Ea c h date designated in ealra heav y type: bas a signifi cance whi c h is explained in the foll owi ng info r mation
Ma rch I ChapteT correspond ing secretary shou ld lend comp l e t e li s ts o f a c t ive mClnbcn for th e Acco nd semester to the Grand Treasure r , Grand Secre t ary , Pr ov i n ce: Presid e nt, and Alurnn;e Editor: Iisls o f c h apter olficer. for t he second semes/ e r 10 all members of th e Grand Counci l and 0 t he P rovi n ce P rCliden t , and namcs of th ose leaving co llcR e to tbe Editor.
M arch 4. ""rate rn i t y exam inati o n If d ate is n o l convenien t confer wit h you r eJ[3.nl1ner prev i ous t o thi s date accordina to in s tru ct ions in January BNlltti"
·March S.
Mar c h IS Cha p tn T reasu re r should und semi· annual due s to the Grand Treasurer.
M arc h 30. Chairman of chapter committee on IC ho la rs hip should send mid -semester repo rt to member of standing comm itt ce t o whom h er cha pter is assigned Th e Pi n eta Phi Sett leme nt School year doses at this da t c.
April 12 Alumnz club secre t 3rid mail personals t o Alumna! t:ditor.
April IS Chap te r leller .-\11 ma terial for the J une An ow requ uted in 7 he Hllllell" issued AI)ri l I i. due on thi s date. It shou ld be pHpne d a nd mailed on or befo r e April 10
Ap ri l 28 F ounde r s ' D ay. A l um nz unite with neare st a c tive ahaptcr in ce l ebration of t he: eve:nt
April 2!L Annual repor t of a l unm;e clubs should be mlliled t o the Al ull1Q;!:, Edit or of TltE }\IlIi OW. The) mu s t be in her bands by Ma y S. Thi s m ea n s that the report sh ou ld be wriuen before F ou nd ers ' Da y and all accou nt of the ct lebrati on inserted or added dire<tly after and the m •. mail ed, April 29.
April 30 Alumnz clubs elec t officers.
M ay 1. Deginning of year.
M ay 1. Chapter corresponding stcre ta rits s h ou ld se nd annual re:port to all me mbers o f t!ic Grand Counci l and to Province
Ma y 1. Chapte r corrtspo nciing sccre:t aries s hou ld se n d t o the A l umuz Editor a revised list of Birls araduating or permanently leavin g col k ee i. Ju n e t oge th er with th eir addnsses.
-May 25.
June 1. Chapter corresponding secre tari es s h ou ld se nd l is ts of officers (or the fall o,emcster t o all members o f th e Grand Co un cil and to the Pro.· ince President. and hould be sure t ha t all initialeS fo r the lear h ave bten reported t o the Grand Sei::nury Chapter correspo nding 5CCTetary send t o Cataloeuer copy of chap ter membership list with addresses (i f published by the chapter).
June 1 ChaptH Panlullenic shou ld send t o fr aternity representative in National Panhe ll en ic Co n eress de tailed re port on P a nh clleni c co nd iti ons in her co ll ejl:t. Chairman of chapter comm ittee on rshlp should send her IUmme r adaress and final report of the work o r ber commi ttee t o me:mber of standin, committe _
t o ·hom her chapter is assigned; also h er sum mel address to c ha irma n o f s tanding co mmittee:, Mu Geo rg e II. Tannahill, 402 Th ird S t reet. Lewiston, I da ho.
June IS Chairma n o f chap t er commi ttee o n scholarlhip should make sure th at the second semester re l)()r t duly recorded on N. P C. b lank!! reached t he standing committee. Chapter corresl)() nd ing secn·taries s hould send names , photograp hs. and brief typewrittlfn biographies o f all members elected t o '" B K. ! Z , o r other honor s tud ents , to M rs. George \V Tannahill , 4 02 Third S t .• L ewis t on, Idaho.
J une 20 Annu al Reports o f Nati ona l Officers , Pro vin ce Pr esiden t s, Province Vice-presidents, and C hai rme n of Sta nding Committees shou ld he se nt t o Grand Secretary for at summer meetin g of the Grand Co un ci l. All reports sh o141d b, t J'l'eu ritle".
Julf I. Annua l meeting o f Ihe G ra nd Council. date to be announced.
September 1. Chairma n o f c hap te r committee on sc hola r s hip s h ou ld send to member of committee to hom he r chapter is assigned and alliO to the chairman , Mn. Georg e \V. T annahill, 401 Third S tr ee t. Lewiston. Id aho, b e r addr en for the college yea r.
Septtmber 10
September IS Chapte r officers s hould meet and pr e pare fo r the new co ll cije )'car. (The exac t date o f thi s meeting mus t he determined in eac h c ilaill er by dat e of th e Olle n i n g o f college. ) Septemb er 25. Chapter corresponding secreuries s h ou ld se nd co mpl e te lists of active members to the Grand Treas urer. Grand Secre t ary , Prov ince [ 'resident, a n d Alumn;c Editor; a lso send Alumn.-.e Editor list o f names and addresses of gir ls ac t ive in Ju ne but not in Septembe r living la s t addrt:5s a t which ARao\V was rece iv ed.
O ctober 10 Chapler corresponding secre taries send in to Gra nd P residen t and Grand name!' of A lumnz Advisory Commi ttee
O c tober 15 Chapter Trea s u re r s h ou ld se nd semi· a llllual dues to t he Grand T reasurer.
O ctob er 21. cl u b secrc taries ma il pf'fsolla1s t o Editor.
O ctob er 25 Chapter letter and all mat eria l requested fo r the December Anow in Th, BI4I1"II. i'lsued the firs t «k in Octobe r is due on t his da te. It should be prepared and mailed on or before October 20.
N ovembe r IS . Annual duel of alumru.o shou ld be se11t 10 the P rovince \ - ice'p resident s.
N ovember 15 _ Chapte r "-'.anhelle n ic should make to rraternlty rCllresen l attve report o n l' anhellenic conditions in her co ll ege.
N o vember 22. C h airman of chapter commi ttee o n sc ho larship s hou ld scnd t o nlelnber o f standing co mmittee 10 hom he r challte r is a ssigned mid!IoCllles tcr report o n work of her committee . .December 10.
• All notirtl i ntended for the nu;t issue of Tis, Pi Beta Pil i BMIl,t'-" sbou ld be in tbe han ds of tbe Kditor oa tbis date
THE ARROW
Official Publication of the Pi Beta Phi Fraternity
VOLU>!E XXXIl[ JUNE, 1917
SARAH POMEROy-RUGG, EditDr
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All .hould be addre ed to the Ed i t.or, Suah Pomeroy. Run (Mr'I. F A .>, 201 DaYII Aye , Brookline. Ma Material intended for public.ation mUlt reach the Editor live weeki belore date of publication TBK Aa.ow i. publilhed four timel a year, in October. December, March , and June at 450 to 454 Abnaip Street, Menalba, Wi •. , by Georle Oanta, official printer and publilber to the fraternity. Subac::ription price $1.00 per ytar i 25 centl for unite copiu.Entered I. aecond-cl matter October 20, 1909, at the poltoftice at Mena.ha, Wia., under the Act of CORlre of March 3, 1879.
CAurolNIA ALPHA-Leland Stanford, Jr , University, Tharlyne BuWum, Pi Beta Phi House, Stanford University, Cal.
CALIFORNIA Br.TA-University of California, Marguerite Eastwood, j06 Man · . dana Blvd ., Oakland, Cal.
NEVADA ALPJlA-Univenity o f Nevada, F aith M aris, Man un ita Hall, Reno, NeY.
OUOON ALPHA-Uniyersity of Oreeoo, Beatrice Gaylord, Pi Beta Pbi Hoase, 877 11th Ave E., Eultne. Ore.
WASHINGTON AUHA-Uni.,.erJity of Washington. Ruth H Kerr. 4SJS 18th A.,.eo N. E., Seattle. W uh.
WAIHINGTON BErA-Washinrrton State Collece, Helen Hungate, 610 California St.• PaUman, Wub_
STANDING COMMITTEES
CO)(MITTI& ON' EXTlN'IJON-Emmeline Carter Sherman (Mrs. E. G.), 2002 EI Cerrito Place, Hollywood, CaL; Edith Valet, '11 W 127th St , New York, N. Y.; Mary de Garmo, Agnes Scott CoUege. Decatur, Ga.
t:Olof)(ITTl& ON' ScHOLARSHIP-Anna Lytle Tannahill (Mrs. G. W .) , 403 Third St., Lewi.ton, Idaho; Elsa Schlicht, 219 N. Sandusky St., Bellevue, Ohio; Edith Gordon, 467 Spadina Ave., Toronto, Canada; Bessie Tucker Gislason (Mrs. H. B.), 317 Harvard St. S E., Minneapoli s, Minn.; Dr Grace Hebard, University Library, Laramie, Wyo.
COMHITTU ON CHAPERONs-Effie P-atch. Pi Beta Phi House, Iowa City, Iowa; Minnie K Organ Salem, Mo.; Roberta Campbell Bowen (Mrs. Ralph). 8c)! Ostrom Ave ., Syracuse, N. Y
COMWITTII ON' FRAT.lRNITY EXA)UNATIONs-Nellie B. Wallbank, 41J N . Main St., Mt. Pleaunt, towa; Mildred Poley (Mrs C. W.). 1020 15th St., Boulder, Colo.; Edith Baker, 47 trv ing St., Cambridge, Mass. ; Dema Hurshbarger, Sherman Ave , Evanston, til. ; Marie Hammond , Miami University, Oxford, Ohio; Grace Hancher Beck (Mrs. Barton) , 2J4 N 19th St., Portland, Ore ; Harriet Wilmont Caldwell (Mrs Wallace E.). 2:2126 Loring Place, New York City; Mrs Thede T. Job, 208 Fairchild SI., towa City, Iowa.
CO)()( ITTU ON U:iDIRCRADUATE LoAN FUND-Mildred Babcock (Mrs. H L.) , Dedha m, Mass.; ElminlL Wilson, IZ4 E. 27th St., New York. N. Y .; Jennie L. Rowell, 83 Hungerford St ., Bortington, VI.; Anne Stuart, tc)o6 D St , Lincoln, Neb., DfficiD.
COHMITTU ON SEM'UM'ENT ScHOOL-Elizabeth Clark Helmick (M rs. Eli A.), clo 28th Infantry, Fort Sam Houston. San Antonio. Texas, chai rman and treasurer; Nina Harris Allen ( Mrs. F. ].), 6417 Lake St., Oak Park, Ill . ; Jennie B. Allyn, 296 Mustlchusetts Ave., Arlington, Mass .; Louise Van Sant, 4II Hawthorn .Road, Roland Park. Maryland; Elsa Schlicht, 219 N. Sandusky St., Bellevue, Ohio; Mildred Steele, 791 North Academy St., Galesburg, III.; Mary Phillippi, 2JIO California St., Omaha, Neb.; una May Harper Trott (Mn. A. B.), 1571 Steele St., Denver. Colo.; Leda Pinkham Wilbur (Mrs. H. C.), 528 8th Ave., North, Seattle, Wash ; Anne Stuart, 906 D St., Lincoln, Neb., ex Dfficio.
COMM IM'EE ON PROFESSIONAL GUIOAN CE.-Central BUTeau N e w Y or k City; Chairman, Alleyne Archibald, 70 Fifth Avenue; Mrs . Burd e tte uwi s, Bronxville, N. Y.; Miss Aida \V3:lson 124 E. 27th St .• New York ; Mr s. Berton Maxfield. 3058 Bed{ord Ave., Brooklyn , N. Y.; Mrs Horace Mann Snyder, SJO Riverside Drive, New York City.
COJ,nUTTU ON ARROW FILE-Delia Conger, J81 N. Prairie St. , Galesburg, til. ; Edith L. Carpenter.
COMMITTU ON FILLOWSHIP FUND-Sophie Parsons Woodman, S61 Welt l86th St., New York. N. V.; Adelaide Rothert, 141 6 Grove Ave., Richmond, Va.; Lotta Broadbridge, 274 Wel t Grand Blvd • Detroit, Mich .; Marie Gates. SJ2 Cherry St., Springfield, Mo.; Lois Wilkin son-Christian (Mrs. Palmer), IIJ8 E. 44th St., Chicago, III.; Merle Ki ssick. Colorado Teachers' College, Greeley, Colo.; Zelva Me ck lem, 706 Campus Ave. , Pullman, Wa sh.; Anne Stuart, tC)06 0 St., Lincoln. Neb., ex officio.
CHAIRMAN BUREAU 0' PRINTING-Sarah Pomeroy·Rugg (Mrs. F. A.), 201 Davis Ave., Brookline, Man.
CUSTODIAN 01' THE PIN-Queene Snow Cox (Mrs. H enry), 3J20 D cwey Ave., Omaha. Neb.
AL UM N A: D E PART M E NT DIREC T ORY
SU:UTARY FOR THE ALUMNAt AND GRAND VICE-PRESIDENT-Nina Harri s All e n (Mrs. F. J. ) . 6 417 Lake St , Oak Park, 111. ALUMN..£ EDITOR-Anna Robin so n Nick er son (Mrs. D. D .) , 74 Rockland Ave .• Malden, M oss
ALPHA PROVINCE
VJ CE ' PlESIDEN'T-Jennie B. Allyn, 286 M assach usetts Ave., Arlington, Mass. BoSTON. bfA ss . - B ertha A. Carr. 180 Longwood Ave ., Bos ton , Ma ss. BUPfAlO. N Y -Leila So ule · Bitting ( Mrs. Geo. L. ), 535 Norwood Ave. B URUNCTON, VT - J e nni e R o w ell,83 Hungerfo r d SI. N ORT HER N' NEW Y ORK-Do roth y Cleave land . Canton, N. Y . NEW YORK, N. Y -Lavinia Cunningham-Cook ( M rs. Frank), 4 9 Mil es Square Rd., Yonk cn, N. V. SYUCUSE. N. Y.-Marion N. lI owell ( Mrs. L A .), 62 2, P ark A ve., Syracuse, N. Y
R OC HE ST ER , N. ¥.-Tsabelte M oore , '75 Rugby A ve. T ORONTO, CANADA-Ea rd l y Green, 124 Bl oo r St. W W'E STE RN MA SSAC HUSETTS A LU MNiE- Amy L . Wall o n, 10 7 Sherman St.. Spr:ing6eld, Mass.
BETA PROVINCE
VI C!:' PRESIOENT-Loui se Van Sant, R. F. 0 2, Adamsvill e, Ala BALTIMORE , MD.-H es ter H e isse , 1409 'V. Lombard. CARLISLE, PA.-Ha:r:el Ki sn e r . \V Louther SI. PmLAOELPHI A, PA .-F l o re nce Millu, 1533 N. 8th St. PITTSBURCH. PA .- Helen B. Clark, 5407 Friendship Ave . RI CHMOND, VA -Adel aide R o th ert, 1416 Gro ve Av e. ' VAS IIiNGTON', D C.-Dorothy Smnllwood Geare ( !\frs R egi n ald), S Leland St Chevey Chase, M d.
GAMMA PROV I NCE
VI CI·PRE SIDENT-Elsa t. Schlic ht, 219 N. Sandusky St., Bellevue, Ohio. AN N ARBOR , M ICH.- Jan et McDon ald Chipman ( Mrs. D . C.), R 6 H opeda le, Ann Arbor.
AT HENS,
Reah Wood (Mrs Jame s), 34 Washington St. CLEVELAND, OHlo--Gladys Co l e, 1315 Franklin Ave ., Phon e. Edgewater 279 3 J. COLll MB US , Scott. 1986 Summit St. D ETRO IT, Ml c H.-M a rgard Spier Mill e r (Mrs. Leslie), 568 \Va te rman St. FRANKLIN, IND .- Fr ances ?yf. D ea n. HILLSDALE, MI CH.- Myrta K e mpf.
fl'l'D IANAPOLl S, IND .- Myra ' Vatson Beel e r (Mrs. R C.), 3120 College Av e. OKlO GAMMA AL UMN A': CI u8-E nGn F. Boyer, 437 S. P OI)l ar St.. Bu cy ru s. Ohio.
T OLEDO, Brown i ng, 21z5 Maplewood Ave . SoUTHWESTERN IN D.- Marie W esl , 50 1 \Vashingt on Ave. , Evan s ville , Ind
DELTA PROVINCE
Steele Doyle (Mrs. F A .), 140 4 Ma in St., Galesburg. Ill.
lu -Mrs. Ellen F e rri s Scofield, so z Locust Sf. CJflCAco, F1 age r Schantz ( Mrs O. M .), 5:115 , V 24th St.. Cicero. lit.
CINTRAL, ILL.-Mable Lindsay F airc lo (Mrs. G . C.), 412 \V. Ch urch St., Champaign, TIl.
DECATOR, ILL.-Irene Hamman 1002 W. Main St. GA.LESBURG, ILl..-Ruth M cCle ll and, 656 N. Prairie . MADISON. \Vls .- Hele n Kayse r , 80z E. Gorham St. MINNEAPOLI S ANn ST. PA.UI., MI NN.-Li lli an McLaughlin Kronge s ( Mrs W J.). 15 ' V '2nd St. S., Minn eapolis.
MONMOUTH ALU)(N'.€
Johnslon Thomas (Mrs. J. N ), 500 E Archer St. PEORIA, ILL.-Gencvieve Alvord, 2826 Madison Ave. SPIll NCFlELD, ILL.-Virrirua Harrison Bowyer, 905 S. 6th St. SOUTH DAKOTA AwwsN.-lIelen Dayton MaL: (Mrs Leo), 71l W. 16th St., Sioux Fails, S. D.
EP ILON PROVISCE
VICE'PKESIDENT-Mary Phillippi, 2310 California St., Omaha, Neb. 10WA-Loui5e Ahlbrecht-Eichling Plrs. II. L.). BURJ.INcTON. 10wA-Jeuie M. Thomas. 109 W oodlawn Ave. CEDAR RAPIDS. I owA-Emma Forsythe. DES MOINES, I owA-Anna Ross Clark,e ( Mrs. C. II.), 151 0 9th St. FAYE'M'EVILLY., A ...:.-Mildred Gregg, 129 E. Dickson St. INIHAHOLA, rowA-Anila Blohm Latta ( Mrs. L. M.). IOWA CITV, IOWA -E lo uise Kessler-Q'llrien ( Mr s. Geo. J.), 321 E. Chu rch SI. KANSAS CITV. M .-t·onslance Fennell. 93 1 Cleveland A\'e LAWRENCE, KAH.-E. lI elen Pendlelon, 1002 Tenn. St. LINCOLN, NED.-Mary Spalding , 2221 Sheridan Blvd. MANHATTAN, KAN-E dna H ood LSlllz (Mrs. Lhas.), 830 H ouslon St MT. PLEASANT, I OWA- Miriam Young Melcher ( Mr s. K3r1), 207 N. Adnms St. OMAlIA, NEB., AND COUNCil. BI .u fI's. 100\A-lielen Price ·Thomas (Mrs. Cla.y), 5020 Nichol:u St., Omahn . OrruMwA, I OWA-Oli\"e F. Nimocks, 724 N. Court Sf. ST. JOSEPH, MO.-Charlolle Allen. 2810 Sherm:m Ave. SPRINGFIELD, Mo.-Mnr)' Criss, 812 Benton ST. LoUIS, Mo.-Snllie Lee Sparks, 5431 Bn.rtmer A\'e. SIOUX CITV, IOwA -Florence Benson Bristol ( Mrs. L. \V .), 2709 Douglass SI. TOPEKA, KAN .-Frederic3 Bullene Woodward ( Mrs. Chester), 834 Buchannn St.
ZETA PROVINCE
VI CE-PRES IDENT-Lena Harper Trott (Mrs. A. B.), 1571 Steele St., Colo. ARDMORE, OKLA.-Antoinette: Cubb Fort (Mr!!. Wm D.), 519 N. W. 0 St. AUSTIN, TEx .-Melita Faust·Goeth ( Mrs. Ralj lh C.) Enfield. Austin. BOULDER, COLo.-Dorothy Chittenden, 1605 Hillside Road. CASPAR, Wyo.-Eth el McG rath -Cove rt (Mrs Pitt, Jr.) , Apt. F, Id ea l Apts. COLO RADO SI'RINGS-Eliubeth Davi son, 224 E. Yampa St., Colorado Springs. DALLAS, TEX. -Edith Daniel Dyer ( Mrs. Arthur) , 2208 Mc Kinn ey Ave. DENVER, Walker -Bishop (l\ l rs. W. C.), 1925 E. 23rd Ave. HOUSTON, TEX .-Naomi Peacock Cosby (Mrs. Rodman) , 2308 Ave. LARAMIE, Wvo .-l\1n rgar et Mullison. 721 S. 8th St. PUEBLO, COI.O.-1.olita Snell-Prouty ( Mr s F. 11 .),2 136 Cedar SI. \V ACO. TEx .- Monett e Colgin·Ha.nna (Mrs. M .), 1902 Austin 51.
ETA PROVINCE
VICE-PRESIDENT-Leda P. Wilbur (Mrs. H. n .), 434 35th Ave., Seatlle, Wash EASTERN MONTANA-Grace Bailey, 120 N. 30th St .. Apt. 3. Billings, Mont. Los ANGELES, CA1•.-Frnnces Loftus-Ball (Mrs. E. E.), lq NEVADA-Lola lI anna, Man:r:anita Jl all, Reno. CALIFORNIA-Ruby Roberts Richardson (Mrs. 54 Tunnel Road, Berkeley. PORTLAND, Blackmar, 438 E. 52nd St. PI BETA PII' REGISTER-H ote l Portland. SEATTU, \ V'ASH .-( PU GET SoUND ALUYNA: CLUB)-Marion Spelger, Box 134 8 . SoUTHERN CAUFORNIA-Kalhleen Chandler-Bach (Mrs. R!llph), 2637 J3me s St., Lorna Portal, Cal.
SPOKANE, Forster Ohme (Mrs. F. 11.), S. 21t Post 51.
Pi Phi Magazine
Subscription Agency . For In/ormation address: Blan che G. Reisinger, 235 E. Lafayette Ave., Baltimore, Md.
The Pi Beta Phi Calendar for 1911 (see inside cover page) has been compiled with great care. Please use it. Read it ca r efully, find out what dates apply to your work and then be prompt in the performance of your
Every effort is made to keep our Directory up to date. If you notice a mistake in name or address, the Editor will welcome the co rrection.
Notice the list of publi c ati o n s of Pi Beta Phi on the inside back cover.
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERSl
When making a change of address please fill out this slip, detach and mail to the Alumnre Editor , Mrs. David D. Nickerson, 74 Rockland Ave., Malden, Mass . Former address.
lass numeral
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Will brides please add to the above for announcement in THE ARROW, date of ",tddin&. husband 's name, Alma Mater, class, and business .
THE ARROW
\ 'OLUME XXXIII
JUNE,1917
A TOAST TO PI BETA PIlI
NUMBER 4
\Vritt en for New York Alumnre Club celebration of Founders.' Day by ETJIEL HARDESTY CLEAVER,
PENN
SYLVAN IA r, '02
A toast to Pi Beta Phi, my friends, On her golden jubilee!
F o r fifty years Pi Beta Phi has lived , Let 's cry exultantly!
T o eighteen sixty-seven, a toastA nd nineteen seventeenAnd all those glorious years, Pi Phi's, That 'twixt them lie between
A toast to our Founders , brave and true, \Vhose fondest dreams ne'er planned Such greatness for their I. C. Club
As the bridge of time has spanned. All honor to those glorious names, To the Founders of Pi PhiFor their ideals, work, and influence, too , I n all the years gone by.
And here's to our Alma Mater, Though scattered far and wide.
H ere's to the chap ter each loves best, I n which she takes great pride.
A toast to those golden college days For some-now long ago--
A toast to the profs we used to like
A toast to the co llege beau!
Here's to the walks we used to take, Here's to the subjects passed-
H e re's to the ones we used to g rind, H ere's to our learning-vast!
Here's to our own alumnre club , To all clubs of Pi Phi;
454 THE ARROW OF PI BETA PHI
Grand Council, Fellows, Officers, Neath any clime or sky!
A toast to our shining arrow ! Oh may it point the way To do the noble thing and right And guide us day by day. Oh may its chain of links of gold The closer bonds of friendship hold, And may it link us firm and sure To "whatsoever things are - purc."
Here's to Qur frie tlds oC the arrow! To th ose now, and yet to beTo those we h ave l oved a nd lost awhile Who have passed the c ry stal sea . To all th e friends of ou r col/ege days
Both Greek and non -G re e k, too, I propose a t oast, Oh Pi Phis dear , As I think of th em with you.
And here's to th e wi ne ca rnati on The flower of Pi Beta Phi!
May our lives as bright and ch ee rful be, And sweet to the passe rs -by! And here'; to our school in the Sunny South, And the good we've tried to doOh m ay our future gleam with light From deeds of valor true!
So--a toas t to our fifty years , Pi Phis , And many more to co me!
Long ere the century's mark is reached, God grant the great war drum That now beats o'er the warring world dlen ced be forever, And bonds of world wide peace shall reign That time nor tide shall sever.
A toast to our fifty golden years, A toast to Pi Beta Pbi ! Long may she live, wd l may she live, Shall be our battle cry I
THE BIRTHPLACE OF PI BETA PHI 455
And when the last roll call shall come, As come it's sure to doMay there be no missing wearer Of the wine and silver blue!
Once more, to Pi Beta Phi, a toast, On her golden jubilee!
For fifty years Pi Phi has lived, Let's shout triumphantly!
To eighteen sixty-seven a toast, A nd nineteen seventeenAnd all we have achieved, Pi Phis, I n the year::, t ha.t intervene!
THE BIRTHPLACE OF PI BETA PHI
MONMOUTH COLLEGE, MONMOUTH, ]1 LINOIS
By MINNIE McDILL
(The following was contributed by the wife of the President of Monmouth College who is henet( a gn'lduate of Monmouth in the c lass of 1886 and who belonged to the Car tha ge College chapter of n B 4>.)
" Let' s get acquainted." Yes! Let's doll \Ve'vc met and shaken hands with you thr oug h this very unique co lumn of T'HE ARROW. \Ve have enjoyed tile little announcements of " 'Vho's Who in Pi Phi." We have seen through your eyes YOUT beautiful grounds, your artistic buildings, your learned professors, and last but not least your fine Pi Phi girls. We know that they a r e all l oya l a.nd true to th e principles and purposes of those girls who founded our organization in the far away days of '67.
And now allow me to present one whom T am su r e holds a peculiar place in your hearts-a favored corner where none of the r est of you may rest.
Shake hands with Monmouth College. She makes her bow to you and accepts your homage which you bring to her as the Alma Mater, the very IIdear mother" of you all.
She gives you greeting.
She bids you Godspeed.
She leaves with you her blessing.
She pleads wit,! you to be true and brave and noble and womanly as were her daughters of '67 who brought you into being.
THE ARROW OF PI BETA PHI
She feels that she would leave with you the words of your own song-
"What soever things are true, Lovely, fair, Beyond compare Pure as is the Arrow'. gold. Swett as wine ca rDati ons h old Honest, just, of worth untold These, hold ye, in honor due Best to serve the name ye bear Wear e rs of the wine and blue, Choose these in your hea.rts to wear."
UEve ry human institution has a beginning. Monmouth College is no exception. It was sometime in the early part of the year 1852 that Rev. Robert Ross of South Henderson and Rev. J. C. Porter of Cedar Creek had a vision. To which of them it appeared first is not known but the vision was one and the same; an institution of higher grade than the public schoo ls of the state, situated in the midst of the rich prairies of western I t did not take the form of a . university nor at first even that of a college but the modest title of high school, grammar school, o r academy. The vision took tangible form October II of the same year when the matter was laid before the Presbytery of the Associated Reformed, now the United Presby· terian Church. In November, 1853 , the new institution was opened as an academy. This was Monmouth College in embryo. The evolu· tion was rapid. After two years steps wer e taKen to raise the academy to the rank of co ll ege . In January, 1856, th e Board of Trustees elected a faculty consisting of Rev. David A . Wallace, Presidentj Rev. J. R. Brown, Professor of Languages; and Rev. Marion Morri · son, Professor of Mathematics. On the first Monday of September, 1856, Monmouth College was opened for the recep tion of students and in February of the following year was granted its charter.
The real history of a co ll ege is bound up with the lives of the m en who have guided its course and administered its affairs. For twenty · two years Dr. David A. Wallace continued president of the young and struggling institution. Largely through his influence the foundations were laid and the ideals fixed. It is well for Monmouth College that in these early plastic years , the ·critical period,' that the master mind and rugged personality of Wall ace was at the head to shape her future. Dr. W allace was not only a man of affairs but an educator
·Reprinted from Monmouth Collea:e Annual.
ranking second to none in the great and growing Middle West. It was a noble band of leaders at that lime: Edwards, Blanchard , Bateman, \Vallace . Following Dr. W allace, Dr. J. B. McMichael filled the positi on of president for nineteen years. I r \Vallace was tho Founder, Dr. Mc M ichael was the first of thl; Builders. Debts were paid, new buildings added, a fuller equipment provided, and an endowment fund was built up. Under Dr. S . R. Lyons' administration, a large increase of endowment was secured and the course of instruction was enlarged. The fourth and present president, Dr. T. H. McMichael, son of the former executive, has been the efficient head of the college for the past eleven years. [ f you, reader, want visible proofs of this, go on the c ampus and loo k about you , examine the accountS of the treasurer's office, open the catalogue and study the co urses of instruction; note the advance along these lines and the bright promise for the future.
Monmouth's ideal is the high grade small college. To the question, '\Vhat is education?' answer from the first has been, a three-fold developm ent of body, mind ! and spi rit Physical and mental culture equal to any, with distinct emphasis on the development of the moral sense and conscience . The doctrine of 'first things first' is accepted as holding true in education as in other things. In Monmouth's creed it is boldly written, 'Character first ,' IThe highest culture for man's highest nature.' Not ashamed of the title, 'Christian College,' Monmouth will not change, blot out, o r in any way conceal that title.
It is literally true that the sun never sets on the graduates of Monmouth College. In the states, from New York to California, in Japan, China , Ind ia. Egypt, and the Sudan, ,there: you will find th em. They a r e found in most of he professions and business of life. Many are leaders in hign positions. But whether in exalted or humble stations of life the children of Monmouth College reflect honor on their Alma Mater. Fifteen hundred and sixtythree have graduated and fifteen thousand in all have been students for a longer of shorter period. The recent reorganization of the 3.1umni and ex - students promises more efficient suppo rt than heretofore. Behold the college of the future, 'strong mother of a mighty race ,' r ejoicing in the power of maturity and in the blessing of a mighty offspri ng."
LISBIE Baoo K -GAOD IS (Thil piClUTC appeared origi nally in tbe Convention number of THE Auow in 191 2 .)
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OUR FOUNDE R S AFTE R FIFTY YEARS
"Long ago in Monmoulb Coll ege. on a b right, glad. April day, Met a band of twelve fair maidens, bent on work and bent on play. One & rair light -hearted lanie, with great of earnest blue Sweetly spoke of love unfading, told her dream of friendship true
We have come dear girls together, with a purpose high and p ure Come to pledge an earnest friendship. tha t forever sha ll e nd ure . Let o ur embl em be the arrow, deftly li ho t (rom Cupid's bow, Gol dc n - wing'd with virtue, honor; speeding l ove wh e re' e r it go."
M ARGAJl!T SUT'UR.LAND-
FLYSN 0 111 0 B. In Pi Bela Plaj Songbook.
Margaret Campbe ll writes from Thyne Institute, Chase City, Virginia, where she has been located for some time She says :
"I have charge of olle hundred and fifty colored boys and girls in the dormitories here. Have been here for thirteen yean and enjoy my work You know if the negro is t o be a good citi%en of our Ugrand United Statesl! he must have a Christian education. And we are trying to give it to him I tru s t that the convention at Geneva Lake, Wisconsin, may be a grand luccess. Miss Campbell throws no further light on the early days of our organization, except to speak in passing of organizing the "I. C." to "have some fun and pay the rent for a poor old couple we were helping." This statement g i v e 5 additional proof, of course, to the statement made so often that fr om the very beginning of our organization, some form of altruisti c wo rk has been carried on
Libbie Brook-Gaddis writes us from her home in Champaign, Illinois. Mrs . Gaddi s is kn own personally to hundreds of Pi Phis who met her at the St Louis Convention in 1904 and again at
• MARCARET E. CAMPBELL
F4NNl.!: lV II1T! V4 CK
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E'vallston in 19 12 where she was accompanied by her daughter, J essie, who is a member of lI er message follows:
I was born on a farm in ll enderson County, Illinois, in 18S0. Father was (rom Ohio, and mother (rom South Caro lina I am o f Sco t ch - Irish desccnt. W e went to a district school. Few of the teac h e rs of that peri od equaled the most ordinary teac h er of today-but there were two teachers who were very good. One was a Catholic priest, who had bee n dismissed {rom the churc h (or somc irregu l a r ity. li e had been educated a t the Queen's University at Co rk, and he was o nc of the most scholarly persom who ever lived in that part of the co untry. H e taught Lat in in o ur little "Stone School H ouse" and had private pupils in Latin and Greek in tbe evening. I I e taught bistory ora ily, that is, he told u s tbe sto r y, dates, etc., one day and we recited from memory next d:1Y Th e other teai.her was a lady from P a t erson, New Jersey. \V e l ea rn ed a great deal fr om her by personal co nt act. Being II. l ady of refinement, and c ulture we lea rn ed not on ly our "books," but she inspired us with a desire f or knowledge, and gave us a taste for things better th an we had known. I spent two o r three years or more in an academy-attending bu t II. term or two each yur and i n the year 1866 -1867 1 ente red Mon m o uth College as "s ub·jun io r."
In the spring o f '67 1. C was founded. In October, '67 , I was compelled to postpone co ll ege work on account of opt ha lmia. In September, '68 my siste r, Mar y A. Br ook, and myself entered I owa W este rn University at MI. Pleasant, I owa Although it was a s mall co llege as co mpared with co llege s o f today, in some things i t wa s in advan ce of its age.
In co ll ege spi rit ce rtainly it was up t o date This school had "Self-governmen I," before the year of 1869! During my stay in "1. 'V V." r su ccee ded in organizing a chapte r of I. C., the first in the history of its expan sion. Before Christmas 1868, we had twelve of the best girls in th e institution initiated into tbe r a nk s of I. C. nnd on New Y ea r's eve we wore o u r arrows for the first time to the B eta banquet. Many co mpliments wer e paid t o the c h oice spirits that composed our c hapter.
But there was good material l e ft and accordingly the P. E. O. formed their first chapt e r soo n after. Th e girls were of fine type and riv a led the selected I. C.'s P. E. O. fl ou ri shed as a co llege organiution for some time but it is n o w a charitab le institution, still ranking high as a li:r,terhood. This bit of hi s tory is inserted to show how we "p r ovoked" others to good works.
Th e coll ege yen r 186q - 18io, found u s back at Monm ou th, r in the graduating class of 1870 Bnd receiving "seco nd honor s" in the class whi ch earned the degree of B.S. My !lis te r, Mrs Mary Brook Pearce, o f Bloomfield, Iowa, th e n e xt chap te r in 18i2 W e both r eme mber with pride the part we had in the exteD'!ion o f r. C. Aft e r leaving college r spent B year and a half in California teach in g and sight·seeing and a year in Kansa. teac hing in th e public school s. Then for three or four years I t aught in Illinoi s.
I was married to Jobn II. Gaddis on February 24, t88o, and we "settled" on a farm near Avon in Fulton Co unty, Illinois. lIere my three children
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were born and grew up to college age. Later we moved to Galesburg, lllinois, where my two daughters and ont son attended Knox College. Both daugh· ten are members of IlIinois.6. At present our residence is in Champaign, Illinoi s, where I enjoying the atmosp here of this fine university town.
Ada Bruen-Grier gives us an intimate account of Pi Phi's first public appearance, for which we arc all grateful to her.
There was a quaint. ram b lin g, o ld houst with its friendly vinecovered portico and hospitable fireplace; brass andirons were on the hearth, and brass cand lesti cks, holding tallow dips, stood on the high man tIe -s helf above. The spinning-wheel stood near the fire, the "grandfa ther clock" in its corner, and the fine old writing -des k occ upi ed a place o ( h ono r.
There I was born, in the Quiet village o( Bloomfield, Jer sey, some yenrs before the great Rebellion . I was the youngest of a lar ge family. My childhood was very happy and uneventCu1.
My early education, (or the most part, was r eceived (rom a maiden co u sin, a good woman who taught
ADA BRUIN-GRIER. us the elements of right living along with Hthe three R 's ." The scholarship may have been rather weak in places, but we did l ea rn the meaning and significance o( kindness and honor and truth In my early maidenhood, the troublous war tim es cnme, bringing my first keen knowledge o( the sorrows o( lire.
BeCore the close o( the war we went to Illinois on a visit, a very happy visit. Shortly aCterward our f amily lelt New Jersey, and (ound a new home in Illinois.
About that time when I was si:dee n years old, I had my first experience as a teacher . \Vbat teaching it was! Some of my pupils were older than I; many o( them knew more than 1. Many times I did wish that some o( my bria:htest pnpils would be nt!;eded J.t home. But r managed to 6ni.h the term, with the ambition to learn how and try again.
In the (all of '66, I entered Monmouth College. Brook Gaddis was my roommate and my (riend. Her friend ship is one o( the brightest spots in my memory and the warmth of it has remained through all the yean. These Monmouth days were among the happiest o( my li(e. My, but we had good times! Not that it was all play by any mean s ; (or college meant work, too,
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in these early times. The literary societies, with their- open meetings, uhibition •• and contntJ fiUed a larger place in college life then than now.
ODe or the treatest of the to twelve girls, during that co llege year was the foundiDg of the I. C. Sorosis, April 28. 1867. Then, as now, a fint essential of • fraternity was the pin. W e had quile an exciting time in choosing a luitable badge. W e wanted the most attractive, of course, and we wanted to keep our plans secret. So there were many "star chamber" assemblings and numerous quiet foregathering, :It the jeweler's. Finally, the UArro"," _a.. decided upon, as the most desirable symbol for our clan.
The pins were secured. the nut step was to choose the time for the first revealing of the new Itar that was coming over the horizon of the college sky. Our col1ege president had given the girls a Ittture in which he advised us not to go with the boys Sabbath evenings. H e informed us that in case no member of the fIlmiJy where we stayed was going to ch urch , it would be perfectly proper for us to take our lanterns and go alone. That gave us a suggestion. So twelve girls. lanterns on arms, and wearing "arrows" went en masse to a college social. \VIe were very much the center of interest at thaI party. Curiosity ran high, excitement was almost intense, and I. C. (U I see") was th e popular phrase of the evening.
Our good times were numerous. During the summer of '67 we had a house party at Fanny Thompson's pleasant h ome in Oquawka, Illinois But ou r next visit to that home was very different from the first; for death entered and took from us Fanny, the affectionate daughter and sister. She was a sweet singer, a conscie ntious st udent , a true and loving friend. The hnt link of th e chain of our loves was b rok en ofT-rath er, th e first link of the chain that bound u s all closer to I-leaven was welded, and by her home· going the Father's H o u se became more real to us.
None can t ell in full the joys of those years we spent :1t Mo nm outh. As the days have come :md gone since, the memories of the friends there h ave never been lost. Even many new friendships formed in othe r places nnd at different times havt never replaced these of the old I. C.'s.
Wh en my college days were finished, I "ta ught in the schoo l s of Monm outh until my mnrriag! to Rev. Jame s A. Grier, of Mo nmouth, '74. The first pastorate we entered was in the co untry, at Chnrleroi Cross Rands, \V nshing· ton County. Pennsylvania. The nine yenrs there were very delightful, rich with work nnd plusure and friendships. Th en we went to Mercer. Pennsyl · vania, into a seeolld pastorate, and for three yen r s se rved there. After that brief period. Mr. Grier was called t o the Pittsburgh Th eol ogica l Seminary. In the years since our home has been in Belle,' ue, P ennsylvan ia.
We have four children: Robert, the eldest, is 3. lawyer at Ben Avon, a sub urb of Pittsburgh about two miles from Bellevue; James, a minister, settled in the Greenside Avenue Church, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania; Mary, married to Rev. E. D. Meller, living nt Midway, Pennsylvania; Albert, the youngest member or the family, a farmer in Arkan sns. Robert, James, and Mary are graduates of W estminste r College, New \Vilmingt o n, Pennsylvania . Albert attended college but did not graduate.
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Fifty yean ago, as we gathered in our little band, we little thought of initiatinK an organization that would bec ome nation wide in its range. "What a great matter :L little fire kindJeth! " I have watched with interest your progress, have looked witb keen plea!loure on the pic tures of your fait members, have admired the beautiful homes of the Pi Phis, and have been , especially pleased by the work you have been doiog in the Southland. It bas always been a real joy to me that I had a little part in the founding of Pi Beta Pbi, and 1 wish for y O U all continued prosperity an d succ ess in nil the work undertaken.
Tile Brownlee Sisters
\Vriling for both her sisler, Clara Brownlee Hutchinson, and herself, Emma Brownlee Kilgore says in a most delightful personal letter to the Editor.
1 was born on !l farm at Little York, Warren County, Illinois, MaTch 25, 184-8 tell me that 1 was a pretty liUle baby while very young lasting about two weeks). My sister WIlS born in the same home, January 6, 185 0 . Our mother taught us at home daiJy unlil sister was seven and I was nine, when we entered school two miles away in a country district. Afterward a building was trected within half a mile of our borne where we went until we reached the dignified age of sixteen. 1 entered Monmouth College in the fall of '64 and auended continuously until ' 68, when 1 was graduated and returned home. My sister entered Monmouth in '67 Ilnd continued until '71, but was compelled to leave college in her senior year on account of the serious illness of our mother.
I was married to Dr. J. C Kilgore, October 25. 1870, was ,'ery happy, and tried to be a good wife. 1 have now been a widow for ten years. My silter was married to Alexil Hutchinson, June 4t 1872 Of her four children, Clyde, On, Emmil, and Harry, only the two youngest are now living, She h:ls four grandchildren. She is a lovely character, ever going about doing good, a model mother nnd home·maker, and her children rise up and call her blessed.
EMMA BROWNLEE KILGOIlZ
We are both members of the United Presbyterian Church and interested in temperance and civic work. r am something of a "joiner," temperllnce and
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missionary societies, D. A. R., various clubs I enjoy them and think I got the start from Pi Phi.
You can tell the Pi Phis that the Brownlee sisters have spent their lives in Warren County and at the present time live on ly a few blocKs apart in Monmouth, Illinois. They were never separated but one year during their lives and hav e l earned to each depend on her only sister.
They do. not c laim to have ever done anything remarkable but they always speak with pride when they tell the younger generation "[ was onc of the Founders of Pi Beta Phi, and we think the Brownlee Eagle on our coat-ofarms must ever spread its protecting wings over every Pi Phi. That is our wish.
Mrs. Kilgore's reference to the Brownlee Eagle may not be understood by those members of Pi Beta Phi who have been initiated since our coat-of-arms was adopted. The coat -of-arms adopted by Pi Beta Phi has the Brownlee arms as the basis of its device. Ft was decided that, as the arms of the United States were derived from those of the Washington family, the Pi Beta Phi arms could quite as properly be derived from those of the Brownlee family, since Mrs. Kilgore, as Emma Brownlee, was our first president. Consequently, the following genealogical note prepared by Mrs. Kilgore is worthy of preservation.
The Brownlee sisters date their paternal ancestry Irom the uLaird of Torfoot" who was identified with the reformation in Scotland. H e was i n the battles of Drumclog and Bothwell Bridge in 1679. Archibald and Margaret Hamilton Brownlee of this family came to America, 1752, the McDowell family coming in 1758
In the maternal line the P aine family were natives of England. coming to this country in 1638 Gen Edward Paine settled in Ohio in Territorial days, where he owned the site of the city of Painesville, Ohio. which hIlS perpetuated his home.
Elijah Mason and Lucretia Green also came ftom England in 1619. settling in Connecticut. They are very proud of their great gundmother Green, who was a
CLAtA BROWNLU HUTCHIKSON
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strong character, was related to Nathaniel Gretn, and also the grandmother of Mrs. Jam es A. Garfield. AU four of their great grandfathers were in the Revolutionary W ar. So the Brownlee girls have plenty of fighting blood. Their grandparent. were pioneers in Warren (;Qunty. H amilton Brownlee and family coming from W ashington County, Pennsylvania, in the year 1833 and Charles H en ry Paine coming (rom Painesville. Ohio, in 1836 both families living near Littl e York. Illino is , on f a rm s. Their fat her was Nathanie l Brownl ee, who m a rri ed Emily Paine
The Brownlee. were noted f or marr ying Sco tch and the Paints English, and their pare nt s wer e the fint to break the rtcord; so yo u un derstand the Brownl ee girls are Scotch English with an American mix.
Fannie Whit ena ck Libb y) one of the th r ee Founde r s now hvmg on the Pa cific Coast, sends her g r eetings from N o rth Yakima, Washin gto n .
If you l oo k caref ully on the map of Ill inois you will find th e littl e village of Berwick, to me th e dearest spot on earth . as it is th ere that th e memories o f my c hil d h ood cling. It is in this little village th at my sc h oo l days started.
\ Vhen r w ali thr o ugh the grades my father moved to Monmo uth, a nd th er e ] attended th e academy and college. and th ere fo rm ed fri endships that are still very dear to me. O ne pleasant eve ning in my j uni o r year. severa l girls wer e sitting on my father's porch . Then. tlreye c am e o ur first vision of I. C and Pi Beta Phi as it is today . It seems a t tim es lik e o nly yester day , and yet when 1 think of its won de rful growth, its e ntran ce into many states and into Canada, 1 know it m'u st be ytars.
