the right type, nursing offers advantages that can be had ' in few other professions. M ost important of all it offers opportunities for real and lasting service to humanity. The expense o f the nurse's education is comparatively small and after graduation she finds it possible to begin her work with little fear of competition She need not stay in one place , for wh erever she goes, a competent woman is sure to find a demand for her services. In addition to this,

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nursing could scarcely be said. if one may be allowed to quote an anti-suffrage phrase, lito take a woman out of her sphere," since it is a splendid training for domestic responsibilities.

It would hardly seem wise to close even such a shOTt article without offering a few suggestions for the benefit of the young women who may contemplate entering a school of nursing. This should be chosen as carefully as (me would chose a college since every student nurse wishes to become a recognized member of the profession. This ca., on ly be done by graduating from a good training school.

Before making a choice applicants should visit several schools or write, m.a..k:ing full inquiries regarding the following important points: ( 1 ) The size of the school and the character of the service. The scope and character of the work are of greate r importance than the size of the school. Training in a hundred-hed hospital with an ac tivt! and varied service, would prove more profitable than in a much lar ger institution which did not admit all varieties of cases. (2) The reputation of the school. The value of a school is not always in direct proportion to the prestige of the hospital with which it is connected. Some hospitals that have built up reputati ons upon the brilliant work of famous surgeons, offer a very inadequat e training The reputation of the nursing school depends upon the standards set for the care of the patient and the teaching of the student nurse. (3) The standards of entrance. If there are no educational standards or if they are very low , it is fair to draw the concl usion that the educational work of the school is not of a high characte r. ( 4 ) The course of study. It is well to ascertain the extent of the class teaching and by whom it is done. This latter is most important, since it is necessary in the nursin g profession as in others, that teachers have special traInIng. (5) LiV'ing and working co nditions These are ant conside rati ons, since the efficiency of the worker depends to a great extent upon the health of the individual. An eight-hou r day is greatly to be desired and at least a three weeks' vacation yearly. (6) Registrati on. It would be well for applicants to inquire whether graduates of the schoo l they think of entering are eligible to the title of Registered Nurse (R.N.). If in doubt about the reputation of the school, it would be wise to consult some office r of the State Nurses' Association o r to write to the editor of some reliable nursing periodical, such as, The American Journal ()f Nursing, 45 S. Union St., Rochester, N. Y.

NEWS F'ROM LITTLE PIGEON

The Pi Beta Phi Settlement School clo sed on Mar ch 31, for its annual vacation, and th e tea che rs hav e go ne to their h om es. Mi ss Hughes has gone to New Yo rk , Miss Pollard to Chicago, Mis s Ditmars to Franklin, Mi ss Good to Bl oo min g ton , and Mi ss Pl a nk , after me e ting with the Co nr er ell ce of l\'lountain W o rk e r s a t Kn ox · ville, to her home in Kansas C ity . Th e sch oo l will op e n aga in on August 7.

Miss Pollard's rep o rt to the Sevier County Sc hoo l Superintendent shows th e following statistics:

Enrolled in our 1st Grade , 17 boys, 18 girls

Enroll ed in our 2d Grad e, 7 boys, 3 girls

Enrolled in our 3d Gra de , 8 boy s, 14 girls

Enrolled 1n our 4th Grad e , 11 b oys, 9 girls

Enrolled in our 5th Grad e, 12 boys, 9 girls

Enrolled in 6th and 7th Grade, 9 boys, 3 gi rl s

Enrolled in 8th Grad e. 5 boys, 8 girls.

69 boys , 64 girls, o r a total e nr o llment o f 133 stud e nts, rc ce l \, lIlg the following instruction during the year : 133 in spelling , 133 in reading , 108 in writing, 133 in arithmetic, 25 in grammar , 66 in geog raph y, 8 in Tennessee Hi s tor y, 66 in Hi s to r y of the United States , 20 in physiology , 1 in algebra , 45 in sew ing , 63 in drawing and 52 in manual training. The co urse of s tudy is that presc ribed by the State Board of Edu ca tion for the publi c schools. 57 students we r e promot ed to the next higher grade, leavi ng , of th e present pupils, for the beginning of th e school nex t Augus t:

31 for f st grade , II for 2d grade, 10 for 3rd grade, 24 for 4th g rad e, 19 for 5th grade

22 for 6th and 7th g rad es, 8 for 8th g rade , 8 r ea dy for high school

133 total

'r ' he librar y now has over J ,800 books and is well patronized. \V c need maga zi ne subscriptions, which would insu r e th e r eading having clean, fr esh and up -t o-dat e lit e ratur e for the childre n. The school has no o utstandin g debts of any k ins:! a nd there is available $4 ,600 for the teachers' r esidence to be built this year. All

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pledges for the running expenses arc now due, and when paid will meet the running expenses for 19J6 - 17 ,

The Fraternity has reason for being pleased over the past year'!; work. Each teacher has done her work well and the pupils have made satisfactory progress. The possibilities of next year are greater than any yea r we have had . The industrial work started thi!:i year must be continued upon a more pra c tica l and businesslike system next year, and with eight pupils ready for high school work, w e will have new work in this )ine ahead of us.

Each year the financial s upp ort of the a,lumnre has been greater. It is hoped that ,,'ery Pi Phi a lumna will feel the joy of this splendid work as hers, and add her subsc ripti on to its support and upbuilding .

ELIZABETH A. Chairman Board 0/ DiTeclors.

OUR DEBT

By MARIE LOUISE CHAt'rEt:, Vermo1lt A, '08

To pay thee in fuJI measure what we owe, Pi Beta Pm , \V e need bring treasures rare from valleys l ow And mountain s high.

From thee, a friendship richer far to win, Pi Beta Phi , Than all the glist'ning gold and gems, that in The earth's depths lie.

Sweet memories c lin g 'round ou r wine ·red Bowers, Pi Beta Phi, Caught up with knot of heaven's blue. As ours What wealth ca n buy?

The high ideals of life revea led in youth, Pi B eta Phi , Will keep our footsteps in the path of truth, Until we die.

Our larger vision, nobler aims , thy due, Pi B eta Phi,

As we owe o ur pledge to thy fair creed renew So, strength is nigh.

WHAT A FRATERNITY GIRL THINKS

W e in Co lumbi a Alph a have an oppo r tunity even bette r th a n that of O UT sis ters wh o live in well -organized fraternity houses to ' learn the tricks of skill and economy in housekeep- The Usefulness of iog. For with neither coo k nor manager we Our Pi Phi K it c h ell Ee r Ve lun cheo n in ou r r oom every day. A dif · fe r e nt g r o up of girls prepares the lun cheo n f o r th e rest of th e chapler eac h day, thus giv·in g all th e gi rls a share of expe ri ence a n d leisure It is r ea ll y wonderful what splendi d r esults we obta in und er hampering condi t ions and from our limited m eans. Of cou rse, each g irl takes a pe r sonal inter est in having her l uncheon as well coo ked and as daintily se rv ed as possible, and so, at the end of the year we a r e confident of one thing-that we hav e taught our freshmen to cook .

But coo kin g is by no mea ns all that they l earn by this luncheon a rran gement. The lun c h must cos t o nly ten ce nt s for eac h gi rl present , and to b uy a good substantial lunch for ten with only a dollar r equir es caref ul p lannin g a nd skillful managi n g. This r equires not o nly a kn owledge o f what foods ar e best and cheapes t , bu t also of what combinatio ns are good and of what quantities of food are necessa r y. This is und e niably excellen t training . In fact the mothers of several o f ou r g irls have commented with approva l o n the accomplishments gained by th ei r dau gh te r s in the Pi Phi kitchen

COLUMBIA A

UWhat a fraternity g irl thinks" seems a lwa ys to be fr om the point o f view of a house gi rl-a town gir l also thinks, and finds th e benefits

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The Town Girl gained f r om Pi Beta Phi quite as great as the gir l who learns self-cont r o l, un sel fishn ess, and so forth, through constant l y bei n g with other gi rl s in the house.

Town girls know littl e about the chapter dining tabl e, but they d o know about chapter r esponsibilities. The comhinatio n of both town and fraternity gi rl has taught me how to renovate a whole house, hire efficient help, superyise the cleaning, and even take an active part in window washing and curtain hanging. (Also it has taught me to overlook thoughtless remarks upon return of the gi rls about uThe id ea of putting the rose rug and hangings in the living - room; they'd l ook so much better in the parlor " )

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furniture from an ele ven -r oomed house to one with nine rooms, deciding where on ea rth to put the four extra dressers, when there is no attic, and r oom must be left in the ce llar for trunks, whether the three broken sanitary couches are worth repairing or not, and finally arranging pictures and furnishjngs as a rtisti ca lly as possib le with out putting the piano in [runt of the steam pipes f o r fear they w ou ld damage it-a ll this has given me what little executive ability I have and has taught me the sunune r r esponsib ilities are g reat and thoug h sometimes unappr ecia ted a r e always of benefit and p leas ure just as is any r ea l sen'ice "for the cause ."

IOWA Z.

A frat ernity girl once asked as to the measure of her fraternity txpe rien ce, replied, liMy frat ernit y lif e has been the melting-pot of T ' F all th e cha r ac teristics of eve r y girl with whom I hav e n e ral erntty. . ' . . M I come In co nt act." ThIS IS a co ncise way of sume twg-pot . h fl h· h h . f nung up t e in u ences W IC t e experiences 0 a girl in college have upon her. And in this statement the girl gave consciously o r un co nscio usly the greatest gif t of fraternity life-a sense of r espo nsibility. It can be used inside of college and outside, within th e fraternity and without. Its applications a.re wide and can be made to include unselfishness , the desire t o help others to be happy and successful as well as self, finnness in thought and action, patience and a g re ater human sympathy. If a gi rl can lea rn to practice these virtues sh e has solved a riddle o ver which many have puzzled in the pra c t ica l as well as th e th eo reti ca l side of life.

NEW YORK r .

What Fraternity

One of the mos t valuable le sso ns that I have learned from fraternity life is to appreciate various types of girls and to es tabli sh an ideal toward which to strive . W he n I came t o co lleg e fr om one o f the larg -

Taugh/ . One GiTl est high schools in the co untry, I must co nfess T was ext r emely narrow -mind ed and biased in my judgments of gi rls I could appreciate only thos e who w o re clothes like mine, lik ed the same things and went in the sa me c lique. I thou g ht all others were qu ee r, unint e restin g and un co ngenial. In a fraternity chapter o ne finds every type and after living with th ese gir l s I began to reali ze that there was something to be admired in eve r y kind of a gi rl-th e student as well as the butterfly, th e s10w -

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going, steady and faithful one as well as the brilliant happy-golucky one, the quiet stay-at-home as well as the popular chatterbox.

Now I have gathered together the best qualities of all these types and the ideal for whom I have all possible admiration is the girl who can make a happy combination of social pleasures, a c tive participation in student activities and success in the classroom, sacrificing no one part to another but succeeding in every phase of co llege life. NEBRASKA B.

One of the chief arguments used against fraternities, is one ca n · ce rning th e g reat expe n se which fraternity life makes for the co lleg e

The Expenu Problem gir l. I would like to ci t e 3n instan ce where the fraternity house served to lighten girls' financial burdens instead of adding to them.

Last year at Wash ingt on we moved into our beautiful new home , and, of course, our expenses wer e larger than in previous years Some of th e girls Ce lt that unless something was done to lessen their expenses, they cou ld not afford to live in the new house, or at least they felt it a great drain on their pocketbooks to live there, however much they desired it.

\Ve had been accustomed t o having a Japanese waiter who set the table, se rved the meals, laund ered the napkins and did the light cleaning. Our house-manager devised a plan whereby this work , previously done by our own J ap was divided among four girls who wished to do something to lesse n their expenses. One of the girls took cha rg e of the napkins and the other three divided the serving of th e meals and the cleaning among th em . As pay for their work , each girl was given ten dollars to wards her board and room , making in all forty dollars, whi ch was the salary which the J ap had been paid

The scheme worked wonderfully well , and at times , if one of the girls wished a little vacation and r est from her duties, the other girls were always Illost willing to help out. Our Dean of Women heard o f our plan and endorsed it most st r ong ly , and.it was not lon g before another fraternity was running its house on the same ba.liOis.

\VA SHINCTON A

Fraternity life plants the seeds of publi c duty. There is nothing m ore essential to one's s uccess, nothing more desirable <in one's

The Lesso" 0/ Toleration c haracter , than altruism ; and yet this quality is conspicuous by its absen ce in the personal make-up o f the average college freshman . is no m o r e efficient training school for the self-cente r ed person than the chap ter

house . H ere many different types of people, coming from as many rlifferent types of homes. arc gathered toguher on terms of closest JIlomac),. Every per<..on In the chapter soon learns that certain of one's personal interests mu..,t he disregarded in stf1\'ing for the common good. This ('hange, which would in many cases ne\'er he accomplished elsewhere, comes about gradually and naturally. It noes not mean the sacrifice of individuality, it i simply a develop ment of our sense of dUly toward those with whom we are associated.

This will be o f infinit e value to us in every phase o f life, in Ollr homes. in our business. in our community. The fraternity man or woman goes out into life with greater toleration than does the man or woman who ha!; mi!'''eci the valuahle training of life in a chaptcr house.

OREGO:-J A.

In running our OW11 house for the first time, we have found it economical to all hill" once a week, for hy <;() doing a five per

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n 'ln di"C'ount is received. The stewardess appoint'- two girls each week to make out the mcnu .... and in that way eve r y girl ("an have <;ome th ing: that suits her particular taste. anagem elll

Aside from the. immediate gain. every girl has the expe ri ence of ordering the groceries, ha\'ing eve rything to eat she can for the lea t money and seeing that the meal is properly o;e rv€d. Tn case of a lun cheo n the girls non duty" for that week are responsible for the appearance of the tahk. ell', The girls vie with o ne another to sec whom the majority will pronounce the best and most econo mical housekeeper. I ndeed. it is worth a cu ur se in Domestic Economy.

OKLAHOMA A

In a ("ollege lik e Kn ox where there is n o ("ou rs e given in domestic sc-icnn.-and thi ... we finrl. indudes both the art of preparing food

Th. Val", of ( 'ooky -shilUS and it economical Iy-the expe ri ence wh ich w(' Pi gain in thc preparation of ou r cooky.. hines is very mu ch worth while. Since we have no c hapter house the homes of the town girls are open to us and we plan to have two or three cooky-shines a month.

A committee of three is appointed each time to have cha rge of the "eats" which includes the planning, ordering. preparing and serving. To a girl who scarcely knows how 10 order for her family this look s like a st upend ou!; ta!'k - at lCiloo:t it did to me when I wa"-

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IN MEMORIAM

HELE N T URNER L ONG

H e len Turn e r Long, II J inois ' 12, was horn in Toulon, Ill.. May 21, 189 1. She was g radu ated from Cambridge high school in the class of 1908 and t hen carne to Galesburg to complete her education at Kn ox College, g raduatin g in (912. Following her g raduation she became assistant principal in the Cambridge high schoo l, which position she fill ed with marked abi l ity f o r three years.

In the SUIllIllN o f 1914. Il clen toured Europe, and was there at the ou tbr eak or the war. On December 2 1, 1915 , she was married at her home in Camb ridg e t o Dr. Lest er L . Long. She died in ' hi cago, Februar )' 25, 191 G,

M

I LORED S. STEELE.

MABEL M. F OSTER PEET

r owa Z mourns the death of r-.label !VI Foster Peet , to whom the chapler is deepl y indeb ted for many splendid years of fraternity loyalty and stTvice. 1\ 1rs. Pe e t was born in Iowa City, the home of the State University of Iowa, on the fourteenth day of August, 1878. She was th e o ld est daughter uf \V illiam Ellery Channing Foster and Laura E. M i ll e r Fos t e r , both of whom were born in I owa City and generously shart: d in its upbuilding and development. Perhaps it was thi s pioneer inheritan ce that gave t o Mabe l the gift of initiative and helpful service which cha ra cte rized her short but useful life

In JUl1 e 1895 , Ma be l F os te r was graduated from the Io wa City high schoo l, and in Septembe r following she entered the uni\'ersity fr o m whi ch she was graduated in 1899

Mabel 1\1. FO Sler was initiated into P i Beta Phi in the fall of 1899. This was befort: the days of Iowa Z chap ter house, and the kindly, hospitable Foster home gene rous ly opened its doors to all Pi Phi interests and activi ti es from mock initiations to formal parti e5. How much of our progrt'''s 3<.; nn organization we owe La the patience and magnanimity of Pi Phi fathus and mothers! l\ l abe l 's only sis ter , Fl o Tt'nee I initiated into I owa Z in 1908 ; while her only brother. Charles C. Fuster. uefamt' a member of ell K IoJI \Vh ile in the uni\'ersity \l abcl FOSler. btsides being fonnected with I vy Lan e. J memhe r of the Erudelphian which is the oldest women'.., Iitt'rary we.;t of the ississippi Ri\,tT.

She t ook part in th e sen io r class play in 1899 , and se rved Iowa Z as president during her senior year. For eigh t ytars f o ll o wing her g raduati on from th e university s h e t augh t English and mathematics in the I owa C it y high schoo l with fine success. During her own high school days she had sho wn unu sua l dramatic abili ty j she won a number of medals in dt;clamatory comests and he l ped to o r ga n ize the Webst er Debating Socie ty. Besid es o rganizing the Girls' Lit e rary Socie ty of th e high school, whi c h is still a thriving organization, s he did much as a t eac her to promote the dramatic and lit e r a ry work of the students.

In 1909 M iss F os le r 3{'{'cpted a position in the Stadium high sc hoo l of T acoma , \V ash" and t o r three years gave to it the be,l :,ht:: haJ to gi ve in the co nscie nt io us manner that cha ra cte ri zed her every undertaking Whil e in W ashington s h e was a membe r of the Pu ge t Sound alumna! cl ub .

On ] une 20, 1912 , she was marri ed to D e lbert C linton Peet , a c lassmat e in th e Unive rsi ty of rowa and a memb er o f 4> A @ Th ey es tablished their new ho m e on a lar ge ran ch n ea r Gera ldin e, Mont. , where in spite of manifold interests and duties, and o f the magnificent distan ces of th e n e w cou ntry , Mrs. Peet was soon act iv ely engaged 4n co mmun ity scrvire. Sh e was a member of the Eastern Star , a tea cher in th e loca l Sunday School, president of the W ome n 's Club of Cho t ea u County, and a membe r of the newly o r ga nized l ib ra ry board. H e r sudden death in the hospita l of F o rt B en ton, on March 2 4, brought as mu ch so rrow t o the n e w fri en ds in th e new co untry as to th e older friend s in r o wa . ft is good t o r em ember that she c hose to belo ng to o ur o r ganizatio n and we ar e gratefu l for h e r inter e st a nd se rv ice in its behalf .

BJ.:RT IIA M . 1-1 SHAMBAUG H

Mrs. Ca rr ie H a lf penny Ki e ff e r , of Re v. William Mil es Kieffer, died 3t the Mc K inley h osp ital, Trenton, N J , e3rly S un day morning, from a comp licati o n of diseases. Abo ut seven weeks ago , she was tak en ill at her h ome in Freehold, N. J., and w as r e moved to th e h ospi ta l, where she underw en t a n ope rati on

Mrs Ki effe r W3 S the daughter o f Mr. :1nd M rs. Frank H al f pe nny, o f M ilton, fo rmerly of Lewisburg She W I1S bo rn in Lew isburg, Jun e 23, 1 882 , and wa s,

-This clipping fr o m th e Sa tllrdQY NnAJ for Se ptember 14 , 19 15, co n· C4e rnin" the du th o f Carrie H alfpenny Ki e ffer P ennsyl vania B, 'OJ, w as received by the Editor in Apri l

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therefore, thirty -th ree years of age. In 1903 sh e moved to Milton, where taught in the schools for three years Later she went to Athens, where she taught a year in the high school. Fro m th e re she taught the Man sfield School for three years.

Mrs. Ki e ffer was a graduate of the Lewisburg high sc h ool and Bucknell University On May 18, ' 910, she married R ev. W:illi am M. Ki e ffer , son of R e v and M rs. W. T L. Kieffer, of C he ste r Co unty, formerly of Milton

They then moved to W ilmington, D e l., and a year late r to Fr eehold, where they have since r esided.

Surviving are her husband and a five-months -o l d so n, Willi am Frank L in 'n; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank H alfpenny, a nd a siste r , Miss Edith H alfpenny, of Milton.

The f un e r al wa s h eld W ednesdny afte rn oon from h er h ome in Free h o l d, where ,i nt e rm ent was mad e.

COMING EVEN'TS

The following nlum n re clubs anno un ce s umm e r meetings: B ost on , M aliS.

June Io--At 46 Mountfort St., Ros t on. H os tess , M rs. F. A. Rugg. S u bject: Quiz on Cons tituti on.

July 22-AlJ Day O ut i n g with basket lu nch a t 108 Rock Isla n d Road Quincy. H os tess, Mrs. David D. Nickerson. Th e Grand Co un c il will be present.

August 12-O u ting.

Cl e v e land, O hio.

M ay 27-(Luncheon at 1 P M fo ll owed by p r og r am). Se ttl e men t Sc h ool. H ostess, Mr s. H . H. Allyn, 1363 Ave., As sis tant s , i\lrs . Stan ley Murdock , Mi ss Mary S l oane.

Jun e-An nu a l Pi cnic.

Lin col n , Neb.

Ju ne t2-Co m mencemen t Party for Se ni b r s H os tesses , Mr s Th o ma s Burtc h, Mrs. W H King, Miss Myrna Sedgw ick.

Mt. Plea sant, I owa.

Jun e-Conune n cemen t R ecep ti on. H os tess , M rs . Lottie Eaton RoB Cnl l. Frat ernity Notes. Songs.

Philadelph ia, Pa .

Jun e 3- H ostess, Marion Bak er, 107 Owen Ave., Lansdowne, Pa Box Lun cheon at 12 :30. Entertainment. Stunt Party.

Pu get S ou n d.

Jun e 4-Pi cnic. Hosless, Mrs E. G. Stanley. Veneta and Boslon Siree ts Breenerton. Chairman. Mi ss Harri e t J ohnstone.

T oledo, O hio.

June 8--Picnic .

EDITORIALS

Yo U R attention is ca lled to the general articles in this issu e. L ast summe r , at Convention, we l istened one afternoon to a " e ry interesting r epo rt of the Int ernational Conference of the \Voman's P eace Party which was hrought to UIj hy our own fraternity sister, Clara Edith Bailey. Each o f the co nventi ons held on the Coast last summer gave time to a consideration of si milar r ep orts and at least one of the Pan hell e nic organizations, Kappa Alpha Theta identified itself with th e \V oman's Peace Party Pi Beta Phi t oo k n o such action, but because o f t he interest manifested at that time and since then by nlt;m bers of the fraternity, severa l pagc'i of thili> ic;;o;ue are devoted to a discussion of the burning question of the timesPreparedness

On the attitude wh ich o ur cou ntr y adopts t owa rds this quest ion depends many th ings , o ur standards of living , 'Ou r ideals, ou r system of education for many yea rs to co me . Alth ou gh only a sma ll percentage of women have a vote which gives them a voice in th e actual decision of this matter , the subject itself is o f vital impo rtan ce to every woman. Contrary t o the popular theory of a few years ago th a t women as a sex would unqualifiedly oppose war , there are t oday many wom en who are distin c tly militar istic, in that while they hate war, they do not refuse to realize its possibility and they clamor for a progTam of national defense On the other hand , the Woman's Peace Party offe r s a program o f pacifi s t preparedness.

In th is issue , THE ARROW is fortunat e in sec urin g tw o wo m en, who by co nv ictio n and experience a r e unusually well fitted to set fo rth these tw o viewpo in ts. Our o wn Mr s. Helm ick n eeds no introdu cti o n a nd eve ry Pi Phi will reali ze that after seventeen yea rs of "following the fl ag" wi t h her soldier husband, she is abundant l y able to cJisc uss the prob lem of nati ona l d e fen se . T o Mrs Lucia Am es Mead , autho r of S w ords and P loughshares and of many peace pamph lets and Secretary of the Woman's P ea ce Party , TilE ARROW o wes a debt of gratitude f o r takin g time fr om her exceeding ly busy life t o disc uss this questi on f o r co llege women. Both articles deserve thoughtful conside rat ion.

"Please give us another suff rage number" more than onc read er has written. Since circumstances mak e that inexpedient at present, THE ARROW is glad to give space in this issue to a s urvey o f the

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s uffrage m ove me nt during the last thr ee yea r s writte n by one of our o wn members wh o is dev o tin g her ene r gies to th e suff ra ge cause. rn co nne c ti on with the a rticl e o n " Nur si ng as a Prof ess ion for Co ll ege W omen" whi c h appea r s o n page 592 und ergradu a tes are r e f e rred t o their A RROW fil es f o r a n issue whi c h was e ntir el y devoted hl this subj ec t in Volume XX V 11. Th e i nform a ti o n given th e r e is just as valuable today as the day it wa s written.

A s a rul e, the boo k r eviews in TilE ARR OW are a lw ays devoted t o vo lum es writt en by Pi Phis o r to th ose dea l ing especia lly with co lleg e l i fe a n d pr ob lems. Oc casi o n a ll y, we r ev ie w boo k s wh ose co ntents bea r closely . on th e s ubj ects und e r disc ussio n at the tim e. Th at is t h e case with the thre e uoo k s r eviewed in thi s issue Read e rs will find in them a fuller dis c u ss io n o f the seve r a l s ubjects featured in this numb e r of our ma gaz ine.

Mi ss Sarah T ay lo r of O mah a, Nebras ka , h as se nt to THE ARROW this impo rtan t correc t io n o f an e rr o r in th e r ecen tly iss ued His tory o f Pi Beta Phi ];' raternit y. Sh e says " I owa Alpha was o rgani zed January 1, 1869, a nd n o t D ece mbe r 2 1,1868, as g iven on page 3 2 of the Hi s to ry The nam es of th e o r igina l se ven m e mbe rs who w e re ini tiated at th e ho me o f Mr s. Prud e Kibben Murphy we r e as follows: Libbie Brook -Gaddis , Prud e Kibb e n - Murphy, Sa r ah A. Taylor , Sadie H a rtison - Kni ght , E mm a Co llin s-S loa n , J e nni e White - Wilson, Vina Spry -Lisl e. "

In C hapter I of th e H istory o n page 19 th e m a rr ied nam e of Ada C . Bru en, a Founder , s h ou ld read Mrs . Jam es A . Grier instead of Mrs S. Graham

The Sorosis C lu b of t h e Unive r sity o f O r ego n petition ed n B <I> at ou r 1915 co nventi on . Th e c harter was g r anted and Oregon Alph a chap te r o f TI B <I> insta ll ed October 29, 1915 Full accounts of this appeared in the last num be r o f THE ARROW.

The charter members of Oregon Alpha were also membe rs o f M <I> E , a national honorary musical so r o r ity. They did not witpdraw from M E either be f ore or afte r beco min g m e mb e r s of n B as

dual membership in an honorary and literary fraternity at one and the same time is entirely permissible.

Nu chap ter of 1\lu Phi Epsilon at the L"niversity of Oregon did not become Oregon A Ipha chapte r of Pi Beta Phi. On the cont rary it is very much alive and flourishing. They have recently initiated eleven new mem be rs one of whom is also a newly initiated memiJer of IT B 4>.

We very mu ch regret that there has been a misunderstanding in regard to this and trust this announcement will ro me La the atlcn · lion of all interested and that Nu chapte r o f M <I> E at University of Oregon will con tinue to hold the high place she has occupied fur five years in the national musical sorority of M <I> E .

The Grand Council will hold its annual meeting July 1 j 24 at the summer home of Mr . and David D. Nicker!:ion. 108 Roc k I s land Road, Quincy, ass. A II reports rrom officers and com· rnittee chairmen should be in the hands of the C;rand Secretary by July 10.

On Saturday, July 22, the Boston Alulnn," Cluh will hold an all· day meeting (with basket lun c h) at the home of Mrs. Nickerson. All Pi Phis who may be in or near Boston at th e lime are co rdially invited to attend and meet the Grand Council.

Tentative plans are being made for an Eta Province house party early in the summer. All Pi Phis who may be in the province at the lime and are interested should communicate wit h Ihe president or vice ·president of the province.

Pi Phis who may be in or near Chicago in June will be interested ill the following announcement:

A course of ten lectures on vocational guidance and vocational opportuni t ies for co llege women will be given under the auspices of the Chicago Collegiate Bureau of Occupations by Miss Helen M. Bennett, manager, at the headquarte r s of the Bureau, Stevens Build . ing, 16 North \oV abash Ave., during the week of Jun e 19 ·24, 1916. The course will include lec tures on the following subjects: liThe

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Prob le m of the Vocational Adviser," "Co ll ege T r aini ng and Working Efficiency," "Four Typi ca l Vocations and Their coos," "The Psychology of the Gir l as Related t o H er Occupation," "The Economic Condit ion of W omen as Affec ting the Choice of a Vocation ." Ind iv idual field work, co nsi s tin g of investigation of opportunities for college women in different occ u pat ions will be arranged under expert supervision. Te rm s: Ten dolla rs fo r the co ur se. For further information add r ess M iss H e len M . Bennett, Chicago Coll egiate Bureau of Occ up ations, 16 North \Vabash Ave ., C hi cago, 1I1. Telephone Cent ral 5336.

A plain, unmark ed Arr ow pin was f o und on th e street in B onner' s Ferry, Idaho, two or three years ago. The lady who f ound it ha s turned it over to Mary A. Q uill in ( illinois A, ' 12) wh o li ves in W eiser, Idah o The owner m.ay have the pin by writing t o Mis ':; Quillin and id enti fyin g her prope rty.

Special attention is ca ll ed to th e Notice to S ubscr ibers whic h is printed on the last page of th e di r ec t o ry in the fr ont o f THE ARROW. Every fall, unu sual difli culty is expe r ienced by th e A lumn re Editor because of the extr emely large number o f changed add r esses whi ch occu r between Jun e and Oc tober . If you exp ec t to change your resi d e n ce before October, cut out th e blank prov ided and fill in th e c hanges ind icated and mail to the Alumn re Editor as soon as possible . This app l ies t o b rides especially who are urged to send bo th th ei r ol d and new addresses, with the announcement o f o f name .

William C. Levere, Sec retary of the Co ll ege Fraternity Referen ce Bureau, offers a prize of tw enty-five dollars ( $ 25.00) for the best tw o hundred word history of a co ll ege fraternity o r so r or ity Th e Bureau has so many inquiries conce rnin g the history o f the various G reek socie t ies, that Mr. L eve re has decided. on this plan as the most interesting way of securing a brief history wh ich will be concise, condensed and still full of in fo rmati on . The co ntes t is open to all G r eeks and aside from the prize, each fraternity membe r should be eager t o see that his or her socie ty has a well - written r ecord filed at the Bureau, as it will be used many tim es to furnish required information. The only r equi r eme nt s are that the hlstory of the fra -

ternity must be kept within two hundred wo rds and it must be typewritten. Send all entries to \Villiarn C. Levere, Secretary of the College Fraternity Referen ce Bureau, Bo x 254, Evanston, Illinois.

Have you any copies of TilE ARROW which you are willing to cont ribute for the completion of the chapter files? Each chapte r is expected to have in its possession bound volumes of all TilE ARROWS published since the date of the founding of the chapter. THE: ARROW File Committee desires that a\l files shall be comp let ed hy tHe 1917 convention, and so far only J 9 chapters report comp l ete files.

The j..;c;u{'s from May: 18 85 up to and including the issue for July, 1909 are needed, especia lly the report of the New Orlean, ( 1908 ) conventio n, also some of the more recent numbers.

Please send any copies you can spare to the chairman: Delia Conger, 381 North Prairie St., Galesburg , Ill. Forward by mail, marking them HOld Magazines." 1Ollis can he sent fo r 40c. \Vill you not help the committee and the c hapters by complying with this request?

PI PHIS IN THE PUBLIC EYE

I

ABBY PORTER LELAND

, New York B, '05

Dr. Abby Porter Leland whose successful experience as principal of o ne of the New York City has brought her widespread recognition in educational circles has been trying an interesting experiment in her school district. The following a cco unt of her undertaking 15 taken from an illustrated article which appeared in the New York Times Magazi'ne for February 13, 1916. The fa c t that she bore the initial expense of the experiment herself is an inter esting illustration of her genuine interest in her work.

Down in that p:ut of the city' where street and pushcart serve as the principal means of social intercourse and where dark-eyed children go to the "liberry " to read and dream about fairy godmothers, almost a miracle hu beeu wrought. One of the se venerable fairy folk, so well beloved and so stanchly believed in, stepped out from between the coven- of her book. waved her magic wand, and, 10 and behold. a typical east side flat was turned into an ideal American homethe "clean h ouse," some call it. The godmother, Dr. Abbey Porter Leland. fondly known among the of the district in which she is working as "Mrs. Principal"; the flat, 188..0;nton Street.

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In order to do so m e thing to show what a tru e Am erica n h o m e wa s lik e, Dr. Lel-a n d and h e r l eac h ers decided to furnish a "mode l department" in a tenement house. In Nove m be r, 19 14 a four -room fl at was rented al 188 C li nton Street , a n ew -law t ene ment building. Th e rooms were in a rno .; ! unwholesome and insanitary co n dition. Cei ling s were cracked, th e plumbinf! was out of orde r , a n d the walls were cove r ed with twelve l ayers o f luridJ } co lored paper, o l d a n d filthy_

The chil d r e n were told that th e landlord co uld be made to r e medy th ese condition s, and within a shor t time the roo m s were pai nt ed a pleasing lan , which harm o niz ed with the white e nam e led wood wo rk Th e pupils of th e da y sc hool! and older girls o f the night sc h ools n ea r by were by thi s time inten se l y interested. With the he lp of the boys in the shopwork classes in neighboring sc hools , shelv es , book r ac k s, window chests, and o th e r items n ecessa ry both to the comfort and bea uty of the h ome were ins ta ll ed. C urt ains, towels, la undr y bags, we re sewed by the girls. Other th i ng s were p ur ch ased. The four roomsliving room, di n i ng-r oo m, kit c he n, a nd bedroom-were fu rni s he d f o r $160.

Throughout the fl a t the p redo m inating features are cleanliness, neatness, and harmony of co lor and decoration.

After th e apartment wa s furnished, th e work of acquainting th e girl s with it s pur poses began. Every sc h oo l in th e neig hbo rhood had a ll o tted to it a certaill time wh erei n its gi rl p upil s might visi t a nd wo rk in the Hat. On r: purpose was t o give the girls practical kn ow ledge o f h ow to co n d uc t a w ell -regulated home. Over -age pupils-usually the ba ckward ones- h ad their special h o urs. It was soo n discovered th a t th ese l i ttle ch ildren, whose mind s refu sed to work at th e ir wills o r even th e more insistent ones of their tea c hers, were Quick to lea rn h o w to work with th eir h ands. Windows were cleaned, bra ss was brightened, and wood sc rubbed until the mo st fastidious was satisfied.

With the old e r girls a mo re adv a n ced co ur se of home-making was inaugurated. They make beds, se w, coo k, a nd se rve dishes.

The most intere s ting work , h o weve r, i s do ne at night. Th e re are four groups of girls, each forming a distinct type. Th e gr o up o n Monday nights consi sts of those r anging fr om 17 to 20 years, wh o a r e members of the J e ff e r so n Branch of tbe Pro tective League. Miss R e na Levy, the visiting teacher of Publi c School 62, who ha s gained the con fiden ce of th ese girl s, grasped at the opportunity of showing th e m h ow attractive a hom e co uld be made. The Tuesday night group co n sis ts of the younger l itt le fri en ds of Miss Levy , those of '4 to 16 years. Mi ss Levy's eyes lighted up in spea king of th ese. u ['ve gotten :l hold on th e m," she said. "Th ey lo ve this place, and those no t yet in th e group beg to be admitted. U nfo rtun ate l y, the fl at is too s m a ll to h old more than the number w e have. But th e ideals of an America n h ome are taking root. "

The th i r d group comes from the industrial classes. Seve ral of the girls are engaged to be married. Th ey come with a desi r e to learn; their interest is keen, and they appreciate advice a n d h elp.

Th e lame is tr ue of the Thur sday evening class. They a r e the foreign girl,. a nd women, th ose wh o have recen tly come over. According to Mi ss Huff ,

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their teacher, they art the rno .. t material. 'lot yel accustomed to the Amuica as their olcler neighbors know the country, and delighting in it as the model ftat .. hows it to be, they are clay in the hands of teacher!> and Slower in their movements and comprehension. it true, but, oh. so joyou .. when they have done something in an American \\ ay at the "clcan house."

With all the groups the method of dramatization ..0 much in "ogue with psychologists anct edUCAtOr" i"i used. The flal is supposed to be the home of five people-the man and wifl', tWf) children, and their grandmother. In the there are two beds and a bureau, covered by rt simple while !\Carf, rUt which repose the individual comb!oo and brushes, owncrship i<; l oud ly pro c1aimcd by firm black I('tters. The couch in thc li,·ing room and a col ill Ih" dining+room senc A!o sleeping (I Uart c rs for the req of the family.

All( E ROH,.', A, tQ6 ,\l ire R<>hc !'uccessfu l journali ti< e'<pcrienrc ha hert men t10ned 1n pn.vious issues of ARROW ic,; gaining nc\\ laurl'l, a'" a foreign co rresp ondent during war time. During" the pa .. t fc\\ months she has been the United Pres, intere t ing items from I tal),. Th e following e\amp1cs of hl'T wurk an: taken from the /ril/iam.f/'{lrl Su" for Oltohcr 15.1915:

TUE F'AIR\'·' AIES ABQliT Qln::-.s ANO PIlI:-.n;sSEs Rome. Sep!. 6. (by mail)-A littl,. in ltal) rlO!'>sc thc wnnrlcrflll noll ever seen in her part of the kingdom. II cr namt is Jolanda-but no--she isn't Ihe princess Jolanda at all. I nde ed s he is just about as far removcd from the royal family as a little girl co uld be. Hut th en there is th e dollher name is J o lllnda too--Jolanda I I elena-and this;s how it happened.

Not long ago Armando Fras sineti, (who boasts three whole years of lif e), playing the barn on his father'!, farm "hen he fell into a six-foot ",ell. Armando beat hi s anm about and wcceeded in keeping his head above water. Il l' sc ream ed . IIi ... !>is t er Jolando heard him. She s tret ched herself out fiat on the ground, and by reaching down into th e well, with all the s trengt h of her fj,·e year!>, she managed to grab Arrllando's shi rt and I'ull him just as he Will- giving Ollt. She lillie more th:m a baby herselr.

Somcone told the l'tory 10 the Princess Jobnda. Of course, she WAS at once interested in th e bra'·e deed of her little farm girl namesake. So she told her mother, the queen, about it.

The queen told one of her court ladies who in turn told Ihe !'ub prefeel of [m ola that the royal princess wished to e"tend a ft\\ words of praise 10 her namesake for her brave deed.

Also th cre was a dolt in a '1pecia lly made case for thc youthful heroine, It is needless to say that when the s ub-p re fect a rr ivcd car rying the doll and c harged with hi s regal me ssage there was no more impor tant in all I tall' Ih"l1 Ihat of the littl e farm Fra !>ine t i.

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Always active in Y. W. C. A " she served her senior year, as its vice-president. She was a member of H IT Y, the girls' senior society, a nd was one of the mar sha ls at co mmencement ( a very high honor)

During her senior year, she acted as chaperon of Tyler Cottage, one of the smaller dormitori es for women Only the most capable and trustworthy girls are chosen for these difficult posi tions, and her selection was, indeed, a high tribule to Eva's worth and ability.

During her sophomore ye ar, Eva assumed the stewardesship of the c hapter house. I always thought that she had a lot of I'nerve" for we were $100 in debt, an d appart:ntly bound to remain so. Here, rva's do -o r -die spirit appeared, and at the end of the year we were nut of debt, had purchased two new stoves and new kitchen equipment and were $60 ahead, ] n addition we lived well , entertained a g r ea t deal , and were more than happy. Eva managed eve r ything frolll planning the menus to 'Ihiring and firing" the cooks (the latte r ta sk she did most effectively-I know, for I have heard her).

She was a delegate to Lhe Swarthmore Convention and also to tile installatiun of Nt:w York r , and was president of the chapter her se n io r yea r.

Since her graduation in 19 14, Eva has been head of the biology departn1cnt in the Bingha mton, N. y" high school. She also instructs in Bes ide her school d u ties, she has found time for acti\'c participation in th e Associa toD o f Collegiate A l umnre.

H er SUlllmer \'acations an: as Natu re Study D ir ector in HCamp for gi rls.

New Y or k A is. indeed , proud to ha \'e Eva ser ve as the president o f h e r provin ce. and is happy 10 sha r e I-'\'a', "p lcl: did talents and l: .xec utive ability with -\Ipha Pr ovince chapters. She assures her ister chapte rs that E\'3 will ('ndt:3\,or 10 he a worthy successor II our Itn' cel Mr s. Nickersun.

BOOK REVIEWS

Through an interested alumna, the Editor has Itarned the follow · ing items of interest concerning Pi Phi writers and their rece nt publications. The information came too late for her to secure co pies or the books for review.

In December, 1915 , the ALington Press, New York City, published a book by Gertrude Harper Beggs, Colorado B, '93, entit led Thyu in Crele.

Doubleday, Page Co., of Garden City, N. Y , has puhlished another tree guide by Julia E. Rogers, I owa Z, '92, in their pocket nature series.

Abigail Williams Burton, Illinois E , '0 ], who is known t o the fraternity at large as the phraser of the Pi Beta Phi Symphony i, the author of a number of child ren's verses and a short sto ry in recent numbers of St. Nic Itolas.

The St o ry o f a P i o n eer By Anna H. Shaw. J-I arptr and Bro thers, New York and London. Price. $2.00 net.

Volumes on the woman movement are multiplying rapidly but few will be read with the wide!'pread interest wh ich has been aroused everywhere by the autobiography of Anna Howard Shaw for so many years leader of the woman suffrage movement. Closely associated as she was for so long with the pioneer worker s in th e suffrage movement , Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and others, Doctor Shaw's life has been so closely interwoven with th e ca use she loves that her own history cannot be separated from it. But her book is more than a chronicle of the suffrage movement , it is truly the tale of a pioneer who came to this country in babyhood and grew up in a log cabin in the middle west, undergoing all the hardships of the early settlers and battling for education and opportunity against odds so heavy that no student of the present age can r ea lly appreciate them. It is all told in a thrilling fashion, abounding in anecdote and rippling with humor which makes it fully as interesting as any novel.

Women at the Hague By Jane Addams, Emily G. Dat...h and Alice Ilamil · ton. The Macmilla n Company, New York Price, 7S cents

Probably no incident connected with the well -meaning Imt thu s far f u tile attempts at bringing about peace, with the single exception of the Fo r d expedition, has aroused such journalistic SCOrn alld derision

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as th e Internati ona l Congress of \V amen a t the H ague in 15 . Almost with one accord the newspapers made fun of it and there were very f e w serious and detailed r epo rt s of the event. For this reason , this small volume of lette rs and impressions written by thr ee of the Amer ican delegates is of g r eat value. It too ea rl y to r ea li ze just h o w great was the effect of t his Congress but it is safe to predict th at its r esu lts will be of g reate r value than the public ge nerally reali zes. Th e si de - li ghts thr ow n o n th e great worldco nfl ict by the sto ri es o f th ese intrepid trav e le rs in war tim e g ive a new f o undati on for a clea rer understand ing of man y inexplicab le matters .

Under the Red Cross F l ag at H o me and Abr oad By Mabe l T Board · mao J B. Lippincott Comp:my, Philadelphia n nd Lo n do n Price, $1.50 net.

The author of this volume who is the chairman of the national relief boa rd of the American Red Cross has written the first de t ai led histori cal sketch o f the Red C r oss in gene ral and the American Red Cross in parti cular In these days when this g r eat o r gani7..•1..ti o n figures so pr om inen tly everywhere, it is ' well for everyone t o hav e an intellig e nt und e r s tandi ng of its sco p e and its aims a nd eve r y reader of thi s volume will have a clea r e r kn owledge of the meaning of the Red ' Cross. The book abounds in anecdote and is clea rl y and logically devel oped.

ALV:\! i E PRRSO:\"ALS

ARKANSAS ALPHA-UNIVERSI rv or ARKANSAS

8eatrice O'Neal, ') S. is teaching German in the Texarkana high IChool. Katherine Banta, ' 14. is doing library work in the University of Kan sas. Janet Reid. U.' 14 who is attending Newcomb College in New Orleans has just been elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Roberta Roberts, ' 14. is attending school a.tRostdalc. Knn . Irene Calhoun, ' [5. of Gravette, Ark., Ellis, 'IS. who is tcaching :-l'ience in the high sc hool, Paris, Texas; Thyra Cordell, '14. Suzenne Roberts, n '13. and Eleanor FQrwood. "5. all attended the Pi Phi formal, March 31. Lucy Nichols, '0<), is in Asheville, N. c., on an extended Vilit. Mrs. W. N. IngTam (Mary Gndancl. ' 13 ,) has moved to Greenville, Miss.; Mro;. T. W. Cl:uk (Ruth W ood , 'fZ), to Gosh('n, Ark.

CALIFORNIA ALPHA-LELAND STANFORD, JR. UNIVERSITY ENGACUUNTS

Eva Belle Clark, '10. to Hen \Valk er, Ii 1', U"iursilyoj Cobjor"io. Alice Briggs, ' 14, to William Martin Shepard, or San Francisco.

HAUlAGES

\Iarie Lock\\(I()f1. ',.1, to Gren \' ille Il oward, ' 14, in Pasadena 011 February 14 At home, Tampico, Mexi co. Carr, '14, to Ray CO')wser Maple, '14, !-: X, in Alhambra. At home in Glasford, Ill.

Clara Cralll, '14, and Erroll Preston Ca mpbell, ' 13 , April 12, in East J I ighlands.

Dart, '13, hns been teac hing in the high schoo l, Coeur d'Alene, I daho, nnd Vera McNa bb, ' 14. in the San Bernardino sc hools . Cons tan ce Darrow, "4, has rec'!'ntly r eturned to her home in Lewist own, Mont.

Muriel James, '09. has moved to 1056 E. 1St 51., Long Beach, Cal.

COLORADO ALPHA-UNIVJ.:RSI't y (W COLORAOO ENGACEMENTS

Electa Franklin , ' 13. to \V. McCoombs or Vi ctor , Colo.

BIRTHS

To Mr and Mrs John Jr (May Morse , ' 12 ) a daughter, Dorothy

To Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Collins (Hallie Chapman, '10) a daughter.

We sympathite with Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Cunningham (Edna Pierce, In) in the death of their infant daughter.

Mrs. Harry Ogden (Fannie W altmeyer, '09) with her two c hildren is to spend the summer in Boulder visiting her sister, Mr s Val Fi sche r (TIelen \V'Illtmeyer. 'ro).

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Elizabeth Gamble. '96, ha s moved to 909 Mapl e ton Ave., Boul<k:r. Colo.j

Mrs H a r ry H Linn (Elizabeth Rich , ' 12), to 6074 Ni nn ewa Ave , C hi c ago. III. ; Lo r e na Underhill, ' 09, to W . Capi to l A ve., Spr ingfield, 111. ; Mr s. G. T. H a rl ey ( He le n Drake, ' 12), to 91 1 N. Santa Fe Ave" Puebl o, Co l o. ; Mr s. B. C. Ger w ick ( Be rn ice Co ultr ap . 'OJ), 10 ( ; ran d View, M arin Co., Cal.; Ida Swayne, ex -' 13, to 13 10 EI P aso St. , FClrI \ Vo rth, T ex a s.

CO L ORADO BETA-UN I VE R S ITY DENVER

ENGAG EMENT S

Fri eda Ri chter, ex·' IS, to C lar ence Bail ey , A E, Deliver

M abe l Di ckerso n, ' 16 , t o N ed Davis, 1: A E Ohio W esleyan.

Edith Spence, ex-' , 8, t o Edward Ca rt er, A E , D enve r,

Mr s. Walt er Kes le r ( I sa dor e Van Gi lder, '03) h as mo \'e d to 457 W 123rd St., New York City.

COLU MBIA ALPHA-(;EORf'E WAS H INGTON UN I VE R SITY

ENGAGE M EN T S

Ad e l ine Bro adb urll , ex-' 15, t o Oscar M a th ews.

Li e ut e n a nt ann M rs T. N. Alford ( Ad e l e T !ty lor, '06), with th e ir t hree childr e n, a r e sett led a t 3 V oge l T e rr ace, Rr oo kline, Ma ss. , for th e s ummer .

Mr s. W alter A . Kuhney ( Eth e l ' rrowb ridge, ' 13 ) h as moved to 92 1 Bu ena P a rk T e rra ce, I ll.

FLORIDA ALPHA-JO H N B. STET SON UN I VE RS I TY

Sally J o ne s, ' 14 , who expects to re ceive h er mast e r 's degree in animal hu s· bandry at the Unive r si ty of Wi sco nsin, thi s Jun e, is p repa ring a h eavy the sis o n The es ta bl isll m ent 01 Q H ols l e;" herd by bru d i"g QI/d u/u tio".

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M ARR I AG ES

Re n a Logan, ex ·'16 , Ra ymo nd \ V. Sta rrett. " /IIII/ eso ta. oj) r .6, F ebruary 3. At home , S he ld o n, I owa.

61RTIIS

T o Mr and Mrs. H oward W i lli amson ( H elen Mac k ey , '98) o f D es met , I daho, a da ughter, Elizabeth Ann, D ece mber 13

To M r. and M rs. Gene H eba rd (O rpha Burni de , n·'II ) of Kn oxvill e, a da ughter

T o Mr . and Mrs. C h a rle s H o lm es ( Alvira M yers, ex '&) of Galesburg, a da ught e r.

T o Mr and Mrs. Arthur Gochenour (E leano r C l aycomb , ex-'06) of Syc a · more, Ill. , a daughter , M a r y Louise, on M a r c h 3L

Ethelyn Grier, '04, is teaching sch ool in Coeur d'A lene, The following were ",,.ek ·end visitors February 4 - 7 : '97; Lillian Mac l-t ale, ex·'lo; Margaret Newman, ' II ; Idaho. Nina H a Hi s- All en, Edna \Vood, ' 13 ;

Ella '1 4; Maude Stephenson, 'IS; Dorothy Payne, 'IS; Nina :Mari e Se:ngt:nberger, ex-'IS; Mary Wyman, ex-'tS.

Edna Wood, ' 13 is teaching in the M oline high school, and Julia Lombard. '0 1, in Montclair Academy, Montclair, N.]. Her address is 216 Berkeley Ave Bloomfield, N. j.

Lu cile S. Cravens, ' 10, now teaching Lalin in Forest Park University, Sf. Louis, has been awarded an advanced Latin cholarship at Missouri University. which includes $400 and free tuition. Miss Craven, ,Iso won a $1:10 scholarship at Chicago University, but refused it to go to Columbia. She was J.!raduated (rom ,h .. ('cntral high school. She i!:t the daughter of Mr . and Mrs. \V B. ( Lulu Burt. 'R 4 ).

Mrs. E. O. H.addifT (Geo rgiana Pugh, ex·' 16 ) has m O\lt'd 10 184 N. Cham bt.:n., Galesburg, 111.; Eh, :e Garlick, '07, to 7343 Crandon, Chicago, II I.

ILLINOI S DELTA-KNOX COLLEGE ENGAGEMENTS

l'elen Mill s , '16, to Ilaroid Iland s, U,,;vusily a/ I owa, '14, r.1..

MARRIA

GES

Harriett Wilson , 'IS, aud Errol lIuston, April 19 At home, Blandinsville, 111.

BIRTHS

To Mr . and Mr s. Roy Ingersoll ( Lulu ilin chliff, '08) of Galesburg, a daughter, F,.hruRry 19.

DEATIIS

Mr s. Lester L. Long ( ll elen Turner. '12) at her home, 612J Mi chigan Ave., Chicago, 111.

Martha Scott, ' 14. who teaches in R oc kwell City, Iowa. ha s been the guest of Mildred Steele. '14.

Alice Johnson, '08, tea ches in the OeKalb high school.

Mrs. E. L. Atldns ( Irene McBroom, ex-'14) has moved to Smithshire, 111 .. R. F. D. No.1; Dema H arshbarger. '14. to Wilmette, III.

We ha\'e enjoyed short visits during Ihis last semester from Lena Lee, ex-'Ii. Roseville, ilL, lI arriett \V ils(ln, ' 15, Creston, Iowa, and Ruth Bu ck. ex-'17. Gardner, til.

ILLI NOIS

EPSILON-NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

Mrs. H D. Wil cox (Opal Cramar, ex-'IO) has moved to Omaha, Neb., 2615 Meridith Ave.; M rs. E. P. Yaple (Emily Platt,'12), to 5522 N. Kilbourne Ave., C hicago. III.; Mrs. Raymond Pruitt (Frances Paullin. 'u), to 9'7 Forest Ave., Evanston, Ill.; Florence Schee, ' 12 , to 1939 Sherman Ave .• Evanston, Ill. , Elda Smith, '0 1, to 11 00 S. 6th St.. Springfield, 111.; Wilma Coad, ex·'IJ, to 609, 234 S. La Salle St., Chicago, 111.

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ILLINOI S ZETA-UNIVERSITY ILLI NO I S

BIRTHS

T o Mr and Mr s. Ceci l M. Jac k (Cha ri o tle Nelson, '(3), a son, at Decalur, III.

T o Mr. and Mr s. G. A. T awney ( M a r ietta Bu sey , '08) J a da ugh ter, Elizabeth, February 4. at Cincinnati , Oh io.

T o Mr. and M rs. Benj amin W eir ( Lott a J ohn so n, '03), a da u ghter, EIi,;ahtt h , April 9. at Chattanooga, T e nn

Mr s. Ann e M o nt gome r y- Bahn so n was in s talled as S tat e R egen t of the D . A. R. in Ottowa, Ill., in March.

Mr s S. M. Hill e r ( Ed it h Armstr ong, 'IS ) has m oved to 277 N. C l e vel a nd, Orange, Cal.

ILLINOIS ETA-JAME S MI LLIK I N

M A'RR I AGES

H e len Vori s, ex·' 12, and Bro wn M o rri son, F eb ru ary 14. S tewardson, 111 At home. Ramsey, Ill.

Margu e rit e Seifried, ex-'t 3. and ]. F. Mc Farl and, F e bru a ry 12. At hom e, Atlanta, Ga.

Maude Stanfield, " 4, an d C harl es II arter, Color ado College, 6. e, April 25. At home . Lov el and , Col o.

BIRTHS

To Mr. and Mrs. Lee C M oo r e head ( Winifred D avis, ex-'u) of 111., January 23, a son . Willi a m Davi s.

To Mr . and Mrs. Ja mes E. W asem ( A de l aide Bingham. '13) o f Patoka, ilL, a son.

To Mr. 3nd Mrs Earl Hurrie ( Ali ce Bone, '(9) of Pet er sb urg, m., '3. son, Hic kory H oughto n

To Mr. and Mrs. H or ace M c Da vid (Bess Lamb, 'oS) of D eca tur , Ill .• Mar ch 23, a son, Horace Th o mas

To Mr. and Mrs . George P. Byrn e (Eula Ma son, '(4 ) of Decatur. IlL, March 23. a so n, Geo rge, Jr.

To Mr. and M rs. Edgar Walk e r (R uth Bi c kn ell , ' 08) of J o li et, IlL, March 28, a daughter. Mar y Louise

Mrs. Paul O'Oay (J essie P a tterso D. '12); Mr s. Floyd F. St abl es (Laura Belle How enstine. ex-' t S); M abe l Edmun so n, ' 13 i Lois Sh oot, ex-' 13, and Gladys Sidway, Florida A, visited u s r ecently

Both the active and alumn re girls enjoyed having Miss Amy Onken with them for initiation i n F ebr u a ry. Th e alumn :e enter ta in ed Mi ss Onken with a lunch eo n i n Lin ns T earoom. Luc ill e Logan, ' 12, and Mabel Edmunson , '13, were o ut-of- town guests.

Plans a r e being made by the fo r F o unders' Day celebration to be h eld in the home of M argaret D ick and at which t h e ac tive girls a re guests

The re will be a buffet supper f ollowed by an e laborate entertainment, the detAils of which the committee refuses to di sclose.

Eliubelh Galloway, ex "i, has mo ved to jlS Clary St., Retail, Helen Keeley, 'IS. to 532 S. Van Ncn Ave , Los Angeles, Cal.; Mrs. R. H. OliphAnt (Marguerite Grey, ' 10 ), to ,"an ita Park, Clayton, Margaret llcssier, '14. to 341 \V. Macon, Decatur, III.

INDIANA ALPHA-FRANKLIN C OLLEGE

Muie Ditmars, '13. has completed her year's work at the Settlement Schoo l and returned to Franklin.

The Franklin alumna: club is very much pleased with the success of a 5e(oDd·hand u.le. where $75 was clenred for the Settlement School.

Frances Dean, '95. has accepted a position in the public libr ary at South Bend, Ind.

Ethelyn LaGrange. '09. is teaching at Goshen, lnd.

The alumnre club and 3ctive chapter are planning to serve the banquet (or the provjnce convention of dean May S. We hope to make it a success, espeda.lIy in a. financial way.

Emma Harper Turner. '89, wa.s hostess in chief :lnd toastmistress at the anniversary dinner of the College Women's Club of \Vashington. D. C .• recently. She was instrumental in the formation of the organization ten )'tars ago, and has been its president this year.

INDIANA GAMMA-BUTLER C OLLEG E

ENGAGEMENTS

Stella McCash, 'IS, to Errol P. Janes of Spokane. BIRTHS

To Mr -a.nd Mrs. James R. Tranter (Mary }3ckson, '14). a daughler, Lucy Emma. in February.

Mrs. E. S. Acres (Jessie Ludlow, '01) has moved to 13' 9 Linden Ave., Long Beac h, Cal.; Mrs Chrence Reidenback ( 11 ildred II ughes, ex -' 13 ), to Milford, Conn.; Julia Groenwaldt, 'IS. to 2227 N. Pa. 51., In dianrtJlolis, In d Georgia P. McElroy, "4. to 55:19 Kimbark, Chicago.

IOWA ALPHA-IOWA WESLEYAN COLLECE

BIRTHS

To Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wilkins (Margaret Phillippi, ex-'lo) a son, Jame s Walter, February 26.

Mrs. W. S. tone (Carrie Newell, '83) has moved to 9S l' Euclid Ave., Cleveland , Ohio; Je§sie R. Clark, ex-' IS, to Escnlos, C31.; Mrs. M. C. Roberts ( Edith Zniser), to 5 14 S. Wa§hinglon, Butte, Monl.; Mrs. Chas. Goode (Ad:!. Redd, ex ,'12), to 1325 W . 9 th St., Des Moines, Iowa.

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IOWA BETA-S IMPSON COLI-EG E

ENCACEMENTS

Mary Thompson, " 4. 10 Ryl e S. Mc Kee, " 4. Ames 6 T 4

BIIlTUS

To Mr . and Mrs. C . E. Wi c k ersham (Ve r 3 Peasley, ' II ). a daughtu, Joan, September 14

Mr s. F. S. Burberry ( M ::l.rlh a D as hi e ll , '8.0 will all e n d the Ce n e ral Fed erati o n of Women 's Clubs in New York City in Ma yas 0. delegate from the Indian o la \V Olll ll n 's C lu b.

J ess i e Se h ec. '08, is vi siti ng with h e r parents during a sh or t vacation (rom h er work i l l th e Y. W. C. A in Mi nn eapo li s Mrs. O l i ve r H a mmeu (Ca rrie Buffingt on, '85) and Mr s . C . H. P a rk s (Et ha Mit ch e ll, '87) visited in Indianola in Marc h Judge and Mrs. H end erson ( Hattie Spray, 'So) will return to their hom e in until Jun e J, wh en th e y will go to Spokane, Wuh.

H e le n e Ba k er , '09 , will be o n Ih e R edpat h \ aw ter ci r c u il Ihis s umm e r, havina charge o f th e " Mo rning H o ur" (o r the c hil d ren .

Ruth Harp, ' 14, will study in Ihe Universi ty o f Chi cago thi s summer.

Be ss i e Tilt o n, ' 13, to t ake postgrad u ate work in scie nce this s um · mer at the State Labo rato r y, O k oboji, I o wa

Our sympathies go out to Mr s. E. B Hend erso n (Effie Bu sse ll e, '95) i n the death o f h e r hu sband , o n Ma r c h '7, at Ma r e ngo, Iowa

Mrs. E. T. Hatfield (Eva Anderson) has moved to 5:35 W. 1St St., Long Beach. Cal.; Mrs . S. J . Spaulding ( Mary Dashi e ll ) , to 5137 S. P a rk Av e., Los Ang eles , Cal.; Mr s. 1\'1 Clark (Ed na Be llman, ex · ' IS) , 10 R. No.2, Box 55. Ind ia n ol a , l own

IOWA GAMMA-IOWA ST ATE COl. LEGE BlaTIIS

T o Mr . and Mr s. Nel so n B. Ru e (E li zabe th Waitt, ex -"7) a d!1u"htcr , Mary Helen, December 24.

Kittie Freed , '9 2, c ity librari a n, h as bee n g r anted a s ix m o nth s' leave o f absence for travel in the wes t.

Margare t Penick, ' IS, is eloing s ubstitute wor k in the Cha riton high sc h ool.

Ruth M cCli nt ock, ' IS , is demonstrating for the ho m e econo mi cs depar:ment of the Woman' s C lub o f Cedar R ap ids, Io wa na, M rs. Ca rri e Chapman Ca U, 'So, h as had many loya l Pi Phis in her audiences dur i ng h e r recent to ur is eviden ced by the e nthu si a s tic menti on of her addresses, sent in by several clubs.

Mrs . H . W . Ni ch ols (Loi s Boardman, '(9) h as mo ve d to 4:1 Rooseve lt Rolld, Maplewood, N . J.; M rs. M. C. Garst (Be rth a Lam son, 'IS)', to C r ookston, Minn., R F D NO .3 ; Mo S h erman (Sh irley Storm, ' II ) , to 31:37 4th Ave. , Minneapo li s, Minn ; Regina Br ennen, ' II , to 530 Victoria Ave ., Sa n Bernardino, Ca l.; Mr s. E P. Jone.!! ( Ruth Vaughn, ex · ' 17 ), to 72 0 5th A ve , 263 Thatc h e r A ve. , Riv e r III.

IL('MN.£ PERSONALS

IOWA ZETA-STATE UNIVERSITY or IOWA

ENGAGEMENTS

Faye Jame!§, "3. to Jam u Esden .,. d 9, of idney, Iowa. Louise Frtsbie. ex' .,. to (;eorge H, Mangold.

BIRTHS

To Mr . and Mrs ("harle!) R. Weld (Ethel Calderwood, ' 13) • lion, in Augal!.

T o Mr Rnd M rs. W altH Lovell, (Jessie Remley, '95) a daughter, JORphine, J on e 19 1915.

Mrs. Peal ( M abel Foster, '99),

DEATHS

(,race k . Ilebar ri. xz, "h. D., 'Q4. has an ilitCre ling paragraph ocvukd lu her in the Wyoming A " Personals ."

Jen B. Hawl ey (Lo ui se Clark, ' IS ) has moved 10 130 Ma in SI., Evanston, 1II.

K.AN SAS ALPHA-UNIVERS I TV OF KANSAS

EN'GAG!MENTS

Gertrude Speck, u:-' t 8, to Earl T. Newcomber, ' I S, of Kans8& City, Mo .

MARRIAGES

Margaret Butts, ex·' 17. and Rea Heath, ' 17, Ben. in Denver, Colo. At h ome, Mankat o, Kan. Pea rl Stuckey, ' 10, to Wa llace Prall. At home, Tampi co, Mexi co ca re o f Producers' Oil Co.

BIRTHS

To Mr and Mrs. Arthur H aski ns (Tess Critchfie ld, '08) of Kan., a daughter, Mary Lu c inda, Ma r ch 6.

We sympa thize with Mr . and Mrs. Otis Perkins (Amy Ruediger, e.·'o'J) in the death of their l ill Ie daugh ter, Patr icia . Ge neva Wiley , ' 13 , Berenice Bulls, ' 14 , Cons tani e Fennel, ex-' I S, Lillian Smith, ex ·' 16, Mr s. Edward W eid lin s ( H '3.ze l Butts, ' 13 ) , Mrs Milt o n Basse ( Monet s Butts. ' 10), M rs. Lawrence Peairs (Edith Lamning. '12), visited K a ns&.S A. durin g March and April. Mrs. Wm Goien (Est her Evans, '10) h u m oved 10 40 1 Mi ssou r i SI., Lawren ce, Kan .; CrAce Brew,lt-r, '1)6, to Bakersfield. Cal.; M rs. Thorn Burt c h (Cla ra Jaedicke. ex·' 12 ), to Floral Park, Apt. 11'1, L inco ln , Neb.; Mr s. Fr ed Jacks ( M :lr ion Osbo rn e, ('X·' IS), to Kingman, Kan.; Mr s. Gi lbert Frith (Ethel II ous to n, ' IJ )' to 1318 Neosho SI., Emporia, Kan.; Ir ene " ep ler , c;\. ' 18, to 2436 N loth SI., K ansas City, Kan

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KAN SAS DETA-KANSAS STATE AGRICULTURAL CO LLEGE

MARRIACES

Luci ll e Beall, ' 15 and Roy Samso n, December 6, in Jun ctio n Ci ty, K an. AI home in Denver Co lo.

Lu cil le Mill s , ' 18. and Jl arry M. Ziegle r, B 9 n . March 28. At home, 351 E High St., Springfield, O hio

Dorothy Bu schow, 'q. Bnd J . Cordon Auld, :I: A E, April 16, i n Kan sas City , Mo At h ome i n Ex eter, Neb.

LOUISIANA ALPHA- NE W CO MB COLLEGE ENGAGEMENTS

Ella R eiss, ' I S. to Larz Anderson J ones, Ben . Alice Vairin. ' I S to W allace W est(eldt, 1: X

The address o f Mr s. Sam Benedi c t ( Martha MilnH, ex ·' 12 ) is I1 awt h orne, Ala

MA SSAC H USETT S AI.PIIA-BO S TQN UN I VlmS ITY

M ARRIACES

Evelyn A. I-I o we , '<)8, and Albert B. Black of Co n cord, Mar c h 1.

B IRTH S

T o Mr and Mr s. Mal colm (Geo rgi a Bentley, ' 10) twin daughters, Florence and Fran ces, April 6, 27 Pl easant St., Hyd e P a rk

T o Mr and M rs. Charles J. Gale ( H a rr iette Draper, ex-' II) a da ughter , Edith, April II.

To Mr and Mr s. Ceo. N. (Lora Pr a tt, '0 7), a daughter, Mad e lint. Pratt , May 4, at Nutley, N. J ., 143 Wh itfo r d Av e,

Massachu setts A has a do uble ce lebr ation o n F o unders ' D ay , for th is year marks the tw entieth anniversary of its ow n founding. Mrs Alfr ed Ave ry ( Eth el Pi pe r, '06) h as worked indefatigably to r eac h eve ry membe r o f the c h ap ter a nd eve ry IT '*' in the vicinity, and to urge her to attend. All r es i·' dent Boston IT a re k eepi ng ope n house, so seve ral house parties are in order for the week -e nd

Mr s. Charles II Knapp ( Ruth Eaton, 'og) has mo ved to Newark, N J,. where Mr Knapp re«ntly a ccepted a n excellent business opportunity. We sy mp!l lhi ze most s in ce rely with A. Mae L a wr e nce, '98 , in the deat h oC he r mother, May 7.

Li ent. and Mrs , Robert Kessl e r (Vera Kerr, '(0) and daughter expect to the summer in Bo s ton, while the is stationed at the Charles · to wn Navy Yud

l\fr. and Mr s Guy C r ooker (Nellie G r iffin, ex l 06) h ave m oved to 91 Fremont St., \Vinthrop, M ass.

MICHIGAN BETA-UNIVERSITY OF MI CHIGAN

MAJlRIA CE.S

Blanche W. Bayless, ex-"J. and Osborne A. Brines, March 6. At home, 194 Helen Ave., Detroit, Mi ch.

BIRTHS

To Mr. and Mrs. R. Carl Hick s (Marguerite Bieber, ex -" 4) a son, Roy Carl, Jr., February 12.

Martha Downey, '08, i5 n Y. W. C. A. SCCI"ctary in Veprey, Madias, Indi a.

Mrs Louis ). Van Schnick (Nellie Kellogg, 'OS) has moved to 14'7 M,.assachu setls Ave., Washington, D. C.; Mrs. George P Roth (Dora Payne, '06). to 2505 Hall Pl., Washington, D. C.; Elsie Ziegele. ' 12, to SOl W. Green St., Marsllall. Mich.

MINNE SOTA ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF MI NNESOTA

J!:HG "GEMENTS

Lucy How, ' 16, to Merle A. Potter, 4> K '1', ' 16, of Ma so n City , l own.

Lucille Miller, '13, to Walter Cooper, e .d X, " 4. of Washingt on, D. C. MARRIAGES

Mildred Claire Ozias, ex-' 13, to Dr. Bernard de Vries, Midigax, '09, April 2S.

BIRTHS

To Lieutenant and Mr s. M. R. Wainer (Amy Shepard, '12), a son, Max Robert, August 20.

To Mr. Ilnd Mr s. Keith Owen (Ruth Davi s, ex-'16) a daughter, Molly Ruth, March S.

To Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Bowen (Mildred Morehart, ex·" 4) a daughter, Mildred Morehart, March 4.

Mrs . Ca rl Massey (Margaret Pa.rmele, ex·' 14 ) of \V inchester , Va., is visit· ing her mother at 2 13 3 Kenwood Parkway.

Mr. and Mrs. Walt er Robb ( Esther Chapman, '0<) nre in their new home on Minnehaha Boulevard.

Sybil Bates, ' IS. is teaching power machine sew ing at the Dunwoody Vocational School.

Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Billman (Dorothy Gilbert, ' 14) are bui lding a new home on Minn eso ta Boul evard.

Alma Peter son. ' 14, is in Miami, Fla., a.nd Ethel Harwood, ex-'iS, in Toledo, Ohio.

Monica Keating, ex-'o7. i!t doing Juvenile Court work in St. Paul.

Lyle Byrn es, ' II, is working fo r a master's degree at Co lumbia and living at 1230 Amsterdam St., Box 40. N. Y. c.

Mrs. R. Burro ws (Marie Anderson, " I), ha s moved to '3433 4th Ave., Cleveland, Ohio; Ruth By e r s, ex-'I4, to 4'45 Garfield Ave., Minneapoli s; Mr s. R W. Ross (Alta Dunlap, '10), to 104 Yel. Ave., Uillings. Mont.

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MI SSOU RI A L P HA -UN IV E R S ITV O F MI SSOU RI

ENGAG E M E!'oI'TS

Letitia W ood , ex ' ll, to Fr a nk Thornt o n, Jr , M issouri r d , lIel e n Pfe iffe r, Wi sco n sin A, 10 J ohn C argill , Misso uri r 6

BJRTHS

T o Mr. 3 nd Mrs. Ga le L Z w ic k ( H e le n Cook, "3) , :l da ughlH, I-felen Vi rg i ni a , F eb ru a ry 9 at St. J osep h, M o.

T o Mr :m d Mrs. E S. N orse ( E d n a Th o m as , ' IS ) a d a u ght er

To Mr and Mr s. j C. Chase ( Be tty Lloyd) n d a ught e r

We sympath it e with M rs. l-: u ge ne Lytl e ( R osa mo nd Ru sse ll , ex·l o7 ) in the d ea th o f h e r f a ther :l n d wit h H or te n se Dun ga n, '08, a n d Mrs Geo rge Kau ch e r (Edi t h D ungan , 'Ct!.) in the l oss of t h ei r £ta lh e r . M rs. Dung a n and H o rt en se h a ve go ne to B:1I11 e C r ee k , M ic h .• wh ere th ey will spen d th e s umm e r

Ali ce M. Kn a p p, e1l:·' 13. h:l" moved t o 203 S. S umm i t A ve. , Sio u x F a ll s , S. D ; El va C la rk, e'( ' 17, to :,1812 Piuce S t , S io ux C it y, I o w a.

MI SSOUR I BETA-WA S HI NGTON UN I VE RS I TY

ENGAG EM E N T S

G eo rgia. Sulli van, eJII:·' 14, to F David so n Lam o n of Virgini a. (re n e V I-farl a n, ex ' 18, to Ke nn on V R o th sc hild 4> K + , o f S I. Pa ul , Minn

W AR RI AG ES

Ali ce MoC lev ey, ex' 14. a nd Charl u All e n C hlrk, o n M!'ly 10.

BIRTHS

T o Mr . and Mr s. J a nus Lin co ln ( Margu e rit e Frazer, ex 'll ) a daughter, Agatha Loui se , o n J a nu a r y 15.

T o M r. ami M rll. W :a lt er K oken ( Al ice W ood w a r d, tx·'(9), tl so n o n March 28 .

Mrs R C. R oc helle( Juli a Mc D ani e l, ' 10) hil s move d to 510 W lo th St • D a lla s , Texas ; Mildred D e Co ur e y, ' 14, t o 5736 Mc Ph e r son Ave ., St. Loui s, Mi sso uri; Mr s. O li ve r S m i th ( La ur a W a tl s , ' 11 ) , t o 56 18 Caba n n t, S I. Loui s, Mi sso ur i.

MI SSOUR I GA MM A-D R URY COLI.EGE

)f ARIO AGES

J a n e E lli o t, ex·' 17, an d Cla rence Shann o n, K ", o n J an ua r y I S, in Mou nd C ity, Mo At ho me in Mo untai n G ro ve , wh e r e Mr S h a nn o n is in th e re a l estate bu sinus

Eith er Vall ette, ' I S. wh o is teac hing i n l\'1 o ne tl , w ill r et urn to Ch icago th is c; ummer to co nt i nu e her voca l wo rk

Hildred Currey, ' 10, has spent the winter in New York City Itudying under Mr. Ernest HutcbiDIOD.

Loi. Han. "4. will spend the summer at Columbia, Mo., attendin& the Slate University.

During the recent c ampaign for increued endowment II Drury College .he alumnre club pledged $300. Hel en lI all, ex -'u t one of our most enthusi nlie members, was captain oC one of the learns.

M rs. Mansfield (JUlie Smilh, ex-' 17 ), has moved to 5818 Cales, St. Louis, Mo .

NEBRASKA BETA - UN I VERS ITY OF NEBRASKA KNCACE),tENTS

Ra che l Kellog, "4. to John Lynn Driscoll, Ulli'IJenily 0/ Nebraska, "4. K 'i-

MARRIAGtS

Norma L. Chase, ex,'l2, and Alfred L. Nyc, U"jversity 0/ Nebraska. A E. in Kearney , Neb., February 10. AI home, Sterling, Colo.

BIRTHS

To Mr. and Mrs Sigmund Stern ( Ine z Everett, '06) a son, Sigmund Everett, in April.

To Mr. :md N. 11. Sear:. (Pearl Fill:gerald, '08) a son, FUllk FitzMarch 18.

To Mr . ond Mr!. Burru s (Saroh Martin, e'( 'IO) II ion, John Marlin, April 9.

To Mr and M rs. W. M Somerville Cillelle, 'IS) :1 son, William ;"Inrvin. Jr

\Ve e,lt'ud 10 Mr s William McGeachin ( Mam e Killian , 'oS) our sincere in the 1055 of her so n, Will iam, by diphtheria. Mr. and Mrs. McGeachirl expect to return to this co untry soon, to spend the s umme r in Nebraska.

Mrs. Wilbur Wolfe (Verne Stockdale, '(9) has moved to Weiland , Onl .. Canada; Mrs J ames Douglas (Ann Mack, ex -'oS), to South Bend, In d 1142 Portage Ave.; Mr s Newton Buckley (Ne ll Bratt, '06), to North Platlt', Neb.

NEW YORK AI.PHA-SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY ENCAGEMENTS

Mabel Beadle, " 4. to Har o ld Ri c h, Syrol"l4SI!, '17, '" T. W 4.RRJAGES

C;enev:eve Bullivant, 'II, W i lliam Gib!ton. '12, where Mr. Gibson is an in&tru cto r in the ullivehilY. :\t home, 416 Eddy 51.. Itha ca, N. Y. Nellie Murray, '14, and William Fergu so n , Ceorge WOlllington, A K K. At home. 408 Cherry 51., Syracuse, N Y Gertrude lIall, ex ' 16. and C:eorge Bird . At home, Sidney, N. Y.

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OfRTHS

To Dr. and Mrs 11 3 rr y Brayton ( M abel Murny, '04 ), n son, H nrry William, January 4 .

To Mr. and Mrs. Chester Lansing (F lo r ence \V arner, '(9), a da ughter, Lu cille .

To Mr. and Mrs Ray L. P erki ns (Eva Magee '0 2 ), a da ught e r , Rosamand, January 6.

To Mr. nnd Mr s. Burr l l r tn lice ( Ruth C larke, "3) , It daug ht e r, Lu cia Ruth, March 7.

T o Mr . nnd Mr s, Roy MacA ll is t e r ( L u lu Golden, cx · ' 13 ), n son, J ohn Golden, February 22

T o Dr. a nd M h, Arthur Gould ( Elizabe th Case , ex·' 14 ) , :l daughter, Virginia Eliubeth, F eb ruary '4.

T o Mr Rnd Mr s. Oscar Sherman ( L all r a Durand, '10), a son, J ohn H arris , April 14. 19 15. at 18 Braman St., Providence, R. J.

Mrs. Will iam Harvie (Este ll e Foo te, '0 1 ) has moved to Fa yd teville, N. Y.: Mn. C laude F orbes ( Marth a Sibso n, u-'oS), t o 220 Wilso n St., Syracuse; Mrs. W es ley Brooks (Ge rtrud e Ske rrilt, ' (3 ) , to 928 Ackerman A ve. , Syra.c u se; Mn . l-rarr y Skerrit ( Rena Barry, '10) , to 10 38 Ackerman Ave., Syrac use; Mrs. H a r old M o rel and (Pea rl G o rham, '10), to Ili on , N. Y.; Mrs . V. Leonard (Gert rude Gray, ex·' (3) , to 658 Myrtl e A ve. , Albany, N. V.; Mn Hu gh M ac M i llan ( Eu genia Smi th, ex-'06), to Norwi ch, N. Y .; M rs. Cli nto n Ivory (Blanche H arter, '9Q) , t o Adams, N Y.; Mr s. C larence H all ( Be rth a Frye, ' (3 ), to Clayton, N. Y. j Mrs. Wil cox ( Fl oren ce H ea l , ' 10), t o M ess ina, N. Y ; Mrs. Theod o r e Wes tl n ke ( F aye Furbay, ex-' 13 ) , to 20 R ollins S t., Yonkers, N. Y .; Mr s. Frnnk Sc h !l u er ( A sc h ah Hawv e r , ex_' ll), to 3729 Euc lid Ave ., Kan sas City, Mo

Ullian Frant:l: , ' 12, of 120 S. 34th St., Philadelphia, P a., i9 tea ching ;1\ the girls' high sc h ool of W Phil ade l p h ia, and doing grad uate work in the University of Pennsylvania.

Mrs lI a rry Skerritt ( Rt'na Barry, ' 10) r ecen tly pla)ed two of her own co m posi ti on s at the " M o rn ing Mu sical es" of Syracuse.

We sympa thi u with Mr . and Mr s . H aro l d Baker (Ethe l F oass, '10) in the dea th oC their infant son , at 31 Suter Terrac e, R ocheste r , N. V.

Mari on Sh e ltlon, ' 12 , h as bee n supp l ying in the high !C h oo l in Gouveneur, N Y.

Mrs H a rr y L Dusky (Isabel Shepa r d, ' I t ) has been assisting the D. A. R. s in raising fund s f or the Belgian Relief.

NEW YORK BETA-BARNARD COLLEGE BIRTHS

T o Mr . a.nd Mrs . D. B. P ocock ( Eleanor F. Murth a, ex' I1 ), a da u ghter, Kathryn May, in C leve land, MaTch 23.

Mrs. J ames J W a ls h (Julia 11 Fre ed, ' 0 7) may well be proud of h e r h us · band:

SPECIAl DISPATol TO TilE IIn' ald

Dr. James ]. Walsh, M.D. Ph.D ., LL.D., of New York, is the Lactare meda1ist for 1916. Announcement to Ihis dfect wtlS made recently at the Uni · \'crsity of Notre D3.me.

As an author Dr. \V alsh h tu produced TJIlr'lunt" 0/ Tlu Popes and SCiLIIU, Calho/i( in lie has bun Dean of the Fordham University School of Medici ne and professor of nervous diseases and the history of medicine and le-:turer on physiological psychology at Cathedral Co ll ege, New York, as well 51. Frnncili Xllviers College, New York. Dr. \V a lsh is a contributor 10 pra cti c ally c\'cry medicnl journal of consequence in America.

The custom of awarding the I..ealare mN131 Von inaugurated at Notre Dame in 1883. when the faculty dt'{'idtd a medal should he gh'en ench year t o distinguished men for furthering the interest of morality, education and citizenship.

Mrs. Wm. T. Webb (Mary W. Murtha, 'oS ), i., \ i!>iting in New York City. 1Je r husband has been tTansferred from Porto Rico to C uba. lne undergraduates of Barnard were anxious to make the Shakespeare festiva l on May 6 a representative affair and n!>ked alumnre to try for parts in The Taming 0/ ,ltr. SI""nu. The r esult May Kenney, ' 14. Grumio, Chrystine Straiton, '13, and katharine, Peggy Schorr, '14. f low's that?

New York B has held three meetings this spring at Sophie Woodman 's. The best was a supper when Mi ss Keller was up in April. Pnnhell enic matters have been rather perplexing. The time when fraternities may not initiate new members expires next Octoba. It has been considered quite proper to entertain undergT3dua.te s and We gave n tea at Beth Thomson's in March. New York B called a Pan helleni c meeting the In st of March-h e ld at the home of Mrs. R. B. Kest er (Isidor Van Gilder, Co lo rado A)-and two large pan-fratern ity meetings have followed at Jo:dith Valet's. Student Council has asked for the cooperation of a1umnre and an intere ting meeting of the old and new co un c ils and ::!.lumn;(! was held Easter week. Student Council seemed to feel that the college should take a definite vote a to whether fraternities be permitted to rdurn but the fraternities have taken the stand that they will not return anywny unless a modification of the system, adapted to the need s o f Barnard, can be devi!>cd by un dergrad uate s and alumna!. There seems t o be an ea.rnest 'de mand for some form of organiza tions at co ll ege. Th e characteristics o f fraternities--exc1ush'eness, secrecy and national affiliation were discussed. I t should be understood that th ere are no fraternity girls in Barnard now, the last delegations having graduated last June. \Ve :llumnre want to aid the college and, if possible, establish some form of o rganinti on which will connect undergraduates and nlumnr and hold the interest of the latter in Barnard. T'hi s is the hope of the Dean.

Tn the meanwhile Alpha Z('la of Kappa Alpha Th e ta has withdrawn as a national fraternity but the members, as alumnre of the co llege, offer to coope rat e with und ergrad uates in forming an organi7.ation which shall unite undergraduate and alumnz members of the co llege, if the undergraduate body decides that there is need at Barnard of organizations, primarily social.

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NEW YORK GA MMA -ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY

ENGAGEMENTS

Emma F. Lubck e. "3. to Ward Brigham of Utica.

lrARitJA Gr.S

Mildred L. Farmer, ' 12, and George Tolbert, Marc h 28, at Fullerton, Neb.

Helen Brainerd, '14. has gone to Bangor, Maine, to teach domestic science in the State Hospital.

OHIO UNIVERSITY

MAR1UAGI!:S

Hue! E. Todd, '12, and Douglas S. Meaden. September 18, in Chicago. At hom e, 1218 S. 6th SI., Springfield, 111.

Helen Brown, ex·"7. at the end of the first semester a position in the Moxahala schools. but will returp 10 Ohio University in June to rtteive a diploma in the supervisor's co urse in h o me economics.

Helen Reynolds, ex -'18, is teaching co mmercial work in the Sandusky high IChool.

Mrs. Lawrence Morse (tone Perkin s ' 10) has moved to 816 Exchange St., Emporia, Kan

OH 10 BETA--QHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

MARRIAC!S

Helen Leahy, 'II, and Dr. Veatman W rdlow, Marc h '7 . At home in Columbus.

BIRTHS

To Captain and Mrs. ChIlrles F. Leonard (Hannah Leonard, '03), of Schofield Barracks, Honolulu. a son, \Villiam Nicholas, January IS.

To Mr. and Mrs Ellsworth Ogden (Maude McAlpine, '04), a daughter, Jean McAlpine, April 12.

Virginil.\ Pringle, '12, of MArietta, Ohio, was the guest of Floren ce Smith. ex-' 13. and Dorothy Beebe, ex-'IJ, during a visit to Columbus in March

Mrs. James M. Rec tor (Kenyon Hayden, '07) has been appointed a mem o ber of the Advisory Council of the Congressional Union. She has recently re turned from a trip to Chicago o n the spei:i al train, that is carrying thirty · six eastern women on a tour through the weste rn enfranchised states.

Clare Postle, 'OS. has moved to Vermilion, Ohio.

Terese Kennedy, '12, of Portsmouth, visited Mrs. John Belknap (Mu&,uerite Lisle, '10) in March.

Mrs. Carrie Chapman Calt, Iowa r, was in Columbus March 20 -and u as the guest of the loca l Suffrage Associatio n. Sixteen Pi Phis attended th e dinner given in her h onor.

Over the week -end of March II we had the ple3sure of a visit fr om Harriet Briggs of Tol edo Province Vice -president.

ALUIlfN."E PERSONALS

II tleD Kreiger, ex-'13. spent the w inte r in New York. Katherine Bancro!t, '07. teaches in the Cleveland high school. February 3 the alumnae club gave a benefit bridge party f o r the Settlement School.

Faye J ac: k iOn, ex-'oz, wh o ha s returned to O hi o State to finish h er co urse , was elected t o membership in the hon ora ry fraternity of the home eco nom .(.S department.

F o unders ' Day will be observed with a banquet at the Athleti c Cl ub

011 10 GA MMA -WOOSTER UN I VERSITY

ENGAGEMENTS

Florence Rooewig , ' II , to Il e rbert Kern. a furniture deale r of Be ll a ire, O hi o.

BIRTHS

To :'lIT. lind Mrs. W a rren E. Bri s t ol ( L nis '11). :1 da ught e r, M arion Jane , at Geneva, Switzerland, January 21.

To :'Ilr. and Mr .!o. Chnr le.!o R. Sa. rg ent (O live C"aC:t, ' 10) , a daug hter, Sarli Jane, a l j effe r !>on. O hio, F eb ruary 5.

PENNSYLVANIA ALPHA- S WARTH MORE COL LEGE

ENGACEMENTS

Elizabeth Kurtz, ex·' , 6. to Mal co lm lIut c hin so n of Malvern, Pa .

H elen Spackman. ex·'I:2, to Hu gh Kenwo rthy of Coatesville, Pa.

M:uion lI allowell, ' 14, to John EV:\n !> of N e w \' o rk Ci t )'.

MARRIACES

Annabel Boyle, ' 12, 'llnd Jay Sproul, '1 0, K March 4, at Coatesv ille, Pa. At home C h este r, Pa.

Harriet Keen, ex ·' 17, and Lansdowne, Pa. February 25. W i lliam Turner, At home at Swarthmore, Pa.

BIRTHS

'02, cJl K '1', al

To Mr and Mr s. W L. Shaffne r ( Elizabeth Jac kson, '13), a so n, William Lawrence, Jr , Marc h 4.

T o Mr and Mr s. Lupl on Broo mell ( Anna Pe tit. '0 7). n son, George Luptoll. Jr., in February, al 4929 Rubi ca n Ave., Germantown, Pa.

T o Mr and Mr !>. (: eo rgl' B o nd ( Bess ie Be w, ex·' n), a daughter, Vir· ginia Bew, in January

Mrs H e rbert Basset (Mary Ram se y, ex '12) is now living in Swarthmore, Pa., Mr s. Geo. F \Va rren ( Mary Whit SoOn, '98), in Ith aca, N. Y., R. F. D No

Mnr g:l.ret Mcint os h, "5. i s organizing Ju nior Chautauquns in the Middl e \Vest.

Mar y Lippin co tt, ex ·' I(l, of Moore s town, N ] , is tnking :I. sec re t:lri ::d C'1 ur ' e in Philad e lphin

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Frances Darlington. '96 of IlO S. 34th St., Philadelphia, is studying in the graduate school of the University of Pennsylvania.

Mrs. Henry Miller (Jean Leitch. '0 1) is' living at 7412 Trevanion Ave., Pitt sb urgh, Pa.; Sarah Tracy, '02, at I i Bloomfield I., I.exington, Mass . ; :'tIn. Wm. Campbell, Jr. (lielen McCa in, ' 10 ), :11 4 6:n Larchwood St., Philadelphia. Pa .; Elizabeth M. lI a u <;e , ' 14. at 529 S, H igh S,-, West Cheste r , Pn.

PENNSYLVANIA BETA-BU C KN": I.I. UN IV,,:RS ITY

Mrs. F. J. Burke (Bessie Ihr p le. '06) of 1264 Cu lv er Road, Rochester, N. Y., has joined the Rochester a lumn re club.

M. Eloise Schuyler, ex-'99, of 120 S. 34th St., Philadelphia, 11 teacher in the girls' high school, West Philadelphia, is doing graduate work in the University of Pennsylvania. where she received hi! r A M. last June.

Mrs. V. \V . Poorman (Edith H arpel, ex·'(2) may be addressed corner Co ll e ge Ave. and Park St., Ashland. Ohio, and lI elen Bartol, '13, at h er horn e in Lew isburg, Pa.

PENNSYLVANIA GAMMA-O I C K1NSON CO I.1 EGE

BIRTHS

To Mr. nnd Mrs. Ralph R. Scott (Mary Thompson, '12) n dallghtH, M a ry Elean o r, F eb ruary 29, al Pittsburgh, Pa.

H elen S. Burns, '12, is libr arian nt Purdue University, La(nyette, III ., where she is also chaperon at the K A e bouse.

Ruth Bigham, '14. nnd her siste r Sara, ' 15, are now r esiding at the V. 'tV C. A. in Denver, Colo.; Mr. and Mr s. Gordon Poteat ( H ele n Ca rr uthe r s , ' 12), care V M. C. A., Pt"kiu, Ch ina .

TEXAS ALPHA-TEXAS UN I VERSITY

)IAN.RIAGES

Jennie Banks, '12, and Lewis T. Tarve r. At horne, Temple, Texas.

Mrs. H erbert Fin ch's ( Anne Towne'!, '06) daughter Kalhryn is a fine, big girl of five months now.

Mrs. G:tmmon ( Bessie Cockran, '08), who has been visiting her mother in Austin (or several munth s, ha relurned to her hom e in H arlington. Her sis ter, Frnnki e Cockran, ' 12, wellt home "ith her for a visit. From there Frankie is going 10 Louise Pe rkins ::II N !Icogdoches, Ihen ce t o Orange 10 be a member o f Mrs. LUl che r St::lrk\ (Nina Il ill, '12) house party.

Mrs. Thoma s Oli\'er ("'::\Ihr)'n Ifill , "3) is exp«led soon to visit in Austin.

Mrs. Murra), Graham ( "elen 11 00<.1. ' 08) has rece ntly moved into a beautiful new home

l\hs. Max Bickler ( M ary lI illinrd. '(9) has heen leac hing at th e Deaf and Dumb InstilUt e this y ear.

Boroughs. 'Oi, has ix.:n helping 10 plan the and to make arrangement for the .. pearean celebration 10 lake place on tht university campus May 22-25.

The active chapler entertained the local alumna! wilh a cooky·<;hine, April

Annie English, '18, of Dalla!, was a gue!>1 at the:' hou:"C' (or the Angler- dance. Emily l\IaH!rick Miller, '07. h:1Ii relentl), returned (rom her visit to the different chapters of the province, and has had many intere!oting things to tell our chapter .

Sarah Davis, ex-'tS, and Cora Ihyon, spent a few day!> :'I.t the house during April.

Sallie Belle Well er, ' II, hu been studying lit Columbia University thi"! winler.

Elizabeth Leftwkh, '12, is teaching in Beaumont, nod Adele Epperson. I', in the high school in Paris, Ttuc;

VERMONT ALPHA-MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE

MARRIAG£S

Thelma G. Havtns, 'u, and Earle II Ballou, '12, Ben, Marc h 7, at Ches ter, VI.

BIRTHS

To Mr. and Mrs. Royal A. Wray (Gertrude Brodie, 'II) of Brooklyn, N. Y., a son, Alexander Henry, 2nd, January 23.

To Mr and Mrs. Mard en Nichols (Sarah ' 11 ), a daughter, Margaret, October 2.

Edith N. Grout is in the public library of Minne 3po li s. lI er addre!ts is 3104 James St.

Mrs David B. lIn.german (Do rothy TuHl e. '12). has moved to Robinson Road corner of "ampl on Court, Grand Rapids. Mr s. John Rowell (Angeline Holden, ' 10 ), 10 Chec;ter Depot, Vt.

VERMONT "t:TA-UNIVt:RSIT\, OF VERMONT ENGACEMENTS

Helen Durfee, '13, to Richard Palmer of Rutland, Yt.

Amy Whee ler, ex-'IS. to Max Ayers, Norwicn, "3, e X, of W aterbury , VI.

BIRTHS

To Mr . and Mrs. John Sherburne (Alice ;'\1c1ntyre, ex··oS), a son, J ohn .

Ruth O'S ullivan, 't4, is teaching In 5t. Mary 's Academy, Dell Rapids, S. D.

Ruth Catlin, ex·'T2, is living a t 405 ,Vtst liS 51 .. New York City. '\Ve sympalhi:r.e wilh Ruth Gregory, ' II. and Ruth Catlin, ex·'u, in th loss of their falhers, and with J ennit Rowell, 'oq, and Maud Chaffee, '08 , in the loss of their mothers.

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VIRG I NIA ALPHA-RANDOLPH·MACON WOMAN'S COLLEGE

ENGACEMENTS

Gr:ll:e Link, e:l.' 15. to Roy Th o mpso n, Corsicana, Texas.

MARRIAG!S

Edith Daniel, U -'14. and Arthur P. Dyer, ' 14. K A, April 27. At home, noS Mc Kinn ey A,-e., OaHu. Texas.

BIRTIIS

T o Mr. :llId Mrs. Be nj3m in Jon es (Clara Williams), a son.

Mary Williams, ' IS. is teaching in the John Marshall High School, Ri c hmond, Va.

Vivian Darrow, ex·' J7. is teaching in Alberta, Va.

Emily Robertson, ex-', 7. ha s been "jsiting in college

Johnni e Link, "5. is doing postgraduate work at the University of Texas, and living at the Texas Alph a chapte r house

l cie Macy, ex-',6, is attending the University of Ch i cago.

Grace Sheppard. "5. set to music the poem, " In Old Virginia," and it has been published in Norfolk, Va.

Enid Alexander, ex-'14, is wilh a Lyce um Company in New York, as so loist and violinist.

The following alumn:r are expected 10 attend the annual banquet, April 28 : Mary Williams, IS , Adelaid e Rothert, ' IS, Mary Wood, ex-'iS, Virginia \Vood, ex-'IS, Enid Alexander, ex-'14, Gertrude Ayers, ' IS.

Ad elaide Rothert, '15 is the representative of the f e ll owship fund co mmittee f or Beta Province.

WASHINGTON ALPHA-UNIVER S ITY Of· WA S HINGTON ENGAGEMENTS

C:Holyn Fisken, "5, to Louis Kapek of Seattle.

Eli :r.abe th Richardson, ex-' 16, to C. Noyes Talcott, Jr , '16, d K E.

Mar y Ba con has moved to 1006 Echo Park Ave., Los Angeles; Mrs . \l exande r Sheriffs (Ru th Turnrr ) t o lI awthorne Way, San Jose, Cal.; Mrs. Wm. Padd ock ( ilaz el \V allace, ex-"2), to , 6 ,8 33rd Ave., Sea ttle. Wash.

WA S HINGTON BETA-WASHINGTON STATE COLL f:CE ENCACE)f ESTS

Inez We ave r, ' IS. to Walter Howard, '14, O. A. C. of Ontario. Ore.

Elsie Freakes, '17, to G. Frede ri c k W. Salt, 'Ii, !: N.

Lillian M McDonald to A V. Clark. '16, K 2:.

BIRTHS

To Mr. and Mr s. Sam Kimbrough (Gladys McCroskey, In), Colfax, Wash., a da ughter, Barbara, Mar ch 1.

ALUMfI·.E PERSOA'ALS

GUl:e PO!o!, '15. and her motber sailed March 20, (or lIonolulu. Babcock, "4. has returned (rom the University of California. Mable McKay, '15, is teaching at Raymond, Wash 637 Mrs. lIarold Boyle (G race Prescott, ex-'iS). and Mrs. Ray R. Jones (France, Carrol, 'II), han! recently moved to Seattle; Mrs. Chester O. Scott (\ 1 ildred Guile, ex·"3). to Wallace, Idaho; Mrs. Ed Becker (Ruth Latham, c, 'Ii). to Parsons H Old, Spokane, ''l ash.; Ruth E\·an , u·',6, to 2818 JJrd Ave., So Seattle; Anita Gallagher, ex-'iS, to 5330 Tart Oakland. Cal. Ruth Shoudy, ' 16, finished school at the end of the first semester and is now in her home at Ashland, Ore.

WISCONSIN ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN ENCAGEMENTS

\'era Kayser, c:o.',S. I'" \ r,tlfOntinfO HIntz. 'n:.. 2: A E. of Milwaukee. J lelen Pfeiffer to John Cargill, M,ssouri, '1 ' (' MARRIAGES

Alice D. Rudolph and James M. Pettigrew, 'I> .0. e, October 28, 1915. At home in Flandreau, S. D.

BIRTHS

To Mr. and Mrs McGarvey Cline (Mary Bunnell, '12) of Jacksonville, Fla.., a daughter, Mary Martha.

To Mr and Mrs J oseph C. W illiams ( In ez W arren, ex-'14) a daughter, Ruth Gillette, Marc h IS

To Mr. And Mr s. Ca rl Pick (Mabelle Bredette, 'I I ) a son , Robert Bredette, J anuMy 23, in We st Bend, Wis.

Mr. -and Mrs. Willbur M. Derthick, Jr. (Cora Colbert, ex-'13) have moved into their new home, 3127 J ennings St., Sioux City, l own; Mr s . Ja s. Thompson ( M arie Burnham, '(9), 10 Box I, Nepera Park, N. Y.; Florence P. Robinson. '£)3, to 241 Martin SI., Milwaukee, Wi s.

WYOMING ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF WY O MING ENGAGEMENT

Harriet M. Abbot, '10, to Morris E. Corthell of Laramie.

BIRTHS

T o Mr. and Mrs . Arthur Schulte (Tessa Dunn, ' 14 ) a son, John \VilIiam , January 20.

To Mr. and Mrs II. C. Baldwin (R uth Jensen, '17) a son, William Howard, February 21, at 199 Mt. C laire Ave., Detroit, Mi c h

T o Mr. nnd Mrs. O. S. Hoge (Margaret Aber, '13) n son, Robert Owen, February 23.

To Mr. And Mr s. C. E. Cady ( Wilburta Knight, ' II), a daughter, April '4.

Jan e Aber, ' IS, is leaving Afton, Wyo., for her home in Sheridan, Wyo ., on Sumner St.

TIlIi ARROW OF PI BETA PIll

Merle Kissick, 'II, has a perma n ent addre s s 3t State T eac hers Co ll ege , G ree ley, Col o.

Mrs W A H itchcock (G ladys Co rth ell, ' 14 ) will leave Boulder, Colo .• wh e r e Mr Hit c h coc k has b een imtr u c ling and g e tting hi s mas te r 's degr ee. and ret ur n to L arn mi e to Ii ve

Mrs. S. C . Dickinson ( Ruth Gree nbaum , ' II ) is in San Di ego, Ca lifoTlu:l . at 2830 5tb St .

M a ry J ones , "4. is attendi ng the U niv er sity of W as hingt o n.

M rs, W . F. Neumnn ( Tes sie ' II ) is visiting he r mothe r i ll L:lramie (or two mont hs

M rs. S. M Full er ( Ma ry ' V i lso n, ' II ) of S h erida n wi ll spe nd the m ont h o f Jun e in L a r amie.

M r5 Pitt Cove rt (Ethe l M c\. mlh, "3) of 115 Ea st 18th SI., C h eye nn e, w as in Laramie for initi ation.

Mari on Roberts, " 3, is ass isting her fath er with hi s missionary wo rk among the In dians o n the Sh oshon i r ese r vation in thi s s tate.

Mr s. R. H. Embr ee ( Ma r y Scott, ' It ) visited M rs. R. P Gotlschn lk ( Agn es Ander so n, ' lI) in F ebr u:lrY.

Mary Hully, ' 17, will be in L a r a mi e fo r a fe w m o nths

On March 18 the Unive r sity of \V yoming devo ted its studen t asse mbl y to h o no ring Dr. Grace Ray m o n d H eba r d, Io w a Zeta, th e occas io n being h e r co mpl etion of twe nty -fiv e years o f serv ic e [or th nt ins tituti on. Twenty -five yea rs a go Dr. H ebard was m ade a m e mbe r of th e boa rd of tru stees for the U niv ersity o f W yom ing, late r she beca m e th e unive r si ty libr arian, and fo r th e last eight years she has been pro fesso r of po li tical economy. A s tud e n t represe nt ative, an alumni rep r ese n tntive, M a ry Ii o ll e n bac k, ' 15, and a member o f the board of tru stees exp re ssed their app rec iation fo r Dr. H eba r d's untiring work and for h e r ('\fer int e res t a nd sy mp apthy for all the s tud e nt s. To th ese r em ark s Dr. Jl ebard respo n ded w ith a talk o n "The Meani ng o f Ci ti unship, " whi ch will lo ng re m e m bered. W yoming Al p ha is in deed p roud to be able to c all th is disti ngu is h ed Pi Be ta Ph i 11 fri e n d and an adviser.

ANN AL REPORTS OF ALUMXlE CL BS

All of the reports in this department are worth reading, but the Editor would call )'our special attention to certain points that may gin you valuable hints in laying your plans for another year.

Both the Los Angeles and New York cl ubs report a remarkable gro"th in membership and attendance. the latter telling how it was managed. The scheme (or getting acquainted is worthy of nole. The Detroit dub gi\'e5 gooo ideas (or a systematic year, and il. too, shows th e value of a visiting or membership committee . The resulting cosmopo l itan group was an inspiration in itself. The I!lle of holly wreaths at Christmas by the Hill sda l e club helped both the club and the Settlement School. Th e scheme of the "Read l.etter Day" o( Ind ianapolis, that is (ully exp l ained in its report, is particularly n:l,:ummendeJ (or adoption. The enthu<:ia<:m f'virlfonl'f'rt hy the alumna! o( Ohio r !md NC'w York R (see "Pusonals") certainly in piring, parlicularly since both chapters are defunct. Cleveland and (,nlmnhu'i (urni.,h good ideas (or <featsll and (or Settlement Schoo l schemes, and l .incoln tells of all day sewing bee! and quarter lun cheons-he lping not onl:y the Settlement Schoo l but local charities, 100. SI. Joseph tells o( Christmas baskets for poor families and MI. PIC'asanl sliggests some good subjects fo r study and rC'llorts a fine pledge of $733 for the college. The Springfield club i to Ix> commende.) not only for it:. clear and concise r eport , but for its year of earnut work "ilh its rich rewards. The closing paragraph of Sioux City ha a meS1<age for all, and 51. Louis' progr!111l suggest..; n very profitnhle ye . 3T. Seyeral indi,idual members have received th e st r ong commendations of their c lub s

Special attention is ca ll ed to th e Monm ou th Alumna! club, whose establishlIlent Miss Steele, Delta Provin ce Vice-president, reported with glee. To her effo rts is due the chartering of this c lub of twenty -five members, so me of whose names have stood ou Pi Ph i's since her founrlinl{. A club ill MOlllllouth, 111., that will be firmly c tabli"hed and well orgnnitnl when \\t' celehrate our fiftieth anniversary. will be a welcome addition to o ur club r o ll.

\Vill all acthre :111(1 secretaries note tht' changes of addres .. in the uAl umn:r: Personnls" ?

ALPIIA PROV I CE

BOSTON ALUMNA!: CLUB

(ORCANIZEO H)OI--CIIAkTF.I!£D 1(}06)

President-).Irs. Walt e r I. Chapman (Jennnette Dodge, '01.)

Vice·presideNt-Mrs. A B. Rider (Mabel Wllilcomb, '03·)

Trtasurero-Ruth P. Dennis, ex-'oS.

Recording Suretary-Emily Gordon, ex-'I:!.

Corresponding Senttary-Be rth a A. Carr, 'II.

Resident

Members of C lu b-so.

Average Attendance-30

640

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On the second Saturday of each month, we have held our regular meetings at the active chapler apartment. Our program began this year with a tea, at which the active girls entertained the alumnre and rushees. This proved k great success as the older girls became 3cquainted with the prospective freshmen very early in the year. In November at our nnnual guest n i ght, Professor Samuel Waxman spoke on "Spain since the p3nish - Amcri can \V ar ," On this occasion club loving -c up was awarded the junior, Louise ll oeh, having the highest standing during her sophomore year. W e choose this lime (or the award. for it shows our guests, that we are aiming toward high scholarship 35 well as socinl enjoyment. At the December meeting, we all brought our Christmas sewing and worked while we li stened to a very interesting talk on the Settlement School by Jennie Allyn, followed by an informal discussion. During the year all our efforts have been given to raising money, for we had pledged ourselves to furnish the guest room in the new teac hers' cottage, for which the required su m of two hundred dollars has been collected.

On December twenty-eighth, we h eld open h ouse 'and our regular C hri stmas reunion, at which time many girls get together who c annot be with u s regular l y. At our January meeting the ac tive chapter furnished a clever dramatic entertainment. In February cnme "Mothers' Day" and eac h girl was requested to bring her mother or someone else's to hear Mrs. Alice E. Coleman speak on HMormonism."

Mrs. Harold Babcock (Mildred Babcock, '03) ente rt ained us at her cha rming new hom e in Dedham, in March, with a musicale and tea,

Our April gathering combined Founders' Day celeb rati on with the twentieth :mniversary of Massachusetts Alpha's founding. About sixty sat down to a \' ery SUnlptuous banquet at Riverbank Court in Cambridge. The usual songs and chee r s contin u ed with the feasting and then Mr s. F, A. Rugg (Sa rah Pomeroy, '06) who was mistress of ceremonies , tGDk cha rge. We strove to make the evening informa l and one big family gathering, like the old·fashion ed Thanksgiving. In o r der to better acq u ainted and to learn of the absent o n es, the c hapter roU was read and th ose present arose in response, while l etters were r ead or a word of greeting given from the absent. Afterward s o ur guests from other chapters, were each introduced. Then, one of the charter members read us ext racts from our local history starting with the birth of M assachusetts A, while each of the other charte r m embe r s present related some amusing little incident of twenty years ngo. Another siste r, one of our many prouJ mothers, gave liS most amusing baby statistics. We were also honQred by :l word of greeting from Edith Carpenter, ou r fraternity historian.