On October 9. J8,1 , 1 was married to Mr. H oward L ibby, and we made our first h orne on hi s farm near Coffeeville , Kan s as. where we liv ed happily f o r tw o years. Then we moved to Red Wing, Minne so ta, Mr Libby's boyhood home. where we lived
until hi s death in Augu s t tC}08.
We had seven children. Five are l i ving Three daughters and two sons. They .n attended college at Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota . Three of them graduated
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One son left lIamline after ont year to attend the Chicago College of Dental Surgery. Jl e graduated and i" now serving his s«ond term as onc: of the five den I&! examiners in this state.
Aftef Mr . Libby's death 1, with my unmarried daughter, remaincd in the old home for two years. Then (OT another two years we lived in Goodhue 11 little town near by the old homr. We now arc: in North Yakima. \V ashington. \Ve came because my Ions are living here.
I am looking forward to the conventio n at Lake Geneva. There 1 hope we F o unders may again mect, may. after fifty years, mingle with our sisters wearing the golden arrow.
R osa Moore sends her greetings from New York City where she has made her home for some yea rs. As guest of honor at the lunch(,nn held by the New York alumna: duh on Founders' Uay she was presented with a l oving-cup.
From July I. t849. my years have numbered existences as remote from expectations as the weather, th e war. or nny other human hindrance or h elp. and all this is still leading forward to future thai promises no failure or lack oC the elements that increase life to its greatest power of achie,·ement. To conquer the world and not to be co nquered by it gave me victory in every battle
The one word out of my heart to ever)' other heart is-give, a ll that you are and have. and this consecration will restore all that has been lost to you. to others, and to the world-fore,·ermore.
bza Smith Soule was born July 26, 1846 , in Monmouth, Ill inois. and named Ina Bell. l-Ier father, \Vill iam F. Smith, and her mother (Margaret Bell) were Virginians who had come to Illinois prio r to the advent of the - railroad. Mr. Smith was among Monmouth's most progressive and respe cte d citizens, and his wife was descended from a line of Presbyterian ministers.
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Ina Smith was educated in the public schools of Monmouth and entered college in 1865, graduating with the class of 1868. It was during her junior year in college that the twelve girls, now known as the "Founders," laid the foundation of the l. C Sorosis-now Pi Beta Phi. In April, 1869, Ina Bell Smith and Melville Cox Soule were united in marriage and to this union were born eight children. One daughter died ill early childhood. Two sons are alumni of Monmouth College; one of these became a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon at De Pauw University and is now living in l\'lonmouth where he is an attorney. The other is a physician, living in East Moline, Illinois. The oldest
INA SMITH SoULE daughter, who married a United Presbyterian minister, also an alumnus of r.lonmouth is now living in Pennsylvania.
In the fall of 1901 Mr. and Mrs. Soule, with their three youngest children, moved to Tacoma, \ Vashington, where a few years later the two oldest sons joined them. The youngest son, Cleone Hardyn Soule, was graduated from Miami University of Oxford, Ohio, receiving a scholarship for one year's postgraduate work at Illinois IIU." He is an enthusiastic member of Beta Theta Pi. Mr. Soule died in August, 1912, and since that time Mrs. Soule has made her home with her youngest daughter in Tacoma.
lean Horne Turnbull} is known personally to many Pi Phis who had the pleasure of welcoming her at the St. Louis Convention. She writes as follows:
My birthplace was Moorefield. Indiana. When I wa.s three years of age my lather moved to Yorktown, Indiana. where we lived until I had finished grammar school. Having a desire for better educational advantages than could be had in this place. my lather. rather than send his children away from
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home, closed out his business and moved with his family to Monmouth. Illinoi s, to enjoy the privileges of a co ll ege town. In the fall of 1864 I entered the academic department of Monmouth College and onc year lat er
sisterly love and harmony prevailed, and happier times. was admitted to the co ll ege proper. Having chosen the scientific co urse, I was graduated with the degree B.S. in June, 1868. Doubtless the history of the founding of o ur fraternity will appear in Ihe June ARROW, but I can not pass ove r this important event without at least a p:using notice. In the spring of 1867 a number of us college girls began to agitate the foun ding of a fraternity and after several meetings for discussion, we met on April 28, 1867. and founded what was then called the 1. C. Sorosis, choosing for O UT badge the beautiful gold nrrow Twelv e girls constituted the first chapter. We met frequently in mysterious nnd exciting sessions, surrounded with secrecy, yet meetings wherein never a company of girls had better,
JEAN HORNE TURNBUU
On April 24, 1873, I was united in marriage to Rev. Thomas B. Turnbull, D.O., ou r dear o l d college p r esident, David A. Wallace, officiating. One week later, as pastor's wife, with my husband I entered o ur first field of labor at the beautifu l little town (now city) of Aledo, Illin ois , almost unde r the shadow of Alma Mat e r. Here eleven happy years were spent. . During these years five of our children were born. The first-born was called home when seven years of age and her ashes rest in the beautifu l cemetery in the outskirts of the city. In 1884 my husband accepted a call to the pastorate of the United Presbyterian Church of Argyle, New York. This was our home for fifteen yean. Our youngest son was born ' here. With a house fuU of child ren and the doties belonging to the wife of a pastor, my life was not an idle one. Here, not being within reach of any college where ou r fraternity had a chapter, I felt somewhat out of touch with Pi Beta Phi work and 1 can assure you that TUE ARROW was a welcome visitor. In 1900 we moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Soon after coming to the city I learned that a n a lumnre dub or Pi Bela Phi wa s being organized. Sending my name in as applying for membership I received a note expressing great pleasure that one of the Founders was to be a member of the club . While I have not attended regularly the meetings held once and sometimes twice a month, yet I have thoroua:h1y enjoyed again getting in touch with Pi Beta Phis and Pi Beta Phi
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wock still wur my originl I. C. pin, and this is a great curiosity, especially to the younger members of the fraternity . \Vben the National Convention met at 5t. Louis, Missouri, during the World's Fair, it was my privilege. with other of the Founders, 35 guests of the fraternity, to attend this meeting. The pleasure and delight of attending the convention and of meeting again some of the girls of long ago cannot be expressed. While it is a pleasure, yet it saddens one to see the change.. I like to think of the 1. C. girls as they were fifty years ago. On this, the fiftidh anniversary of th e founding of Pi Beta Phi, the ,arne courtesy is extcmled to the founders to be guests at the coo \'ention at Lake Geneva, Wi sconsin. in this coming June.
Nancy Lee Black IVal/a ce is another of the original group, ,\"ho is now settled far from her college horne. She writes:
I was bom in New Athens. Ohio. \Vhen a child, my father was ca lled to a professorship of langu:lges in Westminster Co ll ege _ ew Wilmington, Penn<;ylvania, and later to fill a chair in Monmouth College. M onmo uth , Illinois. Th ere I received my educa t ion, gf!lduating in the academic coune. Later I was married to Mr. Rohert Stewart Wallace of the same place. Mr. Wallace went into business in Chicago, where we resided until 1885 , then we moved to this coast. l oca ting in Salem, the capital of the state. Harpe,.'s Maga ine was responsible in a measure for the change The Williamette Vnlley was written up as "a land Aowing with milk and honey," and th e Chicago climate was not th e best. but we have always felt that it was a wise move. To reduce a forest of three hundred acres to a state of c ultivation was none too great a
NAN CY BLACK-WALLACE
task for a Chicago business man, but in its place. however. there is a fine pear and apple orchtHd. He also had a part in the good-roads movement at an ear ly day, and demonstrated that one may as well travel over a macadamiz.ed road as through the mud (this much for Chi ca go push and energy). During the \VorJd's Fair at Chicago. in the absence of the regular appointee, I seJ \'ed AS judge for Oregon
Of a. family of four sons, o ne is still living. Ife is a graduate of Princeton University in the class of 1<)02 and is manager of o ur estate and active in all
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civic int erests . As a member of the Oregon National G u a rd. h e se rv ed on the border for three mont h s l ast summe r nnd left a w eek ago as Co mmi ssa r y Se r geant in Company M Oregon Third. My daughter, Mrs. W. S. Lambie, lives in Schenectady, New York, and I have a little granddaughter, Ruth Lee Lambie.
During the years w hil e m y chi ld ren we fe being educated. [ li ved in Sewi c kley, a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsy l vania. I served (our years on the United Presbyterian \ Vomen ' s Board of Missions, as secretary of Young Women's work. At presen t I am making a home for my son and engaged in vario u s ac tivities in church and ci t y.
As t look back, my life has been a busy one, full o f hard tasks, darkened by clouds of sorrow at times, but in it all, the joy of service has been lik e sunshine in my soul. Let me sum it up in a l ittl e co u p let :
"Only one l ife it will soon be past, Only what's done for' Christ will last ,"
To be reminiscent by myself. a most un in t e r est ing occ upatio n , especia lly so when I recall but one piece of real work-that of a chapter at Mount Pleasant, I owa-and 1 co ul d never forget the roya l h osp itali ty, the lining up of a l o t of dandy girls , a nd bes t of all the in 8 0 w of fraternity spi rit which we ll ed up in my own soul i to be h onest I think that my chief value as a Pi Phi consisted in an optimistic enth u si asm of following the oth ers to their t asks . My main asset was that o f being a professor' s da ught e r which savo r ed (in those days) of aristocracy and special privileges. H owever, I am glad that the present day demands efficiency of th e highest possible type in every line of work, and that the great sy mp atheti c heart of the Pi Phi fraternity h as heard and responded to the call to true service. that 'he result is a splendid settlement work in a needy field, uplifting the womanhood of ou r own America, and later th e es t ablis hm ent of a h osp ital. Thi s i s worth while work and commands the admira ti o n of those of u s who but l a un c h ed the c raft. W e are proud of you, that as an organization you a r e l eadi ng o ut into a fi eld of Christian philanthropy in beha lf of otJurs Someone has put the th o ught into verse, enti tl ed lIOthers":
"Lord help me live f rom day t o day In such a self forgetful way, That nen when I kneel to pray. My pra,er .ball be for OTHERS
Help me i n .n the work I do To ever be .ince re and true, And Know that . n I'd do for ,ou Must needs be done for OTHERS
Let .elf be crucified and .Iain And bu r ied deep and all in v.in May efforts be to ri.e al.in Unless to Jive for OTHERS.
And wben m, work en earth is done, And my new wede in Beaven is begun , May I forget the crown I've won, While thinking .tiI1 of OTHERS.
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OTHERS, Lord. Yes, OTHERS, May this my motto be; Help me to liYe (or OTHERS That J may live like Tbec."
Frallces Ann T/aompsolJ 1 familiarly known a5 Fannie, was born in Jefferson County, Ohio. November 23. 1848, a.nd came with her parents to lliinois in 18SS, when they settled in Henderson County. She went to the high school in Oquawka, rraduating in 1867 and en tering Monmouth College in the fall of the same year. She was especially proficient in English and clever in writing. She left college at tbe end of the year, intending to Icsch in the fall, but was taken ill with typh oid fever and died on the day that her school was to have opened, October S. 1868. She is described as "a girl of exceptionally happy disposition and beautiful characie r beloved by all who knew her."
Her sister, Linie, married Dr. Russell Graham now vice-president of Monmouth Colleae, in wh ose home Mrs. Thompson, now ninety-fou r years of age, resides at present. Although her recoll ectio ns are dim, she recalls the house party which Fannie gave at her home in Oquawka, a little town on the banks of the Mississippi River in the summer of 1868. This ha s always been reckoned as the fint convention of our organization. Eight of the Founders drove to the Thompson home in a haywagon furnished by the Brownlee sisters. There they were joined by Libbie Brook and Ada Bruen. Rosa M oo re whose home was in the East could not be present but the other e leven discussed great plans for the future. One of the guests writes ''It was a very important meeting and I was impressed that Fannie was n true Pi Phi doing everything for our good and pleasure." Anoth e r says: "Grent plans were talked over at this conve ntion, Fannie Thompson being one of the most enthusiastic of the number, jnsisting on plans for the extension of l. C and of making it the foremost of women's fraternities. She did not live to see eve n the beginning of the extension that she so longed for. Had she been spa red, she. too , like we ten thnt are living, would have been th e proud moth e r of thousands of Pi Beta Phis scattued throughout our land :'
Jennie Nicol, M.D ., was the second o f the littl e band of Founders to go to the heavenly home. lIer life was short but full of inspiration f o r those who lived after her and it is a source of satisfaction that her D:tme is to be perpetuated at our settlement school in the Jennie Nicol Memorial Hospital. In THE ARROW f or November, 1909, was published a most interesting series of letters that she wrote to Mrs. Kilgore during her years of medi ca l study in this country and Europe. They are too lengthy to be reproduced here, but the following extracts from the introdu c tory article prepared by Mrs. Theiss , (l.t that time editor of TilE ARROW. is published for the benefit of those who did not have the of reading the original.
"Medica l sc hools in th e United ha.v e admitted women since t8S0, but not e"en in the "jo's' did women in any number take up the study of medicine. In 1879 Rnchel Jane icoI. Monmouth, '68. one o f th e Founders
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oC the fraternity , received the degree of doctor of medicine. Dr. Nicol, after her graduati on from the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, spen t a year in Boston as interne in the New England Il ospital. The (ollowing year she went to Switzerland to continue hH study in the University of Zurich.
It was her intention to return to lllinois to practice, but on March 28, 1881, after an illness of a few days, she died of meningitis. lIer body was brought back to America and lies among the friends of her youth in Cedar Creek churchyard. near Little Rock, Illinois. Mn. Kilgore write. of her:
GRAVE OF JEN NIE NICOL
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"' I knew Rachel .n my life. I have called her Rachel. That was the name by which she was known. I do not know when she took the name of Jennie but I think in college days. lI er home wa just twO milts (rom my own. She was born in 1845 at Edgington, Illinois, ana brought up on a hrm near Liule York, Warren County , Illinois. (Monmouth is the counly seat.) She died March :l8, 1881.
J4'rom her leiters you can see how de\'oled she was to her profession. She loved it-she Joved work. She was very thorough in district school and in co llege. She wanted to know-no guess work. She despised a sham-had little use (or a poor Sludent. No woman ever entered the profession with a nobler purpose. In that day you know it was not popular for a woman to enter professional life. She was determined to be the equa l of her brothers in the profession. She used to say, " I think we should have women physicians fmd I have an Ambition to show the men whal :I woman can do." She came to Dr. Kilgore, borrowed some books, nnd lold him her desire to enter the profession. J Ie was helpful, encouraged ber to commence the study, and then to go to Philadelphia-which she did. Wh en she went to Philadelphia, she and Dr. Kilgore wanted me to study medicine with her. And in after years when I went into doctor's officc= how ] wished I had-we had many a l ong talk about it.
To stranger! she was co l d, dignified, almost exacting, bul that was not her rea l character. She was kind and loving and helpful to others and went about doing good. When my father died of cholera in 1873 she came to us when everybody conside red o ur hom e a pesthouse. Wh en I was stricken with the disease and no one but Dr. Kilg ore thought I co uld live, she ca me and he l ped him. In fact she ncted ns my nurse-for we co ul d get no onc. Wh e re duty ca lled her she was faithful even at the ri sk of her life. So you understand I write all Ihis to show you she succeeded where wenk women would have failed She was strong and large physically. she was strong :md large intellectually, she wns s trong and large spiritually.
She was a very earnest c hur ch worke r, teaching in Sabbath Schoo l a c l ass of young ladi es and gentlemen. Il er pastor thought her :In excelle nt teacher. H e laughingly said. "She makes them dig up Bible truth."
She was not in town at ou r first 1. C. meeting. She was "ery proud of her a rrow and was a faithful member. I think it meant much to her-she had no real sister. She wore her I. C. pin the night she started for Philadelphia. L3ughingly she said. " I wonder if they will know in the East what I. C. 'tneans.'
Though she was disappointed in her realizat ion of the life service for which she had prepared herself, yet she lives today in ou r hearts. nn inspiration t o em· cien t work unto u s of this generation. Strength continu311y h3s gone forth from her."
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HAS IT BEEN WORTH WHILE?
And now, dear Founders, you have told us a little of your hop es and dreams and girUsh ambitions. You have assured us again, as you have in the past, that you founded our organization fifty years ago not for pleasure alone but for the sake of accomplishing a little good and making life happier for two aged wayfarers who found the pathway difficult. And now we, wonder if you really think it has been worth while. Have we kept the trust and carried on the work as you would have it done? Does it please you to know that nearly ten thousand girls have taken the vows you formed for us and have thereby had their lives enriched by friendships long enduring? Are you happy to think that scattered across the continent today are twelve houses, the permanent homes* of your Pi Phi daughters, where the altar fires are always kept burning by the neophytes, ready to welcome back returning wanderers from the wide, wide world wh o co me seeking new hope and inspiration?
Do you like to think of the good works they have accomplished in the name of Pi Beta Phi in various parts of this fair land? Do you remember the little public library in York, Nebraska, made possible by Pi Beta Phi enterprise? Do you remember, too, the Pi Beta Phi rooms in the Burlington and Galesburg hospitals and the endowed beds in othe r institutions? Do yo u like to think sometimes of the aged and the weary and the sad little child r en whose hearts have a\l been gladdened in some way by the thought and effort of our alumn'" clubs?
Are you glad that during the past seven years twenty-four girls who otherwise might have been obliged to abandon their co llege courses have been able to borrow a total sum of $1,800 from our Loan Fund? Are you satisfied to think that thirteen of our members have been able to broaden thel r mental horizon and fit themselves for better work, four through our undergraduate and graduate scholarships and nine through our graduate fe\lowship?
Does it make you thrill with pride t o think of those among us who have gained fame and honor in worthy occupations and achievements, and of those who se lives have been permanently commemo rated by others as told elsewhere in these pages?
• Accordiolf to mOlt recent available fiJUrei the twelve dwdlin. ow,,,d by chapters represent a total valuc of $206.250 and the three lodlfCS maintamcd by other chapters a valuation of $10,700. So n B ... o .... ns approxiJtlatcl, $217,000 worth of real Htate...{uclu.ive of Settlement School property).
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And finally, are you glad we have chose n to honor you on our Fiftieth Birthday with the gift of love we bear you in the form of our Settlement School which has already been a power for good in a community of five hundred souls and which we hope and trust will endure midst the stann and st ress of changing times and conditions and continue to be a beacon light to those who grope amidst the sha.dows of ignorance and misunderstanding.
Thus briefly do we Jay before you our tribute of achievement, feeling that if you have found it worth while we are con tent, and we will go forward into the years to come determined to keep the trust you have laid upon us and to make our organization an ever increasing power for good in the hearts and lives of those about us.
OUR FELLOWSHIPS AND LOA r FUNDS
By SOPHIE P. WOODMAN
The Pi Beta Phi H isto ry in its admirable chapter on the fellowships, scholarships, and loan funds (chapter 17 ) does not tell the wbole truth concerning the establishment of the fellowship! The writer has always been interested in this page of unwritten history because, as corresponding secretary of the two year old New York B Chapter, she wr o te a letter to M1SS Gamble, the Grand President, suggesting that, since the fraternities long established at Barnard derived so much pleasure and profit from their frequent transfers, the baby chapter would gain correspondingly from such inspiration. Her modest hope was simply that a few girls, here and there, might transfer to Barnard; the action of the Indianapolis Convention was beyond her dreams.
Tbis convention established one graduate fellowship of $350 and two undergraduate scholarships of $325 each. In the rail of 1909 the Grand Council decided to withdraw the The Fellowship undergrad uate scholarships and establish one graduate rellowship with a value of $500. This arrangement is still in effect. The money has annual1y been drawn from the national treasury but for a l o ng time it has been felt that a fellowship fund should be endowed and a determined effort is now being made to raise an endowment of at least $10,000.
For the first two years the holders of both graduate and undergraduate funds were required to study at Columbia. Although this co ndition was removed -in 1910 five of the nine holders of the fellow-
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ship since then have been att.racted by this great university in the mctroplis. Four have studied abroad *'
An appropriation of $200 annually for two years was voted by the same convention-Swarthmore-which established the Sett lement School. This loan fund was to be available to needy LOafl FU1ld rr B 4> undergraduates. Two years latH at the Evanston convention this was made a permanent fund 'of $200 and at Berkeley $250 from the alumna! fund was added Here again it would seem advisable to endow this fund so that its usefu lness might be greater. In the seven years of its existence the committee has made twenty-four loans to representatives of twelve chapters located in all provinces amounting to $1800 1n sums varying from $25 to $ 100. Of this $475 has been r epaid .
Beside these f wlds maintained by the national f raternit y to honor and assist members of !I B 4>, various chapters and clubs contribute Chapter and Club Funds their share in this twofold work. At Berkeley the chapter Mothers' Club has started a loan fund for California B. In Indianapo l is the City Panhe ll enic has established a schola rship. New York B has a fund of over $ 200 which was usEd for undergraduate or a lumna! loans. I n seve r al chapters a fine girl has been quietly to meet he r expenses . I n spite of the helpful cooperation of the province presidents it has been impossible to secure comp lete information unde r either head. The writer would suggest that such informa t ion might be bot h useful and inspiring.
I n at least three cases---there may be mo r e-the life of a II B has commanded such love and respect that a fellowship has been
Lucinda SmithBuchall established in her mel1)o r y. The fi r st of these was estab lished in 1900 by the alumn", of Ka n sas A in honor of Lucinda Smith -Buchan, '95, former Grand Treasurer. "This is a loan of $200 for two years without interest, open to young women of the junior and senior classes of the college."
The Helen Schaeffer -Huff MEmoria l Research Fellowship amounting to $750 was founded in Bryn Mawr in 1913 by an anonymous Helen SchaefferHllff donor. IIApplicants for the fellowship must be students who have done advanced graduate work at Bryn Mawr College or at other colleges or universities. They must have shown distinct ability in their work
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and at the time of application must have in outline o r actually -in hand some definite piece of resear ch work. The holder of the Cellowship must do her major work under the direction of the Department of Chemistry or of the Department of Physics." Mr s. Huff was a member of Pennsylvania r, '04, and served as catalogue r 1908-10.
The most rece nt are those scholarships established in the memory of Dr. Agnes Wergeland, \ \fyoming A, by her friend, Dr. Grace
A g"c> Mathilde Wergeland
Raymond Hebard, Iowa Z. Of these $1000 is held as a trust fund by the trustees of the University of \Vyoming to be awarded to the student who has shown, the preceding year, most scholarly proficiency in the subject of history. This sum of $80 is usually awarded to a sophomore or junior since the work is to be done in that university.
Another $1000, equivalent in Norway to $2000, has been given to the State University at Christiana, the interest from which is to go to some worthy woman who has made notable progress in the line of history. When Dr. \Vergeland lived in Norway, women were not admitted to the university. It is hoped that the holders will ca re to study in this country. One of the requirements is that the disser· tation prepared by the holder relate to the subject liThe Relation between the United States and Norway and the Benefits to be derived from Association of the Two Nations." The University of Christiana has received many bequests but only five have been dignified with title l egacy. Pi Beta Phis should be happy and proud that this term has been given to the fellowship in honor of this noble woman whom we have been privileged to think of as sister.
Dr Hebard has also placed in the hands of the National \\' oman's Suff r age Association of orway, of whi c h Qvam is president, a sum to be used in behalf of ambitious women who may , therewith, fit themselves for greater civic usefulness. This is known as the Agnes Mathilde IVergeland Memorial.
WHAT THE PI BETA PHI FELLOWSHIP MEANT TOME
-As told by the holders-
Mary \Vadsw orth, ebraska B, now Mrs. Glen Reed, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was in 1906 -07, the first holder of the undergraduate scholarship whi ch was the forerunner of the graduate fellowship.
My greatest di5Bppointment was magically turned into a great joy when the IT B oil scholarship pe rmitted me to contin ue my college work. The privilege of studying at Barnnrd meant also the advantages of Columbia University and New York Ci ty and being especially interested in music, I reaped many benefits from both. The knowledge, friends, and pleasures I gained through the scholarship are resources for the rest of my life and I hope that I may sometime render a service to the fraternity ,in return for all that the scholarship has meant to me.
MARY WADSWORTH REED.
Aileen Weaver, Kansas A (Mrs. D. B. Robinson, of Kansas City), was the holder of the graduate scholarship 1906 -07. She writes:
lowe one of the happiest and most p r ofitable years of my life to the Pi Beta Phi Gradua{e Scholarship whi ch made it possible for me to spend the winter, J<)o6-o7, in New York City. A winter in New York is an education in itself, and especially to a girl coming, as I did, from a small middle west town.
The Ma s te r's Degree, which that year nt Col umbi a gave me, is not iust at present having any great effect on roy life, which is very much taken up with the care of my small son, but the broadening influences of that wonderfu l year t hope to carry with me always.
AILEEN WIAVER ROBINSON, 421 W es t 6ut Street, Kan s&s City, Missour i.
Mary Badger Wilson, Columbia, who held the undergraduate scholarship 1907-08 writes from Washington, D. C., where she occupies a government position.
Becanse of, and in spite of, a feeling of grateful appreciation for personal benefit, t can see that the Fraternity'. action in converting the undergraduate scholarship to a lOaD fund was wise and just. To my mind there was Dot an argument against this change and there was every reason for it. But since the scholarsh ip is, very rightly. a thing of the put, may I not substitu te for the paragraph you request on that subject. a paragraph on the feUowsbip. as a matter of more present interest
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Tbe fellowship, of course, diffen from the Kholanhip as widely .s V_duate work differs from undergradult work. Graduate study is intensive and is distinguished from undergraduate work, I take it, in placing the emphllSis on development and exprcuioD, rather than on training. The Pi Beta Phi Fellowibip. then, il an opportunity that the Fraternity giVCl to a member of the Fraternity who has proved that her talents are worthy or such an opportunity-that she possesses something worthy of development and capable of expression. Such an opportunity must surely be given as a unit, .1 a perfect whole, onc might say, or nol given at all. To split it up into .rnaH loans would, it seems to me, nullify ils purpose and its value.
The benefit of the fellowship to its holders is obvious; tha.t liuch benefit reacts upon the Fraternity is less obvious but equa.lly true. In making this statement I have in mind one Pi Phi, in particular. who has held the fellow· ship, one who has inspired find carried forward a large part of our Fraternity development during recent years. The value of her work and her personality to the Fraternity has, of course, been far greater because of the opportunity which the Fraternity gave to her. Pi Phi ' s gift to her and her gift to Pi Phi are like mirrors placed opposite one another, euh reHects the other ad infinitum.
The fellowship is of especial value to the Fraternity because it is 0. national focus for our interest and our efforts. This is, of course, true, beautifully true, of the Settlement School, but can we have too many such foci? I t is sc arcely possible to overdevelop the spirit of cooperation.
MARY B. WILSON.
Anna Pettit) Pennsylvania A (now Mrs. Lupton Broomell, of Philadelphia). held the graduate scholarship at Columbia University, 1908-09.
The Pi Beta Phi fellowship enabled me to tah a master's degree in English :1t Columbia. University. Such names as Curtis Hidden Page, Calvin Thomas, :1nd Brander Matthews are in my enrollment book but they were not my only teachers. Every day new, interesting, and even famous, people crossed my path and left their mark. Great actors, great musicians, great ministers were all my teachers. New York itself is the most wonderful of schoolrooms Ilnd I shall never forget the thrill that passed through me when I first felt the surge of that great city. It stimulates the enthusiasm that leads to action. I had that year what every girl just entering her twenties ought to have-a perfect whirlwind of good times. As I look back upon it, [ realize that from that period dates a change in attitude toward many things: a broader feeling toward the fraternity, a new enthusiasm 4Ild thoroughness in my work, and an ever growing ambition to grasp and use my opportunities. The years of teaching which followed were a great joy and I had the satisfaction of feeling that I had passed on to my pupils some of the stimulus that had been given to me. Today as a wife and a mother, I find as much use as ever for my training, not only in my home but also in many outside interests.
ANNA P£TTIT 13ROOM'ELL.
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Imogene Cunningham, \ > Vashington A (Mrs Ray Partridge, Seattle , \YashingtonL first holder of the g raduat e fellowship, studied at Technische Hochschule, Dresden , Germany,
In looking back to the one yenr of freedom for work and study, I find the memory a. constant incenlh,t, during these last years filled greatly with an economic as well tlS artistic struggle. to Iry to come again 10 that lingleness of purpose. AI a ground work (or technique and artistic ideals the year was of incalculable value to me, but a year is not a lifetime and to develop any art 10 a state of real achievement requires the greater pari of Il lifetime. Beside the personal discouragements which come to any worker along with the rewards "there is always the great discouragement of the strugg le for perfection in art Recently I read somewhere these words of a conservative critic; "In the history of photography there are but few photographers who, from the point of view of expression, have really done work of any importance. And by importance we mean work that has some relatively lasting quality, that element which gives all art its I;ul significance." In the ultra. critical sense, which is the only one for a worker to adopt for himself, this is absolutely tiue, and not unencouraging. There nre undoubtedly pictorial possibilities yet unattnined through Ihe mechanics of the came ra, and I for o n e find it inspiring to be among thost who are trying to work for greater perfection and higher standards.
IM (y';ENE CUNNINGHAM
PARTRIDCE.
Sarah Pomeroy, Massachusetts A, '06, now Mrs. F. A. Rugg of Brookline, Massachusetts, was holder of the Fellowship in 1910·11.
What did the Pi Beta Phi Fellowship mean to me? It spe ll ed opportunity and brought me th e chance of making a dream come tru e by e nabling me to spend 11 year in London. Thus I had the opportunity of studying the original sources of some subjec t s in English Literature which I hnd already studied pretty thoroughly in this country. Thill was the primary objec t of my appli· cation for the fellowship but the fact remains that it brought me much more
My year at the University of London would have been an impossibility without the fellowship and the influence of that yea r has always r emained with me and will, I am sure. in flu ence all the years to come. The new vistas which were opened before me by a sojourn in 11 foreign l and, the better under' standing of contemporary life and history which I thus gained seemed inciden· tal. at the time, but 1lS the years go by they loom proportionately large r and I feel sure that I am a more valuable member of society and that I have been able to give bac k to my fraternity a fuller measure of service durinr my years on THE Anow than would ever have been possible without the broa.den· ing inHuen ce of foreign study.
For these reasons. I crave a similar privilege {or at least one of my sisters every year and trust that for many years to come the Fraternity will make it possible for others to fit themselves for larger service in the world.
SAaAH POMEROY Ruw.
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Mildred \V inans Coch ra n, Columbia A, '07, student at Columbia Unive r si ty , J 911-12.
J am glad to have an opportunity to tell the members of the Fraternity through Tif f! ARlo\\' j ust what the Pi Bela Phi Fellowship has meant to me. lt enabled me to come to New Yo rk 10 s tu dy where I took my masler', degree at Columbia University. As 1 IIpedaii%ed in English, a field o f lit era r y w o rk was opened UI > which has provided me editoria l pOliitions with good future possibilitiu. I h ave felt that I am much indebted to the Frat ernity for my mo s t valuabl e autt in this new and co ngenial profession thai is, a year of graduate s tudy in the foremost un iversity of th e U nited Stat es.
Mil D RED WI NANS COC IlRAN
Elizabeth i\h..G uwan C rai ghead, IJennsylvania r, '0 11 Mudied a t the U niv ersi ty of Grenoble, Fr ance, and a lso a t Columbia, 191 2- 13.
lIap py is the girl to whom the Pi Beta Phi Fellow:.hip is awarded! So I thought before th e good fortune was mine, and 50 t t h ink today, a lm ost four years after having enjoyed the opportunities opened up by the fellowship. T o me th e fellowlihi» meant, especially, oppo r t unity for development of broader interests and deeper insight.
Part of my year of itudy I spent at the Unive r si ty of Gre noble in Fr ance and part of it at Co lum bia U nive r s ity, and, as the years go by, I a m increasing l y glad for th e time spe nt in bo th universities. I sh o uld not like to be without the ex perien ce gain ed at eit h er o ne M y und ergrad ua te work ha d been do ne in a small coll ege n o t far from my home, a n d therefore th e oppo rtunity of st udying at g reat unive rsi t ies and o f bei ng associated with stude nt s from all part s of the world meant mu c h t o me
TlJe b es t thing s that are derived from a valuable a r e n o t eas il y put into w o rd s. It is h a rd t o en um erate the messages of refres hm ent , of c hallenge, and of powe r that in s uc h a year o f st udy come to olle and give n e w meaning to life . I ca n say , however, that I am h ea rt i ly thankful to Pi Beta. Phi for th e opportunity given me. Life in general and my work in parti c ul ar mean m ore to me beca u se of it, and I h ope that through me o th ers may be benefited by the generosi ty of the Frat e rnity
ELIZABETH M. CRA t G Il EAD.
fary Ine z Droke , Arkansas A, '0 7, wh o s tudi ed at th e Sorbonlle 1913 - 14 , is at present a g raduat e student at the University o f C hicago.
You ca n imagi n e what the opport un i t y o f spendi ng a wh o l e winter in Paris wo uld mean t o a girl who had n eve r been away from h e r Quiet so uthern home more than tw o week s in her l ife! Such an opportunity c ame to me; it wa s so big it almost t ook my b r ea th away. And what an inspiration was th e th o ught that Pi l >h i had found me worthy-m e- t o h o ld Ih e fe ll o ws hip fe e l s ur e I s hall always date thi s year as a tu rn ing ·point in my life-it gave
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me new ambitions. new aspirations, new viewpoints, aside {rom the mere intellectual prOgrciiS made. Best of all, the joy oC having once been a Pi Phi Fellow hu never left me. I still feel. wherever I am, I must do my best (or the salce of Pi Phi, it is the debt lowe her, a debt I glad l y acknowledge and one that I can Dever fully repay. Th e Pi Beta Phi Fellowship is somdhini to work for during undergraduate yean; something, if won, to try to live up to during the rut of & lifetime MARY INEZ DROKE.
Estaline Wilson, Missouri A, part holder of the fellowship, 191415, studied at Columbia.
The graduate fellowship offen nn opportunity for older students, persons in the field of active work to better equip themselves (or that work. College has Jost its as a playground, professional real, and a to for work is most appreciated because they feel 10 keenly t h e need o f additiona l training.
It is ha r der to get a graduate degree than an undergraduate for in mo st cases it means the assuming for themselves a financia l responsibility for a year in some expensive cente r. Yet the time has come for teachers when, to make progress, it is absolutely necessa ry to do graduate work.
The fellowship does Dot cover the expense of a year's work but it is enough to make possibl e what otherwise might have been impossible.
[t is hard for me at this close range to estimate what the work at Col um bia hali meant to me. [t hu, of some commercial value Pro!essionally it has put me on my feet and given me an interest that nothing coufd haVe! done
ESTALINE
Alleyene Archibald, Nebraska B, shared the fellowship with Miss Wilson , 191 4 - 15.
You ask me what the Pi Phi Fellowship has meant to me. [am glad to tell )'OU. The idea of giving the fellowship to a of music wa!l much opposed by some members of the Council. and it will probably please them t o know th at the money was not finally devoted to that study, but t o the st udy of 'comm unity cente r work in New York . I came to New York on the fellowship. or rather on one-balf the fellowship, for it was that year, and being in poo r physical condition. planned to relt a bit before undertaking my work . Wbile I had nothing to do. I attended a course of l ectures at the People' s Institute devoted to an exposition of the rapidly developi ng community center movement I became 50 much interested in this work, th at I determined to go into it, wbicb I did in the following June. So you see the {ellow.hip gave me more than I had ever imagined I would receive from Hnew inspi ration, new interests, a wider virion of the social needs of the community I have continned in this work, alId am l ooking forward witb pleuure to my new duties as chairman of the Committee on Profe ssional Advice, which Miss Keleler has just appointed, as I feel that in assisting to open this field of
w o rk to Pi Phil everywhere. I may be able to prove beyond doubting that the fellowship was of real. enduring value to mc.
ALLEYINE ARC HIBALD, Supervisor of Training, New Vork Training School {or Community Worken of the People" Institute.
Caroline Stookey Lutz, Maryland A, studied at Columbia 1915 16. The Cra.duate Fellowship used at Columbia Univcnity and in New York meant nothing less than a new world to me. However. since my purpoSe in applying for the fellowship was not merely (or self-gratification, but for making myself more fit to serve olh"s through the teaching profession; and since illness has caused me to be counted out for part of the sh o rt time since I had this wonderful opportunity, 1 ask the privilege of making my real report at !I. later dntt:.
Gratt:fully yours,
CAROLINE S. LUTZ.
Agnes Wright, \Vyoming A, is just completing her year of work in the Pulitzer School of Journalism.
My drt:am to study joYrnalism, to learn how, when, nnd where to write seemed to be slipping farther away until the Pi Beta Phi Fellowship suddenly made it a reality. With the work and training which I am getting at the School of Journalism and with the opportunity to meet some of the biggest writers of today, this year will have a tremendous influence on my life. I sincerely hope that the benefits of the fellowship will not be just for me alone. My ambition now is to be able to do work of such quality and character that it will reBect on the Fraternity and will help the Pi Beta Phis to feel that they were justified in having given me their confidence and loyal support.
A W AR·TIME RESPONSIBILIT Y
By BREWER EDDY
It is all right for Sister Susie to sew shirts for soldiers and for the click of the knitting needle to be heard in the land, but Sister Susie's mother is thinking very deeply about the circumstances and conditions that will surround Susie's brother when a million and a half of him are called to the colors in training camps to be established over the country. There is a step of moral preparedness that should be taken in the near future, and in full knowledge of the facts we shall be compelled to face.
The r e n eve r was a w a r t hat did not bri og out many of the worst traits in the boys in uniform as well as many of the noblest. B ecause
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men are herded off together under the terrific pressure of the training camps we are not surprised to hear warnings against the steady increase of profanity and of immorality. Reco rds tell us that this was true in the days of the Civil War 1 though n ot so mu ch has been written about that gruesome side of ann y life.
Over in the camps of Europe the sam e problem has been met The m en are drawll from over seas, and from the distant corner s of the ea rth. Th ey aTC far enough away from the home fires so their women folks do not see them evenings, and they do not have to report where they wefe last night. Then, too , a s pirit of rashness has come over the men, though they will not express it for fear it would be s wank, yet every man knows he is going into a wa rfare with the larges t per centage of fatalities ever known in history. If he happens to be at ce rtain cove ted points in the front line of trenches under heavy bombardment, it is quite likely that four - fifths of the battalion will be wiped out before they are relieved, and only the broken remnants will s tagger back through the co mmuni cation lines.
War always prod u ces fatalist ic philosophy . It did for Mohammedanism and Buddhism It has in the Japan ese character, as well as in the Turk. The Anglo -Saxo n has less of it than most ra ces , but the armies of the co ntestants in Europe a r e reported to be fatalistic in philosophy and practice. The sh r apnel fragment won ' t get them until their hour co mes. It is not worth while to dodge a bullet nor to du c k at the sc r eam of a she ll , though all wi se safeg uard s will , of course, be taken on the basis of efficiency . This spi rit of fatalism produ ces a lack of individual m o r al responsibility l\'( en come pretty near to saying in their minds, f! Eat, drink, and be merry for you are on your way to' the tren ches. tI
Then , too, th e darkened st reets of the city add the element of mystery and of secrecy to many a simple street-co rner c hat. The men tend to lose their individuality in uniform and heavy hob -nailed shoes, so that the standar ds and reminders of the past have lost a part of their powe r. All of these co nditions will be rcprodu ced in our own camps unless-unless.
The thing for which the womcn of Am e r ica should now labor, is to cr eate such a publ ic sentiment that our nation shall say, U\Ve are going into this war not un de r ordina r y c ircumstances . It is based on the high est m o ral and spiritual ideals, co nsequently ordinary conditions of immorality and tenden cies toward moral weakness
must be fought down. It is likely that we shall ha,"e prohibition to an extent never before known in army life. The whole country is stirred today by the splendid success of the "dry" campaign. \\,h)" should we not also add a community and state-wide and national demand for moral envi r omnenl near each camp?
Prostitution has no place near army camps. Tendencies to evil are sufficiently great eyen under the best conditions . To see that these young mcn are gi,"cn a cha n ce to live straight and decent lives in camp is the l east that ou r government can g rant. Groups of women eve rywhere may well bestir themselves in their communities to strive to secu re pledges from those in authority who will be able to influence conditions that a higher moral standa rd will be maintained than ever before.
Things were far from perfect down on the border. EI Paso is reported to have been the center of grave evils connected with our army, but a thousand-fold worse stories will circulate, and they will be based on facts all too true unless every community that is to have a training camp and every state is profoundly stir r ed against these evils.
PRESENT DAY PREP ARATIO"N FOR JOURNALISM
By AGNES REBECCA W rRIGHT, Pi Bela Phi Fellow
for 19 16 -1 7
(By specia l request, Miss Wright has written of the opportunities for journalistic training all o\' er the coun try today. Her own work during her year of study as Pi Beta Phi Fellow has been carried on at the Pulitzer School of j ournalism.-EDITOR. )
Although professional jou rnali sm today offers as many opportunities to co ll ege women as to men the field is not yet ove r crowded with co llege women. This is due in part to the fact that the teaching of journalism is a compa ratively r ecent innovation. Then, too. regular journalism, that is, the writing for the daily press and for Sunday supplements, does not appeal to a g r eat numher of women. In 1913 , twenty - four institutions reported 1,456 students in journalism, of which 17 0 were women.
Irregular hours and the nervouS fatigu e of writing with the clock s taring one in the fa ce are expe ri en ced by the r epo rt er starting at th e fo ot of the ladder . Night \'igi ls and anxious excitement fall to
those at the top and hold no inducements for many women who are either not physically able to do the work or who are not interested in it. But through the training received in schools of journalism the students are able to gain confidence in themselves and to write clearly and easily under pressure.
Journalism offers an attraction for adventurous persons who are fascinated by the doing of things- who enjoy being in the forefront of the world activities. If a young woman is and ready for continual newsgathering, if she knows how to discover what the policeman has just telephoned in to his chief, or why the scrub lady has a black eye or why a certain Broadway star walks home instead of buying a limousine then she will make a success at reporting. Those who love writing for the sake of the forming of elegant sentences are often discouraged by the many small tasks and by the rapid writing which must be done by the reporter, and frequently decide to drop the journalism course and take up other work for which they are better suited.
The courses as taught in the various schools are not easy by any means. One university report shows that forty -seven per cent of the studen ts who enrolled in the course in journalism in one year failed as compared with ten to fifteen per cent of those in the average college course.
Those who love the work, however, are willing to experience almost any diffi c ulty and find that the training received in the schools of journalism enables them more readily to attain the success which they seek.
Since the women today are interested in innumerable fields of work there is no limit to the scope of the work for the daily press There is the club writer, the agricultural writer, the special feature writer, the author of human inte rest stories which have superseded the sob stories, and the promoter of morals by depicting local conditions. There are others who describe the latest gowns and teil of the society events; others divulge beauty secrets and discuss the latest tango steps. A number edit the stories which housekeepers write or coIIect recipes and answer questions in a column. There are also health, hygiene, and eugenic writers; editorial writers; and music, art, and dramatic critics. Several of the schools are encouraging women to study the writing of advertisements which will appeal to women. There are several splendid departments of home economics journalism .
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Nor do women r eporters necessarily write of things of interest j us t to women alone , but they receive assignments to co ver news of concern to everyone. \Vornen can often obtain interviews and get news where men fail. The mannish , sloppily dressed girl reporter is no longer in vogue It is the smartly dressed, up to the mark young woman who attains far more su ccess today than the one who pays no attention to her appearance.
Professional training for journalists is recent. As far back as 1872, Whitelaw Reid drew up a plan for teaching newspaper writing and technique but at that time and particularly in the two decades following, the newspapers and magazines were opposed to s u ch a plan. Numerous articles discussing the possibilities of tea c hing journalism appeared and were most skeptical in nature, som e boldly ridiculed any such idea. When Joseph Pulitzer lirst suggested a school, its purposes and needs were straightway challenged. When he offered to establish a school at Columbia University, in 1892 , his offer was rejected by the president of the university.
Gradually courses in newspaper writing have crept into college work as branches of the English department, Cornell and the University of Pennsylvania being the first to attempt this work. We did not have a regular School of Journalism until when the New York School of Journalism was established at 243 Ryerson St., Brooklyn, with a professional course extending over three years. rn rapid succession departments or schools were organized in the University of Kansas, Kansas State Agricultural College, University of Wisconsin, University of Washington, University of Indiana, University of Missouri, New York University, and the Pulitzer School at Columbia University Today journalism is taught in eighty universities and colleges, thirty-one of which have separate departments or schools. Of the twenty-eight state universities, fifteen have schools of journalism , these are for the most part in the West and Middle West.
Each one of these schools differ in their work just as the character of their laboratories vary. The laboratories, of course, are the towns or cities at which the schools are situated. On the city paper there is a sifting and cutting down of news, more copy being thrown away than used. The small town paper covers local happenings and gives space to events which in the city would not receive over three or four lines.
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All of the schools, though, have the same basic principles and are tea ching their students to write clearly, forcefully, and truthfully. Tn the cur ri cu lum of each will be found cou rses in economics, political scien ce, newspaper administration, history of jou rn alism, constitutional law, libel law, stat i stics, American and foreign lit e ratu rt; a study of newspapers, French, German, or Spanish, and above a l1 reporting and editorial writing . Short story writing and special feature writing are a l so taught, usually to sma ll, selected g roups who are especially y-tterested in and adapted to that work.
The Pulitzer S c hool of J ourna li sm at Columbia Unive rsity car ri es the largest endowment of any schoo l of the kind-two million dolla rs. I I n 1903, Mr. Pulitzer renewed his offe r ·to Columbia and it was accepted, the first supplementary agreement being made on March 19, 1904. On account of th e many new a nd difficult questions which arose and on a c count of rvrr. Pulitzer's ill health and his fr equent and prolonged absences fr om this coun try , the plans were n ot car ri ed out immediately. Mr. Pulitzer finally a rranged that the school should be establis hed immediately up on hi s death as he did not wish his pe rsonal views to interfere with th e plans of the work.