Our May meeting has been set aside for Uabies' Day, when the mothers compare notes and the adoring maiden aunts look on with envy. In June comes the study of the constitution, in the form of a quiz, and we have planned outings for July and August.

In connection with the advisory committee a self -perpetuating committee WM formed to visit the active chapter on c e every two weeks. The one visiting last appointed her successor and each reported at the next alumna:

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meeting. In thi" W3Y. we have boeen able to keep in touch with the !lLli\t chapter, offer them !.uggestions when and watl.:h their both in !>(:holar ... hip and in t:haillef work. \\' e have had our alumna: Pan hellenic delegate. who has attended the hx;al meetings al college w ith the active delegate.

T he club hac; ht'lped Ihe adiv{' c haptt'r regularly \\ilh th ei r apar t mt'nt f·"pens('s. Contr.:uy t o the la .. ! few \Ie ,.hifh.'!! the rc,",ponsibilily of th t: to th e adive girls, It would be t o their adv:mt ge to IInc the expe r ience.

BERT" A. CAIlH.

(O IH;""'I/Ell 1l)15-C H\lnEII.EU H)1 6)

/',,'Jl d. 'I1I· -.'In., hl bworth .\. Bnmn ( I':dith lI :lith, " lITk \ , 'Il., '-ue - p res,,/"'II-:-' lr s. W ilhur L. I,irby ( l. ena Dunning, Iowa Ii , e'(.'Of).)

St"<rt"lary-- Ell n M \ ',. \\ York \ , ' 14 , Gene \,je\'e C;iITnrd, \f"\\ \ ark J\, ' 13

R esid ent Alumn :':- I O.

M e mbers o C club-<)

\\' c rage Atlendance- 7

The Pi Belll Phi s in Ilu lblo md ill :,\'oH'lIlhe r to o rg anize , with th e of beco ming a c h :Htereu duh. rh erc were on ly a 'cry (,ew of U'i al the first m etting but we del. ted ol)"'ll'r and proceeded as if we were :1. mo t important boll), ('h e grnnti llJ.!" of our c hnrter in Mar c h chnnged th e suggestion to a reality!

\V c h:l.\'e mct t'\"cry 1II1/111h. alte rn a t ely 011 the third Snturday and th t .hird Mon day to nccolll lllu da.c ":11 1 (If th t pcoplc part of the time," at lea St O ur meetings have bl'cn hl..'!d :11 the homes o( the di ff e r ent mcmbers and h1 ve been \cry info rmal, Inrgel) 'iocial. ami decided ly pleasant.

Bec nu se so me of o ur had beell out of toudl with frat er nity affair s (o r so l o ng, we h ave r ead and st ud ied n il we co uld fin d in th e different number .. of Tlly. AKKO\\ Oil the Sl'lIl e mcnl Sl.:hoo l from ils beginning. S ome of liS just from :lctive Ch !lp l er Ii fe found we had n e ver kn o wn much of (hh O ur i nter est is growing-because we are 'itill \Ve hope that Ih e e nthu sia'lll awakened this yea r will s h m\ 1l13It'rial ne,,( yea r. In dividUA lly we ha,·c fuund onr hi s tory unu s U:Jl h i n ter(' ting r eael ing o utside of th e meet in g , and our Ilew "hi..,tory book" i, guing Ihe \Ve are t oo far from an ac ti ve c h apter to visit it regularly. hut three of th,. girls , Mr s. Paul Ibtl-ell ( l' an<;)I" Brown, '(0), G e n e vi ne Giff()rd. '13. a nd Ella Donn oc ker, '14 , a tl emled Nell Y ork Alpha 's initiation and banqll"1 ea rly in Marc h and ca rri ed o ur greetings to the c hapter . \Ve celebrated Fo und e rs ' 03)' on \ p ril 29 by o ur "rirq ann UAl" coo ky:-hine , a t the home of our p r e<;ident , " An o l d-fas hi oned cooky- hin e" the w ord had been, and the result s the nallle, (or it wa s an especia lly joyous gathe ring . Every membe r o f th c club was present, and wc were delighted fn welcome M rs, George Ri tting ( Lela Soule. Mi c higan A. '05), who h as

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NEW YORK ALUMNtE CLUB

(ORGA:-tIZED 1903-CHA P.TER EO ' (07) H. M. Snyder (Josephine Wil ey , Maryland A, ex-'ol.)

Vice-president- Mr s. B. L. M ax field ( W in ifr ed II ill , Massac hu se tt s A , '98.)

Secrelary-Treos ur er-Elmina Wilson, Iowa r, '9 2.

Re sident A l umn re- 26 s. M embers of Club----g4.

Ave r age Attendanc e-58.

Th e yea r j u s t clos in g has I>een n very interes t i ng and ac tive one f or th e New York alumn(\! club. I n laying out the year's work we p l anned for nine meetings to be held on th e fi r st Saturday !lfternoon of th e months from Oc t ober t o M ay incl u s ive. Th e first one we gave t o the office r s and th en divided th e provinces into groups with a chrurman for eac h gr o u p and said to t he cha irm an , " Th e m eeting of s uch a date i s yours with members from suc h provinces t o help you; you are to do as yo u please with it. " The Ma rc h cooky-shine :md the Founders' Day lunc h eo n were in c harge of spec ial committees. Thi s plan h !lS work ed nicely, each m ee ting h as been we ll planned and s u ccessf ully carried through.

The office r s opened the year with a HOutch treat" luncheon at the H ole l M c Alpin an d h e ld the meeting in o n e of the private parlors of that hotel. Reports were given by flve m e mber s who had attended the convention and the spec ial committees on membership. Settlement Schoo l, Ilnd r ev i sion uf club list we re ap poin t ed

At the secon d meeting th e New York Bela a.lumnre club was the ho s te ss a.nd by projec ting her pho togup h s o n a sc r ee n, Mi ss W oodma n took us to Califo rnia. on a special tr a in, gave u s a peep at conve ntion, the expos iti on and so m e of the natural w onde r s she h ad seen a nd b r ought back in h er ca me ra The vice-p r esident, wh o by virtue of her office is c hairman of the member shi p comm ittee , outlin ed h e r camp a ign. E ac h meeting s h e would hav e thre e a ssistants wh ose specinJ duty it was to see that the n ew girls met everybody and the old gi rl s were to consider th ey h ad failed on their part if th ey h ad n ot added al least two new girls t o their list of "Pi Phi s I have known.1I W e have n eve r ha d so large a m e mber s h ip or 50 many n ew girls at th e me eti n g s.

Mr s. C leav e r was c h air man for the D ecembe r m ee ting and Beta Pro vin ce was h ostess. A representative from each college in this province gave us some pe r sona l r emi ni scences of her chapter and co llege. Th is meeting was h el d in the r ecep tion r oom of Ginn and Co. and the r efreshments we r e served in the beauti ful lun chroom provided by that co mpany for the girls in its employ

The January and F ebrua r y meetings were devoted to the Sett l eme nt School. Gamma Pr ovince member s, with I da Ritter Ea s t as chai rm nn, had cha rge in J anuary and held th eir meeting at the Women's Un i ve rsit y Cl ub H e len Bryan, New York B, who h:l.s t :H1ght at Gatlinburg, gave u s a m ost interesting ta1k on our Settlement S c hool. At it close omeo ne p r o posed we call f or subscript i ons for the school 3nd abo ut $130 we re !) Ierlged that afternoon'. A t the February meeting M rs. Cooke \-,as chairman with the N ew England

chapters and New York A 3nd New Y ork r as They held It. sa le in the winter garden of the lI otd ::\l c Alpin of the rought made in and near our Settlement School. The bru.kets ",ere !to artistic :lntl the towels and coverlets so beautifu l that we were all proud to know we co ul d make s uch fine things in "our " sc h ool.

Th e cooky·shin e, a.s u s ual , was co mbin ed with the election of officers ill March . We have found that everybody comes to th e cooky-s hin e and n obody co m es to the election of officers , so by combining the twO we get ou t n. represe ntative vole. Seventy -five girls were sealed around th e "clot h ."

In April we g:1v e a "!thow " f o ll owed by dancing ( or the benefit o f th e Settlement Sc h oo l in t h e (ul(.I ; tor;um of th e W o men's University C lub and a t o Grand Pre!<ide nt , who was visiting o ur al thaI l i me. It l ooked like we were capitalil.i ng Ke ll er but bhe would <.Iu anything (or th e school and we did have a g ood tIme as well as making money ( or we sc h ool fun d.

For the celeb r a t ion of Founders' Day we h ad 3. lun cheon at the lI o tel Mc Alpin with six ty - four present, I"ep l"e senting twenty -ei ght chapters. I n 3.l"I"anging f OI" the h os t esses and every Pi Phi in or New York City w as supposed to get not on ly official invitation b ut a ptl"Sonal one asking h e r to si t at a specia l \V e find with s uch .1 membl!rship can get more socia bility by nrra nging the t ab les in thi s mannel". Our to.bles we r e r o und, seating eight. The menus were on light blue papel" with w i ne-col o r ed co rd s and tas sels , the ca ndl e s hades we r e and vases full of da rk r ed c.:anati onll, making alt oget h er a very f es ti Ve looking room .

This year we have had n o active chapter :It Barmu cl, but as th e three years' ban on fraterniti es ex pire s in <ktober, w e are ho p ing the c h a pt e r may he rein · s tated We enjoy the Pi Be ta Phis who co me to l1 S from nil ove r the co untl" Y but they cannot qui Ie tak e th e place o f th ose we 'iee growing inlo Pi Phi s in o llr midst .

E I. MI NA Wil SON.

SYRA CUS E ALUMN..t: CLUB

(ORGAN IZEn AND CHARTERED 1(04 )

Pr njdmt - Mrs Geo. W. Gmy ( L eo r!l Sherwood. '(6).

Vlrt p,- I!sid", t·- Mrs . W . C . Cb rk (C arr ie S h e rwood, 'oS).

Corrl!f p tJlf dl/l g SI!(rl!tllry- Mr L. A. 1 l o well ( Ma ri o n Nea r pass, ' 10).

Ruording SUrdary-M r !>. F F Decker ( M ary '07)·

T r l!tfs uru- !\frs. W . E . T ay lo r Smith , 'as).

Resident Alummr-4 0.

Members o f Club--2t.

Average Attendan ce- 12

Our club has had ils se mi -m on lhly meetlT,I'\ " AS mllal this year wilh a beller nllendance than last year.

F o unders' Day was cel eb rat ed with Ihe :lcti\'e girl s Mo nd a}' e \·en ing I. a t the chapter house The fr eshmen gave an enjoynble little far ce :'lnd n socia l ho ur follow ed with :ight rf'( re hm ent

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O ut side of our meetings we have bee n busy knitting socks, eac h membt:r h:wing pledged a ce rt ain number to be se nt thr o ugh th e T o r ont o alumn..c club to the University J l ospil:'ll.

We ha ve just celeb rat ed F o und ers' Day with a very jolly coo ky -s hine at J enne tte a nd Ma be l McC annell's. Nearly all the al umn re we re present and th e ac ti\e girls wcre in particularly good spi r its as it was the la s t day of exa m ina ti ons. College is now closed until Octo be r .

W ESTERN MA SSACIIUSET'TS ALUMNtE CLUB

R es ide nt Aiumn :C- 12

Average Att clldance-7

On October 30, 19 15. the membtrs of o ur cl ub came together for the first m eet ing of the yea r A program for thi:9 gathering proved quile unnecessa ry. for three of th e numbf'r had atte nd ed co nventi o n. Dur i ng a lun chOOll at J I ote l W orthy in SpringFelt:l, and the b u siness and social h ou r that followed, this trio comp letely monopolized the time and attention o f the members with th eir interesting acco unt s of all that had happe n ed in th e far west, fr om th e P i Beta P hi SpeCial to the Oa kl :md banquet. Among the others present they found \ ery ready listener s, for all were eage r to hear the lates t n e ws of the Pi Phi world.

I n January the cl u b w as the guest of L :Hlra C lnrk. Vermont D, at h e r attractive apartment on the Smi th Co ll ege ca mpu s in N ortha mpton Mi ss Cla rk ha s es tabli £hed th e rep ut ation amon g u s for novel and i nt e res ting entertainment s, and this lun c h eo n proved no exceptio n

I n March the P i Phi s ncar Springfield m e t at I-Inll 's T ca Roo m to enjoy a socia l hour together.

Founders ' Day was celeb r ated by a lun cheo n i n Sprin gfi e ld a t the h ome of Edn a Be an - Mill er, Ma ssac hu se tt s A. The gue s t of h o n o r o n thi s occas ion was E di th Gates, Ve r m() nt H, th e da ught t r of Governor Gates of Ve r mont This might well have been called a gubernatorial party, for one of o ur own members prestnt w as G r ace Goodhue -Coo li dge. the wife o f Ma ssac hu se tts' Li e ut e nant Governor.

W it h several of our girls hulding me m bership in l a rge r clubs and with a sca tt ered and cha nging li st, we realile that o ur gro u p ca nn ot be the working f o rce f o r Pi Beta Phi within OUf o wn se h 'es th a t we wo uld like to be. H o wever , w e thoroughly enjoy our socia l limes toge th er a nd alWAYS w elco me news from L ittle Pigeon and other Pi Phi ce nlers.

AMY L. W A I t.U N.

BETA PROVIN CE

BA LT IM ORE CLUB

(ORGAN I Z!.O AND C HA RT£It!.D 1900)

Pruident---Caroline D i ggs, '1 S.

Sure/or,.....- M olly W . Wood , ' 07. TrtQsurer-Arg retie Inga lls, New Yo rk A, '08.

Alumn re--J8.

Membe r s o f Club-30.

A\'e rage Att endance- 1S to 20.

Before the first meeting of the club l as t fall, printed p r og r ams anno un cing the rime, place, and s ubj ec t of each monthly for the year were sent ou t t o all re'l idenl alumn:e by a special committee. Contin uing last year's c us tom OU T monthly m eetings h ave alternately bee n Saturday afternoon lun cheons and Friday eve ning ga therings, all at th e homes of members. OUT program for the year ha s been as follows:

October-Repo rt o f co nv en tion by Lo ui se Van 5nnt and Marguerite Margruder.

November- Int e rests of active chap ler a nd fraternity development by Argrette Ing alls

Det;emher-The Seuleml'nl Sc hool. a talk by Mi ss Turn e r, illustmted by lantern slides.

January-Th e Consti tuti on by Mo lly W Wood.

February-Val entine cooky·"hine with the active chap ter in the fraternity rooms.

March - Th e N a tional Pa nh e ll enic A ssocintio n by Marguer i t e Magruder

April-Elec ti o n of officers and an nual r epo rt s.

May-Patron and Patr one,,, Da y.

June-Annual alumnre " At lI ome" with lI elen DolI ·T ottle.

Through active c hapt er representatives at our m ee tings 3Jld a lumna! repre · sentatives at active c hapt er meetings, as well as through soc ial gatherings, we h a ve k ept in tou ch with th e actiVe! ch ap ter. In th e fall we gave the us ual rushing tea '8.t the home of Helly Cox. The first part o f the IIfternoon's pr o· gram was a musical trcat : violin se l ections by Eli zabe th \Vil b ll r (Co lumbi a A ) and piano selecti ons by La\'inia K i ng A sister o{ H elene Schneidereith, g a'/e some readings.

O ur club is very proud of tw o undertakings thi s yea r : one , the s u ccess of the prearranged printed program, and the other, the s uccess in rai si ng m on ey for the Se ttl ement School. Las t November we were fearful les t we s h o ul d fail 10 realize ou r goal of $80; but we set ea rn es tly t o " o rl. and, \dth Ihe aid of a valentine sale at the Kindermart, a ca rd party by Loui se Van San t and Eleanor Diggs, and a benefit at the Parkway Moti on P ict ure Theatre, we were happy to send to Mr s Helmick $88. At our April meeting we found to o ur de light that we co uld add $12 more, thu s bringing Ihe tot al to $100. Isn': that something to be proud of from a club of thirty members , m os t o{ whom are very busy people? To the endowment o f the scholarship fund we hav e co ntributed $10.

The {all meeting of our City Panhelle ni c As soc i a tio n wa s in the f o rm o{ 1\ lun cheo n at the College Club. At this t ime steps were taken toward the forma · tion o{ a City Panhelleni c Counci l t o co nfer with the College Pan helleni c Association. Isabel Drury - H e ube·.: k hilS a faithful representative of Pi Beta Phi at allPanhelleni c meeting s at Go uc her.

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In celebration of Founders' Day, Columbia A nnd th e Washington alumna:: club joined with Maryland A and the Baltimore alumnre club in a banquet held at Hotel Rennert, April 29- Frances Strader -Culver was toastmistress. M01.LY WESTON WooO.

CARLISLE ALUMNtE CLUB

(OkGANIZEI) t914-CIIARTERI':I) 1915)

Pruide"I-Margaret Morgan, "4' CorrespondiNg SecrelQry-liazel Kisner, "'3. Trea.rurt'r-Sarnh Black, Pennsylvania H, '00.

Resident Alumnre-IS.

Members of

Average Attendance-4 to 16.

OUf meetings (or last year s tart ed with a jolly picnic o ne bright day last summer. All the alumnre who could be gathered together were rounded up for the event, and, in informal fashion. We discussed the plans !1nd problems of the year before and the coming year. In particular, the discussion upon ways and means of helping the I'en nsylania r girls in their rushing. For several years, our fall rush ing has anything but what we should like to set, because there have been no Pan helle nic agreements between the two fraternities here. We feel that this year has really marked an epoch for us, however, !o.ince Pan helleni c re lation have again b«n estab li s hed for the fint time since J911 The n e w rules were tried out last fall in the rushing and proved to be a great improvement over the " grab and take" variety oC rushing which had prevailed before.

Our relations with th e activ e c hapl e r here at are most co rdial aud we often get together inform!llly, AS well as at formal teas, rt:Ceptions, et cetera. Those of us who Ih'e in Clirlisle know almost all of the members (If the active chapter well and arc always re ady to help them with advice, a lthough, as a matter of fa >: I, they seem to be paddling the:r own ('Snoe pretty efficiently .

Our second meeting of the year was one in whi ch we joined the activl! chapter in a rushing stunt at I-folly Park. General merriment and good times were followed by a delightful supper -around the Ol>cn fire, with marshmallows to toast and Pi Phi songs to sing in the old, yet ever new, way.

The third meeting was a business meeting in which we discussed 1)lan5 for the Settlement School, read the constitution and arrangtd for a meeting with Miss Weller. our Province President, who is now with us. Our money for the Settlement School is this year being raised entirely on the personal contri · bution plan-the lump sum to be sent in as the club donation. We, as a club, have not been in existence very long, and are more than glad for helpful · suggestions from other clubs as to ways and means of raising money f o r our Settlement School.

We closed our program f or the year by joining the !\Ctive chapter in a Founders' Day dance, which occ urred On April We were glad to have Mis. Welter with us for that and were also honored by the presence >f a

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number of our palroouses a.nd members of the faculty with their wives, Spring.like of baskets of uaffodih s uspe n ded fr o m ropes o f smilax transformed the hall inlo a bower .

As for the prog-ress that o ur club has made d uring the year-we hav e !lCquir ed sever.t new members-in fact we h ll\e as rMmbers of the cl ub p ract ically all th e aJummr within range. and a num be r whom we enn co unt on to loUpport u s in other way., c \'cn though they are too fu away to be present r egular meetings. \Ve find thllt o ur mOlit lucceuflll meeting5 nre Iho"l: held during vaca ti o ns, and o ur p1311" for lIext year look t owa rd hn\ing most of our meeting s at s u c h limn. Our c lub l ooks fairly large in numbers, but there lirc o nly l ix or eight of us who live in Carlis l e proper-hence it is necessary f o r our me e tings to be o f sptcia l inter es t to indu ce eve ry o ne 10 come.

Presja'tll/-Edith S. Bunting, P e nnsylv ania A, '08. Vi a· ;res ,dtt, I- Eloi se Schuyler , Pennsylv a nia B, '99· J ULIA

AL U M N:E CLUB

(OKCAN IZEO 19QI -C Jl AkHk£1l H)Ol)

Corru;ond"'K Sure/ory- M a r ia n llall owell , Penn !ty lvan ia A , '14· R lCor din g Surdary-Mrs. R ic h a rd son ( Doro thy Slr()(le) P e nn sy lvani:l A, '12.

TreDsurer-Mll r y Lipp ' n cott ( P e nn sy l \'a ni a A. (""( 0' 16)

Resident Alumnre-70 . Members of Club-4i·

Average

The Philadelphia a lumn a: club has had a successfu l year, due in Il large measure to our very enthusiastic pr es id e n t, fllar y L. Sproul. We have held nine IIwelings, all of whi c h have been ve ry well attend ed. M eetings were held on the seco nd Saturday o f the m onth W e fir st se rve o ur informal luncheon, then have our busine ss mee ting, and el\d with an entertainment of sorne sort. We find by starting with lun ch eo n w e ha\'e plenty of time for b usines s and pleasure. This has been ou r plan for several years and each year we grow st ronger and better organized than the 1as(.

The Settlement School conunittee decided this year to get t ogethe r early, :lIld by the earnest wo rk of th e chainnan, Marian Hallowell. we rai sed $110 in one afternoon by having a subscription ca rd party.

Convention o( 1915 il over and we are still reading of the good time s w e missed, so let u s hope that 191 i in Chicago will see Il ntlmber of u s there. At our Mitch meeting we rea d several parts from the history o f Pi Bela Phi nnd tried to dwell on those parts of the constitution and THE Auow th llt h a d to do with a.lumna: clubs. At o ur M ay meeting we invited a senior from the Swarthmore c hapter to read the examination questiOn! and answer'!: need l ess to sll y we all benefited very much by it.

Why sho uld we not be an enthusias t ic alumn re club when our interesu nrc a lw ays hr! nwake by li ving so neill' t o Pennsylvanin A. I wish you all might be so bles<;td with living ..0 near an 3cti\'e chapt e r. At o ur mee tings we

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han some of them present, and onc of the chapler- girls gives us a written report of what they 3.re doing. So between their presence and our active advisory com · mittee we feel very close to each other.

At the beginning of the year we have a. folder or calendar printed of our meetings (or that year. These we mail to all Pi Beta Phis near us in the hope that they will join our club. Then if they become members, a postal is sent out each month notifying them of the meeting.

The Swarthmore chapter has for many years invited the alumnae club to celebrate Founders' nay with them. This year we held the banquet at Hamilton Court, a vcry a.ttractive and fine hotel in Philadelphia. O ur toastmistress, Mrs. Hanan, whom we 311 love nnd respect, honored us by coming over (rom New York for that day. We had 3. great many alumnre from other c hapters present, which added to our enjoyment.

We hope that any living near Phibdelphia will come to o ur meet· ings and as soon as possible join the c lub.

PITTSBURGH ALUJdN..E CLUB

(ORGANJZXD 1907-CHARTERED H,)09)

Pruident-Mrs. D. JI. Murphy (Jessica Davis, Wi sc onsin A, '00). Vice pruident-Pearl McCrory, Ohio 1', '13.

St'Cretary· rreQ.hl:rtr-Helen 8. C lark, Pennsylvania B, 'OS.

Resident Alumnre-40.

Members of Club- 19 Average Attendance-Il.

Last year we thought the report of our club was good, but this year we think we have a better one.

As our members !lre so widely scattered , we decided last year to try to have o ur monthly meeting in some centra l l ocation, and this year through the co urtesy of Mr. D. H. Murphy, the husband of o ur president, we were able to hold our meetings in it downtown 'oftice building, with the result that our attendance was almost doubled.

The resident alumn:t are gi\'en !lS forty, but within a radius of a hundred miles we have almost twice that number. We do nol expect them to attend all of our meetings, but are always delighted when one of them does so honor us.

Our delegate to the convention was Pearl McCrory. She and her motb'!r spent the winter in California and we bad her with us for the first time in J\.f-srch, when she gave us her report.

We are unfortunate in not having an active chapter near us. This year four natiODal fraternities went in at the Universi ty of Pittsburgh, making th e first national women ' s to be represented here. They were Kappa Alpha Theta, Delta Delta Delta, Zeta Chi Alpha and Delta Zeta.

In March a lun chton was htld at the Hotel Schenley for the purpose of forming a P :mhellenic Association in Pittsburgh. Nearly one hundred women were present, fourteen national fraternities bting represented. Mary J.

I;owtr of Pennsylvania B represented aDr fraternity Oil the program. She told of our Settlement School and the work that is being accomplished there.

Two weeks later a. meeting was held for the purpose of electing officers for the Pan hellenic Association, two members from each fraternity being present. The President of our club, Jessica Davis-Murphy (Wisconsin A) was elected treasurer, thereby giving Pi Beta Phi a representative on the executive board, the other (uternities represf'nh:'d on it being r, K .A a, A x n, K K r and xo.

The advisory board of lhe Pan hellenic Association consists of one member from each fraternity.

McJ.t!un ( Wi sconsin A) repre sents Pi Betn Phi. She is an instructor in lhe University of Pittsburgh, and is on its Pan hellenic Board.

\Ve will celebrate Founders' Day by a lun cheon at McCreery's, -and are hoping to have with Uli :lS our Ada Bruen-Grier, one of the founders, who bas kindly consented to give us remiDiscences of the early days. The program also includeg a report by Mary Loose of Michigan B aDd Anne Porter of Maryland A of the progress of the Panbellenic Association.

We are glad that we have been able to do a.s much for the Settlement School as we have, but wish it were more. The regubr pledges amounted to $23. To raise money fOr the teachers' college we asked the Pi Beta Phi in this vicinity for II. contribution of $r.so each and received $38.

HELEN B. CLARK.

RI C HMOND ALUMN..£ CLUB

(ORGANIZED 19I5-CIIAItHItED H)16)

J. A. Connelly (Spray Maybee, New York A , ex-I03).

J{oll!crt, Virginia A. ' 15

Resident Alumnre-8 . Members of Club-13.

Average Atlendance-1.

Ou r c lub is so very new that we still feel as if our most important achievement for the year is that we are really in u islence with s ufficient members 10 have n. charIer and sufficient e nthu siasm to provide a jeweled (rame for it sho uld we so desire.

The inspiration for the founding of our club came after a dinner party at Mrs. Connelly's (Spray Maybee) while Louise Van Sant, our Province Vicepresident was th e guest of Miss Kell e r for the Thanksgiving holidays. It was then tha.t the plans for forming the club wa s discussed, most important of which wns th e iden of :l.'iking all the Pi Phis in Virginia to affiliate with the Richmond Club. Our le tters met with s u ch r eady response thnt we soon had five o ut -of- town member s in addi ti on to our eight resident alumnre. The most genuine interest was exp ressed, of th ese alumna! writing thllt since they had come to Virginia they had felt for Pi Phi. not hav i ng an arrow-wearer for years. It made us feel thtlt the existence of our club was more than justified.

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l! the o ut -of·town members have been drawn into closer touc h with Pi Phi through the we tow n members feel th a t it has been the mean s at bringing us into the very hurl of things . O ur meetings are held eve ry month on the second Thursday at the homes of the members and because of thi s. our meetings emphasize the socia l side . Mi ss Kell e r, in spile of many duties and the dis tan ce of Westhampton from town, has been a most faithful attendant 11 appears th at where o ur Grand l )resident chooses to reside, '3. veritable Mecca springs up for the visits of interesting and prominent Pi Phis, and through her, our club h as been honored with very distinguished visitors at its m ee ting s. Marguerite Weller paid a brief visit to Ri chmond during her tour of chapte r inspection, and we were so fortunate a9 to have her for a guest at o ur devoted to tbe int e rests o f the nearest active c hapter. She wns r o ut e f or Virginia Alpha and we felt that her visit was m ost timely si n ce she co uld bear our messages to them and send back her impr ess io ns of tbe ac tive chapter. Our interest in Virginia Alpha is very keen even though w e are too far away to send representatives to c hapt er meetings, for se ven o f our members are r ecent alumn te of R.tndolph - Maco n and by mean s of many le iters we miss very few of the details of active chapter life

Mrs. AUen, our Grand Vi ce-president, and Mrs. Stuart, the mother of our Grand Treasure r, were our guests at o ur Sett lement Sc hool mee ting. They had but recently visited Gatlinburg and their first -hand descriptions of conditions were very interesting to us. Some of us had heard Leah Stock and Helen Bryan tell o f th e ir expe rien ces, and e ven though we had never see n t he actual work of th e Settlement School, we co uld feel the marvelous change that had been wrought ju st by co ntrasting the two impressions

Although we have n 'ot up to this tim e co ntributed any money toward the Settlement School or to our o th e r P i Phi und ertakings, o ur plan s for doing so 1Lre well matured.

By means of a se ri es o f charity b;idge partie S', we ar e hoping not only to raise money but also to make kn o wn some o f th e wo rth -while things thai Pi Phi stands for. One o f these parties will be given for th e benefit of th e Fellowship Endowment Fund .

A Panhellenic Club has been in exis tence in Richmond for n ea rly tw o years now and is strengthening the fraternity spirit among women in -a section where that inAuence has n o t been so very s trong h ere to f o re Mr s. J [ award Tilghman (Gladys Cherryman, Mi chi gan A ) hdd th e office of trelUiurer in Pan hellen ic this past year.

Because such a large perce ntage of the club intend ed to ce lebrate the twenty-eighth of April with the Virginia Alpha girl s, we e nj oyed our own Founders' Day celebration :15 ea rly as the twenty-second. \Ve had a m o!;t delightful luncbeon together and la ter attended a matinee. Three of the Richmond a lumn :r: , including Mi ss K e ll e r , and on e o ut -o r-to wn m embe r of our c lub were present at th e F o un de rs ' Day banquet o f Virginia A., whi eh was held at the Virginian Hot el on the very night of th e twenty -e ighth

In Miss Kell er 's add r ess , we we r e reminded of the spi rit o f sel f-d enial and sacrifice on the part of the Founders whi ch h ad made possible our present

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and power for good. \ Ve are all looking forward to meeting again to celebrate our Golden Annivenary.

As the h ..by alumnae club. the achievements of our little group at Richmond have not been so imposing Ihis first year, bUI we feel that our enthusiasm, and Miss Keller'. ardent interest will bring us to grcat things by and by.

HELEN ADELAIDE ROTHERT.

\V ASHINGTON ALUMN.£ CLUB

(ORGANIZI':O ' 899-CIfARTfRED 1913)

Presrdt"t-Gertrude Browne, "4.

I ' iu-;res,Jtnl-M N eerrill .

Sure/ary-Alice Griffith. Treasltrer-Flora 11 ull. Regis/rar--Aline Resident Alumn<C---67.

Members of Club--J7.

A vcrage A ttendnnce-2o.

Under the efficient and progressi\'c leadership of our president, Gertrude Urowne, the interest i n the club has not merely been sustained through the winter months, but to spe.lk musically, !t!l'; a crescendo mm' emenl, It is Ihen with N!al reluctance that we approach the end o( our year's work and of our year's play.

The program mapped out in October', was very similar to our program (or the preceding year; a mcctins;: every mOnlh, ;\lternating between the afternoon 3nd the evening, and a central point of interest (or each meeting, The OctObei meeting was, of co ur se, devoted to prep:l.mtion and organiza ti on for th e year. At the November meeting Ruth Rizer gave a most interesting report of Ihe alumn re work at convention. In December, we came together '3. 1 a tea which the chapter and the club gave, jointly, in honor of Miss Weller and Miss Van Sanl, the president and vice -president of Beta Provin ce. Th e January meeting was to hn,' e been devoted to a discussion of the Goucher anl-i·frnle rn ily report but Ihis was postponed and the Sett l ement School work WIlS given the ris;:ht of way. The February meeting was also devoted to the Settlement School. I n Much we had our muscial evening and as the club is now very rich in musical talent, the evening was a red·lette r one on our yur's ca l endar. At the business meeting Ilreceding the musicale, Min Weller gave us a most de1is:htful account of her visit, as Province President, to Goucher, Randolph-Macon, and Stetson. The April meeting centered o n A study of the constitu ti on and the recent fraternity exllmination; And the discussion evoked was of genuine value to the club beca u se it added both fa c ts and fresh point!! of view to our stock of fraternity knowledge. On April 29 the climax of o ur frat e rnity yen r was reached in the Founders' Day banquet. The Baltimore -and Wa shington clubs celebrate Founders' Day together and this was the year f "r the Wa shington Pi Phis to go to Baltimore. For the first time in .orne years, Miss Keller was unable to join us, which WAJIi a very keen disappointment to what was otherwise a most joyful affair. One

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specia l feature of interest and pleasure at the banquet was having with us Mrs Barne s, the first editor of TilE ARROW.

Thil year the work and play of the club have been so knitted togethe r that it is difficult to separ:.tle them even in retrospect. Of course, the Settlement School has been th e inspiution of mo s t o f our work but it has also been th :! starting point for most of OUT frolics. At the first aillmnre meeting of th e year. it was decided to organize two bridge clubs, onc to meet in the after11000 nnd one in the e vening , the dues from both to go to the Sett lem ent School fund. There were no prizes and the dues were twenty - five cen ts a w ee k. As these clubs met frequently, they made opport uniti es for mor c "get-together" good times than hav e been u s u al among our alumnre for some years. Th ere really was not very much bridge but there was a building u p of many bridges of communication and fellowship which are ap t to sag j u !ot a little between the a lumn x, und er tho: pressure of so many vllrying interests. We also found the clubs successful financially and r ealized from them a large part of our Settlement School fund. A well mnnaged theatre be nefit proved very successful also and we are still hoping to try a moving picture benefit and a rummage sale before the summel" separates us.

MARY BA DGER WI LSON.

GAMMA PROVINCE

ANN ARB OR 1). LUMN : CLUB (C HARTIRED 1913)

Preside"t-Mn. H enry Riggs (Emma Hyn es, Kan sas A, '86).

Vice - president-Mrs. Frances W. Kelsey, Michigan B. D. C. C hipman (Janet M cDo nald, Iowa At '82).

Treasurt'r-Mrs George Lewis (Lora \ Vright, Mi chigan B, ' 10).

Residt-nt Alumnse--2C1.

Members of Club--l2.

Average Attendan ce-S.

At the very beginning of this repor t [ want to tell you what you rna}' h :we h ea rd that our Ann Arbor c hapt er has a beautiful new chapte r h o use. That means, of co ur se , the alumnre club has had an all -absorbing interest right here at home Whil e we have not entirely neglected the other things that :::.1$0 interest us, still a put of eve ry meeting has been devoted to Mi chigan IS and hel" new home. Members of th e club £e rved on both the building committee and th e furnishing committee. One delightful featul"e of this new h ome is the pretty guestroom where visiting al umn re are en tertained.

Our relat ions with the active chapte r are most pleasant and intimate Some of the active girls attend eve r y cl ub meeting and we often meet at the c hapte r house and are privileged to use it fOI" entertaining, if we desire

Mi c higan ha s a very active Panh ellenic. Eac h sorority sends a voting and visiting delegates, if convenient, :md an u.lumnze representative who has the of tIlt' Hoo r but does not vote. The alumnA! representatives serve on committee s and th ei r opinions carry great weight.

One of ou r most enjolable rr.« tings this yea r wa s the ODe when Miss Allen, our Gnnd WAS with us. As thi s was ne ar Fouodeu' D3Y and as M ichigan B has an alumn:e association wh ic h meets just at this lime we decided to make it our Founders' Day ctleb rati on. We had luncheon with Mrs All en ':lnd the 3ctivt chapter. Aft er lun cheon th e big dining room wao: darkened and Mrs. Allen g3ve us wonderfully intf'rcSling talk 011 Ihe school nnd her visit thert. She showed the picturu of the sc h ool f.l1d ita beautiful 5ur r oundings, te lling inle r cli l in g b ili abou t each 81 it apl>ea red on th e sc reen • \lth o u g h we n r e as much in sy mpath y with th e Se ttlement School work y('ar as o llr u bscription 10 it ha been much les.!> bel.:3 USe we h av(> itlt Ih:\1 lJu r first duty ,\as t o o ur own chapter here in Ann Arbor. Some pledges th at h ave berore gone to the school went ro r silver ror the h ouse, and t .ln a C'rC' tliviJt: 1 bo.;lw('(;n th e "c hool :mcl the n'IlI'l,. \0;,0 thi'l yf"llr we have l'"lIected only about $15 ror the sch"ol insleacl or which wa vn l rronl on cI Ilh ye:u

W e ha\e met five limes since the 13o;;t r el)()rl. All hll\'e been meetings in IIhich n <t> problem and ql'e-.linns hrlve heen di-I.:us ed nnd enjoyed. L UfV

A ' IIiE NS AL U MN£ CTUB

(ESTAB I I S H ED 1904-C II ARTF.M£I) 1 906) Brown

Cor r espo "din g Su r t.'lary- M rs. W ood (Mnry Reah) Trtasurtr-Cntherine Ci lvu s.

Resident Alumn re- l4.

Members of Cl u b---9.

Ave rag e Attendan ce-6.

Th e club program f or th e pa.,t year included eig ht m ee t i ng s, at o n e of which $55 wa s raised ror Se ttl e ment Sc hool by a sa le or rood and (an cy work.

Our relations with active c hapter are very happy o nes ro r we are in c lose with th e girl s. We join with them (or ou r Found e rs ' Day ce l e· brati o n on M ay 12 and have bee n active in loca l Pan h elleni c affai r s.

MARY REAII W ooD.

C LEVEI. .'\ND ALUM Ni£: C LUB

Prtmil'nl-Mrs. II. II . Allyn ( Min erv3 N ay lo r, M ichigan A, '95) . I ' ia- presidt!1l/- Mr s. ). E Kewl e y (F lo r ence lIut c hin so n, Ohio 8, '06).

S,'attary- :\hr y S loane , Ill inois E, .0<).

Ban c roft, Ohio B, '06.

CorrupondinK Surl" lary-Gl adys S_ Cole. M:H,sac hu <;e tl .'\, '0<).

M l"mbe rs or Club---23.

Th e Cleve land alumnre club has co ntinu ed the c u s tom of one o'clock lun c hellns the first Saturday or every month, but decided to mak e th e lun c heons

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elabo rat e and so make it possib l e for mOre members living in npllrtment'i to act as hostesses. The hostess at our first meeting is the fortunate pO!'lsessor of several round trays l arge enough to hold a plnle nnd a cup and so the style of lap luncheons was set. 1 am sure they have proved just as enjoyable to eve ry one and probahly mort enjoyab le to the hostesses. The January ing was an exception, for \V atten S. Stone (Car ri e Newell, I owa A) invited the club to a de lightful nnd delicious New Year's lunc h eon at H a ll e's. where we all sat at one l ong table in II. private corner of the dining·room, secl ud ed enough for a brief business meeting and a social hour after the waitresses retired. At th e December meeting we hemmed a lun ch set o( Japanese tow elling (or the Settlement Schoo l 's Christmas present.

The chapte r talks were a nt:w (toature of our program. As th er e is no sclh'e chapter in C l eve lan d, the a lumn a: are d r awn (rom almost as many colleges as there n.re members in the club and so meone (rom every co ll ege represented gave 11 brief talk n.bout her co ll ege and her chapter. Besides giving u s 11 wider knowledge of fraternity life, the talks prove d most enjoyab le, for people often found that th t·y had common acquaintances. They were of special value and interest in our club where we have nearly a ll come, at so m e time or other, as st rangers to a strangt: city,

We h ope to send as much money for the Sett l ement School fund this year as we sent last yel'l r . We pb n ned t o eM n it in some way as all org!ln i zation ins t ead of giving what we felt we c ou ld afford individually, But we soon fcound how difficult it is for a smn.1l group of busy women to earn money in a. l arge city, so a ways and means committee was appointed and they divided the club into smaller groups, each group to giv e a party of some kind between the regular meetings in order to raise mone y. Two members contin ued to 3!'s ume the r esponsibility of tht: Royce goods, receiving th e orders, procuring :md delivering th e ex trac ts. Two c r oche t ed and donated nightgown yokes for each of which we so ld one hundred tickets at ten ce nt s a chancl: to our philanthropically inc lin ed friends. Another member made pretty little neck bows which s he sold for th e benefi t of the sc h ool.

Pi Phi has also been active in Pan hellenic, altho ugh we gracefully retir ed (rom th e position we held la s t year as instigators of the movement in Cleve· land A Panhellenic business meeting was held in the fall, followed by a lun cheon at the H oll enden H otel. It had been voted last sp ring to raise money for a scholarship fund to send some worthy C le ve land girl to Woman's College of \V es tern R eserve Univers ity , the l ocal co ll ege wher(' there are no fraternities. In April a member of the schola r ship co mmitt ee opened her home for a musicale and tea to raise money for this fund.

At our meeting devoted t o the study of the constitution , Questions were assigned in advance to different members. At other meetings also, selections were rend from the constitution and the examination was studied.

Founders' Day W$S ce lebrnted with a cooky -shine We we e glad to have with us as iuesis Olive Willey and Mrs. I-Iogue {rom Oberlin, both Colorado n, and Margaret Mcintosh of A.

GUDYS S. COLE.

COI.U

MB IJS AL U MN tE CLUB

(OaCAN1ZEO Jt)OO-CUARTEkED

Ohio B, ' 13

J o hn UelknRll ( Margu e rite Li s le, Ohio B, ' 10) E. M. Parrott ( M y rl ine ikrkstress.er, O h io A , ex 'C)8).

Suulary- Mn Foosa Lambert ( D o r o thy Ir vine, O hi o B, ex-' ll ).

R esiden t Alum na!-64.

M embers of Club-32.

Average Attend ance-40.

The Co lumbu s a lum nl"C duh htl.'i followed the general program the pas t yu r that it ha s (or II number of p r eceding years. So many of ou r girls are busy leachers and homc - makus that we have found th e evening the m ost rnnH' n ie n! time (or mee t i ng and a lway s h ave a m on thly s upper sp read followed by a business meeting. after which we stay a nd "islt t o geth e r as Io ug a.li we wish. O ne o r tw o of the Ac tive girls Are alwaY5 invited to o ur meetings , and we invite the who le active ch ap ter to a joint m ee ting eve ry ot h e r month.

One o f the m ost delightful of these m o nthl y suppe r s occ urred in February when Mr s. J ames R ec t o r ( K enyo n l-I ayden, 'aS) ent e rtained all o f th e active an d al umn re girls and th e Pi Phi hushands . W e h ad always known thai our girls sho w ed "ery good taste in the ir se lec ti on of hu sba nd s but had never f uily rea li 7.ed whfll a ve r y supe r ior class of lIlen they wer e, until we had thi s op po rtunit y o f !;Hin g them a ll together.

In F eb ru a r y we a l so h ad a benefit bridge party at the Gree n-J o),ce Tear oo m for th e Settlement Sc h oo l. This proved to be a ve r y pleasant socia l affair a5 well as a finan c ial 5uecess. At lea s t we felt it to be so unt i l Miss Stock came and spoke to u s of h e r personal expe ri e n ces as a t eac her in th e Se ttlement Sc h ool a n d then we f elt so ashamed that o ur sh a re in the work had been so 5mall that a number of the gir l s vo lun teered individ ual pl edges of $5 .00 eac h

At th e same t ime that M iss Stock was h ere as the guest o f th e act ive c ha p· t e r, M iss Harri ett Itriggs, our Province Vi ce- pre s ident, ca me to spend the w ee k -e n d wit h the W e enjoyed th em both very much and felt th a t co ming to kn o w th em pe r so nally was a grea t h elp t o us and an in s piration f o r improvement in our frat e rnit y wo rk

All Columbus Pi Phi s felt VHy proud of Mr s. C att when she c ame to our city in M a r c h as th e gu es t of the loca l hran ch o f the E q ual Saffrnge League

A di nn er, attended by 45 0, was given in h e r honor at th e Athl etic C lub a t which she was the o nly sl>eakrr. About twenty o f the Colum b u s Pi Phi s r ese rv ed a tab1 e :lnd had th e plea s ure of li s tening to her wond er ful addre!s.

One of o ur own gi rl s, Mrs J ames Rec t or ( Kenyon Ha yde n , 'OS) has recentl y bee n appointed as Ohio de le gate t o the Co ngressio nal U ni on and is distin · guishing h e rs e lf by h e r wo rk in the s uffrag e c ause.

Our F o und ers' O ay banquet, a l the n ew Athleti c C lu b was a decided s ue · cess. About seven t y attended, among them Eardley Green (O ntari o A) who

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happened to be vi siting in Columbus and Ethel Harwood (Minnesota A) who was visiting in Toledo nn d came d o wn especia lly (or the banquet. Several of our oul -o ( lown girls came back (or the occasion, M rs. George Fairbanks ( H el en Smit h, ex-'lo), of Springfield. Mrs William 11 0fT (Nelle Aylesworth, ex·"3), of Fostoria and Lu cil l e Cillivan of W es t ]dTenon. Seeing them and hea ring from them, for they were all called upo n fo r irnpro mptue s, added greatly to th e pleasure of the evening. Tw o of the girls gave their toast. in the form of poems and we enjoyed them so much that we are going to send copies 10 TilE ARROW in the hope of sharing them with the re st of you.

The local Pan h e lleni c Associntion had a dinner in the fall at whi ch Doctor Thompson, President of Ohio Stale, was the chief speake r. At the busine ss session foll ow ing it was decided to hold a Chris tma s bauar t o rai se m o ney to add to the stud e nt loan fund already maintained by the university. Th e b:'lZ3ar was only fairly successful but as it was th e first tim e th e fralernitie'l had attempted a nyth ing of t h e kind we f e lt that something had bee n accomplished in e ven making a .!.tart toward united effor t in a good cause.

We hope that if :'lny of you come to our tow n you will give u s an opportunity of becoming acquainted with you

ERNESTINE F. BALI••

Dt:TKOIT AL UM NJt: CLUB (ORCANIZE!) H)OI-CIlARTlRED 19 14 )

Pr es ident - Beulah Whitn ey Mi c higan B, '11.

Viu-president-Mrs. Ern es t Smith ( Mary Aiken, Indiana r, '06).

St"u·t'lary-Mrs N. F I-Iadley ( Marj o rie Heebe, Ohio B, ' 12).

rre-asNrt'I"----Dorothy Adams, M ichigan B, '1 4.

Re side nt Alumnre-8

M embers of C l ub-35.

Average Attendance-IS

In re viewing the club year severa l sa li ent features will be noted, but th e domi nating fa ct, whi c h has so largely determined the co ur se of the recent deve l opment of the organization, is th e transiti on from a small group composed almost entirely of Mi chig::.n 8 alumna:: to a club comprisi ng in its mem o bership alumnre from fnr dilitant chap ters Th e influx of new ideas and new cen tre s of interest has r es ult ed in a stimulation of club activity along th e broader lines of fwternity work in ways which one might definitely set forth as follow s:

I. OBSERVASTE OF SPECIAL DAY S

(I) Int en:sts of neart"'it chapter. Under the leadership of Beulah Whitn ey, a s ub s tnntial s um wns for the refurnish ing of Michiga n Beta's chapter honse. recently remodeled into pr:a c tically a new building. Th e r ebu ildinK ca mpaign was materially aided by the use of a duo -colored cut of the propm:ed remodeled house upon postals and sent to each alumna. The commiuee consisted of Lottn Broadbridge, Dorothy Ad ams and Ruth Bridge. An alumna gift committee wa appointed, Norma de Guise, chairman, with

the obj«t of :advising in the manU" of the giving of needed and harmonious gifts to the chapter hourI!. A fuller account of the gifts is to be found in the MAr ch of THE ARlO".

(3) Constitution The club ",as (orlunate in h:wing present 3t the ber meeting Harri et Rl"iggs (Michigan B, ex·'IJ), Gamma Pro ;nce Vicepresident, who lead the of legislation by the conn'nlion wilh reference to the alumna! lax. A review of the constit ut ion followed.

(3) Sttt iement School. Th .. fo rma tion of :l Sttllemenl School committee, composed of Mu , Rnymond a nd Mrs. Bryant. in the bringing thl! m embers n/ each muting th e needs of o ur Gatlinburg enterprise. Letters from Mrs. lI elmi c k, Mis s Pollard , Mis s Hugh es and Mi s5 Ditmar made \'h'id to us the difficulties, th e trium phs and th e significance of th e w ork that is being done in SeYier County , T enn. A l ett e r from Emma li a r per Turner wnre :1 clear presentation of the rdle:.: inAuence upOn the fraternity world 01 these reeeni alt ru stle enterp r ises mauguraled uy Pi Beta Phi. '11rough the cn lhu sia!'lic effort,; of Mr s. R aymond, the sum of $<)4.S0 was !'ent as our con tributi on t o th e leac h ers' r esidence fund, Ihe a mo unt having bee n raised by individual sub!>C ripti o n ( 4 ) F o unders' Day. We are to celebr3.le on the evening of April 2.7 wilh an old-fashioned cooky shine III the home of Beulah Whitn ey.

J I )lEW FEAT URES

( I) Th e formation of a program commi tt ee t o a rrange for the obseryance of Ihe special days; a memben.hip co mmittee, of which Mrs Pattyson made a mo s t Ahle c hRirman , 10 reporl upon the names o f new r es id ent Pi Phis; a Se ttlement School com mittee.

(2) Two lun c heons held at th e College C lub in Octobe r and January.

(3) The " group host ess" idea to fa ci l it a t e entertaining by members living in small apartments .

Th ese then. are the c hief points o f r ecord in our c lub year but the acco unt is n OI complete without men lion of the unfilled place which Martha Downey ( Mi c higan B. 'oS) has left by her departure 10 Ma d ra s India. wher e sht is ca rrying on h e r w or k of Y. W . C. A. Sec r eta r y. IRENE M c FADDEN.

I-IILL <:)o<\U': A LU M ="'_£ CLUB

(ORGAN IZEI) 1906---CIfARTERrD 1913)

Pr es.Jm t - M n. C. F W o l cott (E th el Bi sho»p, '06).

Viu-pruiJenl-'Mrs. C. II. Kempton (Bertha Myer s , '<)8).

Sec retary-Myrta Kempf. ' 12.

Treasurer-Gladys Dibble ex-'IS.

Re s ident Alumn ae- 14

M e mbers of Club-13.

Average Allendan ce-6.

Our club has rni!;ed l:tcv!! nty dollars this year for th e Settlement School a food sale during Thanksgiving week Il e Hing u s about eighteen dollars;

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letters t o the alumna! bringing about thirty dollars And a sale of wreath s, made of holly sen t us from the schoo l at Christmas, helping to swe ll our budget.

In February club entertained the a.ctive chapler and the newly initiated fre s hmen at II. dinner at the home of Leah Stock. After the dinner we all gathered in the spacious liv ing- r oom and were entertained with so los, both \'oc al and violin, by the active girls. Florentine Cook and Geta Tucker were guests (rom Ann Arbor.

Th e alumna! attended the Ihutt e party 10 Ja c k so n, given by the RClive again this year, and saw Willi am Faversham in Tire IIm uk A large number of our town speop le were invited to go with th e theatre party, thus making up Lh e number need ed for a s p ecia l train, :md all voted th e affair a huge succus.

Th e me mbe r s of the adv!sory comlllittee have given th e work their most l'arnest thought and effo rt. and we feel that we have come in very close toUell with the active girls. A few of the al umn re have visited the active girls at many of their regular fratern ity meetings during the wint e r , and especially during the rushing season.

In February, Clara Selier, '06 , who has been a missionary at Kolapoor, I ndia, for six ye:1r5, was in this country visiting her parents and friends. :and during h e r visit in Hill sda le, Mr s Green and Mrs. Prideaux entertained the alumnre and the acti ,'e chapter Ilt n wonderfully beautiful cooky-shi ne at the former's h ome. It was a rare treat to have C lara with us again, and to hear most interesting tales of her Hfe in Indi n ETHEL BISHOPP- WaLCOTI'.

1 NDIANAPOLIS ALUAt N ."E CLUB (ORGANIZED IQOO--CHARTERP.D 1915)

Pre.rid e lll-Eth el Curryer, Indinna r, '97. Miner, Indiana r, ex-'06.

Tre4sur er- Mn. F. F. J-hskell (Norma Brown, In diana B, ex·'J2). Su,.ela ry-- "Mrs. E. n. l-hll (Cleo Millikan, In diana r, '13).

Resident

Members of Club-35.

Average Attendance--3S.

During the past year ten regular meetings have been held-t he second Saturday of each month at the homu of members. Three of these meetings began with 9. 12 :30 luncheon; tbe others were afternoon meetings. Interest in the club is growing and we ar;! "getting busier" each month.

Before the high schools cloSf'd l as t June we joined with the active girls in a party at Fl orence Province·Garsh wiler'..-an afternoon picnic on the beautiful lawn of her home in Southport. At this time we became familiar with the rushing plans of the girls and f ound h ow we might be more helpful in the fall. At the beginning of co llege the alumnae assisted the actives in giving a. formal "r ush " dinner at the University Club.

Our unationa l spiri t" was re vivtd when ou r delegate to conventio n, Edith H abbe, brought us its inspiration so effectively. Lat e r a visit from Miss

Stock, Province President, served to link us still 'ilronger to the bigger things of Pi Phi.