The building, costing $500,000, was not co mpl et ed until 1913, but the school opened formally on Sep t embe r 30, 19 12, with one hundr ed students enro ll ed , nine of whom were women. Twenty-one co untri es and sta tes , including Chi n a and New Zea lan d , w e re rep rese nted . This year of the one hundred and forty - thr ee studen ts, seventeen are women e nro ll ed for the professional w o rk .
The first two years are devoted ch iefly to the fundamental s tudi es and the. la st t wo to the purely professional training, the degree offered bei n g Bachelor of Literature. After 19 18 , the cou rse will be five years in l engt h requirin g three years of the professienal work. Women take the first two years of work at Barnard Co ll ege or may study simila r courses at oth er universities and are admi tted into th e school proper, in the third-year c l ass.
There is no finer laboratory in the world than N ew Yo rk City and the students are assigned to cove r Hship news" the City Hall, police headquarters, crimi n a l courts, big weddings, first night performances, concerts, operas, mass meetings-in fact, every field that is covered by the daily pr ess.
The atmosphe r e of a newspaper shop fills the City Room on the evening on which the seniors get out their Blot. The IIBoss ," Frank-
lin :\1 au hews, summons his cit)' and assiManu, and co nfers with them as to assignments, what features arc to be played up, and sets the machinery to work. Typewriter.., click, telephones ring. messengers arrh'c with Associated Press copy; reporters come in with storics gathered at fin,t hand and write them against time i the copy r eade rs ply blue pencils with great .It!al while headlines are being arranged at the compositor's desk. There is a rush and excitement about the room typical of the newsgathers of a big city. On schedule time the Blot is .I put to bed." The next day the students pause, review their efforts, compare the with the regular city dailies, and profit by their mistakl'S.
A numher nf edito rs and m: w:o,IJdiJcr mell advise the Pulitzer students to remain in New York City if a!oi they have received their training in New York journali:-.m_ othe rs say that experience on a medium sized town ncwspapt:r is invaluable. Se\'e ral of the School of Journalism women arc 011 city dailies in New York City today, one being iss Ross who handled the publicity work for the Hughes' special train last fall. The field is c rowded here but several editors in addre. ing the student:; have said that they preferred to take a graduate of the l;chool on their staff instead of trying to retrain a reporter who has had experience on small newspapers.
At the Univcfliity of Missouri the School of Journalism was cstah· Iished in April, 1908, the degree offered being Bac helor of Journalism. There tht: lahoratory is organized as a newspaper office, a daily evening newspaper, Thl' U";';-'t'rsily .lliss o llrioll. heing pub · lished which covers both town and university news. This newspaper, which is self-supporting, offers an incentive to its reporters which writing for a wastebasket lacks. A complete photo -e ngraving plant is maintained hy the school relative to lhe courses in art and illustration. \ Vork in editorial writing, copy reading, illustration 1 advertising, office management, and other phases arc taught in addition to the courses in the College of Arts and Science. Twentythree women have graduated from the 5chool and have gone into practi ca l journalistic work. This year seventy-eight women are registered and two hundred and scventy -se\'cn men.
Since 1906, the University of Wisconsin has had a four ·yea r course in journalism, the students reechoing the degree, IIBachelor of A r ts, Course in Journalism." The department oITers training. This year forty-two women and sixty-eight men are enrolled. ' Vomen
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students in the class in reporting do regular assignments for the Wisconsin Slate] 01l r1lal and The Madis o n Dem oc rat. Other girls get practical experience as editors of the woman's page in The Dtlily CardinalI the uniYersity newspaper. The students write all of their special features with a view to selling them to leading magazines and newspapers of the country.
'Wlsconsin women graduates are now on the editorial staffs of the Farm and Fireside" Mothers Magazine .. Milwaukee Journal , and oth e r publications. Miss Belle Fligelman, '13 , did suffrage and newspaper work in Montana, urged Miss Rankin to Tun for Congress, managed her campaign, and is now her private secretary.
From the University of Washington the encouraging report comes that "We know of none of our graduates o r former students who want posts and have none . Our women students of journalism go into active journalistic work after graduation but they marry rapidly and so the demand keeps up." At present the department is entirely in the College of Liberal Arts but it is one of the leading departments of journalism in the United States. The students do not cover the daily news in Seattle but the city dailies hire freely from the department and there are regular campus co rrespondents. One senior this year is city editor of the single m orning daily in Seattle and is on duty during the regular city editor's "day off." Onehalf of the students majoring in journalism are women.
The department has a well-equipped printing office with daily telegraphic service with the United Press Association and once a week specimen daily reports from the Associated Press . A number of the students do short -story and feature work for the S eattle T otU n Crier.
At the University of Kansas the students cover the regular assignments for Th e University Daily Kansan. Their laboratory is equipped with typesetting machines, Iinotypes, a monotype, a composing-room, book and newspress , a battery of jobbers, and other newspaper office essentials. Forty-six women are registered for the course this year wiih one hundred and eleven men. The School of Journalism teaches state-wide service. It sends out instructions as to scientific cost systems and latest record blanks to any publisher and assists him in installing a new system. The school acts as arbitrator in disputes involving legal printing, makes estimates on intricate jobs of printing, and i. a clearing -house for sellers and
buyers of newspaper properties. Instructions are also sent out by the school to country correspondents. I n answer to the question "Do your women graduates go into active journalistic work?" the Dean said: IISome do."
The School of Journalism at New York University is one of the most efficient in the United States and offers practical work to its students. There are a number of other schools worthy oC mention but space does not permit, Iowa State College with its department in Agricultural and Home Economics Journalism is one of these. The demand for trained newspaper writers is increasing and the editors are ceasing to look askance at college bred journalists. From no school has the report come that its supply of women journalists exceeds the demand.
Salaries for reporters are increasing and aTe especially good on the city newspapers, a good woman reporter will receive from twenty to twenty -five dollars a week with opportunities to advance.
If you love the work, if you are fascinated by the rush and strain of the office, do not be afraid to spend your time and money training in a School of Journalism. The field is yet full of opportunity. Of course, in the present war with the tremendous rise in the cost of paper and with the great volume of war news filling page after page, the conditions a re unsettled in the newspaper field. Some of the staffs are being cut down in order to meet expenses, but when normal has been restored the demand will be greater than ever for writers who can turn out good clean copy that will reach the intelligent readers of today.
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PI PHI S IN P E KIN G
Peking, China, is probably one of the most distant places where a n <P meeting has ever been held, but it only goes to show that Pi Phis arc not the stay-at-home kind. 1\'1rs. Paul Renisch ( Alma Mose r , \ Visconsin A, '00), whose husband is at present the Ameri ca n1\linister to China, entertained Miss Zana H ill and 1\liss Stearns both of Colorado B and Miss Juanita Day of 1\ l innesota A at tiffin on November 12, 19 16. Miss Day and Miss Hill arc spending the winter in Peking and
Miss Stearns was making a pleasure trip through the East . Mrs . Renisch served special Chinese dishes to her guests such as Peking du ck, persimmons, pomels, and hamboo shoots.
As yet no applications for chapters have been received from any Chinese girls' co lleges, but these may well be looked for in the near future as many Chinese girls are trying to he quite as up to date as American girls. J UAN ITA DAY
TAJ\EN IN FRONT OF AWElI CAN LEGATION, PEJ.:IS C, CHINA Fro",I,[t t9 rig"t : Juanita Oay, Minnesota
Paul RcnilCb, \Vi sco n , in A; Stearn., Colorado B; MiN Zona Hill, Colorado B
COMI NG EVEN T S
T h e (o ll owing .1 um nlr clubs anno u nce t h ei r meetings:
Bo sto n. M auach u s etts .
J une C)---Chairman. Miu E Louise Ric h ardson; lI osteh. M rs. C. A. Eaton, 5:J2 Au dubo n Road. Bos lon.
Jul y 14-0 uli ng
Augu s t 11 -O u ti ng
Columbus, Oh io.
Jun e-J oi nt Sp r ead. H ostess. Mr s. W a r dlow.
Ch icaco , I llin ois .
Ju ne C}-Nor th western Universi t y Da)', On t he camp us 5:00 P.)of. H ostess, The cl ub.
Detroit, M ic hiean .
Jun e- Pi cnic.
Lo s An,eic s , California
Jun e 29"- ie n ic . Co mm i lt ee. Mr s. Will iam Hun te r, C h ai rm an, Mrs . R a l ph Cole, Mrs . S. J . Spa ul di n g, M iss Mu rie l J a m es.
Mt . Pleasant, Iowa .
Jun e-Co mm ence m e nt Receptio n . H os t ess, M iss W tstfal l .
Northern New York.
Jul y-P ic ni c A u g u s t- P ic n ic.
Sioux City , Iowa.
J u ne 2- R oll Ca ll : A C h apte r in E ta Pr ovi n ce. S ubjec t : Pl ans (o r t h e N e w Y ea r Open Discussion. H ostess, Mrs. E. P. F !l. ir
Sprinl"field , Mi ss o uri.
June S-Ou ti n g.
NEWS FROM LITTLE PIGEON
The sixth session of the Pi Beta Phi Settlement School began on August 9, 1916, with Miss Elva Plank, Iowa E, Bloomfield, as business manager at Gatlinburg, and Head Resident; Helen Virginia Ikerd, Indiana H, as Principal j Helen Weinberg, Illinois A, in cbarge of the intermediate grades; and Florence Helmick (now of Michigan B ), in Julia Barksdale's absence, in charge of the kindergarten. Margaret Brown, of Berea College, ou r manual training teacher engaged for the year, reported, but was ill and after a leave for rec uperatio n, resigned. Her successor was not found until November, when Mr. and Mrs. Norman Prickett were engaged, We have in Mr. and Mrs. Prickett two experienced mountain teachers, under whose faithful and efficient leadership the manual training, cooking, sewing, and general settlement work, especially among the boys and girls, have been productive of reaI.lasting results. Julia Barksdale, Michigan B, came in September, and this co rps of teachers worked faithfully and with good result s until the Christmas holidays. At Christmas, Miss Plank took a month's leave, and almost immediately after her return, the latter part of January, was called home to lbe bedside of her sick mother, and was not able to return to the school.
On February 9, Helen Ikerd left the settlement to accept a position in her home high school and the school year was finished by Helen Weinberg, Julia Barksdale, Mr. and Mrs. Prickett. Much praise and appreciation is due these young Pi Phis for th eir zeal and faithful work and management of the school's affairs at Gatlinburg during this most trying and disagreeable season of the whole year.
With the advent of Mr. and Mrs. Prickett, our settlement work entered upon a field of usefulness not previously eqjoyed by our Pi Phis. Because Mr. and Mrs. Prickett were mountain born and bred, with mountain sympathies and education, they were able to get in closer touch with a certain class of recluse and backward people than our more cosmopolitan Pi Phis could hope to do.
r have Dot received the final reports from the settlement school, and cannot give definite figures and facts as to numbers and promotions, and can only say that lbe school year has been marked by lbe usual happy and successful results which will always follow earnest and conscientious work among lbese splendid people of the mountains. The county superintendent reported that the Pi Beta Phi Settlement School was lbe best in the county.
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N ow that the new residence houses the teaching staff, the Pi Phi cot tage is available for the proposed Jennie Nicol Memorial Hospital. The Founders and generous friends have given $909 .68 to this undertaking, of which $150 has been already paid Steve Wheley for his horse. With the side-saddle MYs . Gaddis sent us, "Sam" will make a valuable addition to our working family to carry reBef and cheer to isolated and far -o ff homes beyond walking distance. The salary of a nurse, also the furnishings of the men's, the women's, the child ren's wards, the sun or convalescent room, and $500 toward necessary alterations have been pledged by Pi Phis. It might be well to say here that while this hospital is furnished by Pi Phis , in connection with the settlement schoo], it was the inspiration and undertaking of our Founders. The funds mentioned above, with very few exceptions, were given by persons especially interested in hospital work or as a memorial, prompted to do so purely by the nature of this work, and it is not planned nor expec ted to draw .funds from the school's treasur y. The war agitation has prevented our secur· ing a nurse and now that war is a fa ct there will be still further delay although we have the necessary funds and the need is an urgent ·one.
The recommendation that clubs work and earn $2 . 10 per member for the upkeep of the school has pro"en a good scheme for the club's growth and strength as well as the school's treasury. Concerted work is bound to weld the individuals together and to produce a stronger and more useful organization. It works both ways. Our people are willing to work for all they get if we will but hew to that line and not hurry them, but the methods to accomplish this will have to be simple and slow that they may absorb and assimilate little by little as they live day by day.
ELIZABETH HELMICK, Chairman Board 0/ Direclort.
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I MEMORIAM
ERMA CLARK ANDERSON
In loving memory, Illin ois H pays tribute to Erma Anderson. Although she was a member of Maryland A, I llinois H always claimed her, too, for she belonged to our lo cal, A @ 'It , and was one of th ose most influential in
Eu", CLARK ANDERSON helping us to secure OUT chapter of IT B <1>.
Erma was the only daughter of Dr. and Mrs. F. M. Anderson . She lived in Decatur the greate r part of her life, graduating from the Decatur high sch oo l in 1904. The following autumn she entered James Millikin Unive r sity . In 1908 she attended Goucher College, and in 1909 she took her degree at Millikin, where she was interested in all co llege activities. Her class gave her honor by electing her editor-in-chief of the Millidek, the college annual. During the summers of 1910 and 1911, Erma was instructor in applied arts at Ill inois , State To rmal University, and the summe r of 19J2, she held a simila r position in the Unive r sity of Virginia.
Unde r her pi cture in her co llege yearbook are these words : "She was--but words would fail to tell the what; Think what a woman should be-she was (hat!'
These lines express the c hara c ter of Erma Anderson. Noone co uld have been more womanly. Charm and ta ct and unselfishness were hers to a rare degree Few indeed have such an influen ce for good as she had. We who have had close companionship with her feel that we have been given a beautiful privilege.
R UT H SPRAGUE MATTERN
P en n sy lvania B mourns deeply the loss of Ruth Sprague Mattern , one of its mos t inftuential members . Ruth was born December 14, 1894 , in Huntington, Pennsylvania, and there spent the greater
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part of her life. She entered Bucknell in the fall of 1912, but was a student at Wellesley during the fall of 1913, returning to Bucknell after Christmas. She was initiated into n B March 7, 1914, and was graduated from Bucknell with B.Sc degree in 1916 after a very active college life. She was class president during her junior year, a member of the Student Executive Committee, assistant manager of the school yearbook, L J A 9rnda, speaker in the junior oratory contest, and business manager of the WomanJs College Journa/.
Ruth look an active interest in fraternity matters, and especially in Pennsyh'ania B as she was the niece of one of its cha rt er members. She was capable in every respect as is evident from the bilities heaped upon her. H,er devotion to her parents and her loyalty to her friends were her most lovable characteristics.
Ruth taught history and algebra in the Juniata high school until she was taken ill with an abscess of the brain just two weeks before her death, April 1, 1917. Her success as a teache r was fast manifesting itself when her young life was c ut shott in its prime.
Outspoken , sincere, and true, Ruth leans a host of friends, Pennsy lvania B among them , who. feel deeply the loss of a companion so loyal and dear to them. EMMA LEVEGOOD.
ANNA BLAKISTIN POWELL
Anna Blakistin was bo rn in Urbana , Ohio, August 9, 1875, and was urought to Columbus in December of that year. rn that city she was graduated from cen tral high school in 1893 and four years later from the Ohio State U niv ersity , where she was one of the cha rt er members of 11 B <1> She was married in St. Paul's Church, September 20, 1898, to Reginald Eyre Powell, b)' ReI'. John H . Hewitt, and then left Columbus to make her home in Pittsburgh. and later in Philadelphia, where she spent the last sixteen yea rs of her life . She died February 24, 1917 , in the Woman's H ospital and was buried in \V oodlands Ceme t e r y in Philadelphia.
MAY RICHARDSO:N
May Richardson was born in Monroe, Wis onsin, May 14 , 1856, and died at Lawrence, Kansas, January 21, 1917. In 1870 she came to Lawren ce with her parents. She entered the preparatory department belonging at that time to the University of Kansas and graduated from the unive r sity in 1876 . \Vhil e a student she was a
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prominent mem be r of the Oread Literary Society and she was a charter member of Kansas A of II B <1>.
She was a woman of strong mind and strong independent character. She taught many years in the public schools and always took a leading part in the Hterary and intellectual activities of her community. Her later life was spent in caring fo r her brothers' and sisters' families and she was truly a mother to those under her care. For many years she was ve ry frail in body, but she performed faithfully every duty that fell to her. She has left behind her the memory of a life of unselfi sh, loving devotion.
CLARA BATCHELDER WOODWARD
Mrs . Clara Batchelder Woodward (Colorado B, '92) died February 23, 1917 , in Minneapolis. She was born in Faribault, Minnesota, in 1872. For five years she taught English and coached plays at Graham Hall (now Northrop Collegiate Ins titute) where she was noted for her inspiring effect on the girls . In 1909, she married Mr. Austin M. Woodward of Minneapolis , becoming at once ste pmother to four young child ren, mother -inlaw, and grandmother. She leaves a live-year old daughter of her own.
Mrs. Woodward was well kn own for her charmi ng personality, her beautiful home life, her tact , and her church and social service work.
BESSIE RA CHEL COLEMAN
Bessie Rachel Coleman was born in Chicago, Illinois, June 17 , 1886 She was graduated from the Madison high school in 1904 and entered the University of Wi sconsin in the fall of that same year. Her initiation into II B 4> took place October 28, 1904. Her vital interest and active participation in the life of the university and her brilliant work as a student made her one of the foremost members of the class of 1908.
After her grad uati on, Bessie taught German in the high schools of Lndi and Stoughton for seve ral years In 1914 she went to live in Minneapolis , with her parents, where she was a member of the faculty of the central high school. On the tenth of March, after an illness of ten weeks, she died at the Eitel Hospital in Minneapolis.
The death of Bessie Coleman, when her life was beginning to £ullil1 its promise, was a shock to her many friends_ Her unusual beauty, vivacity, and c harm endeared her to all with whom she c arne in contact. She will be deeply missed and ever remembered.
IN MEMORIAM 503
MARCARET HAUSE
Alpha has just received a blow in the death of Margaret Hause, '19, who died as the result of an automobile accident. We feel that an article, written by one of her instructors, most clearly portrays what we have lost, in losing Qur darling Peggy.
"The sudden and tragic death of Miss Margaret Hause has left an impression of desolation among those who knew and loved her. It seems as if the hand of God had reached down from Heaven and borne away one of the cheeriest and happiest among Qur student body.
As her friend and instructor for two years, the writer has learned to love and appreciate the fine womanly qualities that underlie a 'eneer of gayety and inconsequence. She was always happy, always ready to exchange sallies of wit, always sweet and considerate, never intentionally doing or saying anything to hurt or offend. She had the heart of a child, and the instinct and tenderness of a good woman, and the glimpses that she gave her intimates of the inner forces that were gradually molding her character, indicated she was destined to become, had she been spared, a woman whom her friends would delight to honor. The sympathies of the entire student body go out to the home and hearts made desolate by this irreparable loss.
A FRIEND."
OUR PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Since the shadow of war has become a reality the fraternity has had to do some difficult and quick thinking. By an overwhelming majority the sentiment of the o r ganization has been on the sid e of the postponement of the convention to a more p r opitious time and season, when the elaborate plans for the celeb rati on of the fiftieth anniversary would be morc in harmony with the affairs of the nation. We are entering upon the tragedy of a world war, our Toronto girls know what it means after two years and nine months of struggle, in which over forty millions of men are now under arms, and the spirit of sc lf ·sacrifice and unselfish consideration for the needs of a suffering Europe abroad today demand the giving up of such events as would have marked the Convention of 1917 at Lake Geneva. While Congress is passing the selective conscription bill this letter is being sent to THE ARROW. My message to the fraternity in this crisis is for every woman to remember as ] ohn R. Mott has said: "This is a woman's war as no other war in history ha ' ever been, and no woman with the right standards can dodge her responsibility." Whether we are individually affected or not, the ultimate burden of war falls most heavily upon the women. This is woman's e r a, and we cannot, and we dare not fail to assume the trust imposed upon us. \V hether the fraternity will take part in any definite work as a whole or not, has not yet been decided. Until th en each chapter and club shou ld work through local organizations and so do its part in that way. I wish also to urge the utmost economy in chapte r expe nses, the doing away with elaborate dressing and entertainments, and the saving of that money for the little children of all countries, who are dying for want of food and clothes The peop l e of Europe have been !educed to fundamental thinkin g and out of blood and tears has arisen an unparalleled spirit of heroism, unselfishness, and se lfsacrifice. It is for America, then, to learn this lesson and learn it early, without, however, T devoutly trust, the same fearful baptism of fire. In the name then of the highest ideals of Pi Beta Phi, I charge you to be true to your trust in this time of national c risi s, to remember the symbolism of the golden arrow, and to do worthily whatever may be your part in this great war.
MAY L. KELLER
E DIT ORI A L S
OUR PRIOSI DENT, In her message, ha, "oiced the feeling, of the whole Fratt!rnity Naturally, the of an event which we had all anticipated for so long causes U"i much regret hut we all realize that our disappointment i.-, a trivial matter compared with the real sorrow and suffering in the world at thb time. Let us make these summer months 3. time of real value to as individuals and as an organization by serving in whatever capadty we may our f ellawmen and our national cause. Let us not forget to be kind and considerate of thos(; we meet whose hearts aTC torn with conflicting emotions in thb waT and to shed all the sunshine we can in the midst of the Let Us remcml>cr our Cret.."'<l and think upon it that we may gain stn.ngth therehy, EVER YON E is wondering how she may "do her hit" and the article on p. 48 7 an opportunity which is open to us all. a writer in a re('cnt numher of .-lIplla Phi Quarterly. "The men at the front are facing they cannot escape them, letters from the frOllt, such as those in H, G, \ Vell':; 'Mr. Britling Sees It Through,' show that they are thinking, Tn France and Flanders there are no church !'oervices to stir one's religious c.motions with eloquent preaching and music; stripped of every external aid, a man has to face the thing alol1(;, either he shirks a settlement or he thinks It through, And the women at home must face the same great issues, I t is not a of merely hearing hardships, but of entering somehow into :,truggle, and the sacrifice, if not of life as with the men, yet of time, thought. and energy, the men on their return will he dragged iJack to a life of little things. So it is women's opportunity, in all countries, to rabe the standard of national life, for this alone will insure, to u-;c Rauschcnbusch's phrase, the Christianizing of the Social Order: such an order, as those who seen far enough believe will from the midst of this world turmoil."
Eddy has showed us very plainly a woman's opportunity to remedy existing evils, Perhaps some readers have heard him speak before some of the nwnerous student audiences which he has addrtssed so frequently since his return from the military camps of Europe. I f they kno\\ that the dangers he mentions have proved very real and "cry terrihle to the soldiers aiJroad, \Ve cannot save our
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boys from the risks of warfare, but we can demand that they shall be well equipped in every way and safeguarded morally as well as physically. The military authorities will do everything in their power to keep the soldiers fit physically, to see that sanitary camps, good food, and adequate supplies are the portion of the men, but too many of them feel that the attendant evils surrounding military camps are necessary, and part of the portion of warfare. Some army officia ls and many civilians are awake to the fact that because these evils always have existed is no reason why they should exist now and that all temptations possible should be removed from the boys living, many of them for the first time in their lives, in unnatural conditions, removed from home ties.
Influ ential men have already laid this matter before the Secretary of War and the President; already legislation has been passed making prohibition obligatory throughout all our camps. It is desired to have further legislation making prostitution impossib le anywhere near the camps. Public sentiment should be speedily aroused on this point.
Many great, moral results have been achieved by the use of personal inftuence on the part of some individual who apparently would never be thought of as a power. If you live in a suff rage state, and have the precious gift oJ the ballot, now is th e time to bring pressure on your cong ressmen through the women of your state, demanding clean surroundings for the boys who defend your homes and your ideals. And whether you are a voter or not , 1£ you are a moth er who may be called upon to make the supreme sacrince of giving your son to your country, if you have a brother who may wear khaki, if your sweetheart is in camp or, even if you have no personal interest in the camps, then for the sake of the clean young manhood of the United States, for the sake 9f the high ideals of Pi Beta Phi which demands purity of thought and action, help al once in lhis crusade and ""I quickly.
AN 'OU 'CEMENTS
"rhe Editor wishes to explain to the corresponding secretaries in the far west why the April Bulle/in was so late. The copy for the Bullelin was held awaiting the Grand President's letter in regard to postponement of convention. For a similar reason, the date for sending alumnre club reports was advanced from the one printed on THE ARROW calendar because it seemed necessary to publish the reports without the usual accounts of Founders ' Day in order to insure an early appearance of the issue. The Editors are very sorry for any inconvenience the delayed bulletins and change of dates have caused the cor responding secretaries and can on ly :,ay that, indirectly, the war is responsible f o r it all.
Dorothy Cleaveland, New York r, writes "My March ARROW has just come and the little paragraph about members elected to honorary societies quoted from Ben attracted my attention. I thought you might like to know that New York r even since her local days has given every <I> B K her key-I know I value my own key the more because it was my sisters gave it to me and I'm sure the other gub feel the same way."
If everybody doesn't have the right to a key , a copy of The Pi Beta Phi History would make a most appropriate commencement present this anniversary year.
Mrs. Elizabeth Lough, Wisconsin A, chairman of the Seltlement School fund committee for the New York Alumn:!! club, has issued a most attractive leaBet of information . It contains some very interesting letters from our little friends at the school which make their own appeal. The leaflet is sure to bring results.
The annual report of the Chicago Collegiate Bureau of Occupations shows a prosperous year and an amazing growth in effectiveness. The vocational bureaus are growing rapidly in number and size.
The postponement of convention has made it impossible for the Grand Council to fix upon a date for Council Meeting in time for publication in THE ARROW. Further information will be given in The Bul/tlj" for June.
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Although our convention has been postponed , the Fraternity as a whole should realize that many days of thought and laoor have gone into it already. Allen,.. as the Council representative for convention plans , and Miss \V ebster. our Grand Guide, deserve' our thanks for their untiring interest and assistance .
THE CO MMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL GUIDANCE
The Cent r al Bureau of the Committee wishes to make this preliminary r epo rt. We arc to have morc space in the next issue of 'rHE ARROW and hope w ith the co nsent of the various consultants on ou r committee to give a short sket c h of the work whi c h each one has done along the line in which she is going to aid us.
The co mmittee will be organized as follows:
I. A Central Bureau located in New York City whi ch will handle all co rrespondence, put inquiring girls in touch with the proper co nsu ltant , and act as a so rt of clea rin g house fo r th e co mmitt ee.
2. A g r oup of co nsultants (at present tweh'e) working professio nall y in different parts of the country, to whom girls wishing advice or information conce rnin g any sort of professional work open to co llege women may write, wilh far g r eate r freedom and be assured of far more sympatht!tic interest than could be possible between strangers.
Th e consu lt a nts, all of whom arc Pi Phis who have achie\'cd success in the profcssions into which th ey ha,'c gone, are k eenly alive to th e fact th at it is important for a girl who is looking toward professional work to know just how t o go about it. They a'r e enthus iastic about the work of the coinmittee and eage r to be of any se rvi ce possible and the girls of th e chapters in d iscussing their plans for professional work may feel su re that any request for guidance which they mak e will be answered with th e wisdom and care of one who has had r eal experience, and with the affectionate understanding of one Pi l )hi fOT anothe r.
COMM I-rfEE ON PROFESSIONAL GU IDAN CE
CENT RAL Bl' REAl' , KEW YORK CITY Chairma" , AI I lYNE AKC BIIJAI D iO Fiflh A\' enue.
Mrs. Burdette G. Lewis . ..... ............ . .... ...... ..... Bronxville, N. Y.
Mrs. Berton Mn.xfie ld .... . .... ... .... .. . 30S8 Bedford A\' e.• Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mrs. H orace Mann Snyder- 530 Rh'e rside Drh'e. New \' ork, N. Y. Mi ss Aida W ilson t:l4 E. 27th 51.. New York, N. Y.
Co,uNllanlJ to Com",illu
Journalism ......... , .... ................... Mrs. Lewis Theiss , Muncy, Pa. Celeste Janvier, Johns lIopkins Ji ospital, Baltimore, Md. Medicine Dr. Adalieta Shaw Ealon, 522 Audubon Rd., Boston, Mass. Law Ir ene Adams, Mt. Kisko, N. Y.
Social Service , .......•...... ,
Abbie Langmaid, 1019 University Ave. S. E., Minneapoli s, Minn Young Women' s Christian A ssociation , ............... ... ... Mary Corbett, 5736 Woodlawn Ave .. Chicngo , III .
Nature Study lor Chi ldren Miss Julia Rogers. Long Deach, Cnt.
Library ...... . ..................... . ....... . .. Vera Dixon. Ames, town
Domestic Science ......... Mnry de Carmo. University of Ill inois, Urbnnll, III. Photography Mrs. Florence Denney lIilIiker. Seattle. Wa sh. Architecture......... Miss Aida "'"ilson
Art .............••. ....... . ............ Mrs. Van ce Philipps (Signed) AI.I £v", ARCHIBAI.D.
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PI PHIS IN THE PUBLIC EYE
DR. LOUISE PEAR CE, CALIFORNIA A, '07
The unusual success which Louise Pearce has achieved along the line of medical resea rch has brought her an enviable reputation in scientific ci rcles. She was initiated into Califo rni a A while she
DR. LoUISE PEAl.CE was a student at Leland Stanford, Jr., University, from whi ch she was graduated with 4> B K honors in 1907. The two following yea rs , she studied at Bosto n University School of Medi cine-going from there to Johns Hopkins Unive rsity in 1909, where she studied fo r two years. Her ability was r ecognized by her appointment to the staff of the Johns Hopkins Hospital and she was the only woman appointed to the umedical" service of resident house office rs . Later, she was appointed to the psychology staff of the Phipps Clinic of Johns Hopkins.
For the past four years, Dr. Pearce has been at the Rockefeller I nstitute fo r Medical Research where she is an associate in the depa r tment of pathology. Her work there has been on the chemotherapy of infectious diseases, and th e results of her during the last three years will probably be published next fall.
In the summer of 1914 , Dr. Pearce was studying at the Royal Hosp ital for sick child ren in Edinburgh and, after the wa r broke o ut, went to London where she worked for six weeks with the Women's Emergency Corps. During the summer of 1915, she continued he r researches in the Pathological Department of the Boston City Hosp ital, and in the summe r of 1916 went to Guatemala whe re she spent her time in a hospital studying tropical diseases.
At Johns Hopkins, Dr . Pearce was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Omega Alpha. At present, he r home is in New York, N. Y., where she belongs to the Cosmopolitan Club and the Women's City Club.
ALUMNIE PERSONALS
ALUMN1E PERSONALS
ARKANSAS ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS MARRIACES
Mary Campbell, '07. and R. N. Gregory, of Oklahoma City, January 3.
Hatel W. Glad.on, "3. and Charles Baker, Michigan A <I> e, at Mount Vernon. I owa, March 24. At home, Dentone, Mont, I-Jsl:cl Theres Nail, ex.'t2, and Glasgo Hayw ood, at MeDa, Ark., Match 17. At home, Shreveport, Ark.
NEW ADDitESSES
.1\frs , John Irvin (Victoria Vogel), S5 W. 33rd SI., Indianapolis, Ind.
\Villie McLees. ex -',6, is teaching in Little Rock, Ark.
Mabel M onlealh, ex-'I?, is doing social work in Litlle Rock, .4.rk.
The following is a clipping from the GtJtelle. al the time of the teachers' convention in Little Rock, Marc h 29.
"Residen t members of the Pi Beta Phi Fraternity entertained the visiting Pi Phis with a breakfast Saturday morning at the Hotel Marion. The table was very effective, the fraternity fl owe r , the wine carnation, being used in profusion. The guests included Misses Wanda Richards. Mable Monteath. Willie McLees. Reeta J ennings, Amelia Burnside, Irene Calhoun. Mildred Moss, Ellen Scott, H e l en Stuckey, C laire Conner, Beatrice O'Neal, Irene Knerr, Eleanor Forwood, Ruth M cKinney Ethel Estes, and Mrs. Clare Norris-Moody."
CALIFORNIA ALPHA-LELAND STANFORD, JR., UNIVERSITY
ENCAGEMENTS
Helen Wahrenberger, ex·'16, to Lieut. J. T. McN arney.
NEW ADDRESSES
Mrs. Ralph Cole (Louise Carter), 638 Culver Ave., Orange. Cal.; Grace Maple, Glasford, TIl.; Mrs. R. C. Mapl e (Mildred Car r ), Box 26. Glasford, 111.
Anna Frances Weaver, '97, has the since re sympathy of her Pi Phi friends in her recent bereavement in the liUdden death of her sister.
I( war sends Lieutenant McN.rney, an army aviator, to a distant port, his marriage to H elen Wahrenberger will take place at once.
Mrs Ralph Bach ( Kathleen Chandler, ex·tIS). of 2637 James St.. Lorna Portal, Cal., has had as her guest Marion Lantz, 'IS, of Santa Ana, Cal.
CALIFORNIA
BETA-UNIVERSITY OF CAL IFOR N IA
ENGAGEMENTS
Eugenia Vaughan, ex-'I6, to Lloyd Swayne. '16, of Lt/alld Slafl/ord, Junior, K 2:.
Marguerite Thomas, ' 14, to Dr. Clelland of Ukiah, Cal. Alice Hie s tand, '13, to Paul Bartlett, '13. r .6.
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MARRIAGES
Vinnie Robinson. liS, and George Albertson, ',6. April 9 At home. Denver. Colo.
Frances Taylor, ex·'17. and Clarence \-Y. \Ve stbrook, November 21. At home. Smith River, Del Norte County, Cal.
Edna Aiken, ex-'tS, and Kenneth Cuttle, "7. e 6 X. At home. Palo Alto. Cal.
Lela Smith, ex-' 18, and Lyle Osborne, of Oakland, Cal.
BIRTHS
To Lit:ulenant and Mrs. Le Roy P. Hunt (!-Iazel Orr. ' 14 ). of Norfolk, Va., a son, February 26.
To Mr. nnd Mrs. Robert Mail (E leanor Hall, ' 16), a daughtH.
NEW ADDRESSES
M n. ChatTee If all (Emmy Lemcke). 1717 Linden St., Oakland. Cal.; Norma Umphred. Box 185. Oakland, Cal.; Marguerite McLane. 1027 N. Van Ness A ve , Fresno, Cal.
Mrs. McClymonds, Eta Province President, accompanied by Pauline Finnell, has gone to Tucson, Ariz., to inspect the college and the petitioning there. Our sincere sympathy is extended to Helen Havens, in Ihe recent death of her mother.
Helen Lawton, '16, who hns been spe nding several months in Carney ville, \Vyo., with her sister has returned to her home in Berkeley
Margaret McLean, ' IS. has been visiting the active chapter in Berkeley.
Mrs. Gifford West ( H ate l Cha se , Kansas Alpha and Califo rnia Beta, ex·'13) has recently moved to New York. Mr. West is now associated with the American Bell Telephone Company.
Mrs. Vance McClymonds and Mrs. Archibald Randa ll (Adelia Darden, 'og) recently ente rtain ed at b ridge for Alice Hiestand, '1 4, who is to be married in June, and for Mrs. Gifford West.
COLORADO ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO ENGACUflNTS
Gertrude Livingston to Ralph Newcomer, <t> e, of Boulder, Co l o.
)IARRIAGES
Doris Probst, ex ' 17, and Morton C. Woods, K 2':. At home, Ardmore, Okla. BIRTHS
To Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ogden (Frances Waltemeyer, 'oS), a daughter, Alice Cae, January 5.
To Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Cunningham (Edna Pierce, '12), a son, March 30.
X!W AODUSSES
Mrs. G. A. Sharp (Flay Sheldahl), 4166 Russell Ave St. Louis, Mo.; Mrs. E. H. Gilchrest (Ruth Harrington), 126 E. Cassilly St., Springfield. Ohio.
Mrs. ]. R. McKinney (Elsie Sullivan, '(9) is a welcome member of the Casper (Wyo.) alumnR club.
ALUMNA:: PERSONALS
COLORADO BETA-UNIVERSITY OF DENVER
ENGAGEMENTS
Alma Melzer. '14. to George Twombly, Denver Law. B e II
MAUtlACES
Edith Deeds. ex ·' 19. and Ralph 8. Maul, April 14·
Dorothy Rathbun, ex '16. and Robert Stovall, May 19·
BJRTHS
To Mr. and Mrs. Julius Johnson (Grace Reid, 'II), a son, April 10.
To Mr. and Mrs. Alfred E. Gibson (Mary Wallihan), a daughter, Mary Anderson, April 37. 1916.
NEW ADDJlESSES
Mrs. F. L. Taylor (Edna Hills), 525 Van Buren St .• Pueblo, Colo.; Mrs. Julius Johnson (Grace Reid), 2148 S. Columbine, Denver, Colo. i Martha Kimball., 2111 S. Milwaukee, Denver. Colo.; Edna Lewis, 33 S Washington, Denver. Colo.; Dorothy Allen, 2055 S. Columbine, Denver, Colo.; Irene Boyden, 534 W. lSt Ave., Den\' er. Colo.
Dorothy Deisher, ex·'18. has been spending part of the leason at La Jolla. Cal.
Lorena Hocking. '12, one of the author of Ral/'flg Cam, is studying in New York
COLUMBIA ALPHA--GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
ENG GEMENTS
Marion Ferguson, 'IS, to Wilmarth Brown, Gtorge La'w, '17, 6 T 6.
Florence Taylor. '14, to Bruce Handy, of \Vashington, D. C.
)URRlAGES
Lelia Howard, ex·'13, and Robert H. \ Vood, Ok/alroma, '11,1; N. Adeline ex·IIS, R.nd Oscar R. Matthews. March 22. At home. Newel, S . D .
E. Marguerite \\'eller, ex 'II, and Richard I-I),nlon, George W4Shington, K April 24, Church of the Epiphany, \Vashington, D. C.
BIRTHS
To Mr. and Mn. Worth Hale (Helen Evans, '08), a daughter, April S.
NEW ADDRESSES
Mn. Frank C. Johnson (Edith King), 214 Park Ave., Barberton. Ohio.
FLORIDA ALPHA-JOHN B. STETSON UNIVERSITY
NEW DDRESSES
Mona Bates, 305 W. Church St., Jacksonville, Fla.; Ruth L. Cullen, 7 140 Vates Ave., Chicago, Ill.
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ILLINOIS ALPHA-MONMOUTH COLLEGE
OUT sincere sympat hy is extevded to Mrs. T . D onahue (Sarah Porter. '71) in the loss of her son.
ILLINOIS BETA-LOMBARD COLLEGE MARRIAGES
Mila Parke, ex-'o4. and W. Coultas, County Superintendent of Schools. D e Knlb Co , January 10. At home , 503 S. Main SI., Sycamore, Ill.
Genevieve Zimmerman, ex·' IS. and Fred eric k C. \Vebs t e r, Lombard, 4> .0. e. Mr. Webster is in the real estate business.
BIRTHS
To Mr a nd Mrs. R oy J ennings (Hariel A. Steele, ex·l ro), a so n, at Trail, B. C.• Cnn., February 20.
To Mr. and 'Mrs. John C . Mill e r . (Nellie Miller, '08) a daughter, Barbara Ann, April .17. at 1440 Holm es Ave .• Springfield, III.
NEW ADDRESSES
Mrs. J. L. Quillman (Beatrice Burc h), Pinckneyville, Ill.
Ethel Van Cise, Alexandria Apts., San Diego, Cal.
Mabel Flinn, 23 E. Charies St., Oelwein, Iowa.
Mrs . R. G. Woods (May Fifield), 131 I Napier Ave., St. Joseph , Mi ch.
Dr. Nora E. Willett, ex-'92, after a severe attack of pneumonia, is back in her office in the Mercantile Bldg., Aurora. Ill
Mrs. G. L. Cornell (Mary Wlllett, ex-'9z) ha s moved to 3309 First Ave. S., Minneapolis. Her eldest daughter, Relen, is attending the university for a specia l library course.
Mary McNeal , ex-'78, is spending the winter at 1031 N. Caroline St., Baltimore, Md
Charlotte Alspaugh, '02 , after a serious illne ss, is in San Cal. Her mother, Mary Knowles - Alspaugh , '71, is with her.
Mr. and Mrs. Chnrles Varney (Mecca Doughty, 'oz), of 1.2 Morgan House, University oC Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, have for the past three years been engaged in welfare work and are now hoping to build their own settlement house and schoo1.
Mr. and Mrs George Ross (Fern T o wn send '(9) and baby, Margaret, have moved to Torrington. Conn.
Floren ce Dillow, ' 08, has r e tuPDed to Edmonto n, Albertar. Can. She was ca lled to the States by the death of her father in Decembe r.
Anna Livingston, ex-'os, is teaching domestic science in Kansas City, Mo. Her address is 616 Dwight Building.
Mrs. Howard William so n (Helen MacKay, '99) with her two small daughters is visiting in Galesburg.
Eleanor Parke, ex·'oG, is spending the winter in Pasadena with her father. Charlotte Alspaugh, '02, visited Ethel Van Cise. ex-'03, in San Diego and Mrs. F. C. Ayars (Nellie Needham. '03) in Glendale, Cal.
ALUMN/E PERSONALS
ILLINOIS DELTA-KNOX COLLEGE
NEW ADDUSSES
Jessie Canning,442 N. 5th St., Ottumwa, Iowa.
Phyllis Rudd. ex IIS, will receive her bachelor' s degree from Cornell in June.
ILLINOIS EPSILON-NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
BIRTHS
To Mr. and Mrs. II. V. Fleck (Mildred Starne s, ex-'iS), a son.
To Mr. and Mrs. Leo T. 1I01f (Corinne Cohn). a son, Henry Cohn, O etobet 18.
To Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Williams (Corndia Pierce. ' 12).:l <;on , Gras! Taylor, Jr.
NEW ADDRESSES
Mrs. Geo. II. Miller (Gertrude Foster), 1402 Alta Vista Blvd .• Hollywood, Los Angeles, Cal.; Mrs. Taylor (Jessie Reid), Spen cer, Ind.; Marian Gilman, Goodland, Ind.; Alice Carter. 5<)83 Prairie Ave., Chi cago; Mrs. Wm. Lavery (Dorothy Cody), 2677 Euclid Blvd .• Clevel::md, Ohio ; Wilma Coad, 46(:>1 Winthrop Av«!., Chicago, lit.
ILLINOIS ZETA-UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
MARRIAGES
Erma L. Elliot, '14, and Leonard E. Johnston. March IS. at Jacksonvill«!, Ill. At home, Grace·Simpson Apts., Chillicothe, Mo.
To Mr. nnd Mrs. Brown Morrison (Helen Voris, eX.'12). December 10, a son.
NEW ADDRESSES
Mrs. Moody (Grace Thrift, 'II), Lima, Ohio; Mrs. Leslie Taylor (Blossom Field), 545 W. Willinm. Decatur, III.
Mabel Edmonson, '13. has accepted n position as principal of the Gilman high school.
We were glad to hnve Mrs. R. C. Miller (GJadys Sprague, ex·'1 i) with us for our Installntion Ony Banquet. and Frances Kenney for the Formal. \ Ve were sorry not to hav«! more of the alumnre back at these events.
Laura-Belle Stables, Gretchen Franken, and Mrs . W. C. Johnson (Candace Cloyd, '07) mnd«! us short visits this spring.
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We wish to congratulate the ] Ilinois Zeta girls on their success in ralsmg the moncy (or their new house, and to remind all Illinoi s Eta nlumntr that we, too, have n house fund, and house notes are due now.
INDIANA ALPHA-FRANKLIN COLLEGE
NEW
ADDltZSSES
Mrs. Ralph Colc (Lo uise Carter), 638 E . Culver Ave ., Orange, Cal.; Mrs. Thomu (Helen Barnhizer), I SO E . Madison St" Franklin, Jn d.
INDIANA BETA-INDIANA UN IVER SITY
MARRIA GES
Dorothy Thornton, ex-t iS. and Erwin Dimmick, .6 T in Chicago, April 7. Peqrl Doty, ' 13. and Wa yne B. Walt ers , F"aflkU" , cIJ A 9. December 30.
Emma Hill, ex·'ll. and Clare Fosdi ck , 2: A E, at Purdue, May 19. Fay Bo r chen. In diana P, and Seber Nicholson, 1: N, at De Pauw, April 17.
Millicent Mc Donald, ex-'13. and \Vc sJey D. Class, of Paris C rossing, Ind., April 10.
Florence lierz, ex·'16. edits the women 's clubs department for the Indianapolis Publilhing Company. We co ngratulate her on her rapid rise.
Josephine Cox. '1)8, of In dianapolis has been elected to the Indiana alumnre council. This is a very high honor which no one could hold more worthily.
Louise Espy·Coope r, '14. of Rising Sun has been elected to the state bar.
Mrs. Hen ce Orme (Lillian Clewell, '99), is doing worth·while work in several lines, being connected with Purdue University, lecturing on Rural improvement, and working for the W. C. T. U., for the Parent Teacher Associa· tion , and for the Legislative Council of Indiana W omen. Mrs O rme ran on the Prohibition ticket for Congress las t fall.
INDIAN a GAMMA-BUTLER COLLEGE BIRTHS
To Dr. and Mrs. F. A. BernstorA' (Li lli an Bergold, '06 ), a daughter, in November at 806 Millburn St., Evanston, 111.
Mrs. L. G. Balfour (Ruth de Han, ex·'IO) is recuperating from a long illness and hopes soon to return to her home in the Ea.st.
NEW ADOR ESSlS
Mrs.]. R. Hoogland( Bertha Empy), i7:1J N. Ashland Ave .• Chicago, Ill ; Mrs. Hiram (Edith Miller ), 519 E. 24th St., In dianapolis, Ind .; Pauline Mi chael. 3135 Wash i ngton Bl vd .• Indianapolis. Ind.; Ada Miller. Route J No I, Box 147. Indianapolis, Ind.
IOWA ALPHA-IOWA WESLEYAN COLLEGE
NEW ADDIitESSES
Jess ie Canning, 442 N. 5th St., Ottumwa, Iowa; Dr Lora Browne. 245 Kenwood Ave., Glendale, Ca1.; Mabel Piper - Keeler, 4546 N. Ashland Ave .• Chic_eo,
111.; Mrs. L. C. \VilleQK (Ethel Besser), 1446 Rosemont A,'e., Chicago, 111.; Rae Zook , 1210 E. 10th. Pueblo, Colo.
Nellie B. W.llbank, '13. is at hume again after a winter in Whitlier a.nd Los Angeles, Cal.
IOWA BE.TA-SIMPSON COLLEGE
ENGACE:'IENTS
Ruth Chase, '14. to Dr. R. C. Gutch of Chariton, I owa MARRIAGES
Jessie F. Sehec, '08. and Elmer Francis Btu, .0. 9, of Duluth, April 18, Indianola, Iowa.
Grace Griffith, '07. and David Lyman, May 10. AI home. Chippewa Falls, \Vis,
BIRTHS
To Prof. and Mrs. E. A. Jenner (Elizabeth Brown, '08), a daughter, Julia Margaret, February 5.
NEW ADDRESSES
Mrs, S. } Spaulding (Mary Dashiell) and Louise Spaulding, 121 Park Ave., Tropic., Cal.; Mrs. E. E. Harri son (Haltie Poyneer), 10415 Waters St., Wuh.
Mrs. L. 1-1. Wilder (Dora McClure, '18), of Norton, Kan., spent a month this winter with her parents and other relatives in Indianola.
Kate B. Miller, '88, of Chicago, spe nt her spring vacation here.
Mrs. Guy Morrison (Wilma Haldeman, '0 2) and little daaghter, Marjorie, of San Pedro. Cal.. spent the winter here with her parenti.
Mrs. Thesle J ob (Jessie Howser) of Iowa City was a guest of the c1ab at the March meeting
Mrs. E. B. Osborne (Jessie Graham, '88) and son, Edmund, who have been spending the winter in }'hoe nix, Ariz., wer'e called to their home in Montclair, N. J., the 6rst week in April by the illness of ?tlr. Osborne. His death occurred April 12, and the sympathy and l ove of Iowa Beta go out to Mrs. Osborne and family in their bereavement.
Mrs. J. E. Clark (Allie Hinshaw, '91), of Gray, Sull., Can., lpent the winter in Del Moines.
Mrs. C. A. McCune (Kate Barker, 'n) , a charter member, is moving here from Des Moines.
Mrs. C. H. Parks (Etha Mitchell, '87). of Council Bluff s, recently visited her son, Kenneth, a junior at Simpson College
Mrs. Forre s ter Stanley (Ada Whitney, 'n) and little daughter of Oskaloosa attended our April meeting, also Mrs. D , D. Samson (Ada Proudfoot, '08) and lon, Robert, of Red Oak, who were visiting her parents.
Mn ]. J-J. Moist (Mabel Brown, '06) and t,,·o little daughters of Ida Grov," came in April for the Schee-Blu wedding and the Founders' Day celebration.
Elsie Martin, ex-'iS, o( Des Moines came down (or pledge day, March 30.
Mrs. Clarence Riggs (Blanche Spurgeon, '06). of Rangoon, Burma, enjoyed a cooky-shine with four other Pi Phis at her home recently.
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Mrs Chas . Bradshaw (Ruth Baker, '08), gave a house party April 10-11 in honor of Jessie Sehec. Those present wcrc classmates of the hostess and guest of honor and were Vera Ingram<Mott, Grand Junction, Iowa; Leone PeasleyLeBlanc, Portland. Ore.; Vera Peasley -Wickersbam, Seattle, Wash.; Elizabeth Brown-Jenner; Madge Peasley - Harlan; Margaret Pemble-Bacr, Indianola; Marguerite and Celeste Robinson, of Des Moines; and Amanda Young-Henderson of Spokane, Wash., a. former pledge. All attended Jessie's wedding.
Mr and Mrs. J. Ernest Carman (Gertrude Hancox, ' aS) have moved from the University of Cincinnati to the Ohio State University at Columbus, Ohio. Dr. Carman takes the chai r of historical geology.
IOWA GAMMA-IOWA STATE' COLLEGE
ENCAGEMENTS
Pauline Norton, ' 17, to Stanley A. \V oosler,.1. T .1., o( Algona, Iowa.
Marguerite Evans, '17, to Eugene R. Sc:roggie, .1. T .1., o( Des Moines, Iowa . Katherine McCarroll, J 17, to John L. Evans. d T .1.. o( Dcs Moin;s, Iowa.
Margaret Ford, 'J7, to Marshall P . Miller, o( Osceola, Iowa.
Carita McCarroll, ItS, to Russell Il o lbrooke, n e 11, of Des Moines, Iowa
Marion A. Moss, 'IS, to W. D. J ohn son, .z, L\ e, o( Genoa, Neb. BIRTHS
To Mr. and Mrs. John S. Dodds (Josephine Hungerford, '10), of Ames, a son, Jobn S .• Jr., March 20.
NEW ADDRESSES
Mr s. H arry Allstrand (Katherine Galloway), 505 4th Ave., Clinton, I owa; Ella, Frances, nnd Blanche Hopkins, 90S 15th Ave. N., Seattle, Wash.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Lisher (Margaret Pennick, '15) have moved to Joliet, IlL, where Mr . Lisher is to take up country ngent work.
Leila Huebsch, '14, has been seriously ill in the St. Joseph', Hospital in Omaha.
Hermine Knapp, 't4, B.S . in home economics, instructor in textiles and cloth· ing of the Dunn County School of Agriculture. Menomonie, Wis., and graduate of the Teachers' College. Columbia Unive r sity, is assistant to Professor Campbell a t the Rhode hi and Sta t e College
IOWA ZETA-STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA llARRIAGES
Grace M. Schwind, 't6, and Alfred F. Schrup, October II. At home, 1324 Auburn Ave., Dubuque. Iowa.
Edith H Eastman, ' 13. and Herbert F. Goodrich, CtJr'lelo1l , 'tI, Hart/ara, 't" Profe ssor of Law, Iowa State University. December 27. At home. 91S Washington St.. Iowa City, Iowa.
NEW ADDRESSES
Bertha Rembey, Wintonia Hotel, Seattle, Wash.
ALUMNA!. PERSONALS
IOWA THnA.
NEW ADDltnSES
Alice M. Rogers, 6 Brenton Ct., Jamaica, Long lsland, N. Y.
KANSAS ALPJlA-UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS ENGAGEMENTS
Irene Hepler, ex·1 r8. to Harold R. Calhoun, A '1'. of Fori Scott, Kao.
Madeline Butls. ex.',8, to Iliram Clthattl • .1 T.1. of Wichita, Knn. ){ARRIAOES
Dlanche Houston, '18. and Leo Smith, '16, A T, January :38. At home. 1140 Ohio, Lawrence. Kan. Mr. Smith is in the automobile business BIRTHS
To Mr. and Mrs. Charles Greenlees (Davida Sawlell. ex -' 17), a son, Charles Robert, Jr., March 7.
DEATHS
May Richardson, '76. at Lawrence. Kan.
HEW ADDRESSES
Adele Humphrey, 1713 Hobart Blvd., Los Angdes, CaL; Mrs. E. W. Tillotson (Lila I.e Seur), 571 S. Lang Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa.; Mrs. Wallace Pratt (Pearl Stuehy), 1503 13th St., Wichita F:llls, Tex.; Mrs. C. M. Butcher (Jane Uhrich), 3215 Ilunttrs Blvd., Stattle, Wash.; Mrs. Louis Moore (Mary Buckler), 604 Olympia Place, Seattle, Wash.
KANSAS BETA-KANSAS AGRICULTURAL COLLECE MARRIACES
Verna J. Schumacher, '14, and Herbert V. Pusch, Cornell, '12. At home, 610 N. 11th St.. Marysville, Kan., where Mr. Pusch is in the wholesale cigar business.
H elen Winne, ex ·'IS, and Logan Field. April 2. At home, 39S H St. Terr:lce, K:lnsas City, Mo.
Dorothy Parke, ex·'IS, and T. Julien. Perdue, February 26. At home, Messerlee Apt., Richmond, Cal.
The commissioned office of first lieutenant h3s just come to Verna Schumacher · Pusch's husband.
LOUISIANA
COLLEGE
BIRTHS
To Mr. and Mrs. Frnnk lIart (Bemis Sharp, ' OS), :l daughter, Margaret Bemis, February IS.
MASSACHUSETTS ALPHA-BOSTON UNIVERSITY ENGAGEMENTS
Mary Alice Preble, '16. to Ray Lawrence Shepard. BIRTHS
To Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Keiley (Myrtie Maguire, 'oS), n son, January, 1917.
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Mildred Masse, 'IS . is teachi ng Frenc h in th e high sch oo l, Attl ebo ro .
Besides those a lre ady mentioned in the Personals the foll ow ing o f our girls are serving alumnre cl ubs: E leanor Good, 'O J, secre t a r y i n Rochester, N. Y .; Gladys Col e. 'og . secretary in Cleveland , O h io; Mrs . Perce Curtis (Blanche Charlton. '06), vice-preside nt in Los Ange le s. Cal.
Mrs H a r o l d R. Smit h (Mi ldr ed Bate s, ' 13 ) is training for mis sionar y wo rk at th e M oody Bible I nstit ut e, Chicago.
MI CH IGA N ALPHA-HILLSDALE COLLEGE
SlilTHS
To Mr. and Mrs. George L Bitting (Leila Soule, ' oS), a so n, April S.
NEW ADDRESSES
Mrs. Charles W Wh itney (Veva Hig bee) , 10:18 Elmwood Ave , Buffalo, N. Y ; Mrs. Harry Bell (Edith Adami), I loth and BaSion, Ca lifo rnia Ct. , Tulsa, Okla.; M rs. A. E. Field (Cha rl otte Shepard), 37 6 Ceda r St ., R iverside , Cal.; Mrs. W F. Fisher (Le na H a rdenburg) , 630 W Chicago S t , T ec um seh , Mic h.; Vivian Lyo n ':Moo r e, 370 Webb Av e., Detroit, Mic h ; Mrs. C. H Ranny (Bess Kempf) and Myrta Ke mpf, 170 W. W a rr en Ave., D et r oit, Mi c h.; Mrs. Milton M. West( Gladys Darker), Darby, Mont ; Mrs R. R. Saffo rd (E lsi e Presco tt), 1709 E. 68 th St., Chi ca go, 111 .; Ruth Harper, Kentland, Ind.; Mrs. L . Squire ( Gladys Goddard), 1813 Camp Ave., R oc kford , Ill.
Elizabeth Smith. ' IS . is now with the Riverbank R esea r ch Laborat o ries at Geneva, 111., w here Ihe il en ga g ed in r e.ea r c h work on the Baconian Biliteral C iphe r o n the estate of Col one l Fabian.
Bess Ke pp le , ex ·' IS, is now head dietic ian at the Methodi s t Ho spital in Omaha, Neb.
ltIrs Earle Wilson (Fl o Cos ma, 'IS) of Peking Chin a has been ill with typhoid fever. H er fri ends are re joiced to h ear that she is n ow recovering.
We sympathize with Eli zabe th S mith, 'IS. in the l oss of her m other in February
D ori s Jack , ' 16, is at bUQIe this year at Union City, Ind . Leah Stock, '12, has oon visiting Mrs . H elmic k in Texa s .
MI CH I GAN BETA-UNIVERSITV O F MI C HIGAN ENGACEMENTS
Margare t Eaton, ' 14. to Ral p h Snyder, '1 4, 4' l: K
B IRT HS
T o Mr and Mrs Howard P. Cast le (S arah Edwards, '03 ), o f Barrington, III ., a son, H oward Pe r cy, Jr., in December.
To Mr . and Mrs. Van Winkle (Annabe l Kell og g, '10), o f H owe ll, Mich., a daughter, in Februar, .
To Mr and Mr s. F. M. Simpson ( Mary Wils o n , ex ·'C}8) a dauifhter, Helen Elizabeth, April 30.
NEW ADDRESS ES
Mrs. Alhut R obi n son {Frances Luh }, 433 Taylor A"t., Detroit; Mrs. J ohn Jewell (Dorot hy A damI) 40 IJ ax.elwood Ave., Detroit, Mich.; Mrs. Lawrence Bowman (C ladys Manwaring ), 'P23 M cCollo ugh St., Duluth, M inn ; Mrs. L. J. Van Sch aick (Ne ll ie K e ll ogg), National H otel, Nogales, Ariz.
Mrs. D C Chipman (Janet Ma c D ona ld '8:3) is recuperating (rom a very se ri o us operation.
MINNE SOTA ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF MINNE SOT A MARRIAGES
M. Lucy H ow, '16. a n d M erle A. P otte r, ' 16, F ebrua r y II At h ome, W au ko n. Iowa.
Edna Lampert, '0<). and Ben)amlO W alling F ebruary 21. At home. 14 21 W 25th St Minn eapo li s.
BIRTHS
To Mr and Mrs ]. F o r sy t e (Ge rtrude Presi on. ex·'J 4 ). a daughter, February S.
To Mr and Mrs H enry Cass (Bea ta W erdenhoff , '(9). a son, December 2.
DEATHS
Mrs . A . M. Woodward, February 26. H nuse, '1 9 , l\fa y, 19 1 7.
NEW ADDRESSES
Mrs. Bernard de Vries ( Mildred Ozias), 4453 Abbott A ve. S ., Minn eapoli s, Minn.; Fran ces Wells, 720 University, Tucso n, Aril.; Mr s. R. Burr o ws ( Marie And er so n ), 45 S how Ave • Cleveland, Ohio.
W-e extend to Mr. and Mrs. Bartholomew our sympathy in their re ce nt bereavem e nt in the death of their son, Ro be rt.
Ail ee n Sullivan, Uo'IS, is attending the University of Southern California.
Juanita Day, 'oS will return from Peking, Chinn, to her h o me in Fairmont, Minn., for th e summer.
Minnesota A is suffering an irrepa r able l oss ca used by the deat h o f Margaret H ause. "9, as the r es ult of an aut omobile acc i dent.
MI SSOUR I ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF MI SSOU RI
EN GA GEMENTS
Virginia Payne , ' I S. to J oseph Powell, '14. :! N. MARRtAGES
Mayme Thomas, '16, and Earl Don
March I , in R ocky F o rd, Colo. At home, Grace-Simpson Apts., Chillicothe, Mo
Hel en Ayle s bury, ex-' 17, and Alexander McCo y, Mi sso u,.i, '14. C. E. ' 12, M. A. '13,.6 T .::1, Z, April 9. in St. L o ui s. At home, Ponca. City, Okln., where Mr McCoy is a mining engineer f o r the Merland Oil Co
Gertrude Livingston, 'IS . and Ralph S. Newco mer, in \Vind so r. Mo. At home, Boulder, Colo.
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BUi.THS
To Mr. and Mrs. William Moore (Hortense Dungan, '08), twin sons.
NEW ADDRESSES
Elitabeth Connell, 149 N. Oakland Ave., Green Bay, Wis.; Ruth Howard, Brookfield. Mo.; Mildred Strobach, Box soo, Rolla. Mo .; Mrs. W. P. Mills (Gertrude Bayless), Fort Logan, Colo.; Mrs Otto Kochtitzky , Jr (Julia 1tforse), Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Anna Pape, ' 16. is an assi sta nt in physical training i.n the University of Missouri
We utend our sincere sympathy to Mr. nnd Mrs: R. B. Caldwell (Eulah McCune, '01), of Kansas City, Mo., for the los5 of their infant son.
MI SSOU RI GAMMA-DRURY COLLEGE
ENCACEMENTS
Eleanor Gideon, ex-' tS, to Prof. Lewis F. Thomas.
BIRTHS
To Mr. and Mrs Frank A. Dillard (Orpha Smith, ex·'16), a son, Frank Anderson, October 23.
Margaret Bishop, '16, is teaching in th e Springfield high school. We are glad to welcome her into the alumnre club.
We were very glad to han Mrs. Robert Foster (Nora Beggs, '07) with us in February for initiation. Mrs. Foster is the last of the old Mu Beta girls to be initiated into Missouri r; and we feel sure every n 4» will be as proud of her as the chapter is.
We are expecting severa l out-of-town alumnae to be with us for our Founders' Day banquet.
NEBRASKA BETA-UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
ENGAGEMENTS
Georgina Davis, 'II, to Arthur Truex, 6. T, from Rochester, N. Y., DOW located in Tulsa, Okla. Marriage annoQnced for October.
JlAl.RIAG.S
Ruth H eacock, 'tl, and William G Kline, March 31, at Falls City, Neb. At home, University Place, Neb. Mr. Kline is the athletic coach at We sleyan University.
BIRTHS
To Mr. and Mrs Ralph Stamy (Florence Fiske, ex-'oo), a daughter, Edith Joy, February JO.
To Mr . and Mrs . Charles Stuart (Marie Talbot, ex-'og). a son, Jame •• April It.
To Mr. and Mrs. John Simms (Fenna Beeler. 'II), a .on, John.
NEW ADDRESSES
Mrs C. L. Lewis. Jr. (Fann ie Lane), 1918 Burt St., Omaha, Neb.; Mrs. H aney ( R ose T otDies) , 2 012 S. nnd S t ., Lincoln, Neb .; Gladys H e llweg, 2i41 R St., Lin coln, Neb.
M rs. R A. W aite (Oli ve Reeve, New York A, n_'Ol) will move to SheatoD, 111.. where Mr. W ai te has accepted a position on the Int e rn ational Sunday School Board.
The present add r ess of Mrs. L. Porter Riemer ( Mir ia m C l a rk e, ' 14 ) is 236 Sisson Ave., HartCord, Conn
Mrs. Phillip Ow n n ( Paulin e Bush, '04 ) is p l ullning to join the W as hi ngton Square Players.
Mr s. Fr an k M Wilkin ( Margaret Phill ippi, ex-'IO), of Detroit. is visiting hl"re with rel!1th'c 5 and en r oul e t o her new home in Sio u x Falls. S. D. Florence NasoD, ' 14 is t eaching domes t ic science in Benson, Neb.
Lu cile Bell, ' 13, of Yor k, Dorothy Ca rn es , ' 16 , of Lin co ln. and Mr s. Palm e r ( Adabooth Dolman, 'II), o f St. Joseph , Mo .; Mr s. Wilkin ( Margaret Phillippi, ' 10 ), of D et roit, 85 well as fou r active girls f r om Nebraska B were present at the la st alumnle c lub meeting in Omaha.
NEW YORK ALPHA-SYRACUSE UN IVE RSITY
ENGAGEMENTS
Ruth Bru sh, ' 17, to Zur \V Craine , o f Sherburn, N. Y
)(ARIUAGES
Ruth I. Wean, ' IS and Sidney Ca rr, P enn State, ' 14 ·
NEW ADDRESSES
Mrs. H arold R ic h ( Mabel Beadl e), 107 Pinnacl e Rd • R och es te r , 1\'. V
Mr. and Mr s. Burton Clark ( Florence D engle r, ' II ) have r e turned fr om a trip to California.
Lu c ile Sc ull, '17, Mabelle R obe rts. ' 16 . Fl o rence Lan s ing, ex-"7. a n d L o ui se Case. ex -' iS, attended the formal party Mar ch 24 · Ethel Jes sup , '16, returned for a w.ek -end at th e cha p te r -h o use. Mar ch 17 · She is teac hing hi s tory in the high sc hoo l, Corning, N. V. Lu cile Scull, ' 17. is children 's libr a rian in a New York branch l ibrary.
NEW YORK BETA-BARNARD COLLEGE
NEW ADDRESSES
• Mrs. Samuel A , Mc Keown ( Adele Dun can), 6 11 ,V . 1581h St., New Y o rk N. Y.
Sophie W oodman, '07, took a party of twenty ,nine high sc h oo l students to W ashington during Easter we ek Slle was delightfully en te rtain ed by the Pi Phi s and had lun ch with Columbia A , whom she r epo rts as fine as ever. She
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also S4W Mi ss Rankin ! During a won de rful three days with M iss Keller at W es thampt on she had th e pleasure of attending a m ee ting of the R ichmond Club.
Ethel B. Goede, '13. graduated from the New York H ospi ta l in M a rch , where she has done very fine work.
C hry s ten e Straiton. '13. a teacher in the Sc udde r Sc hoo l is a member of the Mo rnings id e Players, an organited company of Columbia graduate s.
Lilli a n J ackso n, '15. is sec ret a ry to on e of the leade rs in th e S und ay campaign.
D o rothy Krier, ' IS. is teac hing Latin and mathematics in the Sc ud d e r Sc h ool.
M rs. R. B. K estar (hado r Van G il de r , Colo rado D '04) an d Sop hie W oodman. ' 0 7 e ntertain ed a t th e form er's hom e th e following Pi Phis th a t are s t udying at Co lumbi a University: Ge r t ru de C lancy, Ca li(orn ia A ; Agnes Wright, Wyoming Ai Ruth Cessna, Lillian Storms, Io wa P i Margare t H essl er, I llinois IT; Jun e G ilcres t, T exas A ; J ane Whitn ey, Mi chig a n A ; Mari on Scroggin, Missou ri n; Lu cile Stewart, Ontario A; and H elen Spe nce r, Illin ois E .
NEW YORK GA MMA-ST. LAWRENCE UN IVER S ITY
BIRTHS
To Mr and Mr s. Robert L. J oyce ( Ruth Maltby, ' 13) , a da ught e r, Virginia, Janu a ry 29
To Mr . a nd Mrs. Chauncey Maltby ( l\.ta bel Cla rk , ' 13) , triplet boys, Janu a ry 2J. Two o( the babies liv ed b u t a (e w h o urs
Nathalie Upton , 'oS, is teachi ng in th e high schoo l at Turn ers Falls, Mass Agnes 1". M cDonald, '09, has entered the Conven t o( l\f o unt St. M a ry at Newburgh -on·the· Hud so n , N Y , as a n ovi ti ate Helen Merriman, ' 12, has been reiHec ted sec retary o( the Yo ung Peopie's Christian Union o ( the Universali st C hurc h o( the state o( New Vo rk.
Min e tte D. Newman, '14, enjoyed an ex tended tr ip through the South last wint e r, and is no w assistant chemi st to Dr Row e at the Evans H omeopath ic H osp ital , Bos ton.
OHIO ALPHA--QHIO UN IVERSITY
NEW AOORESSlS
Mrs. D . S. l\.1ea den ( Ha ze l Todd), 10 15 S. 4th St., Springfield, III.
OHIO DETA--Q HI O STATE UN IVER S ITY
HA IUI.IAC lS
Virgini a Pringl e, eX" '4 , and Frede ri c k N. Winkl e r, OAio S iale , 01> r .6. , December 16. At home, 15 University PI. , Col umbu s.
Claudine Urlin , ' 13 , and Milt on V. F ran ce in Janu ary . At h o me, 373 \ Vood · land Av e., Columbus, Ohio
Dorolhy Beebe, ' 14 , and C. Clement Cooke, O"io Slale, .6. T .6., March 8 At home, 3IS Chittende n Ave., Col umbus
Ruth Sadler. '13. and Arthur Fox, Ollie Slate, '14, 41 6 e, Much 19. At home, 336 4th St., Toledo. Ohio.
Alice Du Bois, n '13. and George S. Prugh, Ci"cinnal •• I A E, March 30. At home, 4 The lIattenley, Toledo, Ohio.
BIRTHS
To Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Kewley (Florence liut chinson, '06), II son, Thomas, June 24. 1916.
NEW ADDRESSES
Mrs. C. R. De Long (Alice Ward ), 6S Sherman St., Portland. Me Florence Bradford, 1778 N. H igh St.. Columbus, Ohio.
0 11 10 GAMMA-WOOSTER COLLEGE BIKTHS
To Mr. and Mrs . Warren E. Bristol (Lois Neff, ' 12), a daughter, Loraine Elizabeth, on January 31, in Lyons, France.
Anne Palmer, ' II, is assistant librarian at the university library, W ooster. Ohio.
OKLAHOMA ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA
ENGAGEMENTS
Hallete B. Fraley, ex-'13. to Gaylord Nelson, Olda/lOma, K A. H elen De Barr. '16, to Ralf T. Runge, 8 K
MA RRIAGES
Doris Probst, ex·'13, and Morlan Wood s, Okla"qma, in Ok laho ma City, February 26. At home, Primrose Hill Farm, Ar dmore, Ok la. Mr. Woods is an expert on fancy stock.
NEW ADDRESSES
Anna Dee, 929 S 11 th St., Lincoln, N eh.
The Ardmore alumna! club met February 19 at th e home of Mrs. Williams Fort (Antoinette Cobb, ex-'1 4). The girls enjo)'ed t1 ue lightfullun cheon with a pleasant semi·business meeting later. Founders ' Day will be celebrated with a banquet.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Galt (Allie Breeding. ex·IIS) occupied their magnificent new home in Ardmore the latter I)art of )olay, after a winter at Palm Beach, Fla.
Lina Bryan, " 4, visited Mrs. T. Martin (Ruth Davidson, ex-' I S) at Wagoner, and Elinnor Hanford, ex-' 16 , in Ok lah oma City during February and March.
Mrs. C. H. Pulley (\Vynne Ledbetter, '13), Mn. E. P. Dryan (Fay Law, ex-'(4), H elen DeBarr, ' 16, and Helen Ledbetter, ex·'IS. were among the alumnae who went to Normnn for initintion.
Grace Lee. ' 12 , and Jewell Palchel, '16, spenl EaSier at their homes in Norman and in Pauls Valley
Amy W eave r, ex-'IS, spent the winter months with her sister, Flay \Veave r, '15. at Sulpher, where Flay is teaching English in the h igh school.
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Martha Memminger. ex-' I 6. Helen Ledbetter ex·IIS, and Mrs. Galt were among the receiving party when the Kappa Sigmas opened their Jlew home in Norman.
Grace Lee, Antoinette Fort. and Ruth Aughenbuah-Girard are planning to attend convention this ummer
OREGON ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
NEW ADDRESSES
Estella Campbell, E. 627 9th Ave .• Spokane, Wash.
PENNSYLVANIA ALPHA-SWARTHMORE COLLEGE
ENGACEMENTS
Margaret Mcintosh, 'IS. to David Harrower. MARRIAGES
Ellen Miller, 'IS. and Herschel Smith. At home, 131 Rutgers Ave :. Swarth · more, Pa,
Fran ces VancJain, ex lto, and Robt. \V Fay, Pennsyivdnia, '13. r .6. , November 33.
NEW ADDRESSES
Agnes Trowbridge, 2317 N. Delaware Ave., In dianapolis, Ind.
PENNSYLVANIA BETA-BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY
BIRTHS
To Dr. and Mrs. Harold Cole (Hazel Knapp, '06), a daughter, Barbara Ann. June 21, 1916.
To Dr and Mrs. T. M. Shark ley (Genevieve White, '(0), a -daughter. Rebecca Jean, April S.
To Prof. and Mn. F. M. Simpson (Mary \Vll son, ex-'gB), a daughter, Helen Elizabeth, April 30.
DUTHS
Ruth Sprague Mattern, ' 16, April I, at Huntington, Pa.
Rebecca Shove, 'OS, has a year's leave of absence from the high school at Binghamton and is at her home in Wellsboro, Pa.
Edith Kelly Shepard. '05, is teaching French and German in the Friends' School. Baltimore, Md. Her address is 1709 Park Ave.
PENNSYLVANIA GAMMA-DICKINSON COLLEGE
NEW AOOUSSES
Mrs Gordon Poteat (Helen Carruthers), Kaifing, Honan, China; Mrs. Howard Selby (Ethel Wagg), 68 Wiggins St., Princeton, N. J.
Crace Filler, '10. Marjorie McIntire, '10, Elsie Hoffer, '07, Jnlia Morgan, 'II, and Harriet Stuart, '14. spent their Easter vacations at their homes in Carlisle .
ALUMN.£ PERSONALS
TEXAS
ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
MAIUlIAGES
Emily Wells, ex-'iS, .ad Lutcher Brown, April 14. At home. Orange, Tex.
BIRTHS
To Mr. and Mrs. Watkins W. Reynolds (Grace Byrne, 'II), 1\ son, Much 9. at Ft. Worth, Tex
To Mr. and Mrs. Earl Cornwell (Julia Estill. '08), n daughter, in April, Austin, TeI.
VERMONT ALPHA-MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE
BIRTUS
To Mr. and Mrs. Russelt Dale (Jennie Me Lell:ln, 'II), 11. daughter, Jane McLellan, April 18.
Elizabeth Deuel. ex-'os, is assistant curator of arts at Exposition Park, Los Anre1es. Cal.
VERMONT BETA-UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT
BIRTHS
To Mr. and Mrs. C. D. I-lowe (Alice Durfee, '0S), a son, Delav.I, Morri sville, Vt.
To Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Peterson (Emma Bean, 'O S). a son, in February, at Long Beach, Cal.
NEW ADDRESSES
Mrs. D. M. Tippie (Agnes Lamar), 1601 J St .• Bellingham, Was h.
Ruth Catlin, ex -' u, has completed her work for the Ameri can Geographical Society in New York City and is at her home in Burlington.
Lessie Cobb, ex·'17, has been released from her duties as tea cher of domestic science in the Jeffersonville junior high school and is lec turing, throughout the state, on gardening for the State Board of Education in their food campaign. Later she will have c harge of the canning of fruits and vegetables. Eliubelh Durfee, '06, is acting general secretary of the Harlem Y. W. C. A.
VIRGINIA ALPHA RANDOLPH-MACON WOltfA N"S COLLEGE
NEW ADDUSSlS
Noelie Mistrol, IS 16 Broadway, Galveston, Texas.
Martha Rader, 'IS, Mary Wood, ex-'t6, Dorothy Sage, '16, and Hardenia Fletcher, ex-' ll, visited the chapter recently, and Virginia McCarty. '16, stopped off for two week s on her way to New York.
Hallie Mason, '16, who has been teaching at Drakes Dranch, Va., has returned to her home in Lynchburg.
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WASHINGTON ALPHA-UN IVER SITY QY WASHINGTON
ENGAGEMENTS
Ruth Benton to Philip Inglehart, Washi"K/OI" e.
Irene S tee l e to Edison Botts, Whitman, 4).6 S.
Hel en Ruth Ga ul , ex·'17. to Harry J. Ros enthal, Purdu e, '16, 2: A E.
KAIUUACES
Margaret Burkh a rt, and Cressy Philips, Washington
Helen BaiD and William MacDona ld, Washington, K 1:, of the Second Washington Infantry, April 7.
BIRTHS
To Mr. and Mrs. Louis Ka pec k (Carolyn Fisken, '14), a son, March :12.
NEW ADDRESSES
Mrs. O. Tippie (Agnes Lamar), 1601 ] St., Bellingham, Wash.; Zenna Houck, 92 4 10th St., Tacoma, W ash.
Mr s . R. G. Denney (Li la Burch), 3302 E. H owe ll St., Seatt le; Mrs. Sam u el Lamping. 82:1 Queen Anne Ave., Seattle; Mrs, Thomas Owe n (Fay Yantis), 62:0 Olympia Pla ce, Sea ttle; Mrs. Gustav Stahl (Kathleen George), 620 Olympia Place, Seattle; Mrs. Merritt Tutthill (Dorothea Goodwin), 1501 E. Mercer St , Seatt le; Mrs. Ruben Fleet (Elizabeth Gi r ton), 3586 6th St., San Diego. Cal.
Rosamond Adams, ex-'16, is training a t the Presbyterian Ho spita l prepnra · to ry to taking c harge of a child r en's hospital in W ashington.
WA SHINGTON BETA-WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE
ENGAGE ME NTS
Edna M cC r oskey , ' 17, to Thomas D . Tyrer, Washington. ' 16 , Z A E. MARRIAGES
Mil d r ed \V'aters, ' 11, and Richard Boyles, Washing/on State. ' Il, K 2, March 10. At home, Colton, Wash.
BlRTlIS
To Mr and Mrs G. A J on es ( Laura Th ompso n , ' 13 ), n daughter, Hel en M argaret. July 4. 1916 .
WI SCONSIN ALPHA-UNIVER SITY OF WI SCONS IN ENGAGEMENTS
Ruth Leland Jennings, 'oS, to J ames W ilson of Chicago
Genevieve Hendri cks, '15. to J ohn Robson, Wisconsin. Ben.
JlA1aIAGIS
Gertrude Leland. ' 16. and Edward Chapman, Jf1isconsin ' IS, 'i' T, March 16. At home, Madison, Wis.
Florence E. Smyth, e:I("16, and Everett Wil cox Williams of C hi cago , April 2:1. At home, Milwaukee, Wis.
ALUMN£ PERSONALS 529
BlITH!
To Mr. and Mrs. Erling Week (Mae Van Slyke. '14). a daughter.
To Mr. and Mrs. Ray L. Baker (Emily Holmes, 'oS ), a son, at Winnetka, 111.
To Mr. and Mrs. Jame. S. Thompson (Marie Burnham, '(9). a daughter, Anne Burnham. December 10.
To Mr. and Mrs. Victor Cage (Helen Heath, ex -'ll), a daughter, Helen Victoria. November 27. at Ithaca, N. Y.
To Mr. and Mrs. Heman Legreid (Constan ce Haugen, ' 03), a daughttr, Constance, OD January
DIATHS
Elizabeth Coleman. 'oB, March 17. in Minneapolis, Minn.
NEW ADDRESSES
Mrs. Wallace S. Hampton (Lisette Woerner), 4914 Glenwood Ave .• Chicago; Mrs. Dougla. ComoI' (May Walker), Granby, Mo.; Mrs. Erling Week (Mae Van Slyke), 7654 Greenview Ave., Chicago; Idah M. Barnett, 37 E 7ts t St .• New York, N. Y.i Ruth E. Mount, 7157 Yale Ave., Chi cago, Ill. Mary Frances Hall, ex " oB, is studying music in Detroit, Mich.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul \Vatrous (Jane Capen, '0<» have moved to Los Angeles, Cal., where Mr. \Vatrous is manager of the western office of Lord & Thomas Co. Helen Brook., 'IS, is teaching domestic Science in Portage, W is., and Genevieve Hendricks, 'IS, in Rockford, Ill.
WYOMING ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING
NEW ADDRESSES
Hedwig Bayer, 157 N. Durbin St., Casper, Wyo.; Mrs. S. C. Dickinson (Ruth Greenbaum), Box 2Il, Hanna. Wyo.; Dorothy Worthington, 1409 Boren Ave., Seattle, Wash.
Hedwig Bayer, '19. is bookkeeping for the Webel Mercantile Co., and Gladys Phillips, for the Wyoming National Bank. Lena and Meliua Brooks, '16, have returned from Berkeley where they were enrolled in the CoHcit! of Mosie.
ANNUAL REPORTS OF ALUMNlE CLUBS
There are so many worth·while ideas and achievements in the following reports that it would be impossible to give them all "honorab le mention,'J but your Alumna! Editor would call your attention to a few. All how that in terest in Settlement School is not spasmodic , that it lasts throughout the year, that enthusiasm for the Settlement School is here ' to stay, that it i. "amongs l us and will remain with us alway,II- truly a benediction. New York'. wonder· (ul donation of $600 and Paget Sound's of $375 arc an inspiration and a goad. Galesburg shows that a card party can net $109. and Spokane shows how even a small club can carn $50. The Alumnre Editor has already recommended this very scheme to several clubs and will furnish to any n 4l the name and address oC the person issuin g the book of cards "that themselves." Truly it is a most satisfactory way to ' get unexpected), huge returns. For arousing or maintaining interest in the school, if y o u are too far away to hear Mrs. Helmick herself, or to Mrs. Allen's pictures, try Rochester', Settlement School st unt or Mt. Pleasant's comprehensive study of the state of Tennessee.
Whether a club be large or small it finds a way to be successful and "alive." New York r eports n very Inrge membership nnd sp l endid attendance; Chicago, likewise. If Y0ll:tS is a large club why not write Chicago concerning her membership campaign. or New York concerning her ente rta inment by provinces? Small clubs can do many things that larger ones cannot, as R ochester and Buffalo will tell you, Spokane, where a n 40 need not be <fa stranger in a strange land."
Minneapolis and many others show :\ fine spirit of coope rati on between alumnz and actives. Springfield, Mo., shows there is still time for doing good after working Cor the Settlement School. Enthusiasm for Red Cross work is everywhere, and Toronto's touc h of war gives us States' girls serious thoughts.
Some r eports were r eceived as late as May ;11 i ' too late , of course, for a June ARROW.
ALPHA PROVINCE
BOSTON ALUMNJE CLUB
(OR.CANIZED IC}Ol-CUARTEUD 1')06)
President-Mrs. Walter 1. Chapman (Jeannette Dodge, Musacbusetts A, 'at).
Viu-presidtllt-Mrs. A. B. Rider (Daisy Whitcomb. Massachusetts A, 102).
Trea..tMr(f'-Helen Richardson, Massachusetts A, '16. Recortli1lg Secre/tJr,.-Mrs. C. A. Eaton (Adelita Shaw, Massachusetts A. '0,).
Co,..,upq"dillg Secrt'lar.r--Bertha A. Carr. Massachusetts A, ' n.
Resideot Alumn:Je-ll4Members of Average AttendanCe-20.
ANNUAL REPORTS OF ALUMN/E CLUBS 531
On the eve of the fiftieth birthday of Pi Beta Phi. the BostOD club is busily eng_red in preparing a fitting celebration. We are always greatly ravored by meeting .isters from chapters near and far, throughout the year. Sometimes we see them often, and again only once, (or they arc busy mastering the many subjects Boston offers. We hope to welcome them all again on April :a8. We shall gather in the Parish House of the Han' ard Congregationalist Church, Brookline. I t would be impossible to find a place better suited to our needs, for after we eat our supper (rom the May baskets we are to bring, a series of historical tableaux will be given on the $Iage with its attractive arrangement of lights. The receipts (rom a nominal tax at this time all go to the Settlement School.
In the fall of 1916 the active chapl"er, with the advice of the alumnee club, chose an apartment for the fraternity headquarters. We have helped the ChAPteu financially during the year and have held the majority of our meetings in the chapter-rooms. We also gave the first of the two rushing parties in the fall. We have tried to keep in touch with the girls individually and as a chapter and they are always invited to attend our meetings. During the year an alumna delegate has attended Panhellenic meetings at college.
Beside the annual pledges for the " Settlement School, urgent requests for gifts were inclosed with notices and yearly letters, and a final canvass by classes made.
Our first meeting of the past year was in May, our annual baby party, at the home of Mrs. Alfred Avery (Ethel Piper, '06). Every year increases the attendance and we all enjoy seeing the little folks together. Our June meeting, at the home of Sarah Pomeroy-Rugg, '06, in Brookline, was a meeting on the constitution. This year each member received one Quiz Question dealing with matters of especial importance to alumnre clubs. A fter a limited time each sought for her answer among the others, for everyone had an answer to another Question beside the question which she was In this way, each one verified her answer or found it, if she had failed to answer it herself. This plan met with great favor and interest.
In July the good fairy gathered all our Grand Council at the charming summer home of Anna Robinson-Nickerson, '01, at Rock Island, Quincy. Hearty greetings from old and new friends, a loud chatter, a most attractive basket lunch, many snap shots, and the day was over all too soon. But we shall never forget the joy of meeting our dignitaries informally.
In August we were entertained at the home of Mrs. Malcolm Green (Georgia Bentley, '(9) in Hyde Park and in September by Mrs. Claude Priddy (Clara Noyes. '00) in Milton.
October brought us together at the new fraternity apartment, where we talked of active chapter news, wants, and plans . In November, Mrs. Alfred Avery (Ethel Piper, '06) was our hostess and we in turn hostesses to the active chapter and ple(Jges, at her home in Malden. After a very big and bounteous cooky-shine, we played charades. Early in December, Edith Swilt, '02, gave a tea for the club at Linco l n House, where she is doing settlement work in one of the poorer sections of Boston. We thoroughly enjoyed our inspection of the house and the visiting of classes.
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Just after Christmas we alway. gather fOf a little reunion, when many girls who are away during the year get together This time we all lunc hed ncar the fraternity apartment and then went to the rooms (or a bit of a news "fcst."
In January Sarah Pomeroy-Rugg, '06, gave a very interes ting talk on the anti fraternity agitation. As hos te ss (or our February meeting, Mrs. Thomas Chandler (Lesley Hill , Kansas A, ex-'os) asked u s each to bring something {or a surprise box for the Settlement Schoo l. This proved very successful and we were able to send quite a large box o f sc hool acc essories, playthings, and artic l es for sewing
An interesting talk on fraternity publications and also on the Settlement School by Jennic Allyn, '04. was the program for the March meeting.
A. our fraternity passel its half -ce ntury mark the Bos ton club starts a new year with much e nthu sias m and many new plans We se nd gr ee tings to all the sister clubs and ch apters .
B!.JI.THA A. C ARR.
BUFFALO AL U MNtE CLUB
(ORGANIZED 19I5-C IURTEREO 1916)
President-Mrs. \Vil bur L Kerby (Lena Dunning, Iowa B, ex·'(9).
Vice·presidenl-Mrs Vernon A. Ellsworlh (Lillian BUiltin, New York A. ex·'o4)·
Geo L. Bitting (Leila So ul e, Michigan A, '05).
Treasurer-Mrs. Char les W. Whitn ey (Veva Higbee , Mi chigan A. 'C}6) .
Resident AlumnO:-l3.
Members of Average Attendance--8.
Our little club ha s comp leted the second year of it s life most happily-we think. We have not gained greatly in numbers and it h as been ou r unfortunate expe ri ence that we almos t invariably lose a member when we gain a ne w one. W e have met twice a month this yea r , o n ce on Saturday and once on Monday, and have voted to continue it next year. There is one business and one sociAl meeting each month.
Our program follows:
The first business meeting of the year was devoted to the study of our constitution. This was done by the question and answer method described by other clubs. Mrs. Geo Bitting (Leila Soule, Mi chigan A, 'oS) told us of the Fellowship Fund and aroused our interest in it and its importance to us. We still feel our limitations becaose of size. We have made, therefore. no effort to raise money for the Settlement School, but each member contributed some· thing and we were able to send a small amount. At o ur Settlement School meeting, Helen Rosenstengel Wisconsin A, '06. read an original and most clever paper foretelling in story (onn the brilliant future of our school. \Ve wish those who have thought of the school on ly in it s present work could h ave heard the story At our March meeting, Ella Donnocker, New York A, ' l4 , compared the development and work of other fraternities with Pi Beta Phi . There i. no Pan hellenic Association here, but in May, Edith Haith Brown ,
New York A. ' 12, is to give U5 the bistory of the National Panhellcoic Associa· tion. We will obsen-c Founders' Day by our Hsecond annual" cooky-shine and we hope it will be as enjoyable and fitting a celebravon as it WliS last yeu. Our commi ttees are not divulging plans, SO we are looking forward to surprises. We hope to have with us Angela Cortright and Bessie Blanchard, both New York r. ' 15. who are teaching in Alexander, New York, and who have shown their interest in our club.
Our lOCial meetings have usually been sewing meetings. We had one cooky -shine early in the (.U and one evening party at which we entertained the husbands and friends of the club. I n February we had a 'Illall theater pBrty to see a Pi Phi on the IIBgt-Beverly West (Aurora John so n, Massac husetts A, ex·'09). One of our business meetings was preceded by a delightful luncheon at Mrs. Bitting's. There are advantages in a smail club!
We are not near enough an Active chapter to visit one regularly, but we Ilre interesting ourselves in our Canadian sisters--so far with no material ruults to speak of. Our interest in them bas brought closer t o us a rtaliution of what the European conflict meanl to them-and may mean to u s.
Helen Rosenstengel, as our delegate. and Ella Donnocker are planning to attend con vention , unless our relations with Germany continuing as they are at present, put the thought of any celebration oul of our minds.
In dOling we can only echo our invitation of last year-a cordial welcome to all Pi Phis nurby to join U5.
ELLA M . DONNOCKER.
BURLINGTON ALUMNJE CLUB
(Orga ni zed and Char tered (914)
PruidL'"I-Mabt l Balch, Vermont B, '09·
Via ' /,rL'sid en t-Mrs. R. P. Tuttle (He l en Barton, Vermont B, '0<».
Stcretary-Jennie Rowell, Vermont n, '09·
TreasurL'r-Maude Chaffee, Vermont B, '08.
Resident Alumnre---6.
Members of Club--l2.
Average Attendance-4 .
Owing to the few alumnre thllt have been able to attend club meetings our gatherings have been few this year and co nsequently lefi se r results have been produced.
Early in the fall " 'e uised the debt on the active chapter 's piano and by liberal contributions enabled them to occupy a suite of rooms in the Klifa C lu bhouse.
Our subscription to the Settlement School amounted to about $14
We hope that for the coming yur the club may be larger and more active. W e plan to work among the n.lumnre or both Vermont A and B, resident in this , tale.
JENNII L. ROWELl••
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NEW YORK C ITY ALUMN£ CLUB
(ORCANIZED I 903-CHARTERED 1907)
Prujdent-Edith M. New York H, 'n. C. G. Clc}lver (Etblyn Hardesty, Pennsylvania r, Frank Cooke (Lavinia Cunningham, New York r. ' 14 ) .
Resident Alumo8e-2So.
Mempers of Club-I07.
Attendan ce-52
Our club has met once 11 month {rom October to April this year at the Woman'. University C lub, Before the October meeting a printed program Qf the year', work and a letter with a perforated membership blank attached were mailed to all Pi Beta Phis in or near New York City whose names were on ou r lists. The program had been arranged as l ast year, each meelit;li being in charge of II. province and hav ing a chairman, whose duty: it was to arrange the program for that day and carry it through with the help of the members of her province. so everyone was on the program committee.