It is always helpful .1nd plea'iing "hen tho<;;e of our who are acti,-e in the various women's of the city 3nd state give us of lheir time and thought. \Ve had two such occasions lUI year when Mrs. Demarchus Brown of the Chautauqua Bur eau and Mrs Edw. F. White of the \Vomen'r ve Council talked 10 us.

We looked forward with h.3.PPY anticipation 10 the child ren 's party in December; but it was greatly interfereo with by the weather. If owever. enough chi ldren came to make entertainment with their recitations; and lome of the grown-ups sang Christmas carols and IOld Christmas sto ries.

An unusual feature of the year's program was "Read Letter Day." We set February 12 as the date 3nd worked 10 have lellers from as many as possible of our former club members who were no longer Ihing in the '-ity. Membera wrote letters to the "old girls" anu on the date set we had twenty ·four interesting letters, together wilh pictures. (rom twenty -fo ur Pi Phis in all quarters of the United States-and one in Bermuda. It truly a real reunion. The letters are now being sent around 10 all Ihose Ihat wrOle to us.

Just before the Lenten senson a benefit caro jlArty was iiven for the Settlement School. In Ihis the activec; and pledges helped us heroically. All invited friends a.nd it was made a most enjoyable sacinl alTair.

The Alumnre Pnnhelltmic Association has done more this year than ever hefore. In fact it has just be!;:n nble to carry out some of the plans which prompted the organiz.ation. At the beginning of the co llege year it alTered a si l ver loving cup to Ihe fraternilY in Butler making the highest average grade for the first semester. This was won by Ihe Tri Deltas. The scholarship fund is now on a working basis and is under the cont rol of a committee of high schoo l tenc hers. It s third endeavor has been to give the college women in Butler some first-hand information with referen ce to vocations ot her than teach ing. A series of addresses have been arT3nged.

Through the advisory committee and the hearty cooperation of the active c hapter our rela.ti ons are very intimate. Fraternity meetings are h e ld at the home of one of the committee; and some of the active girls are invited to all our club meetings. In March we invited the four honor roll girls and at the same meeting voted to purchase a piece of jewelry to be awarded each semes ter to the girl making the highest average gra.de.

Founders' Day, ce lebrated on April 29 with n noon lun cheon and II. dance at night, C:1me as :I. fitting close {o r the old yenr and as An inspiration for Ihe new The three chap t e r s in the ita t e with the state al umn a! mel in Jndi anapolis. One hundred and fifty ca me (or the luncheon. Miss Cox of the S h o rtridge high school \\Ins the mi:<lress of ceremonies, there being n o toasling Ihis time. I nste:1d, each active c hapter gave an original "stunt," picturing Pi Phis in , ta rious stages-would-be pledges, pledges. actives and past-actives (old maid., to be perfectly honec;t) \V e enjoyed Mrs. Allen', letter of greeting and were impressed with her enumeration of the undertakings of Pi Beta Phi. Nor did we fail to receive news from Little Pigeoll, being so forlunal ...

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3S to h ave at th e lun c h eon M arie D i tm ars ( Indi ana A ) , o n t of the 1915 - 16

t eac her s. She r epo rts that mo unt aineers ' are becoming more and mor e friend ly t o the " lodge" and the nre espec ially ambitio u s to be l o ng. Here's to renewed dra rt to k eep "t he l odge" worthy o f their membership!

CLARA HAT FIELD

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GAMMA ALUM N.£ CLUB

(ORl;ANIZF.O 1 9 1 3 -C II Ak TEkEU 1914 )

Schli c ht, ' (2

Via prnidell/- Il el en If a rrin g to n, ' 12

R ecor din g Surt'lar;- Mr s. Ru sse ll C rnwford (C le la Gordon, '14).

Tuas ur er- Mr s. J ohn D. Overho lt (Jessie Wi c kwire , ' IS ).

Co rr n jJ ontii n g Su r l'lar,r-- Ell en F. Roye r. '12.

R es id e nt Alumn r- 12 .

Members of C lu b-28.

Average Att e nd a nce-'ll

O ur Jun e meeting at comme n ceme nt t i me se rved a s ou r Founders' Day ce le , bration a s it wn s i mpo ss ibl e to h!we an April me e ting Th e entire week was one round of n festivit 'es , in cl uding R cook y -shi n e at the borne or Anne !and Be th Palm er , {' II and ' 15),::1 f o rm ::l l dinner at the h ome of Mr , and Mrs. j. S. R Overhoh, a 6. T rr <I' breakfast, given by Professor and Mr s. F. B. M eye r ( Ann a Brub ak e r, M ich igan A ) , a nd o ur annual picnic break Cas t at the Old P a rk, p re vi ous t o th e co mm ence m en t exe rc i ses. An attendance or thirty d ub membe rs a t all of Ihest fun c tio n s mad e them decided l ucce sses.

As it was the week previous to Thnnk s g 'vi ng vacation, we did not expect many o f th e girls t o r e turn f o r o ur second m ee ting, h o we ver, tbere we re about s i x t ee n who enjoy ed th e d inner at Mar ga r et Gable' s, 'IS. Thi l meeting was devo ted t o th e Settltment S" ho o l-<::as h do nations amounting t o twenty dollan hei ng m ade for the b uil d ing fund . Els a Sc hli c ht, ' 11:, gav e a mO l t enthusi · astic repo rt of h e r co nv entio n tr ' p, as on l y Elsa co uld have given it. She aro u sed in u s a ll loyalty and a desire to att end o ur fifti eth anni versar-y convent ion It was h oped that a r e gul a r meeting co ul d be- h eld at C hristmas time as a number of th e girls expected 10 be in W oos t e r ( o r Dorothy M ar tin ' s wed · di ng . H owever, amid the wedding gaietie s , n o time co ul d be {ouna. Th e r e un ion o n F e bruary 26, proved t o be m os t s u ccess ful. We were glad 10 wel come Crace Thrift ( Ill inois 1I) as a guest. A lun che o n was h eld at the home of M rs. F. B. Mey er (Michiga n A ) followed by bu s in ess and a review of so m e hi s tor ica l points o f o ur fraternity by M a r y Bu c hanan , ' IS. and a very novel disc u ssion of h e r val u ation of n II <I> by I rene Mo rl ey , ' 12 Directly Co ll o w i ng th e meeting w e n <'I>s were ve ry cord ially ente rtained at a reception at the home of President and Mrs J Ca mpbell Whit e. After dione r at the dormi t ory we a ll had o ur enth u siasm for \V ooster renewed by seeing W oos ter deCeat Delaware in bas k etba ll. At th e dose o( th e game, we were inCormally Teceived by Professo r and Del be rt C. Lea n. Pre vi o u s t o ou r taking th e ,a ri o u s train s on Sunday afte rn oo n l\lary Bu c hanan, ' IS, gave us an info rm a l reception a t h er n e w h o me.

A s we h ope to hav e :I. meeting on May 13. which is the join t Col o r DB\' Festival and In auguration of President 'Vh ite, we arranged (or no regular Founders' Day ctlebr;uion Pl:mo; 3TC well formulated (or a big reunion at commenceme nt time.

EI.LEN F . Bon:a.

T OUI>O AI LI M"': £ eLlll

(ORGA NI ZED 19 13-C Ii Aldna:u 19 14 )

I' ruuJtn t -A li ce J. DuB oi5, Ohio B, ex-"J.

Surl'!a r y-Sa rolh Wnit c, M ichigan n, "3.

Trt"ontr ty- Mr s. J T. P ierce ( Eth e l \V a lt s, A. ' 10).

Resident Alumn :c-IC).

M embus of Club-16

Average Attendance-II.

Foll owi ng last year's plan o ur m eeti ng!> hav e been held on th e seco nd Thur sday of tach m o nth

La s t fall at the fin,! m ee ting o ur delegate to conv enti on, Harri e t Briggs, told u s of :111 the wo nd e rful things that happened in California and also broug ht us the good news of her election !IS Gamma Province V ice-p resident. We also wel comed five new members int o the club, three of whom are here only during th e school year. In ovembe r at the home o f Mrs. Douglas Sommerville) we were given a splendid rev ie w of the early history of P I Be ta Phi and in Dece mbe r we had a Christmas cooky-s hine I n February we gave a th eatre party and Mrs. Uen John son ( Kate \Valk er, Nebraska .1$, 'q i ) ope ned her h o use to u s for a spread-the Detro it and Bowling Green alumnre being our guests.

Of cou rse, the thing whi c h has been foremost in our minds was raising money for the Settlement Sc h oo l , which we d id this yea r by se lling Larkin's products. \V e h ad many experiences in disposing of o ur wares and it was t'\;tre me iy nmu'Iing to see the girl s delivering their o rders . Besidn a ll our good lim es we have tried to fulfill the r eq uirements of a c hart ered club. In \ p ril we h el d election of office rs and it was decided that they sho uld h old tlmee for two years instead of one as there are not many members in the club.

Founders' D ay was c el eb r a ted with a lun cheo n al Ihe W o man' s Building and we were ( ortuna te in ha\"ing II ele n Il arrington of Bowling Green and Coe n, a fr es hman :It Alh en , with u s.

Our 135 1 regul :H meeting will be a M ay party at Mrs. Wittman' s (Gertrude Bur ba nk ) b ut we are co ullting nn one more good time in June whi ch will end a nnlher yea r.

SARAII WAITE.

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DELTA PROVIN C E

C..\RTHAGE AL L' M NIE CLUB

P residmt- Mr s. ]. W Willi a ms ( A dela Prentice, lIIin ois r, 'SI).

Se c relary - Treasurer-Mrs. R. E. Scofield ( Ellen Ferri s, Illinois r, '87).

R esiden t

lI aving on l y nine members d uring the year jus t closed and two o f these unable to attend meetings o n acco unt o f ill hca hh, our average attendance nn! more than six and because o f ou r s m311 number meetings are of an informal nature \Ve have had four d uring th e year, o ne of whi ch was devo teu to th o! Sett lement Sc h ool. Th ese mee tings h a ve been a source of gre:\t pleasure to th e individual m e m be r s. A mee ting was h e ld in March because Mrs. P a u l tI oltgreve (Elizabeth Na ee), of Wa s hington, Il L, was in the ci ty The Sett l ement Schoo l appealed to he r stro ngly and she became a member.

Our F o und ers' Day ce lebratio n, h e ld Fri day eve ning, April 28, was a picni c s upper at the h o me of Mr!'. S. H. Ferris ( H e le n Durke e). Letters were r ead, among them o ne from Miss Pl an k of th e Settlement School and one from Mis s Wil son in regard to the Loan Fun d . W e closed by si nging Pi Beta Phi so ngs

C III CAGO AI,UMN :1': CLU B

(OItGAN IZEO 1904-C IlARTERln 1911)

President-Mrs. Robert II Gault (Annabel Lee, New Y o rk B, '06). Via-president-Mrs Arthur rks t or (Jeanette Lemon . In dia na A) . R eco rdi,.g Secreta r y- Mr s. flomer Bang ( Il e l e n Pi e r ce , I llin ois E).

Corresponding Secretary-Mrs. Orpheus M. Sch"nt1- (Ca r rie F l agl e r , I owa 9) . Treasurer-Grace W all er, I owa A

Res id e nt Pi Phi s- 18S . Membership o f Club--<)o. Av e rage Attendan ce--60.

Our wo rk fo r th e year ha s bee n on the wh o l e satis fa c to ry. We h o ld meetings eve r y m on th from Septembe r to Jun e , excep ting in D ece mbe r. Our plan is to have two weeks previous to eac h reg ul a r m eet ing a m ee ting o f th e exec utive boa rd whi ch consists of th e reg ularl y e l ected office r s, three directors, s i x grou p ,ice -presidents, and those 3ppoin te d on speeia l committees.

Thi s pas t year o ur specia l commi tt ees co n sis ted o f Settlement School, and means, membership, program, p r ess, ente rt ai nm e nt and ARR OW co rresp('lnde nt s

Th e vice-president is c h airrr.!'m o f the m embe r s hip committee , and she, t ,ge ther with th e grou p look after the group meetings, of whi ch ·e hav e a t l eas t tw o sets a yea r, m eet ing in th e h o mes of members. We have gTOUp vi ce -p residents for North Shore and Evanston, North Side, South Side, W est Side and \V e st ern Suburbs On r r egu la r club meetings are h el d in the Co ll ege Club r ooms in the Stevens Building. Mrs I. S. Blackwelder (Ge rtrude

ELLEN FERRIS ScOFI E l D.

Bo ughton) at p re sent presiden t or the College Club. was initiated I. C. f o rt y years ago in Kan !Is A.. I am unable to give exact figUTt'S {or the amount ,-o nlributed to the Stnlemenl School this year, b ut our plan was that each group should Talee the money in whalenT way il chose and tur n it in on l Day. C:lrnt'd t h e money individually and some in groups, .:md th e r c turn s are nol yet complete. The total will be in the neighborhood of $175. W e held nn initi:uion (or the Illinois pledges at the h ome o f Mr s. Rd>ert Ga ult (A nn abe l Lee. New Yo rk Ii ) in Evanston, Marc h 4 fo ll owed b) :l din n e r at th e new Evan l on lI ole l. Th ere wcre scven l ynine present ,wd il was a very e n joyab le occasio n.

Oil O c to be r 9 we began o ur reg ular m ee t ings with a rece ption to o ur n ew president, J\1r C'mlt. Me mbt:rs of l awn A were h os t esses. W e li s tened to ve ry intHesting reports of the convention from various points o f view. \lrs. F j Allen (Nina H arr:s, Illin ois B ) talked on the Pi Beta Ph i and nil th e alumnre who heard her, know how well qualified she WIJS to tell u s of th nt exceptiona l trip :lcross the cou ntry Mrs. \V all er Spry (Esther Orr, Ill inois..:1) and Knt e Fre und ( Ill in ois E ) t a lk ed on the business :lOd socia l sides of conve nti on.

Mrs. E. A. H e lmick (EIiI.:l.I)!.·th CI.1rk. M ichigan A ) g:l.\e n r eport of the Sett le ment Schoo l , and Mr !o. J I.. L::ardner ( I. id!l Burkhardt, ('o l o r ::ado R) on the Alumn a! A ssoc iati on.

November 6, group meetings were held at th e hom es' of th e following: Mr s. II. W. Bingham (A my Yo ung, Penn sylvania A ); Mrs. W. C. Wermuth ( Phyllis D o nlin, Ill inois E); Nelle Turner ( I ndiana A ); Mr s. O. M. Schllnt!. (Ca rrie Flagler, Iowa 8).

A Thank s giving r ecept ion was given November 26 in th e clubrooms, with Illin ois Z m e mber s us ho s te sses. \V e had so m e very illstru c tiye a 11d entertnining t!llks about "our publi cations." On TilE ARKow by Mr s. E. L. Middleton, ( M ay Carney, In diana A ), uO ur Pi Phi hi s to ry ,1I by !H:ly B. Kell y (Illinois E ) Ilnd our o th e r publications. songboo k s, bulletins, symp h o ny, etc., by M a rgar e t E!i1on ( M ichiga n A ). J an uary 22 wa s devo t ed to the Settlement Schoo l with Mi c higan Beta s as h os te sses. Mr s. C. W. Barr ett ( Lulu Alv o rd. Mi c higan A) gave a talk illu strat ed with the Settlement Sch oo l l antern s l ides. There were also sa mple s of the products mad e in Gatlinburg, baskets, cove rlids and cloth, o n exhibition for inspection and for which orders might be l aken. Mi ss All e n of the Illin ois E active chapte r furnished th e music.

M a r ch was th e an nu al meeting del'o t ed to r epo rt s and election oC officers. Ill inois ikta s were hoste!>!'es and wh e n the business was over we listened to tw o ve ry entert ai n i ng papers pr ese nt ed by Mr s. I J _ O. Rugg, Indiana A, o n "Just Th ings,'1 and by Virginia C h es te r ( Illin o i s Z) On "Hand · Made Books." Mi ss Ches t er h ac! some beautiful sa m p le s of her handicraft with hel' Imd w'! all felt th llt we had gained a n e w insight into a delightful occ upa · ti o n

Our Founder s' Day lun ch eo n wa s h eld on April 29 in Ca r so n Piri e1s T ea R oo m s. Th e r e were sHe nyt -nin e present, repr e!'c nling IlIlIny c hapte rs, fr om New Yo rk 10 Colorado. Cauit p res id ed as and after a

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delectable feast, we had a fine program of sho rt talks from the following members: M TS 1. S . Blackwelder spoke on the Fraternal Spirit, and was most cl'lertaining; Mrs. Spry talked on Delta Province nnd enlightened u s 10m many points as to our own province.

Ethel Lend rum (Illinois Z) reviewed our own Ch icago alumna! club from its beginning to the pre t ent and dared to prophesy as to its future. Sarah Mitchell (Illinois E) talked of the active at Northwe stern University, Ink ing us back to cur own pc-st, and making llS live ag :lin in memory, colleg e days. Kate B. Miller ( I owa B) took up the constitution of Pi Beta Phi and gave us some n ew th oughts on OUT fraternity, dwelling particularly on tho se points dealing wilh the alumnre. Mr s. Allen's annual l etter was read by Mrs. Gault, and afte r mu s ic by Mildrt:d Eberhart, our Founders' Day meeting closed. We have tw o mor e :neetings before the year is over. Ou r annual picnic is lit the h ome of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Albright at Hubbard W oods on May 2 0. This is one of our great \V e take our husbands, c hil dren and speei&. i friends to thi s outing for it is tau good a thing to be se lfi s h about.

On June 1 0 We nre t o have a Northwe s tern University Dayan the ca mpu s. This is a new depa rture for u s but w e think it will be a very fine thing.

I !"ust n ot fail to speak of o ur own "cl ub publication," our yearbook, which we publish rach fall. This yenr it consists of thirteen pages and presents our names, our founders' names, our officia l r egiste r, our club calendar, our dues and a list of names and addresses of sustaining members. We find it most he lpful. We are also pleased to state that our club finances are in very good condition this year, :lS our treasurer reports a balance on hand dter all debts are paid.

We send g r eetings tl) all other clubs :ond enjoy receiving l e tt ers from other secretaries. We clln certainly make all clubs stronge r by an interchange of ideas.

CARRIE FLAGLER-ScHANTZ.

CENTRAl I LL I NOIS CI.UB

OUf club has held five meetings this year including the Founders' Day (.('Iebration. th e av e rage atlend:mct: being about fifteen. We have sent $51.95 to the Settlement School. •

In cooperation with the active chapter we have started a money -raising cam· paign for the purchase of a lot, hoping eventually, to own o ur chapter h ome at the University of Illinoi .;. In stead of a banquet on Founders' Day WI:: had an informa l spread at the Ill innis 'l chapter house, and added the mon ey thu s sued t o our lot f u nd. The active c hapter also gave up their annual formal party for the same purpose. We have secured 3 little ove r $1600 (or our fund and are hop ' 11K in th e near futur e to ,;ee o ur way clear to owning our lome.

MABEL LtN DSAV-F.o\tJl.CLO.

DECATUR A LU MN.tE CLUB

(OItCA!'OJl£D 1912--CHARTtRr:D 1914)

Prts.dent- Mr s. Carl R Di1.:k (Margaret W ood Illin ois Z, '1 0). V rs. Carleton Ma.ttes (Pearl Tibbett Illin ois II, ' 11 ). A'uording Surelary--Erma Anderson, !\[ arv!and A, '09. Corrts p ondlflK Secrttary- " rl>. Wm II Duerr ( Ir ene Han dli n , Ill ioois II. 'Oi). rrtaS ll re,.- A de l e Mur p h y, Il linOl'i 11 , {'\:-"J. Resident Alumn:t- 19. Membe r s o f Club-IS. Avernge Atlend nnce- 12

W e arranged o ur p r og r am for the yeu 13", spring, (ollo w ing o ul The s ugges ti o ns for alumna! clubs. Th e hnvc been held o n th l! second Tue sda y of the month with but i;"o,:('t:plions. O ur membership is less than that o f l ast year as some of the g:j, b. 1'''''0;; Idt the city but the few of U" who a re here th orough ly our monthly O ur opening m'_'eting in Odobt:r \\as in Erma And erson's home AI th i.; tilile we planned for o ur Setlltment hool (;olltriu ut ion , !lgreeing to thirt), dollar , amount to be by the !llumnre. not as a club but as in,livitlunls. \V e :tre proud that we :tble 10 se n d the amo unt of o u r plus $9.20. of the a lurnn 3! who are intere ted b ut cannot he active ly associated with m beca u se they nre not in o r near D ecatur. sent u ; 3. dollnr for the fund.

At th e November meeting P ea rl !lnd Bess Lamb · Mc D avid we r e o ur ho in th e former's h ome, where a delicious buffet s uppe r was ';e rv ed n( th e o ut of·town al umn rc wer{' ther e. making it a mo s t enjoy abl e reu nion . Cha r btte Kerney, the act;ve c hapt e r' s delegate gave u s an intere<;;ling report of the conven tion. T o of u s who did not go to Cali fmnia it had lik e II conven ti o n until C h:trlott e's report wa s heard. t elling lh All about the afTnir as on ly Charlotte can.

E thcr Starr o ur in D?cember at which tim e th e girls told of the " W 3YS a nJ 111 :':1.11'0 " through whi ch they h ad ea rned their dollar (or th t> "c lll e m ent fu nd. \l O't in t e r e'ling and amusi ng s t orie., were related. Origi nalit), and were very t:vidtnt. One of the girls made sti tch d esigns, one s t'\y ed at home from (ootball gam es and another ma de Christmas seals !lnd so the stori .. s went. P ea rl:\f :tltes, Ir ene Du err, and Lelah·Beli Dav is gave intere .. ti ng accounts of th e sc h oo l's activities.

In ]:lnu a ry Ir ene Du err and Eula Byrne were hostesses at n coo ky ·shine in Eula'<; :lltractive ht}me.

At th e F eb ruary meeting a t L t lnh ·11e1l O :lV i s' h o me , Florence Page g3\'e a repo rt 0 11 the cons tituti on, and K :lte Troutm:tn on Pi Phi hi s t ory , whil e I r ene Duerr was respo n sib le f o r o ur intr oduct i on to the examina tion (lu eS li ons. F or. tunnlel)', an IIctive girl, Virginia Buwy er , was present :lnd co ul d "clear u p" :u:)'

IIf th e questions that proved to bt" n mystery to o f u s.

At the March me e ling Adel e Murphy and ('atherine H o lme s r tv iew ed 3nti·fraternity acti,ities.

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Our Founders' Day party was given April 28 at the home of Margaret Dick. The alumnae club members acted as ho s te sses to the active chapter. A two co urse buffet supper was served after which the Ustage was cleared" (or a most wondf:rful display of the late st spdl'lg fashions on living models, these samt. models being some of the hostesses in costumes fearfully and wonderfully made Several of the out -oC·town alumnre came back for the anniversary Bnd our reunion with them and the thought of the many other simi lar FoundeJ"S' Ony reunions throu g h o ut the land renewed OUT love (or ou r founders and our loyalty to IT B c1J.

Our rel!ltion ship with the nctive chap ter is very profitable and pleasllnt (or nil concerned. We 8Te very proud of our active c hapter, th ey are most repre!'tn tat ive girls. \Ve f ee l especiully at parties and cooky -shines that we are all Deca tur Pi Phis rather than tw o distinct groups of a lumnre and active girls. The alumna! always help to celebrate at the active Christmas party and hom:e show er. Last fal1 we co l1 ected our c ho ices t specimens of culinary art and gave a shower of can ned goods to th e house girls. The alumnre were present "' th e farewell party for the Calloways which the ac tive chap ter gave in January, and r ecen tly we were all invited to a delig htful afternoon tea at Mrs. Mue ll er's home Alumnre and active :l1ike are working ea rnestly for a ne w " home of our own " Our hou se fund grows slowly but s ur e ly.

\Ve have a strong representation in the city Pan hellenic and are doing our part to help rai se the sc h o larship fund of l.welve hundred dollars, the interest fr om which will pay the tuition of some deserving girl who is going to James Millikin University . Who knows but that some day it may be a help to so me o ne from Littl e P 'igeon?

MARGARET W . DICK.

GALESBURG ALUMNtE CLUD

President-Mrs. Curtis Brown (Theo Golliday, Illinois B, '06).

Vice -"residenl-Helen Trask, Illino is d, '14.

Correr pondi"K Secrrtary- Jantt Chapman, Illinois D, ex-'13.

Recording Sure/ory-Mrs. C. W. Jordon (Grace Swank, Illinois d, '14) · T,easuret'-Mrs. C. W. Marinn (Irene Bridge, Illinois.o., 'n).

Resident Alumnre-6l.

Members of th e Club, A ctive-45. Alumnre-30.

Average Attendance, Active -15. Alumnre--30.

The Galesburg alumnre club has dosed another successful year. We have had seven meetings at the different homes of the alumnae, starting with a cooky shine in Octobe r at the home of Mrs. Boydstun (Maude Arnold Smith, '8<). In the afternoon we heard the convention reports from the two active chapter delegates. Florence Hupt from Illin ois B and Helen Mills from Illin ois 6.. Delia Conger represented th e Galesburg alumnre club. All reports were most interesting and gave those who were les s fortunate an intimate glimpse of th e convention as a whole. About seventy·five were present.

In December we met with the active girls of lIIinois B at their bungalow. This meeting was devoted to the Settlement Sc hool. Letters wele read from

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Mrs. Helmick and Miss Steele concerning the Christmas celebration. A pia Ie was passed and over six dollars was rai$td to be us«l to purchase gifts (or the children. The committee appointed bought mittens, toys, and marshmallows.

On December 18 the associalion gave a benefit card patty at the Galesburg Club. MerchAnts of the lown and members of the committee contributed the prizes. Five hundred and bridge were enjoyed by 150 women and $I()Q was These satisfactory result!> were due to the efficient chairman, W ebste r (tIIinois 6, ex·t oo).

January IS brought another cooky -sh ine at the home of Janet Chapman (I llinoi s B, ex·' 13). Beside the regular business reports from both active chapters, the meeting was devoted to the constitution.

The next two meetings were rather social gatherings. The attendance being sma ll er these months than previously. Heretofore. we never have had a regular pr02'ram. but next year one has been p rep ared which so und s most attractive. Two cooky-shin es and a picnic in May will be valuable in developing the socia l side of our association, while the regular meetings devoted to the con-Settlement School and examination will constitute the busines.. sessions . A "st unt night" which will be given by the pledges of the two active chap ter s will furnish enough fun to take us back to our college days.

'Ve feel very proud to have in our club our Province Vice-president, Mildred Steele (Illinois .1. , '1 4). who has been "ery active in o rgani zing an .. Iumn re club in Mo nm o uth . There have bef'n no serious misunderstandings in the Local Panhell enic during the current year. We still maintain our room in the obstetric ward of the hospital. 1t will be our next work to make flew draperies and linen for th e room.

The annual business meeting was held in April at the h ome of o ur new president. The annual F o under!" Day banquet was held April 29 at the Galesburg Club. About eighty were pre!.ent including two grand office r s, Miss Onken, Grand Secretary, and Mrs. F. J. Allen, Grand Vice·president. Tht' banquet wa s cabaret style. Between the co urse s, there was fancy dancing, a minuet, ukulele quartette and other interesting features. After a few words from Miss Onken, Mrs. Allen took us to the Settlement School. The visit was most delightful. Then followed exercises of the last day at the Settlement Sc hool. Some of the girls in the active chapters were dressed as the Settlement Sc hool teachers, pupils, mothen and fathers. 11 was most realistic to thost' who had been down there. Hden W einbe rg (Illinois .1., 'IS) c hairman of the committee deserves much praise for the su ccess of th e banquet.

The advisory committees keep in close touch with the active girls and very often the alumna: visit chap t E'r meetings throughout th e year.

l-IELEN' TRASK

MADISON ALUMNtE CLUB

(ORGANIZED tt)08-CUARTEREO 1909)

G. P. Nourse. Welsh, Wisconsin A, '12. Secrefa,.y--lIelen Kayser, Wisconsin A. '14.

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Treasurer-Stella Kay :te r, Wi sco nsin A, '09. Resident Alumnl!e-lg. Member s o f Club-12.

Average A tt:mdanct-8.

P artly on account of i'1lness, pa rtl y because of a smaller member s hi p. our club ha s not accomplished as milch as it did la st year, and have had tW r'l meetings less than last year.

One meeting was devoted to a report of convention; one, to a discussion of patronesses for th e aclive chapter-two, to the business affairs of th e house j one, !o the Settlement School; and one to Founders' Day .

Ju st before Christmas we hAd the Settlement Sc h oo l send us a box of articles ((Ir sa le. The se were bought mostly by th e Relive girls, to their credit be it said, for, as the time was so close to Chri stmas, the alumnz had already purch3.sed their gifts. Some of th e :u ticl es were so interesting, especia lly the hand some cckivers," or eolia n and wool coverlids , thnt next year we hope to dispose of a much large r assortment. Pos sibly we can es tabli sh a .permaneut ngency for a few of the more popular :.. r tic1es-in cha rge of either the alumnre club or the active chapter, as seems best.

M

ARY WHI TE PETERSON.

MI NNEAPOLIS AND ST PAUL ALUMNJt: CLUB (ORCANIZED IC}08-CIIARTI'.:RF.D 1909)

Pre sident- Margar e t Barnard, 'IS.

Viu-pruident-Mn.. Arthur Walker (Edna Dunlop. ex-'13).

Secretary-Mrs. Clinton Olmstead (Ruby Burtness, ex-'14).

Treasurer--Caro l yn Shol, ex-'13.

Corresponding Secretary-Lillian McLaughlin, ' 15.

R esident Alumnre--8s.

Members of Club-28.

Average Attend ancc- 16 10 20.

During the past year our r egu lar business meetings have been on the la sl Friday of each month but every two weeks we have had sewing bees at the home of one of our members. The business meetings have usuah y been al Iht.' Pi Phi h ouse, but we even while conclave w as in progress. Y ou will wonder why so muc h interest is being displayed in needlework in Minn e· :1polis, but I shall keep the secret until later We have had the best possible time a t all our gatherings. u s ually bringing our lunches and sewiltg a ll day I n the Christmas vacation we h:1VC a get ·togethe r lun ch eon down town, in order that the girls who have been teaching out of town may us all again. Thi s year there were sixty people against forty last year. A plea for tbe Settle · ment Schoo l is always made at Ihi!l lun cheon, and it is usually ve r y soccessful, since it comes right in the holiday season . In February we a lu mnlll: gave a cooky ·shine for the active chapter afler initiation at the home of Elsa Scheldrup, that seemed to bring the :lctive girls and their o l der sisters nearer than either the more formal lu ncheon or banquet.

N ow I shall tell you the "«ret of .11 our stwing I W e have btoen making things for our annual buaar which u:.ualJy is early ;n Del.:cmber. This year ou r new house is actually going to be buill; so the b:u:aar means some sh'enuoos work for the faithful! La !>! fall ..... e had the !tale at a large apart· ment hotel, and We made so much money for the hoo,t, that we went to work io r the next ODe with ren ewed t:ne rgy. YOII Stt, we live in a big university city, and 10 we draw mO!'l1 of our girls from the home town. That means, then, that the girls living at hom.! have t o benr the burden of building and suppor ting a chapter house. So we aillmnre to keep pretty busy! The dance in the evening brought Ollt a big crowd of univ ersity people at the last bazaar. We are hoping for 3S much success this year.

The alumnre have had a deep interest in chap ter finallces this year, as one of the members of the advisory committee has had charge of the hou se tunds, except actulli collecting of them. 'fhi., !>lllne girl, :-,ybd Hates, ' IS, is the treasurer of the Building BO:1rd, and it is dut, in great part, 10 her energy and business ability that we are to haye a chapter home. The advisory com. 1I1 ittee has also been nctiYe in securing all efficient matron, tmd in seeing th :1I the girls were properly chaperoned. Th e alumnre. through this commi ttee, werl' instrumental in putting Pi Phi at the head in last year, and they working for the snme object this year. The chapter hal> limit e<.l its social engage ments, and delinquents are tutored. Our Panhell e ni c delegate has attended eve ry meeting and assisted in passing some very sensible rules for llext faU's rushing. Expenses are to be kept within very reasonable limits, rushing is to be most inconspicuous, men are to refrain from assisting, and 'hl' entertainment is to be simple and informal, confined to one week of "ofT camp us" and two weeks of at chapter houses. Last fa ll the alumna: club did a l arge part of the rushing as many of the a ctive girls were out of town. At every active meeting there are at least three o r four alumnre, bul Ihe actives are usually in class when the club meetings take p lace. The chapter gnxe 3. very pleasant reception for the alumnre 1B.f>t fall, and this spring they nre having a series of bridge s for the new hou s! t o which we nre inviteci. Tht: vaudeville this spring, nt wh ic h the alumn:e assisted the chapter, W!li 3 indl!ed, but the annual musical, at which the chapter assifts the alumnre, may be put off until the fall, owing to the great wealth of musical attractions here Ihis year.

How pretty all Pi Phis look in their evening dresses! Last night Minnrsola A had h e r Founders' Day banquet at the Radi sso n lI otel. and the girls did look Several from out of town came in, and about eighty of u s sat down. Greetings from Miss Keller and Mrs. Allen were read, all outline of Mti - fralernity legislation was sketched by Aimee Fisher. Edna Brown reminisced about the vicissitudes of chapter life, Lu cy lI ow poked fun at several of the. leading light s in the acti\e chapte r, and ybil Bates explained with great detail the plans for finallcing the new house. Mll rg uerit e Grimm. 'IS, the toaslmi s lre'is, fin3l1y called on ,'frs Sherman Dickinson (Shirley Storm, Iowa r, ' II ) for a n :ad ing whi ch left our hCArts warm and o ur throats lumpy. Nell Churchill sang for U'i. and iJttwetn tne co urses we

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al1 did our best to arouse the echoes with Pi Phi songs The scholarship cup preo;ented to Hnrriet Todd, the freshman having the highest marks for tht" first semes ter, and she responded by promising never to do it agsin.

We have planned our special Settlemen t School meeting for OUT next gathering and we hope to send in some substantial pledges. We have gained :1 few new ones this ycnT, and we find that the pledge system is mu ch mOTC efficient than the hit-or-miss onc of having parties or renting theaters, etc. I hope to report more on this m:lttcr after our meeting.

We do not have a set program (or the year, for we find that ci rcumstances nre apt to change and. upset the whole plan. It is on initiation day that we alumna: renew our memories of the constitution, it is on Founders' Day that Wf: have o ur dea r home-coming banquet, it is at our Christmas luncheon and our special Settlement School meeting that we hear about that great National work, and it is at every meeting that we interest o urselves in the active chapter_ We do extend to ev e ry ri Beta. Phi that is in the twin cities a warm invitation to come and have fun with us. We would also appreciate a little information as to where you are, and what is happening to you. \Ve want to know about every Pi Phis who is in Minnesota, or has ever been to the university of Minnesota. Look in THE ARROW for the address of the corresponding-sec r etary, nnd let us hear from you.

LILLIAN' M cLAUCHLIN'.

MONM O l!TH ALUlatN.t£ CLUB

(ORCAN'IZ&D APIUL 28, 1916)

Prnident-Mrs. ] C Kilgore (Emma Brownlee, 11Iinois A, '68).

Viu-p,.erjde,JJ-Anna Glenn, Illinois A, '78.

Secrelll,.y--Katharine Ihnna, Illinois .6, '01. Mo,.rAal-Mrs. W. P. GrRham (Fanuie Grahtanl, Illinois A, '81).

Resident Alumn::e--16.

Members of Cluh--2S.

The Monmouth Pi Phis met April 8, 1916 with Mrs. Edna Smith - Brown to t:llk ove r the feasibility of an alumn a: club. Mrs. Kilgore was appointed chairman. M rI. Bro wn and Mrs. Graham read letters they had received from Miss Steele, Dclt:a. Province Vice -president urging Monmouth Pi Phis to organiz.e an alumnre c hapler The chairman asked each one present to express h e r opinion and it seemed thst everyon e was enthusiasti c over the prospect and it was voted to organile a Monmouth alumnre club. The el«110n of officers followed. Mrs Kilgore, 3S yo u all know, is one of our founders and was the charter ch:a.pter ' s fir s t president, so we think we Ilre fo rtunate in having her for our presid ent.

After the reading and adoption of the alumnre constitution, Mrs. In:a. SmithSoule of Spoksne, also a f o under, told us of her experiences with the Washington Pi Phis

Then Mrs. Kilgo r e g!IY e sn int e resting aeount of the birth and youthful days of Pi Pbi. and it seems wontlerful to think of the growth of this fraternity from the thought in the brain o f this eirl. Emma Brownlee, for it was she

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who. when they were discussing the boys' fraternities, said: "Girls, why can't we have a fraternity," and the othe r girls with her, caught her enthusiasm and 10 it has grown "like the grllin of mus t ard seed whic h a man look and cast into garden and it grew ana waxed a great tree/' "a tree p lanted by the waterside that will bring forth its fruit in due season."

KATJlARINK H ANNA.

EPSILON PROVINCE

AME S ALUMNA-: CLUli (C HARTERED 1913 )

Prnid,,,I-Mrs. L C. Tilden (R uth Duncan, I owa 1', ' 12 ).

Viu -pruia'enl- Kitti e B Freed, I o wa r, '9 2.

Secrdary- M rs. E B. Bu sh (Edna Everett, I owa r, ' 08).

Trt'aJ""rtr-Lillian Storms, I owa r, '08.

Resid ent Alumn .e--26 . Members of Club--26.

Ave rage Att e ndan ce-zo.

Our club is m ade up of members from Ames, Boone and Nevada. We have quarterly meetings during th e year, with about six members o n eac h comm ittee. At eac h meeting lun cheon is served , followed by a b usin ess session and :J, !'oci al hour A representative from the acti ve c h ap ter atte nd s each mee ting

In June the Boone member s en te rt:lined us at the home of Louise Row e. Thirtl:e u lIlelllben frolll Allies Rtten:.led At this tim e were discussed the Und e r · gr ad uate Loan Fund, the alumn:e tax, the alumnre employment bureau, etc.

The October me eting took the form of a lunch eo n for the Des Mo ine s .:ilumniC club at the hom e o f Mr s . Curtiss. All the visitors see med to enjoy the meeting and th e sight ·seeing t r ip around the ca mpu s, and admired very much the new Pi Phi hou se , of which we are all so proud.

January 8 we ¢nt er tain ed all the girls of Iowa State College a t a mUSica le Fl ore nce P ettinger ( Iowa Gamma, 'oS), now of C hica g o, rendHed , m ost c harmingly, a program of whi ch the main f ea ture was an aria (rom rhe Queen 0/ Sheba.

In March w e me t at Mr s. Eichling's. Nearly a ll of us, including the o utof·town membe r s, were there besides seve ral guests, and we h ad a most delightful a ftern oon . Founders' Oay the active c hapt er en tertai n ed us a t din n er at the chapte r hou se. Seve r a l o ld members were present, adding to the enjoy· ment o f the occasio n.

During th e year we have sent abo ut $25 t o the Settlemen t Sc h oo l in paym en t o f pled g.'.

The chap ter G.pp se m ade Jlossible by the Pi Bela Ph i In vestment Co mp any has proved Il very pleasant h o me for th e active ch apte r. W e h ave appointed for each fr es hman an a lumna adviser, but w e felt that by appointing an a, lumnie spo nso r, the alumn:e a n rJ a<..tive girls might become better acq ua inted

EDNA EVERETT BUj;lH.

THE ARROW OF PI BETA PHI

AL U MNIE CLUB

(ORGAN IZED AND CIIAR TERED 1<)06)

Pr esidell/- Mr s William Gilmnn (Edna U hl er, Illin ois S, '06).

Viu -pruidt1lt - Perle H ayden , I owa U.

Corresponding M. Thoma s, Iowa Z, '07.

Recording Secretary- M rs. C h arles Brook (A l ma Poehler, K ansas A, '06.)

Tr eat uru- Mr s. P. C Lang (Cora W idick, Io wa .6. ).

R eside nt Alum n:e- 19.

Mem be r s of Club-22.

Av erage Att endan ce- 11.

Our Oc t obe r m eeting, the fir s t of the year, wa s held at C r apo P ar k in th e log cab in on the hill ove rl oo king the broad Mi ssissippi Riv e r At Ihis meeting was voted a tax of $2.1 0 per membe r to be g i ve n to th e Settlement Schoo l and to be paid in M arch.

O ur J an uary m eeting was devoted to a s tudy o f th e se ttl e ment work and the n ews fr om " Li ttle Pigeo n. " Tw o ve r y grate ful lett e r s were r ead from th e r e, thnnking the club fo r se ndin g II. box of book s in Dece mber. Thi s meeting was held at th e home of Mr s. C lay W aite ( I da Southwe ll, I owa .6 ).

S u ppe r was se r ved after the b u siness mee ting.

Our March meet ing was with Mr s. W L Coope r ( Tillie T e u sc he r, I o wa .6 ) W e st udi ed t he constit uti on and then M rs. C h a rl es Brook ( Alm a P oehle r , Kan sas A) ent er tain ed th e guests with a most delightful group of so ngs,

O n Founders' Day t he club w as banquet ed at th e beautif ul s ub urban h ome of M rI. Louis Bl aul (Bertha Poe hl er, Kansas .A). whither we are always to go. The early h o urs of the afternoon were devoted to the election of officers and business, after whi c h Mrs. Brook again favored the club with so ng s. On this occasion the spacio us dining -r oo m ce rtainly presented a l ea l Pi Phi sce ne, for the center of th e table con tained an immense bunch of wine ca rnati ons whil e th e win e and blue ca n dles s h ed a sof t light. Placeca rd s wer e of blue ti ed with wine . Out-of- town guests were Mrs. ] . E . Garrett and Mrs . Issett of Wape lli, Iowa, and 1l etty J o n es of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.

Burl ing t on is s ituated some di s tan ce f ro m an acti ve c hapte r so we do not h ave the pleas ure of me eti ng with onc.

We hav e no P ll nheJl e ni c organizati on in the ci ty , although se ve ral Gr ee k -letter soc iet ies have r ep rese nt a ti ves , but none in s uch numbers as IT B 41

Our local interest is centered in o ur h os pital r oom, to the SUppor t of wh ic h the club gives $10 ann ually.

In A p ril $40.40 was given for th e benefit of the Sett le ment School.

Since o ur la st le iter w .u writt en o n e young Pi Phi has come to Burlington to l i ve at th e of Mr s. Willi am W eibley (Ethel Cowa n , I owa A).

Tbe co rresponding K atherine Lu ndgren ( t owa A ), l eft the ci ty in September t o leach in the Mt. Pl easant, I ow3, high school. In December ou r r «::or din g sec ret ary, Sadie H o1iday ( I o wa Z ) , went 10 N e w Yo rk City to engage in camp- fir e work We r egre t ve ry much the loss of these two members. CoRA WIDI C K- LA:-w C.

Ih:.s .MoP"E" ALUMN-E CLUB

Jones phrie ,'fettlen, Indiana B, 'IJ).

I?ia pnSlJmf-\lrs. Frank Camp (Louise Meek, towa n, '94).

Su,.t"lary-Mn. C. B. Frue ( Il elen Jensen, Iowa r, '90)· II. C. Wallace (1Iohy Broadhead. Iowa r , '89).

Our club is in I I A'luri·lling con dition witb an :1verage attendance of twenty - two al the ten monthly meelings. There are forty ·six on our roll, Inost of whom come regularly, :\ few frequently, and o nly two o r three once in :1 long while. OUT F"under<;' D3) p:lrly was May 6 at the home of Mrs. \\ra ll:l ce, Thirty were of whorn three were guests; Mrs . Suet Spauld· ing of Los Angeles, who was a charter member of the Des Moines alumna: club; Mrs. C. W. Marfluardt of EV3nston; :md Mrs. F. S. Burberry of Incli nnol::t, Iowa. Three others tame intI) our club; Mr s. D. II Scott returning to the city nfter n three residence at Griswold, I owa; Mrs. Gibbs, recently from Crinnell, I owa, a Pi Phi from Knox; and Mrs Donald Gooch. from Denver, a Pi Phi at Iowa A.

The cI ub \'oted $2.50 to the fund, $5 t o the Loan fund, and the balance in the about $20, to the Settlement fund. W e will hav Gne more meeting, II June picnic.

ANNA ROSS-CLARK!.

F\ YFTTF:VIII E ALUMN :E CLUA (ORGANIZY.D AND CHARTERED 1915 )

Pruldcni-Dorothy Lighton, Arkansas A, ex ·' ,?

Frt"12surer-lfelcn St u ckey, A, '15.

Corrt"r p ondmg Secrdary-Milrlred Gregg, Arkansas A, '10. Reside nt Alumnre-6.

Members o r Average Allendance-4.

Wh en we look b1tk through th e yenr, it seems that the Fayetteville club ha <; accomplished very littl e. Until February we held o ur meetings the first Thursday in the month, bllt we were unable to ha,'e one from then until F ounderc;' 03Y. \V e h:lVe hRd no regular programs, but are looking forward to having them next year.

In September we entertained with an informal tea, with the active girls. plerlges and for our guests. Our interest the entire year has been cente r ed in our but nothing defini te was done until February. Thtn we h::ad 3 Settlement benefit at one of the picture shows, from which we re ceived $20. \\' e are try'ng to reach o ur nonresident by writing them and telling of the club work and the needs or the school.

Founders' Day we joi n ed the active girls and ce lebrat ed ollr Pi Phi birthday with a delightful cooky-shine in the fraternity rooms. The hours were hap· pily spent nnd enjoyed by nil who attetlded.

MII.DUD GRECC.

TIlE AI<ROW OF PI BETA PilI

I NO IA NULA ALUMNA:: CLUB

(ORGA NJZED tc)Or-CHARTlRED 191 1 )

B. D o well ( Anna Wright, I o wa B, '87)

Viu- pr e!idmt- Mr s Wm Buxton, Jr (Anna Mc Laughlin, I owa B '90)· SUf"eJary- Mrs E W Perry ( E ste ll e I-h,rtman, Iowa B, '87)

Treasurer- Mrs J. II. ' M cGranaha n ( Eva Law, Iowa B. '84).

Reside nt 34

Members of Club-- 2 o.

Ave rage Atten da n ce- IS.

The club ha s met r eg ularly d uring th e year o n th e seco nd Thursday of each month at the homes of th e members . At seve r a l o f the meetings th e co llege girls were inv it ed to meet with us and we h ave joined them in their initiations and coo ky -s h ines and also in a reception given to Delta Delta Delta and Alpha Chi Omega during Mi ss I ngt:rsoll's stay with us. O ur assoc ia tion with the :active c h ap l e r k eeps u s in close to uc h with frat e rnity maHers.

W e will ce leb rnt e Found e r s' Day Apr i l 29 at th e home o f Ruth Buxton. For several years it h a.s been the cus tom for all the gi rl s wh o h ave been initiated since the l ast Found ers' D ay to give a play Thi s yea r th e girls will give an origina l one entit led Wllat Shall It B el which is fu ll of fun and tell s of the o f th e ru s h ees. Our pledges for th e year to th e Se ttl em e nt Sc h oo l were $53.50. Befo r e C hri st ma s we se nt for some of th ei r baske t s to se ll but as we were l a te ill sending, th eir assortment was low a nd we d id n ot make many sa l es as mos t of th e girls h ad th eir prescnts bo ught. W e a re p l anning for o ur brea kfast for I owa B and visiting Pi Phis o n Sa turday morning of commence men t w ee k. H e retofore, this has incl u ded the pledges but this year the faculty h ave rul ed th a t th e re can be 11 0 p led ging until after :;ch ool opens in th e fnll.

W e are glad to hav e w i th u s M rs. Louis L a tta (Ni ta Bl oom , I owa Z ), wh u moved here th e first of th e y ear .

I OWA CITY ALUMN .-E CLUB

(ORCANIZI::D 1905-C IIA R'f";RED 19(6 )

President-Mrs. A G. Smith (Grace Partridge).

r s. Geo rge Ball, Jr ( Mau d Y o u ng, I owa Z, '06)

Su relar y·Tredluur- Mr s. F II. Wi c kham ( F anny Thompson, I owa E, '(0)

Resident

Me m be rs o( Clu b-- II.

A ve r agt Att endanCe--<).

O ur club h as he ld regular meetings throughout the yea r. Th e disc repa n cy between the average num be r prescnt at each meeting and the actual n u mbe r o( alum n z in the city m ay seem Rt first glance at the sec r e t ary's r epo rt to be some what disco ur agi ng. Wh ile we regret that we ca n Dot have a bette r atte n da n ce at each meeting, the facts can be acco unted for in a num be r o( waYll The p r inci;uu one is-a (ull o n e- third of ou r members are teach e r s

ESTELLA HARTMAN - PERRY

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who fmd it impo5sible to attend day mtetings. To provide for this we have arrangtd next year's work with tvening meet ings alternating with the day meeting§, hoping in this way to make it practic able (or all to attend and thu identify themsehes with the club not only by their but by their :\(: Iiv(" interest.

Allhough our attendan ce h95 been reduced this year by sickness, bere:ne · men I, horne and publi c dutirs, OUT meetings ha.ve nevertheless been full of interest Ilnd enthusiasm. For Ihe first time we had an outline for the year's work and a progfl\m to which to refer (or topics, dates, etc. The year was (.opened by n musicale with Ihe active chapter assisting. On December 15 we ngain entertained the girls and gave them 3 much - needed linen shower of lunch cloths and napkins, and :t purse of silver dollars to help out with their new dishes. The gifts were much appreciated and the givers well repaid by the t1t'light lind of the girls.

Our aim has been to enttrtain tbe active chapter aI alternate meetings, rep · resentatives being present at every meeting. Programs of interest have included a study of the conlotitution, some fr;,ternity problems, and convention. We were pleased to be represented at the convention by Julia Ellen Rogers, who is an alumna of Iowa Z. She sent us a very interesting and full report. All these pegrams were followed by interesting :lS well as beneficial discussions. Light refreshments served :tfter the progn.ms gllve us a vuy pleas3nt social hour.

Our relations with the active chapter are very pleasant. During rushing stason we have been invited to the teas and have always been invited to the 100tlations Founders' Day is usually made a joint celebration, nnd this ye:lr there will be a banq uet with toasts.

The al u mnre have at times entert3ined the girls, singly or in groups at their homes. This gives the latter a ch:lllce to go informnlly into the homes of their alumna: Two of Ihe daughters of alumn::c are in the active chapter. thus bringing it nearer the home circle.

The visit of Min i nbrersoll, our Province President, was very much enjoyed by the alumnre. She Suggc!'oted talks to the girls by nlumn:c on various sub jects. The first talk was given to the girls 3l one of their regular Monday night meetings when the president of the alumn::c spoke informally on "Thf.' Responsibilities of Education"

Each member of the club gave '$2 for the Settlement School.

GRACI PARTR I DG.: , SMITH.

KANSAS BETA ALUMNA:: CLUB

Our alumnre club wac; formed :11 the time of the initiation of the Phi Kappa Phi alumna: into Pi Heta Phi. the eight re ident members, the four · teen girls initiated decided to join our club.

W e have had two meetings to talk over our plans of procedure, nnd on Founders' Da.y we entertained the active chapter with a cooky ·shine 3S there htid been enough of banqueting. Be:.ides Grace Zeigler none of the out-of· t{lWn alumnre were present-but the Topeka alumna: sent a much·appreciAted

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token of their lo),alty-a dozen silve r spoons (o r the active chapter. girls nre a lso very grateful to Gladys Kirchner whose box of cook ies gave much pleas ur e at the "s h ine ." F o r we used tp e lovely spri ng tt owe r s-so beautiful now.

EDNA H OOD-LANTZ.

K ANSAS CIT Y ALUMN£ CLUB

R esident Alumn<r-70.

A veTage Attendance-35.

The Kan sns Ci ty Alumn re club ha s h Ad n mo s t s u ccessf ul year's wo rk , Our meetings have always bee n de liGht!u l, socia lly, but a new interest in the Settlement School has given us added energy and vita l i t y. W e find o u rselves mo re enthusiastic since we ha ve Ih i!' p r actical way of s h o wing o ur loy a lty and devo t io n to the fraternity and he r ideals Mi ss Plank , one of our membe r s, has been a teacher at the school this winter and we had the pleasure of a visit from h er on F o und e r s ' Day. She gave us s u c h a vivid account o f th e work and its n eed:; that we w e r e greatly s t i rr ed. Thi s year in addition to our ann u a l cash contrib uti on we sent a la r ge Christmas box of gifts and clothing. We hope to be ab le to do mu ch more next year.

\V e ha ve taken an active part, this winter, in the work undertaken by th e Kansas City P an h ell enic A ssociation toward the estab li sh m ent of open-air sc h ool s. Th e associat ion ha s been a great assistance to the Boa r d o f Education i n equipping a la r ge open-ai r schoo l in a foreign d istri c t. The Pi Phi cl ub gave all of the s ilve r ne eded fo r th e luncheon se rvi ce .

W e meet monthly at informa l lun c heons which are held in the h omes of ou r members. O ur meetings have been devoted to eac h o f our tw o neare st chap ters-Mi ssou ri A and Kan sas A :md we have given each of these chapters table l in en.

We hav e made no specia l effo rt to raise money this yen r but we feel that much has bee n accomp l is hed W e are more devoted to Pi Beta Phi than ever and we ple dge h er o ur whole -hearted se r vice.

MVRTlE OsnoMNE-Low IL

LAWRE NCE ALUM NtE CLUB

President- M rs. F. M. Benedict. Viu-pruidnlt-Mrs. G riffi th (Ida Smith). Secretary and Trea.ruru- lieien Pendelton.