The meeting in November was devoted to the settlement school and a sale of baskets, linen. and coverlets was held at the same time. Again in January we were so fortunate as to ca t ch Miss Plank as she passed through the city and had direct news from Little Pigeon. In fact, we did not get far away in any of our meeting;' from th e thought that this was Jubilee Year and the Settlement School was to be o ur lI living memorial.l'
The chairman of our settlement schoo l committee. Mrs. ' Wm. H. Lough (Elizabeth Shepard, Wi sconsin A.. compiled an eleven·page pamphlet of interesting facts about the schoo l and what we had still to do for it. She asked one of the teac h ers to have , the children write her what they thought of the school and included ext rn cts f ,rom these letters. also , as one of the boys said in his letter. "learnt a site" from this booklet. Our subscriptions exceeded our expectations, for we hoped to raise $500. but on 31 Mrs. Lough sent $600 to Mrs. Helmick.
The Founders' Day celeb rati on is to be a lun cheon held in one of New York's quaintes t restaurants, The Roof Tree Inn. We to have one of the Founders, Miss. Rosa Moore. as our guest of honoz; and are planning n tabl e o f eight to represent the origina l club.
'Ve have enjoyed mak ing this a jubilee year for o ur club
NORTHERN
ELM1NA WILSON, $urelary·T,east4,er.
NEW YORK ALUMN.£ CLUB
(ORGt-NIZED AND CHARTERED 1914)
Alice McDonald. New York r, ' 15. Surtlary·T,eas."er-Dorothy K Cleveland. New Yo rk r. ' u (Canton. New York).
Resident Alumn8e-4
Members of Club-17.
Average Attendancc-6
This year we have had a regular. prearranged program and we feel that we have made the meetings count (or mort than ever. At nearly every meeting there has been at least one of our out-oC-town members present.
In September we had an all-day picnic up river at the cottage of one of o ur patronesses. All the Pi Phis in the vicinity, alumnre and active, were included. and we were very glad to have with us Karela Briggs of New York A. We hope that neIl time we may have more sisters from other chapters, for we intend to make this an annual affair.
The October meeting, coming just at the opening of college, was devoted to the interests of New York r. the new house and rushing being the main topics of discussion. Since all the members of this dub are New York r girls, our interest this year has cente red around the new house for the c hapter whi ch the alumnlr (organized for the purpose as the St. Lawren ce Arrow Associalinn , Inc . ) bought :md remodeled last summer . Because of the house we were not able to do all we would have liked for the Settlement School and the Fellowship and Scholarship Funds.
In November. at the chapter-house. we held our annual sale of fancy work, food. and ca ndy, for the bene6t of IT B ." activities. It is our custom for every girl to make at least one article f or the sale during the summt:r. Our isolated not in any club, help us too. The active girls aided us loyally and they deserve much credit for the succus which rewarded us. This sale, which was the third. was the most successful one we have held .
The December meeting was devoted to the Settlement School. In January we joined with the active chapter in a study of the constitution. Our cookyshine was held in February on the night of the St. Lawrence-Hobart basketball game and we all went together to see St. Lawren ce win before we had our party. For Founders' Day the active chapter is to entertain the alumnre club and patronesses. Three one-act plays are to be given: the court scene from The ftfercllant 0/ Venice, A Nightmare (written- by two Columbia A girls). and Cringoire, an adaptation of Victor Hugo's Noire Dame. Every girl in the chapter hns a part in one of the plays. A talk on the founding and history of IT n .z, is also to be given.
Last night our Province President arrived for her first official visit. We are especially glad to welcome Miss Burlingham in this capacity, for she visited us while New York r was a petitioner and was also present at our installation as IT 4's, so we look upon her as an old friend. There is to be R dinner {or her in the chapter-house in which alumnre and patronesses will join with the active chapter, and an alumnre meeting; she will attend. also. the A. T 0 Ball. the big social event of the spring term.
Our advisory committee is fulfilling its mission and :10 alumna is usually present at chapter meetings and a representative of the chapter at club meetings DOROTHY K. CLEAVELAND.
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ROCHESTER ALU)'(N.£ CLUB
(Oi.CANIZED AND CHAIlTEII.I.D 1914)
President-Mrs. C. E. Heston (Jane Bechtle. I owa r, '07).
Vice-presidenl-Mrs. H. L. Dusky (Isabelle Shepard, New York A).
Sec,.eld'1'y-lsabelle Moore, New York A. T,.e4S14,.e,.-Mrs. R. G. Brackett (Est her Beers, New York B, ex-'J4).
Resident Alumnre-:J3.
Members of Club-IS. A vetage Attendance-6
La s t yea r our Founders' Oay celebration was a mo re or less formal banquet in one of the private rooms at Hotel Rochester with 11 umovie" party afterward.
The May meeting was a coo ky -shine lupper. This was not largely attended but was well enjoyed particularly because of a guest from the Detroit alumnre club.
In June we journeyed to Brockport where we have had such delightful bacon bats each year with Bertha Kelsey, Vermo nt A , '03. Owing to the excessive rains tbat month we co uld not go to the wood. but bad an enjoyable ride through the country.
A basket picnic at Highland Park, one of the beautiful parks (or whi ch Rochester is noted, was our July party.
Our August meeting was omitted but the September sausage and corn roast made up (or it. To this the gentlemen were invited and they really seemed to e njoy it, too. W.et weather, which was so frequent last summer, again drove us from the park where we intended to have our roast but we managed to carry out our plans in a protected corner o( the yard of Mrs. Chu. Heston (Jennie Bechtle, Iowa r, '07).
October's meeting was the first at which we had had no guest and was distinctively a business meeting.
Our November and December meetings were co nsolidated because o( the rush o f holiday time, and this was spent in Macedo n, an hour's ride out on the interurban.
[n January we planned 10 study the Settlement School, history, constitution, etc. To insure interest, attendan ce. and results we conducted it in the (orm of a sc h ool. Our notices of the meeting were worded to resemble the opening day o( a district school and everyone came dressed in schoolgirl fashi on . Our lIteacher" had secured some kindergarten chairs which added to the effect. The program W&5 so mewhat like this:
Opening exercises
Language lenon Secretary's report
Reading LeUers concerning Settlement School and other matters
History Pi Beta Phi history
Arithmetic Treasurer's report and how to raise money for Gatlinbnrg Political Economy Constitution
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A penny luncheon was liened in the midd le of the senion and at the close reC eshments were given out in individual boxes made to re5emble the brown paper lunch boxes.
A 5Cwing bee and cafeteria lunch were the ieatures of our }o ' ebruary meeting.
St. Patrick was honored in March. although a week later than his birthday, but su we, "Sl. Patrick is just as good a saint on the twinly·fourth as on anny ilher day and yez c an shout (or Ireland anny day of the year," So armed with an Irish story and our sewing, we went and had a right good time. Two of our girll, that art trained singers, entertained UI with Irish songs. Mrs. Robt. Brackett (Esther Beers. New York B. tx -'14) was vtry Ca.scinating when. dressed (or the part, she dashed in and sang For' I'm Off to PhiiadelphitJ in the Morning.
Founders' Day we plan to celebrate with a wedding ceremony and cookyshine Invitations are in the form of a large engagement ring. One of us will be dressed as minister, one as bride, one as groom in costume of fifty years ago. The ceremony represents the wedding of Mr. II B 4> and Miss Col1ege Girl, and is serious in Dote as well as entertaining.
Money for the Settlement School we raise only by pledges. Just now we are experimenting with the sale of postcards. usually it is easier for most of us to save the money for our pledge than to 1mt the effort into earning it, where our Dumbers are so small. \ Ye never fail to talk Settlement School at each meeting. That means that all of our active members hear it, for while our average attendance is six, it is Dot always the same six.
A fine of five cents for failing to call one another by first names has helped us of many chapters to get together and has given our club a most friendly spirit, while adding a mite to our Settlement School box.
We gave $5.50 for the Fellowship Fund. We made and sent curtains to the Settlement School and have more money to be used later.
Two of our members accepted the cordial invitation of the Syracuse chapter to their initiation banquet.
Our meetings are held usually on the third Saturday of each month. We shall be very glad to welcome any IT 4> who is passing through Rochester, whether on a meeting day or at other times Call up the secretary or any other member whose name you remember.
ELEANOR GOOD.
Rochester greets you all in IT B <1>.
SYRACUSE ALUMNA-: CLUB
(ORGANIZED J()03-CHART£UD 11)06)
President-Mrs. ] \V. Brooks (Gertrude Skerritt, New Vork A, '13)·
Vict-president-Mrs. Geo. Gray (Leora Sherwood, New York A, '1)6).
Recording Secre/tJr,-1'oIrs Floyd Decker (Mary Makepeace, New Yo r k A, '07).
Corresponding SecrettJry-Mrs. L. A. Howell (Marion New York A. '10).
Treasurer-Mrs. Roy O. MacAllister (Lulu Golden, New York A,'13)·
Resident Alumnre-40. Membe r s-n.
Average Attendance-Io.
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As usual the Syracuse alumna: club has met twice a month since the latter part of October . There has been a few evening meetings preceded by cooky· shines. At this time we welcomed lome of our girls who are unable to be with us afternoons since business activities keep them away.
Our membership remains about the same with the same old "stand-bYI." Our new and younger alumnae seem to be rather lax in the interest of the club. \Vhil e a program of the meetings was made nothing special was planned. We have met with the requirements, holding the four special meetings except the onc (or the constitution and examination. Our next meeting will take care of that, when we read parts concerning the alumna:. We will also read portions o! the history.
The pledge to the Settlement School, which was $2S, was raised by assessments. We are very much interested in this good work and are doing our best to help the cause along.
The alumna: try to keep in touch with the active girls by attending their meetings. At Christmas time we had a joint meeting, when we presented them with a handsome chair for the music-room.
The active seniors are entertained each year by the alumna:. This year we have an informal party at the home of our president, Leora Sherwood-Gray, '96.
Not long ago the president of National Panhel1enic was entertained here, and she said she found the conditions bere in Syracuse ideal, owing to the fnct that the members of the faculty were in harmony with the fraternitie s.
'Ve will ce l ebrate Founders' Oay at the chapter-house witb the active girls when the freshmen will give a little farce. This is a standing custom with the fraternity.
Our la st meeting will be held at Happers Glen at the Onondaga Sanatorium where our hostess ' busband is the superintendent.
Best wishes to all Pi Phis.
MARION N . HOWELL
(ORGANIZED I 9 11-CU ARTERED 1912)
p,.esident-Roberta Gilray, Ontario A, '07.
Vice =presidenl-Minnie Barry, Ontario A ' II. Corresponding Secreta,.y--Eardley Greene, Ontario A, '16.
Trea.rurer-Margue ret a Chapman, Ontario A , '10.
Our meetings for this past year have been held on the third Tuesday of each month, commencing in October with a business meeting in which we discussed and decided upon our plans for the year. AI our country was still engaged in the great world war we df!C:ided thRt onr energies again thi. year mu st be concentrated upon giving every ponible help in patriotic work. Hence, apart from necessary business and the fulfillment of the required fraternity studies, our meetings have 1>«n devoted to the making of Red Cross supplies, knitting socks, etc. In spite .of the sadness which has co me to many of our homes through tbe loss of relatives, and tbe absence of our president on account of the critical illness of her motbet', Mrs. Starr, who has endeared herself to
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Ontario A. by the constant interest she has sbown towards us. we have been very happy in our work, and bave bad many good times together.
We appreciate very much the kind attitude of the Grand Council in exempting us from .s,iSlio, in the work of the Settlement School during the past two yean of war, and assure them that we continue to be interested in its progress.
Our club always puts forth a special effort in the fall to assist the active chapter during the rushing season. After our October meeting we made the decorations and favors for a Dutch luncheon. Some of the alumnre try always to be present at the rushing parties and give any assistance possible. In November we took charge of a dinner party (or the active chapter and rushees, which was a very great success. The alumna! have always devoted their December meetings 10 our chapter birthday party. From December to April we were entirely engaged in Red Cross work. In April we had a delightful luncheon down town and were very glad to have with us several of the girls who were in the city for Easter, especially Dr. Edith Gordon, A.B. 'og. M.D:'13, who has been in the United Stales for the past two years, taking postgraduate work in medicine. We are planning to entertain the active chapter on Founders' Day at a cooky-shine with Minnie Barry, 'II, and there conclude our regular meetings for the year, as many of the girls are going to work in munition faclories and on farms for the summer.
\VESTERN MASSACHUSETTS ALUMNA: CLUB
(Organized 1909--Chartered 1910)
Corrtlpondjng Secrelary-Amy L. \Vallon, Massachusetts A, '07. Resident Alumnre-12.
,Members of Club--8.
Average Attendance--6.
The Pi Beta Phis of Western Massachusetts held their October meeting at the home of Edna Bean·MiIler, Massachusetts A, '02. The discovery at that time of three new Pi Phis in our vicinity made us exceedingly joyful, for in 11 small club like Dun, every new member means so much.
Mrs. Russell Dale (Jennie McLellan, Vermont A, 'II) and Mrs. Dane Jackson (Eliubeth Caswell, Vetmont A, 'II) were the hostesses at our February meeting at Mrs. Dale's. The special feature of this meeting was nn embroidery tontest. Each member present was given n. towel and asked to initial a II B monogram that had ban stamped upon it. These will be sent to the teachers' house of the Settlement School.
Founders' .Day celebration was held on April 26 with Mrs. Miller. \Ve were glad to have as a guest at this meeting Mrs. Frank C. Dunn (Luella Whitney, Vermont A, '1}8) of Gardner, MillS. Mrs. Dunn. who hns recently 'Visited the Settlement School, entertained us with many intertiting stories of her visit and made us feel in close touch with the splendid work that we have this year dedicated to the Founders of n B 4».
We are now looking forward to a June picnic at the summer cottage of Mrs. Miller of Nine-mile Pond. We I1re hoping that the summer months will
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not decreaic our number and that with this splendid of eight Springfield girls Ilnd a few olhers in nearby towns, we may become a stronger club (or n B in Western Massachusetts.
AllY L. WALLON,
BETA PROVINCE
BALTIMORE ALUMNJE CLUB
(ORGANIZED AND CHARTERED 1900)
Presidellt-Mary A. W ood, Maryland A, '99
SeO'ttar,,-.Hester I-Ieisse, Maryland A. '15.
Treasltrer-Argrelle Ingalls, New York A, '08.
Resident Members of CluD-22.
Average Attendan ce-IO to 15.
During the past year the Baltimore club has followed its usual custom of baving a regular meeting each month, alternating with Saturday luncheons and Friday evening meetings, at the homes of members. O ur first meeting last fall was a very delightful on t with Elsie Bender, '16, at Relay, Maryland, about ten miles from Baltimore, all going in machines. An ideal day, excel· l ent r oads all the way, a delicious luncheon, an interesting meeting, and a good attendance made this first a memorable one
Our program for the year has been the following:
October-Plans for the year by the p r esident Caroline Diggs, '15.
November-Husbands' meeting.
November-Special meeting at Mount Vernon Place Free Kindergarten with Miss Hopper, a patroness.
December-The constit uti on by Mrs. Edith Kelly·Shepard, Pennsylvania B. 'OS.
Deeember-Christmas reunion luncheon at the Dutch Tearoom.
Januar y-Tnte r esls of active chapter and fraternity development.
February-The Settlement School by Edna Stone, '00
March-Convention Rally.
April-Annual business meeting.
May-Children's party.
June-Annual Alumnre "At wilh Mrs. j. W . Tottle (Helen Doll, '99) ·
For our Settlement School Fund this year we raised our apportionment of $80 through individual contributions instead of through entertainments, as last year. Before we deeided on the amount each member of the club should contribute, we elected a committee to write to all Pi Bela Phi alumnre of Goucher College, not allied with any al umnre club, asking them whether they would care to make a contribution to the Settlement School through the Baltimore Club. In this way we secured about $20, and made up the balance ourselves.
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Those of our members who can do so will go with Maryland Alpha to \Vashin&1oD, April to unite with Columbia Alpha in celebrating Founders' 0.,.
Mou.Y WilTON' WOOD.
PHILADELPHIA ALUMNJE CLUB
(ORGANIZED H)OI-CHARTERED 1901)
President-Marion C. aaker, Penn5ylvania A, '14. Viu-jwuident-Mu. Carl Sautter (Beatrice Victory, Pennsylvania A, '°1)·
Cor,.upondin, Surtlory-Florence Miller, Pennsylvania A, "4.
Recording Secrelary-Mary Lippincott, Pennsylvania A, '16 . Trtasurtr - Ruth E. Lumis, Pennsylvania A. ',6.
Resident Alumnae-80.
Members 0(' OUD-so.
Average Attendance-30 to 35.
The Philadelphia Alumna! Club this yeaT has continued the custom of having a luncheon the second Saturday in very month 4t one of the girls ' homes. We have five hOltesses at esch luncheon so that nil the girls will have an opportunity to help entertain the club.
Printed programs announcing the time, place, and subject of each monthly meeting for the year were sent out to all the resident alumnlJe and also a letter urging those who did not belong to our alumnlJe club to become interested and be one of our active members. By doing this we have been able to welcome Quite a few girls from other colleges who have either come to Philadelphia 10 itudy or to live here permanently.
Through active chapter representatives at our meetings and representatives at active chapter meetings we have been able to keep in "ery close touch with Pennsylvania A at Swarthmore. We have had eight luncheons this year and one picnie, all of which were well attended. We first sene luncheon and then have our business meeting, and end with an en.tertainmenl of some sort.
The Settlement School committee again gave a subscription card party at the Woman's Club at Swarthmore and by the earnest work: of our chairman, Mrs. Bassett, we raised $60.
On the evening of February 28, the Pennsylvania A active chapter gave a convention rally for the purpose of stirring up enthusiasm and persuading alumntJ: as well as n.ctives to go to convention. All the Philadelphia Alumnse Club and particularly all those girls who had ever been delegates were invited to this rally. Those who could not come were asked to write letters so that they could be read that evening. After hearing these letters, and the enthusiastic talks from the girls who had been to convention, we were all very anxious to go to our fiftieth anniversary this summer, if possible.
On March 17, the advisory gave a St. Patrick's Day pnrty {or the chapter at the home of Mrs. C. Sp.utter (Beatrice Victory, '07), in Nor·
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wood. Most of the afternoon was spent in practicing Pi Beta Phi songs for convention and talking of plans for it.
The Swarthmore chapter has for many ycars invited the Philadelphia Alumnae Club to Founders' nay with them. This year we are going to hold our banquet at the Rittenhouse Hotel, Philadelphia, April 28. There are to be two toasts from PenDsylnnie alumnae. ooe from an alumna 01 another college and two from the active chapter. Through a SUietltian from the club, the chapter sent out small envelopes with each invitation asking that each of the either bring a contribution for Settlement School to the banquet or send it to the committee. In this way. we hope to be able to increase our contribution to the school.
We sincerely hope that any Pi Beta Phis living in Philadelphia or ncar here. who do not belong to our alumnae clab, will start now and come to our meetings and be active members, as we are aU more than glad to welcome new memben.
MARION H. EVANS
PITTSBURGH ALUMNI£: CLUB
(OlCANIZED 1901-CHAlTElEn 1909)
President-Mrs. D. Hayes Murphy (Jessica Davis), Wisconsin A, '00. McCrory, Ohio A, '13.
C(}rf'"pomiiltg Belle Clark, Pennsylvania B. 'OS. Suretdry and Tre(JsvrlJ'-Anne Hutchinson. Reside.nt Alum.nae-so.
Members oC Club--:n.
Averare Attenda.nce-I3·
Since last year we have held our business meetings in a downtown office b u ilding, and this plan pro ved so successCul thllt we. decided this year t o continue to ho l d some in the same place, alternating with social meetings at the homes oC the members of the club.
We have had seven meetings. The program Cor the year included "Fam· ous Pi Phis," and uWomen in Social Service."
Our iotnest this year has betu centered in a group of girls at the University of Pittsburgh, who are petitioning for a chapter of Pi Beta Phi. They organized as a local in November. 1916, and have alre!,dy received recognition from the university faculty and the university PanheUenic organization. They are a group of airls who are enthusiastic and willing to work hard for Pi Beta Phi. For the last four months the club meetings have been given over to a discussion oC them. 'At the meeting held April 1, the club voted to give this group of girls. the Dianthians, its official endorsement in their efforts to secure a charter.
Our alumnae club il nry enthusiastic, and even the thought of an active chapter at hand to work for has almost doubled our club attendance.
The women', national fraternities already established at the University of Pittsburgh are Z T A, K A e, 4 4 .d, ,6 z. It is rumored that another one will be in before 1une.
We have more members in the club this year than tvee before. and we are hoping that next year we may have a stiU larger membenhip.
Our program for FOunders' Day promises to be very interesting as M1"I. Leo Half (Corinne Cohn, lI1iooi' E, '01). our toutmistreu, is well known amOD, Pi Beta Pbi,; Mrs. ]. E. Webster is to give a talk on Extension; Min Covert a talk on Famous Pi Phil; and Mrs. Murphy, who il treasurer of City Panhellenic, ont on the work they have accomplished.
The Pi Pbil on our membeuhip list have each been asked to contribute a dollar for the Settlement School. As all have not yet responded, we cannot state the amount we will have to send to Mrs. Helmick.
The Pittsburgh City Panhel1enic organization held a luncheon the last part of February at which 154 were present, and they presented a scholanhip cup to the college Panhellenic, which wal won by 4 Z. Our alumnae are well represented in this City Panhellenic, baving Mrs. Hayel Murphy (Jellica oavil, Wiaconlin A, '00), at treasurer and member of the executive board; Helen Belle Oark, Pennlylvania B, 'oS, on tbe nominating committee, and May Loose, Michigan B, '03, on the advisory committee.
HELIN BELLS CUJtK.
RICHMOND ALUMN,f; CLUB (Organiud 1915-Cbartered 1916)
J. A. Connelly (Spray Maybee, New York A, ex-'oJ).
Surelary·Trealt4rer-Adelaide Rothert, Virginia A, 'IS. Relident Alumnse--II.
Members of Club--16. Average Attendance-8.
We can scarcely believe that in four yean our Richmond Pi Phis have increastd from the original one to the present cleven; in the South, where the U til crop is scanty. as yet, such numbers seem almost vast! Our monthly meetings this year have consequently been ra.ther of the general·rejoicing and mUlual-congratulation brand, where we got together and sang HWe are the people," etc., and had cooky shines and listened to reports o f high life from Miss Keller, whom we are still holding on to. Our new members {or this year are: Grace Bartholemew and Beatrice Teague. Colorado B, Pauline Turnbull, New York A, Mrs. E. B. Sydnor (Sallie Belle Wreller. Texas A), and Dorothy Sage. Virginia A.
We have carried out the required program, with a meeting devoted to the Settlement School, the study of the constitution, Virginia A, and our Founders' Oay celebration, which took the (orm of a picnic lupper out at Westhampton. We celebrated a week early this year, as a number of UI wanted to attend the banquet of the Columbia Alphas in Washington. A picnic like oun i. 1.1 much if not more (un than a banq uet, and we can recommend it emphatically to other Pi Phis interested in war-time economies; only be s ure to have it, as we did, in a rustic boathouse right on a lake, with a sunset re6ected in the water, and pine woods all around. Our state of beatitude was further
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increased by the ploasinK' consciousness that n <It had carried ofT most every· thing in the local spring elections, with Mrs. Connelly as president of Pan · bellenic, Mrs. Tilghman ( Gladys Cherryman, Michigan A), of the Collca-c Woman's Club, and Dorothy Sage, Virginia A, '15. of the Randolph-Macon Club of which A Rothert, Virginia A.. '15. is treasurer.
\Ve maintain close relations with our nearest active chapter at RandolohMacon, by means of frequent visits back and forth, and are very much elated over the chapter" ranking this year and prospects (or next. Ri chmond j headquarters, too, for Christmas visitors from the college, rushees and otherwise. and that enables us to help a little with the freshmen during holidays
Our Settlement School contribution, $17, was raised by subscription, as were our contributiOfts to the Loan and Fellowship Funds, $5 and $10, respectively, as most of us were too busy with husbands or schools to embark on any money making enterprise.
We were glad to have with us at one of our meetings Miss Woodman • whose arrival we celebrated by a party at Mrs. Connelly's.
The year has been a very pleasant and profitable one for our little c lub: next year we hope to be able to do more toward the support of the Settle· ment School.
WASHINGTON ALUMNA:. C1.UB (ORGANIZED 19 13)
L. Sco". Columbia A, ' 07 . Hughes , Columbia A, ex-'16. DOROT H Y SAGE.
Secretary-Mrs. R. W. Geare (Dorothy Smallwood, Columbia A., '12). Farrington, Columb i a A. '09.
Registrar-Maud McPherson, Columbia A, 'oS.
Resident Alummr-78 Members of Club-30.
Averago Attendance-25.
This year the Washington Alumna: Club has continued the same general program that it has followed for the two preceding years; one meeting a month, alternating between afternoon and evening. Th e main su bjects planned for discussion were (I) The Active Chapter; (2) The Settlement School; (3) Convention; (4) Examination; (5) History and Constitution of Pi Beta Phi. At each meeting there was present a representative of the active chapter who reported on chapter conditions.
The October meeting was devoted to plans for the work of the year and especially to ways of raising money for the Settlement School. In November the alumna: j oined the chapter in a coo"y-shine and tin shower for the fraternity rooms. At the January meeting we were quite fortunate in having with us the bead resident teacher of the Settlement School, Miss Plank, who gave a very entertaining as weiJ as instructive talk on the conditions in Gatlinburg. This was supplemented by a large number of pictures of the people, buildings,
and tbe country surrounding the 5Chool. The February mettillr was devoted to a discussion of convention plans and proposals.
On April 28 comes the most important event of the year, the Founders' Day banquet with the Baltimore Pi Phis. This year it will be held in Washington and we are planning on taking up a IIfree will collection" {or the bene6t of tlie Settlement School.
In JUDe the active chapler will join the alnmnte in having our annual spring picnic. We usually select, (or this happy occasion, a quiet spot along the Potomac, which affords opportunity (or canoeing and swimming.
We reaJi:ted most of o ur Settlement School money from the nle of th e school craft work, duci from afternoon and evening bridge clubs, .nd from a moying-picture benefit.
The Wuhington Alumose Club sends its mf)5t cordial greetings to its sister club. and best wishes for a successful year.
ALIC. E. GRIFFITH.
GAMMA PROVINCE
ANN ARBOR ALUMNJt: CLUB
(ORCANIZID AND CHARTERED 1913)
Pruide1lt-Mn . Henry Riggs (Emma Hynes, Kansas A, '86) . Via-presiae"t-Mrs. I. C. Russell, Michigan B.
SuretMy-Mn. D. C. Chipman (Janet McDonald, Iowa. A, '82).
TreUNrer-Mu. E. C. Case (l\fary Snow, Kansas A, '95). Resident Alumnse-2o.
Members of
Average Attendance- Io.
Our meetings during th e past year have been interesting and profitable, although we have not had as many as usual. Our a lumn te cl ub members are many of them faculty women of the university. They have demands upon their time, socially, in many directions, but they are loyal and enthusiastic Pi Beta Phis, and are right on the ground when need ariles.
At our first meeting io Octobe r, we hemmed table linen for the chapterhouse, and at another time provision was made to supply needed articles for the gueltroom . You lee, we are intensely interested in our student daughters, and try to relieve them of some of the cares of a family of fifty.
At the January meeting we entertained the mothers of the local girls of the active chapter and at our March meeting we did lome .ewing for the Red CrOll.
Our contribution to the Settlement School was made by subscription and amounted to $46.
The annual meeting of the Michigan Beta of Pi Beta Phi Association will be held on Saturday, April 28, at ten o'clock in the chapter·house. After. bu.inesl session, the active chapter will join with the alumnae in celebration of Founders' Day. Luncheon will be served informally.
JANH McDoNALD-CHIPMAN.
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CLEVELAND ALUMNA: CLUB
(OaGANIZED 1907-CHAaTBUD 1912)
Prelftlent-Mrs. J oseph E. Kewley (Florence Hutchinson, Ohio B, '06) , Via -presideNt-Mrs. Robert P. Burrow s (Marie L. Anderson, Minnesota A, 'II).
Secretary-Mrs. Alfred E Gibson (Mary W.llihan, Colorado B, '04) Tl'",o",.re,.-Mrs. Charle s A. Miller (Pearl Kepple, Mic higan A. 'oS). Corru/Jonding S. Cole, Massachusetts A. 'og .
Resident
Members ot Club--2o.
Average Attendance-14.
Our meetings and luncheons have been held monthly as in previous years. The lun cheons have been very informal as they were last year 10 that more of the members coul d entertain. The required four programs were carried out as foll ows The meeting devoted to the constitution was held in November and parts of the constitution were read aloud and questions asked of the members. Active-chapter day was observed by baving one of our Ohio B girls give a brief talk abo ut Ohio State University and her chapter. For our Settlement School meeting, Miss Plank very kindly sent us about forty kodak pic tures of the school, the pupils, Gatlinburg, and the snrrounding co untry . She also wrote a long and intensely interesting letter about the work that has been done and the development of the community under the influence of our school. The money for the Settlement School was donated and it was a great joy to find that we could send another one hundred dollars. On Fouuders' Day we shall have our regular meeting with a talk by Pearl Kepple Miller on Greek -l etter fraternities .
The program committee tried a plan this year which was new to u s and which bas proved very successful. One member in addition to the thne hostesses was assigned to each meeting {or the program after the business meeting. At the four required meetings, of co urse, the program .ubjects were already assigned. The others were: Christmas charity work, "Read" letter day, and \Vell -known alumnre "Read" le tter day was especially inte resting and would be enjoyed by all alumnle clubs. Mrs. F. Lovell (Eva Glass. Iowa Z, '95). who was on the program {or this meeting, wrote to all those Pi Phis who bad been members o{ the Cleveland club and moved aw.ay from town, asking them to write us a letter to be read at the meeting. Nearly everyone responded. To us it was like a reunion and several of the old memben e:lll;pressed their appreciation of being remembered by us . It is to be regretted that Greek-letter fraternities and well-known alumna: are assi"gned for the last two meet-ings Ilnd can not be reported at this writing. Our December meeting was a departure from our regular order of when Mr• Warren S. Stone (Carrie New ell , I owa A., '84) was our hostess at a delightEul matinee party.
Another new plan was the omission of tbe printed programs. Instead oj baving them printed the chairman o{ the program committee had them mwti·
graphed and with the money tbus saved we bought a copy of the Pi Beta Phi Hi story which was read aloud at each meeting.
The Cleveland Panbellenic Club voted to give up the teu and mUlicales to raise money for the tcholu sbip fund for the W estcr-n Reserve Woman's College student and raise the d u ci to one dollar, thereby placing the responsibility equally upon all members instead of u pon a few . A side from the help the girl at W oman'. Collece is receiving and proving herself most w o rthy of, we fee l tbat the IC holarship is onc justification of the existence of fraternities, (or it proves that they have other aims than soci al ones and thn t co ll ege people organi1cd can do more to advan ce higher educatioD than they co uld eve r accomplish individually.
GLADYS S. COLI.
COLU MBUS ALU.MN..£ CLUB
Presidllll- M n Fred Con n o ll y (B lan c he Moss , O hi o B, '98).
Viu'pr'uidt'"t-Ernestine Ball, Ohio B, '03
Tr't'a.tMr'er'- Mrs. R obe rt F . Bishop (Jane Ullom, Ohio A, '06) .
Secr-eJary-Gr&ee Scott.
This h as been a happy a nd p r ospe r o us year for our a lumn re club. Through the efforts of our Advisory Committee, the acti v e chap ter was spurred on to do its be51 scho la 5ti c w ork and in consequen ce won the Silver C up given by l oca l Panhelleni c for high est ranking. We were duly proud of o ur younger sisters and gave a tea i n their honor at a tearoom managed by tw o Pi Phi s from Hutchinson , Kan. O n account of present conditions we voted to give up Founders' Day banquet and have a sp read . This was very su ccessf ul. It was held down town in Rankin Hall given us by one of o u r II 4- fathers There was a stnge whi c h inspir ed us to stunts and celebration of o ur famous day
A collection of $:aS was taken up at that time for th e R ed Cross, several of o ur members being very active in the l oc al branch. W e sa ng songs of dear n and th e older members gave us an account of the ea rly days of O hio B. The pledges also gave us short talks. We all w e r e glnd we h tld given up a two dollar banquet for a fifty cent spread.
DETROIT ALUMN..£ CLUB
(ORCANIZED IC)Ol-CHARTERED 191 4 )
R. T. Bayless (Norma de Guise, Mi ch ig an B, " 3 ).
Vice-prtsidtnt-Mrs. H. C. Raymond (E lsie Turner, Co lumbia A, '02).
Su rt'tar'y-Mrs. Leslie Miller (Margaret Spier, l\.'li c hig an 0 , '13).
T reasur tr'- Mrs. Roger Angstman (Ge n e vieve C lark e , Wi sconsin A , ' 10).
Re s ident Alumn re-so .
Members of
Averag.e Att endan ce-J o .
Our report last year c l osed with the anticipation o f an o l d-fashioned cooky· shine on Founders' Day This was an info rmal affair with most d e li cio us Ileats."
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The May meeting at the home of Mn. Roger Angstman (Genevieve Clark, Wiscon sin A,' '10) was for the study of the constitution and to give it %otst we had a fraternity examination contest. Each ODe was presented with a folded ' slip with the questions on it and there was much c udge ling of brains for the correct answers. OUf president, Beulah Witney, Michigan B, 'II, proved to be the one best informed on fraternity affairs and claimed the prize, 3 corsage bouquet.
Our June meeting was a delight. Helen Wattles, Michigan B. '0 1. invited us to her lovely co untry home at Troy and we had a little taste of farm life on a perfect summer day.
W e made plans for our winter work and play in October at the home of Joanna Hemp s tead, Michigan B. '96.
The November meeting, devoted to the nearest active chapter, was particu · larly enjoyable. Mrs. E. S. Reid (Mary Thompson, Michigan B, '12) was the hostess. Eleven members of Michigan B came in from Ann Arbor. We had a most interesting talk on the University of Michigan, a history of Michigan B, and an account of the trials and tribulations in Panhellenic in the fall rushing took u s all back to our college days. We I4 showered" the house with numerous jars of fruit, jam, and jelly.
We hemmed a dozen napkins for the Settlement School at our December meeting at Mrs. Osborne Brin e's h o me. We also exhibited the d o lls we sent to the school for Christmas.
The January and February meetings were wholly for business. but in March we had a delightful ope n meeting for our Pi Phi friends at Mrs. McCollum's. Helen Wattles talked on conditions in Gatlinburg before the founding of the school, and Mrs. R. T. Bayless (Norma de Guise, Michigan B, '13) spoke of "The School and Conditions There at Pr esen t. " Mary Hubert, superintendent of the Girls ' Protective League, gave a co mprehensive talk on her work.
We are planning a big cooky -s hine for o ur Founders' Day this year.
Our Settlement School committee has something interesting to sayar a letter to read at every meeting. Our contrib ution amounted to $66 and was raised by individual pledges. We also sent to the school a year's subscription to several of the leading magazines.
The "group hostess" idea to facilita te entertaining worked out nicely this year Four members are hostesses at each meeting and thi s lightens the expenso and work.
We hope that any atumnlE near Detroit will come to our meetings and join our club.
MAltJORIB B. HADLEY.
INDIANAPOLIS ALUMN£ CLUB
(ORGANIZED 19QO-C HARURED I9IS)
p,.u ident-R uth Tharp, Indiana r. '14. Vice -t,.esideltl-Mrs J . Clifford Lewis (Elizabeth Grant, Wi sco nsin A. '13).
F. F. Haskill (Norma Brown, Indiana B. ex-'n).
Co,respo"tii"K R. C. Beeler (Myra Watson, Illinois E and Indiana B).
Press Reporler-Mrs W. C. Bachelder (Julia Grocnwaldt. Indiana T). Relidenl Alumnae-loo. Members of Club--S:Z. Average Attendance-40.
Our alumnae club hal realized its ont great ambition this year, that of doubling itl membership list of last year. \Ve can still plan to increast our list as we have only a littl e over half our resident alumnre enrolled as members.
We have had a very successful year in every way. ESp«ially interelting have our Panhellenic meetings beeD, Election night Panhellenic beld a .ale in the city, selling pies, doughnuts, :lDd coHee. Besides cle.rina about Corty dollars we brought .U fraternity girls together and drew the bond o( friendship much closer. Luncheons have also been held from time to time and Pan hellenic has beeome a real bond. not an imaginary one.
We have been very (ortunate this year in having so many Pi Phis from other chapters come to us and give us the benefit of their new ideas.
At one of our meetings we entertained oar nearest chapter. Indiana r. and met our new pledges. They in turn favored o s with moving pictures and clever verses about our actives and alumnae.
We held a guest meeting in February for our husbands and sweethearts. It was, indeed. a pleaaure to meet the masculine members o r silent partners of oor fraternity.
Our Founders' Day plans have been greatly affec ted by the condition of our country concerning war. So many of the yOllng men h.d enlisted and expected to be called at any time that our state dance was finally abpndoned altogether. So mAny calls came {rom our Red Cross and in so many different lines our time And money were needed, as a result our plans were c ut down for luncheon and simplicity rules. W e are to have only our luncheon and a fraternity conference. Our anniversary celebration has been postponed for the present.
We devoted one of ou r alumnre meetings to onr Settlemenl School and aroused quite a feeling of enthusiasm. We received hasleets from. there and are still taleing orden for them. They are selling fast and we hope to greatly increase our ordering liat at our Founders' Day luncheon. That and our freewill offering will be forwarded at once.
We extend our heartie s t greetings and good wishe s to all other cl ubs and hope they are entering upon the most prosperous of &11 ye&rI.
T,ea.surer-Mrs. John D. Overholt (JcS5ie Wickwire, ex-'IS).
Recording Sure/Dry-Lucil e Her sc hler, '13. Co,.ruponaing Secreta,y-Ellen F. Boyer, '12.
Resident Alumna:--6.
Members oC Club-4Q..
Attendance-IS.
Ohio Gamma Alumna: Club had its first meeting of the year duriog lut commencement week. About twenty-five of the girls were back. On Monday afternoon a tea was given by Mrs. John D. Overholt (Jusie Wickwire, ex' 'IS) , in honor of the Pi Phi patronesses nnd mothers. Tuesday evening a formal dinner was held at the home of Mary Buchanan, 'IS. which was followed by the business session.
At the November meeting all the girls enjoyed the novelty of having dinner at the Dolly Madison Tearoom after which we held our husiness meeting at the home of Mrs. John D. Overholt (Jessie Wickwire, ex-'IS) Several papers were read on the Settlement School, one of which was an especially interesting letter from Mrs. Eli Helmick Since Helen Walker-Palmer, 'n, from Kansas City, was present and numerous letters from distant alumna: were ' read, the meeting seemed like a real reunion. The air was full of plans to attend the wedding of Helen Harrington, 'n. at Christmas time.
The February me!ting was not as succ essful as former meetings, since the attendance was smaller than usual. Mar-garet Gable, 'IS, entertained the girl s at dinner, after which the election of officers was held. Due to the small attendance. the regular program was omitted. We were pleased to. have as our guest Beulah Winkler, Ohio B, ex·'IS.
As is our custom, we plan to combi.ne our Founders' Day celebration and ou r June meeting on account of the proximity of the dates. Several o f our girls expect t o attend the Cleveland Founders' Day celebration and others expect to be present at the meeting of the Toledo Alumnlr Club at that time.
At the June meeting we expect to make a study of the Pi Phi Fellowship and to discuss convention plans. This year seems to be Ohio Gamma's most critical year, a.s several of our most enthusiastic and faithful members. whom we surely miss, have moved to other states. Let wumbw 0/ OAio Gamma. wllo /Jossibly ca", be in Jf/o osl e ,. tAe Junt mU/ing.
SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA ALUMN£ CLUB
(OIGANJZlD I9IS-CHART&RED 1916)
Guthrie, Indiana B, eX -'16. Haines, Indiana B. '16. Trtasu,.t7'-Darle Ennel, Indiana B, '16 . Su,.elary--Muie West, Indiana B. ex '17. Resident Alumn.ae--22. Members of Club-19. Average Attendance---9.
Ten Pi Phis met in Evansville at & lun cheon during Christmas week of 1915. We discussed the polsibilities of organuing an alumDZ club in our
vicinity and agreed to try to interest all Pi Phi. who live near enoueh to attend meetings. Nearly .n the alumnz in neighboring lownl responded enthusiastically and were anxiODs to ereanue a club Our club includes girls living in nine different towns within. fifty -mile radius of Evansville. Since we are 10 scattered, we can have only four meetings a year. Nevertheleu, we consider it decidedly worth while to have an oreaniz.cd club. We bad our next medin, in April at the home of Grace Guthrie, Indiana B, '16. We were so fortunate as to have with us Bernice Good, Indiana B. '15. who visited us on her way home from ber year', work at the Settlement School. She told UI many wonderful thiDil about what Pi Pbis have accomplished in Tennessee, and gave UI • mOlt vivid imprcllioD of the it. work, and itl need•. Bernice illUltrated her talk with many picture. of the mountain people, their their gath\irings. the school, and the pupils and the teachers (who have many delightful outings, if Berni ce's pictures told tht: of they did). Quoting our president, "We felt a·s if we must go right down to that Settlement School!" It would be fine if all alumnle clubs could listen to talk. from Settlement School workers.
Our summer meeting was hild in Princeton with Estelle, ' 11. and Edna Walker. '13. Tbi. meeting was devoted to discussing ways and meaos of helping Indiana. B. our nearest active chapter. Several active girls were present to tell us of their needs.
We now cons idered o urselv es eligible for a charter. and sent in our appli· cation. This coveted charte r was granted to us before o ur next meeting during the holidays. We were 10 proud of it and had a most enthusiastic meeting! eommittees were appointed and plans made to carry out the required club program for the next year. Marie White. Indiana B. '19. and Darle Ennes, '16, who is teaching in Bloomington, brought us news of the active chapter.
On Founders' Day, Ethel McCollough, Indiana A, '99, will entertain the club at a "cooky·shine." We shall have a histori ca l program. Norma Koer · ncr, Indiana B. '07, will talk of the founding and UL C. Days." Marie West, ex.'t7, will review uPi Phi Days." Mrs Herbert Leich (Marcella Jacobi, Indiana B, '09) will discuss notable Pi Phis. Mi ss McCollough, who is actively interested in Red Cross work. will present to the club plans for helping the local Red Cross chapter. Our president will convention and urge attendance at the national celebration of our fiftieth anniversary, As yet. none of our members have definitely decided to go to convention, but we hope to have several representatives. However, if no club members can be there, Grace Mellen. the Indiana B delegate. will report convention to us at our summer meeting . Since so few of us live in anyone tOWD, it is impossible for us to work together to make money for the Settlement School, so w·e must depend upon personal pledges for our club contribution. Our donations: wiJI be made at the Founders' Day meeting.
Several from our club will attend the Indiana state luncheon nnd conference at Indianapolis, April 21. It is always a most delightful reunion for the thre. Indiana chapters nnd their alumnae.
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Our principal aim. thus far have been to work up interest in the club. to renew fraternity allegiance. and to get a cquainted We think we bave acc ompli shed a great deal in bringing together the sc attered a\umna: of our corner of the Itate. Now we are ready for serious club wark. aUf plan. for next year include the organiution of a local Pan hellenic. MAIn WasT.
TOLEDO AWMNAl CLUB
(ORCANIZED 1913-CHAlLT£lEO 1914)
President-Mrs. J. T. Pierce (Ethel Watts, Washington A, '10).
$tcretary-Helen Browning, Ohio B, '13.
TreasNrer-Esther Boyer. Ohio r, '10.
Resident Members of CIUb-16.
Average Attendance-Io.
Our regular meetings are held on the second Thursday of every month. The next one is to be at the home of Mrs. Arthur Fox (Ruth Saddler, Ohio B, '13), one of our recent brides. We are going to Aecide upon the celebration fo'r Founders' Day. We discussed quite a few plans at our last meeting, but came to no definite conclusion.
Each meeting of the year has been devoted to the discussion of some particular Pi Beta Phi interesl, and has also afforded entertainment appropriate for the season. For example, in February, Mrs. Pierce (Ethel Watts) enter· tained the club with a cooky -shine which toolc. the form of a miscellaneous shower for Ruth Saddler. Ohio B. '13. a March bride. The decorations were in harmony with Valentine'l Day. Each member brought a can or package of something or other and these were hidden throughout the rooms We had great fun watching Ruth huot for the various bundles and collect them all in her market basket. Before the spread, Esther Boyer, Ohio r. '10, gave us n talk on the Settlement School. We were very &Iad to have Harriet Briggs, Michigan B, ex-'I4, with us again at this meeting. Two of Harriet's gucsts, Michigan B girls. were also present.
In regard to the Settlement School fund, we have nothing very new to offer in the way of raising contributions. Some of the girls used last year'. method of getting Larkin orden. Others gave bridge parties and silver teu, while the relt jUlt donated a given amount. Our share did not amount to as much as it did last year, al several of our number are giving through some other organiutions, or have pledged ind ividual amounts.
Our club t.hi.s year leems to be specializing in brides. Two of our new members, Mrs. Edmund Wood (Helen Hayes, Michigan B. '14) and Mrs. Savage, are December brides. ' Ruth Saddler, one of our number, was married March 19 And all the Pi Phis were surprised lut week by receiving announcements from Alice ou Boise, Ohio B, ex-'13. is now Mrs. George Prugh. $..u.Au WAIn.
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DELTA PROVINCE
CENTRAL I LLINOIS AL U MNA: CL UB
(OaCANIUD 1912-CIIARTEUO 19 13 )
Prtljdellt-Marie Freeman
Yiu' lresicJe"I-Reka Kiler.
Surelar".-Ma rj orie Spaulding.
TyeG/.,,.,r-Mrs. M. L. H ecker.
Resident Alumnae-3 1 •
Members of Club-17·
Average Attendance-16.
The Central Illinois Club held four meetings during the yenr 19 16- 17. Each meeting was held at the home of some of the exc ept the IllIt which was held at the chapter-ho use, where a luncheon wns given by the active chapte r
tn December we held an exchange which netted $43 of which $5 Wll5 given to a l ocal charity and $38 was &ent to the Settlement School toward buying a. mule to help in the work. The active chapter made lome very attractive posters for this sale and they were sold and added to the umul e fund."
We have been gradually accumulating a fund for purchasing a lot for a house site for the active chapter and we are planning to make the first payment of $1,000 in the next few days, hoping to have a house built in time for the opening of the college year next fall.
\Ve have held one m«ting devoted to each of the fo ll owing: interests of the nearest chapter, the Settlement School, constitu ti on and history, and for F ounders' Day we are planning a to be held at the h ome of Mrs. Albert Stern (Ame lia D. Alpini, Illin ois Z, '96)·
Ruordi"K Surt'tar,.....-Marie Dye, Florida A, 'IS · Secretary-Mrs. O. M. SchantE (Carr ie Flagler, Iowa 9).
Trt'alltrer-Florence Schee, I owa Band JIlinois E, '12.
Resident Alumnlle-I67 · Memben of Club-76.
Average Attendance--60.
We opened our year's meetings on October 14 in our new rooms in the Anne Morgan Studiol in the Fine Arts Building. After a brief bu sinesl meeting we were entertained by Mr O. M Schantz, president o f the lIlinois Audobon Society, with an illu s trated lecture on "OUT Native Birds." Membera from Wisconsi n A. Kansas A, and Iowa e served tea. The day after Thanksgiving, we held a r eception in the clubroom!!, at which a pupil of Olive P ierce -Haz e l ,
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Illinoi s .1. most charmingly entertained u s with interpretative dancing. Michigan A., Indi a na B, and Indiana r hostesses. January 20 saw us again gathered in the r ooms, thi s tim e to devo te the afternoon to OUf Settlement School. Mary O. PoUard, Vermont A. '96. former r eside nt at the school, gave us a thor o ughly interesting account of affain as tbey afC now. Some baskell made at Gatlinburg wefe sold both at the Thanksgiving and ] &.Duary meetings.
Two sell of gTOUp meetings, o ne in November and one in February, were held in the home. of members in the different parts of the ci ty These group meeting s are very p leasant as they afC devoted to getting acquainted.
On the evening of February 10, we held our " Winter Frolic" at the Edge· water Beach Hotel. The severe weather made the attendance le u than we hoped for. but tho se who were there reported a particularly pleasant evening with entertainment of many kinds for all to enjoy.
Qllr next meeting was the one we devote to Illinois E and is always looked forward to, as it takes us back to o ur ow n initiations. M a rc h 3 we met in the home of M rs. H. W. Bingham ( Amy Young. Pennsylvania A, '')8) in Evanston and watched the initiation of the Illinoi s E pledges. It was so beautifully done that we were all sorry when the last words for the last one were said. At six-tbirty we adjourned to tbe Evanston Hote l where about seventy of us sat down to an artistic and well-served dinner. Our president, Mrs. R. H. Gault ( Anne Let, New York B. '06) acted as toas tmistress in a very winning way and we listened to talks from Mrs Walt er Spry (Esther Orr. Illinois d, ex -'99), Mrs. 1 L. Lardner (Lida Burkhard, Colorado B. ' 00), Mrs. G. L Tenney ( Adelaide Miller, Colorado B . eX -'98) , and one of the initiales. They were all so good , thOllgh differing greatly, that each seemed best as we listened.
March 31 was our annual meeting held in the clubrooms. A{ter business and eJections we gave the rest of the time to hearing some very interesting Pi Phi history, presented to us by Mrs. A. R. E Wyant (Ethelwyn Hulbert, Michigan B, '94), Mrs. J. L. Lardner, Colorado B, and Florence Schee, Iowa B. Iowa B, r. and Z, were our hostesscs.
This brings u s to the date we must make up this report and we have still three meetings to look forward to. O ur Founders' Day lun cheon will be on Saturday, April 28, in the Hotel LaSalle at 12:.30 P.)(.; "Our Fiftieth Anniversary" with Mary Doland, Illinois E. '01, as toastmistre ss. We hope to have as ono of Ont speakers a. founder, Mrs. Libbie Brook-Gaddis, also Mrs. F. J. Allan (Nina. Harris, B, '91), Grand Vice-president, and Mrs. H. W. Bingbam.
In May we have our picnic at the Log Studio in Wilmette with "The Albrights." and JUDe 9 i s to be Campu s Day at Northwestern University, EvanstoD. That will finish our year and I think you will agree with me that we have had a rood one.
For our Scttlemeot School this year we have tried a system of saving labels from grocery and canned roods and the manufacturers pay cuh for them It has not proved as remunerative as we h oped and we. have only turned over to the sch ool binety dollars 10 far , though we expect another check in
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May. This i. not •• much ·u we usually cont l"ibute and we hope in lOme way to supplement it later.
We plan our yearbook in the summer and publish it in the fall. It contain. our Founders' names, our officers, and the permanent committee., the program (or the year, and the list of rt"sident Pi Phil with cbapte r, residence, and, if married, name before marriage. Every member receives one. Our viccpresident hal charge of the membership and under her are the group vicepresidents f o r different sections of the city and suburbs. Each group vicepresident i. urged to keep the question of paid membership in the dub before all Pi Phil in her sec tion.
When the program i. planned for the yUT (Kate B. Miller, Jowa B. '88 , hu charge of this and has been most efficient), each person dnired is asked i{ it is polsible for her to se rve and we have never had a failure in o ur pub li shed program
A Chicago Panhellenic Association has been recen tly formed in the city and we have a delegate to the bUliness meetings. On April 14 a receptio n and dinner was held in college c1ubrooml {or the first social event.
We must not close without a word of appreciation for our retiring officers. Mrs. Gault has been untiring and exceedingly capab le and her co mmittees have been willing and hard workers. To be on the board has been a privilege and a pleasure to us all who have served with her.
CAUJE FLAGLER ScHANTZ.
DECATUR ALUMNA: CLUB
(ORGANIZt:O 1912-CHARTERW 1914)
President-Mrs. Wm. H. Duerr (Irene Handlin, Illinois H, '07)· Vice.presidetrt-Mrs. H. W . McDavid (Besse Lamb, Illinoi s H, '07)·
Recording Suretary-Irene Hammon, llIinois H, '16.
CorrespDnding Su,.e-larJ-Florence Page, tIlinoi, II, 'I t. Treast4,.er--J..elah B. Davis, Illinois lI, ' 14.
Resident Alumnz-18.
Members of Club-16.
Average Attendance-Io.
Our first meeting in September at the home o( our president, Mrs. Carl Dick (Margaret Wood, Illinois Z, '10), was (or business and reorganization.
We suffered a severe loss during the summer in the death of one of our most loved and most loyal members, Erma Anderson, Maryland A, '0<). Each o( us realized anew how much we would miss her strong and beautiful perlonality.
In accordance with last year's plan. programs were printed for the year and we have met, as a rule, on the fourth Monday of the month .
Our October meeting was with Adele Murphy, Illinois H, ex ·' 13 · The interests of the active chapter were discussed.
The November meeting Wall a Christmas thimble party for Little Pigeon with Mrs. Wm. Duerr (Irene Handlin, Illinois H, '07). We dressed six dolls (or the Settlement School and everyone brought something for the Christmas box.
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A few day. lat er several girls returned and ","e had the (un of packing. Everything seemed to go in--clothing (or grownups and children, toys. games, and, most precious of all, books from the c herished store of our child· hood days! We h ope the child ren of Little Pigeon were al thrilled as the (ormer owners at the talel therein!
In January we met for a business meeting and cooky-shine with Floren ce Page. Illinois H , ex-'IS, and Katherine H olmes. Illinois H , as hostessts in the former'. home. It was a very small cooky -s hine with only about twelve present, but th e absent missed a delightful time and a repast marvelous both in quality and quantity.
Euta Byrne wa! host ess in February and the co nstitution was st u died.
At the March meeting Olga McDavid and Hel e n Hutchin were hOltelse, in the home of the latter This was a unique affair. {or it was a party for a ll Pi Phi children. The guests o{ honor numbered ten. Easter idea. wer e ca rried out in the refre shments, whi ch, of course, delighted the "kiddies."
On Founders' Day we are to have a bpffet supper at the home oc" Pearl Mattes, with Pearl and Margaret Dick as hostesses. Their plans have not been disclosed but no doubt our fiftieth anniversary will be approprip.tely celebrated. The active chapter will be our guests on thi s occasion.
Thi s year our Settlement School fund was raised by individual lubscription. The amount contr;,ib uted was twenty-five dollars, including five dollars given by one of the active girls.
W e have put much stress on our house fund and it is gratifying to know that it is growing. Some day we will be the proud possesson of a house of our very own.
Panhelleni c is active here and Pi Phi is well repre sented. In these days of war we have r ecognized a more immediate need and have transferred our efforls in behalf of the scholarship fund we were raising to the Red ero,s Society. We also furnished some comfort bags ( o r our local militi a.
blNE HANDLIN-D uERR.
GALESBURG ALUMN.£ CLUB
(ORGANIZED 1C)06-CIIARTERED ( 915)
President-Mrs. Harry C. Aldrich ( Helen Taylor, Illinois d, '14).
Trea.sIWer--Mri C. W Mariner (hene Bridge, Illin ois .d , '12).
Resident Alumnse-60.
Members of Club-A ctive 44 Alumnse 43
Average Attendance-Active 28, Alumna!! 27.
Ou r work for this year has been successful. \Ve h ave had on ly two large coo ky -s hin es. but have had six meetings altogether beside our benefit f or the Settlement SchQ91 and our forthcoming Founders' Day banquet. This is the first year that we have ever tried using printed programs and the dates of ' meetings have been much ealier to remember than ever before. Our first
meeting, & cooky-shim!, was at tbe home of Mary Polter, Illinois A, '13. We the needs of our hospital room and decided to redecorate it and provide new lineD', elc Mrs. (Irene Bridge, ltlinoii .6., read an interesting paper on "The Arrow" and Mrs. Moreland (Josephine Coolidge, Illinoi. A, 'en) talked on "Books of Pi Phis." About seventy-nve were present.
On October 28 the club met at the home of Mrs. Wood (Frances Arnold. Illinoi. A, '95). This time we chose 3 date too nea r Halloween and consequently went without re(relihmcnls. We had II. lively meeting, nevertheles •• and a long letter from Helen Weinberg, Illinois A, e:x -'16. telling of the Settlement School delighted UI, We made arrangements for sending clothing of all kind. to the school and later under the charge of Mrs. Boydston (Maude Smith, Illinois 4, '89) sent two huge
On I r the association Kltve a benefit card parly al the Ga lesburg Club. Both bridge and five hundred were played by over a hundred and sixty women, and as a relult we were able to send the school $10<)
We held our November meeting at the home of Delia Conger, 1Ilinois B, '06. Mrs. Allen was present and gave an interesting talk on plans for convention. At this meeting the Galesburg association dedded to take charge of the historical pageant to be given at the convention banquet; but a few week, ago all ou r effort. came to naught when the playwright. who was to have written it and trained the cast, was called to war as a member of the National Goard. Illinois B entertained us in January with a cooky -shine at the bungalow. We ate chop-suey beneath dozens of Chinese lanterns and had the best kind of a time. A delightful program followed when fnmous Pi Phis were made real to us. Delia Conger. Illin ois B, '06, gave a paper on this s ubject and Mrs. Marsh ( Hel en Carleton, Illin ois B. '1)6) and Frances Eldred. Illin ois B , '.7. gave a number of musical numbers written by Pi Phis. W e had ou r 6nt slunt night at the home of Mr s. E. R. Bridge (Evelyn Holliday, 1I1inois A, 'TO) with Illinois A as hostess. After a short business meeting the active chapters sea ted us before closed doors and then did th eir best. o r worst, one hardly knows which. But we were all pleased after viewing a wonderful circus and a touching h ea rt drama.
Our last business meeting in March was at the home of Mrs. Gunnell ( Anna Chappell, Illinois B. '93). Inez Webster. Illin ois 4 '06, Grand Guide. aroused oor enthusiasm by telling about convention. A discussion of the Fellowship Fund was followed by the annua l election of officers
Now we are planning a huge cooky-shine at the Country Club for our Founders' Day ce l ebration, the usual formal banquet havidg been given up owing to these alarming war times. Miss Onken and Mrs. Spry, o ur Provin ce President. will be with UI OD that day and we Are l ooking forward to a "reg ul ar Pi Phi time." Our l ast gathering will be 11 picnic in May.
Our program this year was carried out very nearly as we planned it. Owing to some members being out of town, the places of two meetings were changed , but on the whole it was Recording to schedule. On April 21 a Panhel1enic luncheon was held at which a hundred and fifty women were present, 6fty being
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Pi Phi.. There "'I' some talk of o rgani zing a Galesburg City Panhellenic which would s uppl ement the Panhellenic of both l ocal coll egcs.
Both active chapten have alumna: at many of their meetings and the advisory committee. are very active. The alumna: attend the pledgings and initiations of the chapters and many of their cooky-shi n n . We are still very glad that the active chapters are members of our associations.
FLOREN CI HUNT
MADI SON A LU M N,o: CLUB
(ORGANIZED 1<)08--CIlARTERlD H)09)
Resident Members of ClUb-12.
Average Attendance- I o .
Our program for 1916.1917 was : October-Interests of Active C hapter, November- Way. of reac hing and reviving inte re st . ot scatte red alumnaeRe d Crosl Work, Dec(;mber--Christmas Party with Active Chapter, January, February, March, April-Convention Plans, May---<cooky·shine with acti".-e seniors-Plans for 19 17 - '918, June-Pi cni c with visiting alumnae.
'Ve have been fairly systematic in devoting our ene rgi u toward th e interests of l he active chapter and maintaining .. club of sufficient Jibe to warrant it s existence. Because of the tran l ient personnel 01 our small organitation. we have found it unwi se to try to outline any elaborate program, so having followed o ur simple plans. levied the annual Se ttlement School tu, organized convention committee, wept and rejoiced with our active chapter on occasionll of sorrow and happiness, we flaUer o urselve s by believing that we have lived well and wisely.
Founders' Day was ce lebrated in cooperation with the active chapter by initiating ei ght new members. The local board of Panhellenic is still wo rking on plans for a more econom i cal and l ess ostentatious sys tem of rushing, and has practically completed a code of instructions which will be printed and given to the bewildered newcomers
We cannot overlook the interest whi ch our group evidenced early in the year for convention plans. An inspiring talk by Mrs. AUen, Grand Vicepresident, aroused still further enthusiasm and the announcement o f indefinite postponement is a keen di sappoi ntment. Ma y the comi ng year bring more tangible p ro spects and brighter visions of an early reunion for us all!
MINNEAPOLIS AND ST PAUL ALUMN,o: CLUB
(OaCANlZID 11)06)
Resident Members-IOO.
Members of Club--Jo.
Average Attendance-4o_
Thil has betn a gala year {or all Minnesota Alphas, {or with the beginning of the new house was ready for out joyfu l possession. Most o{ us have difficulty in re.liting that o ur plans and hope s are now accomplished. H o w·
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ever. when we have our club meetings in iu iDvitio&, and re s tful living -room, and are greeted by its gTacious hostess, Abbie Langmaid, one of OUf own charter members, we knoW' that finally we have a HOME. After one or two businc5S meetiolrS early in the fall. our first lOCial event was the hou.sc-warmme and reception that the alumnae gave to the chapter, when the formal presentation of their new home was made. In the receivin&" line WCfC Ethel Bartholomew, Iowa r. '88, M I. T., '95. the architect ; Miss Pa rker, who s upervised the construction; and the members of the executive board. Many of the professoTl came down from the university and we "old girls" renewed our friendship with tbem, as well as with acquaintancc. in other fraternities. Everyone liked the house and prai.scd. enthusiastica lly, Miss Bartholomew and Min Parker, to whom we owe so much .
Rea-ular business meetings came the third Monday in each month this year, being on Monday so that the alumna: could haye cooky -shines with the actives; and these shine. are the real, old-fashioned sort! Tablecloth on floor, "Pi Beta Phi" made out of loaf sugar, border of potato chips, and freshmen running to UPlease bring me a glass of water, I'm almost parched!" or paning the chocolate cake with chocolate icing. No cooky·shine was eyer complete without that parti cular kind of cake! Not only at regular alumnre meetings, howeyer, but at eyery active meeting there are at least four or five alumna: who ling with the best of them when the circle gathers later, and who insist on dancing, when the warm toned, new oriental rug is taken up. By the way, I must tell you that that rug, the harmoniz.ing element of the whole scheme, was only made' possible to us by the generous gift of Mrs. Eitel, aunt of one of the girls in the chapter, who was also endearingly kind to Bess Coleman, Wisconsin A., ' 08, when she was ill at Dr. Eitel's hospital before her death. We cannot be appreciative enough to Mrs. Eitel.
The advisory committee has been quite active this year, particularly the latter half, in trying to raise the scholarship of the chapter and in cooperating with Miss Langmaid in malters of chaperonage. Sybil Bates is, AI usual, taking entire charge of the running expenses of the house, and has managed to payoff much more of our indebtedness than we had thought possibl e.
The first part of the year we had meetings every week to sew for the buaar, which nets us every year a good sum These meetings are held at different homes, and we have much fun and much work. We had fun, too, at the dance that the gave just for themselves in October and at the bazaar dance, when we united with the chapter. At Christmas time we had our usual par t y for the actives, and gave lOme sorely needed silverware to the house. I mustn't forget the pretty tea that the chapter gave to the nor the Christmas luncheon, where over sixty actives and alumna: mtt to exchanre new. of "outof·towns" and If towns" ! Everybody is either teaching out of town or working in town or taking a course in stenography; 10 a few of us married people have to hold the fort under any and all dire circumstances! A few days after the new semelter opened, the chapter had initiation, for which occasion .11 we alumnae eagerly wait. The club usually prepares the gorgeous cooky-shine which followi. but this year the actives entertained as .
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Our dub tries to do its share in supporting the Settlement School by yearly pledges supplemented by the proceeds from 1\ few sma ll bridge parties. This year we plan an evening of readings by some of o ur thespians, and hope lend generous proceeds a little later. We 8rc looking forward, too, to the banquet which we have every year on Founders' Day at one of the big hotels, when every "out -of- town lJ who can, returns to join in the joyous celebration. It's the best time in the year!
I send tbi. with the hope that every 11 B will in the trial which faces our country, do her best possible Dot on ly indi vidually but collectively with that organization which has meant friendship a nd gentle aid to everyone.
LJLLIAN MCLAUCHLIN-KRANZIR.
PEORIA ALUMN i E CLUB
(ORGANIZED AND C HARTERED 191 i)
President-E lla Segenberger.
Yice presidenl-Mrs. G L. Avery (Miriam Hunter , Illinois A, ex-'n).
Surelary--Cenevieve Alv ord. Illinois Z, ' J6
TreasMrer-Mrs. Lee Moorehead, Illinois H
February 5, Ella Segenberger invited the Pi Phis in Peoria to a cooky-shine at which the Peoria alumnre club was organized with seventeen members. \Ve decided to have four meetings a yea r, the next one , a cooky-shine, too, will be held May J I at the home of Mrs. C. L. Avery ( Miriam Hunter, llIin ois A, ex-'n), at whi ch we will discuss the history of Pi B eta Phi.' The alumnm= club wa s very disappointed that on ly two of its members, Ella Segenberger and Nina Marie Segenberger, were able to accept the cordia l invitation of minois B and A to celebrate Founders' nay with them at a buffet luncheon at the Country Club in Galesburg.
SOUTH DAKOTA ALUMN.tE CLUB
(ORGANIZED 1917)
Secrelary-Iro tern-Mrs. L. L. Mak (Helen Dayton, Iowa Z).
Resident Members-4.
Members of Club-IS .
In view of the fact that the Pi Phis of South Dakota are so widely scattered over the state the organi:r:ation of our cl ub is occupying more time than was anticipated. At present, however, we have fifteen who have exprellSed themselves as deeply interested in taking an active part among th e alumnae of our fraternity. The application for a charter is still making the rounds so we may have additional members by the time it is returned. [n our next report we will have more of interest to give you.
Surdary-Mn. H. L. EicbliDe (Louise Ahlbrecht, Iowa P, ' 11 ).
TreQSNrlr-Mrs. E. A. PattenriU (Emma Wennbolt:t, Iowa r. ' 11).
Resident Alumnae-27.
Memben of CIUD-26.
Averaee Attendance-u.
OUf club has four reeular meeliDK'I each year. These are held OD the first Saturday of October, December, March , and May at the homes of the members and are in charce of committees appointed by the president. A JUDchcC?D precedes the bUlincs. selsion.
Inasmuch AI sophomore initiation for so roritic s i. in vogue at Iowa State the freshmen of last sp ring were initiated in September soon after college convened. The initiation was followed by a ba.nqUCI at the Sheldon-Munn tendered the initiatel by the acti ve chapter Ilud the alumnae club. After the banquet toasts were given and the evening was spent informally.
The first regula r meeting was held at the home of Mr s. C. F. Curtiss (Olive Wilson ) in Oc tober and the foUowin, five new members were voted into the club: Mn P. R. Lisher (Margaret Penick, Iowa r), Mrs. A. A. Dowell (Isabelle Dyer. Iowa r, ' IS), Vera Dixon, I owa r, 'oS, Haze l Baker, and Mrs Geo. Godfrey (Margaret Bell, Columbia A, ex·'17).
The December meeting was held at the hom e of Mrs. E. W. Stanton (Julia \Ventch, Iow a r, '88). This was a very deli,btful meding as we had as our guests. Mrs . Henry Wallace (May Broadhead, I owa 1', '89) of Des Moin es, Iowa. and the girls of the active ch apte r. Mrs. \Vallace gave a very interesting resume of her trip to the Settlement School. The sc hool has meant 10 much more to all of UI after hearing this talk. \Ve all feel proud to think we are helping to support such a worthy movement.
[n December the alumnae: club gave a tea at the home of Mrs. L. C. Tilden (Ruth Dun can. I owa r, '9S) for the IT 4l pledges. We enjoyed meetin, the freshman girls and be<:oming better acquainted with them
At the home of Mrs. S. A. Beach (No rma Hainer Iowa r. '87) was held our March meding. The annual election of officers t ook p l ace. A study of the constitution was taken up and a general discussion of qllestions of n 41 interest followed.
The alumnae club will ce lebrate Founders' Day by entertaining the active chapter and pledges at a progressive lun cheon.
The May meetiog is always held in Boone with our members lrom that city. Thi. is an event looked forward to because of the very pleasant time we have had in the past.
At the chapter-house 00 commencemen t day comes the annual hreakfast {or visiting Pi Phi.. We are alway. pleased to have a lar,e number of guests at
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this breakfast u well as at any of ou r meetings. At this time the election of the members of the bonrd of directors of the Pi Beta Phi Investment Company is held.
\Ve do not have a PaohelJenic association in Ame s u we have not felt the need of one.
BURLINGTON ALUMNJE CLUB
(ORGANIZED 1906--CHARTRRlD 1(07)
Resident Alumnlil!-n. Members of Club--2o, Average Attendance-17.
Ours has been a very pleasant and profitable ytar. It has been pleasant as college scents and college days have been recalled i profitable as all our pledge s to a l oca l hospital and to the Settlement School have been met. We have had six meetings during the year and at each we have felt an increasing interest in the national obje<::ts of our fraternity.
OUf largest representation comes from Iowa .A of Mt. Pleasant. Surely honor should be given Iowa A who r eceived her charte r in 1868. Her members have been loya l throughout the years and since the disbanding of Illinois A. she has assumed the responsibilities of th e mother chapte r. We have on our lilt one of her cha rter members, Mrs. Jessie Donnell -Thomas, who still holds her enthusiasm of 1868
The summer of 1916 found a number of o ur members seeking health, pleasure, or study. Sadie Holiday, I owa Z. 'oS, is spending thil year in graduate work at Columbia University. She will devote th e summer to Camp·6re work. Miss Holiday has the privilege of being closely associated with Dr. Gulick, founder of the Camp-6re movement. For two yean she has cond uc ted a state summer camp at Lake Okoboji, Iowa, for the training of Guardians.
Founders' Oay will be observed with a program fitting the occasion. We hope to make our fiftieth anniversary a memorable day in the history of o ur club.
JEsnE M. TH OMAS.
CEDAR RAPIDS ALUMN..£ CLUB
(ORCANIUD 1915-CHAltTlUD 1916)
Pruid,"t-Mrs. Leroy \Veld (Lulu Graff. Iowa Z). Vice·p,.uid,,.t-Mrs. O. T. Barry (Alice Howe, Iowa r, ' 1'2) Su,.,ta,.,.....-Emma Forsythe, Iowa K. T,.,as.,,.n-Florence Bradley, Iowa Z. ex -' 17. Resident Alumnae--37· Member. of Average Attendance-IS.
Our club hu been established one year and while we are not a large nor a strong organization, we are gradually gaining new members. It is due to our 1. C. members that we are able to bave a club. Of the 2: I in our club, ,
ten are charter members of the I. C Sorosis tbat was established in this city many years ago, and they arc the most enthusiastic.
The first meeting of the year was held in September when we studied the cODstitution. In November the program was on the Settlement School, and we learned of the progress made there. Mrs. Nina Harris Allen was with us lut year on Founders' Day, and gave us 11 talk about the school and showed us pictures taken when she visited there. T o many of our members this was the first definite knowledge that they had had o( the school and a keen interest was aroused, so that our program for this winter was greatly enjoyed. At the January meeting the new officers were elected. The March program was on active chapters. Our president, Mrs. Douglas, had recently visited the girls in the chapter at Stetson and she told UI of them. We had report s of Iowa Zeta and Iowa Gamma and then our I.C. members took charge of the program and told us of their meetings. They enjoyed the reminiscing and the younger members were delighted to hear of the pranks of our staid sisters.
The Founders' Oay ce lebrati on is to be a cooky·shine. With the war clouds so threatening we all felt it to be more in keeping with the present situation to ha.ve a simp le party rather than a. banquet. At this meeting the new officers assume their duties for the following year.
In October the alumn .-e club of I owa City entertained our club at one of their regular meetings. Not all of our members were able to go. but the ones who did reported a delightful evening. The program on "Old Laces" was most interesting. and they were glad to kn ow our neighboring Pi Phis In June we plan to entertain the Towa City alumnz club here.
On March 20 Mi ss Ingersoll was here for a short time and we were very glad of the opportunity to meet her. She told us of her visits to the active chapters and alomnllt clubs in this province and suggested ways in which an alumnae club might be of help to the nearby active chapters.
We wtre not able to make any money this year. The $S sent to the Settle· ment Sch ool and the $3 sent to the loan fund was raised by special usessment.
DES MOINES ALUMNA:: CLUB
P"esident-Lonise Tuttle, Iowa r, '13.
Vice-p"esidellt-Mrs. Charles S. Bradshaw.
Ruo"dilll Suretary-Ca.il Clinite. HELEN HOLMES.
CON'es/Jotiding Sec"etary-Mrs. Charles H , Clarke (Anna RoSl. Iowa r).
T"t'asu"er-Mrs, Henry C. Wallace Iowa r.
The same delightful first Saturdays of each month are chronicled, Although we have lost several members by removal to other cities. other Pi Phis have co me to take their places, so that our membership and attendance averages about the same. During the past year we have contributed aboot $8s to the Settlement School. Our annual gift of $z.so was voted in April to the Fello", ' ship Fund, and we will renew onr gift of $S to the Undergraduate Loan Fund
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in May. The members have gone in for Red Cross work, and each Tonday afternoon finds a group of Pi Phis at headquarters busily sewing. Founders' Day we were guests of the Indianola alumnz club and the girls of Iowa B. About twenty-six went down on the morning train. After lun cheon at the home of Mrs. William Buxton, Jr., during which we were entertained with IT cz, songs, a clever playlet in two acts WIU staged by the active girls. Later initiation ceremonies were participated in at the home of Mrs. E. C. Harlan (Esther Pealley, Iowa B, ex-'06), and lome of our visiting women had not seen an initiation since the long-ago day when they joined I. C., 10 that they especia1ly enjoyed the day. A11long al those scventy Pi Phis, Mrs. Crum (Allie Rowley) was undoubtedly the longest wearer of th e Arrow, having been the first girl initiated into Iowa A, Mt. Pleasant, (orty-eight yean ago. We regret postponement o( convention, while concurring in the wisdom of it. Our own Founders' Day program will be given Saturday, May 5, with Mrs. Addison Parker (Ida Lange, Illinois Z, ' oS), hosten.
INDIANOLA ALUMN£ CLUB
(Established 19QI-Cbartered 1913)
President-Anna Wright-Dowell.
Vice-president-Margaret Pemble -Baer
Secrdary-Mrs. L. M. Latta (Anita Blohm).
Trea.sur4'r-Ethel McGranahan.
Resident Alumn8e-30.
Members of Club-I9.
Average Attendance-IS.
The club has held meetings the second Thursday of each month at the homes o( the different members, and the attendance and interest have been good.
Interest in the active chapter has been stimulated by having representatives at each meeting and sometimes an the active girls have been invited. Then, too, we have joined them in the cooky -shines and initiations or any other special affairs that have been given during the year.
During Miss Ingersoll's visit in March a reception was held at the home of Mrs. F. C. Sigler (Sara Eikenberry, Iowa B, '95) for the active chapter, d d d, and A X n o( Simpson College. Miss Ingersoll gave a very interesting and helpful talk on (raternity aHahs .
A U B • breakfast is given by the club every year during commencement week for the active girls and their pledge. and aU IT ., visitors. It W&I held last commencement at the home of Mrs E. Harlan (Esther Peasley, Iowa B. '04) ud more than seventy Pi Phi. gathered for thi. enjoyable occasion. Plus are under way for the celebration of Founders' nay and we will have u our guest. the De. Moines Alumnae Club; Effie Bussell-Henderson. Iowa B, '95. of Marengo: Marcia Murray -Eickenberry, Colorado B. '04, of Chariton; Leone Peasley-LeBlanc. Iowa B. '07, of Portland. Oregon j - Vera ,
ANNA ROSS -CLARKE.
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Pculey·Wickenbam, Iowa B, 'I f, of Spokane. Wash . ; Mabel Brown *Moist, Iowa B, '06, of Ida Grove, Iowa; Elba Mitchell -Parks, Iowa B. '87. of Council Bluff., Iowa; Wilma Haldeman -Morrison, Iowa B, ' OJ. of San Pedro. Cal.
We have never given any entertainments to raise money for the Settlement School but each member has pledged herself to give a certain amount tach year. We Icnt a small amount at Christmas (or the furnishings of the new teachers' home. We also contributed our share to the Fellowship Fund.
We helped the active girls buy five napkins and hemmed and embroidered the monogram on them last summer .
We have helped the girls during the rushing season and given them aSlist· ance throughout the year in many way. and have enjoyed the c10le fellowship which has existed between chapter and club_
The year has been very profitable and enjoyable and we are planning to make -the next onc still more iO_
IOWA CITY AI. UM N,£ CLUe
(Organized 190s-Charlered 1906)
Thesle T. Job (jessie Hawser).
Viu-p,.esidenl-Mn. Jack Hinman, Jr. (Charlotte Loveland, I owa 2 ex"4),
Geo. 0' Br!en, Jr. ( Elouise Kessler, I owa Z. '15).
Resident Alumnlle--24Members of Clul>-IS.
Average Attendance-I7.
In general we have had much more interesting meetings, and a better average attendance than la st year. 'V e meet once 3. month at the home of one of the members, several joining to act as hostesses. Our programs begin at four o'clock , followed by whatever business comes up and afterward the hostuses serve a simple tea so that we can enjoy a social hour and litill get away for evening engagements. Representatives from tbe active chap ter are invited to the meetings.
Our program at the Octoher meeting WaJ on,. "China"-a short paper followed by discussions and exhibit of old and tare pieces brought by the members. In November we entertained the Cedar Rapids alumnre club. Miss Donovan of the domestic science department in the university gave a paper on "Old Laces" with sample. to illustrate. The active chap ter was entertained in December at a fancy-work party and coo ky -shine. "Old Embroideries" was the topic for February, the constitution was studied; in March, "Old Prints IUld Daruerreotypes ." We also enjoyed giving a stork shower for one of our memben. Founders' Day will take up the April dale. The alumna: will then entertain the active girls. Our plans are to be developed along simple lines. W e will have a lap s upper with music and touts afterward.
Our plans for earning money for the Settlement School will be ca rried oul in the near future. They include a food sale, that wilt be held in the
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Domestic Science B uil ding, and as it is nearing the lime for picnics we hope to meet a ready demand.
W e voted at our last meeting to advance $3.50 (or the Fellowship Fund
W e have been very g l ad to have at our meetings Effie Patch , Michigan A. ex-<l06 who has been chape r on for the girls this year. We also enjoyed a very hort visit from Miss Inge r soll and Mrs. Allen last month.
GRACE PARTRIDc:E-SMITH.
KA NSAS CITY ALUMN£ CLUB
Resident A lumn a:--8s.
Members of Clu b-60
Average
The closing yea r has p r oved to be one of the most successful and p leasa nt in the life of o ur club O Uf meetings occur o n the first Saturday of each month and are p r eceded by a lun cheon at which a committee of five act as hostesses. 'V e have been very (ortunate in having Mrs. Cha rle s E. Faeth (Lillian Plank, Iowa E) for p r esident. Her untiring energy and enth u · siasm fo r IT could not fail to bring about good and l as ting results, among them the stimulation of a. deeper and more active interest in both club and chapter affairs
Early in Sep tember we enterta i ned the active gi rls of the Missouri and Kansas c hapt ers, and their Cl ru shees" with a chocolate at the Bl ue Hill s Co unt ry 'C lub . At various times d uring the year we hav e also sent each of the following chapters a gift, Misso uri A, a lamp, Kansas B, a cha ir, and Kan sas A, a tablecloth .
On Septembe r 30 the club entertained with a ClGayno r afternoon," at the h ome of 'Mrs. Faeth, for the benefit of our Settlement School. A delia-htful pr ogram of Mrs. Gaynor's songs was given by Mrs. Gilbert Faeth (Rose Gaynor) and M rs. Geo r ge Ryder (E lva Faeth). This year we r enewed ou r usual pledge to the Schoo l of $25 for four years. and a t Christmas we were more than glad to send to Little Pigeon a r emembrance of $tS. for house furnishings. Our only r eg ret was that our gift was n ot as big and hearty as o ur wishes f or a bappy Christmas and prosperous New Year.
I n Kan sas City we have a well -o rganil.ed and effective PanheUenic Associ ation. At p resent o ur delegate is Mrs. Mil es T. Babb (Lottie Allen. Iowa A, ex-'o s ) . The association meets about once a month tuld at the close of the yea r en t e r tains with a lun cheon at which an interesting program is generally given . O ur alumnse club was keenly inte res ted and active in the "Circus" which the association ga.ve in Octobe r for the benefit of an "Open Air School for Delicate Children" and the Scholarship Fund fo r high schoo l girls This f und. used to help girls whose circumstances will not permit them to attend the high school , and the cases which have come under the ca r e of the associa' ti on Ihis winter have ind«d been pitiful and worthy of assistance. The "Circus" which was a real two- ring circus with clowns, pink lemonade, peanuts, popcorn, and soda POP. was staged and managed e ntirely by the members of the P anheUenic Associ ation, and netted $600 .
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In January we were highly pleased in having Mrs. Allen with UI. Her account of the coming convention added so much to our enthusiasm that now our disappointment in its postponement is immensely greater. But wouldn't a province convention be a pleasant substitnte. if onc could possibly be arranged?
We arc to celebrate Founders' Day, May 5. with a cooky-shine at the home of MTS. Fred Heryer (Loren Leslie, Kansas A. '02). Severa l of our members, however. are planning to accept the invitation of Kansas A. and attend the banquet at the Lawrence chapte r -house , April 28.
The last meeting of the year will be in Jun e at the home of Mrs Faeth. \Ve are going to invite the active girls, borne for vacation, to meet with u s at this time and plan a few rushing pa rti es to be given during the summer. Our election of officers will also take place at this meeting.
The Kansas City Club. in closing, sends sincerest greetings to all Pi Beta Phis. CONSTANCI FENNELl..
LAWRENCE ALUMN£ CLUB
(Established 189;-Chartered 19 15)
P,uide"I-Mrs. J. F. Farrel (Louise Smith, Kansas A). Vk'e_/lreside"t--Claudia Pendleton. Kansas A, 'oS. Secretary.TretUuru-E. H el en Pendleton, Kansas A, ' 13 ·
Resident Alumntl!-SO.
Members of Club--22.
Average Attendance-12.
We began our work with renewed enthu siasm this year because our Gra.nd Vice-president, Mrs. Allen, visited us ea rly in the fall and t old us many interesting things about the present work of the fraternity. The members of the active c hapter invited u s all to a tea given in her honor. During her stay here she gave a most splendid illustrated l ectu re o n the Settlement School.
The work of the club ha s been to assist the active chapte r in every way possible. This is the second year that th e girls hav e occ upied their spacious n ew home. Most of the members of the club are also members of the house association and have contributed generously to the new building.
Min Ingersoll visited at the chapter-house in February and those of the alumna!: who were able 10 meet her feIt that she was an inspiration to all Pi Phis.
On accoun t of the great war, we sha ll celebrate our fiftieth anniversar, very quietly. We plan to have a simple banqbet at the chapter-house ; tbis will be the first Founders' Day banquet given in the new home. Hannah Oliver, on e of our charter members, will be the toastmistress. A silve r collection for the Settlement School will be taken.
We are pleased to have Mrs. L. H Perkins (Clara Morris), another one of ODr cbarter members, a delegate to conventio n. Sophie Smith meyer, Kansas A and California A. and Mary Gilmore·Allen, Kansas A, 184. have been chosen as alternate.. E. H!.LEN PENDLETON
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LINCOLN ALUMN.£ CLUB
(Chartered 1914)
President-Gertrude Kincaide, N ebra&ka B, '09.
Tyea.rtlrer-Nettie Hol c omb, Washington .A. ex - 'OC}.
Corrnponding Seu'elary-Mary Spalding, Nebraska B, ex '14.
Resident Alumna:-33.
Average Attendance-IS.
The year jast past has been a most succ essful and delightful ODe for our club. We have combined both pleasure and work, and so since "all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" and vice vena, we have managed to keep wide awake and we raised money for the Settlement School by tying comfort s We also tried another very successful scheme. We imported hand embroidered materi&1s {rom the Philippines and sold them at a moderate pro6t, and in this way were able to raise a neat sum of money for the Settlement School. Some Nebraska alumnm:, living in the Philippines, were glad to do their bit for n B <if. ;11
Our meetings tbis year were generally held in the evening and we re Quite varied. Besides our general meetings we gave card parties, quilting parties, and a luncheon at the Lincoln Hotel on Home-coming Day and, of since it was the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of n B '41', we gave a banquet in keeping with the occasion. Two national officers were present and greetings were read from all the others including one from Mrs. Helmick. The color scheme was Kold with white and gold basket. of daffodils, golden bowls of fruit, bowls of goldfish, and yellow butterflies. The theme of the program was liMy Memory Book" and at eacb place was a miniature memory book, illustrated by photographs and containing the toast list and an allegorical program whi c h followed the banque t.
The program was concluded with an hiltorical pageant of the founding of n B oj) at Monmouth College, April 28, 1867. The first number was an allegory of the entering of a woman ' l fraternity into the Greek world. Susie Scott represented the Greek world and Melinda Stuart, as "I. C.," gave a symbolic Greek dance. Then came a pageant of the costumel and characteristics of the five decadel since the founding of the fraternity. Dorothy Carns in a gown of gold, as IIMemory" opened the leaves of a giant book of memory from the pages of which stepped girls dressed in costumes of the period: Marie Pettit, 1867; Angelette Barnes, 1877; Melba Quiglty, 1887; Constance Lyford, 1897 j Dorothy Pierce, 1907; Fay Simon, 1917. Over tOO guests were present, many of them from out of town . And 10 the Lincoln Alumnl'e Club has reason to feel that the year just past has been one of its mOlt luccessful and most useful. MARY L. SPALDING.
MT. PLEASANT AWIoIN£ CLUB
(Organi:ted t8<}4-Chartered J9lS)
President-Mrs. Calvin McCoid (Mary Hulme, Iowa A. '8 7) · Vice ' lruiJtnt-Ida Van Hon, Iowa A, '90.
Sec,.tta,.y-Mu. Karl Melcher (Miriam Young, Iowa A, ex·IIS)·
Trt'Qs.,,.u-Mrs. Charles Rogers (Lillian Kendig, Iowa A, '9:1)·
Resident Alumnoe-34.
Members of Club-<z8.
Average Altendance--15·
Our members meet once a. monlh on the first Thursday for a combined literary and busineSS meeting. We have held one evening meeting this year on account of the school teachers, Miss Hills being hostess and Miss Lundgren o f the high 5(.hool reading a fine paper on "The Battleground of the Civil War,lI We have been favored by the attendance, when in town, of our Province President, Miss Ingersoll, who gave a most interesting report in January of her lrip south to chapters in Arkansas. Missouri, and Louisiana. In her talk we received a more personal view of the South than in our rambles through 'tennessee.
The program this year, besides giving the required fraternity subjects. was devoted to the State of Tennessee, the home of our Settlement School. Biographically we have learned of Old Hickory and Parsons Brownlow. Geographically we have visited battlefields, rich southern cities, and colonial sett lement s. Post cards have added to our cleare r und erstanding.
In midwinter we added n new social gathering to our program in entertaining o ur mothers and mothers -in-law. For their entertainment a n play was planned, but finally we sett led on Kate Douglas Wiggins' , The Old Peabody Pew. It was re ceived by the mothers with such enthusiasm that later the performers gave it in the Y. M. C. A. (or th e benefit of the Settlement School, to the great pleasure of fully 200 Indies A ca ndy table added a few dollars, and we were proud to be able to send t o our Settlement School a total of $33. A preliminary address giving some facts as to th e schoo l put our alumn\le club in a new light to the people of our town. as many had not known of this fine work.
The rushing party in the fall was a most enjoyable affair, held a t the home of our president, Mrs. McCoid. The Mothers' Tea was held in February with Mary Stall. Founders' Day will be celebrated with Lillian Kendig Rogers, Iowa A , '93 We are to invite Pi Phis in surrounding t owns, that are not members of any alumnre club, and give a five o'clock luncheon with our active chap ter_ It does not yet appear what our June party may be when war clouds are 10 heavy. We may all be busy in Red Cross work. Wh atever the situation, our loy a lty to IT cz, wi'll not falter. lUld we can say with the thought of Pi Beta Phi's fiftieth anniversary in mind, "Time can not wi ther Nor custom stale Thine infinite variety."
MIRIAM YOUNG MELC HER
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OMAHA AND COUNCIL BLUFFS ALUMNIE CLUB
(Established 1905-Chnrtered J<}06)
Pre J'detf.t-Mrs. Henry Cox (Queene Cox, Nebraska B )
Vice - presidenl-"ltfn , Pau l Wadlworth (Uarda Scott, Nebraska B). Secretary-Mrs. CJay Thomas (Helen Price, I owa Z).
Tre4surer-Gertrude Branch. Nebraska B.
Resident Alumntc-4', Members of Club-3B.
A verage Attendance-J6.
This year we have continued our custom of having a series of monthly luncheons at each of which (our or five members have entC!:rtained together. All of these meetings have seemed like reunions. not only because of the large attendance of our own membeu, but also because of frequent attendance of visiting members from Nebraska and adjoining states. These luncheons, with the exception of one at the Blackstone Hotel. have been given at the homes of the members The last meeting of the year will be a picnic \Ve have occasionally invited rushees, and otherwise assisted in the entertainment of prospective members.
We are all, individually and as a club. intensely interested in the Settlement School. and are hoping to add 50mething to the u sual pledge of $25 which has already been sent in. We have also con tribut ed to the Fellowship Fund. _
Last autu.mn ou r club for the first time took of a rushing party for Nebruka B. We made Rttractive favors. planned the ente rtainm ent, and senl as large a delegation as possible to Lincoln for the pa rty itself. We hope to be of some assistance again De It year.
The l ocal Panbellenic Association has aoopted the plan of choosing its presidents by rotation. electing a member of the oldest fraternity first. Mar), Phillippi, Iowa .A. ez-'14. of 1I B 41, was elected tbis year. The Panhellenic gives two lun cbeonl a yea r and n is alw ays well r epresented. The &ssoc iation will give a scholarship cup to the sorority at the University of Nebraska having the highest scholarship standing for the year 1917 - 18.
The club has heretofore held a banquet on Founders' Day, but this being our fiftieth anniversary we decided to concentrate on the banquet in Lincoln April 14 and help to make it the largest reunion we have ever had. About .nxteen Omaha and Council Bluffs Pi Phil will attend. The tout list at the banquet will be brief. Other more novel ideas will be used instead. Our club will present a vaudeville stunt. Mrs. AUen, Grand Vice-president. and Anne Stuart, Grand Treasurer, will be prescnt. Nebraska B initiates the afternoon of the fourteenth. 10 the .lumnz are l ooking forward to this event as well as to the banquet.
FLOUN'C& HOSTZTLIR.
ANNUAL REPORTS OF ALUMNA!. CLUBS 571
ST. JOSEPH ALU>lN,£ CLUB
(Organi&ed and Chartered 1909)
PrnuJellJ-Mn. George H. Vineyard (Mildred Barclay, Missouri A, ex-'17)·
Viu -Iresidllll-Mn. Erwin 1. Voss (Clara Munz. Iowa A., '(9).