The past year h as been a very delightful and busy on e for o ur club. With the cooperation o f the active girls and the alumna: of Kans as A we have built a beautifu l new ch apter house . Ali of our time and effo r ts have been devoted to thi s and we have been financially unable to help the Settlemen t Sc h oo l th is winter as a cl ub, th ou gh there have been severa l individua l donations. We a re n o w planning to do something for the schoo l next fall that will make up for the past.

We have held monthly meetings a.nd "Dime Tea.s" all winte r , at the homes of th e members of the club to enrich our treasury.

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Owing to the death of OUT patroness and loyal friend, Mrs. James Oreen, wife of Dean Green of the Law School, on April nineteenth, we did not ha,-c our annual banquet and Founders ' Day celebration.

HEI.EN PENDEI.TON.

LJ:-.ICOLN ALUM!' +: CLUB

(CUO\RTERED 1914)

Sedgwick, B, '10. Via - prUldtnt-Gertrude Kin c aide, Ntbrnska B, '09.

Treasurer-Nettie lI olcomb, W3shington A, '0<).

CorrnpondiHK Surefary---!\fary Spalding, Nebra!>ka n, '14. Resident Alumnre-38. M embers of CI ub---25. Average Atiendllnce-IS.

The past year has been a vtry s uccessfu l one for our club as we have not only increased our membership and attendance but have also raised more Inaney for the Settlement School. Our program this year has also been more varied than usual, and we ha ve had bridge parties, a luncheon at the hotel on flome -coming D3Y, amateur theatricals, and g :! neral meetings. We 3re continuing, as last yel.r, to hold m:my of our meetings in the evening as we find that we a l most always have a large attendance when we do so. The evening meetings are espedally prnctical since they give the members who are teaching school an opportunity to keep in touch with the fraternity. One of the most elaborate events of this year was the bridge pnrty given by Mrs. Olive r Everett, Mrs. Charles Stuart, and Mrs. Stanley Zerner, at the home of Mr s. Zemer's mother, Mrs. Rogers. Another very enjoyab le meeting was held at Mrs. Ray DePutron's where a take -ofT on the movies was given. This was enjoyed so much by the audience that we are thinking of repeating it next fall for a rushing stun t.

Our cha rit ies this year not only include the Settlement School but l ocal chari t ies as well, as we have paid the hospital expenses of a girl here, who is without relatives or friends. We are raising money for this by tying comforts, and every week or ten days hold an all-day meeting at the home of one of the girls. The hostess serves luncheon fo r a quarter, the quarter alllO going for chari ty. These all-day meetingo; a r c something quite new for us and very s u ec.essfu!'

'V e have al eo made another innovation this winter by inviting the Omaha girls to take complete charge of one of our rushing parties next fall. In this way w e hope to keep the Omaha :md Lincoln alumnre clubs in close touch with each other.

Tnstead of giving :\ banquet on Founders' Day, we had our anllual banquet in Many of our members, however, went 10 Omaha. for Founders' Day, so we feel that between the two banC]l1ets we celebrated amply the occasion.

M ARY L. SPALDINC

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MT PLEASANT ALUMN£ CLUB

(ORGANIZED J8<)4-CUARTERED 19(5)

Prtsidtnl-Mrs. J. Calvin M cCoid (Mary Hulme. Iowa A, '87).

Viu · /Jruident-Ida Van H on, I owa A. '84. Swan, I owa A, '00.

Suretary- Mrs K a rl Mel c her ( Miri am Young, I owa A, ex-' 16).

Resident Alumnre-J6.

Members of Club-29.

Average Att endance-J 4

One more metting Bnd OUT club will have closed another very pleasant and profitablt: year. Although we have done nothing unu sual there has been much interest manifested and eac h y ear we feel the bond of Pi Beta Phi strengthe ned in our club. As us u a l our m eeti ng s are h el d th e fir st Thur sday of the month, and are devoted almost en tirely to business and literary work. H oweve r, while th e members are gathering ther e is a chance for socia l intercour se and again at the cl ose of the meeting. W e do not have r efres hm ents at ou r regular meetings. Our study this yenr has been the " Greek Fraternity and the Mountaineers," and l et me say right here, if any of o ur clubs are undecided about what to do next year, th ey wi ll find these s ubj ects full of good things We have found the s tu dy of "The Mountaineer" most de light · ful and have li stened to sp lendid papers and have been wonderfully benefited by lhem, and the study of our fraternity is bound to bring the members into closer touch and sympathy as well tiS to strengthen our club organiution. \Ve Itave two papers or readings each meeting-one on each s ubject followed by discussions. \V e endeavor to keep In tou ch with the active chapter, tlnd onr younger al umn a! nre close l y associated with the girls in college.

Our co ntributi on to the Settlement School ha s been some what limited this year on acco u nt of call s for financial aid from other sources. How eve r, we sent $37 to the building f u nd, besides our annua l pledge to the school.

Iowa Wesley an College has been in a campaign to increase its endowmen t fund, and we have 311 been immensely interested in that. Our club and th e active chapte r have pledged $500 and the nonresident al ummr $233.50 which makes a gift of $733 50 from Pi Beta Phi. W e fee l very mu ch gratified at the interest manifested in this movement for the betterment of I. \V C.

We have but three socia l meetings n year. The first one was Octobe r 2 at the h ome of Aim W estfa ll , where a delightful company gathered and spent an evening of rare enjoyment. The active c hapter and their rushees wer e our guests on this happy occasion. The next social meeting was on Founders ' Day with th e active chapter at the home of Mr s Arthur Eaton (Lottie Burnap, ' 01), whe re a delicious dinner was served. A short info rmal program was given, interspersed with fraternity songs 3nd yells

Our next social meeting wilt be th e June reception, commenCement week. This party is always 3.nticipated with muc h interest as it is a sor t of a reunion. 3.11 Pi Phis and ot her commencement visitors being invited.

MAkV Jl UL )IE - l\'fCCOID.

OMAHA AND COUNCIL B LUFfS ALUMN.£ CLUB

(ORGANIZED 1905-C"ARTEItEO 1<)06)

Prn,J'tft-Mrs. H enry COlc (Queene Snow, I owa Z, 'II).

Vice-Iru,aetft-Uarda ott, Nebra'ika B, 'II. Trea,ru,.el"'--Gertrude Br:mch, A , 'q6.

Co,.resl0tfdi"K Secrda,.,Y-Mrs. Anna Raymond (Vlortnce Il os tet Te r. N eb ra ska B. ' 13 ).

Resident Alumn ::e--4 S. M embers of Club-40.

Average Attendance-35.

O ur club s t a rt ed the new year in September with th e u s ua l luncheon and laler h eard the convention repO! t by our al umn re delegate. W e were all glad to be together !1&3in a ft"r th,. "ummf'T montho; of trnel and vacation-the same genia l good spirit prevniling just as though th ere had been no break since th e Jun e meeting.

W e are all proud of Mary Phillippi ( I owa A ), who was made Province Vice-president at convention.

Mr s. All en, ou r Gr:tnd Vice p r eside n t, wa :. with u :. a t th e Janu a r y meeting and gave a most de l ightful and informal talk-telling us of the insta llati o n of our new chapters and the lovely trips and visits she had enjoyed o n h e r western trip

The club is keenly inte r ested i n th e Settlement School and sen! th e usual $25 a lr eAdy p ledged and in addi ti on we were given credit for $25.50 made thro ugh se lling fifty Pi Phi banners at th e co nv e nti o n by th e fiv e me mbers wh o were f o rtunat e enough t o be at that grand r e uni on. Mrs. Be ld o n (Fannie Br o wn, Wi sco nsin A ) ope n ed h er home t o Ih e girls to play c ard s o r se w, cha rging twe nty·five cents admission-making $5 m o re to be added to ' our Se ttl eme nt fund, 9. t o lral of $55.50 for the year.

Several of the girls attended th e ann ura.l banquet with the Lincoln c hap t e r in Mar c h.

OUT Founders' D ay banquet w as ce leb rat ed April and was o ne of the very best. M any o ut -of·town girls were here and i t was a rea lly Irul y Pi Ph , re uni o n In stead of the usual IDash, th e com mitt ee arranged a va ud e vill e stunt by the loca l members that proved most c1e\'cr a nd uni q ue.

LUCII E B ROWN.

Sr. J OSEP H CLUII

(ORGAN I ZED AND C H AR'fEI':EJ> 1<)09)

P residt<nt- Mildred B!lTkley, Mis so uri A. Vice·presidenl-Mrs. Irwin V oss (Clara Mun z, Iow a A, '0<).

Surt<lary-Trt<a,ure-r-Sarah ,Vhite. Illin ois Z, ' 10. CorrupondinK Sec retary-C harl o tt e Allen, Nebraska D, ' 15. Re sident Atumn re- 13

M embers o f Club-Io Av e rage Att enda n ce-S.

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Th is se venth year of our dub's existence has been most successful anll e njoyabl e in every way. Though we bave held but six meetings during the Cali and winter, th ere were several informal rt gatherings during last summer. These were r eally ru shing parti es , hoping we co ul d h e lp bring severa l girl s into th e Pi Phi fold, in the res pec tive un ive rsiti es they were to en te r. Letitia Wood worked wi th the Missouri c h npte r during ru sh ing seaso n la s t fall

Just before Christmas we gav e u lun cheo n at the h ome of Letitia Wood for Mildred White-St:llk e r ( [H inoit; Z ), a December bride. A num be r of girls who hoped to enter universities n ex t fall, were invited and I am sure they enjoyed one of the best Pi Phi lun cheons our club ever gave qu'te as muc h as we did.

At Christmas time we sent ou r annual Christmas baskel, a dinner, candy and clothing, to a needy family. In stead of a m eeting during the h o l idays, we gave a luncheon at Ihe Robidoux Il ote i. Several Pi Phis home from sc h oo l and seve ral gue sts we re with u s, so that our numbe r was swe ll ed 10 fifteen.

Th e March me e ting, as u s ual, was devoted to a s tudy o( th e co nstitution and o( officers . Tt wa s decided to se nd ten dollars to th e Seltiemeflt Schoo l.

Founders' Day was ce leb rated April 29 with another luncheon at the hotel. W e were pleased to have Eilzabeth E c h e l (Wisconsin A) with us as a gue s t \Ve will probably n ot have another me e ting (or a few months b ut we s hall meet at the w eddings of Letitia Wood ( Mi sso uri A ) and Frank rI1lOrnton (Missouri"" r .6 ), and H e l en Pfeiffe r (Wisconsin A) and J ohn Cargill ( Mi sso uri <t l' 6) in June.

Thi s year we are los ing two of our most beloved and in Au ential m e mbers, Mildred White -S talke r and Letitia W ood We shall miss their hearty support and l oyal co mradeship greatly and o ur be s t wishes go with them in th eir new homes.

CHARLOTI"£ ALLEN.

SPRINCI-JELD ALUMNIE CLUB (ORGANIZED 1914-CHARTf.RED 1914)

President-Marie Gates , Mis so uri r , '14.

Vice·presid4nl-:Marguerile George, Missouri 1\ ' 14

Suu!ary-Mn. R obe rt \V 3gstafT (Ethel Rhamy, Missouri r, '0 7)_ Co rru;o nd ing S4cr4lary--Myrtle Hurt, Missouri r, '10

T,.4asllru-Mu. B K. \-V aits (Jewel Jones, Mi sso uri r, ex-'JJ).

Resident Alumn:r-25.

Membership o( Club-23_

Average Att endance-IS_

In c10ling its business year with th e comp leti on o( an interesting program e nd the election or new o ffi ce r s, the Springfield club is eme rging from a term of well -distrib uted work and play which has brought it a step nearer the ideal it bas set for itse lf-"we ll -info rm ed alumnre, well -united alumn2, and well-intere sted alumn::c." Th e work f o r th e ye3r 0.5 outlined by the program committee adap ted itseH peculiuly to that ideal.

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The first meeting wa l\ husines,> meeting, pure and si mple, catching up loose threads left from a previous ses"ion :lnd laying well-defined plan!; (or ;1:d to the active chspter in rushing. "Tht' \.outu·' which "-"\5 the result ('If much c udgeling of brlin long since rusty, proved a great success and was appreciated by our younger sisters. It look the (orm of a garden party from five to eight indurling all the adin= and girls and th e with their boy friend!.. Dainty box lunches wHe from II shapely tree and the guests P3S5Cd in n grnnd mnrch o..nd "plucked the fruit thereof" and, after refreshing them!.elH''i, danced on the lawn to musi.c furnished b) a vine -scree ned orchestra. This \\'3', {ollo\\('d by a series of informal afternoon lundll'l'ns gi\'en by small group, of alumna:: to small groups of active girl!; with members as honor guests, serving t o !lcquaint the older girl H.-ry intimately with 311 eligible members of the freshman class_

\Vith the conclu,ion uf ,he ruc;;hing eason in a "dean weep," the alumna! club settled bac k to worl.. ()Il!.C more ill :l study of exam'n3tion questIon, or the year previous This W:l', followed by a well-directed st udy of th e Settle ment School and The SI"U'c/ ' nQw under the guid:tnce of ou r convention del gates. We had articles brought in from other fraternity publications giving us what other Gr¢eks 3re thinking and of our Settlement School. We took TIle SUret Arrow, page by p3ge, marking th e important items for furthel' research and contemplation. Then we , nl out \\ith hearts and heads so full of Pi Phi and the materi31 realhation of h deartH dreams that we could not help selling ticket :> to :1 the:llrc benefit for he Settlement School, which we realiz ed $100. In the meantime the :tdvisory com mittee was playing hostess to, and est!lblishing pret:e<l"nts, for the pledges.

Each meeting was being rcpr:lrted in the most realistic manner possible by me:ms of a Round Robin from the hom e club to the isolated alumnre members of Mis so uri r, se rv ing 10 draw closer th e tie \\hich binds 311 of those who had worked togeth er 10 obt:tin Gamma's charter. Special secretaries were reaching out to all i"olated alumnre with information of and pleas for cont ributi o ns to the Settlement School, thereby increasing the number of Missouri I' alumna: gi\ing to the Settlement School eighty per cent. Special com mittees were working up enthusiasm among home and isolated alumnre for the Endowment Fund ca mpaign of Drury College, bringing in gifts which amounted to several hundred dollars. Small groups of club members were going out on Sund ay afternoon to hold vespers at the \V omen's \Velfare H ome, :I phase of our winter' s work from which we derived much benefit and pleas ure

Our cooky-shine wa s Ihe u s ual long- Io -be- Iooked - forward -to and remembered event of the calt:ndar. Pan hell enic had proved a failure in the city the winter before, brgely on account of lack of purpose_ A Panhellenic tea at the home of one of our Illembers to which every graduate fraternity girl in the city was personally invited proved :l <uccessfu l substitute. The annua l Georgia Hardy Memorial in the ir.terC:.t of the active chapter assumed a less formal tone than in former years and dissolved into a charming sewing party

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where active and alumnre plied th eir n eedles s i de by side for the c h apter-roo ms n nd were la ter rdre !i hed by a dain ty c hafing -di!;h lun cheo n Going back t o study again we delved into tbe constitution. O ur convention delegate gui ded OUf research, heightening its interest by s u pp lying co nv e nti o n a m e ndm ent s aDd r ecommendations. Shortly after th e fratunity examina ti oD four active girl s cam e to ou r meeting and e nlight e n ed us fr o m their s t Oft: of kn ow ledge g ained (rom deep thought and long st u dy u pon the fraternity ex am ina ti on. Th e fina l business meeting se t a fItting crOWD upon a year of pleasant and profitable exper-ience Marie Gates was elected 1916 - 17

It was o ur good f o rtun e to h ave h e r with us whe n the pe tition of Mu Beta was' presented at th e convention at Evanston. It w as ou r g ood fortu ne to sec ur e her se r vices as conVtntiOll de lega te at Berkeley. G ran d Co un ci l has chose n h e r to represent Epsilon Provin ce on the Fell o wship Endow · ment co mmittee. And the Springfie l d alumna: club has again honored itself and he r by choo sing her to direc t i t s work thr ough the co ming term of club fellowship.

SUSIE DILLARD.

ST. LOUI S ALUMN i t: CLUll

l'residenJ-:Mrlj. W . Gayno r (Jessit S IIl : th, Io wa Z, '83).

" "'e- ,brtsidenl-Gladys Vixon, \V iscon!>in A Nf! cordillg Secr4!lary-Amy Starbuck , Mi!>souri n, '08. (.."orreslondlng Secretary- Ruth M tinholtz, Mi sso ur i H, ' IS. Treas urer- M rs G_ A. Sharpe ( Fl oy S h e lda hl, Co lo rado A, ' 10) _ R esidtnt Alumn lt- 72.

Members of Club--3S.

Average Attendance-25.

O ur regular m ee tings hav e n o t differed in any esse ntial way f r o m the m ee t ing s of th e past y e ar. La s t year we s tu died th e drama, whil e thi s yea r o ur subjec t h as bee n a rt and music Th e musical and a rti s tic development of Germany, Fr ttnce, Spain, Italy and Great Britain ha s been r evie we d in turn. To make the program the mort int eresting the "leade r" se lected c haracte ri sti c songs to illustrate her s ubj ec t

.Because of the size of the club and th e n at ure of the meetings, many of U III had not become very well acq uainte d with newcomers. Our plan for r aisi ng money for the Settlement Sc h ool ha s accomplished muc h in mending thi s.

The big idta, of course, was to raise money. A se ri es of bridge pa rties wa s ar ran ged, and each girl that played paid twenty-five cents. Th e priz.es were donated by those th a t did not care to play, and in this w ay we not o nly r aised more than half o ur p ledge-but became better acquainted as well. Then on March Mrs. Gaynor and ber daughter, R ose. gave a musica le, the proceeds be ing turn ed over to the settlement fund .

The annual banquet was hel d on May at the W ashington H otel. The toas ts bad as subjects title s of Shake spea r e's plays .

The ci ty Panbellenic, organiz.ed last year, has been quite ac tive. Euly in the fall a luncbeon for all city Greeks was a very socia l affair. A, thi s luncheon Pi Phi wu well represented. Mrs. Gaynor was one of tht tw o

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spealcen. In April the organizatioD held a spring "frolic." the purpose of which was philanthropic. Here again our dub and the active chapter took an :l(:tive interesl.

Interest in the active c.hapter has been stimulated by the activity of the adviso ry boud and by various social gatherings. The active chapter rave a tea for the club, nnd sent a representative to all club meetings. RUTn MEI"'lIf OI.'fZ.

SIOUX CITY ALUMNA': CLUB

(ORGAN IZED 1914-CUARTER£D 1915 )

President-Helen Beck, Iowa r, ex-'17.

Viu · pres;denl-Mrs E. C. Currey (Harriet :Wright, I owa A, 'So).

SlU relary-Mrs. L. W. Bristol (Florence Renson, Indiana B, cx ·07).

Treasurer-Louise Frhbie. Iowa Z, ex- ' 17.

Resident Alumna:-19.

Members of Club-IS.

Average Attendance-IO.

The Sioux City alumnre club has held meetings Ihe first Tuesday of each month at the homes of the different members.

Our finot meeting this year was beld at the home of ou r presideDt, Marie Keefer (Illinois d, ' II). Alma Brown (Iowa B, '01) gave us a glowing report of convention. The balance of the meeting was given over to the discussion of the Settlement School and our share in its support. We voted a monthly tax of ten cents per member as our contribution to th e school. We were pleased to have as our guest on this occasion Mrs. Warren Carroll (Ella Riford, Michigan A, '88).

Our October meeting, which was a purely social one, was held It the home of Alma Brown in Leeds, a s uburb of Sioux City. On November 2 w e met at the home of Mrs. L. W. Bristol (Florence Benson, Indiana D, ex-'o7). As the duties of the treasurer had been very materially increased by the monthly tax on en.ch individual, it was voted to r eli eve the tr ens ur er of this bur den and the president appointed Louise Frisbie ( Iowa Z, ex-'17) to act as trea · surer for the re s t of the year. P o rtions of TJu Arrow r e lative to.alumnr.e clubs were read to us. These were followed by reports co n ce rning the active chapter nearest to us. Mrs_ James Abbott (Helen Loomis, Iowa r, ex-" 4) of Devils Slide, Utah, was o ur guest on this occasion.

On December 7 we met at the home of Helen Beclc (Iowa r, ex-'17) o.nd the report of the organiulio n of the new chapter at Eugene, Ore., was read Our January meeting was held at the home of Mrs. W. S Crouch (Mary Ryrkit, Iowa A, '87). and was devoted to a full discussion of the Settlement School. February I we met at the home of Mrs. E P. Farr (Minnie Ely, Iowa Z, '87). The meeting was purely social and most delightful. February 1Z Helen Beck again opened her home for our annual luncheon, which had been planned by OUf social co mmittee : Helen Bec k, Ali ce Knapp (Missouri A, e:t-'14), and Mrs. L. W, Bri s tol. Mr s. W. F. Cody (Vera Wilcox, Iowa Z, e:t-'I2) was o ur guest on this festive occasion. March 7 we met at the home

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of Louise Frisbie where mo st o f the time WDoS de\ oted to readings from the constit ution by Alma Brown. AprilS we met at the home o f Mrs. W. L. Frost (Mary Wriley, 1I1inais 6., '95) and the new officers were elected. Plan s were made for Founders' Day, which will be celeb rat ed May I, by a cookyshine at the home of Mrs. Wilbur M. Derthi c k (Cora E. Colbert, Wisconsin A. ex·'Il).

\Ve were proud to have one o f ou r memben, J-Jelen Beck, elected president of the local Pan hellenic assocb.tion :It its annual lunch eo n at the West H otel.

This yea r has drawn to :l close all too soon. It has meant so much to each Sioux City a lumn a, in that we have come into closer touch with our own members, each one of whom is taking an active part in the world 's great work. Sure ly the inspiration of Pi Beta Phi is ju s t ns neceS511ry 10 the woman who has strayed far from her nlma mater, ns it is to the college girl, who ha s just initiated.

CLARICE M LYTLE.

THE TRI CITY ALUMNtE CLUB

The Tri City Alumnre Club suffered quite a falling ofT in membership during the year of 19'5 - 16 nnd as a re sult its meetings became m ere social gatherings, few in number. Leila Kemmerer left in the fall for New York to take up library work; Edna Dart registered at Chicago University nnd Sndie Kem merer departed for an extended trip with her (!Ither; leaving only six of us in the c lub . With so few we have not endenvored to do anything bUI meet socially n ow and then aDd to kl"ep in tou c h with the girls going away to school.

Founders' Day we celebrated with a dinner at the Hotel Blackhawk after which we attended Mrs. Carrie Chnpman Catt's lecture at the Burtis Opera Hou se. We invited Mr s Cntt to our dinner but owing to her very full sched ule in I owa during this rreelection time she felt unable to accept.

Unless there is a sudden inRux of Pi Phis in this vicinity within the next year, our club does n o t (etl that it will be able to exist for other than "get-togethe r" rea sons . With so few, !Ind with tho se (ew exceedingly bu!'iY a long diverse lin es the strain is necessa rily great.

LILLIAN G. NOTH.

ZETA PROVINCE

AUST IN ALUMNA-: CLUB

191 2--CJlARTERED 1915)

Preside'l/-Mamie Cochran.

SurelarY ' Ireasu¥ e r- Lulu Le Sueur.

Resident Alumnse-2:Z.

Members of Club-IS.

Average Attendance-IS.

With one exception our club ha s mel the first Saturday of each month from October to May and tL regular p r og ram has been followed. One meeting was

rle,'oted to the 5e'ttlement School, another to new rulings of convention, and OIhers to various Pi Phi activities As our president, Mrs. E. T. Miller (Emily Maverick, '07), is now Province President, we find ourselves becoming more interested than eVH before in the affairs of the fraternity at large. \Ve have always enjoyed tht: aso;oci:ltion that we have here in Austin with the active chapter of Texas J\. At ev(:ry meeting two different ones from the (hapter meet with us. We me4"t :lround at Ihe homes of the various members, tW() as hostesses each time 'Ve 311 enjoy beinG together, many think it quite the nicest afternoon o f th e month. We hav e been very glad to have Mrs "fallory from Ponland, Ore., with us. W e have had n number of out-oflown \'isitors at each meeting

Tht mBin intereq of the club ic the Settlement School. Margaret Boroughs made a ,isit there in the fall and came home with the most glowing account ,·f thl:: gooJ work th!!.1 io; !x-ing 'H'rnmpliched. At her we arranged fryr a Christmas (or the December The active chapter sent \'il:lrola records, nnd tach girl brought something (maR::u.ine subscription'ii, candy, book", medic:Hed cotton, etc.) so that a very creditable hox was filled and 10 the school and teachers there. Another afternoon. we made $24 at a rummnge $;lIe at the chapter house among just a. few girls. To this the club added more so that $40 in all was sent to Mrs Helmi ck.

The alumnre are closely aSHx:iated with th e active girls. There is aI, :1dvisory committee "hieh gladly meets in the interest of the chapter whenever an occasion demands. 'Ve attend many cook),-shines with them; one was given in our h onor thi month. On Founder!:" D ay, we entertain them with an outing in the woods.

BESS WELLS.

DENV :R ALUMN£ CLUB

(t II A llT!!:itED I 89R)

Prtside"t-MT't. Au t in R. Kracaw ( !-I elen William s, Co l orado B).

Viu-prtsidtnl- Mrs F. Norbert Winn er (Clara. M orse, A).

Trt'Qsurt'r-Alma M elzer Co l orado B.

C. Frost, Colorado A Members of the cl ub-34. Average Attendance--2S.

Founders' Day was cclebrated in Boulder this year, the Denver cl ub and Colorado B going up (or the occ:tsion. First came the general business, and then the matter of the Endowment Fund. A II exp r essed readiness to help in this gone! work. Aftf'r the business meeting 11. cafelHill luncheon was and later the active girls of Colorado A entertnined with very clever stunts.

The meeting with the nearest active chapter, Colorado B, came in October. 'f ere we met, in a I)iaylet st:tged by them, the pledges who are to car ryon th e work. In November the club gave a card party to which members invited

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friends. Each hostess paid fo r her table and c ho se her game. Some preferred se wing to playing and there w e re seve r al groups busy with fancy work. There were about 27 0 at o ur party-so th o ugh th e place WI\ S the tea r oo m of a depart. ment store we felt th a t the inRu e nce of n B h ad spread (nT, and we scn t o ur m oney to the Sett leme nt Sc h oo l very h appi ly.

Th e president o f ou r loca l P an h elle ni c was v e ry enth u siastic and was ass is ted by ve ry able work e rs, -among whom wa s o ur ow n G ra ce De isher. We have had a ca rd party. play and lea and o n May 13 co mes the a nnual mee t i ng and lun cheon. Since the first of the yea r members ha ve met at lun cheon on the first Saturday o f the mo nth. thu s getting acquainted ve ry p l easantly.

MARY C. FROST.

WVOMIN

G ALUAt N .f: CLUB (O RGANIZEO AND CUARTERED 19 13)

Charles Earl Cady ( Wilburta Knight, Wyoming A, ' II)

SUreJdr',..rreaS1lr'er-Harriet M. Abbo t, Wyo ming A. ' 10

Resident Alumnle---9

Members of Club--<}.

Average Attendan ce-6 .

The club began i ts y ear's w ork in Septe m ber by planning m ean s of making mon e y for the Se ttl e m ent Sc h oo l. Th e cl ub is so s mall and the chap ter so I::. rge th at it is in vain for u s to a tt e mpt any m oney- making enterpri se independent o( th e m. Conseq u e ntly, in December each membe r contributed $1 tn the (und for the teacher s' r es id e n ce Il owever, a ll alumnre pay an annual tax o( fr om $2: to $5 whi ch h e r eto(o r e ha s been going into & chapt e r h o u se fund. Sin ce the prospects for a chapte r house a r e very dista nt it wa s decided this year that hen ce forth eac h co ntribut o r be allowed the privilege of appor · ti o ning a part o r all o f her donation to the Sett leme nt School. This s um ought to reach $30 or $40 each year.

A regular program was adopted wh e r eby th e five reg ul ar meetings of the year ar e devoted, r espect iv e ly , to th e following s ubj ec ts: Settlement School; 1'/'e Secr-el Arrow; constitution and exa minati on questions; e lection of officers ; Found er s' day and history. Thi Ji p r o gram has been ca rdully followed thi s year and no d o ubt will be conti nu ed o r improved upon in th e future.

The president of the act i ve c hapter has a ttended all the club 's r egular m ee tings and the club has h ad a de l egate at nearly eve ry c hapt er meeting.

The advisory com mittee h as given valu able assis tan ce to the c ha p ter and the club in several in s tan ces . It wa s not fe lt n ecessary for th em to hold regular mee tings si nce the c lub itself is small eno ugh to h a ndl e in r eg ular sess i o n m os t matters r e la tive t o the chapte r and the club.

All m em bers of the club a re m embers of th e loca l Larami e Panb ellenic Club Las t (a.lI, just after pledging, th e Panh elleni c invited the members and pledges of the f o ur women's fratern iti es at the un i ve r sity to a n afternoon dancing party_ The Panhelleni c felt gra ti fi ed w it h its su ccess not on ly ( o r the pleasure it gave but for o nl y oppor tunit y we have h ad of becoming acquainted with the active members of the o th e r fraternities. Pa nhell e n ic wa s so ( o rtnnate

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as to be invited to meet Mrs. Fitch , nati onal president of Delta Delt. Delta, when she visited the local chapter.

The alumnae club is represented in the interfraternity council at the Uni· versity of which our D oc tor Hebard, Iowa Z. J8 z, is the very earnest and efficient president. This counci l under hH guidance, ha s largely responsible for the splendid sc holar ship maintained by all futernity people in the university this year.

The mOlt delightful part of our club life the chapter . ' tney never fail to include us. is our close relations with With ideal beginning may the situation continue as favorable as we grow older, as o ur interesu d iv e rge, nnd as our members increase.

The grulut treat of OUT year was the VISit in March from Mrs. Miller, the Provin ce President. She gnve us nn entire evening which wns most profitnbly devoted to an informal discussion of fraternity questions in general and Ihe Sett l ement School in particulnr.

For Founders' Oay the cl';Jb tntertained tht c hapler at a tea at the home of Mrs. A. D. Faville (Jean Douglas, '11) April 29 Every Pi Phi in Lal"4mie was there except two who were unavoidably detained. Jane Abtr, 'IS, who has been teaching Ilt Afton, \V yo., was wilh us, The I)rog ram was arranged by Ih e c hapter and cond ucted by Ruth Evans, ' )6, who opened it by reading the inspiring greetings sent to tht club from Mrs. Allen, Grand Vi ce·president. Agnes Johnson gave one of her c hara cter is ti ca lly clever speeches in which she did honor to the mt'm o ry of ollr two m e mber s who have been taken from us. BeAtrice Dana, '18, sang two uf our favorite song •. Olive Rathbun, ' J7. explained the purpose and needs of the Loan Fund . The inseparable UPeggies," Margar et Mullison, ' 16, and Eqher Bolin, ' 18, gave a cleve r origi n a l song :md dance. Fran ces Fowler, ' 16, in the loveliest fairy story we ever heard l et the two Pi Phi fairies, the golden arrow and the r ed carnation, tell us what they told to her on th e night of her initintion. The freshmen after a ridiculous diM:ussion "right in meetin '" decided to have a Settlement School. The spuct' limit will not allow me to give you any of th e intere s ting questions, nsked by the dignified teacher, who wore an arrow a foot l ong, nor the brilliant though rather emb:urnssing or the nine undignified pupi l s. lIowner, you musl henr their closing song to the tune of "So l omoll Levi ":

The Pi Phi girls hRve got a school , I t 's down in Tennessee, I t is the very schoo l

That we did ever see, From read in ' , 'ritin', 'n' ' rithmeti c

To baking cake and pie, And we are very thankful

To the Pi Beta Phi.

Chorus-

Oh Settlement School

Sch-oo-oo-oo-oo l, (M uch force rind volume.)

Oh Settlement School

Q92

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Sch--oo--oo----oo--ool.

We used to didn't know nOlhin ' But n ow we know it all; It 's just because th e Pi Phi gi rl s Did have a Jot of gall.

PUEBLO ALUMN£ CLUB

(ORGAN I ZF.D AND C II ARTI':REI) 19 T5)

P ruidenl-Mrs L II. Whitman (Katherine Lesli e, Colorado A, '13). Secretary-Wave Ri chard son. Co lor ado A , "4.

Tre asurer- Mrs. F. H enry ( Hild a Beggs , Colorado B and Maryland A. 'rs). Resident Alumnre-13.

Members of Club-13 Average Attendance-Io.

Our club has held meeting o n the first S:lturday of each month at the homes of its members. The N ovembe r nnd December meetings were devoted to local charity work : the February mee ting, to the Settlement School, Mr s Will Henry (Mabel Shyrock. Colorado U) giving a most interesting report. I;:xamination I'lueslions and hi t oric:d (hcuments w e re studied 3.t the Marc h meeting, th e leaders being i\lr :;. E. N. Whitman and Wave Ri chardson. Tht April meeting wa s given ove r to the di 'cussio n of the Loan Fund nnd the F e ll owship Fund. E;teh m ember of the club raised $2. to, in any way she wished f o r th ese two good cnllses and Ih e Settlement School. In stead of giving one meeting 10 lhe of the we read :lnd s iudied a portion al enc h meet'ng.

Bei ng some distance from active c hapt ers we only attempt to interest and keep in tou ch with loca l girls who are inlen:<"led in college work.

Founders' Day was c elebrated th e week in May with a coo ky -shine at Aol3 Peterson's ( Io wa A) studio.

Pueblo has a Icc3 ! Pan hell e ni c whi c h hold s monthly luncheons. We a re aiding the Y. W. C. A. to the extent of furni shi ng a room.

It has been th e custo m of the Pueblo Pi Phi s for seve rnl years, at Christmas time , t o hold !I. luncheon to whi ch all active girls horne from schoo l are invited.

We helped a needy famil)" co n s iHing of a mother and eight child ren , with clothing. p r ovisions toys

WAVE RICHARDSON

ETA PROVINCE

I.os ANGEU:S AI .U MN .+: CLUB

(C HARTERED 19(6)

Warren T. Smith ( Ruth D. Barr e tt , l ow3 r, '12). l' Perce II . Cu rt is ( Blan c h e Char i lon, Massachuett ! A 'oS). Everett I.. Ball Laflus, California A, ex-'13)·

(orresjonding Su,.eIQry-Mrs. II. E. Senseney (I rma Walker, Iowa B, '10). Resident AlumnlE-187. Ilfembers of Club-76. Average Atlendan..:e-36.

This has been :a memorable year for the Pi Phis of the We st. Convention bought much to U:. all aud our own c1ut has been greatly bendited. All were nut able to sHend bUI the forlunate ones returned to us with added enthusiasm .1nd inspiration. Our "u'It!lining membt:rship has increased from forty·six tn while our !1iumn:e number about the same This is one of the e\idenct's of I)ur increasing loyalty 10 our frnlHnity and its needs . \1 our initial meeting of the year, held at the home of Mrs. F. C. Ferrall "Ib·\ Danshee, I owa E). Mr !,. J:. G. Sherman (Emeline Carler, Illinois Z. '411), (,ur delegate 10 c-.>nvl!'nIlOn, lolcl us of Ihe businus transactl!'d at convention 1f11 the important con tilut:-)nal changes, and Curtis (Blanche Charlton, \Iasc;achusetb A, '08) then pictur':d the festiv:ties of convention to us anJ r ega ll!'d us with th e soda l of the sessions.

In Oct()uer we at Ihl!' humt: of !\Irs. Ward lIenry (Helen Richardson. California IJ ). \Irs Wilfn- d Lewis (Catherine Ijams, Illinois Z, '99) had ,h:l.rge of Ihe Hedl'rocity O.IY program and cnlled on Pearl McCrory, Ohio r, " visitor here, 10 tell of the :aiurnJu: clubs of the east, and on Mrs. Chades E. (":Hver (Flora Sigler, low.l B, '9 7) of the Middle West. She, herself, told of the far we - tern clubs.

;\ Ir s. Leroy Rob -n!on (l.!1.ura Kirby, Iowa A, '99) opened her home for the November which wa, devoted 10 Ihe St:tllement School. Mrs. William Briggs (Gertrudt: Poynet:r, I owa I"', '&4) who, as vice-president, has had charge of the Settlement Schoo l affairs this year, gave us the report.

Our December meeting took the form of a benefit vaudeville for the Sett lem '! nl School. Thi s was given at th e Friday Morning Clubhouse, one of the flile women's clubhou-; es here. Our own Pi Phis gave most generously of their talents (or our mountnin whitt:s. Thcy were, Gertrude Pettijohn, In diana I', ' IS interpretative dancer and reader; Mr s. Harry rutyer, Co l orado A. 'og), vocali ., t, accompanied by Mary Esta Iowa A :md H, Margu erite Z, '11), and Agnes Maloney, (C::liifornia A, ' 14). vocalist. And two that nre not Pi Phis gave their services also, Dorothy H ess , a promi!>ing v :o linist oC Long Beach, a ccompan ietl by Madeleine Lu pher. This bt"nefit, toget her with n benefit buffet luncheon given ut the home o( l\'irs. Ph elan in and attended by Pi Phis only, netted $75.

Our January at the home oC Mr l'. 1';lIa Dowler Dunca n ( J owa B, ' 75) was to the study of history, con!'>titlltion and examinations, which was conducted by Julia Ellcn Rogt:rs ( I owa Z, '92).

In /'II arch our annual meeting at the home of Mrs W;(red C. Lewis (Catherine 'j ams , Illin ois Z). Th e reports (or the year were given and the new oAicel" e1t:cted , to be in!otalled at the cooky-s hine in April.

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We ce leb rated Found ers' Day o n April 29. with a cooky-shine at the h o me o f Mrs Warren T. Smit h (R u th Barrett, Iowa r). Mr s. Carver (Flora Sigler, I ow a B ) as chairman, successf ull y managed the cooky-s hine and J uJia E. Rogers acted as toastmis tr ess , She first cal led (or th e roll call by c h ap ters to which twenty -seve n re spo n ded , 85 fo ll o w s: California A, 6; California 0, 1; Co lor ado B, 1; Towa H , 2; l owa r, 3 ; I o wa Z, 3; Ill inois B, I j Illin ois Z, :1; In diana A , 2 j Indi an:L D I; Ma rylan d A I; New Y o rk A , J j Tex as A, 1; Vermont A, I; W ash ington A. I. This chap ter distrib uti on w as most inlere:.ting t o n ote Mi ss R ogers asked Mr s. 'In eodore P Cartwright (Isabelle II udso n. lown Z. '84 ) to tell of the ea rl y days of h e r c h apte r. THE Au.o w wa s tllen published by I o wa Zeta chap t er Mr s. C. A Peterson ( Emma Potte t Bean, Ve rmo nt A ) th en r esponded to th e tonst, "Dis tincti ve Points of Coo k ys h ines of the North East, by cleve rl y comparing th em to a l gebra and geometry." "C ube s of ca ke plu s squ a r es of sandwiches plus pic kl es eq ual s coo ky-shin e. Coo ky shine plus tables plus chai r s eq u als co mfort, Cooky·shine minus tabl es minu s chairs eq uals c r amps. As t o geometry, th e ci rcle of f aces plus vario us a ngl es plus numerous ' leg s' eq uals cooky -shin e." M rs . Myro n M . Stearns ( Hel en Gibbons, Washingt on A, '07) told of th e coo ky -shine s of tbe North W es t, Mrs Sherma n , of the Middle W est, Ethel M. Soper ( Maryland A), of th e South East, and Alice Leverett ( T exas A) of t h e So uth W es t. Letters of greeting to the aJumnre cl ub were r ead, from Mrs. F. J AUen, and Mrs. H. B. Wilbur Th e wh o le afternoon W3.'i informal and a n ewco me r r e mark ed that Pi Phi s mu st be the same everywhere, after all In M ay , at th e home of Mr s. Bri ggs, in H o llyw ood we are to h a ve an i nform a l e vening pa rty, to which the sterner sex is to be invited. Then, in Jun e, we shall h ave a picnic at the h ome of Lorencie Anderson (Colorado B, 'aS) ·

In addition to the r e gul a r meetings o f th e year, We h ave enjoyed two purely !>OCia l a ft ernoons. In Jul y, Sherman en tertained in h ono r of Mi ss Keller, Gu r Grand Pr eside nt, and th e co nv e nti o n-ites, wh o we r e in Los Ange les. In November, Mr s. Briggs opened h o m e that we might m ee t o ur G r and Vice · presi de nt, Mrs. Allen, who w as h ere on her inspec ti on trip to the Un i versity of So uthern Califor ni n and its petitioning gro u p, It was a great privilege for us to have them her e for e\'e n so sh o rt a tim e.

Thi s year h as seen o ur alumnre club p ut u pon a be tt e r wo rking bas is, for we h :lVe formally adopted a constituti on, whi c h greatly si mplifi es the business of th e club. W e have the voting powers to those members who have paid their yearly nati on a l and local d u es, though all are allowed the privilege of th e Hoor. Under th e o ld sys tem, no one knew w hether to vote or n ot and we h llve aroused a greater interest by thi s de finit e understanding.

Altogether, o ur year hilS been most s uccessf ul, due to the impet us of conve n · ti on and to the interest and un ti r i ng effort s of ou r r etiring p r esiden t, Mrs. E. G, Sherman a.nd sec r etary. M rs, William Phelan. \Ve are proud to h ave the c hai rmanship of the co mmitt ee on exte n sio n given to Mr s. Sherman

W e ask eve ry n 4» nellr Los Angeles to identify themselves with u s, (or the fraternity needs yolU a n d we need you . R UT H BAUnT, SMITH.

A,\"JYUAL REPORTS OF "ILUM,V.E CLUBS 695

NE\'AD.\ AIL'M:-.' F CLUB

( J -:STABUSIf£1) .'1'100 CHARTfRp':f) 1916) pp'uidl'n'-Katherine Riegelhuth. rrl'oslul'r-Margaret Mack. Co,.,.,upom/i"K Sureia,.y-Mynie Cameron. Re .. ident Alumna."--S. of C1ub--lo. herage Attendance-7.

The Nevada alumn;;e club has had hul two genuine aluml1(C meeting!' si nce it was chartered last November. \V \" felt that Ne\'tHIIl A needed our suppor t and aid, and so have attended each rt-gular meeting and have laken an active pari in the social meetings held each month. A review of our program (or 1915- , 6 would, therefore, be but a repitition of the chapter l etters in THE .\Kll.OW lor Afard. and

Since the establi!)hment of 11 n '1>. the active chapter and the alumnz have had many enlhusinslic banquets, dance!> and cooky-shine!>. None, however, were more enjoyable or more helpful than the celebration of F o unders' Day. Because it was our first, it was a much anticipated event and will ce rtainly be long remembered. At noon all of the active girls and as many of the alumnre as could be present met On the hleachers for a bad:et luncheon. Our ukulele and mandolin club provided music while we ate. Cameras were much in evidence and they ca ught many interesting grOUJlS and pOses which are to be placed later in Our chapter snapshot book.

At eight we met at th e home of one of our active girls. The early pari of evening was given over to a vocal, instrumental and dramatic entertainment provided by our chapter talen!. Then we marched into the banquet room and found our places at a tabte, gay with red cnr nations nnd our wine and blue. Th e chapte r vice·president presided as to:Jstmislres"i. Nevada A plans to make th is a precedent for hcr Founders' D:l.y b:mquet, while Ille president presides at the banquet given in honor of Ihe initiates.

Our banquet not only commemo rat ed Founders' Day, but it honored the senio r who will be graduated in f'arly T oasts wt'Te given 011 the progress and successes of the past year, on the ties that bind us 10 Ihe girls who are leaving, and our prosp«ts for the coming )C:lr.

Among the fraternity songs that were sling was the beautiful n ew song of Ne\'ada A recently cornpostd hy lI elen lI obbinc:. W e c1o!';ed o ur first Founders· Day with the anthem of "our blf'ssed fraternity."

EUNICE A. CACWIN.

NORTfI":RN CAl.lto·ORNIA i\LUMN.+: CLUB (CHARTERED 1913)

Pr ujdt'nl - Mrs. If. K. Ba sse tt ( Ad e line Brown, Wi sconsin A, '02). Viu·prl!Sidenf-Mrs. P3ul Thelen (Alice Arnold, Nebraska B, '07). Surelap'y-TrcasuP'er-Mrs. C. M. Boynton (Rilla Wyc koff, Nebraska A). Correspollding Surelap';-Elizaheth Conts ( M assach u se tts ex-'o2).

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Resident Alumnre- io.

Membe r s of Cl uD--3 6.

Average A tt endance- 12 .

During this last year meetings have been held regularly on the s«o nd Mo nd3Y o f eac h month at the Ca li fo rnia B c hapler h o use in Berkeley, and o n the (n ur th l'Ilonday s for merely socia l pu rposts :1{ t he homes of t h e vario u s club membe r s. Th e mo s t intere!>ting of o ur regular mee t i ngs was one a t which Mu II. K. B!t""elt discussed the work of other alumnre clubs . She is to be ou r new preside nt , a n d , j u dg ing fr o m h er r e m a rk s at that m ee ting, her present pla n s .md her int ercst in whatever she undertakes, our programs for next year are to be mo r e than int eresting.

Ou r annual coo ky -s hine wa s h eld as uSlial at th e h o m e o f Mr s. Harvey If. Guy ( I owa A ), and , as usual, the California H girls joined us a t th at meeting. A la rge number of the gi rl s and also their moth e r s ( m embe rs of the Ca lHo rnia B Mot h ers ' C lu b) also attended o ur card party thi s spring. Our al wa ys thoughtful Pr o vince President, Mr s. McClymonds, furnished the priz es for that afternoon-jars of homemade orange marmalade. The whole affai r was a decided su ccess, and we h ope to have this joint meeting annually.

Ther e w e r e forty -five Pi Phis p r esent at ou r Founders' Day lun c h eon on April of th em the alumnre of the two Ca lifo rni a c hapt ers; but the East was well repre se nt ed , too . It was at th e S tewa rt H o te l in San Francisco. Mr s. V. A. Stout (Ella Moo r e Ca lifo rn ia B, '(9) acted as toastmistress and severa l mo s t interesting talks were en joyed H e len S utliff, o ur fo rm er G r and Pr es i dent, spoke on the IINationa l Spiri t of II B Mrs Va nce McC lymonds on "O ur Loca l Duty to A ctive Gi rl s"; Emily Moo r e on the " Settlement Schoo l"; AI :ce H eistand on the "Fe ll owsh ip Fund" and l\'frs ll. K. Bassett on " T he Plano; of thl" Northern Califo rnia a lumn re club." Th e keynote of all the t n lk s was th at of userv ice" and th e joy to b e given a nd gained th e r eby. Not th e least impo rt ant fenture of the day was the silve r olTeri ng of $14.50 ma de fo r th e Fellowship Fund W e do so h ope th a t mor e of those p r esen t will try to get ove r to Derkeley to some of ou r cl ub meetings d uring the com ing year- n o t on l y jo' n ing the cl ub but attending and helping us to e njoy o ur meetings and to accomp li sh something really worth while.

I I AzEL D. BABCOC K.

P ORTLAND ALUMNA: CLUB

(OIl.GAN' I lED 1913-C H ARTlItED 19 14 )

J ames Mc Men ami n (Ne ll Diehl, Illin ois 6. , 'OS).

Viu·/rni d ent- F mnces Dewar, Califo rn ia n, ' 13 R" corriinc Seuetary--Mrs. H o rt on Pownall ( Mamie McCombs , Ohio A, '13). ('orru/onding Suretary- M rs. Frank L. K night ( Marth a H a nkin s, Colorado A. '98) .

Tredstlrer-Fay Stenimetz, Missouri [' Resident Alumn z-26.

Members of Cl ub--2 1. Average A ttendance-14.

The Portland alumna: club h:H, closed lhe Ihird year of it, exi .. ttnce succt .. s(ull),. though in some instances the goal set has nOI been reached

The c hief {"'ent of the year (or U'i was, of cou r e, the inSlllllation of Oregon A, for which wt hoped and pl:1nned. It W!h a pleasure to h3\'t' our Grand \ 'ice-p resident. )Ir Alil:n , for :.t:\ernl days previou to hH trip to Eugene. She was the hou e of "fr,,_ Fletcher Linn ( Lulu Sawyers. Iowa A) and the dub }C3\'e a tea in her honor at the tTnivtrsity Club.

We w ill not go into detail in regard to :'lph:J.'s for you all the Bccounts ill Ih e la st \Jl.JI.()w. it to Gay, eve ry minute was e njoyed to th e \V e member.., \\ ho Ii\!:: in Eta Province would find i t diflicuh to the (ull mea!>ure o( our joy in our two promi ing baby c hapters, Orcf,::oll \ and Nevada A. J n Pad fie co ast ,tate" o( immense ,Ii .. tan et:>. \\t: (eel Ihal is needed. The di .. tan ce (rum Seattle to Loe; i:-. o\er (ourtce.-Il hundred miles nl1cl w e hn\'e :-i, o( 11 n <I> in I" v\ iIH.t. \\'hen we.- r"turnf'<! (rum Eu!.!t'lle, :\1 r Carney, Grand His · lori:m. (rom Berkde.-y nnd \Ir Wilbur, Pro\inre \ -il'('- president, (rom Seattle \\'('re hou:-.e o( Mrs. Frank Knight. rhe l'!mhe.-lIelli c A ucialiun was Ihe I'i Phis at :1 delight(ul mu,ic:11 lea :11 the hOlll e II( \fonte- i lh :'\ t'a l, \\'a hingtoll A ) in Pallhe.-lIenic g:l\e the a nnual "Collt"gt" Fetc" to money (or the scholar:-.hip ($2;0) at tht o( On:gnll. rr II '" took an ac tive p:1rl in the 3th.ir.

One (J( our chief de:o.ire:- ha ., been t o a i,t the School fin:1ncially. We g:H e a <iam:e at the hom e n( r I.inn nul! c harged a (Ce. \Vhile we did not Illake Illlh: h lIloney \\1: h:1(1 n \'err plca:-:tnt e\ening and decided til h:lvf> an :lnulial pttrty in hOilor of our Sl;houl. \V e h :h 'e from the club and IwO ,ub.'"niplion..; making a tol:11 o( $30 (rom P o rtland.

Two o( our Pi Phi h:l.\"e been mnrried \\ilhin t\\'o Ilel e n l '. Graves (Wtt,hingllJll A ) bel,:ame the bride of Jelhn (;alhmilh lIunt er. had :l loimp le church wl'dding which "3 attencit'd h) Pi Ph i.., in a hody. They \\ill li\c in Sacramento.

l omn T mes ( I ndiana 13 ) was m:lrried to 11:lrry Pratt in the ho<,pitable horne o( Linn, .\pril 12. Two wee maid,. dnughu'r!!l of Shepard (Clara !"awyer. Wiscon in A ) were flower girls, and all who nssi..,ted wcre Pi Phis. Mrs. invited us to celebrate F o unders' Oay at her home. She had planned a musi ca l (or U'i \\ hich we appreciated keenl)' \V e con t inue our meetings during the summer llnd will be glad to welcome any visiting Pi Phi o r lotrnngH co rning to Portlnnd to m:lke her home, the (ourth Thur sd3Y o( the month. Th e 11hone number o( ulir St'netary. \Ir s. Knif,::ht. East 719.

Pt..:(a·: T SOUND Al.UMS 1-' ('1 til (OkGAN IHn ANI) elf \RTf.kEl) 19(6 ) /'r esidl'lIf-il l rs. F. !'i. !'iawyer (Edith Spray, Ill inois Z, '06). J . \\' . Il e:l l ( R e \n C:l' l lt' r, j\'C \\ York .\ , 'O i).

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CHAPTER LETTERS

ALPHA

PROV I NCE

ONTAR I O Al.PHA-UN I VERSITV OF TORONTO

(Chartered 1<)08)

C,\ NI)lI>An:s "-O R B.A. DEGREE

Marjorie

M aric Bateman

Mabel M cCannell

\Vh en thi s leiter ap!.>ears in Tllr. AN.WW, com mcn rcmen l, whi c h comes on the ninet een th of ?llay will be over. \Ve hal e to think that Ihn! c rowning event, ends th e active chapter I i fc of our pres"n! seniors. NCI'c rtheless, they will look eyes e n the inn ov:ltio ns, whi c h are to be made next year, from \\hich they are excluded. It is whispered aoon! that if financially feasible th!; II (linen are to h:we a honse on St. George St., where meals arc to be served and meetings of the co ll ege women may be held. This is an urgent need at present.

Queen .. I iall, lilt, Ilomen's re ... idence, is (J \, e rl:t:l. ed nlld a new hou se has been :mnued which will be for next year.

Tllis yenr lunch has been served al the Lillinn Massey Domestic Science Building, wh ic h lu.s 3 gre3t boun to women st ud ents The girls who 3re taking the onc·year Iiousehoid Science prep3re and serve the lunch and I w(luld n ot like to tell you 3\1 the wonderful concoctions we get for fif t ee n ce nt , for it would m!lke everyone so hungry.

Gymnai'ium is to be made com pulsory nC:l.t ycar for women w h ich some of the do not apprcdat e. We ought to be a healthy crowd fo r th e years to co me, don't you think soi'

Appar e ntly SOl1le of us hu\'c heen doing :t great deal of exercising this yea r, for Uni\' eniIY Collt"ge carried olf the tenni s and s wimming c ups from the ot h er three members of the Inter co llegiate Athlet ic League.

Two of our girls, i\ f abt:1 l\f cC:tn nell and Christie Sneath were lortunate e l l(lugh to ha\ e the time :md m oney to accept the kind invitation of New York A 10 be present for their initiation week -e nd. Certainly th ey musl be charming Iw!'lesses. for our Io!irls were overioyed with their visit.