SecreJ42ry - TreQ ,sure-r-Emily Wyatt, Missouri A., '13·
Corrulo"clillg Sure tary-Char1otte Allen, Nebraska B, ' 13 · Resident Alumnte-u. Members ot Club---C).
A veragt Attendance-8.
This ninth year of our existence as a club has been 11 most enjoyable one. We have averaged. meeting only every six weeks, but what we have lacked in the quantity of the meetings, has more than been made up in their qulity.
Just before the co ncge exodus occ urred, we had several informal urushing" parties for prospective Pi Phil and are bappy to state that our work bas helped in bringing two new members into our fraternity.
At Christmas time, as is our c ustom, we prepared a basket for & needy family---clothing, food, candy, and toys for "Santa" to bring the little ones. During the holidays, we had a luncheon at the Robidoux Hotel. Twenty Pi Phis were present. Several came from otber ci ties and also the girls home from school for the holidays. It was a glorious party and hugely enjoyed by us all.
Our contribution t o the Settlement School has been raised by individual donations. The girls all feel a keen interest in the Settlement School, so it is not difficult to arouse enthusiasm in the work. We only wish our conlri· bution might have been larger.
Recently there hu been quite a little talk among the fraternity girls here of organizing a Panhellenic. We hope that with the aid of the K K r alumn1l!:, who have just lately organized, to be able to establish a really large and active Panhelleni c, this co ming year.
Founders' Day will probably be ce lebrated with a luncheon, the definite plans have not yet been made. We had hoped to be represented by at least one member of our club at the co nvention, but just now it looks as though there would be no convention this year, o wing to the present war situation. Under the existing co nditions, all Pi Phis will feel such a co urse is best, in spite of the keen disappointment.
With best wishes to all wearen of the arrow for a happy summer, CHARLOTTE ALLEN.
ST. LoUIS ALUMN£ CLUB
Resident AlumnlJ!-8l.
Members of Club-36.
Average Attendance-28.
When the season's work has been completed, we will have held eight meet· ings, at each of which there has been a business meeting, a study hour, a social hour, and Ueatl."
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For OUf study this year we p lanned to have a miscellaneous program, comprising "The Love Letters of the Brownings." "The Short Story," UCurren t Verse," and "The Truth about the Empress Josephine:' H owever, owing to two delightful interruptions and to olle unusually long business meeting, the program has been somewhat incomplete. Nevertheless, what we have h ad , along with severn l musical numbers, has been most enjoyab le to us al l.
The two delightful interruptions were Miss Ingersoll and Miss Phillippi, and I am sure that no program could have bee n more appreciated th an the little t al ks which they gave. They told us what the other cl ub s were doing and h elped U5 to see a greater n B tl'. We h ope that they will visit us again next year.
Besides the afternoon meetings, we have had two grand luncheons 01 co urse eve r ybody was there. And the Heals !"-yo u 'd h ave to taste them to understand what a joyous time we had.
In order to raise money for the Settlement School. we have had our card partie s again th is year. Nobody misses the twenty -five cents admission, and everybody has a. good time while getting better acquainted. These partiu have also been most helpful in drawing us closer t o the active chapte r, for the yo unger gi rl s have been most generous and a number of them have always com e.
Thi s yea r there has been a large ice skating rink opened in SI. Louis. Everybody goes and here the alumnre and active girls often meet. In this way, we feel as if we were among th em again.
During the rushing season the al umn re entertained the active rnshees with a luncheon at the Century Boat Club. Seventy Pi out, a nd w e a ll had a rollicking good time.
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The ac tive c hapte r has entertained us with seve ral little teas given in thei r r oo m s, besides the Christmas party. At this pa rt y, whic h has beco me an estab li shed c ust om, we a lwa ys give somet hin g to the rooms. This year w e gave two t apest r y chairs and a picture by Binner.
Alth ough the ci ty Panhell enic is on ly years o ld , it is quite grown-up in its und ertakings. This winter it gave a large luncheon at the W as h ington H o tel, and n ell was very proud to be the best represented fraternity, both in the number p r esen t and in the numbe r on the progr am. The first of M a y, Pa n hellenic will give a lISpring Frolic" at The Artists' Guild, the proceeds of which will go to the Red Cross
The alumnre and active will celebrate Founders' Day with a banquet t o be given at one of our cl ub s. Last yea r we had a glorio usly large numbe r out, and this we hope to have even more
Th e idea. o f the fiftieth anniversary will be carried out in the toasts, and we h ope t o present some of the early customs as well as lOme of th e history of n B W e are sending little notes to those chapters celebrating on this same day, and hope to receive some greetings in return, which will be r ead at the ban quet. Lastly, of course, we shall have our grand promenade and sing to n our prailes.
The St. Loui. Alumn.e Oub fT«ts you, and wishes you all a most glorious year. SALLIE LEI. SPAlKJ.
SPRINGFIELD ALUlfN£ CLUB
(Organized and Chartered 19(4)
Praitlenl-Mn. Edgar Thomas (Ruth Vallette, Missouri r. ex -'ll.)
Via ' l"esitle"I-Mary Belle Minard. MislOuri r, ex·' 17
Ream/inK Sut'elary--Mrs. Robert Glynn (Lillian Boyd, Missouri r, '14).
Our program f or our year'. work was arranged during the summer in accordance with the suggestions of meetings {or clubs, including 5everal lOCial affairs. The meetings have held on the tirst Saturday of each month, at the homes of different members. Our membership and attendance have both incrused and we feel the past year has been very successful.
Our first meeting was devoted to a study of the Settlement School work and plan for a theater benefit for "Little Pigeon." Our contribution this year being $60, which is less than isst year, to local activities and pledges.
During the rushing season we gave a tea at the home of Eleanor Gideon for Missouri t, with Miss Ingersoll, o ur Province President, as honor g uest. A cooky-shine at Emma May Baldwin's was a geHogether stunt fo·r alumnse, actives, and pledges. Miss Ingersoll gave us some very enthusiastic talks and suggestions during her visit.
Initiation was of unusual interest to us this year as Mrs Robert FOlter ( Dora Beggs, '07), of Muskogee, Ok l ahoma, came to join the ranks of 11+, along with our twelve freshmen and one j uni or. The club entertained for her while she W&!I here.
Our one big social affair of the year was the tea dansant at the Springfield Club, given in honor of K.A during the P. B. H&mer Provin ce Convention of K A here in October. Our active girls and pledges were abo guesta.
We have no Pan hellenic association in the city. One alumna from each of the women' s fraternities at Drury be lo ngs to the association over there-thus keeping UI informed of their work. In December Ora Walton, '16, opened her house for the club to entertain all the other fraternity girls in town.
A week before the Christmas vacation, ?lIra. Robert Glynn (Lillian Boyd, '14) opened her home to tOO dolls, with a crying need for clothes. Each girl selected a family, making i t as largt= as she felt she could, considering her time and ability to clothe it. One of th e department stores co ntributed the dolls, and by dressing them we aided the visiting nurse o f the city in her work to make the poor children happy. We also assisted her in decorating Christmas trees for the children. This bit of charitable work, we felt, did us more real good than anything we did the whole year.
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Our January meeting was "Loved Legen ds and Legislations" and indeed it was an interesting and profitable history study of the birth and youthful days of Pi Phi. Two meetings of unusual interest were our Mothe rs' Meeting and a Mu sica l Meet. O ur mothers were our guests in February and Dean of Drury, gave a l ecture. "The Significance of Richard W agne,r as a Dramatist and as a In l\(arch, Susie Dillard's home was opened to each member and her guest, where they were entertained by some of the best musical talent of SpringfIeld.
Through the advisory and the cooperation of the active chapter, our relations ha ve been very intimate The vice-president of the chapter has attended each or our meetings and we have had a representative at most of their regular meetings. The committee has furnished a program once a month at the active meetings, including a talk on Roherlf' Rules 0/ Order, one on etiquette, 1\ musical program, a birthday surp ri se , etc
A joint convention "pep" meeting had been p lann ed , but is to be substituted by a talk on Red C r oss work by Rev. R. P. Blyth, if Grand Council deems it best that conve nti on should be postponed.
Th e la st week in March was observed as "Fellowship Fund" week, at the requ es t of th e fellowship com m ittee Our meeting for the month was devoted to that, a most interesting program given, and much enthusiasm aroused. Our club is most heartily in favor of the fellowship
We are to co mbine th e annual banquet with the Founders' Day ce lebra tion, by having a banquet at Heer's Tearoom on A pri l 28. A unique program has been planned.
Our May meeting is to be devoted to t h e examination questions, the June one to a picnic during com men ceme nt week, to include all visiton.
MYRTLE HURT.
•ZETA PROVINCE
ARDM ORE A LU MN IE CLUB
(O rgani zed 1916-Cha rte r ed 191i)
Presidtnt-Hallette B. Fraley, Oklahoma A.
Via·president-Grace Lee, Oklahoma A
Secretary-Mrs William W Fort ( Antoinette Cobb, Oklahoma A ).
Treasurer-Jewel Patchel, Oklahoma A.
Resident Alumnr-9.
Members of Club-13.
Average Attendance-8.
The Ardmore Alumna: Club was organized with a two-fold purpose-to permit scattered alumnz to strengthen and renew the ties of II B <I> and to aid Oklahoma A
There is no other club whose members have to travel so many miles to be together. This year our chief work has been to secure organization. \Ve hope to achieve greater results befo r e next April. Now it is good just to be alive.
Our progum (or the is: FoundHS' Oay, Aprilz8, 191;: acti\'e chapter , Septembe r '5 . ' 9 11; . ettlement School, Ii. 19 17 ; cons tituti o n, et c., :\f arch IS. 19 18; Founders' Day, April 27 . 19 18.
AN TO IN ETTE COBo-FOItT
A UST I N AL U M Nt£ CLUB
(O rganiz ed 19 12-C hart e r ed 1915 )
Pruidenl - Mr s. W T Caswell ( V ivia n Bren iz er, Tex:l s A, e:<·'06).
Surtlary-TrtasIlYtr-Mrs . Ralph C. Goeth Fau st, Te xns A . ex-"3)
Resident Alumn re- 23. M e mht."r l; of C lu b 19. Aver:\ge Attendan ce- 18
Thi s has been a splendid year in the hist o ry of ou r dub. W e have hel d meetings regularly on the first Saturday o f eac h month ( rom Octobe r 10 May, with splendid aHendance at each meeting. Each m ember has been :m inte r ested and enthusiastic one, and, now, at the close o f the alumna! fiscal year, I!adl one of us feels that s he has derived much benefit and pl easu re through the s pirit of cooperation.
Our interest always ce nt e rs in the Settlement Sc hoo l , and we e , 'c n begin p l anning at our very first meetings as to how we s hall raise o ur annual contribution. So, one afternoon in D ece mber, we gave a Chri s tm as bazaar nt the c hapter -house, and the a c tive girls and n cf! patrone sses bought our ware s. We made fifty dollars to send to Mrs. H elmick.
Tn November we instituted the c u stom of giving a lun ch eon on th e day after Thanksgiving for all Pi Phis h ere on that day-visito r s, the active cha pter, pledges, and the a lumn a!. It proved to be a very pl easa nt info rmal r e uni on, as so many Texas A alumna:: r eturn for the Thanksgiving fe s tiviti es.
The club meetings this year have been cond ucted a l ong the lin e of 3. regular progr3.m made out by the program committee. One meeting devoted t o the constitution, one to the Settlement School, another to the Fellowship Fund, while the active c hapter is 11 subj ec t e ver uppermost in our heart s and talks .
'Ve f ee l in very close tou ch with the o.ctive girls. Two of th em always meet with us and report informally on the ,'arious phases o f c hapter interests. The adviso ry board has met severnl times this year with th e c hapt e r repre · se ntative, nnd met just Tecently with the housemother.
Our l oca l wo men's Panhelleni c has been entirely r eo rgani zed this year, the co nstitution revised and is n o w set up on a ne w basic standard. The plans are for splendid work to be accomp li shed next year. Th e re are two d ele gat es from eac h active chllpter---one senior and a junior"":and o ne r ep r ese ntntiv e from the 1l1umnre of ellch chapter. All cases nre tri ed by the alumnre delegates.
Before the declaration of war, several girls had pl:tnned 10 attend co nventi on, but now, :lIang with the probnbil i ty of the of co nv enti on,
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their pians have been changed. Our delegate was to have been Mrs. E. T. Miller, the president of our province.
We are now planning to celeb rate Founders' Day, this year the golden anniversary of IT B first, by each member contributing her bit to the Settlement School Endowment Fund as a memorial to our Founders. Beside this we expect to join with the aclive c hapter and entertain with an afternoon picnic, honoring the charter members of Texa. A. We are all enthusiastically counting on having with us Founders' Day Mrs. Helmi ck , whom we are so fortunate in having near us this year We only wish we could have had her with UI more often before this.
CASPER ALUMN£ CLUB
(Organited (917)
p,.esident-Faith Gilmore, Colorado B.
Pitt Covert (Ethel McG rath, Wyoming A)
Resident AlumOIJe-II.
Members of Club-u.
Average Att e ndan Ce--<).
On October 15 ten Pi Phis met at the home oC Tessa Dunn ·Schulte to organize an club, this being th e first year that Casper has had the required ten members. Since then Elsie Sull ivan-McKinney, Colorado A, has joined us. The c hapters represented are Iowa B, Colorado A, Colorado B, and Wyoming A
The club meets every two wteks at the homes of its members and devotes its meetings to the study of 11 04> matters and to the study of modern drama.
The next meeting, April 16, will be devoted to the Sett l ement School. We have already voted to se nd o ur annual donation to the Settlement Schoo l Fund. We will celebrale Founders' Day with a cooky-shine at the home oC Mrs. Pelton.
On May 28 we will entertain the seniors of the Casper high school. ETHEL MCGRATH-CoVERT.
DENVER ALUMN£ CLUB
(O rganized 1894-Chartered 1910)
President-Mrs. F N. Winner (Clua Morse, Colorado A).
C. H Haines (Nanaruth Taggart, Colorado B)
Suretary-Mrs. W C. Bish op (Marguerite Walker, Colorado A). Lee, Maryland A.
Resident
Members of Club-59.
Averait' Attendance-2o
Taking everything into conside ration this ha. a successful year. Our meetings have been hel d the fint Tuesday oC the month, at the home oC one
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ANNUAL REPORTS OF, ALUAfN.IE CLUBS 577
of the members. One meeting was devoted to the Settlement School, one to constitution and- hillory, and ODt to the active chapter. By giving a card party in the tearoom of Daniel', and Fisher's department siore, we railCd $25 for the Setdement School. Founders' Day will be celebrated this year by Colorado A and Colorado D in the new Colorado B bungalow.
The alumna! club gave $10 to Colorado B to help with the new bungalollt . $7.50 to the Fellowship .Fund, and decided to gather all the suitable book. and clothing possible and send them to the Settlement School.
We hope to make the coming year a year (ull of success and with the growing enthusiasm which is so noticeable, I am s ur e we will succeed.
MARGUERITE WALKIR - BISIIOt'.
PUEBLO ALUMNN CLUB
(Chartered 1915)
Resident Alumn:'t-17.
Members of Club-- 17
Average
This year has seen an increase in membnship for our club Our custom of holding a meeting once a month still continues as we 50 much enjoy the sociability thnt goes with them Outside of the things that all clubs do, we have done very little this year.
At Christmas time we purchased "turkey" for orph::mage for th ei r Christmas dinner 7 and gave an entertainment for the inmates of the county poor fnnn. For ourselves we had our 3nnU:11 Christmas luncheon at th e Congre ss H otel.
Our April meeting wns held nt Ida Peterson's studio and was a glorious cooky-shine nnd netted $15 for the Settlement School.
The Co l orado Springs alumnre have invited us to celebrate Founders' Day with them in the Springs at Glen Eyrie, and we are surely looking forward to it with greatest enthusiasm and pleasure.
W AVE RICHARDSON.
LARAMIE ALUMNIE CLUB
(O r ganized and Chartered 1913)
Prnid,.ni-Eugenia Neer, Wyoming A, ex-'IS
Mullison, \Vy oming A, el -'16.
This cl ub has held (our regular meetings and will hold tw o more during the college year. The September meeting was naturally devoted to the chapter and its first -o(·the-year problems. In November the secret ARROW was the topic, all changes in the constitution being noted and studied. The Janua.ry meeting wa.s occupied with the chapter and our fina.ncial obligatio n s, the study o( th e examination questions being dispensed with. In March officers were elected (or nelt year, the Settlement Sc h ool Endowment Fund studied, nnd p llUl s mnde for Founders' Day. We expect to have a meeting in May,
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almost entirely social, to which the seniors of the chapt er will be invited and given an opportu n ity to become members of the club
Our plan f or Founders' Day was inspired by the memory of former joys a t our periodic s lumbe r parties. \Ve have invited the active girls to be o ur guests for the night of April 28, fortunately Saturday. A s has been o ur c ustom the chapte r will provide the program which will probably take place in th e evening. There will be a cooky-s hi ne in the morning. It will all occur on a farm Ilnd it will be a sad ly diaappointed group of girls if the present sca rl et·fever quarantine should be extended to interfere with th ese plans.
In Mar ch, letters were sent to alumna member of Wyoming .A explaining, r espective ly, the Settlement School Endowment Fund, the Fellowship End ow ment Fund and o ur own l ocal dues, whi ch go to a building fund (or the chapter. W e find this m ethod of contributions and yearly dues much more satisfactory than any sc h eme (or making money. Our alumna: are very scattered, except those living in Laramie , where the university it self conducts as many s u c h enterprises as would be profitable. We are having a generous re spon se to th ese lett ers considering the present c onditions. Our members, espec ially the m ore r ece nt ones, have always been keenly interested in the Settlement School and willing to h elp support it. The granting of Ihe fellowship this yt!llr to one of ou r own girls has rou sed a greater intere s t in that fund . Since the chapter ha s purchased a building lo t a greate r proportion of th e contributi on than formerly may be retained for that purpose . On the whole giving to endowmen t funds seems much more satis fac to ry to o ur girls than yea rly gifts.
We consider it a privilege to liv e so near the chapter as to know all the girls personally The c hapter pres ident attended the club meetings bringing messages and q ues tions from the chapter. Alumnre are always more than we lcome to attend c h apter meetings and are sometimes especially invited to help discuss a particularly hard pr ob l em . In January the c lub entertained the chapter at a very informal tea. W e found it a more satisfactory occas ion f o r a general discussion than at a formal meeting.
There is in the ci ty a l oca l Panh elleni c club, srarted by our alumna! two and a half years ago and it is a sp l endid opportunity for u s to make the acquaintan ce of women of fraternities not re p re se nt ed in the unive rsity. A similar organization i s being r evived among the men whose members have been can · sidernbly increased by the installation in Ih e university of (l chapte r of A E. An exceptionally l arge number of alumni were initiated.
W e r egret th at we can n o t r epo rt exactly what and all we will do upon Founders' Day. Of this, however, we .1re confident that there will be a substantial subscription to the Settlement Schoo l and that we will think of the hundreds of other members of IT B who are doing the same h onor to o ur Founders on our fi ftieth birthday.
ANNUAL REPORTS OF ALUMN.£ CLUBS 579
ETA PROVINCE
Los ANGELES ALUM N t": CLUB lC)06)
Pr u ide"t-Mrs. P. Young (Netta" Nixon, Indiana B ) . P e rce 11. Curtis (Blan che Charlt o n, Ma ssa l: hussetts A. 'oS).
S u rela,.y - Tr e asurer-Mrs. Everett L. Ball (Fran c esea Loftus, California A, ex -'13)·
Co,.,.upo"dmC Sure/ary-Mrs. A. C Woassard, Washington A.
Resident Alumnre-173.
Members of Club-46.
Average Attendance-35.
We have had a \"Cry delightful year ' s work under the leadership of our president, Mrs. Young. \Ve have been un.fortunat e in losing some of our most enthusiasti c workers. among them, Mrs. Phelan (Grac e Magaw, Indiana A and New York il), Mrs. Warren Smith (Ruth Barrctt, Iowa A, '12), and Mrs. Dysart (Mabelle Fox, Illinois Z, '04). but we have also added some very splendid new ones to our number. Although our s ustaining membership is not so large as last year, still the ave rage attendan ce at the meetings has been about the same.
Our meetings which have been held on the last Saturday of each month, opened with a business m eeting and informal getting together again after the summer vacation.
Mn. Wilbur, our Province Vice-president, was with us for our October meeting and gave a most interesting stereopticon talk on the Settlement School, creating a keener interest along that line. Instead of raising money for the school by giving dances and entertainments, as we did last year, we made voluntary subscriptions, whi ch we have found satisfactory .
Our January meeting was a tea and informal musical program given by Genevieve Church Smith She was assisted by Mrs. Kram er on the vi olin and Miss Herrick, who sang several splendid numbers.
A delightful bulTet lun c heon marked our February meeting. After the business had been attended to, we wue entertained by Miss Weston who played the violin Ind Louise Spaulding who sallg a very charming IT fJ> song of her own composition.
The regular election of officers and reports of the year occurred in Ma.rch at the home of Mrs. Ball.
Founders' Day will be celebrated April 28, at the home of Mrs. Briggs in Hollywood, with a cooky·shine and special anniversary program.
Our last business meeting occurs in May but we shall have a final social gathering in the form of a picnic in June .
Our program committee is working out a very excellent program for next year and although we feel that this year has been a splendid one, we are hoping that next year may be even better.
IU( A WA LKER.-S!NSENEY.
Resident
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NEVADA ALUMNtE CLUB
(Established in 1916-Chartered in 19 16)
Members of Club---Io
Average Attendance-7.
During the past year our club had three meetings, onc devoted to the Sett l ement School and two devoted to the active chapter Sin ce the club is so small the members work almost entirely in coo pe ration with the active chapter rather than as a separate unit. Money for the Settlement School was raised by a tax upon the members of the dub. Throughout the rushing season the members of the club were associated with the active chapter and have taken a part in all social affairs through the whole year. The club has helped the active chapter financially and by the various members offering their houses for social affairs, and next week will help entertain the other women's organiat the university; inviting all the fraternity women in Reno. We feel this is a step toward a more cordial relationship among women of all fraternities.
We are planning to celebrate Founders' Day with the active chapter. The program includes a picnic in the afternoon and a banquet at the home of one o( the girls at night. In the evening each class is to present a scene based on some incident in our history. We (eel that this will be instru c tive as well IU entertaining.
MvaTUt C.UUtRON.
N ORTHERN CALIFORNIA ALUMNtE CLUB
(Chartered 19 13 )
Prnjtient-Mrs. H. K Bass ett (Adeline Brown, Wi sconsin A, '02).
ISI Vice-president-Mrs. Edward T. Maples (Claire Hess, California B). Vice -prnjdent and Treasurer-Mrs. G. R. Walker (Anne Krumdick, Washingt on A).
Ruordi1l1 Secretary-Anita Gallagher, Cali(ornia B.
Corrnpolldillg Secrdtlry--Mrs. Stanley Richardson (Ruby fornia A).
Residen t Alumnse-loo.
Members of Club-51.
Average Attendance-IS.
Roberts, Cali•
During the past year, the club has held thirteen regular meetings, most of them at the chapter-house of California B. In August, the club gave a rush tea for the active chapter. In October, Mrs. Wilbur, Province Vice -president, was with us and a tea was given for her at the chapter·house. At this time Mrs. Wilbur gave a talk on the Settlement School, illustrated with lantern slides. A Christmas party was given in December to which the masculine supporters of n B eft were invited. The event to which we look forward each year is the cooky -shine which is always given at Mrs. Guy ' s (Mattie Andrews, Iowa A). Thil is, in the minds of some of us, the most satisfactory meeting of the
year, for we go back to our college days and sing I'The cookies are spread on the carpet" with great joy.
We have been working for the Settlement School all through the year. AI Christmas time, boxes were sent to tbe children and we sold Christmas cards, bridge scores, dance programs for the benefit of the school. This plan was one suggested by the Seattle Alumna:: Club and consisted of laking orden lor these articles. In Much, the alumnre gave a large card party and dance at the Twentieth Century Clubhouse for the bendi! of the Settlemen t School.
The alumnae club is very closely affiliated with the chllpter in Berkeley. \Ve all, both "old girls" and young, feel quite at home there and the active girh alway. make us feel that our welcome is not a superficial one but that, "way down in their hearts they have a feeling for us" as we surely have for them. The members of the club are ready and willing al All times to help in every way possible.
At present, there is II. scheme on foot for a reorganitation of Panhellenic on a new basis. The organiution will be open to aJl college frdernit1 women and is to be launched at a luncheon at the Hotel Shattuck in Berkeley on May 5. Della Darden-Randall, California. B, '09, is the delegate from n B 41 and all of us who know her know that, so far as IT B 4> is concerned, the affair will be a success_ No one of our alumnre is a more enthusiastic worker for the fraternity, both active and alumna:. The purpose of this new club is to study local Panhellenic problems and fraternity problems in general. to study the arguments for and against fraternities and, in short, to give valuable testimony as to the value of fraternities and the reason {or their existence.
On April 28, with the active chaplers of Alpha and Dela, we celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of our founding by 3. luncheon :U the Palace Hotel. In May we have our annual picnic in Redwood Canyon.
On the fourth Saturday of each month the alumnre gather at the Hotel Stewart {or a shopping luncheon.
In closing, the writer of the above screed must apologize for the alummr club in that they hnve been handicapped this year by an almos t-nonresident corresponding secretary 3.S she has not been able to attend the meetings and has had to depend on the "sisters" for reports of the meeting, which will account, in a measure. for any errors of omission or commission in this report.
The Northern California Alumnre Club feels that it has had a successful year and is looking forward to another year of prosperity under the able leadership of its reelected president, Mrs. Hassett.
EUZABETIr A. COATIS.
PORTLAND ALUMNJE CLUn
(Organized 19lJ-Charlered 1914)
Prtsident-Mrs. Frank L. Knight (Mnrthn H ankins, Colorado A, ex-'98) Vice·presiJenl-Frances Dewar, Ca lifornia B, ex-' 13 Ruordj"K Sure/ary-Mrs. Harold T. Boyle (Grace Prescott. Washington B, ex·'13)·
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Corresponding Seuelor,.....-Gertrude Blo.ckmar, Kansas A, "1.
Treasurer-Fay Steinmetz. Missouri r, '10.
Resident Alumne-22.
Members of
Average Attendance-I4.
OUT alumnle club has held regular meetings this past year on the fourth Thursday of each month, at the bomes of the various members. In addition to this all o f us have enjoyed our monthly Saturday lun cheons at the University Club.
During the Thanksgiving holid ays the club took charge of a Pi Phi baby booth at a Panhellenic Bazaar and Musica le which wa s held to raise money for the proposed Wom en's Building at the University of Oregon. This wa s in addition to our annual dance given for the Pan hellenic Scholarship Fund.
Mrs Fletcher Linn (Louise Sawyers, town A) kindly opened her home to us again this year for :10 eveuing party. A small amount was cleared for Settlement School, which made a total o( $35 to send to Little Pigeon. We also contribu t ed a few dollars to the Fellowship Fund.
Th e latter part of February the Portland Pi Phis entertained Panhellenic at the hospitable home o( Mrs . Fra.nk L . Knight.
W'e are delighted to report that Oregon A is in splendid and several of our members have been able to visit Eugene (or rushing and during the year.
Founders' nay was celeb rat ed by an all·day meeting at the h ome of Mrs. H L. Shepard in the country among the apple blossoms.
Mrs. Burton Beck (G race Han che r. I owa A ) is our convention delegate. GERTRUDE Bt.ACKMAR.
PUGET SOUND ALUMNA:: CLUB
(ORGANIZED AND CUART£1tEO lC)06)
Pr/!Sidenl-Mrs. J W. H eal, Jr (Reva Caspar , New York A, 'o7).
Via·lresidenl- M rs W H. Franklin (Helen Duttenhoefer. Washing· ton A, ex·' 14 ).
Surt'lory-Mrs. C. T. A. Houghton (Caro line Kelly, Washington A, ex·'u).
Corr espollding Suretary-Mario n Spelger, Washingt on A, ex ' t6 .
Treasurer-Mrs. Arthur Sch ramm ( Mary Gage, I owa A ) . Resident
Members of Club--78.
Average Attendan ce--37
]n reviewing the club program for the year we naturally consider our effo rts in raising money (or the Settlement School as of the utmost importance. Varions methods have been tried with more or less success, for evtryone pledged, at the beginning of the year to give a ce rt ain amount. Some sold cleaner, others attrac t ive Chris tmas ca rds and novelties, while others sold
Philippine embroidery (a mOit successful method). The wonderful spirit of cooperation made it possible (or us to in $375 to the fund, and a hearty vote of thanks should be gino Mrs Wilbur. who so generously gave her valuable time to the caulC.
OUT meetings Ihis year have been planned to bring the members together and so (ar they have proved delightful as well as instruc tive. Of course, we began with a busiMis meeting, and in OClober came OUT Halloween party at the Women's University Club. There was a cooky -shine followed by a study of the constitution, and in December we gave a bridge party for the Settlement School. Professor Gorsuch, president of the Seattle Center of the Drama League. was most kind to again read several plays to us, and our appreciation was shown by the large number that enjoyed his program. Many went on to the initiation at the chapter -house, a few blocks away, "'" altogether we had a perfect n day. Miss Pollock, the authority on Washington birds, gave a most delightful talk at the March meeting. Just now we are all looking forward to the jubilee banquet which will be held this year at the Sorrento Hotel. It has always been our one big celebration and we are anxiously awaiting April 28. The two other meetings will be a musicale and picnic. The Pi Phis here have been most enthusiastic in organizing a Red auxiliary, self-supporting, which has already held two meetings.
MARION L. FRY!.
SOUTHERN CAL I FORNIA ALUMNtE CLUB
(Organized 19 16--Chartered 19 17)
President-Mrs. F. O. Marvin (Josephine March, Kansas A).
Vice president-llelen Ryan, Illi nois 6 .
Recording Secretary-Mrs. Carrol B. Ireland (Grace Jackson, Illinois Z).
Corresponding Sccrctary-:-'Irs. Ralph Bach (Kathleen Chandler, California A).
Treasurcr--Gert ru de J ohnston, Virginia A.
Resident Alumnre--:J I Members of Oub-16. Average Attendance-15.
The Southern California Alumnre Club was organiled with fourteen members in November, 1916, at the home of Ethel Van Cist, Illinois B. Interest has been growing and meetings are held on the second Saturday of each month These meetings Rre alternately a luncheon in the city, and a business meeting and tea held Ilt the home of some member.
A lun cheo n was held at the Tea Cup Jnn in December. Also a most delightful reception and tea was given during the holiday. on board the U. S. S. Pueblo., then located in the San Diego Bay, b!' Paymaster E. D. Stanley. U. S. N .• and Mrs. Stanley (Eva Cooper, Nebraska B). The honor guests were the active girls from Stanford and Berkeley, that were home for the vacation-Harri ett and Rebekah Crabt ree, Dorothy Gavin, and Fidelia Conard.
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In J anua r y a tea was enjoyed nt the home of Dr. Bessie E. P ee ry, I owa Z, and J . Jun e Pee r y , I owa Z and California. A. This was very s uccess ful as o ur first ;eal business meeting. A courtesy commi ttee was appointed at thi s time, of which Mrs. F. O. Marvin (Josephine March, Kansas A), Proctor Apt!., San Diego, is th e chairman. By means of this committee we hope to royally welcome into our midst any visiting or newly resident n ell.
Fifteen Pi Pbis gathered at Rudd er'. Cafe for the luncheon in February. Among the guests prescnt was Charlotte Alspaugh, Illi nois B. fr om the Seattle Alumn re Club.
A very inte resting program devoted to the history of IT B cz, occ u rred in March with Mrs. Ral ph Bach (Kath l een Chandlel\. California A), Lorna Portal, Califor nia, as hos te ss of the meeting. Among those on the p r og ram were Mary Sterritt, \ Il!in ois A, who de l ighted us with remini scences conce rn i ng the fo und ers and the early days at Monmout h Mrs F. O. Marvin (Josephin e March, K ansas A). formerly editor of TilE ARROW, Dr. Bessie E. Peery, I owa Z, f ormerly associate editor of THE AllOW, and Mrs. E lla G. Simmons, Illin ois B, wh o f or four years roomed with Rainie Adamson -S mall, n former grand pres i de nt, at Lombard Th il was the largest meeting of the year A speci al luncheo n is planned for Fonn de r s' Day, which we hope will be a most successful ce l ebration . All presen t will contribute to th e Settlement School Endowment Fund as a memorial to our Founders, but this small s um will on ly be the beginning of a fund which we 8 r e planning to make as l a rg e as possib le in various ways Two vi siting Pi Phis were presen t-Mrs W. M. Chamberlain, lIIin o is A, of Denver , Colorado, and Mari on Lamu, California A, o f Santa Ana, California.
{nterest is being aroused in h o l ding a Panhel1enic meeting with the other aramnre clubs in S a n Diego i n the near future.
The l ong·needed Southern California Alumnre C lub is successf ully s tarted , and if all the Pi Phi s will help u s reach the i solated a lumn a: in thi s i QCality, our growth is assured. We welcome all Pi Beta Phis to San Di ego.
MABEL NI CHOLS·BEACH.
SPOKANE ALUMNJE CLUB
(OaCASIZED AND CHARTERED 19 14 )
President-Mrs. M. Y. H oxey (Ruth Evans, Wa shing ton B, ex·' 14 ) ·
Viu·president-Mrs D ale D. D rain (Eleanor Andrew s , N eb ra ska B).
TreMunr-Mrs. M . O. R oa rk (Ethel Trip pett, In diana B ) .
Secretary-Mrs. F. H. Ohme (Abbie Forrelter, W ashington A ) .
Re siden t Alumnae-30.
Me mbers of C lub-25.
Average Attendance-16.
Owing to two important factors, we feel tbat ODr alumnae club is ideally litust ed. First, our nerage attendPJIte is smal l e nough to allow u s to become th o r ough ly united in aim and purpose, 10 form deep and l asting friends hip s, and to do all in our power to help ou r great national undertaking, the Settle· ment School; and second , we are kept in close touch with the yo u nger girls
and their active life by the home-coming of teachers and stude nt. during the holidays. The greate r number of u.s olde r al umn ee are fr om the east or middle ....esl. and we sure ly feel that not the least part of the p r ivilege of n '" membership is th e joy of being welcomed into a society of congenial friend. , eve n though we may be alr.ngers in a strange lan d.
This year o ur program has especially contributed to the united action of our home-staying and home-coming elements. I n May, the cookY -lbine , fo ll owed by a mock initiation and installation of officers, was cond u cted by sev eral of the younger girls. Then in JUD t, the: W as hingt on A and B c h ap ters gave reports of th eir year', work which brought us mort closely in t o u c h with their needs and ambitions. In July, a whole deli ghtful day was spent in the Spokane Valley at the h o me of Mrs. B. H . Roark, where a delicious luncheon W8!l se rv ed by th e younger girls, with a beautiful view of surrounding hills, valley, and mountains as an accompaniment Then f r om Sep tember unt il Christm as o ur r ea l a lumn re work was accomplis he d. Two of o ur meetings had as their subjects the regular and numbers of TUE A RRO W, and a third, loan and sc h o l arship advantages. Each fall, h oweve r, the wh ole underc urrent o f discussion is " H o w can we raise money for the Settlement School?" O ur Province Vice-president, Mrs. Wilbur, us a tremendous examp le of «at and enthusiasm . W e -make every effort t9 live up to her expectations, bllt it is u suall y at the cost of much strivi ng and disappointment. However, it was her sugges ti o n this year which solved the difficulty, and made it possible fo r us to clear fifty -o ne dollars in a si ngle month 's work . .There is issued a delightful book of samples of little Christmas gifts, ranging in price from five to fifty cents, sent only to cl ubs and societies, and they recei ve fifty per ce nt o f the receipts on all sales after postal charges are deducted . Rather dubio usly we for th e book and p ut it in ci rculation among our friend s. Our surprise and delight were indeed grea t when we found that the gifts actually sold themselves, and that in one month ten or tw elve of u s sold o ver $1 00 worth. You may be s ure we have ordered the book for September delivery this year.
During the Christmas h olidays, the a c tive girls once more joined us, this time in a in honor of our tw o brides, Bertha Bigelow - Harri s, and Edith Shugart-Cunningham, and Mrs. Conrad Bluhm, who leaves soon for New York. Gifts were presented and delightful toas ts offered.
Our J anuary, F ebruary, and March meetings were given over to a co nsider ati o n of Settlement School rep orts, letters from other alumnae clubs, and Pi Phis in literature respectively At the March meeting we also held o ur election of officers and sewed for the Red Cross.
This year the Panhelleni c Assoc iation of Spokane has been sewing f o r the Red Cross, thus uniting fraternity women in a co mmon interest.
Since war was declared we have decided to give up o ur F o under s ' D ay banquet, and hold only our regular meeting, except that all things of historical interest to Pi Phis, su ch as old lett ers, pictures, and costumes, will be shown, and we shall try to live again in the spirit of our f o unders of fifty yean ago GLADYS CLENDENING -CO STELLO•
• Name and addreas lent upon .pplicati o n to Alumnz Editor
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C H AP T E R LETTE R S
ALPHA PROVINCE
ONTARIO ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
(Chartered December It, lC)OS)
INITIATES
( Initiated February 8, 1917)
Vida Pecot, ' 19
Christi e Sneath
Madeleine Snider
Daphne Parsons, ' 19
Candidates for A .B. Degree
Margery Stauffer
Bessie Ewan
Examinations arc holding sway here at p r escnt, and o ur waking hours are filled with endless preparation. By the end of April they will all be over, and we shall h ave four new Pi Phi graduates: C hri stie Sneath, Madeline Snider. Margery Stauffer, Bessie Ewan. You can imagine how proud we shall feel ,vhen they march across the c ampus in th eir fl owe r -dei: k ed glory, and follow the solemn procession into Convocation 11 all, wh ence, after an impreslive' they will eme rge full -fledged graduates.
We had a delightful initiation at Margery Stauffer's charming h ome on February 8, when two new soph omores joined our ranks. We have a new pledge, too, Wilma Thonll)SOn, another sophomore, by characte r a'1.d reputation one of the most delightful girls in co ll ege Our two new initiates are in residence at Queen 's Hall and are two of the most popular girls there.
An u nprecedented event occurred since our la st Au.ow letter, when our university wa s closed for three weeks on account of the coal shortage. It was found impossible to keep our central heating plant in operation, so that all the buildings re ceiving h ea t from the central plant were closed, and we wandered around for our l ec tures to residences, fraternities, clubs, and professors' hom es. It wu s an interesting and novel experience at first, but it soon became tiresome and exacting, particularly in the very co ld weather, to rush from one lecture to another, perhaps twenty walk away, and then an equal distance to the next. We were a thankful lot of students when the si\uation was relieved, the buildings were reopened, and affairs re s umed th ei r normal aspect.
UN alional Service" is the slogan that is ro using everyone to action these days. Every student considers it a poiDt of haDar to enlist for some form of patriotic service, usu a lly agri c ulhre o r munitiOn!! Seventy·five girls from our college are going to the Niagara fruit district to work on fruit farms Ilnd in canning hctories during our long vacation. The work will be heavy and exacting, hut it will und o ubt ed ly be strengthening to spend the summer out of doon, and we expect a healthy and bronzed lot baCK next October.
In conclusion we should like to express our sincere appreciation of the fact that the United Statel has joined us in the fight for right and for the
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maintenance of the highut ideals of civiliulioD It is a SOUTce of infinite satisfaction to us that our sister Pi Phis aTC with UI in thought and sympa.thy now as never btfore, and we extend to .11 our other chapters the right hand of good-fellowship and of welcome into the political and domestic situation which has been ours for the past three years.
DOROTHY MACMILLAN.
VERMONT AI PHA-MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE
(Cha rtered 1893)
Candidates for A. B. Degree
Clara Barnum
Marie Champagne
Marjorie Leach
Candidate for B.S. Degree
LouesaBullis
\"acation is now over and the days llTe passing so quickly that before we know it, Commencement will be here. Our co llege has been greatly stirred by the recent events in the war. The patriotism of the student body was shown by the presentation of a silk star-spangled banner to the new Mead Memorial Chapel. Military training has been going 0 n (or some time un de r the direction of Lieutenant Garron of Norwich Unive rsit y; :\1i ddleb ury expec ts to do her »art in the great w a r It is expected that Red C r 0 s s training will be started immedi3te iy in the Women's College. dent Thomas has offered nis services to the co unlry.
More work has been doue in dramatics this year than ever before In the athletic play whi c h is to be given soo n, Anna Clark. one o( o ur sophomores, is to take part. t-:a rly in May the Association will give a Japanese operetta. Ruth Alger, '20, has the leading part and several others of our girls take minor parU. Le Curle Pra"clJ;s is preparing to give a play in a (ew weeks; Marie Chnmpaglle, '17. has a pnrt in it.
On account o( the war the plans for Junior Week have been modified somewhat, The junior play will be given as planned and Doris Kendall, '18, plays an important part.
Margaret Shay, "9. has recently been elected treasurer of Y. 'V C. A.
This has been an unusually busy year (or e\' er)'one. Fraternity dances have been (ollowing one another in rapid succession, with the usual number of diversions
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We are all looking forward to celebrating Founders' Day with Vermont B. Several of the Vermont A girls have been hack to visit us during the year. Alice Barnum, '12, and Louise NeIlan, ' 16, were o u r recent guests.
We arc anticipating our annual house party after Commencement at L&ke Dunmore.
Honors for Commencement have been awarded-Marie '17. is onc of the Commencement speakers, and has re ceived honors in French. OUf &irIs &re well represented on the Class Day program. Marjorie Leach i. a Class nay sIHaker and is terving, as is Looesa Bullis, on important committees. HEUN S. B. STILPHBN.
VER M ONT BETA-UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT (Chartered 1898)
INITIATES
(Initiated February 24. 1917)
Helen Blanchard, '}8
Florence Cumming', '19
Florence Dow, '20
Frances Hy de, '20
Eldora Meigs, '20 I rene Ovitt, '20
Mildred Powell, '20
(Initiated April 14. 1917)
Corinne Chapin, '::JO Candidates for Ph.B. Degree
Mabel Derway (in education)
Laura Parker
Sadie Norril (in education)
All coUege activities are uncertain on account o( the war. The men of the battalion are drilling three bours a day and the girls are engaged in Red CrOll knitting and First Aid c lassel. Everyone talkl' about the war!
Our initiation was followed by the annual banquet at the New Sherwood. Marie MacMahon, 'IS, acted as toastmistrels. Beside our active chapter," Marjorie Leach, '17, Adelaide Morris, '20, Luella Martin, '20, represented Vermont A. Bertha Coventry, Sylvia Warren, Edith Gates, and Amy Wheeler·Ayer were among the alumnI)! from out o( town.
At Y. W . C. A. elections Mildred Best, '18, was elected president. Florence Cummings, '19, and Mildred Powell, '20, are on the cabinet.
We have baq the opportunity to hear some splendid conc erts this year, Paderewski, Kreisler. and Evan Williams. March 20 the gymnasium classes gave an exhibition in &esthetic dancing, "The Seasons." All o( our lopbo· mores and freshmen were in it.
Founders' D&y, we entertained ten (rom the chapte r at Middlebury Col· lege with a tea dance: and cooky·shine at the rooms.
College Founders' Day was May I, and Florence Dow, '20, Marion Day, '19, and Margaret Whittemore, '19, were chosen {o r Julia Spear Prize Reading. Best wi sbes to al1 {or a happy vacation.
MnTU B. Ron:.
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MA SSACHUSETTS ALPHA-BOSTON UNIVERSITY
(Chartered ,89(»)
INITIATES
( I nitiated February J, 1917)
Charlotte Gifford
Audrey D. BOltOD
Marie E. Covell
Ruth F. Kimball
Winifred \Vebber
( fnitiated March IS. 1917)
Hilda M. Reeves
Candidatet (or A.S. Degr ee
Louise E. H oeh
Since our l alt lette r, Massachu setts A held its initialion and banquet, the former at th e home of Gertrude Haslam Stewart, 'IS. in B yde Park, and the latter at th e lI otel Fritz -en rllon. The goodly numbtr of alumna! vrc:5cnt m&de the occasion mOlt enjoyable .
On February IS. Massachuse tts A. beld a spread at their rooms for nonfraternity girls. After the ICes IS," the chapter g i r II entertained wi I h stunts.
The girIs' glee cl u b of Boston University held its second annual concert on March 9 Mildred Gates, '19, played a violin obligato.
The g rea t annual event at Basion University is the K1atach Co ll eai u m. Th is year it was held March 23 , and was in the form o( an oriental festivnl. The college halls and rooms were transformed into eas tern bowers , and oriental costumes were the vogue Scenes from the Mikad o were given, nnd a Japanese wedding t ook place. Ruth Kimball, 'ao, was one of the freshma.n hostesses, and also danced the cherry blossom dance. Belle W anler, ' 19, was one of the u shers. Before Klatsch the chapter gave a spread for their friends.
Junio r week will soon be held at Bos t on University. Abbie MacKinnon, ' 18, is chairman of junio r prom, which is to be held at the Copley-Plata Hotel. The p l ay given by the juniors this year is while the seniors are to give Ct'un Stockings.
Mas sachu setts A is well represented in the First Ai d classes which have bee n organized at the college.
We are looking forward w it h great expectation to the celebration of Foun · ders' Dayan April 28, when we join with the alumn:e cl ub in giving h onors to the Founders of n B cz,
To all our sisters in n cJo, M assachusetts A sends wishes ( or a h appy summ er A BB IE P. MA C KI NNON
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NEW YORK ALPHA-SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
(Chartered 1896)
INITlATES
( Initi ated March 2,1917)
Anita Campbell, St. Albans, VI
BethlUlY Donald, Gouverne ur, N. Y.
Mildred Gray, Ilion, N. Y.