Is it n o t 10\' r!y 10 lalk of houi>e parties just now, for they reca ll s uc h pleasant mem o r ies? We are going to have ours the last two wee ks of June in Mu skokn, Ihe mention of which se nds thrills through everyone of us

Il oweve r. book s are calli ng. adieu, whic h best o f good lu ck to all Pi Phis in their examin:Jtions.

BESSIE EWAN.

VERMONT ALPHA-MIDDLEBl;RY COLLEt:E

(Chartered 18<)3)

] NITJATl.S

(Initi'ated April 10, 1916)

Vina J i ll son, '19

(Initialed Marth IX, IC)16)

Cady, 'I<)

.-\ nn::!. Clark, '1<)

Ruth Clough, '19

111\1,el Cobu rn, '1<)

('\".1"1'\"1.£5

If llen Bosworth

\ !lna Fi hcr

Ethel Gorton

Elizabeth Jont's, "9

Sylvia Pa stene, "9

J\f:lrgnret Shay, '19

I(('len Stilphen, "9

FOil: A.II. Ih:c lI:f.E

Isabel Grant Lee Louise

Lui ... Belle Wright

W e h:1\e just returned from our "'pring \"llt alion, and are looking forward III the la ' tr{'teh of the with plea urc.

V try 1I00n after Ill;d -)'car'i Wt had pledge day \\ hich w:" a very successfu l one for us . \V e won nine of the be!; l freshmen, and all old J I ;lllIlIlond IJaIl girls be glad h) know that among o ur initiate" is II grand tlau/{hter, Mil dred Cady, \\ ho a sp lend id girl.

Xc'-t came our dance whil'h wns held in the .\ l c(·uJlough gymnasium and which WitS voted a success by all. M any of

th e girls had oul·of·lown guests and three girls from Vermont n were down, Bernice Wh ite, Mildred Bes t, and Corinne O'S ulliv a n.

Ju st before vncation our initiation was held. so thllt the fr eshme n might have th eir arrows 10 wen r home. In itiation was held in the afternoon, followed by II banquet in the at the Addison Ii ouse. As usual 11 number of the olde r Pi Ph is were back, L o ui se Chaffee, Sara Sterns , Mrs. Gooding, Mrs . \\' hile, Mrs. Brainerd, Geneva Harlow, Genevieve Elmer, C lara Gardne r and Byington were present from Verm ont n and Ha ze l O'Donne ll and Mildr ed Smallmnn from New York 1' .

Earlier in the yt!ar Isabel Grant and lI elen Bosworth went up to Vermont B initiation.

El ec tions to Ban shee, junior socie ty, have been announced and amo ng tho se taken in were Mnr jorie Leac h nnd Lou esa Bullis.

This has been an unusually Lnsy year for everyone. Fraternity dances hav e followed one another in rapid s uccession, with the usua l number o f diversions

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coming in between. A gymnasium meet was held with Amherst. the first of its kind in M idd l eb ury. Now we are looking forward to th e opening of the baseball season as an especially good sched ul e has been arranged for this year.

Junior week plans assure a splendid time (or all. Marjorie Leach is in the cast of the Juni or Play and Lauesa Bullis is serving on the Prom committee. The new chapel an d dormitory which have been added to ou r buildings this yea r are fast nearing completion, and indications point to the fin es t of a ll our co mmencements. But we all dislike to think of next year without our present sen iors

Wi shing every Pi Phi the plea'iant es t of summers

MARIE L. CHAMPAGNE.

VERMONT BETA- UNIVERSITV 010' VERMONT (Cha rtered 1898)

INITIATES

( Initiate d March I I, 1916)

Barbara Brown, '19

Marion Day, '19

CANOtoATES 1'01;. A.B.

Margaret Patten, '19

Laura Tyler, ' 19 DEGREE

Agnes Miller

Merle Byington

Be rnice White (in education)

C\NOID TE FOR PH.B. DEGREE

Clara M. Gardner (in education)

CANDIDATE FOR B.S. DEGREE

Loretta Dyke (in home economics)

Vermont B presents with pJeasure four splendid initiates. We 'd like to tell you a little about th em. Barbara B r own, and honor scho larship gir l, won a piace on the fre s hman honor roll. "Pe g " Patten is one of the best·l oved girl s nn the campus. Marion Day will r ead at Julia Spear reading and is talented in both vocal and instrumental music. Laura Tyler, now vicc·president of her class, is a girl of large promise .

One of the roost interesting events in chapter life was the oppo rtun ity we girls had in listening to a brilliant lec ture by Mrs Chapman Catt, who ably defended the cause of Woman Suffrage in behalf of the Woman 's Federation of th e State. We had much pleas ure, too, in the short visit Mrs. Nickerson made us. At the same time we welcomed Miss Lena Grandin Baldwin, National Presid ent of Alpha Xi Delta aDd President of National Panhellenic

Th e ladies of the faculty airorded the girls of the university a rare enter· tl'tinment in an evening of readings by Dorothy Canfield Fisher, author of T1u Squirrel Cage and Tlce Berti Twig {rom some of her unpublished s h o rt stories She gave also a churning personal talk on phases of college life. The girls met Mrs. Fisher informally after the reading.

A rare opportunity was offered by the Y. M. C. A. in s«uring Ex-Pre!lident William Howard T&!t for a lecture on "Preparedness." The lecture was widely attended, Governor Gales and other men of note in the Ita Ie present.

Another unprecedented event was the fint Y. W . C. A . banquet held at Grassml.l unt. One hundred and twenty-6ve places were sct in the parlors. Miss Cutler, author of Of4t-o/ - doors i" ike Bible and Miss Flenniken, National Student Secretary were gutSts of honor. Clara Gardner, '16, was t oastmistresl. New Y. W C. A. officers have been elected and Mildred Best, ' 18. se rve l as secretary_

Agn es Miller, '16, and Sadie Norris, '17. repre se nt ed us on the senio r and Junior week committees.

The banquet after initiation was held at lI otel Vermont. lne following wue present: Edith Gate s, ' I S, toastmistress, Amy Wheeler, ex -' I S. Louisa Douglas, ' IS, Mui&ie r owers, '10, Barbara Hu nt, eX-'Il\, and from Vermont A, Isabel Grant. '16, and Helen Bosworth, ' 16.

We are happy t o announce that Charis Billings, '18, Norma Perkins, '18, and Marion Day, '19. have been chosen f o r Julia Spear prize reading. On the cas t of the Juni or W eek Play, Night , Mabe:l D e rway, '17. has won the part of Viola and Myrtle Rose understudies Olivia. CLARA GARDNER.

MASSACHUSETT S ALPHA-BOSTON UNIVERS ITY

(C hartered 18<}6)

INITIATES

Louisa A. Chase

Mildr ed D. Gates

( I nitiated February 5. 19 16 ) Blan c he G. Gilliatt Belle E. Wan ze r

(Initiated Mar ch 9. 191 6)

Flossie Manley

CAI"DlDAHS FOR A.B. DEGREE

Doris M . Kennard

Lois E. Layn

M . Ali ce Preble H el en C. Ri cha rd son

Eunice E. Rowell

The big social event at Boston University this year took the form of a Shakespearian revel. At Kenilworth Castle the Earl and Countess of Le ices ter entertained Queen Eliubeth lind her co urt, and a herald announced the guests to Her Majesty. In the assembly hall, or rather in the Curtain Theatre, Robin Hood, hi. Merry Men, and Ma id Marion entertained with bllll:l.d!; Th ese were followed by & short production of Mid s ummer Night's D,.eam which was extremely well done. Our gymnasium WIlS the si t e of the renowned Globe Theatre where morris dances Ilnd summer plnys were given. There also, St. George battled with the terrible drllgon and carried away a grateful princess. The Mermnid Tavern was the scene of a jolly reve l among suc h members of the Elizabethan literary circle as Lyly, Dekker, Marl owe and Ben John son. Each

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of the four cJlISseS gave a scene or I wo (Tom some play. Th e F o r es t o f Arden again witnessed the l e tte r sce n e in As Y o u Lik e II Th e ju ni ors managed to trun d le F a !sl::dT away in th e great clothes bllSkd. eve ry pe r so n in co l· lege was u sed in some part of th e e nt e rtainm e nt, f o r those who were n o t in play s or in dances c am e in cos tum e to represent Sh3kespearean c h a ra c le r s o r sold ballads a nd refr es hmen ts. II was II remArkahle und er tak ing lind gave a s plendid impetus t o o ur loy a lt y 10 Alm 3 Mni e r

Besides th e five girl s whom we have initialed, we h ave pledged Doris Coyl e, Cbra Sargent and Mir iam Spaulding, a n d \\c are :mxiously l oo king forwar d to th e ir initiation.

The las t weeks have brought n ew honors to t he c h ap l e r H e l en Ric hard so n is chairm an of the se ni o r Pr om, Alice Preble is to be Presen ti s l at th e Class D ay exe rc i ses, M a ri e Con i i s chairman of the junio r prom, L o ui se H oeb is on th e j uni o r play co mmitte e a nd is vice-p r eside nt of the V 'V . C. A. for next yc:a r, while Miriam Sanders is treasurer of the soph o m o r e c l ass. and Miriam Spaulding ch ai rman of the freshman socia l commi tt ee.

O n Satur d:ay , April 29 we are to celebra t e o ur tw e nt ieth birthday with th e a lumn re club in co nn ec t io n with the F o und e r s' Day A banquet is bei ng arranged an d nlumnre are coming f r om far and near t o gath er again und er the wine Rod blue.

We I1 r c at pre se nt l ooking forward wilh pl easa nt anticipation to the vi si t of o ur new p r ov in ce pre sid e nt, Mi ss E vn Bu rlingh a m whom we a.re all nnxiou !'i I II mee t and to know .

Bes t wishes (o r 3 h:lpPY summer to all s iste r P i Phi s.

loUISE E. I-l OEIr.

NEW YORK ALPHA-SYRACUSE UN IVER SI TY

(C h a rt ered 18<)6)

IN I1 ' TES

( Initi ated Marc h 3. 19 16)

P Alexander, East Syrncu..;e, N. Y. Mildr ed Birdseyt', Albany, N. , '.

r M a ri an Bixler, Spenct't. In d. II Edna Cole , Ili o n, N. Y.

Louise J ohnson , l ndianapolio;. I nd.

A Ve ra M orse, Clayton , K. Y

R Ce lia Sargent, Sandy C r t'ek N. Y.

R C harl o tt e Snyd e r, Syracuse, N. Y

o Iva Turnbull , N. Y

W Ca roia W yker, Live r poo l , N Y

CIIAPTER LliTTEIIS

.Oll. .\.B. ))lJ:KlL

Ethel M. Jes<,up

C""Il.\Tt lOS< IJ.L. J)t:CltfE 'Iildrecl Egtnhllfer

Dorothy Doran (Certificate from Oratory)

.r<.hbelle Hoberts Lucile Scull (Certificate from Library)

Just ten <;plendid girls to fit in the ten letters to .!,pell Pi Phi AiI,lww and each one ju!ot ns essential to complete the ranks as the other. Not initiating until March 3. g:l\'C U! morc timf- 10 come into personal touch wilh the frc!thmen nnrl althouJ:!h they answer Ihe phone calls and run errands, so m e how they morc a pArI of us than ever before. Not a hingle bit of Ihe unsoph· i..,ticated "(rosh" attitude can be detected.

Initiation, ton, wen t :-plendidly. Ethel Jessup, 'IU, SOUlt: novel ideas back from convention and the girls carried them out.

Picture eighty·five P i l'hi!> sitting down together at a banquet. \\"c taidy made the Onondaga ring. Everyone voted it the banqul't ,-,vcr. It ...eemeel "'0 good to have with us one r. c. orosis, Mrs. Wc!>tencit (:\'cll "ad.ney, Nebnhka \ ); her daughters, H elen W estervelt, and Mrs. Barton \V eslenclt (;ertrudc Craig. ex"' 14 ) both of Illin ois II ; Dorothy Cleaveland and Il arriett ' IS , (rom New York I'; and Mabel McCllnnell, '16, :md Sneath, 'Ii, fmm Ontario A. Toastmi!!tres5 E\a Burlingham, '14, won favor. You \\ould think New York 1\ girls were individual \Vall oond holders, the air we a'isumed to let everyone knlJw th:!t Eve was our new Province I'resident and, aside to the delegates, "she belongs to us."

Next came the freshman cooky·.,hine and it was a delif.:ht{ul party.

On April Fool's Day the fre ... hmen ga\'e an informal dance. Someone stole the ice cream. As I !!aid before, they were not really "fro!>h" for they had more on hand.

Now for our various honou: l\f :trion \V ean, ' 18, won second prize in the Sophomore Spe3king Contest, Marjorie Leonard, 'Ii, sang at the occasion , 3ccompanicd by Charlotte Snyder, "9. Loui!!e Case, 't8. has been elec t ed 10 Roar's Jl ead DrAmatic Society, and Dorothy Doran, '16, to Mnsqucrs Oratory Club. Carola Wyker, '19, is freshman representative of Liberal Arts, K arela

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To, To_Myrtle Palmer, Frances Donahue, Muriel Waters. Hazel Smallman. S.co"d ,.",_Mary Macomber, Mildred Griswold, Edith Tryon. Harriette Mcaert'cy, BeNie Blanchard.

TMrd raw-Ruth Wood Mabel Boardman, Evelyn Townsend. Beatrice Wettfall. Fotlrllt raw-Bernice WataoDl. Anleli. CortTl,bt. Emma Delano\ Mildred Pelleos. Fifth rcno-Eatber FariiDIU. liorac:e Huen. Mary O'Donnell. Estel It Cordery. Si.d" ro_Ruth Ri c hardson, Alice Marsb.Il, Helen Hazen, Verab FOlter, Clara Grob. S""."O, Butin,.. Mary Dana. Helen Mileham, Frances Storn.

Briggs, ' 17. is junior representative of Fine Art. Edna Cole, ' 19, and Esther R eeves, '18, on freshman and sophomo r e ex«utive committees, rupectiHly; Karel. Briggs, ' 17 is second vict-president of Y. W. C. A .• while Louise J ohnson, '19. and Marian \V ean, '18 . are vice-presidents of their respective classes. Eleana Ca mpbell , '17, has more recently elected of Dally Orl?nge Ilod p ledged with KJ.rett3 Rrigg". 'J7. to Eta Pi, Senior Society. Aileen Stiner, ' 17. has also elo..."<:ted to H onorary Pedagogical Society.

JUlt a few wo rd s (or co ll ege !lctivities. Th e senior class hilS vo t ed to r eeas l Ihe chimes in Crouse College, (or w:mt of va ri a ti on. I' ome Sweet Il ome j, so mber enough at eight o'clock in Ihe morning without misplaced keys thr o wn into th e bargain, then the situation r each es th e climax of tr agedy beca u se it is th e murder o f the Mu sical Sc31e

T mborine and Bon e" the men', mu sica l operetta after Ea s ter, called Tlu G.rl club, will a musical The cas l , p roducer:. and full o r chestra have acctpted invitations to present this 111 R cx:huter, Bo .,ton and Buffal o.

The various classes have held dinners in the Cafeteria !md spent the remainde r of the evening in a socia l get- t ogether. On Sat ur day, April IS, the big b l ock S dinner will be held in t he Archibol d gymnasium. Many prominent in th e athletic world ;Ire promised, including W aller Camp and his "AII·American eleven."

The W omen's Glee C lu b cone" r t h eld at th e R egent, A pril b, p r oved more th Mn sll tisfact o r y . Ge rtru de Sheldon , ' 18, sang a so l o.

Grea t interest is being sho"n among the Syracuse n lumn re in a progressive dinne;r. May 6, t o incre;ase the fund (or the; \ Vornan's building of the un ive;r· si ly. We have offered o ur h o u se for o ne co ur se

Without a doubt there is more joy i n giving ,han in r eceiving. \V e coOpe r a· ted with o ur and arranged a Silver Ten fo r th e !>tnelit o f th e Se ttl e· me nt Sc h ool. Po , ter s w e r e pb ce d in th e vari o u s co ll eges, and th e st udents fa cuity, and fri e nd s invited. d uced, li stened and enjoyed.

From thr ee until nine Wt' entertained, in tr u· T o th e Sett l ement Sc h on l. New York A wi s h es s uccess in all its worthy ulltlertakings.

M ABEI.IE R OBY.k TS.

NEW YORK GAMMA-ST. LAWRENCE UN I Vt:RS II\ (Chartered 19 14 )

CAI'D1I)ATES FOR B.A. DECREE

Bessi e M . lH anchard

Mary V. Dana

Au drey F. H astings

Mary K

Muriel J . W aters

M ab le M Boardman

CANDIDATES F OR B.S . DEGREE

Angela W . Cortright

E s te lle M. Co r dery

With this letter, mu s t close o ur c h apte r life f or th e yea r. In that sen tence have found o ut why it h as bee n n ecessa ry for m e t o sit here drea ming and trying to begin t o write. My thoughts h ave been wandering and indifferent

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to my wont hav e looked back over the past yenr instead of looking ahead inlo the future. Now I know that my peculiar feeling comes from reali zation that June and Commencement will be h ere on ly 100 <Juickly !lnd the good limes together must come t o an end.

Bul m u s t tell you some thing of the yenr . In rapid review 3 11 the events nre c rowding 50 quickly throug h my brain t hat I can hardly sor t th em out.

Spring is co ming to u s lat e thi s year that th e snow is just beginning to leave the ground bare e\' cn though it is the middle of April and Easler is so far into the future that the spring activities have not yet begun. I Jowever, there is a great promise for full days with which to fini!>h Ihe year.

The chapler at the moment is busily engaged in putting the final touches to a dramatic sketch which it is preparing for Founders' Day. If it proves as entertaining as last ye:1r's production, the workers will certain ly feel well rewarded for their efforts. On the cas t o( th e regular college p l ay, Officer 666 (or this season, two out o( the three (emale cha r acte rs are to be t ake n by Pi Phis, Mary Dana, ' t 6, and Mildr ec..l P ellens, ' 17. We are delighted that th ey sha ll have this oppo r t unity.

Try as we do, we cannot get away (rom the th o ught that o ur eight seniors will soon l eave u s, not to re turn in t he fnll . I t !<CC Ill S as if it co ul d not be. Rut we come to a (ull r ealization o( the fnct eve r y tim e we see o ne signing a co ntract (or next year. It makes one a lm oM liislike the teaching profession.

\V e are so g lad this year to welcome into our mi<.bt Maoe l Uoardman, ' 16, who finally decided to transfer (rom Vermont A t o New " or k 1'. For the three years she has been:tt 1. Lawr ence we have felt her one of u s, but it needed the final step for u s t o claim her

I almos t forgot my secret! \V e have a wond e rful sec r et to tell you but are under strict obliga ti on to keep it (or the pre ent. I ( you will ju:.t h:ne ptltience until next fall you might find it out. thought I'd just prepare you a little bit. I m u st clo se or J ' II tell you.

MILDREU P£LLENS.

CIJ . IPTER LETTICNS

BETA PROYlNeE

M AR YLA ND ALPHA--GOUCIIER COLLEGE

(Cha rte r ed 18<)7)

INITIATES

( In i t iated February II, 191 6)

:\I arga ret AdamsoD, Newton N. ].

Elizabeth Cow man, O hi o.

Kotharyn Pri ce , Smyrna, D e l.

Mae P e tt ebo n e , F o rly F o rt, Pa

('\'lll l ll,r.: s FOR A B.

DECKlE

H elen Atwood

Elsie Bender

Frances Bryant

Catherine Je ffers

Mary LH lI e len Lewis

Anna Roddy Ina Wadde ll

Vacation over, we 3 rc now ru s hing madly along the last st rdc h befoT\! Co mmence m e nt. Though many delightful things have happened already thi ::> year, there is s t ill much 10 c rowd i nt o the eight weeks. Our )'f'arbook. J)onnyb"ook F(Jj", is coming out in two weeks. Thi s date is always a so urce o f great mystery. as the juniors who get out the book are lhe only ones i" the sec ret. Very important th ey these days! On April 28 the jun io rs give th e ir banquet t o the seniors, nnd f o ll o wing th:s are the boa t- rides, senio r stepsin ginar. reuni ons and Commencement.

Before spr ing vacation, th e senio r s gav e th eir annual play. They presented Ni¥ht this yea r. M a ry Lee was general manager o( th e play, and II e l en Lewis was chairman of p r ograms.

]:;:ac h year a t Goucher, in s tead of ha v in g 3. reg ular Ma y is" u o o f o u r monthly, each cla ss prese nts a magar.inc. A board of d ecides llpon the best, and thi s is printed as th e M ay is!)ue. Th e !oe n iors won thi s year. Bryant was the advisor y member of their edito rial board.

During this yenr, besides the greatly in c reased enrolment o( Goucher, we have received a great many new books for OUT library. Only las t year th e l i brary was m oved into mor e adequa t e q uarte r s o n the fir s t fl oo r of Alph eim I' all; now it h as s pre:td over th e sec ond fl OO r also. The biology laborat o ry i to be e nl:trged, which, alas, will take o ur fraternity rooms.

But, last of a ll, we arc to have a chapel-a real new chapel and auditorium. :1 11 our own. ( Jler etofore we hav e u sed th e Sunday sc h ool r oom of the Fir s t M e th odist Church whi ch joins th e co ll eg e.) Th e new one is to be fitted up fo r '8.11 purposes from c h ape l se rvi ce , where we will u se a new p ipe-organ, t o dramatics. Al so, a great many improvement s are to be made i n Cntha rin t Il ooper H a ll, among them a large gallery in th e gymnasium, and a kitch en and dining-r oom. At th e side of this hall, a. Shakespearean garden is t o be laid ou t which will be a. delightf ul place f o r u s to spend spn re time.

You c nn imagin e how pro u d nnd h appy we I'i Ph is nre herr nl thi s year! Ou r fre shmen have bern initiated, and we had "

To" rillA" I,/t to right-Edna Palmer, Elizabeth J ones, A,tare.ret Adamaon, Helen Lewis, Mac Pcttcbonc. Katbaryn Price. Anna Rodaby. MaTaaret Forsyth, Carolyn Pott. , C. therine Jeffers Either LeQDum Frances Bryant . To" '1/" '4' to right-Helene Scbncidcrcith, Marjorie Colton, Mac Pettib one, Ina Waddell, Catherine Jeffers Carolyn P otts . N,sl row--Miriam Connet, Lu cile Moore, Betty Jonel, MaTearet Forsyth, Esther N,XI ro_Mary Cox, Mara-uct A d.mlOn. Last-Elizabeth Co.man .

LOrD..,. l,ft, l ,ft to n·g ........ Edn. Palmer, Ma rlaret Forsyth. Mary Lee. C.ro Iyo Potts , Elizabeth Cowman. Lowur miadl.-.A luturc n • .

MARYLAND A.

CII.II'TER LiiTTERS ill

delightful house party at an old farm house in Baltimore Co unty. On April Columbia A and we are to celebrate Founders' Day together with a banquet bere in Baltimore

We do hope that all our s:sler chap l ers o r e Its happy as we 3fC this year. CAROl \, E. 1)0175.

(C hartered 18Se)

I N iTiAT ES

( Init iated Febru:uy 26 , 19 16)

Ca ther ine Ca rt er, 19

Lasalia M cCa ffrey , '19 M arguerite Clark, ' IS

M arga r et Prentiss, 'II} l!.lizabeth H eililluller. ',8

Ma rth a E Schaaff , ' 19

Carol W a lk er, "9

( Init iated April IS. [916)

Le o nila Lloyd, "9

Marjorie Barnes

Beatrice Tail, '19

CANDIDATf.:S FOR A . B. DECREE

Margaret Br owne

Mil d r ed Hu ghc'J

I n a chapter letter which is to be devoted primarily to the developme nt {( our coll ege , I cannot la y too much stress u pon the fact that the George Wuhingt on University has acq u i red, during th e pas t year, an entire new b uilding, consisting .,f six light, airy r oom' which are a great improvement upon tho se of the old building, and are g r eatly appreciated by the student body. One of the former classroo m s of the main building ha s been lurned into a girls' st u dy· room which is very c h ee rful and attractive.

An othe r large roo m whic h was formerly a classroom is 10 form n par i of th e library, thereby do ubling its size. We feel the George Wa shingt o n University has given evidence of expansion in many ways Ihis year A side from the addition o f a building, th ere ha s been marked in c r ease in the st udent enro llment. es pecially among the girls.

Many interesting events have occ urred in Columbia A since th e publiC3tiO".1 o f our last chapt e r lette r Firsl and foremos t, we h ad the pleasure of a vis it from M iss Kell e r , wh o was stopp in g in W ashington on her w ay to Barnard College. Th e c h ap ter gave a de light Cui ten at which we proudly introduced OUt goest of hOllor, our Grand President, to the girls of the various frafernitie.

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at the George Wa shingt o n University Aft e r the t ea , w e e nj oyed a quiet little hour during whic h we had Mis& Keller 311 to o ur se lv es while she told us m uc h interesting Pi Ph i news.

Th e n ex t important event was th e i nitiati o n of se ven sp l e ndid pledges in February, and the initiation of tw o m o r e in April. We now have nine promising young freshmen who, we feel sure, liTe th e e nvy of eve r y ot h e r ch ap t e r at co ll ege. At one of o ur m ee tings r ecen tly w e wue f a vo red w ith the r epo rt of our Prov in ce Pres ident, Margu e rite \ Ve ll e r, wh o ha s jUfot been visiting Florida A , Virginia A, nnd M a ryland A . W e h ave h ad many un expec ted visitors lat e ly: two girl s f rom Vermont A, o ll e from New Yo rk A. a nd (our from Virginia A.

Col um bia A is I) r o ud to announ ce a new patron ess , Mrs Joseph Stewart, the mother o f one of the gi rl s i n the chap t e r

'Ve nre now l ooki ng f o rw a r d to ce lebrating F o un ders' Day with M ary land :\ at a banq u et in Ba ltim ore , Sat u rday, April 29. W e h ope that every ot h e r chapte r of Pi Beta Phi in their ce leb ration of J;"o und ers' D a y will have M e njoyable a tim e as we a r e a nti cipa ting

Dor o thy Sage

VIRG I N I A ALPHA-RANOOLPH- MA CON W O ltl." N'S COL LEGE

(C h a rt e r ed M ay 10, 19 13 )

INITIATE S

( In itiated Marc h 18, 1916)

K athryn Baker, ' 18

Dorothy Sage

Alma Baker, ' 18 CANDIDATES ' OR A B. DEGREE

Ethel J ac k so n V i rginia McCa rty

As some of u s a re going out at th e e nd o f thi s, o ur senior year, we c an l ook bac k over the past two t e rm s , nnd see strong of steady growth nnd deve lopment in the co llege 8S s uc h, and a lso in the s tudent body. Evenb like the visit o f Miss W ool ey, president of Mt. 1-I olyok e, and of Dr Gr osveno r, pr es ident of U K a nd the comi ng vi si t o f D r Burton, preside nt o f Smith, show that we are gaining prestige in the educationa l w o rld , while the c r owded dormitories and the eve r _ i n c rea si ng student li s t attes t o ur mat e rial growth,

As for tbe s tud ent body, its progress is evident, too. \Ve h ave that the average st u dent's life is too st r enuo u s , a n d have s lowed down the pace with th e llpoi n! system"; w e h 8\'e weathered what threatened to be a tem-

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porary weakening in Obr ,.,tandardl> of condud, and have passerl through a very delicate cri is on the dancing question, and OUI strengtn. tonor, and ch:J.racteristic spirit arc still intact.

In fraternity afTairs there is progress as certain, if nol as evident. Panhellenic is well organized and well and always we come away hom the meetings with a deep S(n'iC of in what has tra.nspirerl. We have now, ns a. regular feature of the program, reports from Ihe different fraternitie!l on their special outside interests. Pi Phi reported last lime all the Settlement School, livening the statistical helS with some of the stories tuld us by Leah Stock , and the girls who visited us on their Wll)' home in 1914. The other chapters were most interested, and we all enjoyed it.

Arrangements have been made now so that all the nonfraternilY girls witl be invited down to the Sunday night "AI fl omes" once, at least, during the year, and probably oftener. \V hile our pirit i... delllocratic to begin with, measures like this, we fe-el, will help it to become more so.

The girls who were here lnst yenr will be interested to know It-at the Phi Society has ih charier from K .\ 0, and will be in t3l1ed oon.

Emily Robertson has been visiting us for the lnst three weeko;, and WI! have enjoyed every minute of her stay. Other alumnx nre e"l,pel:tt'd ror the hanQuet, and from now on we expect to be preparing rnr, and indulging in. commencement festivities most of the time,

Denrest love to all the sistren rrom Virginia Alpha!

FLORIDA AI.PHA-JOHN R. Sn:TSON UNIVERSI'I Y

(Chartered Jalluary 30, 1913)

INITIATE S

( In iti:lted February 15, 1<)16)

Edna Hefner

M ona Dates

Rernalyn M cBride

Gl adys IJ on Lois Ph illip"

( I nitiated March 15, 1916)

Julia Church

Celestine Futch

( I nitiated .\pril 6, IQlft)

Delta H aynes 'sHah Smith

M ona Bates

Myrll e Conrnd

(;,,\lH \u:s \\Inl PlI,n, Dt:GREE

Marguerit Blocker' Bes,ie Cumm

C"IlIf)ATf':S FOR A.B. DECREE ;\label

Louise II ulley

S<'IENCE

Mar ina H arvey

M a rgaret Gilliland is here and such a one it is. No more filling I.:ould possibly have heralded its arrh31 than the a<hent of Florida Alpha'

VIRGINIA MCCART\'

THE ARROW OF PI BETA PHI

third ann unl hou se party. April 6 to 9. Never befo re has this c rowning event been so im pa ti ently !\waited and I IC\'I'r has the donation of the house and piano by the university been so genu ine ly appreciated. Never before have fri ends been so so l icitous fcr our pleasure and never have thirty -five li\'e ly girls been s uc h enthusia!:otic Pi Phi !>-so roy a ll y happy. The q u ality lIf Florida Pi Phidom is always emphatically upli fted by this annua l getting toget her.

O ur l oca l }; N boys ce lebrated. too , (h i! term, when on Ma r ch 16 the hugest body of brothe r Sigs, ever gather ed together here, met for their annual s late co nventi on . Many helpful sessions were h e ld, many delightful fun c tions arra n ged (or th e ir pleasures and as a slight token of friendship, Florida A entertained informally in the fraternity room Saturday, Marc h 18, for the visito r s. On th e eve ning oC the snme day a similar gllthn· ing hon o red th e A T 0 inspector then visiting the'" B >It petitioning grOU!) here

Alumnae of Stetson hav e undertaken the erec tion of a m arbl e tablet t o the memory of J ohn B. Stet son whi c h will occ upy, before June I, if passibl:. a posilion of honor in the auditori um Funds are being raised by private subscription and any co ntri bution fr om Pi Phis will be j u dicio usly expended.

Our partial acquaintance with l\.'liss W eller through co rresponden ce became a de lightful r e3 lity when, in Feb ru3ry, s he made her first visit to o ur sunshine state. N o w, we relllly claim her by adoption and few will easily forget th l! "t hrills " so common that to us all and the envy we felt toward the Virginia and Maryl a nd girls who were to have h er next.

Since o ur l ast letter the presidency of Y. W. C. A., Literary Society . and dramatic clubs have been added to ou r already generous sha re of co ll ege honors. Sixteen of the tw enty·four glee club girls are Pi Phis , and we were proud wh en four o f th e fiv e women parts in the recently s taged Pauing 0/ Ille TAird Floor Back, were given to our girls, the other pa rt going to 2 n o n fraternity girl.

Extensive preparations are now being made for the open air production of the "tidsummer- Nigllt's Dr-eo," du ring Commencement week.

PENN SYLVANIA ALPHA- SWARTHMORE COLLEGE

(Chartered October 12, 1892 ) CANDIDATES FOR A B DECREE

Chllrity Ham pso n 1-1 elen Kell ey

Ruth Lumis

Evelyn Miller

Elizabeth Strode Agnes Trowbridge

Sp ring ha s come: to stay !lnd P ennsylvflnia A is busy already m aking plan! for next year. We are p l anning for a party and ra!hing pa rtie s, altho ugh we have had a few small ones 1llready. Last Saturday. April 8, was Some rville Day and in spite of the unexpected snow and rain, a great many alumnte ca me back. We had a l ovely time, a good banquet -and two fine plays in the afternoon. One was The Littl, Ki"g and the other was T"e 0/ Dreamt. The se were: r epe ated for the public in the evening for

the bt:ndit of the proposed t\lhleti c field The !-.ophomore Show, iAnCJun, W&5 also given for this fund on February 18 and was a great success. This play was arranged by onc of the sophomore men from songs from some of tbe Gilbert Sullivan's rand clsewhHe and woven together into an original plot.

Student Government rectntly abolished haz.ing among the giT!S for next year. At the beginning of the year, the sophomores are to give a "Stuul Party" to the freshmen; and then the junior class is to take charge of freshmen and he ruptmsible fOT their attitude toward college affairs. has been growing and leiS popular each year, and this move is the outcome of a gradual feeling against it.

We 'He all looking forward to our bnnquct with the nlumnoc 31 I {:l.lIlilton Court, P •. , April 29. We always celebrate Founders' Day in Ihi· rnA-nner. tlur dance, al!lu. is to bc at Hamilton tourt on April 22. We are giving :t dinner dance .ll.r.d hope to see many of the there.

Two of Ollr junion. ha\'e been e1l'rle<i 10 n 1: X. lhe women'., senior hOnOnf) society, chosen for scholarship. character and loyalty to Swarthmore. These are Ruth Craighead and Hilda Lang. lIilda Lang has also b.!en electet.1 a member of IJ ) B K in her junior ye!lT.

A few weeks ago. we held our interclass gymnasium contest, which Wd'i won by the fre"hn'an Mary G:twlhrop. ' 17. and Katherine Fahnestock. '19. were chosen for varsity squad.

Pennsy l vania A sends best wishes to Pi Phis everywhere. May yo u all ha\·e a pleasant vacutiOIl this summer!

EDITH \ V. MENOENHALI

PENNSYJ.,VANIA BETA-BUCKNEI L U NIVERS,I ry

(Chartered 18<)5)

('\NOIOATlS FOR B.S. DECREE

Oorothy Bunnell

H elen G r off

Ruth Mattern

Ruth Williams

CANOtn :\TfS FOR A.R. DEGREE

Cecilia Kitlowski

Ruth Embrey

He,.e and Tlle,.e in Pennsylvonia Bt/a's Dia,.y M a rch 4 1916.

In school girl vernacular my experiment is too Uutterly utter" to exp ress. For tod:l.Y every girl whom II 4> has bid has accepted-:md Ihey are tell mighty line girls. There is that trio f r om lawn fo r whom we worked so hard and a r c so p r oud to have Then there's Peggy Buck, a most substantia l gi r l; Elinor and Jenn and Betty and lI elen (one of the two girls to receive a s tr aigh t "A" for he r Call te r m's work-and the other girl was 3 U 4> bid, tool)-and there i s Oat nnd Naomi We arp depending on these ten f r esh men t o continue 11 B 4> in her ever-increasing c i rcle of friendship. We celebra t ed thi! day

1"'

Top rDUJ, ,." '0 righ' L Springer, Eleanor May, Margaret May, Ethel M. Schellin,er. BoNo," ro_Margaret Craig, Nora M. Mohler, Mariette Holton, Fleda B. Laird LIlt sid. , r.odi"fl dowPlword-Florence Baker, Jones M Claire Filler RigAl sid" rllJdi'HI duw"tl'Grd- H ekn Conover. Mary R. Learned , Christine B Stewart. Cu'er. 0' Graham; sl'CoPid Lauman. Gladys W. Meredith; ,ltird r ow-Ada Bacon. Belle Gardner; ot Clark.

in 3. most fitting way-luncheon, theatl"c party and dinner! At 1:1It rasbing has triumphed bringing to us the girls whom we love best and who, in tUID, hall love our fraternity.

April 28, 1916.

Only five o'clock aJld I'm wick awake! The call of the birds, the gentle murmur of our campus creek seem to be saying "Be ulr-it's FouDden' Day." All day long my heart shall sing with the birds " It'!> Founders' Day." What jolly fun we shall have celebrating the founding of our fraternity. The :llumnre, patrones,,;ec;, acti'"es nnd bid!> shall all join in the spring thanbgiving. We would pay homage today to those women who embodied the highest ideals for college women in the earliesl organization of our fralernity and we would :lIse pay tribute to Ihol>e women who have contributed (0 her steady progress. May 1, 1916.

\Vell, the news is out .wd, of course, n <I> is in it. Ruth Embrey, 16 (our convent ion delegate). iii in the senior c!:lss pl9.y. Are indeed proud of Ruth, for she is bringing honor again to ber fraternity (last year she the winner of the Juni or Exhibition). More gossip! Aileen Johnston iii thi s ye.u our Ul9ljer" in Junior Exhibition. The prize is not :lnoounceo until Commencement dJl.Y, but \\1:: feel sure Aileen .... ill well represent n <1>. Peggy '18, i<; elected president of the Y. W. C. A. for 19,6' 17. Several Pi Phis :lre on th e Y. W. C. \. c3binet. Even our "Bids" h:lve caught the spirit, for lhe only four girls in the Freshman Declamation Contest a re all coming "Pi Phis. "

June, 1916.

J UIlC, with its s ad, glad dayl<, will take from o ur chapte r lib: finc senior .... We shall miss these girls who h:we added much (0 the growth of our chapter . All chapters everywhere arc losing these grave old seniors, and Pennsy lvania B exp r esses her symp:tthy. May the girls find the heritage of fraternity life fuller and more precious because the senio rs of 1916 have a richer s t ore of love and devotion.

AI.1 CK HASLAM.

PENNSYI.VANJ.\ CO tt PCE

(Chartered H}(3)

CANDIMTI!:S " OK A. B. DEGREE

Margaret Crnig

Helen Lauman

The pa"t ye:lr h:15 both for our college and chapter, one of rapid tievelopment !md LInder the guidance of our new president, Dr. Mor gan, Dickinson has made rapie! l'-t rides. The great increa e in the student bod\' nece!'sitated severa l ndditions to the faculty and the utilization of another dormitory. College finances hnve been put on a sound and arc now The athletic work for tho: girl'i hM been completely reorganized. with con e· quent s uccess. Among the men ent hu siasm has been high; the interda'is hall chaml' io n hip was won by the sophomore ; h3 t:ball has with good pirit and excellent prospect; n lld inINfrnh:rnit) alhll·tit: hn\"e heen slililuiall'd hy the oITer of n trollhy by one or the men· fraternitie , K!:. H azing h:ls

THE ARROW OF PI BETA PHI

Mary Fulton, ' 19 Ath e n s, Ohio. Ilal.e ! M c Kin s try, ' H). Ath en s, Ohio.

Fl c!> her CASVIOAHS FOR A.B DECREr.

Minni e Am e rine

I N ORATOJl,Y

T er eE ll Caruth e rs

Ohio \ is ha ppy to ;,"oo u nce th e p le dging of D o r ot hy S l illg luff, ' 16, o f Ath e n s, tlt th e opening of th e !;cco nd sem e s t e r.

Ohio" had the of entertaining for a few days in March her province pr eside nt, Mis s L ea h Stock, and I may say that Ihe girls thoro ughly enjoyed her visit because s h e made you fed that she was o n e of you and interested i n everything you were doing, During hH vi si t we gave a t ea in her hon o r, inviting th e members of the other fraternities that might have an opportunity t o meet them.

TlI e \Va rnall 's Leagu e gave its la s t party of the year on April I It wa s 3. cost ume party and many and of vario us styles were th e cost um es to be seen. ;\Inrgu e rit e Taylor. ' 17. ha s been c hose n soc ial c h ai rman for th e W o man' s Lea gue (or next year.

Th e national dramati c frat e rnilY, the A 'isoc ial cd Unive r si ty ]) Ia ye r s, in stalled [I c hapter in O UI" co ll ege o n April 8, nnd thr ee of o ur girls, T e r es a Caruth e r s , ' Ii, Lu cill e H e nry , 'Ii, alld Adair K es ling, ' 19, are c harter members.

Th e College play, Cr ee ll Siockings, i s to be given May 25, and Mildred Lewis, ' 19, and Lucill e lI e nry, '17, hav e been c h ose n for prominent parts. Danford, '17, has been elected to m embe r ship on the sta ff of the Creell alld Whil e, our co ll e ge paper, and Me rl e Danford, 'Ii, F aye Boye r, ' 18 . and Catherine Sachs, ' 18, hllve been chosen new members in th e Fr e nc h Club.

The annual Skit Show, in which eve r y woman's o rganiz a ti on in sc h oo l pre · St iltS some sce ne or stunt, is to take pln ce May 5. Th e whole show is to r ep· rese nt a newspape r and Pi Phi is going to produce th e th eat ri cal page.

The past yea r has broug ht Quite a (e w chang es to o ur ca mpu s. A bea utiful new d ormitory i s being e r ec ted whi ch, when co mpleted , will accomodate one hundred and twenty -five girls. Th e old es t building o n the ca mpus, Ma na sseh Cutler 11 311, h3 s been r e m ode l ed within a nd is now one of o ur fin es t buildings.

Commen cement will take p l ace 1 une 22, but as yet a p rogram fo r C ommencement week has n o t bee.n comp le ted. One of th e eve nt s o f the w ee k. h o wever. will be the giving of Itfid s umm er Night's ilr ea m out o n the ca mpu s

M ARIAS \VILCOX.

CIIAPTER LETTERS

OHIO BETA-CIllO STATE UNIVERo;;;!TY

(Chartered 1&)4)

I "'ITIATES

(Inilialt'd 21, 1915)

Margaret Rathmell

Edith lIoyer

Lillian Au!;1

Mirillm Smith

Ruth Mills

Rowena Kinney

Ruth Griffith

Martha Ilillh ouse

Reulah Winkler

C\NIlII)\'IF. FOR A.B. DIWRFy. Rogers

C rH1J\TE FOR B.S. DWREE

Ruth I ("rrods. J)orothy Simp,nn (in Educ3lion)

Ohio II has hf-en \cry. '"ery ou y since the Jtl!>t chapler letter. First and our prmintc Leah Stock, of Il illsda.lt, "kh., came to v.y u<; :1 \\cd,·cnd ,i"ll, nod "to all promptly fell in Jove with her. Saturdny night we hat! an 3cliv(' ,dulIln.c spread, Sunday :1 very informal n (I) lea at the horne of one (If the acli,"c Kirh, and Tue.,da) night "i51i Stock came to Ihe meeting and !ttlk,.d to u on democrac)" choo::.ing of sponsor.; by Ihe the School, pro\'ince parties, and 50 on.

Then last \\as our formal <lance and are still very full of the gi:lmor and of it. Almost all of the fraternities have had formal dnnces Ihis year which is \C:ry unusual, and though ours was among the lAst, j can safe ly sa)' that it ..... a ... of the \-ery nicest p:l.Tlies gi \'e n this year.

Thi s se m es te r we have Caro lyn P itler . as all affdiate from Goucher Co ll ege. ha s hee n with ll'> all year, but according to pan hellenic ru l es, could nol be affi l iated until sCl-ond Sl'llu: ter we h:1\e a Ilew p l edge, Sarah H ol mes , '18, fr om T l·IlIl., a ver} lovable. enthusia tic l ittle girl of whom we very pro u d.

Last week sci lion" for Browning Dramatic Society were made by try o ut :md three Pi Phis came out \'iC IOriou5, l\brgaret Hathmell, '18, hlning th e nile of T itania in Midsummo!r Sigh/'s \\hh:h is to he pre"ul led at commencement lime. Marg;aret R:uhrnell aho ha..; a prominent J,art in the French piny which will be given in a few weeks.

We a re planning t o have a F ounders' Day ban<luet at Ihe new Athletic Club, which is a lovely plnce, and ever)thing seems promh.ing for a very enjoyabl e time. \Ve are a lso making plnns (or <;c\'e r al ru!>hing- parties, as we nre anx io u s 10 get acquainted wi th prospective freshmen.

The whole chapter join-; me in sentling m:,")' wi-;hes to all our ) i Phi sisters.

R UTtI SPf<ANKLl.

Fir-It

MICHIGAN A

Edmonson. Eliu.beth Rildon. bla Owen Suo,.d Cone, Thelma Shafer, Kathryn Heckman. Laura Myers. Third rtJD--Jean Andenon. Norma Mark Genna Satterthwaite FOM,.,,, ro..-Eileen McDonald, Edna Stoke, Esther FowJer, Marion Augur FiJ'" row-Harrlet Stoke. Caroline Stearns, Janet Martindale Su-'''' ,.".-Franca Dibble. Vi'fian Smith, Milared Enlest on Doria Jack

CHAPTER LETTERS

MI CH IGAN ALPHA-HI LLSDAlE COLLECiE

(Chartered 1887)

INITIATES

( In itialed February S. 1916)

Marian Augur, "9

Ednn Stoke, '19

France. Dibble, ' 19

Ester Fowler, '19

Loi. Cone

Caroline Stearns

Ka thryn HecKman, "9

Norma Mark, '19

Besl Rigden, ',8

Vivian Smith, "9

(Initiated April 5)

Janet Martindale, ' 19

CA NDIDATES FOR. A.B. DEGRIE

Dori s J ac k

hla Owen

Signs of spring arc again ev ident upon Hillsdale campu s, and those of you who have known Hillsdale 3t this season need only be reminded of its charm, while to the Test we w o uld simply say. "Come and see."

Following our initiati on service at the chapter house o n February 5. our alumnre enter tain ed us at II very delightful dinner party at the home of our Province President, Leah Siock, '1:11. The next socia l eyent within OUT chapter life was our annual theatre party. (or which the active chapter and guclits went by special train to Jackson, Michigan, on February 25. After dinner at the Otsego Hotel we saw William Favenham in rhe Hawk at the Majestic Theatre

On February 29, the active chapte r and alumnae were entertained at a cookyshine by Mrs_ E. T. Prid eau ( Bess Wood, '07) and Mrs. U. F . Creen (AnnA Clo sson, '95) at the home of the laUer_ Miss Clara Seiler, '09. who has r ec ently returned from India was the guest of honor.

Among college fun c tions, the :lDnual College Banquet, given under the auspices of the senior class, on February 21, holdl fint place. At that time it was announ ce d th a t Mrs. Griswold, of Allegan, had donated a sum of money for a ne w library, A mu c h -needed improvement. The fir s t floor of Worthing Divinity lI all is to be used for that purpose, the Comme r cia l Department to be moved to the second floor of the same building.

During the month of February the Jubilee Celebration of th e Young Women' s Christian Ass oc iation was observed in Hillsdale and co n s iderable interest was shown.

MI C HI GAN B

Fi rst rot tl, l e ft t o r ight- Fr a n cis Luk e, H e l e n C h riste n , 1·t a r y S igger s Sara h lI a l1, D orot hy

Ch ipma n , Erm a Rob in son.

SUO"" ,.ow- Florentine Cook, Mart ha G r ay, Beatrice H uff, H de n P a tterson , Leola Boyce, E t hel Joce lyn, Laur i e K aufman

Tilird ro I rene Kerr, Marie Reardon. H elen Col dre n. M ildred Bachers , M rs. C h arlotta Ew ing, M ary Johns, M arion H enderson Edith P riscella Bul ler.

F CNrt'" r O'ID---Ne ll ie Leo nard, T ucker I1azel S tevens, F rcida P enoye r , Eva Sha rr ow, Caroline Sadder, Fay H all. Rut h Carpenter.

Fiftfa ro_Mildred Vorce, Julia Barksda l e, Geneva lI ays , H aze l Beckwi t h, Elsa Apfe l, Carol Mill e r, Genevieve Corey, Doro t hy P ie r ce

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ImllOrtllnt among activities was the State Oratorical Contest, which was hdd at Hillsdale on March 3. Caroline Stearns. '16, represented the col· It:ge in the Ladies' Conthl and we were justly proud of her.

Both the Men's and Ladies' Glt'c Clubs, under the dil"cction of Mr. Harlow Ilcan, are exceptionally good this yeaT, the former having recently com pItted a ten days' trip through Michigan.

lIndH the direction of the Student Counci l, the student body \'oted to establish a Cooperati,'c Book l;"change, which will enable them to buy thei r books :md supplies at f\ price near the cost as possible.

Following Ihe initiation on AprilS of Janet Martindale, of Ober lin , Ohio, \\ ho entered college in ""cond semester, that chapter enjoyed a cooky-shine, and usual good time_

\Ve are now making Ilrrparations for commencement and ollr annua l hou se party at Bawbeese.

Isl..A B. OWEN _

MtClIlGAN BETA-UNIVERSITY OF MI C HI GAN

(Chartered 1888) INITIATES

( In itiated February 26, 19 16)

lI :uel Beckwith, M:lrshnll, Michigan_

Priscilla Butler, Battle Creek, Michigan_ Dorothy Chipman , Ann Arbor, Mi chignn.

lI elen C hr isten, Toledo, Ohio.

Cha rl olta Ewing. Grand Rapids, Mi chigan. Sarah II ail, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Fay ll a l1, l\lanistee, Mi chigan.

Marian 1J ender!>on, Detroit, Michigan.

Lauri e Flint, Mi chigan.

M ary W ashing ton, D C

CANOIDATES FOil. B.A. DEGRf.f.

Mildr ed Bachers

Milry Johns

Julia B a rk sda le Hel en P atterson

Genevieve Co r ey L«>I. Royce

Martha Gray If azel Stevens

Sp ring vacation sped by even more swift l y t han usual this 18 saw us back again nnd worJ..ing hard.

yea r and April

M arc h 29 the junior girls g:ne their play, '-a"ku Yogi, in honor of the se nior class. IT B (1) represented by E\ a Shar r ow, Ca r o l Mill e r, Beatrice iJuff and Geta Tucker. AccordinJ.: to a M ichigan tradition the seniors marched in_wearing their caps and gowns for the first time and singing new songs

On April I, we were deep ly g ri eved by the death of Pr eside nt Em e ritu s J ames B Angell. Althnu J.:h Dr. Angell had bee n in failing health (or so m e time his death came as a shock :'Inti we all feel the loss uf one of the greatest and bes t-loved men M ic h igan C\'er known.

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M any c hanges h ave been made on th e camp us this year and seve ral more are being considered. W e have our two new dormito ries beside an immense new and finely equipped !,Cie nce building. Fifty· three thousand dollars h as hee n appropriated for rebuilding the library during' this summer. The c nlpaign for the new Union Club"'luse has progressed so rapidly thnt the ground will soon be broken and the structure started. A simila r fund is being raised by th e women under the auspices of Ih e Women's Athletic Club for a clubhouse on a smaller scale. The Y. M. C. A. is putling up tl fine building on their old site on State Street.

The Health Service of the university is making a rigorous investigation of Ihe equipment of all the hou se s and much has been done along o th er lines to safeguard the o( the students One great asset has been the placing o( life -sav ing s tation s along th e banks of the Huron river. We are very pleased to note in a re cent magazine article that Michigan ranks second in the co llege Health Service work, Cnli(ornia University being first.

April 28 is the date set (or our ann ual formal party which will be held at the chapter hou se thi s year, and we are expecting to welcome bnck many o( c ur alumnre.

May 7. The Progress or biennial pageant tak es place Many o( the girls are taking part in th is and it is hoped that it will be as success ful as /t'am le D'Arc, th e lnst pageant.

Mary Johns. '16. !\nd Mildred Ba chers. '16. are to take part in the Fren ch p lay to be given the last o( April.

Priscilla Butle r, '19, won highest honors in the W omen's Spring Athletic Meet. She has already won her Michigan arm band and will be one of a hal( do:ten women to r eceive the silver Mi chigan p in in June.

We are all looking forward to Commencement which comes very lat e this yea r-June 29. Martha Gray, '16, bas been elected as class historian and Helen Patterson and Leola Royce are on the committee.

We are delighted to tell you o( a new pledge, Nellie Leonard, '19. of Int erlake n. New York, who entered here the second semes ter.

Mi chigan n sends gree tings to all Pi Beta Phi s (or a ha ppy vacation and good lock in the c oming year.

GENEVIEVE COREY

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INDIANA ALPHA-FRANKLIN COLLEGE

(Charte red 1888)

] NITIATJ:S

( In itiated March 6, 1916)

Mary Beard, '19. Franklin, In diana.

Mary Elizabeth Branham, ' 19. Hutsonvill e, lIIin ais.

Marga ret Brown, ' 19. Franklin, Indiana.

Mayme Campbe ll, '19. Franklin, Indiana.

Helen Kelly, '19. Franklin. Indiana.

Ruth Rit chey, ' 19. Franklin, Indiana.

Anna T edfo rd, '19. Hut sonville, Illin ois.

CANDIDATES I-OR

Mabe l Bro wn, Franklin, Ind.

F.:I.yc KI)'\'cr, Fr:mklin, Ind.

Ali ce McG uire, Goshen, Ind.

Mary Sturgeon, Franklin, Ind.

A.B. DEGREE

Kathleen O'Brian, Edwardsport, Ind.

Florence Sayer, I ndianapoiis, Ind.

Since o ur l ast leltH was written OUt seven freshmen have put on the arrow of Pi Beta Phi. W e are very p r oud to int roduce them to you as active members of In diana A. Initi ation was held a l the home of Amy ull o n, ' 17. and was one of the most beautiful services we have ever had. We all enjoyed a cooky -shi ne afterwards.

Miss Stock made us a short visit in February. She was here at the time of our reeeption in h ono r of Dean and Mrs. M. E. Crowell, and we were glad to have her with us on that occasion . During her brief stay in Franklin she endeared hers elf to all of us, and we are hoping that sh e may return some lime

On the evening of March 17, the college dinner was held in the gymnasium Dean and Mrs. Crowell were honor guests. It was a most delightfu l and appropriate way for students and faculty 10 express their appreciation of the dean and his wife. They left for their new home in British Columbia April 7, taking with them the sin ce rest good wi shes of their many friends .

We are delighted with a handsome piece of statuary, a gift from the Crowells.

We are very glad to have Dale Coyne, ex-'IS, with us again.

Our chapter -room needs refurnishing very badly and we are now interested in raising a fund for that purpose. We have asked all Franklin Pi Phis to save their o ld newspapers and mag87.ines for us, and we hope to make some money by se lling them. Th en , 100 , we are going t o help the alumn3e club serve the banquet for Ihe province conve nti on of 4t 6 e o n May 5. and we hope to increase our funds that way.

\Ve are beginning to make plans for our ann ual campi ng party which always follows Commencement W ee k.

\V e are l oo king forward to the state lun cheo n and dance to be given at the Claypool 1I 0 tei in Indianapo li s 10 celebrate Founder s' D ay. Each chapte r i'l to furni sh a "s tunt " at the lun che on. W e a re pl:lnning a little sketch which we hope will be a success.

INDIANA.

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First column-Nd l Sawin. Evelyn Sweenew. Glady s Jackson, Mary Martin. Grace M e ll en, Mary Mullinllix.

Suond Hall, Alberta Dinkel. Marguerite Davi s , L o uise H e rv ey , Frieda

Third co lumn- Jean ette \Vulfman n, Fran ces Trau ss, Mary \Vhite, Robertine Sartor, Dorothy brybread l-I e l ell H opkin s.

F o urth column - Mary Gallahan, I.,.ucil e Priddy, L ouise Fechtman, Gladys McClung, Ludisa Braun.

Fifth t,,'uPlln- P earl M cArthur, Anna Evan s, Mabel John so n , Pauline Condit. Velma \Vhan, Mattie Emp!lon

Sixth tol"'",I-Mn. H atfie ld Edln o nson , Darle Enn es, Mildred Border, Corn e lia \Vu]f· mann, Edith H aines.

Se tJl nth column- Ruth Givan, Martha W int er r owd, Evalyn \VilI iams. Fern Sweet, Maud Elfers. Florence li e n

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Eulin KIY"er, '18, and Kelly, "9. ha\e been clKted 10 the Y. W. C. A. Cabinet.

We feel that Ibi!> has been a nry bappy and successful year for our college, and .150 for our \Ve shall miss our six seniors areatly, but we hope they will return to u.s olten.

MIRIA)f DEMINC.

INDIANA BETA-UNIVERSITY OF INDIANA

(Chartered 1893)

( I nitiated February 24. 1916)

Mildred Border, '18

Anna Evans, ',8

Louise FechtmRn. "9

Pauline Condit, '19

Louise Hervey, '19

Mary Hall

Edith Haines

Ruth Givan

Mary Braun

Helen Hopkins. '19

Grnce Mellen, '18

Mary Mullinnix, ',8

Nell Sawin, '19

Evelyn Swetney, "9

Velma Wahn, "9

CANDIn,\TES H)R A B. DEGREE

Darte Ennel

Mary Martin

Freda Schlotzhauer

Florence H. H en

The ca l endar on my desk tells m e that "spring has come," hut the weather man is n o t doing his part. Ju st the same we nrc making heaps of plans for spring festivities, for our alumntc home-coming on May 11 - 14 , for our spring dance. and for the Indiana state centennial celebration. which is to be held on the campus of Indiana University on May 16, 17, 18.

This will be one of the biggest things that has come 10 our university for some time. It is a statewide affair in which ap· proximately one thousand persons are to take pa rt, six hundred of them (rom the university. Mr. Langdon, who is writing the pageant, has been here for severa l months, and the mUlic is being written by Professor C. O. Campbe ll of o ur music department.

Th e greatest onward mov ement th at Indiana has taken during this year is the beginning of the new gymnasium. The cor n er stone was r ecently laid with un appropriate address by President Bryan. The univer sity is continuing iu

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policy of bringing here the best talent on the American siage. On March twc:nty-fourth, Otis Skinner wa!> here in Cork 0' /Valk. I n ath letics, we are surely improving. The "!lskelb:L11 season closed gloriou s ly with a victory over Purdue, ou r rival stale university.

h Beta Phi has felt its part in the enlargement of the university, (or we {,:lve n ow th e bigges t , chap ter of recent years. Our gi rl s a r e taking part in all forms of Campu'i activity . Mary (;.lllnhan, '17. hns jus t been e lec ted prc!>icienl of the \\'o mnn',; League (or th e coming year. Eight of u s wi ll l eave in June, and th e limt' is drawing entirely too near.

I t was OUI' pri\-Uege And great p!('a.,ure to en tertain on l\ l arch twentysecond for Lutie E. o f Wisconsin, who is a director of the General Federnt :o n of \V omen's Clubs. M iss Stearns addressed a Universi ty Convocation in the morning nnd a met'ting of the university girls in the afternoon. We entertained for her \dth 3 luncheon 3t the chapter h ouse.

FU»I.ENCE II II tRI

I NDIANA GA MMA -IJUTLI';R COLLEGt;

(Chartered 1897)

INITIATES

( I niliated February 5)

Bertha eough l en , '18

Mae Hamilton. '18

M ildred Hill. ' r 8

Leila Kennedy, ' 18

Madge Oberh o ltzer, ' 19

Gertr u de Paddac k, ' 19

Emma Steeg, ' 18

( In itiated April 10)

Julin Vestal, '18

C."OIl)'\TES "OR A.B. DECREE

Edith Irene Coope r Annette J ane H edges

Ali ce Lu cille Dunn

Irm engard Sto ne

During the schoo l year which is ;lImost past o ur chapte r has p ut n great dea l of emphasis upon the que.,tion of scho larship arid we feel much pleased with the results. \ Vhen th e co ll ege grades were re nd at the e nd of the first semeste r, th e fnternity girls hnd an avert\ge of 80.34 per cent, nnd - the nonfrale rn ity b-ir l s an 3verage of 77.86 per cent. Th e averages of the four girl ' fraternities were very close together, there being n difference of only 1.86 per ce nt between the highest and the lowest. Th e o nly r ecog nition of th e high sc holastic standing at Butler is Ihe Ir onor Roll which is made u p or the teo highest :H'ernges in Ihe entire college for the semester. O ut of the fourteen places on the J ( onor Ro ll (ndiana J' claimed three, Alice Dunn, third pbce. Ruth I labbe, fourth place, and I rlll3 Slo n e, sixth place. W e feel·that the fraternity girls at Butl er :lrt: doing much to raise the frate rn ity standard in regard to scholarship_

As has been our cu .. tom for ..e\'eml years the thrre (n diana chapte rs are milking plans to give a "late d:mce Oil Founders' Day. The alumnle are in charge of the luncheon to he giHn :1t noon of the same day in the Riley room

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of the Cbypool lIotel. The dance has always bet:n :I. great hoth of the giH'n the :u:liH' :md alumn;}: :lnd a)...o in regard to \\" t' were \(') glad to h3P' our I'TcI\ince " i s '-uh with (or a few nrar the of b..;t Itt our r.-gre! tht' time !oeemed only 100 shorl for "II Ihe delightful we had tol{,·,heT

Our .. hapter hal> aduph'cI a new plan (or mf)liry {or the St-uiement

We haH taken lu help u a part of I'i Ph i whkh we often sing nbnu l but do not o{t('n ust'-· ·the \ 1i 1 IIf wllr.! "1I<h :I. "("lInw," "spike." "hid," "Barb," and "Frat" have blt'n ruled OUI of 1I"3}.:t' by the chapter and ('[\l-h limr It lllemht'T fi,II! hcr"df repealing 0I1t' of llw,c uhoocd words s he drop a 11('1111), inln 1111' little china goat which nmw III all lJur and p::rtil· :1' :l f:ailhful m('lllher.

"O h our goal's a Joyal Pi Phi

If e'li h,,'<; true

II e gets most all our pennies (:inn to the wine :mtl him·

Ruth lI ahl)(', 'Ii, h3' bt'l'"11 t'leded vice-prt: ident of Y W. C. A. and Edilll (·onper. ',6 , i I'rt·.. illt·nt (I( I.ol u .. Club the (or 311 college girl:. Alice Dunn, ',6, h3S rtcein'd a ",,"·holar.. hip in Frf.+llch 3t the l.'niVf:hity of Indiana for ne'-! lear.

AI.ICf; Lunl.l.1'! DUNN.

DELTA PROVINCF,

\ ALPII OF MI'l"NFSflTA

(Chartered 1890)

(Initialed February 10, IC)16)

Lu cile Daugherty, 119 \brit' !\1arlillc1., '1C1 \larg:Hrt 'IC)

\nn:a" Kenke-I, ' IQ .\nn 'I() Ilarr it't Todd, ' 1(1 Angt' lent' \Veher, "9

C"'I1I11.\TF.S B.A.

Churchill

Ldnn Ilealy

I.ucy Ilow

Olive Kell:ar I "abel 1\1cLaughiin Alice \Vnlktr

The Pi Phis of Minnesotn ha'e :again emerged triumphant in a contest in which e\'rryOIlt! on the C3mpu intensely the Vanity Fair conlest Gen'cvie\'e Bernhardt, 'Ii. wns elected queen, a difilinc i ion which her sisler, Floren ce held last yur.

"11 we 1X'("n thrill t:d by the f3d that 31 la t the plans for our neW house beginninJ;! t o maleri3li/c. \V hen the house is we feel thal"t shall be Ihe hapllieq in (or we have a wond erf ul localion and wi ll havt" th .' modern home ()II the \V e have ooing various to mont·), for Ih e fund; chief a1l101lJ;! which. was our vllUdevilll'", whkh provell 10 bt- much of a mv'ng 10 Ill('

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hearty cooperation and devotion of our alumna! club. Another means that we have taken {or earning money, is by having bridge tens at the girls' hou ses, These teas also give us an opport unity to see mOTe of each other than we o th e rwise would, in a more congenial atmosphere than that in which we usually come in contact with one another

The sophomores of the university Tl'centiy gave a vaudeville in which Monica Lan'gtry, , ,8, Aileen Sullivan, '18, Genevieve Bernhardt. ' 17. and Effie Wil son, ' 18, 311 took leading parts. Mary Taylor, ' 18, had leading part in a play put on by the Spanish department, Genevieve Bernhardt was in a play given by the French Club.

This spring much interest has bee n n.roused by the int erso ro rity basketball t ou rnam ent. W e had a lot of fun practicing for it even if we did not come out victorious, and we fee l that it has been a great incentive to fostering the spirit of good-fellowship between the organization s. It also helps to bring into our wonderful lIew girls' gymnasium, those girls who would o th e rwi se n ot get there at all.

W e are looking forward with pleasure to Ihe time when we can ente rtain all of our IT sisters at 'o ur new home.

ETHELYN L. SLAYTON.

WISCONSIN ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN

(Chartered 1894 )

GRAOUATES WITII B.A. DECREE

r sabelle Bodden

Elizabeth Brice

Marion Brown

Hel en Brooks

Irene Esch

Margaret Howe

H elen Smith

Madge Van Dyke

CA N DIDATES I,'OR B.S. DEGREE

Ruth Klemme

Gertrude Leland

Spring is back in Madison a n d on our campus again with all her beauty, Th e lake has broken up, Ilnd are r eady for o ur spring sports. With the exception o f th e new physics building which is under co nstru ction just beside the chemis try building, the university s how s little change, Howe v e r. although the exterior is about Ihe same as ever, ou r university life has been vigorous and progressive all year. Wisconsin won the Big Nine Basketball Championship, and has manifested unusual interest in forensics. The students have undertaken st:veral big stunts such as

Uuion Vodvil. the Circus, and The Engineers' Minstrels, and have made a succes, of them.

One of the most interesting features of the year is the interest which the women have ,.ken in .11 university 3iJairs. This is particularly illustrated by the eJection of onc of our members, Ruth Roberti, "7. over the maD who was opposing her for the office of senior member of the Ca.rdina/ Board of Conlrol.

B K elections have just been announced, and Wisconsin A is proud of Elizabeth Brice, '16, and Ma dge Van Dyke, '16, who wefe among the honored ones We art n l St> proud of Mary Lerch, '18, who is a new member of the IVisconsin ltfagas;ne staff, and has been elected to Wyslynx, an upperclassman honor..,y society. An addition 10 theie honors is the election of Ruth Roberts, '1 7, 10 e l: ¢, an honorary journalistic (raternity. Faith Willcox, also, has brought distinction to our chapter by becoming vice president of the Self·,overnment Association.

With many girls on the class committees, olhers active in the literary line, And still othe r s who are athletes. along with our recent honors and elections, we feel that we are the happiest chapter in school. Then best of all, within ourselves we are a united bod)' of girls, ambitious for n U 4> above eve rything else. We are anxiously allticipating the time when we can take in our fifteen 1>ledgtl who have already !lhown highly commendable 11 spirit.

RUTH ROHBaTS.

ILLINOIS BETA-LOMBARD COLLEGE

(Chartered 1872)

JNITIATES

(Initiated February I I, 1916)

Therle Hine s, '19, Knoxville. Ill.

Ethel Redpath, '19. Los Angeles. Cal.

(Initiated February 19, 1916 )

Eva Kathryn Knott. ' 19. Joliet, 1Il

Helen Clara Leonard , '19, Joliet, III.

Marjorie Caton. "9. Joliet, Ill.

(Initiated March 22, 1916)

Marion Woodley, ' 19. Hollywood, Ca l.

CASDlnATES FOR B.S. DunE

Florence Hont

Marguerite Ladage

Alice Porter

Dora Telford

Lombard College has had more students enrolled during the past year than ever before in the hi story of thp institution.

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Many of our alumna: returned to attend our fo rmal dinner dance wh h: :1 we thoroughly enjoyed on February 4. We felt honored to have Mr and Mrs. Allen with us on this occasion.

Th e second annual e< Drnbm ol" senson, celebrated February 18 -:11, was a splendid success. Six Pi Phi s look part in the various ente rtainment s lI elen C. Leonard, 't9. won second pri:te in the

D. A. R. Peace Essay Contest. On April 3. Margard McCarl, ' IS. Francts Eldred, '17. ?to'f adon W oo4:11ey, "9. and Winifred Tompkin s, ex -',s. gave a concc r t in Q uincy . Florence Hunt. '16, in addition to her r eg ular senior sc hool duties is filling 9 responsibl e position as teacher in math e mati cs at th e Galesburg high sc hool.

Under the management of Mrs. Anna Groff- Bryant of the Lombard Vocal Art Studio, the following world - famous artists have been brought before Galesburg audiences: Madame Nellie Melba, Fritz Kreisl er, violinist, Frances iI' gram and Carl Friedberg in 0. joint recital, Florence Macbeth and L amb"} ! Murphy, Iri sh tenor, in a joint recital, Madnme Julia C lau sse n and Reinald Werrenrath, great American baritone.

During the year 1915- 16 the two Galesburg chapters of n B 4> have grown in intimacy. O n F eb ruary 26, Tllinoiw 6. r OyA lly entertained Illinois B at a coo ky -shine.

Both nctive chaplers and the :liumnre are Inaking plans for F o unders' Day. Mrs. Allen and Mi ss Onken will be guests of the local chapte r s on that day. On the;: first Saturday in May , Illin ois B will ce lebnte P ar""I,,' Ony, our mothers anci fathers will co m e from near and far to see how and where we live when we nre not under the pl1rental roof-tree. \Ve are looking forward to this event with the highest expectations_

CATHARINE Y. ClUSSEY

ILUNOI S DELTA-KNOX COLI.EGE (Chartered 1884) GRADUATES CONSEKVATORY

Ethelyn Gaylord

CANDIDATP.S FOR B.S. DEGkEE

Shirley Jeffers

Nettie Krantz

Lucile Forsytbe

CA NOIOA T£ FOR A. B DECREE

Helen Mills

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It is impo!isible at this lime to begin a Jelter wilh anything other than that which is uppermost in every Knox mind today, .• "Endowrocnt. tJ It is only three short weeks until we hope to grace the door of Old Main with tbe most wonderful May basket .he has ever known. Faculty, students, alumni and (riends have given their time and energy as well as their money to help raise the $400,000 which must be added by May I to the '100,000 gi\'cn us last year by the General Education Board of ew York City.

Even our len day.' VDCAtion owes its existence to the students desire to work in the campaign. I r we 3rt as successful as we now dare hope, we will hue honrds of interesting things 10 tell you next year. ft is 50 hard not to anticipate but we have patience.

In one wtek. this we had with us, Brewer Eddy, Charles Sheldon and Ol.ora Davis. Later we Rishop J[ughes 3nd then came Dr. T. N. Caner of the If:1rvaro. ,,''«('hange for three whole weeks. Ilis "Economics department" soon included the greater part of the college :md many of the Galesburg alumni as well.

We are overjoyed to find that Mrs. Carver is a wearer of the arrow for she is a most charming woman. She came to our and told us in such a delightful way of her Pi Phi days in Iowa A.

Mrs. Nina lIarris Allen also visited us early in February on her return from the We st 3nd because of hu enthusiastic :'lnd \'ivid descriptions we felt much better acquainted with our new western sisters.

Even in the excitement of the campaign "and in spite of the call of the Springtime, Knox Pi Phi have had time and interest (or all college activities In the V. W. C. A. elections, Gertrude Olson, '17. was made president for n ex t year i Lena Ely, ' 17, was captain of the champ i on basketball team and Ruth Gillis and Alta Greene hnve made themselves prominent in the dramatic a,·t by taking important parts in the one presentation which the Dramatic Club gives this semester. Many of the girls assi!oted materially too in the Y W. C. A. Jubilee banquet, in the maSlluerade "Endowment" party and in the Pan hellenic party given for the women and girls of the college, each of which was interesting and beneficial in its own way.

\Ve send you all our very best wishes for :1 happy vacation.

ELSIE M. COON.

ILI.INOIS EPSILON-NORTHWESTERN UNIV,.:RSITY

(Cha rt ered t894)

[NITIATES

( In itiated March 4. t916)

J ose.pbine Allman, '19. Dixon, III.

Sarah Murdock, '19, Wilm ette, III

Florence Mizum. '19, Wi s. Hel en Plat e. '19. Wilm ette, 111.

Florence Rogers, '19, Aurora, 111.

Dorothy Smith, "9. Oshkosh, Wis.

lLUNOIS E

Top ,.quo, II/t to riQht-Gncia Blackman, Mary Louise Koehler, Sarab Murdock. Anne Dougherty Ruth Grave. Laura Barnett Ruth Hope Miller.

S"o,.,l rOU1'--Heien Powell, Minnie BUlI:ard, Helen Judson, Nona Hakes, Ruth Mitchell, Anne Annstrong. Grace Williams.

Third rl7W-Jcl5ie Reid, Helen Plate, Clance Whitacre, Ruth Colby, Miriam Williams, Alice Carter. Frances Clarke.

Fo."It roW'---Cecil Rigby, Dorothy Howell. Grace Zodner, Roger., Louis Paulin. Catherine Bower Eunice Thorpe.

Fifth row--Helen Koebler, Thurma AlLen l Frances Staska. Dorothy Smith , Mildred Eberbart, Sarah Mitchell. Dorothy Coay.

Dorothy Cady

CHAPTE R L ETTERS

Eunice Thorpe, '19. Chicago, Ill.

Miriam Williams, '19. Carthage, III.

CANDJDATES YOR A.B. DECRO

Anne Dougherty I feleD Powell

CANDIDATES FOR B.S. DECREE

Kate Bomer, Graduate in Oratory Nona Hahs

Mildred Eberhart, Grad uate in Music Fran ces Shnska

On March 4 we held initiation for our eight freshmen at the home of Mrs. Ga ult. Many of our al u mna:: said it was the m01i1 beautiful initiation they had ever witnessed. lmmedintely afterwards we went to the Evanston Hotel, where we enjoyed a banquet with many 3.lumnre of our own and from other chapters. Mrs. C!\ult presided !IS to!lStmistrCC:5 and we In IOIlSIe; (rom lIelen Powell, '19. Mrs. E3mes. Helen Plate, '19. Mrs. Lardner and our province president, Mn. Spry.

Our new girls nre all enthusiastic , active girls and we expect much help fl'"om them in bettering OUI'" chapter life. QUI'" chapter life this yeu has been one of perfect hal'"mony and accord. The girls al'"e all highly congenial with each othel'" and hold the most charitable and unselfish feelings tow8I'"d each otbe l'".

Illin ois E has been striving very hud to uise its standSl'"d of seho lanhip this yeSI'" and we have succeeded quite well. You 've no idea bow we have I'"ejoiced ovel'" it. At presellt Minnie Buzard, 'l8, heads OUI'" scho lars hip.

We a re going to ce lebnte Founders' Day with the Chicago Alumnre Club in Ch icago. In the evening we sre having !l formal dance. W e have p lanned two favol'" dances nnd we sha ll probably spend our "Cozy lI o un" wOl'"king on them fol'" th e next two weeks.

W e a re enjoying visits from Mabel Young nnd Nnomi Dugan al this time. W e have also had numel'"ous visitors from other chapters this win tel'", including Texas A, Wi sconsin A, Missouri B, Ontario A, I owa r

Illin ois E active chapt er is planning on a house party to be held somewhere neal'" Chicago imm'!diately after college c10sts in Ju ne W e think at least twenty of the girls will participate in this party. To us who have not the p rivil ege of li ving toge th er this promises great fun 3nd much c losei'" acquaintance. Th e party will extend from June 'S 21.

Best wishes to all for a happy vacation.

FRAN CES CUR K it.

II LINOIS ZETA-UN IVER S I TY OF ILUNDIS

(Cha rtel'"ed '89s)

INITIATES

( Initiated Febl'"uary ' 5, TC)16)

Mar gal'"et ' ;' t zpa trick, "9. Chicago, 111. Mildr ed Fmmm :m n, "9 , Chicago, 111.

THE ARROW OF PI BETA PHI

Gladys Holton, "9. Chicago, 111 . lI elen Ward, '19. Sterling, Ill. Augi e La T eer, '18, PUlon, III. Mildr ed Murphy, ' 18, Decatur, III. Il elen Guthrie, ' 19. Mattoon, III. lI e len Avey, '19. Mattoo n, III.

CANUIDATES 1'011. A.B. DEG REE

Mary Whe e lhou se

Sally Balkema

Genevieve Alvord

Agnes Wright

CANBIDATE YOK B.S. IN lI ol'sEIIOI D Sc IE NCF.

Mil d red Forkey

We are particularly happy over the acquisition of our eight new sisters and our one new sis ter -la-be, Florence Graham of Chicago, because we art l osing six se n iors, five or whom cnme here as freshmen. Agnes Wright h as twice brought hon or upon herself and incidentally upon tho.: chapter this year by being elected to 4» B K and K .6 n the honorary educational society, O UT seniors, however, are not the only ones who have been doing things this year, so we do nol need to feel entirely hopeless about our future without Ihem. Mari on Whit e made junior honors, Gladys Holton has been the president of the freshman girls, :lnd we have the vice -p re sident of the Woman's League for next year. ThE' Woman ' s League has t:ntire c harge of self-government organization. Although self-government is only two years old at lIIinois, it has made very rapid strides under the wise guidance of our Dean with the hearty cooperatio n of the girls. The working of th e plan will be greatly simplified when our dormitory system is comp leted. The first dormitory to accommodate one bundred girls and t o cost one hundred thousand dolb.rs, will be begun this spring_ Besides the dormitory, plans have been comp leted for a new building for the School of Music and one for the department of education which will include accommodations for a practice school. These nre to come within the next yea r and in two or three years we are to have a splendid three million dollar library. It gives one a delightful littl e thrill t o feel tht they belong to a growing university such as Illinois.

Our social affairs have been few and far between this year. We are not giving a "formal," but are putting aside our dance assessment to swell our house fund. At our ¢ B K dinner, Madge Myers, '14. ODr Jast B K shared tbe bonon with our new honor bearer.

One of o ur best times is yet to come. I nstead of our usual banquet on )'ouoden' Day, we are going to have a real, 5ure·enough cooky-shine. O UT a r e going to furnish th e ueals ," and ou r freshmen will m3ke their debut as e nt e rtainers

The girls of th e university wen: exceptionally forlunate in having for th e Y. W. C. A. Jubil ee. Mi ss Loui§e exe(;ulive of the departme nt of Me th od of the N a tional Board.

Miss H o lmqu is t was here for only three days, but during that shOTt time made a la s ting impression UI)OIl the university girls, (or her talk!. were unu,ually full of inspiration. She wa with us (or Ronday dinner, and we had the oppo rtunity of co ming in t o direct contact wilh he r forcdul personali l y.

FJtANCUIA

ILLIN O I S I::JA-JAMES Mil LI I N UN I VERS tJ' Y

(Charlered 1912)

INITI Ans

( In itiated F eb ruary 7. 1916)

G retchen Franken. ' 18 Ii' r ancis Kenney, '19

Louise Callons, '1 9

Miritlm lI e rron, ' 19

Kathryn Kydc , ' 19

CANDIIJATES }' OH A.B. DEGR£!:!

Virginia Bo wye r, A.B.

H ortense Mo rrow. A B. (wi th Librtlry Sc ie n ce)

Ali ce Herren Diploma in Musi c

Although thi s is the thirteenth year of Mill ikin's life, it has not proved at all unlucky , Indeed we fe e l very well sa ti sfied with o urse lves. At basketball tournament las t month we won sec ond p lace In the r ecent Int ercoll egiate de bat e we sp lit even. Rig ht now whispers or sp r i ng a thl etic chR,n ceo; :l. re making us a ll happy. So much for o ur university.

Illinoi s Eta has had tI Illost profitable yea r, also. We have worked especially hard for th e unive rsi ty all yea r, and as a result we a re stronge r than we h ave bee n for some time. One Or mOre of OUr girls has fried o ut fo r all of the literary co ntes ts thi s year. Two o f o ur girls hav e debated, Charlotte Kerney, ' t7. was one of Mill ikin's intercollegiate debaters. Th e 1917 yearbook has for its editor-in-chief, M argaret H oneywe ll , '17. Gail Frede, '17, has recently

IOWA A

Firzf row. ,,,, 10 riglll-Mildred McKee. Ruth Heppee, Amy P opham Zimmerman, Lillian Piper. Glady. Hastings, W inifred Dilts. S.to"d row-Alta Hardinl. Edna Jane Benjamint.. La Rue Jane Sowen, Abbie Sin Cla ire, Marie S mith, Hazel Alieni! Trevs Crabbe. Third row-Edith B. Va", Katharine: Druise. a:.llen Gardner, Beulah Billingsley. Florence V. Romin8u, Vivian . Miller.

been t lected Y W. C. A. \ bOllt six weeks ago :l new Millik in song came o ut \\riUt:n by one of our mUliic girls , Alice Il erren. I t is heard a ll over the campus n ow ill v1rious stages DC mastery. It good in c hapel, o n the fi e ld or a t a d:mce, lOll kn ow the kin d. At th e Panhell.:nic b anquet i n F eb ruary, P i Phi \\s repre'cnted by two girls who received the highest averages in the j uni or :m·1 ophoma re classes, h er o wn wh o had a good record.

D o n't think th at e ha\'e done nothing but work, th q ugh. Eighteen of o ur c hapter went to the Bloom ington tournament with the Millikin delegation that we sent up to beat \V esleyan. o f a black and wh ite dinner d:lnce.

O ur formal this year WB S in the nature O ur latest good time was at Chapin. W e spent last week -e nd with Onkt n. From the time we went down-fourteen !' trong--Saturda y morning, until the last !ftraggle r s got back M o nday noon, we h a.d ju,.t vnc guuJ tillie. ulillceJ, look riut:s with her good - l ook ing brother· i n - law, p l ayed our ukuleJe'i until tht nt;ghbors mu t have resorted to cotlon , were se re nad ed by the village youths, :lte :lnd ate, anel all t oget her h ad a w o nd erf ul time, Th e chapter has voted to adopt-by force if need ue-Miss Onken for ou r own. \V e know that she is much t h e sweetest little Grand Secretary there evt:T was, Be st wishes to all o ur l:hapte rs and gc)Odbye ulltil n ex t year.

MARGAR ET J I ON EYWELL,

EPSILON PROVINCE

IOWA ALl'lIA-IOW.\ COL LEGE

(Chartered 186<»

I NITIATE

( Initi ated \tarch 25, 19 16)

Fl orence R ominger , ' 18. Bl oo mfi e ld, I owa

K:lt h e rin e Dru se

Lillian Piper

Vivian Miller

ca n sc arcely r ea li ze to pass so quickly. As

W i nifr t'<1 Dilts

Amy Zimmerman G ladys Ha st ings (also in Oratory)

th at it is time to write y o u again for the weeks seem w e look back ove r the past college year with all its wo rk and its many pl eas ur es , we realize it ha s meant a great dea l to both our co ll ege and o ur c h ap ter. And n ow as we lo ok toward its close our hearts grow sa d, for th en our six seniors, wh ose innuence and l oya lty will ever b e an inspira. tion to us, mu s t l eave co llege t o star t another road in life. \Ve h ope the cou rse which they choose may b e fill ed with plea<;ure and s uccess.

Sin ce our la s t leiter, both E dna Ben ja min, ' 19, nnd Edith Va ss, ' 18, hav " been compelle d to lea ve !!choo l to han: opera ti o ns for appendicitis. \V e mis s them very mu c h. but they will be back with U s next year,

At five o'clock on Marc h 25 . at th e h ome o ( Ullena rnger so ll, '09 , Floren ce Rominger was initiat ed int o 1 0wa A. F ollow in g the e vent, the active c hapt :'r

I OWA B

Firn roUl. J.'t '0 McClaren, Lottie McKay, Grdchen McClure. Vesta Merrit , Bessie Long, Louise Ke rn, Aural Anderson. Ruth Thompso n, Marie Hei lley.

S.cOfId row-Ruth Buxton, E lsie Martin, Florence Baker, Anna KafT, Dorotbe Anderson. Lulu Applegate, Hden \Vailes. Edith Barker, Eula Summers.

Tlaird row--M a.are t Griffith. Louisiana Spaulding. J ose phine Hiatt, Alice Baker, Helen W riaht , Esther P eddicord, Amy C r abbe, Glady. Men-it, Either Baker.

bright. Aural Anderton, '17. and Florence Dabr, "7. art on the junior team which won the cup in girls' class baslatball.

The high school bukethall tourna.ment has pased and the "5" Club wit! engineer the aDoual high school track meet in May. The girls' "5" Club are iOJtitutioi .. Dew event this year-a girls' higb school track meet wbich we hope will help to bring many new girls to Simpson. Aural AndersoD, '17.

Anna Karr, '17. Helen \VTight, '18, are memlxrs of the girls' "5" Club.

The annual gymnasium exhibition w II be given under the efficient management of our physical director, June Hamilton Rhodes. It is to be especially elaborate this year with three pn.nlomimes, Greek, French and ludi!!.n. effective ly staged

The Fete del FOUl this yur outdid all former revels of the merry fools. The Queen and her Court held sway over the masked revelers, while confetti flew, SQuawkers squawked, streamers streamed, ad infinitum.

Feeling il running high among Simpsonites over the 1')( woman suffrage. A Suffrage League, of which Helen Wright, '18, is president, has recently been organi:r;ed by the girls in school, who hope to do all they CRn before June I by "indirect influence."

Since the last letter we have pledged two more lovely girls: Gladys Mer · ritt, '18, and lI elen '18. The pledges surprised uS most delightfully with delicious eats at II recent fraternity meetiDg.

We were 10 delighted to have Miss Ingersoll with us recently, Her helpful talks and the inRuence of her charming personality meDnt a great deal to Iowa B.

W1e wiB certainly feel the: 1055 of our eight fine sen ion who graduate in June We do wish that all our enthusiastic alumnre would come back and (njoy commencement week with us,

RUTH BUXTON',

IOWA

GA MMA -IOWA STATE COLLEGE (Chartt!rcd 18n)

CANDl I>ATF.S FOil B.S. DECilE!::

Ruby Donahue

Ida Anders (in H ome Economics)

Ruth Curtiss (in Home Economics)

Loraine Graham (in Home Economics)

lIelen Rodgers (in Home Economics)

Marjorie Wyckoff (in I f ome Economics)

The past year has indeed been a progressive one for the college. Many improvements have been made. greenhouses have been enlnrRed until it was Quite an amazement to all t o see h o w extms iv e the work of the horticultural department really il.

Th e building of a third women's dormitory shows th9t the percentage of girl s nt Ames is very certain ly nnd rapidly incre9sing. A new Inrge scie n ce bui lding, which hilS needed for some time and will he great ly app r eciated, is in the process of conSiruction, And last but not least comes the assurance

THE ARROW OF PI BETA PHI

Kath ari ne Goshorn, W inte r set , I o wa.

Mary Ellen C rant , Dexter, I o w a.

Alice Marie Cum min gs, O ttumw a, I owa.

Ruth M a rie Cummi n gs, Ott u mwa , I owa.

Irene Luci lle Gorman, I o wa C ity , I o wa .

M ar y Elither Corman, Burlington, Iowa.

Ethe l Bernice Ma ns on, Dubuque, I owa. Catherine G lady, Stump, Ottumwa, I owa.

CANOIlJATES YOM. B.A. DECREE

Jean Dayton

Olive Eastman

M a r jo ri e Ku ppi nger

H aze l La ngst a ff

F lo r en ce Light

Floren ce M oro ny

F ebruary 26 mark ed th e first ple dge day since th e inauguration of se mes ter pledge day a t I owa. n B <IJ pled ge d e le ven girls, nnd fee ls, with the o th e r fraternities, th at semes t e r is much mOTC su ccess ful than sophomo re pledgi ng.

Our fre s hmen demonstrated th ei r ability as hostes St.s wh en, o n April 8, th ey e ntertained th e active c hapte r at a lun che'on at H ot:1 J effer son Th e table deco r a tions were in lavende r Rod pink, with co r s age bo uq ue ts o f sweet peas o f the se co lors at each pla ce.

On the a ft e rn oon of M n re h :JJ II B <I> he ld open h ouse fo r the fraternity me n of Towa. Th e affair was ent i r ely i nfo rmal, mu s ic by th e girls fo rming th e o nly ent ertainment

The entire chapter of IT B was m os t delightfully e ntert a ined when M rs. B F Shambaugh ( Be rth a H o ra ck , ' 9 3 ) g a ve a lun cheon for th em o n h r r birthday, J anuary u Th e ta bl e deco r a ti ons w e re in wine and blue, a nd after lun c h eo n each girl receivf"d a tiny package cont ai ning a gift (o r " th e Pi Phi H o u se." M i niatur e k i tchen ut ensils , (l sewing mac h i ne, and even a lawn mower helped to make up the plenishing.

Towa women nrc in te n se ly intt:rested in the co ming vote on woman s uffra ge 10 take place June S. Th e university w o men formed an o rganizati on , and began operations with a "Suffrage Dan ce" whi c h over Il hundred co u pl.! s a tt e nded Speeches by prominent suffr age workers, and ! uffrage so ngs by a group o ( unive r si ty girls formed th e spec inl feature o( th e e vening Th e o rgani r;a ti on ha s a lso made arrangements (o r a se rie s o ( led ures , and is trying to bring Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst her e. Th e girls are personally i nterview · ing each university man of twe nty-one years o r over, find ing o ut if h e i in (avor of giving tbe vole to women, and asking him to s ign a ( a rm made a lit to tb a t effect.

P oss ibly the most distinctive honor wh ich has come 10 Pi Beta Phi this ye a r is in th e election of Aren n Watt ers as p r eside nt o( Y . W . C. A . She h u been active i n this work f or three years, and the e lection ('o mes as a fitt i ng r eco gniti on o f h e r w o rk and personality.

OLlY! EASTMAN

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NEBRASKA BETA-UNI\'ERSITI' o NEBRASKA

(Charterffi 1895)

I NITlAT£S

( I

Daphne Stick le , "9

M ildred Barney, '19

Margaret Galbraith. ' 19

Cladys Holland, ' 19

Dorothy Pierce, '19

Dorothy Carns J eanneUe Finney

Fehruary 1916)

FlI)'t Simon, ' 1 <) (aady!! lI ellweg, 'It)

Eleanore F og g, '19

Bernice Te ssi er, 1[9 :\fildr ed Bowers, ' 19

CANDIOATES , lOR A.B. DEGREE

FOR Bernice Heckler

Florence Taylor

rlWRtE OF B.S .C.

De ss T aylo r

I s it possib le that another college year so ne3r1y over? Facts prove il . with many incidents to r em e m be r. \V ith the beginning of the second semelltit' T ca m e th e pledging of two charmi ng freshmen-Lillian Coam of Car r o ll, I owa and Angelette Barnes of Il o idrege. Neb.; then the initiation of o ur ten fre shmen who "ere pledged in the ear ly faU; a week late r came th e annual b :m 'l 'l e t and the formal, th e following e ve ning Many of the o l d girls r et urned f o r these events nnd it was good to see th em. And just a week ago J ean n e tte Finn ey was elected to membership in cI> B K. Surely the cup of joy has been ove rflowing for Nebraska B.

But to turn to things of m o r e general in terest, Nebraska University ha s recently acquired additional Innd and will soon have some new buildings on her campus The first one to be built will be known as the Be ssey Buildingin honor of the late D oc t o r Bessey. It was hi s one desire t o have a Botanical building and before his death plans were d rawn up for it s erection. Wilen this building is completed, w o rk on th e new ch e mi s try building will hegin.

Nebruka boasts o f several co nv enti o ns this year. The Ac h o th so r o rity held its national co nclave her e in F eb ruar y, and at a recep t ion th e university girls were given an op p o rtunity t o meet the Grand Office r s and de legat es.

The IAit week in Marc h, Nebra ska girls held a vocational co nferen ce and it proved t o be a great success. :'Ili ss lI elen Bennett , wh om we were so fortunate in h aving with us, pronounced it the best sh e had attended. Classes were excused that th e girls might a ttend the lec tures and library work, alt, dram.atics and the work of the girl behind the counter, were the lubjech di e;c ussed

In May, Nebraska coeds are to be h ostesses t o the Girls' Club Convention to be held in Lin coln . The girts at present a r e making great preparations and are looking forward to it with mu ch pleasure. Eighteen colleges nnd universities will be reprelented.

Local Panhellenic has r ece ntly mad e 1\ rul e, r eco mmending that a medal be awa rded to th e girl r anking high es t in each class-that is, the fre shman, so pho -

THE A RROW OF Pi BETA PHI

m o re, juni o r and sen i o r classes, re s pec tively. By doing thi s th e Co u nci l hopes to rai se th e sc h o l arship standing a mo ng coeds

The Nebra ska B brace l e t, worn by J ea nn ette Finney during the fi r st semes t e r (or highest chapter standing, will be wo rn thi s se mester by Ruth Quigl ey .

Our chapter wi sh es f or all Pi Phis a mos t plcasnnt · and d elightful s ummer.

MELBA Q U IGLEY.

MI SSOU RI

ALPHA-UNIVER S IT Y OF MI SSOU RI

(Chartered 1898)

INITIATES

( Inilial ed October 20, 19 15)

S e r e na At chi son, Gower, o.

M a ry Br ow n, C harl eston, Mo.

Ann e Cla rke, Liberty, Mo.

H e le n Moo re , Br oo kfi eld Mo.

Mar y B a rrett , V i nit a, Okla.

Il e l e n Co nn ett, St. J ose ph, M o.

Be n Kelly, Kearney, Mo

Marce lla Mye rs, N eva da, Mo (Intiated March 8, 1916)

Lucy H a ll , Mar sh a ll , Mo

Hel e n O wens , Mi sso uri Ci ty , M o

M ayme Th o ma s, Co lo rado Spring s, Co lo.

Ruth How a rd, Brookfield, Mo

Hel en R ed fo rd, Vvarrensburg, Mo

CANDIDATES FOR A B DEGREE

Fran ces Mitchell

Mary M. Lee.

Kathe rine ] <;mes (and B.S. in Edu cati'on)

CANDIDATES lo'OR B.S DEGRE"

Ethel Syke s (in Education)

Clara Dunn (in Journ-ali s m)

\ Ve o f Mi sso uri A co mbin ed :1 r e un io n for some o f o ur alumna! and enlertainment f o r ru shee s in a h o us e party las t month. The old girls who came bnck at thi s time were! Mr s. W alter S t ind e ( Ida Mn e Cole), Pruden ce Gardn e r, V e r a Jan e H olcomb, Il e len "-ylesbury, Mildred J o hn son, Ali ce Osmond, Sarah P ainter , a nd Miriam Glando n

\Ve w e re glad to h :1Ve Mr s Gene Sm ith (S ue Stone), o ne of o ur c harter members, h e r e f or o ur last initiation.

La s t week th e Kan sas City dub se nt us tw o beautiful tapestry chairs, which add materi ally to the appear3.nce of ou r living"l'oo m.

Baseball senson opened roday with victory for Mi sso uri.

The dat e o f J o urn alism W eek , whi ch is q uil e an eve nt, has been set for the seco nd week in l\f3 y . At th is time suc h men as Seaetary Joseph Daniels and William J Bryan witl be here

of our seniors, Clara Dunn, has been nomina1ed fo r Ma,. quteo :tnd oue of the junior. Ann:»Jee Vernon for Ad C lub Ca rniva l queen. Suen:J. Atc hison has been elee led t o Y. W . C . A. cabinet. Plans arc being made for Founders' oa)'. We will have a banquet and afte rw ards a cooky·shine.

MARY MEA CIfAM LEI.

MI SSOUR I HF.TA - WA S lIINGTON U N IVER S ITY

(C h a rtered 1907)

INITIATES

( ln ili:lled hbruary 10, 19 16)

Dorothy Aylesb ury

Louise Ure ed ing

Marie Donk

Mildred lIe ss

Mary Hope

D o rothy J ackes

Gertrude nandy

Mary Brothert on

Kathleen Lu cy

M nrgard Martin

Agnes M an lcy

Lilly Schmcd t je

Mildr ed Smith (;n1ce W oods

Margar e t W oods

( lnili ated F eb ru a r y 15. 1<)16)

Gertrude San dy

C \SDIIlATES FOR A n. OECRt:F.:

Fran ces Duffel M arie J..:amnure r

Lo rn Otto

\Vashington University is mu ch Ilt in t io o! tlnd f o r pageant whi c h is t o be on camp u s, the Dnd of April. Thi s pageant univ erlO ilY 's part in of th e T erce ntenary and con s titutes, a l so, the co ntributi on to th e meeting o( th e National Co nvention of th e Drama League of Ameri ca whi ch is to be h eld in St. Loui s the lut of April. There to be tw o plays Old Ta ll and TIr!' /lu t' a'tfd Cry at'" Cupid . I n th e H e l ell J ohnson, ' 18, is to take th e part of Cupid and many other Pi Phi s t o hnve minor parIs.

Ex-Presidt'nt Taft spent three days io 5 1. L o uis l as t weelc and we in having him give (our nrldrU'IC!I in o ur own chapcl beside hi s lectures in the city.

There is to be a new department opened nt Wa s hington next fall-the Department of Administration and Business. This is to furni sh a very prac ti c al course and it is that thi s del)anment will grow rapid ly as the other 3re doing.

Thrysus, the dramati c cl ub, gave its annual production April 4- The play was Mrs. Dol and was unusually good. Mildred "Brook " '18, and Francis Duffet, ' 16, t oo k tw o o f the (our women's parts.

THE ARROW OF PI BETA PH!

W e have btgun rushing (or next fall . We try to bnc a large hut very informal party every two w ee ks s o that all th e chapter girls and ru s hees meet each other and t hen ea c h chapter girl is required to take one rushee lomewhHc each m onth for individU31 rushing. Thi " s y s tem works ve r y well nod especia lly the indi vidual rushing whic h we find co unt s mos t in th e end

The two big tOCial events of Missouri B afe comine sooo. The alumna! banqu et celebrating Founders' Day is to be on May 2, and on M ay 6 we a re to have ou r annual tea to which all students and fa c ulty of the colteRe are invited. Sho rtl y afte r these events, th e fina l examinations will come and th en Comm e n ce ment Day with a ll its excitement and one more year will hav e passed iDto hislOIY for Misso uri B .

HELE N' McCAlI.co.

MI SSOURI GAMMA-DRURV COLLEGE

(Chartered 19 14 ) INITIATES

( Initi ated February 12, 1916)

Alt. Ap pleby '19, Kansas Ci ty, Mo . Dorothy Br ec k e nr-i d gt', ' 19 , Spr i ngfi e ld, Mo. Clara Lu cy Ely, ' 19, Sp r in gfi e l d, Mo. Jean M ac K esson , ' 19, Lebanon, Mo Pauline Pate, '19, Springfie ld. Mo. Grace Sherrow, ' 19 Springfield, Mo. Helen Smith, "9, Springfield , Mo. Marjory Whaples, '19, Springfield, Mo.

CANDIDATES FOR B.A. D acREE

l\[ arguet Bish'op

Mary H opkins

Eleanor Hum phrey

In ez: Ma the s Charline "'[(,Canse Ora W a lt on

The a:rrivil of spring is alway s accompanied by many new interests and activities -among the stu de nts of Drury. O n the thirtieth of M a rch , th e gymnasium was th e scene of th e nnnual a thl etic carniva l, l very important feature of whi ch was 3n intersorority relay race. It was an anxio u :i and enth u siastic group of spectators who witnessed this e v e n t and w e Pi Phi s were overjoyed when ou r runners gave Us the victory. We are now the pro u d possessors of the only two intenorority relay banners that have been awarded. Our last gathering was a picnic supper given at the home of May Merritt, ' 18, in honor of the 6ve boys who represen t ed liS in the racc_

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Ora Walton. 11 6, has been chosen queen of the Sou'wester. Mary Jane Hopkins. '16, received second highest number of votes.

We are .lso glad to announce that Mrs. If. T. Hornsby and Mrs. Roscoe Stewart h e been added to our list of patronesses.

The ICholarship cap presented to us I.,t yur by our alo.mnae sisten now hears the name of Eleanor Gideon, '.8, (or having made the hightlit g-r_des of any of our freshman girls of last year.

A freshman clan play w very _ell presented by I(.me of their number three of whom were Pi Phis, Jran 1IohcKesson, lIelen Smith, and Pauline Pate.

A few weeks ago the senior Pi Phis enjoyed entertaining the (acuity women and the girls of the senior class. The afternoon was spent socially in the c hapter-room.

The Calt {or the senior class play bu recently been chosen. It includes four .nrh. one of whom i. Margaret Bishop.

The members of our active chapter were very delightCully entertained the c..lher 3fternoon by our president, Charline McCanse, '16, at her home on Elm St. We were also entertained at the beginning of the semcster by our alumn:r sisters at a chafing -dish party at the home of Mary Belle Minard, ex-'17. Our hostesses very generously presented us with a much -needed set of dish towels and dust cloths which have added greatly to the comfort of our chapter-room.

During the first of March the students of Drury were favored by a visit from Mr. A. J Elliott, better known as "Dad" Elliott and were greatly benefited by his strong personality and inspiring messages.

Drury has just started 3 campaign to raise $500,000 additional endowment fund. The students and all those interested - in Drury arc enthusiastically working for the attainment of Ihi9 fund.

Ou r annual IT banquet, March eighteenth. was.a very happy event ant W3S enjoyed by about (ifty, including aiumnre, actives, and patrooesses.

Best wishes to you all for a very p leasant summer.

EMMA MAY BALDWIN.

KANSAS Al PHA-KANSAS UNIVERSITY

(Chartered 1873)

INITJAT&S

( Initi ated January 3 1,1 916)

Gertrude Shep herd

Elizabeth Coors

Lu cene Spencer

Loraine Was Ion

Alice Coors

Ruth Peairs

Gillespie

Mildred Tuylor

Eleanor Atkinson

H elen Peain

CANDJOATE.S FOR A.D. DI:CR£E

May Miller

Helen H enhberger

As this sc hool year comes to a close, we look back upon it with mudl happiness, for many things have h appened this year. Our new h ouse is still quite a novelty to us. In March our "Fathers" o( the chapter sent us n very

KANSAS A

TOI rour. "ft to right-Loraine Wasson. Frances J obes, Elizabeth Coors. Gladys LuckaD, Helen Moore, Ruth Peaiu, Beatrice Dimond. Gertrude Wiaain., Helen Peairs, Lu«ne Spencer. Middl. f'o_ImoJcne Gillespie. Marie Dunne, Dorothy Brown, Mary Govier, Matilda Smithmeycr, Alice Coors. May Miller, Rebekah Cooper, Jane Parmenter Gertrude Shepherd Mildred Taylor. BoU o," Houston. Efeanor Atkinson, Winifred Mattick., Ada Dyku, Helen H ershberger , Margaret Fitch, Lois Greenkcs. Helen Chapman, Mafa'fett, Stennson, Madeline Butts.

fine victrola, records, a roomy porch Iwing, a much-needed garden hose, :lnd two old-hickory chain, not to mention many other gifts we have received from Pi Phi!! and friends. As a result of the Women's Student Government Association election, H uel Carsoo is secretary for the coming year. Margaretta Stevenson is chairman of the Publicity Committee on

lhe Y. W. C. A. Cabinet and Imogene Gillespie is on the :-,econd Cabinel, while nearly all of our girllo are On committees. Alice Coors was elected last year to Torch, no honorary senior society, and was also made president of it. The nnmes of th e members are kept secret until the second semester. H elen Moore a nd Il aze l C3.rson were initiated recently into n I' l: honorary educational fraternity. In our chapter Dunne won the scholarship bracelet for high scho larship, among freshmen, Inst semester.

We pledged Lora Taylor of Kansas City, Missouri, at the beginning of the second semester. She is a sister of l\1 rs. II R. St. John (Satie Taylor, '00) And Mildred Taylor, ' 19.

On April eighth, the Kansas University !l.lumni tllosociations held reunions all over the United States. Through the courtesy of the Bell Telephone Company, K. U. alumni in New York and Siln Francisco laughed and talked with five hundred alumni and students , who were holding recei'/ets to their ears in Robinson Gymnasium, in Lawrence. Air. Alder, president of the New York nlumni association, exchanged grtetings with Chancellor Strong at Lawrence :lnd Prof. W. II. Carrulh, at San Francisco. K. U. songs and yells were given over the wire. H owever. of especia l interest to Pi Phis was the conve rsa tion between Mrs Louis A. Springer (Ge rtrud e lIill, '00) in New York, May Ga rdner, '97, in Lawrence, and Helen Sutliff, '90, in San Fr:mcisco, through Knnsas A Phi Phis.

Our year will close with our Founder!" Day banquet, nnd our annual May I meeting. At this meeting we will o rganize the alumn::c nnd active chapter into a joint stock company, as owners of the n <I> house. The farewell cookyshine for the seniors will bring regret to them, that their college careers a.re ended. To the others in the chapter it means on ly the beginning of a vacation during the summer monlh s. The fall will find us only too ready to resume university training 3.nd chapter life.

MAY MIl.ua.

THE ARROW OF PI BETA PHI

KANSAS BETA-KANSAS STATE AGRI C ULTURAL COLLEGE

(Char-tered June 3. 1915 )

INITI ATE

(Initiated April I, 1916)

Marie Coons, Manhattan, Kan.

CANDIDATES f."OR B.S. DEC REE IN 11 0),1£ ECONOMICS

Eva Lawson

Edith Updegraff

Corinne Myers

Louise Greenman

Margaret Fuller

Helene H eld

Fl orence Jon es

W inter term is always th e bu sies t term a t Kansas n. W e find it s uch :1 sp lendid opportunity for study and Ihis year we have been especially busy, socia lly The month of February witnessed four formal dances and we believe that our formal cotiIJion on th e twenty -fifth was not the lea st successf ul.

O ur tcho larship standing has made u s very happy this year for we held first place among all social fraternities (or fall term. We have the highest hopes of keeping that standard f o r the year. Within the last month several of our girls have won honors for 11 41, Edith Updegraff was elected a member of the national literary association, the Quill C lub Elizabeth Quinlan has betn pledged t o 0 N, th e national honorary H ome E conomi c s fraternity. W e ha ve two office r s in the dramati c club, the Purple Masqu e; Marian Quinlan is sec rtlary and Mildr ed Robinson is third member of the Board of Control.

April first, we held initiati o n for Marie Coons, an alumna who is instructor in H ome Economics at Bradl ey In stitute, Peoria, ]Ilinois. We will hold initiatioo the twenty -seco nd of April for Je ssie Marty Lawson, and o ur tw o pledges, Lucille Norwood and Louise Dawson.

We arf: very much interested in the house -building question and hope to purchase a lot and really make a start in that direction in the near future. Since our alumnre here ha'Ye form ed a club and are h e lping in that direction so splendidly, we feel sure that two yurs will see Kansas B in a new home of her own.

Thi s has been B. happy, congenial year for us all and from the enthusiastic plans for the next, we feel our new girls are anxious to begin their r ea l work in n 4' We hope that this has a happy, successfu l year for all of o ur IT sis ters

HELEN L. WINNE.

ARKANSAS ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS (Cb&rtered 1909)

(Initiated February I:Z, 1916)

Elil&betb Murpby H enrie tta Murphy

Ruth McKinney

CANDIDATES FOIt B.A. DEGREE

Irene Knerr

Our annual dance was given, j ubi a week ago. It was a Ge r man-Il "College Promenade"-!ioo, of course, the favors played a highly important part. We skipped happily through our verdant freshman days; stepped demurely into the role of the rahrah sophomore; smiled studiously Ilt the Discipline Committee when worldl) wise juniors; yet it was with a curiously serious and solemn .ir that we finally donned our senior caps, pinned on our corsage bouquets of sweet J:w!h, jon(juil!l or violets. unrolled our diplomas, :lnd in the senior grand march began the familia r strain of our dearly beloved "Alma Maler '!'

A number of o ur alumnre were back (or the dance, and spent the week end with the active girls. From Rogers cnme El eano r Forwood, 'IS. and S UlIlnn e Roberts, u-' 14, both as fro li csome as e\er; Irene Calhoun made us II. fl ying visit from her school work at Gravette and Elizabeth Em_, 'IS, of Paris, Texas, spent more than a week in Fayetteville, while waiting for the Pari e; !>Choo ls to r es um e their interrupted work. And in tht! mid ! of the dance we caught sight of Thyra Corde ll , '1 4 , who had just arrived from Talihina, Okla · homa, where she is t eaching now.

April days a r e here in goodly force and June seems both far away and near by-acc ording to whether y o u are a senior or a fre .. hman . Junior senior day comes on April 13-11nd we are all going to pend the holiday at W inslow, a s umm er resort on the 'F ri sco.

Yesterday, Mildred Rosser (Music '16), one of our p ledges, took part in a two·piano recital, and on May 23 she will give her final graduating recital.

O n F ebr u a ry tw elfth, we initiated Elizabeth and lI enrietta 1\1 urphy and fol · l owed the initiation with a lovely cooky-shine .

On April twenty - fourth, the commissioned offi cers of the un ive r sity battalion will give a banq u et at the W ashington lIot e l for the maids and sponsor s of the different co mpani es. There :tre three Pi Phi s among th e e l ected few. Sue Woody, '17, Beatri x Qua le, ' 17, and Ir en t! Kn err, '16.

The B1ackfrinrs, th e Unive rsity Dramatic C lu b, wi ll probab l y make a week' .. tour in Arkansas the first of May_ We have three girls in B1ackfriars-Huel G l adso n, Mary Shannon, and Ir ene Kn err.

At the r ece nt Dormitory elections-R uth Morton was elected as Vice · presiden t of the Dormitory and Ruth McKinn ey head of the Y . W . C. A . B IREN! KNlRl.

LOUISIANA ALPHA-NEWCOMB COLLEGE

(Chartered 1&}1 )

CANDIDATES ,, ' OR B.A. DEGkEE

Virginia. Dill

J ea nn e tte Pardonner

Jan et Reid

Adine Be rn a r d

Reginn. Janvier

Dodo While Ca roline Wogan (No rmal Certificate in Art)

Our co ll ege ha s been going through such an interesting and n ovel experience , d uring the past severa l weeks. that I think we will never be finished t:llking about it. Tulane University of which Newcomb i s a part, WII !! in sad

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TEXAS ALPHA-TEXAS UNIVERSITY

(C hartered 19(2)

CANDIDATE FOR M. A. DF..GN£E

Anna Muckleroy

CANIHDATES FOR A. B. DEGREE

Louise Skinner

Laura John s

Roselle Gould

Adele G lasgow

It is hard to r ea lize that we have come to the end of anot h er college year. It has been a very successful year for Texas A. In scho lar ship. she has made one of her best r eco rd s. Our average for the winter term was co nsi derab ly higher than the school average. We are Quite proud of this record, as th e whole univer si ty average was higher than the p receding term

We have four se ni o r s who will get their degrees this year. All of our junio r s are plannir.g to come next year to get their degrees According to the present record , we sh:lll be able to initiate all our freshmen next year.

In a financial way , T exas A has had a very successful year also. Our chapero n has proven herself a very efficient manager. She has given us ve r y good things to eat, and has been able besides to save from the girls' board, eno ugh to buy a new kitchen range, linoleum for the kit chen fl oor, and will have some money to turn over to the chapter at t h e close of the year.

Texa s A entertained with a cooky-shine April twelfth, fo r her alumnre. graduated from Hollin s last year and ha s become very popu l a r among both the faculty and students at the university thi s year. Two of ou r girls have re ceived bids to honorary soc ieties recently. Tillie McCammon, Flora Edmond, :md Jeannette Collett were elected to A shbel Literary Society.

Texas A entertained with a cooky-sh ine, April twelfth, for h er local alumnre;. The table was very pretty with a basket of red ro ses in the ce nte r and bowls of blu ebonnets arranged around the tab l e. For the ente rt ainment of the alum n re, we gave a student p.uty. Altogether, we had a very pleasant eve ning. Texas A always enjoys very much having her alumnre with her. We s h o ul d be very glad, indeed, if our alumnre from other cities cou l d be with us mo r e often.

We are now looking forward with mu ch pleasure to our annual banquet in honor of Founder s' Day.

Texas A se nd s all good wishes for a very p l easan t s ummer to each of her alumnre and to every Pi Phi

MARY ANNE BLATTNER.

WYOMING ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING

(Chartered 1910)

INITIATES

(Initiated February 12, 1916)

Virginia Miller, ' 19, Laramie, Wyo.

Meli ssa Brooks, '19, Caspe r, Wyo. Sasan Catter, '19, Sheridan, Wyo

Ruth Enns

CHAPTER LETTERS

Sidney "19. Laramie, Wyo.

Lois Coons, ' 19. Basin, ''''yo.

Elizabeth \V ood. '19. Kemmerer, Wyo.

Gladys PhiJlips, ' 19 Casper, Wy o. lIedwig Bayn, '19. Casper, \Vyo.

CASDIDAT£S FOR B.A. DECREE

Agnes Johnson

Grace Larsen

CANDIOA1'ES FOR B.S. DE CR EE I N H

K at harine Bennitt

OME ECONOMICS

Frances F ow ler

Ma ry Spafford

do not lik e to write "gradua tes of 1916" when it m eans that in June six of the finu t girls in the univ e n: ity will cease to be active members of \V yomlog A. H e r e'. to all the belt th at life c an give you , se Di or sislers; may it be as happy as your co llege days have been!

By far the most important event since last letter was the visit of our charming Province President. Mrs. Miller, you know, i s just one of us; we looked for 11 stern erlOc, and found a sister, jo lly, helpful, and wise withal! Each Pi Phi here fee ls that now she hal a personal friend in Texas.

The university has had a more than usually successful year. There is an increase of 18 % over last ye:lT's enrollment and the faculty i, strengthened by several new members. The library bas grown; tbe equipment in the various departments i, mo re co mpl e te than ever before; tbe new women's dormitory will be ready for a record·breaking Summer School. A premedical and a prelegal c urriculum ha.ve been outlined in order tbat students de.iri,ne such co urses ma y do their und e rgraduate work bere. "Nelson nay" in honor of the man whom every alumna will remember has been set aside by the A .. S. U. W . for spring house -c leaning on tlte campus. The Band, that most popular o{ all univertity organizations, i, planning a trip tbrough the state . In l1/ery way the college has developed. So you see how Alma. ¥ater is growing and thriving. and h ow fortunate you alumna: were and we are to be making ber history.

The ShaKespearian Festiva,l was an unqualified succe... Grace '16. and Dorothy Downey, ' 18, portrayed the of Portia and Neri... excellently, Eugenia Neer. ex-'IS, as his. accompanied by her troop o{ n c) spirit., in the Dan ce of the Spirit s from TIle 1'etnp'esl. scored a decided hit.

Evelyn Jensen, '17, and Dorothy Downey, '18, were ele cted president and annual member of the Y. W. C. A. for the co ming year .

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The A sse mbly of March Ij. W3S a publi c appreciation in honol" of Dr. Hebard for her twenty-five years of se rvi ce in the univer sity Her talk on the meaniDg of citizenship was an agreeab le and unforgettab le one.

Now, we aTe deep in plans for o ur formal; then comes Carnival Day; aIter that commencement week-and at last vacation. May it bring each wearer of the arrow all she has hoped it wou:d bring.

LOIS B UTLER.

COLORADO ALPHA- UN IVERSITY OF COLORADO

(Chartered 1884 )

INITIATES

( Init iated February 4.1916 )

Lorena Acco la Floren ce Althau s

Ursie Bolinger

Ruth Bradley

Marjorie Cleveland

Gladys Hagee

Lu cia Jordan

Marion Mason

Florence Shaver

Harriet Shaw

Ethel Smith

Marjorie Stratton

Vivi:lO Whil e

C..... NDIOATES FOR B.A DECR!E

P o rtia. Olwin

CANDIDATE FOR B.E. DECREE

Marie Quillen

There are only eight more weeks of school and something doing every minute! To begin with, we are having a h o use party this next week-end for about twenty of our rushees. On April twenty ninth we ce lebrate Founders' illness. Day here with the Colorado B chapter and with the state alumn(J!. That evening we have a war dance for the French orphans. Then there is the May Fete on May sixth, high school day May twentieth, Final Week and Commencement. Then all will be over!

Two of o ur fre s hmen ha.ve had to leave school but we hope to have them back with us next year. Ethel Smith had to stop becanse of the serious illoen of her moth er, and Ursie Bo1inger because of h e r sister's

The entice lower floor llnd the hall of the 5tcODd floor of our chapter house have been redecoT:lted. and we have new curtains, new draperies and some new furniture. The house has never looked so pretty . However, we could not bave accomplished what we have without the helpful sOggestiODS DC Mrs. White, o u r housemother. It was she who advised us as to the ielection of paper, etc., and we greatly appreciate this and the many othe r things she has done for us.

Colorado A was very fortunate in receiving. visit from o ur province presi· dent, M rs. Mill e r. \V e enjoyed her stay ve r y much, and she gave u s many helpful ideas co n cerning fraternity l ife. W e on l y wish that s h e co uld have been with U 5 longer.

Pi Phi is getting her usual share of honors this spring. For the May Fete we have four )I aids of H o n or out of si xteen. They are Mari on M ason, Elenor Donley, Nathalie Ekrem, and Portia Olwin. Quite a. few of the girls are in the dances also. Hesperia. the Junior honorary for girls hu elected Elizabeth Wilkinson for the n 4> member.

We have had a new pledge since the last A uo\\,. She is Katherine ouce. a Doulder girl. We are all very proud of her.

T must tell you about our F ormal. Co lorado B and Colorado A gave it together at the Brown Pl1l3ce H otel in Denver. It was very nice and it was such {un to have the two chapte r s together.

COLORADO BETA-UNIVERSITY

Dorothy Allen

:'Ifabel Dickerson

Helen G raham

Eve l yn H osmer

M ARJOR IE FLUtiNG.

OF DENVER (Chartered l88j)

C-\SOID,\TES FOR A.B. DEGREE

J ean McAllister Frallces Ry a n Dorothy Teague White

Margu erite Will iamson

H a grand Pi Phi formal

You'd been p lanning for days Wh en a dip-the ry germ trie d t o stop you; \V ould you smile, and say, "Goodbye-

Dances, !mcl co rsage bouquetsll W ell! maybe you 'Wo14IJ

Maybe yo u would. maybe y ou would But I do ubt it.

J t was the irony of fate I suppose. Ju st why six o f o ur girls at Templin Hall had to be quarantined twenty-four h o ur s to have their c ultur e tak en, including Friday night- the night of al1 night s--beca use it was the time se t

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C4.NDIOAT.ES FOR A.B. DE CREE

Ge rtrude M C lancy

Vi rginia B. C low e

Barbara Al de rton

Gertrude M. Men de nhall

Rowena E. Taylor

In order to put into practise the real democratic spirit about whi ch we h ea r so much in colleges these days, se veral ve ry successful and interesting events have tak en place at Stanford. One thing whi ch was planned and managed b y P a n h ellenic was an exch a nge dinner with the frat e rnity and hall girls.

A committee decided upou th e number o f girls wh o should go from each place, and where each should go, in o rde r that th e various fraternity girls should be mix ed amoog themselves as well as with the hall girls. The r es ult I of this was a general mingling of the fraternity and non-fraternity girls whi ch was exceedingly pleasant. This was so well liked that we anticipate another in the future. Other enjoyable get-togeth er parties have been held each month in the Clubhouse under the man age ment of the Women's Conferen ce . The necessary busin ess i s first pr ese nted to the girls, after which entertainment and stunts o f various kinds are given and a general f ee ling of friendship prevails.

We are very pl eased over th e fact that Josephine Welch, '18, and Thurlyne Buffam, ' 18, are tc? appear in splendid parts in th e senior far ce , A Pair oj Sixu, and that Vivian Lowry, ' 19, has been chosen to se rve as secretary on next year' s Y. W. C A. cabinet.

W e f eel v e ry badly over the l oss o f one of our patron esses, Mrs. May S. B. Adams, who passed away in February. Mrs. Adams wa s the wife of Profes sor Adams , head of the hi s t ory department and was dearly lov ed by all the stu.<Jents who were f ortunate enough to know her.

Stanford ha s, since the outbreak of the war, sending l a rge sum s to the aid of th e suffering Belgi ans The l ast benefit was a dansant given under the a uspices of the f ac ulty aided by the student s , at which time $250 w as rai sed.

W e have already begun o ur rushing [or next year. Due to matriculation day p l edging it is necessa ry to start "ery early A rushing h ou se party near Los Angeles in the South, and vari ous p l ans for the ru shing i n the North are already being l aid.

FLOREN C E. KNAPP.

CHAPTER LETTERS 767

CALIFORNIA BETA-UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

(Chartered 19oo)

INITIATES

(Initiated February 5. 1916)

Marjorie Porter

Madeline Sanford

Lilliam Suydam

Genevieve Spader

JAnet Thompson

CANDIDATES FOR B.A. OEGRE.

Margaret DellDisoD

Grace Dougherty

Robuts Holmes

Helen Lawton

Mirabtl Stewart

Olive Ta.ylor

Xatherine Wutbrook

Helen ,V are

CANDIDATES PO. M .A. D.lCRU

Margaret Mills, 'J5 '

Helen Havenl. 'J5

Vinnie Robinson, '15

lrma Riley, 'IS

Our college year i. nearly over-only two more wee1:t Df regular workthen two weeks of examinatioDs-then commencement. Where bas the seme,ter gone? J think we will all agree that we hut worked hard hut we have enjoyed o urselvu. 100--811 of which males up a happy college life and helps us to dcnlop into better womanhood.

]( any of the alumnge should return to the campul they would easily recol'niu the old red buildings. though tbe vines have more nearly covered them than .hen they last saw them. But there il a change. The whole I leel framework of Benjamin Ide Wheeler Hall is finished and the Campanile can be seen from nearly every poinl (m the campus. It is entirely surrOD-nded by a formal garden which is a proper setting for it.

The twenty-ninth of February was celebrated as Labor Day. The men worked in colleges and made an S·shaped path to the "Cit on Charter Hill. EACh college made a bench -so the path is lined with a number of comfortable resting-places for I h e weary climbers. At noon, the women served lunch on the Football Field. ]n the evening, there was a Imol:er in Harmon Gymnasium for the men and a program in Hearst Hall for thO' women. After this, there was a dance in Harm on.

University of California Charier Day was celebrnled with the usual meeting in the Greek Theatre.

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We were very fortunate in having President Vin ce nt of the University of Min · nesota talk to u s. I-I e is here qelivering the Earl Lectures at the First CODgre· gational Church. In the afternoon, the corner stone of Benjamin I de Wheeler wa s laid.

We ce l ebrllted Founders' Day by a picnic on April 8. \Ve left early in the morning and went across the bay to Ross and Gladys Hulting's home. We bad a most enjoyable day climbing in the bills, taking pictures and eating our picnic lun c h.

Pauline Chamberlain, '17. has been elected secretary of the Association. Octavia Downey, '17. hall made a place in the Y. W. C. A cabin.et. Mary Down ey, '18, has made the gymnasium h'onor society.

My term as co rresponding sec r etary is almost over and this is my last letter to THE ARROW. Although at times it has been hard and kept me very busy, [ must say I have enjoyed the opport unity it has given me to hear directly from the Grand Officers and prominent people of our fraternity.

MARI OS DOWNEY.

NEVADA ALPHA-l'NIVERSITY OF NEVADA

(Chartered 19 15)

I N ITIATES

(Initiated February 12, 19 15 )

ELsie H en, '17

Dorothy Mahan, "7

Grace Myers. ',8

Dorothy Patterson , ',8

Nelle Wilkinson, ',8

Freda Daoust. '19

Lola Hanna, ' 19

Margaret He sson, ' 19

Dorothy Higgin s. '19

Be:.uri ce Langwith, '19

Eugenia Langwith, '19

Isabelle Sillvin, "9

CANOIDA T£ FOR. B.A. DECREE

Ruth Mill er

The year 19'5 -16 ha s been 3. profitable one for our university and for the state. Never have the local alumni clubs, whic h are organized in almost every town of Nevada, been so strong and so active as now The re sult oC the combined efforts of these loyn! ugnds" and the present student body has been the formulation of definite pllOs for a buiI<ling to be "Known as "The Social Hall" and intended IlS a meeting-place lodging Cor Nevada stu&nts-past, present, and future , •

Owing to a better organiutiOn of the departments and funds controlled by the Smith-Lever Act, the Exten sion Division of the university hss been able to do especially good work in veterinary science, home economics, and all di\' isions of agriculture. Also, in addition to the piospeetors' short courle, there were given this year a twelve-week course for farmers and one for housewiv es. A surprisi ngly number registerd in each so that the university feels encouraged extend still further help to --the citilenl of the state, .....

On the campus we have ¥veral 1Icres of new lawn, extending j'n terraces irom the men 's dormitory to 'the sh ore of the lak e.

loterfratecnity relatiODS bave been materially improved since the installation of Nevada A. by the formation or .. tisbelory local PanbeLienic regulations . Owing to the peculia.r situation here , where only two women ' s fratern i ties are represented, it,w..-s judie<! best to elect Miss Louite -Fue-o Brown, who is the Dean of oW''Om'"en -ADd an A +, the permanent c hairman of the committee. We anti c iplte improved rushing condition s next year.

n.z, girls have been taking' rather a promin ent part in dramati c s this semet· ter, beginning with the choice of Margaret Hessen, '17. 15 the one univenity girl to appear in a pl.y given by the Twentieth Century Club. April 7. the Shakespeare class presented selections from A Winter's Tale l and Elsie Farrer, '17. and Juanita Frey, '17. took prominent part". Clara. O ' Neill. "7. has been cho.en for one of the leads in the senior farce.

Ruth Miller, '16, our only senior, was elected in February to 4't K +, the national honor fraternity which i. represented \Ve have been making great plans for our first -<:elebration of Founders' Day; but we are disappointed to learn that Mrs. Calt, whom we hoI' d t" hue with us, ha. changed her plan s

Nevada A wishes a pleasant va cation to all II cJI sisters.

RUTH MILl-fit

OREGON

ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF OREGON (Chancred 1915 )

• • INITIATES

(Initiated - February 12 , 1916f

Steinmetz, '19, Portland, Ore.

Kathleen Fraley, '19, Euge ne, Ore , -

Louise Wilson, ' 19, Portland, Ore.

Esther Fenton, '18, Meridian, Idaho.

Louise '19, Portland, Ore.

Beatrice Gaylord, '18, Tillamook, Oa!.

Estellll Campbell, ' 19, Spokane, Wash.

(rnitiated March 31, 1916)

Pearl Craine, '18, Bllndon, Ore .

FO R B.A DEcad ' Rita Fraley

CAN.DIDATES FOR 8.M _ DEGREE

Myrtle Kem

Mona Dough e rty

Spring vacation is over and we Oregon A girls arc busy with preparations for j unior week -end

We fear that soon we shall be burning the can·

WASHINGTON A. Fi,s' '11' left to ,;ght-Mary Munt«, Ruth Kerr, Doretby Elliot, F,ances Tanner. Dorithy Ewing. StcDfld , oup--E liz.abcth Shoemaker. Ma,ion ke. Marion Soule, Cornelia Glan, Dorcth, N_L , rlli"d , ou--Olive Moore, Doretb, Ricbards, Hazel Reed, Josephine Lane, France. TituL Fo""A Benton, Janet Wardell , Dorri. Mi s ner, Hazel Jones, Laura Turner. Fi/IA "o_Winifred Hitchin, Blanch Boulingcr, IAslie Daira, Camilla Dunbar, Mildre4 Copelsnd (W hOK pledge bas since broken>, FrancC's Heilge •. Sirth r01ll'-Mildred Dean, Emily Hall. Addle Cadin, Kathleen Delan" Martha Ta,lor Manie Micbner.

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die at both and working up iDto the wee iraa' bours in • dual eftort to prepare for our junior Vo·ttk guests and still maintain our lead in scbolulbip. We improved the shining bours of vacation with rushing parties both at home and abroad. A number of the girls who spent the holiday. here at the chapter bouse entertained some very desirable Eugene high school rirls at a succe.dul dancing party. In the meanwhile our Portland girls, tore ther with the Portland alumnat. were stimulating internt in Oregon in general. and n B 4» in particular. among a number of equally desirable Portland girl •. Junior Week will be a prolongation of rushing activities. We are expcctiO& about twelve houle guests and are planning dancing parties, picnics, luncbeoDs. and various other festivities for their entertainment.

Just last week we pinned·a pledge pin upon Francis Shoemaker. a junior in the university. and one of the most 5Ought·after and active girls on the cam· pus. Great wal the rejoicing thereof in the house of OrellOD A.

In the lauer part of April. seven of our girh will IlO on the univenity glee club concert tour. The club will be on the trip seven day. and will make six northern Oregon towns. The girls will arrive in time to enjoy the vilit of our Province President. Mrs. McClymond_, whom we are expecting in the early part ol May. We hope to be able to show Mrs. McClymond. the plans for our new chapter bome which we expect to have erected during the summer. Certainly we can exhibit Oregon's new educational building, wbicb is even now under construction.

We feel that June will find us completing in a fitting fasbion tbe semuter which h", bun thus far so successful.

We wish our silter chapters the most happy and succusful of summen. LUA MAST.

WASHINGTON ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON INITIATES

Ruth Benton

Caroline Balh

Marion Lee

Ruth Kerr

Frances Hertge.

(Initialed February 22, 1916)

Haul Reed

Dorothy Richards

Marion Soule

Dorothy Elliot

Dorothy Newell

CANDIDATES FOR A.B. DEGREE.

Mary McEntee

CANDIDATES FOR B.M. DECREE

Elizabeth Shoemaker

CANDIDATES FOR B.S. DICHE

Camilla Dunbar

Martha Taylor

We, being one of tbe new colleges in a new part of the country, have man,' each year, but this year has seen more than its share: Fint, we have our new president, Dr. Henry Suzzallo, who was inaugurated in Mar ch . Our dean of women, Miss Ethel Coldwell, is also new this year

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because of the sudden death last fall of Dean Isabell Austin. These two, working together, have caused many small changes to be made besides changing our old scal to a new one, which in all respects is thought to be superior.

This year IllW the beginning of the future campus of Washington, when the new Home Economics and Education building' were started. Each building, as it is planned and built from now on, will be put in a particular place laid out for that building having in view a beautifully arranged campus when Washington will be older and one of the leading colleges.

We were all pretty well frightened last fall, after the California game when Gilmore Dobie, our football coach, resigned. But after a trip on which be had time to think things over as well as regain his health, he is ready for another year '&lld with \V ashington behind him we are also looking' forward to ev:en a better year in 191j

OLIVE Moou.

WASHINCTON BETA-WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE

(Chartered July, 1912 )

INITIATES

(Initiated Mar ch 18, 1916)

Lenore Emerson, '19, Pullman, \Vash. Franc Babcock, ' 17, Cheney, Wash. Thrina Baker, '16, Tacoma, Wash.

Margaret Nash, '19, Spokane, ' Vash.

Mary Ellen Nash, '17, Spokane, \ Vash. Flossie Miller, '18, Colfax Wash. Lutella Lindley, ' 19, Walla Walla , Wash Zella Melcher, '19. Spokane, Wash. Marion Nelson, '19, North Yakima, \Vash. Gracia White, '19, Pullman; Wash. • Edith Boone, '19. Chehalis, WUh.

CANDIDATES FOI. B A. DECREE

Elizabeth

Alma Prichard

Lillian McDonald

Florence \Vtstacott

Janet Scott

Juanita Stout

Juanita Gregory

Thrina Baker

Spring vacation is over and we are all back in school. fresh for the Isst nine weeks of studies, interspersed with picnics, parties and good times

One of the big' events of the year occurred on March 24. when President HoUand was inaugurated. The ceremonies followed the inauguration of President Suuallo st the University of Washington, so that many eastern college and Doted men were present on both occasions. A feature of the day'. program was a luncheon and a banquet given to the delegates, four hundred in number by the H ome Economics Department. The way in which it was so successfully mRnaged by those in charge and prepared and

served by the e-ir1s was especially intcresting to the visitors.

Some of the coming events of the year are the Junior Prom, May Romp, Shah§pearean Masque given by the \Vomen's Lese-ue, and Cam· pus nay with the H .rd Timn Dance in the evening.

Speaking of Campus Day remind. me that th e Pi Phis are to have a camp u s day of their own .Iso. It i s to be very soo n an d our house and yard are to be submitted to , thorough "clean up," SQ u ads being appointed to car r yon the various pieces of work. The day is to be hilariously ended with a grand big feed and a general good time in the evening.

We enjoyed a visit from Mu Tannahill and Miss McGahey of Lewist on, I da ho, a short time a go, and we a re expecting Mrs Clymonds, our Provin ce Pre side nt, before long. We:ue 50 anxious to meet and know her personaUy, although from her charming letters we feel that we are already well acquainted.

In the of schollluhip for the first se me ster's wo rk. we are indeed happy to report that n 4t won first place at Wlashingt o n State College.

The Mask and Dagger Club staged its mast erpi ece production, As tlu in whi ch Edna. Babcock took tbe lead. and Alice Lodge had a part.

Emily Babcock has been elected presid ent of the \\ro men 's Athletic Ass ociation for the coming ye ar and Edna McC roskey is to be a member of the Women 's Athletic Board . Esther Horan is chairman of the j uni o r prom program co mmittee. Helen Hungate has been elected to membership in the Twenti eth Century Club. Juanita Gregory is a member of r T, the women 's hon o r society cf the college, M-argaret Nash is vice-president of the fresh· man class. Thr ioa Baker is • member of the college social contr ol committee . Franc Babcock is to have a part in NiShi. Alma Prichard and Juanita Grerory have been appointed on the big Camp u s nay committee.

We are hoping to have as many of our a.lumnz with us as possible before the close of the year. We are exp«ting visits from Lillian MacLeod . '15, Anita Gallaghe r, ' IS , H elen Quarels. 'IS. Zelva M eck lem , ' 14 . a nd Quennne Mecklem, ' t4·

Washing to n B wi s hes you all a very pleasant summe r vacation.

OLIVE BR UN IN C,

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EXCHANGES

The Supreme Council of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity an· nounces the chartering of Beta Delta cha pter at the Univeuity of New Mexico, May 22, 19 15, and Beta Epsilon ch a pte r at Western Reserve Unive rsity, December 17, 1915.

Delta Delta Delta announces the establishment of Theta Kapp a chapter at Southern Methodist University, Dallas , Texas, February 26, 1916, and of Alpha Eta chap t er of Florida Woman' s Co il ege, Tallahassee, Fla. , March 13, 1916

The Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity announces the installation of South Ca r oli na Zeta chapte r , Saturday, Januar y twenty-second, nineteen hundred and sixteen, Wofford College, Spa rt anburg, S. C .

Th e fraternities at the Univenity of \V uhington have adopted an interesting plan to win th e approval and good·will of the newspapers of the state. Onc of the most popular courses at Washington il the department of journalilm "ff'hich is beaded by Dean Frank Kane. who is one of the best known teachen of in the country. He instituted annual Washington Newspaper In.titute which meets for three (3) day. every and the newspaper editors from over the state attend it. Recently the fourth annual institute wu held and the fraternitie s in.ited the editora to be their guests througbout the connntion. The editors had a time and when they returned to their homes, they had a lot of fu.t·hand knowledge about co lleae fraternitie s. They bad opportun ity to see the societies close rIDge and to see that the fraternities were making college homes for their members, that the upperclassmen were looking after the scholars h ip; comfort and morals of the younge r men and that the atmosphere of a fraternity house is wbolesome. The fraternities made a lot of friends through the unulual opportunity.-R.!.r."". BNr.oN N.wl Bwll.'i".

Says Bania's Greek

Mrs Mario n Craig-Wentworth, the author of tbe much diacussed play, War Brid.,. is a K K r . She graduated from Minnesota in ·94.-Gr .t Ezt"lttJ"I1'"

Th e editor oC the Sigma Pi has opened a new department in his magazine concerning which he says:

TItI' Em,..,.old is .,iIIing t o run a sort of employment agency f or its .ubscribers, i.E the sublCribers want it.

You who have ehart(e of work where a man could get a start at the bottom. or know of som e place where a job of that kind may exist. lilt in thil office. liviag needs. etc.

You or the subscribers who .,iIl be looking for something to do, send your names and abilities to this office along wil.b--1:he remuneration you would like and we will try to tee that the names on the two lilts act torether for their mutual bendit.E,"fflJld of Sigma Pi.

"Amon the fraternities which hlTe hy poSitive legislation barred liquor from an fraternity functions are Alpha Tau Omer.. Beta 'theta Pi, Delta Tau Delta, Phi Delta Theta, Siema Alpha Epsilon. and Sigma Chi."-Sig1tlG AI,M S,Na" R.clWd.

The new secrdary of w:lr is well known in Greekdom 3.5 will be noted in the following:

It il no ne • • to Fiji. that the 'fA!'" secretary of Waf, !"iewton O. Baker, il a member of Phi Gamma Delta. For DO one member is ao widely knOWll amon, the members of tbe fraternity. Brother Baker bas been president and treasurer of Phi Camma Delta and baa attended twenty national conTeotions. All Fijis lenow him, and tbote who know him belt, knoW' that he will make 10od. The le.din, article by Bro Thorn•• J. Howells, in the Febru • ..,. i ue, was mOlt appropriately timed, a. it appeared within a day or two of the time Brother Baker was named as 5CC.. rctary of war.-Th. Pm Co,"ma Ddta.

Conventionally speaking The A ndq"(J of Delta Gamma comments u follow. :

The follo_io, resolution puaed by the Kappa Alpba Theta Conycntion merits tbe atUntiOD of .n members of women's fraternities. "Inasmuch tbe word fra· ternity is derived from /rat",,-MtJl, an abstract feminine Latin noun, meaninl brotberbood, applyinl to both men and women, and inasmuch at tbocre is DO correspondinl Latin word derived from loror, be it resoh'ed that we ·oid sorority, an incorrect word, and instruct freshmen to tbi. effeet."-TII,. A"clloro of Delta Gamm •.

The following paragraphs taken from an article on "False Standards for Fratcrnity Membership" should be of intercst to every fraternity:

I was told a few months a,o that a certain younl man was beinl considered for membership by a Kappa Alpba chapter but that he had not been able to gain an election becausc hack home his ramily did not quite measure up to tbe required standard. Everyone admitted that tbe man bimse.lf wa. admirable in every respect. He wu a fine cbaracter, manly. intellectual, pleasant and agTceable in address, in eyery respect, 10 far be, himaelf, perlOnally and individually ,.-15 concerned, tbe kind of man most fratern ities like to have. And. yet, because his famil, did not measure up to a fictitious ltandard of fasbion he bimself could not lain entrance into a collele fraternity!

Whit fraternity is there who would not be proud to number amonr iu members such men as Abraham Lincoln, or James A. Garfield, or General John C. Fremont, and douns, or perhaps hundred. or thousands, of otbers, perhaps not quite 10 prominent in the lUstory of tbil country but in otbtr relpects just as fine characterl? And, yet, these men at the time of life when they were eligible for colieRe fra· ternity membership could not .how family Renealoliel which would satisfy a modern collele fraternity. Many I min, just •• good as tbe three mentioned lbove, is beinl' rejeete4 by tbe fraternities today because of • lack of distioluisbed or fashion· able anceltry. Ordinarily I think "family" counu for a good deal, but it il not everYlhinl'.-JoNr"ol of Ko/lp" III,lto.

Tbe influence of the war ICCmJ to have toucbed eyery faculty and department of university life but nowhere hiS tblt influence been felt stronger than in fraternity life 'Ibe call to duty has been heard and anlwered in tones whicb Ire unmiltakable and on enry band one heirs hilh praise of the whole·bearted actiyitiel of the ChiP' ten and tbe'ir alumni and of the individual response of their men.

Three of the fraternity cbaptera closed their doorl at Toronto last October and se.er.1 others arc at pJreSCnt contemp latin8 takinl the same action. About eilht, per cent of tbe available frlternit}' men are toda, we.rin8 the Kinc's uniform.Til. OMart.r' , of Delta Upsilon.

Apropos of thc antifr&ternity laws Tlte Scroll of Phi Delta Theta quotes from the pen of George Banta : It i. to the interest of all of u. that antifraternity lelislation should be defeated where.er poslible. But the real problem is "ot the defeat of lerislation but the

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Drevention of iu start. The problem of the fire in surance man is not 10 much the putting out of the fire, a l prevent;n, the start of the 6re ; and that is the work to which t he lnte rfraternity Conference of th e men's fraternitici h as been living iu attention f o r the last l ix years. lhc men have been mevin, morc s lowly than tbe wo men

And speaking of lubseriptions Alpha Delta Pi and Delta Delta Delta at their lalt confercnces made life subscript ions compulsory. Pi Beta Phi and Phi Mu allO bave tbi , rulina - Th K ey of Kappa Kappa Gamma.

Says The K ey Ka pp a Kap pa Gam)]]a:

\Vouldn't the idea of baving to exhort peop le in college to study, to coa x them with silver ioving-c ups to study and even to threaten them with dire consequences if they don't s tudy-wouldn't the idea make Abraham Lincoln, for in stance, laugh?

Mu ch interest has been manifes ted in reg ard to fraternity history as a result oC the prize o f $25.00 offered by Mr. William C. Levere, secretary of the College Fraternity Reference Bureau, for the best loo-word history of a fraternity or a so rority.

"In April a city Panhellenic Auociation was fanned in Nashville, Tennessee, with thirty membeu. The foll o wing fraternities were represented: Chi Omen, Alpha Omicron Pi, Zeta Tau Alpha, Kappa Alpha Theta, Pi Beta Phi, Alpha Phi, Phi Mu, Delta Delta Delta, Gamma Phi Beta and S igma Kappa.-Ddla of Sigma Nn.

From the Palm of Alpha Tau Omega we select the following paragraphs which appeared in the in an article entitled, "If I \Vere Adviser to Gir ls" :

A lid will be wise if she he s itates before making a confidant o f a man, unless he be her father or ber brother, no matter what the man's ale may be or the sincerity of hil friendship. The proper confidant of a. airl is ber mother "Men are ao much more sympathetic." I have heard ,iris uy, "and they often understand gids better than women do!" I shoul d not care to areue that point , but ordinarily I have found that the better understanding, if there were sucb, wa. of vcry Tittle advan· tale in the dcvelopin. of the girl' s ch aracter or in helping her out of her troubles. If J were adviser to sirls I think I should Iry to let lirll see that the thin,s which men often seem blind t o , tbey ordinarily are quite well aware of; that the things they often seem mOlt to admire they care the least for , that the convention .cainst wbicb they rail they do not really despise, and the indiSCTCtiODs which they frequently advocate thcy would very much dislike to sec enlaled in by the younl women with whom they associate Natural maDDers, natural speech, natural complaiotlol, a quiet ,df-res traint, modesty in dreu, a respect for cODventionalitics, a loW' bUlb, constancy in friendship---tlll tbese I have learned from my contact with men are appealin. in women and ultimately win respect and admiration. If I were givin&" advice to ,iris I sbould advise tbem to cultivate these quatitScs, and I sbou ld &Hure them tbat averaae young fellow leel tbrouCh lubterfu,es, recolniLes artificialities, and has little respect for that which il not ICQuine and conventional in cirls.

TJu Arrow endorses the sentimcnt of the editor of the Della of Sigma Nu who says :

Let UI all learn what our creed stands for . what it mean s 10 each nf u- und.. rtraduatH , alumrue , and officers and ponder it well in our bearts and make our res0lution for the new year, to abow t o thc world thst it is ours .nd wc are livin.&: up to it in s pirit and in truth.

.-\1> "I: read of :bt pltdgu and the con,>ummalion of the ru hing seuon. one message O\"U anct o\"er. " 'hen yon are voting, ,·ote in /U1 who is not in college ",jlh the intention and {''-press purpose of remaining (our yean. It is of the utmollt import:J.nce to Alpha Gamma Delta and to your c hapter, thai you consider only (our-year girls, who to COm l)\ete their work (or a degree. If, beeauo;e of hash· pledging due to Pnnhellenic co nditions. you find yourstlves ith pledges who are not inlendins.:: to remain for their degrees, let them continue pledges until they c hange their minds, or until the pledge normally upires. There is no place for such girls within th e ranks of Alpha Gamma Oeltn.-.llpha Gamma D {'fla Q,u.rlrrJ)',

According to a of Alpha Ela chaptH of Kappa Alpha: The challter ha§ al,,'.ys hatl a library, and including l:OmlliC'lc .,.,.1_ .... f (;uy J" :\f.ul.... ·,..nt. lind the Harvard Classic.. addition gives us quite a substantial library, which we mun to materially incrn 4e in the (uture.-Kar/,a Alpha Journal.

Every membt-r o f Sigma .\llIha ": I)silon is to undergo a physical by the created medical of that fraternity , II is hOJ)C'd by this mean to that each Sig is "all and if he has lIccidentally miJlllaccd lin arm or a leg. or. his helld, that IteIK m.ay be to recover the mcmber before it i" "ly lost.-PDI," (If ,\ T n

The a lumni sociation of the Knox chapter of 8 e n is buildill g a c hatHer·room in tremor; of George Fitch. who was a member of that chapt er. Fitch had always wanted a chapter.room in the housc.-Ka/,ta Alpho Theta.

Associated preSs reporls recentl)' told ho\\ a al tht' of ha d lost hil; ltdt foot \\hil e being initiated into a College fraternity tht're. Th e reporls said he wns r equired to ridc "blind Im){J.Cage" on a passen g er train, and ill making the attt'mpt fell un der the trnin, Th e Co ll e g e I"ra t er nity R efe r ence Bur eau Illl" made an invest ig ation a nd found that Graham was not bei ng initiated into nny College fratl"rnit)' hut rather, into a society to "hieh the at have bet'n antagonistic. This society was a • cu ll ege trnmp org:lnization \\ hich reCluiretl it1'l mcmbns to ride one thousa n d miles o n a railroad \\ ilhout paying any farc before they were digib le 10 membersh ip The fraternities regarded it as an enemy to ,",ood morals, co llcJ.Cc and fraternity we lfar e. But the . \ ssoc i atcd I'r ess and ne\\'l<!papers of Ihe country gi\e the fraternities a black eyc by relJre"enting the society as a (;reeJ..·letter organil:alion \1110 ate "orking their way at the l nil-ersi l) of Chicago earned $1<x),153.00 last year.-Re/t'rt'fltt! Bureall SeT!'.i flll!J t>II II.

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COLLEGE NOTES

The Boston Herald has this to say editor ially about the relative size of American Universities.

How would we answer the European VISItor who so frequently asks: Which i3 your largest American university? Figures of total enrollmen t arc supposed by some institutions to be the basis of comparison and that is why they arc so proudly pub li shed at every opportunity. Columbia announces a total enrolment of 11,888, which i ll II formidable figure. Californ':ia COl1V!lI a dose with 10,555 Har'l'ard and Yale arc relegated 10 positions away down the list.

Thi!l fact is, however, that these statistics tell U5 very little: about the actual amount of educational work which an institution is doing. They arc: compi led by lumping together all classes ('If students and those who are not really s tud en ts at a ll They include not only undergraduates in actual attendance, but summer school studentll, perlOns enrolled in university extension counes and hundreds of otherll whose conneetion witb the university is only of the most vicarious character. Tn th e total enrollment at Columbia, for example, just about one-half is represented by the Immmer achool which lasts only six weeks. In the California total nearly two· thirds is made up of penons who are not regularly in attendance at the university at a ll, but are merely summer school or extenSion students. Figures compiled in this way are surely not a safe basis for comparing instituti ons, Yet they are too often used as though they were.

The rnl test of a university's power is the actual amount and quality of the instruction which it gives, not the mere number of persons who incidentally come in contact wilh this instruction. The instruction of one student throughout the co l lege year is the equivalent of a half dozen units of summer scboo l instruction. It is the students in actual attendance who determine the size of th e instructing staff, the extent of the university's equipment in libraries, laboratories, dormitories and all the other things which go to make up a centre of higher education. Supple. mentary undertakings in the way of extension courses. instruction by correspondence, and public lectures arc all highly useful in their way , but they are not the things which fundamentally determine the real "size" of an institution either in the opinion of or in the public imagination. It will take more than padded enro lment figures to convince the world that Harvard and Yale are down on the lower rungs of our eaucational ladder,

Says Beta Sigma Omicron.

It is no longer impossible for women in Persia to receive first-class education.

In tbe &Choo l recently opened in Teheran for the daughters o f Persian parents as well as in the achools of the French Alliance and the schools founded by America and Gennany in Persia, girls are attending in increasing numbers but with provision that they shall retain the veil. The young Persians, especially the so ns of aristocrats who have been educated in Europe, are cager for the emancipation of women and desire to find in them educated companions. The tendency is toward th e abolition of the veil among Persian women and the acceptance of the education of the West. In Teberan, lOme of the women are found taking lessons ;n French and piano playing with an occasional study of the habits and literature of other nlotions. The interest in refonn among Persian women was made evident during tbe recent revolution. A women's club was founded especially among reform·lo';ng women of Teheran, Education throughout Persia is sbowing evidence of a new liberalism.

The SCr'oll of Phi Delta Thtla makts this announcement: Ten thousand Cambridge men are training to figbt for the defense of their country Already <470 have been killed. 700 have been wounded and more than 300 have won distinction on tbe field.

COLLEGE XOTES 779

Most encouraKing news has been given out by the Univer ily of Calirorni3 in the following dispatch:

Berkelcy, October i7 .-That a scholauhip endowment. tlilimalcd to be worth more tban $100,000, bal just been rivcn to the KClcnn of the' Univcrsity of California to the Bonnheim memorial fund, was announced today by the Uniu:rlllty. The principal il 10 be kept intact and the: income to be expended by the Reitentl "in aniltin, worthy boYI and KiTis ill their eduaolwl1 al the Univcrlolly of Calt· fornia, witb a vicw of makin, them ae lf.ausuinin, u rapidly al pouiblc."

The fund wu first created in 18 97 by Albert Bonnheim and Fannie Bonnheim of Sacramento, in memory of their son, JOKph Bonnheim, and Illaced in truSI wilh • board of tru ltee.. Now, in order to secure the permanence or the undertakin" , the founders and trusteea have united in conveying the endowment to the Regents.

The Ruo,-d oC Sigma Alpha Epsilon quotes the following article from the l l niversity oC Illinois Alumn;

Two complete relimenta of twelve companies tach will be formed this year with the addition of anotber battalion A company of enaineers and a hOlpital cOlllptlny composed of en,ineen and medical a tuden ts are .Iso to be added Twenty four more officera will be required. More artillery equipmen t, inc1udin, four 3·inch Juns and 32 honel. il to be in s talled . The battery will then be made up of 111 IOpho· mores besidel the officera.-Univenity of ] lIinois AI"",,,, Q14(J,.tU/V.

An :lnno un cemen t has been made that a medi c al plant will be built i n the near future in connection with Col umbia University. The Presbyterian lI o§' pital will provide toward the and th e Univerl'>ily il'> to raise $7,500,00.

Vale will receive $500,000 from the es tat e of the late Char l es 11 Farnllm who died rece ntly in Pari s. Upon the death oC Mrs. Farnam, the residuary estate will go to Sheffield Scientific School.

In replacina tbe numhera of public schools in Greater New York by namel chosen a. appropriate, five or lix have been named for prominent These vary in period from Vittoria Colonna to Lillie Devereux Blake. and in public reno dered, from Florence Nightingale to Julia \Vard Ii owe.-TII,. H'o l/l(J/I'S io",.,wl.

The Boston Tranuri/,I furnishes thi s illteresting information about university librariu:

A recent enumeration and classification of books in lile different libraries of Harvard Univenity shows that the Cambridge institution owns 183,311 more books tban Yale, the nut laraeat coHeae library. and if. in the total number, Ha rvard's 105.225 pamphlets are included. the university has 888,542 more volumel than the next laraelt co lle,e library in the country. Tbe number of volumes owned by Yale Univenity il approximately one million. Columbia rankl. third with 5.500,000 books; Corne ll il fourth with 4 55,129; Pennsylva.nia fifth with 400,000; Prin ceton lixth 353,845; and Michillan seventh with 352,718. Harvard University has 1,183,311 volumes and 105,255 ptlmpblets, which luakes a. total of 1,888,542. 'The main co llection in tbe collele library totals 1,113,618 and in the speci.1 libra riel are 18,056 volumes. The are distributed in the different del)artlnenlat librarie s at foliowl:

Andover Theo lo(l; icai School

Z06log:y

Medical School.

PhIllip Library

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ll e barium.

1Ii11 Observatory

lnSlilute.....

),tuseunl...

In addition to thu large numbers in the co llection of Fir st editions and valuable books, there is th e ll arry Elkin s \\'id e ner Collection at Jl arv3nl, and other groulI! of rare hook s which have been ooluethed to the Un iversity Lihr;It)'.

or the 3,216 women sHulying domestic sc ience and art in all the state colleges in Ihe Uni ted States, mort: than one·fourth are en ro lled ill the Kansa s State \gri c ultural Coll.::!!c. This, the ,.roof of the preeminence of Kansa s Stale o ver the s ixty six o ther schoo ls of kind in the country, comes frOIll the government report issued a short t i me ago.

:\ccordillg to all articLe in the Chjrago TribuPIC of January 18, the senior c1us of Vassar College have vOled 10 abolish th e time ·honored cus tom of s eloe<: ting the twenty four pretties t girls o f the sollhomon: cias!! to carry th e daisy chain on Senior Clas!! lJay. Thi s acti o n ill th e result of a growing sentiment that the custom had reduced itself to a beauty contest, and u 1101 in keelJiog with the democratic ideal !! of \ ·assar.-Siymll Chi QIHlrtrrly.

A new U ni\' ersity ha s been founded as the r esult of the European \V ar, In r egard to this institution the Allgl 'los of Kappa D e lla says:

The Hclgian refugees in 1I 0113nll hne fou nded the Unh'e rsity of Amer!lfoort They realized that the large body of IIdg ian 5 with nothing t o do would be happier and belt.:r off if they had something to them bu sy.

The faculty include!! sOllie of the lIlost distinguish ed Belgian scientists and !\Cholars.

I t iii! unique among educational institutions in that its profe ssors es tabli sh their own "chairs," choose their o n subjects and treat them as they wish. They are bound by no official rules and haraS5td by 110 Iraditions .

The student enjoys s il1\ilar freed om. lie undergoes no admission examination. chooses his own courses of s tudy, and cO llipletes th em hen he thinks he has hat.! enough.-A "gelDs of 1\ d.

Fr om 1904 to 1914, Georgia Stale University has increased 494 per cenl, Sta te Univenrity of Washington 327 lIer cent, State Univt'rsity of Oregon 185 per cent, State University o f Oklahoma 164 per ce nt, Sta te University o f California 117 per cent, Stale University of \Vi sconsin 103 per ce nt. In enrolment California increased 4,733, \Vi sconsi" 3,422, Tennessee 3,372.

From 1894 to 1914, State University o f l J1inois increased 671 per cent, University of \Vashington 613 cent, University of Oregon 402 per cen t, University of California 394 per celli, of Colorado 384 p e r cenl, University of \\' isconsin 292 per cent. I n e nrolment the Universi ty of Ca lifornia increased 6 ,997, University of 5,293, University of Wi sco n s in 5,OJ8.-Joll nlol of Educatio/l,

5ays TIle 11'0111011'/ Journal:

A lively controversy has been called ou t by Ih e report o f the committee of experts (all of them men, by the way) who h;ave been investigating Boston's school system, Thi s recalls the fact that girls were not admitted to the public grammar rchoo ls of Massachusetts till 1789, nor to the high schoo ls till 1861, A high schoo l for liIirl s was Slarted in Bos ion in 1823. but Ih e girls Oocked to it in suc h numbers that the conservatives got fright e ned and it was qui ck ly closed.

A Hry deep lfl"!!o het'n (cit in the ntire educ:uion31 worlt! by the death of Preftident Angell of the CniH-r il)· 1)( \Iit:hig:ln

lIan'anl \Ooill folio tht' t''',UIII'1o: IIf Yak and Pr;nU'ltJII, and her tuition fee to ,,", 0 huntlu-d dull"r.. Tili, ,Iuu nut illclutie lilt" \It-diea!, I.aw anti Dj,init)' schools, hieh are aln·'llir at the ah<J\t Thi "1t'I' i 10 ovcrcomc defiCits, I,ro\'id , :1Il,1 \ lIH.:u-a-,· t'xl,t'lllhturt"!> un the nced, of the '\oChoal, for a IIno hhnfY in 1(llh Ii. Ilan'.HI! nul a Iolatl." university and, therclort' Ilut·., lIot rt'("'-;\T ;i!l)' 3"i.roilrialion.. {rmn the tatc. F",,.yold of Siam:! ,' j.

Says 1'1". S<'roll

Dr Lillien \Iarlin I,nll a "I KJintetl I,rtlft·.,"or uf I',yrhul/Jgy at Leland Stanford. She i till' fir oman • \t'r 1,la('('.1 ill "f a ,I"parlllu'nt ill Ihl" uni,·(:n;it)'.

Thl" lI 'om/HI's }owrtlOl 'luolC'S a from Ihl" )"ork 7".,Io,ltll'. SOIllI'! tw t: nly ' fivc \·a ,ar Collt&e untkrllratluaH, laktn Iv a ·(." i.1I1 of th. I)utdu· CounlY Supreme.' Court b)' one (If Ihl" "ruf.-wr.. rhe)' 1rt." lIu·lIllwr of thc da-<j in polilical 5cicnt·c and t're lakl"lI It, e- th., \tgal h K" 'round " [II ovtr·rulinll: a IIwlinll Ihl" ju,ticc tluUh,d the- Slaic la\'., hidl a hu s band a ri"ht t o 11.Ull<.')' hi, · ·ift may ..a\'e "Higlll thtre," ':"11" Ih Trihlut, "Ih(' cia a lurlltd illlU a ,'Iffragl" india' nalion 111('('tiny', hich o'n,h',1 llh Ihc olemnt t kiml uf :l 1.lc.lgc liI;!t thi )J1rticular law will be fir!>1 O'IC i,"-·,I (jUl hell Ihe hrilll( "'1\1;,1 franrhi_e."

The (ollo\\ing ori..:;inal "URghlion ..:omt' (rolll lht' S.·;" ) '/lrk \YANTS OCCA!iION'L 1{ nllw5. I n coun lri e'! ha\'ing a traincd ohlie y t,'cr), vOllllg man servt5 IWO or three ),car in tht army, Thi 5 corrcsJKlTltls 10 a coursc. Bul hc does nOI SlOP with that like Iht graduate, III' passe, iMtead into thc reserves or LtHldwllf'Y ami c01l1e back to the or camp (or a week or a fortnighl's drill and instruction evcr)' )'tar till he is pa"l Ihe age of !lervicc \-Vh)' shou ld 110t the collej(e have the righl 10 recall alullllli ';")' for a summcr course of six week: tvcr)' "\'c.o )'ear.' .\" il now a coUtgt' deWft'c is :I (rauII IIVOII the public. 1"he world woulll bt gravc l)' deceived if il took: the diVloma at its fa ct valnc and n"lllumcd thnl the gralh,alc c 1.Ild no\\"' cl(J wlcat il cert ifi es hc once c.'ould do. li t is'n 1110101 en-ell entitle,l to II morc of a (Icgret' Ihall "ex·Lali"i"I" of "Trigono · melrican ," In China here -.eholar hill is laken seriOU5 1y, a man .fodcili hii if in after life he i" found not to have kellt \II' his 51udiei or 10 havt forgotttn what he had learnet.!, If our do 110t adOll1 the rt"('rve S)'Sltni and recall their alumni 10 Iheir color, onct in 11 while II would hc onl)' fair to insisl Ihat tht: d1ploma!! be Ilril1lt·.1 in il)(liut· lUrch !11k 0 that ould out gradually all the knolOokdkc so eertificd "a fOfllOtlcn. Th(" use uf India ink al1d parchment f or this ill Illanif("stly inappropriate.

The llrtsidcllt of the Caml' Fir e (;irl" of h th e thou antl guardian of <;('V("lIt)' thousand \mt'riC;:8n girl lu read Ihem a o f clue\ol ion!l aime'cl 10 IIlhose girl Ihill king aboul counlry of our II ("'rc are' !>ome o f Ihclll: !l ow many I11tll erc killed in Ihc Cinl \\'ar' \\ 'ha l a elll("d hy thai ar' it or lh tht livts of 'iO m311)' 1nt"'11' \\"hal it mean to ",lie for \merica'" Is \mcrica worth dying for' In hal rC!iII«"I'" I II ht"Cau-e e 3rt' , ealth)'. or !>o Icarncii. or SO I " il ht-cau c e ha1'pentd 10 he horn hcre' \\'hen )'011 a), ".\mcrica" whal do you lI1e<ll1' \,'hal thi ""UIlIT), \\' her., clu women hclong he-II it to fur .\merit·;!' Il a\'c Illl'), a n'al placo.:' If so, hal is il and ·ha l arc ),ou g"mg to do'

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