Oneila Hotaling, Janesville, N. Y.
Mildred Hurford, Penn Yan, N. Y.
Irm a Ingersoll, Ilion , N. Y
Alice Burleigh
Huel Kimber, East Syracuse, N. Y.
Eleanor North, Washington, D. C
Florence Roberts, Rome, N. Y.
Adelaide Sherwood, Syracuse, N. Y.
Margaret Thornns, Albany, N. Y.
Candidates for the A.B. Degree
Ruth Elena Campbell
Alta Cole
Mary J ohnson
Margaret McGrew
Aileen Stisser
Candidate for the B.M. Degree
Kareta Briggs
Candidates for 3 certificate in Musi c Fay Ridgely
Candidate for a certifi cate in Music and Art
Mary Tobey
Candidate for a Ce rtifi cate in Library Economy
La1;lra Olmstead
Candidate for the Degree of B.P.
Enid Brand
Candidate for the Degree of B. Ped. in Music
Abbie Saltsman
One of th e most beautiful nnd successfui initiations we ever h ad , brought our eleven fine freshmen into the chapler on March 2. Although they have held their separate meetings at the chapter·house on Ufraternity night," after-
wards joining with us in a " sing;' il seemed like a long wail until they could put on the Arrow and be really sisters in II B 4> Our banquet, too, was a g rea I su ccess, Marjorie Campbell, '13, making a splendid toastmistress.
On March 8, a complete surprise was given to the chapter when Ruth Brush. '17. nnncunced her engagement to Zur W. Craine at
the Kanatena Club.
Since mid-yean quite a few honon have come to us. Margaret McGrew, "7. is elected to the (I' B Ki La.ura Olmstead, 'Ii. and :'larian heldon, 'IS. to n A hanohry Library fratunity i Gertrude Sheldon, ,,8. won the junior scholarship given by Morning On the class executive committees art Ail«n Stiner, " 7. Isabelle Cunningham, ' 18, Edna Cole. "9. Carola Wyker, "9. and Mildred Hurford. '20. Marian \V ean, '18, was c hosen (or the leading role in the English Club piny. Matilda Saunders, ' 18. has a so lo part in the woman's glee club concert. Ce lia Sargent, " 9, was organist for D W illiam Berwald 's concert of owo composi ti ons, and ill chairman of foreign work in Y. W. C. A. for next year.
Ou r :JnnUIl I formal dan ce was held at the Onondaga just before the spring vacation. I t was a lovely party and several alumna! came hllc' k for H.
New York A IS Just reaUt-jng now what our Canadian sisters experienced a few months ago. Uni\-ersity has called in aU athletics and offered her campus and buildings to the government to be used for training purposes, if necessary. The men studenh who have not already volunteered in the various branches of service ill army or na\'y are preparing to take training here while the women of the uni\ersity are taking courses in Red Cross work, nursing, First Aid, :lnd hospital service. The spirit of patrioti!tm is manifest in every college.
CERTitUDE SIlILDON.
NEW YORK GA MMA-ST. LAWRENCE UNIVRRStTY
(C hartered '914)
This lette r is written while New Y o rk r is enjoying her Easter vacation. rmm ed iat ely afterwards we ure anticipating lhe visit of Mi ss Evn Durlingham, Alpha Province President. Thi s will be our first offiCi3 1 visito r sin ce the installation of the chapter in 1914.
A formal dinner party is to be gi\'e n April 13, in honor of Mi ss Durlingh3m, by the active chap · ter to Ihe alumnre, pntronesses, and friends. During the I>ast few weeks the girls have shown a lively inte rest in Ihe tryouts for the college play, thai will be presented th e latt er part of the semes ter. TJle parts are not assigned at present.
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For the first time in the history of Saint Lawrence the women of the u nderclasses held the annual und erc1asswomen's debate. n B was represented by three speakers Grace Hazen, '19. Marian Waters, '19. sophomore captain, and Madelene Clark, '20. Under the direction of the Woman's Forum, the fraternities have enter tained one girl from eac h of the other two fraternities and one non fraternity girl at dinner on the evening of Forum meeting, hoping by so doing to promote a closer friendliness amongst the college women.
Soon after the opening of the second semester an informal rushing party was given to a few of the high school girls. The program, games, and decorations all added to th e clever nau ti cal scheme.
The chapter, under the leadership of Mildred P e llens, ' 17, has organized a reading club, including alumnre and patronesses, which meets twice a month. The work of the club is th e reading and discussion of current literature . It affords an evening of instruction and amusement that all may enjoy together .
Verah Foster, ']8, has been elected to membership in the Gaines Literary Society and Grace Hazen, ' 19. to membership in the Saint Lawren ce Scien ce Society.
The chapte r celebrated its third birthday March 21. The increasing number of candles around th e birthday cake reminded us of our growth in n 4J \Ve are eagerly l ooking forward to convention and a few are planning to be present.
HAZEL 1. SMALLMAN.
BETA PROVINCE
MARYLAND COLLEGE
(Chartered 1897)
INITIATES
(Initiated February J6, 19 17)
Clara V. Barry, '20, Mt, Vern on, N Y. Maud H . Carlton, '20, Atlanta, Ga . Marie Colcord, '20, Atlanta, Ga. Emma V. Drury, '20, Baltimore, Md . AHce H F orsythe, '20, Atlantic City, N. J . Dorothy K ay. '20, West Chester, Pa. Mildred K. Kern, ' 20, Bellaire, Ohio . Ruth H. Mo o r e. '20, On Bois, Pa. Eleanor Norris, '20, Baltimore, Md Florence B. Waddell, '20, Lamira, Ohio. Marion H . Weins tein. '20, Terre Haute. Ind . Katherine Whaley, '20, Berlin , Md. Candidates for the A.B. Degree
Margaret E. F orsyt h
Constance G. Leete
Mary Edna Palmer
Carolyn E. Potts
Mid·years safely PaJ>t, Maryland A initiated twehe implltient freshmen at the hospitable home of Mr s. Toule (lielen Doll, "99). The next day we packed into Baltimore's largest sightseeing auto and went u p to Belair for a. wuk -cnd on a farm. Snow and co ld only added to the cosiness of o ur evening and did no t keep us indoors the next day.
There is much to be Ioaid about the splendid growth of our co llege since we came back in October. The enrollment , 612, is the largest in the twentynine years of her existence. The two new residence halls a r e attractive and u p to date and have proved to be delightf ul homes, The college auditorium , besides being used for chape l exercises, has made it possible {o r us to take advantage of many opportunities in the way of lectures, community gatherings, d ramat ic5, and musical treats which were formerly out of the questio n The college has taken its p l ace in the intellectual life of the city J'<; never before, and hal bten able to otTe r its hospitality on many notable occasions.
"Last , but not least," we are open to congratulations u pon the comp l etion of a second million dollar fund. The success of the first campaign three years ago clea red u s of debt and Pllt the college u pon a firm. foundation, and th is last fund will assure progress in the right direction. Already plans are on f oot for more dormitories for next year, if the condition of the co untr y does not check our gr owth
The class of 1917 presented as their senior dramatics, P e r cy MacKaye's A Thousand Years AKo and a one act versi o n of AftUbtlh. The girls built :lOd pain t ed their Ice n ery , made the sixty-fi ve costumes, and did most of th ei r own directing and coachi ng. The result was one of the most artistic and perfect prod u c t ions eve r given at Go u cher.
Usually at this time of th e yea r we would be looking forward t o j uniorsenior banq u e t, the advent of Don"ybrook Fair, our May boat rides, and a ll the o th er year ·end festivities This yenr, however, we have come back fr om vacation to be put upon a war time bas i s, and preparations to do o ur "bit" are t a ki ng precedence ove r eve ryt hing else.
Ma rylan d A is to join Co lumb ia A in Wa shington to celebrate F ou nd e r s' Day. W e will give many a thought to o ur II 4? sisters a ll ove r the co un try who are l ike wise r ejoicing in th e fiftieth an niv ersa ry of IT B
KATJlARI N! B H O PPER
COLU M. BI A ALPHA-GEORGE W AS HI NGTON UN IVER S I TY
(Chartered 1889) INITIATES
( Init iated February 27 , 19 17 )
Estella Bro,,,n
Julia Iren e Daniel
Margaret Gaddis
Nannette H oc h e isen
Irene Hu se
Elaine Lauro
Heloise Lazaro
Martha McGrew
Kathleen Moses
Elsie Ni ckles
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Agnes Orr
Edna Tu cker
Gladys H elg eson
Martha Waring
Ethel Yohe
Can didates for A.B. Degree
Eleanor Stanton
Marguerite Clark
So mnny things hav e happened since th e la st Jette r that it seems as if morc time thnn usual has elapsed between ARROWS.
The initiation of our freshmen giv es us an active chapter of thirty - three girls, and with only three seniors, we will start next year with a fine big chap ter.
We had the plcluure of ha\·jllg a short visit (rom Miss Sophie P. \Voodman recently. Wa sh ington is so located that we are very fortonate in having with us frequently many of our nationally well -known women. W e have our Grand President, Miss Keller, with us Ihis week, for whom we arc giving a little tel.
We are giving Ii tca dance (or the benefit of the &ttlement School this month. They always prove great successes both financially and socially. Showers and parties for our spring brides are very mu ch in evidence these days. Our Province President, Miss Weller, is our first bride. She is to be ma rr ied A p ril 2.
The chapter feels very sad over the death of Representative Helgeson, th e (ather o( Gladys Helgeson, one of our seniors.
Our Founders' Day banquet will be held April 28. at the Hotel Powatan It is our turn to be hostesses and the Maryland A girls will come to \Vash · ;ngton to help us celebrate. The toast scheme is to be the Golden Wedding Anniversary of the Frat ernity. Toasts to the engaged girls and to the Bride, II B 4'
Being at the seat o( government, the excitement ca used by thf' declaration Gf war with Germany has been doubly s trong. Likewi se our patriotism not stronger but aroused. We, as true Am e ri ca n citize n s. and the type o( true womanhood stand back o( ou r co u.ntry and are ready to do our bit in the struggle (or humanity
PHYLLIS P. SnWAltT.
VIRGINIA ALPHA-RANOOLPH-MACON WOMAN'S COLLEGE
(Chartered, 1913)
Candidates for the A.B. Degree Dorothy \Voodward
Laura Wood
Mary Rayner
Our thirteen girls in the Virginia A Chapte r this year have proven Ihe old saying "thirteen is o.n unlu cky number," to be false, for the year 19 16 - 17 has been an unusually prosperous and happy onc for UI.
Riehl now we have just started work after the Easter vacation, and feel that we are going to make the following eight weeks even more profitable than the preceding months.
During the holidays the majority of our rusbees remained in college and as several of our girls were in college, we used the five daYI of vacation as a rushing season. As this is the only time during tbe year that freshmen are allowed to go to the fraternity houses, we feel that the rushing was very succeal Iu1. !
The Alpha Province of .6 1!1 .6. held a convention in college during th; vacation, and had a reception on Friday night for members of the Iaculty and girl. of the other fraternities. This was a most enjoyab l e evening and it was a great pleasure for us to meet .a .6 tt. girls of other chapters. But probably you would like to hear about some of the things we did before Easter.
Two days that are always anticipated by R. M. girls from the opening of school. are April 1 and March 14. Odd and Even days, on which dnys the classes have their one big celebration of the year. But the Odd classes this yenr, cont rary to c ustom, carried out only the traditional part of their program, and omitted the party and other features. This sacrifice was made in order to send the money ordinarily used for the day to an American Relief Fund.
On March 31 the dramatic club R.resented Mrs. Dot for their annual play. The presentation displayed a creat deal of talent as well as originality.
R. M. is to be congratulated, since this week the So uthern Society for Phil osophy and P sycho l ogy , .Bnd the Associatio n of Physical Directors of Women's co lleges in th e United States, are both meeting at the college. There have been very interesting and instructive lectures 3nd disc u ssions given by Tepresentatives fr om the SoutheTn coll eges during the past two days on different phases of psychological investigation. The closing session is to be
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a joint meeting of the two associations with a semi - popular addrCIi on "Criteria of the .Male and Female Beauty," by Knight Dunlap of Johns Hopkin s University.
\Ve are now "looking forwnrd to our banquet on the twenty-cighth, and let me wi sh for each chapter the happiest ce l ebration.
MARY RAYNER.
F LOR IDA ALPHA-JOHN B. STETSON UNIVERSITY
(Chartered Janu ary, 1913)
INITIATES
(Initiated January 24. 1917)
Florence Burner
Dorothy Westall
Mary Hulley
Rose Nowell
Evelyn Turnquist
(Initiated ]o..nunry 31, 19 17)
Harriett Crane
Katie Jackson
Candidates (or the A.D. Degree
Catherine Ii aynes
Mamie Haynes
Rose Nowell
Darlie Prather
Candidate (or Ph.B.
Candida te (or A.M. Florence J Ilckson
The halcyon month of Florida, April, has come, and all the promises of th e summer world, bright and fresh, brimming with life. On r eco unting the number of events since las t we talked together we are amazed to find them so many and puzzled how to cro wd so much in so relatively small a space.
During the past months our promising, ingenious freshmen entertained the uppe rcla ssmen with a very original cabaret dinner. At present these industrious youngsters are engaged in preparations for our annual spring house party, which begins on thi s very day, and I am sure as I write in my quiet little r oom in the dormitory that the contrast is marked between its peaceful stillness and the merry round of gayety in th e dear little house among the trees, just a block away. Tomorrow we entertain our co llege friends with the usual "open house" after which we will have ou r President and Mrs. Hulley and all of our patronesses and husband s out for dinner Our r o und of gaiety lasts from Thursday until Monday and how those days will 8y.
The l ocal A fj) a girls who are petitioning.A. Z a have just received the news that they are to be gr anted their charter. This will give Stetson three women's n ational fraternities and I am sure .A. Z A will receive a hearty welcome on ou r campus.
Our fraternity rooms have been greatly improved by the addition of a handsome victrola and a reading lamp. The lamp was given to us by our alumnz, while the victrola was largely the gift of our patronesses.
We have enjoyed having with us this year, sever&!' Pi Phi. (rom other chapters. Among them was Miss Musgrove (rom Ohio University, where she is a member or the faculty. She has been doing lOme work at Stetson during the winter quarter. Mn•. Il enshaw, of the Des Moinu Alumna! Club has been a visitor (or several weeks and Josephine \Vooo of IDdiana A spent the winter quarter in the uni\'ersity, leaving a short time ngo (or Franklin College where she will la"-e her degree in June.
We have also enjoyed entertaining and being entHtnimd by some very fine spen kcrs who have visited Stetson' Ihis winter. Among them was Dr. Schmucker of Pennsylvania, who spent a week h e re lecturing both morning and evening. William Jennings Bryan gave B. splendid lecture on I<Fake Gods," and then we had Dr. Spillman, the Sunday School man nnd Bishop Quail, whom to know is to love. Our noted "Vesper Services" closed with the service on Easter Sunday.
Once again we claim the Y. W. C. A. presidency and several cabinet members. Stetson has recently ndded a course in military tnining for the young that she may not be found wnnting should our country we love so well need her youths. Th e girls are all busy organizing an efficient Red Cross Society so that they too may be ready to answer the call of the stars and stripes.
May you one and nil enjoy the happiest vacation ever.
R UT H V. JAC I\SON.
PENNSYLVANIA ALPHA-SWARTHMORE COLLEGE
(Chartered 1&)2)
Candidates for A.B. Degree
Grace Cochran
Ruth Craighead
Mary Gawthrop
llilda Lang
Mary Mather
Only eight more weeks befol'e Commencement and th en unless the war · cloud prevents, we will all be at Lake Geneva. We certainly hope we will be able to carry out o ur phDS and hnve our convention, (or Penn· sylvania A is full o( enthusiasm for it and seven of our active girls and about ten alunlRtc expect to attend. In the meantime while it is being decided just wh:\t is best to do. we are going to keep our enthusiasm alive and not be too much disappointed if convention ha5 to be postponed for this year
Our college is now in the midst of a gre'lt campaign to increase our endowment fund. Everyone is giving and uisillg money (or this purpose.
To help along, our loc:lI Pan hellenic is giving a large party and entertain· ment on the twelfth o f May. II B has charge of Ihis and we hope to make it a great success and be able to give a large amount 10 the college.
On April S, we pledged Dorothy Johnson, '18. Although she is a very little girt. she is a big addition to our chapter and we are indeed happy to have her one of our number. This means that next yenr we will have eight seniors and one of these is already a .., B K. Edith Mend,'nhall is wearing
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II. bran d new shi ning key. Edith is also our de l ega te to co nv enti o n and she and H el en Wil son have been elected to n 1: X, o ur senio r honorary society
Perhaps you will be interested to know how Swarthmore is helping in the war. For sorne months we have been sewing for the Fren c h so ldiers but n o w a ll o ur effo r ts a nd work will be Ior o ur own country. Th e wives of the members of the fnculty and the students meet one afternoon eneh week and hem sh ee ts, make shirts, and knit s tockings and eye bandages. A c l ass of over onc hu ndred i s being instruc ted in first aid by Dr. Skindbom o f Philadelphia. W e have n lready been called upon for help. too, for af ter the explosion at Eddystone we furnished th e surI ere rs wilh ba nd ages , - sh eet s, and money. Th e men of the co ll ege gave th ei r for days and ever y morning they have military drill from six unt il seven o'cloc k so you see, all in all, this is even a busier p l ace than us u al.
HEl.EN WE STFALL.
PENNSYLVANIA BETA-BUCKNELL UN I VERS ITY
(Cha r te r ed 1895)
Candida tes for B.S. Degree
H e le n Brown
Ali ce Ha sl am
Jane Coo k e Edith H orton I ean n e tte Owens
Am anda Wh it aker
Ca n didates for A B Degree
Alice J ohn so n
Aileen J ohnston
Ma rch 28 brought Pi Phi whistlers back to the dear old ca mpus The birds are si nging , buds are bursting, girls hatl ess, and we w an t to y ell o ur " R ing Ching Chi ng" every minut e, w e a r e so h appy.
Why so happy ? H e re' s o ur reaso n. We bid thirte en of the nicest fr es hies any co ll e g e ever h ad. I wish all of o ur sist e r c hapt ers co uld take a l ook at them. I kn ow yo u would each coax us for some of th em, but we cann o t spare one. And tw o w ere bid t o another fraternity the same day. But th ey wer e wi se girls. as you they cho se n B <1>. Three were bid M cz, E, a musical frat ern ity recently installed at Buc kn e.ll . Then two of the girls were e lec ted t o membership in "F rill and Fr o wn. "
H ere are our
EHtabeth Patte rson
H el e n BodIne
P a uline Schench
RutH Clark
LillIan Killian
Kath e rine SliFer
H elen R ee d
Jean KErr
Elthera CorSon
Marion GoRo
M abe l Ruckman
E d ith Larson
AnNe Bertold.
CHAPTER LETTERS
We enlcrtained these coming members to our utmost shiHty on bid day, March 17. After the acceptance of the bids and the mad hugs and glad welcomes . we went to our fratHoity suite and san g songs to our hearts' conlenl. At twelve -thirty P.M. we went to tbe "Uay Tree" for lunch. I wi h you could bve seen us! Thirty-one jolly Pi Phis escorting the coming thirteen Pi Phis, mid grandeur and pomp, to our pretty town tearoom. It looked like a convention instead of a chapter. After lunch we went to uLib" Spyker'. home. "Lib" has a dance -hall in her home where we entertained until three-thirty by dancing Ilnd :oinging. 1 dare not go on without saying that our variously talented (reshies willingly entertained us during a part of this time, and we heard future Carusos and Paderewskis, famous ora tOri 3nd "Iut but not leasl" saw Ilelen, our "toe-dancer," perform.
At three-thirty we rushed to the movies, where we occupied the first thre e • rows of lhe balcony. At !oev.:n o'clock we finished the perfect day with 0. chicken and waffle dinner in a town hotel. Appropriate toasts were given by each class in turn. The perfect end was a hearty URing Ching Ching ."
We were glau to have Helen Groff, ' 16, and Peg Wallace back with us {or bid day. Come again, girls. on pledge day and see the Creshies take the first II 4t vows.
That bright day Ia.st term was followed by many bright days, but this term has been dulled at its beginning. First of all our Peg Mattern has left the for a higher calling, namely, teaching. She is substituting in the Reading girls' high sc hool. But we expec t her back next year and she expects to graduate in 1918. Peg was our co rr espo nding secreta ry and filled h er office 1Jtry well. She was also re e le cted president of our co llege Y. W. C. A. for next year i but owi ng to co nfli c ting duties, sh e the honor to a non fraternity friend. H owever, we are we11 represented on the Y. W. C. A. cabi net.
The second dnrk cloud thnt came to our chapter so early this term was the news of the s udden dea th of one of our sisters. Ruth Mattern, ' 16. The frnlernity sent expressions of deepest sympathy to her mother. Three of our active girls atte nded the funeral.
Alice Haslam, ' 17, Mabel Fritz, '18, and Jean Flannigan, '19. have r e turned to u s, after a brief absence and will proceed with their work at Bucknell. Welcome, Alice, Frit:r.ie, nnd J ean! Dot Bunnel, '16, spe nt Euter with u s. Dot wts o ur "specialty" during her cou r se here. and it was mighty fine to see her again
F'ounders' Day is to be duly respected and honored by the ch:tpter in a becoming and interesting way, and an entertainment in the evening, to which town alumna: and ou r thirteen freshies are to be invited, will be given.
A Red Cross class has bee n started at Bucknell and 3 majority o f o ur c hapt er have turned to this work vigorously, nnd are thus preparing to give aid if our country needs it.
In closing, may 1 merely mention the regrets which the co ming June is sure to bring. Senior Pi Phis, loy:tl, true-hearted, and loved sisters l ea\'e
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us this 'year. We hate to see them go , but we wish eac h one s u ccess i n whatever she attempts 10 do in the world . We are always with you, sisters, and we shall welcome you back whenever you can visit us . May the deeper meanings of n n ever remain with you and help yo u in your life away from the immediate inspir31ion of fraterni t y intercourse
MARGARET B. PHILLIPS.
PENNSYI.VANIA GAMMA-DICKINSON COLLEC i':
(Chartered H)03)
Candidates (or A.D. Degree
H elen J ODes
Mar garet Mc Mill an
Nora Mohler
Ethe l Schellenger
Christine Stuar t
Many intere sting things have happened at Dickinson during the past months. Among these I might mention tbe n 4i straw ride to Boiling Springs, the inglorious defent of th e Harman Litemry Debating Team to the Union Philosophical debaters , or th e strenuo us p r actice for May Day. But to be in style, and to have this l etter read at a ll. [ will have e to say somet hing about the war. As I can not even manu · facture a German spy. truth, the worst selle r in W n r New s, must do instead
Doctor Morgan h as arranged for military instruction under competent i n st ru c tors fo r th e th ree lo w e r classe5, Iln d in addi ti on has made it possible for the seniors to take the examination for second lieutenants in the a r my. But action is not restri cted to the men alone. A class under a registered nurse has been started, ta prepare the girls to be "nurses' assistants," in tim e of war. Active too, is being ta ken by the girls in a "The Dansant" given for the benefit of the uNavy League" of Carlisle.
An d th e II girls are going to invite as many of the Dickinson gi rl s as wish to come, over to their rooms to roll bandages. Such a strong ho l d has the desire to help taken upon the Pi Phis that not content with this, the June banquet, instead of being under the direction of a caterer, is to be prepared by the active chapte r, and the money thus saved is to be sent to the men held in prison camps in Europe.
The college men and women of Di ck ins on will shoulder their part of th e burden falling upon America today.
At this time, when so much of both local and national importance is happening it i. bard to choose the thing. of greatest worth for the chapter letter.
An event of interest to fraternity life in the college is the installation of
• chapter of A A. a national normal fraternity. By social college isbed. a faculty ruling functions of the have been abotHow eve r, this rul · ing WILl not made until after our annual initiation dance. This dance, with rose decoTlltioos nnd co l or scheme of pink and white ca.rried out in the candle shades, mint cups, and tea roses, ranks as one of the mOlt successful of the year. \Ve were pleased to have as our guests at this dance two girls from Ohio B.
Military training hu been secured for Ohio University by unanim ous vote of the male student body. The girls in school will enlist in one of the foll owing classes: First Aid to the Injured, Dieteti cs, or Home Nursing. Each woman's organization, as well as those of the men, is sacrificing any social fun c tion scheduled and is giving a sum of at least ten dollars, while almost every girl signed a pledge promising t o sacrifice a "movie" each week, the money to go to the Red CrOls Fund. The proceeus from the S kit Show which is to b e given in MIlY goes to this fund. The subject of this year's Ski t is W omnn in various phases. n B 4> is working out uWoman in War."
The girls of Ohio University had "Dean Voigt Dny:' The Dean, wh o (or the past four yearl has done so much to establish real democracy on the camp u s,
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was presented with n loving -c up. The affair was all the mort pleasing because of the entire su r prise to the Dean
Two of our girls are planning to go to convention, and we are anxiously waiting to l earn whethH o r not com"ention is postponed.
In celebration of Founders' Day we are p13nning 3. cooky-shine. to be held a t th e h ome of ou r pres i dent.
OH I O BETA--oJ-lJO STATE UNIVERSITY
(C h 3rte red 1894)
INI T I ATES
( I nitiated February 7. 1911)
Esther Tanner, ' 18. London, Ohio
J osephine Schoene ' t 9. Columbus, Ohio
Alma \Vh i l ne r t H ele n S h epard
Candidates (or B.A . Degree
M a ry Bigger Gladys I Twin
Candidate for B.S. Degree Ruth Sprankle
H e r e we are in the midst of another springtime and all the "business" th at it brings. W e gasp when we think o f all that is ahead o f u s in th e n ext f ew months, but we must catch ou r breat h nnd go on. M any interesting things have happe n ed but first O h io B wishes to introdu ce h e r m os t re cent initiates, wh ose name s are given above.
H o w cn n each one of u s ha ve a part in the present inte rnation" l c r isis , and do somethi ng to help in th e war? Thi s is the question that many of us hav e asked o ur selves, and an an swer came to girls at O hio State last week. Under the auspices o f the Cross, c la sses in motor·driving, di etetics, First Aid, and home nursing, n re being formed. and the e nthu sias m shown is k ee n.
Int e re s t is now cente r ed on the vi sit whi ch Miss Leah Stock, our province president, will make Ohio B in a couple of weeks. At present !l h e i s visiting Mrs. Helmick , and so wh en she comes to us she will h ave interesting news abo ut th e Sett le m e nt Schoo l. W e are l ooking fo r wa r d to her visit with great plea.sure.
Ohio A ex t ended to us, n few weeks ago, a cordia l ill\' itation to attend their fo rm al dance at Athens. The few girls who were o.ble to go enjoyed their hospitality and reported a splendid time.
Best o f all our social functions of the yeu, comes Friday, April 13. wh e n we entertain with a formlll dinner-dance at the Scioto Co untry Club Plans p r omise to mo.ke it :I great success.
ESTHER J OHNSTON.
Election returns point to Pi Phi's activity on the ca mpu s . It is yet a little early for the election in !tOme of the organizations but a few have been hdd. Margaret Rathmell, 'IS, was elected to the prcliidency of the Y. W. C. A. for the nut year. Edith lIoyer ' 18, is to be meetings chai rman and several other Pi Phis are active in this work. Miriam Smith, 't8. was elected to membenohip in Strollers Dramatic Society, and Jean Fitzgerald, ' 19. was elected into 0 !: 0:1', honorary journali!>tic fraternity . Lillian Aust, '19. and Jean Fitzgerald, ' 19. and Jean Bigger, ' 19. were successfu l in the very strenuo u s tryouts that admit them to the \ ',usity "A" Association, honorary athletic associotion. \V ith other members active in almost every girls' organization on the camp us, II is well represented.
The fiftieth anniversary of II H c1> will be ce lebrated this year by Ohio B with a dinner at one of the hotels.
As nearly as one can plan on anything during these disturbed times several of us nre planning to attend the fiftieth birthday of IT 4>. We are anxious to see and experience some of the many grand times, that reached us by r eport from the Berkeley con vention. The experience must be great, and we are earnes tly boping that the plans for the convention will not be interrupted by present war conditions.
W ith best wishes for each and every Pi Phi,
MI C HIGAN ALPHA-HII.LSDALE COLLEGE
(Chartered 1887)
INITIATES
( I nitiated February 17, 19 17)
Mnry Elizabeth Thompson, nion City, I nd.
Geraldine Slee, Onsted, Mich.
Leah Riggs. Hill sdale , !\'Ji ch.
Naomi lI oult, Chrisnlan, III.
I rene Anderson, Alba, Mich.
Leora Doolittle, Tekonsha, Mich.
Candidate for B.A. Degree 1\1 ildred K. Eggleston
Candidates for Public School Music Diploma
Esther Fowl er Frances Dibble
Leora Doolittle
Candidate for Diploma in Home Economics
Naomi JI oult
RATlIll£LL
Hill sda le spi r it was at its best at the annual W ashington Banquet, which was h eld this year in the Di c kerson Gymnasium-made very attractive by the seniors. On the day following, the formal dedication of our sp l end id
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new Gri .wa ld library took place at which time the head librarian fr o m Ann Arbor gave an addrcu on libraries.
The me n's glee club ha s toured in Mic higan and Ill ino is thi s year. Th e cl u b is sa id to be better than eve r, and morc popular . The girls' gl ee c lub is also doing well , The members have t aken a sho rt tour in so uthern Mi chigan.
W e were all proud o f Janet M artindal e , '19. who r eprese nted - Hill s dal e in the State Oratorical contes t at Ho pe.
Y. W. C . A. gave a banquet t o all the girls ' in college, A pril 1. at which 11 gratifying spiri t o f unity and good -fellowship prevailed . Marion Augur, ' 19 . gave a toast.
In February, our p ledge s entertained the ac t ive girls at a delighteu1 Valentin e lun cheon at the chapte r -house.
In itiation se rvice was hel d at the chBpte r house, F ebr uary 17, at whi ch we initiated six fine girls into n B 4J Following thi l, Mrs Jelse F Mack was mad e a pa tr o n ess to th e chap ter. Mrs. Mac k is the wife of one of H illsdale's best be l oved profeslors and is, herself, a true friend to all Hill s· da l e girls. The Initiation Banquet was held at the lovely home of Mrs . George K. Marc h (Bess Chapman). All alumn!!!, patronesses, and mothers wer e invit ed. Se v era l a lumn re fr om o ut o f t o wn r e turned, including Flor · en tine Cook , La ur a Mye r s , Rnd H e len Co ldre n, o f Ann Arbor.
On March z, we gave ou r annual theate r party, going by special train to J ackson Afte r having dinner at The Otsego we saw Tlte Bltle Parad iJ e a t the Majes tic Many of our al umn re attended, a l so.
Elinbeth Smi th, ' IS, mad e us very h ap py by a visit in March. She gave a most inte resti ng l ec tur e in th e co llege c ha pe l o n th e Baco nian Ciphe r NAOlU EDMONSON.
MI C HIG AN BETA-UNIVERSITY O F MI C HIGAN
(Cha Ttered 1888)
Initiates
( I nitiated Marc h 3, 1917)
Ali ce L . Comstock, 'zo, Ann Arbor, Mic h. Myrna Goodrich, '20, Ann Arbor, M ich.
Gladys Burn ett. '20, Ann Arbo r , Mic h Consuelo Garwood, ' zo, P. R
The present nnti o nal cdsis allracts attention fornwrly to oth"l
Most of the lItudent actidlies have been given o\er to war preparation!>.
While the men of the unive r sity have the privilege of military drill, we girls try to expreSfi our patriotism by taking up Red Cross work mocc enrnhtiy than we have during the winter; we opt ned 01.&[ house for the use of the Red Cross society of Ann A roor durin g spring vacati on. Many of the girls have joined First Aid c1asses_ I t is hard at this time to think of other things but our local cond itions in this regard vary so little from those in other uni\'c rsiti es I will pass !nem for our chronicle of previo us events.
18. The chapter assisted Y. W. C. A. in its Christma work by clothing two children.
I ne dinne r fo r Ihe child r en proved an enjoyable substitute for customary Chris t mas party.
February 14. Miss \ Vebster announced the engagement of Priscilla Butler, '19, to Roland Hussey, '18, 41 2":.
Much 3. [nilialion, which gave us eleven new Pi Phis of whom we are very proud
ltlard 24. Marjorie Cleary invited the chapler to her home in Ypsilanti; the evening was spent very pleasantly in dancing.
March 27 . Junior girls' play; Bea trice Falco in the role of lending man.
lt f arc!r, 3f. Annual luncheon for Michigan women_ Plans Ilre being made for a cooky-shine on Founder!>' Day. \Ve hope to have many a l umnre spend the Coay with us.
IlUEN M. COLDK!N.
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INDIANA ALPHA-FRANKLIN COLLEGE
(Chartered 1888)
Initiates
(Initia\ed March 3. 1917)
Helen Bailey
Doro thy Jones
Katherine Magaw
Marguerite 'Campbell
Elizabeth Lemmon
Lord Pruitt
Amy Sutton
NeUe Gipson
Mae Reynolds
Mildred Byers
Helen Miller
Elsie Ensley
Candidates [or the A.B. Degree
Josephine ,Wood
Mary Foster
Marguerite Hall
Magdalene Schmith
So many things have happened in such a short time! When we wrote OU' last chapter lette rs little did we dream that today we would be at war. It bas been so hard to realize that this is the case, but it is fast becoming a reality. The men of Franklin College are taking military training evcry day, and the sensation i.!i unpleasant to say the least, when the bugle sounds calling them to practice. The girls have petitioned for a Fird Aid c l ass-it is the l east we c an do to prepare ourselve s for an emergency.
We are very proud that it was the IT a.1umnse club who first introduced the Red Cross work in Franklin They founded the tirst unit, and have been instrumental in the formation of several others. We are showing o ur Iympa thy with the movement by all joining the national organiza tion, and u si ng our influence with the other college women to same.
There are eleven new Indiana Pi Phis who have bee n initiated since th e last AlUtow was luued. Our initiation service was held " a t the home of Jeanette LaGrange, and there was an open house for the men later in the evening. We thought the evening was just about perfect, but made it even more so by pledging Opal Wright, ' 19.
Our provin ce president, Miss Stock, is to be with us the weekend of April 28. \Ve are all so glad for she iJt ite won our bearts lut year, and we are so anxious for the new girls to liJ;eet her. We only wish you might all know her.
Franklin College is looking forward to the coming or Professor Goodell of Dennison University, who succeeds Dr. Hanley as president. President Gooden is a member of .0. e, and Mrs . Goodell of K K r. Dr. Hanley bas accepted a call to the First Baptist Church in Rochester. N. Y. The loca] Panhellenic is making plans for a tea in honor of Mrs. Hanley before they leave.
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The senior class has selected The Fortu"e Hunter as their play this year and Mardalene Schmith is a member of the cast.
The Dramatic Club gave Slop TAu} (or their play tbls semester. The most difficult part was most admirably played by Marguerite lIall , and Mag· dalene SchmiLh is anothe r IT who helped entertain Franklin "theate r -aoen."
Josephine 'Wood has come back to us after spending the winter in the South. We are mighty glad to have her in Franklin College again, and have all been interested in the things she has had to tell u, about the Florida A girh. We feet more acquainted with them , and 11 hope to have the pleasure at meeting them some time.
The Y. W C. A. held their election a week or SO ago. Ruth GrahlUll, '18. is vice-pruident. and Anna Tedford, '19. :!oDd Elizabeth Lemmon, ' :30. are other n ." cabinet members for next year.
We Indiana A girls are much grieved over the sudden death of one of our beloved patronesses, Mrs. Luther Short, which occur red during the .pring vacation Earlier in the semester we were also saddened by the death of Mrs Magaw, the mother of Katherine, one of this year's initiates. Since her mother's dea.th, Katherine has been compelled to drop aut of callege, but we hope to have her back next year.
ANNA TEDFORD.
INDIANA BETA-INDIANA UNIVERSITY
(Chartered 1893) Initiates
(Initiated February :21, 1917)
Lucille Botkin, '20
Marcella Call, '20
Gertrude Deitz, '20
Hilda Dober, '20
Doris Evans, '19
JOlephine Ferri s, '19 Je annette
Mariana Good, '19
Mildred Haus s, '20
Franchon lIau se r, '19
KAtherine HUDter, '20
Thelma Johnson, '20
Lucille Pridy, '20 Stockton, '20
Candidates for the A.B. Degree
Marguerite Davis
Mary Gallahan
Mrs. Mosher Luther
Flossie Manl ey Clady. Jackson
Cornelia Wulfmann
In this extremely cri ti cal moment in the world's history, when the angels of light and darkness are not presiding oyer nations, but 3re contending (or
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victory, we find it difficult . indeed, io the (nee of great trials nnd suffe ring, to remain ca lm and well poised. One thing, though, strengthens us. The still· ness o f the willows, and the signs of spring at every turn promise peace. II orrib le as the cries of "Have you en li sted?" so und to us, we find ourselves constantly saying, "How good it is to live in the spring time!'
Th e annual county fair held by tlle V. W . C. A. last month was 11 great success. Each organiution had an entertainment. Th e K K r offered all the stunts of a ci r c us. even the trained e l eph:mts. K A e gave a very ente rtain ing Un cit! Tom 's Cabin. 6 r had a cleverly p lann ed minstrel show, and IT II <II fed the homeward bound sojouTl;ltn in nn attractive J apanese tearoom where the passersby "just cou ld not resist" the delicious sandwiches and the steaming beverages.
Most activities of the university have retarded nf thl!! call for volunteers. About one hundred and ninety boys have enlisted. !Several companies have been formed, and th l!! battery has been mustered in . The gravity of the situation is being thrust upon u s as we miss more of the brighest men in our c1assel each day.
A Red Cross training class has been stllrted with two hundred and sixty l oyal a.nd enthusiauic girls enro ll ed. The class meets twice each week at seven o'clock in the morning. Every mother's daughter of us is waiting and willing to do her share .
The girls' Pan hellenic decided to gi\'e up the dances which were scheduled for the remainder of the semester, and to use the money, if need be, for more serious purposes. The annunl s tat e dance has a l so been ca n ce lled, but I am sure we shall have enough (un at the luncheon to make up the loss.
lIow happy we 3re to announce that IT B <I> led the organization in scholarship Inst semester. 6. .l has a slightly higher per cent, but it was chartered only two weeks before the grades were announced.
Van Dyke says, " There is something magica l and satisfying in the art of leaving ofT." SO I must hope for you the happiest Ilnd most profitable vacations, llnd turn to wish ou r Se ni ors "a plensant journey."
PA U LINE CONDIT.
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INDIANA GAMMA-BUTLER COLLEGE (Cbart
ed 18')7)
INITIATES
(Initiated February 6, '917)
Faye Borchers, '19
France. Groff, '19
Vance Garner . Ruth Habbe Candidate. for
Gertrude Harshman, ' 19
Margery Hopping. '19
B.A. Degree
LeDa Alice Pavey
Robetta Van Audell
Indianapolis i, a very live military centet' just now, and Butler College. lituated not &0 very far (rom the heart of the city bas caught quite .. bit of the military spirit. Already many of the boys from co llee:e h,,\' c e nli s ted in dilTerent companies of the National Guard. Military training for the men who wish to complete this yealJls course bas been established here at Butler with drills to be held at 6.30 in the morning (lmagine!) &nd 2 .30 in the afternoon. The girls. never tar behind in any movement, are taking up Red Crols work. Two hours' credit is being given for both these courses which have been taJcen up by the majority 0( , the students.
Shortly after initiation, Faye Borchers withdrew from school. This week, we received an announcement of her engagement to an 11)dianapolis man, and tbe wedding will be next Tuesday night. Gertrude Harshman and Marjorie Hopping reentered college after a term's absence. Ruby Winters is also with us Ihis term. We wish to announce the pledging of Hester Martin. '19. of Greentown and Helen Hopkins, '19, of Brazil. Hester came to us from De Pauw University while Helen had been at Stale Normal.
n + stood third in scholarship at the close of last semester with Hope Bedford, a freshman, on the Honor Roll. Having the highest gra.de among our pledges, she WIlS awarded the silver loving-cup to keep as long as she is a pledge, provided no other wins it by a higher average in June.
Our "rush" season for next September was opened by It charming tea at the home o( Faye Borchers, the Monday afternoon after Easter, at which we entertained some "rushees" and their mothers. Rushing this year will be more simple than formerly on account of the present war situation. Pre!ident Howe has asked that social functions be, for the most part, postponed and th e fraternities are willingly assenting to this.
In oratory tbis year, our representatives bave made Butler felt. Myron Heghel, a 1:: X, won second place in the State Oratorical Contest, surpassed only by Mr. Freeman from De Pauw, a native Indian. who won by a wonderful plea for his people. In the Butler-Wabash debate we were victorious both bere and at Crawfordsville. Professor Underwood, who was at the head of this department. has been seriously i1I this semester, but is doing finely now under Dew treatments.
Founders' Day is to be ce1ebrated by a luncheon at the Hotel Severin, April 21, which will be followed by a business meeting. \Ve have given up our annual formal dance so that we may give our time and money to the Red Cross. BUTUA. CoUGHLIN.
To' Ba ird Martuet Crai,. Mfrl McKinnon, Ruth Fitzpatrick, Elu. Dieckman, Mabel Felland.
$ ,co"d r o_Ruth Cre,{ow, Aurilla Smllirt. Jeanette Meland, Marie Martinn, Annat Kenkel, Ann Thurston. En McC1atchic, b.bel Metcalf, Mlcrpret Hause.
Fo .. ,.II. Webber.!. Martha Kimball, Marie Cooper, Ruth Colby, Harriet Berry, Helene Michel, Mary Taylor, Dorothy Blakey, Ruth Andenon, Ethelyn Genevieve Bernhardt.
.MINNUOTA ALPHA
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MINNESOTA ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (Chartered J890)
INITJATU
(Initiated February 2 1917)
Margaret Craig, '20
Ruth Creglo , ' .8
Cla ra Dunlap, '19
Ruth Field, '19
Roth Fitz.patric k, ' 2 0
Marjorie Fuller, '19
Mildred Fuller, '19
Myrl McKinnon, '20
habel Metcalf, '.S Candidate. (or B.A. Degree
Genevieve Bernhardt
Harriet Berry
Marie Cooper
Martha Kimball
Helene Michell
Ethelyn Slayton
Helen Sims
Ruth Colby
expect there never was a time when everyone has been so vitally interested in one big question, as we all are now in the midst of this tremendous war situation. Everything is so un certain that we are not sure just what will happen next, and n will be prepared to work for her co untry. should she need us. At Minnesota, a project is on foot whereby & short course in Red CrOll work will be offered to the women students. We are all eager to learn, so that we can do our sman share in the big movement.
Despite the excitement of war, we have been very active socially at Minnesota this spring. n B 4J headed the spring vaudevilles by a very succeuful performance, in the Little Theater. It was pr«tded by the sophomore vaud eville, in which Annas Kenkel , '19, took a leading part. Marjorie Fuller, '19. Mildred Fuller, '19, Marie Martinez. '19, and Ann Thurston, '19, were members o( the chorus.
The women's fraternities at Minnesota all have the building fever. A and K built their bouses a year or two ago, and ours was comple ted last fall. .d r and .A r d are now putting up lovely bomes also. Everyone is very proud of her own particular house and each has a right to be so.
Lucile Daugherty, '19, was recently elected to Quill, an organization of upperclas smen devoted to c reative writing. She is the first sophomore who has been invited to membership in thi s organization. Recently a chapter of 9 % iJ', a journalistic fraternity, was installed at Minnesota. Lucy H ow Potter, '16. and Genevieve Bernhardt, '17, are charier members.
Monica Langtry, '.S, took one of the leading partl in one of three one-act plays put on at the Little Theater ' by the drama c1ubl o( the university. Gertrude Hall, lome time .ince. was the soloist at a Sunday concert o( the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. She m&de a very (avorable impression on the aadience and was very heartily received by all who heard her. She i. a member o( the music (aculty o( the university.
Minnesota A hopes that the war will not prevent our all being together on our fi(tietb birthday, at Lake Gentva.
ETHELYN L. SLAYTON.
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WISCONS IN ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF WIS CONS IN (Chartc<od 1894)
INITIATES
( I nitiated March 22, 1911) H e len Maslen, ' 19. Pontiac, Mi ch.
Candidates for B.A Degree
Marjorie Adams
Elizabeth Baker
Lu c ile Cat-ier
H e l en Eckert
Edna Johnston
I rene Morris
Clio Ni c hols
Madaline Ramsey
Ruth Roberts
Lydia Sti tt
Carlene Tuller
Faith Wilcox
Allene Wilson
Although our beloved Lake Mendota is still ice bound. we of W isconsin A. are already making our plans for canoeing, swimming, yes, and even fishing OUf spring vacation is only a week away and after that the year goes so
Lerch, '18, and Katherine Whiteside, '19. quickly. It has been a happy as well .s successful year for us. Between semesters we reveled in junior prom with all its accompanying sleigh rides, dinners, and theater parties.
W e are proud to claim three oC th e nine girls wh o we r e el ec ted to e :E tj), h 0 nor a r y jo urnalistic socie t y They a re Margery H endricks, ' 18, Mary
In athletics we are rep r esented by Hazel W right , ' 20, Alice McC lymont, ' 18, and Martha Healy, '18, in basketball; Cornelia Cress, '20, and Esther Wanner, '20, in baseball. Cornelia Cress has been captain oC both the baseball and hockey teams oC the freshman class. In bowling we won third place and another cop to add to oor trophieli.
The university as a whole has been helping the town people in the hardfought campaign )0 make Madison dry, and last night two Buhel of the electric lights all over the city told us of the drys' socce
University girls and Pi Phis in particular are doing much to further a referendum bill granting equal suffrage to Wi sconsin women. As yet the bill has not passed tbe legislature.
\ Ve are most happy this semester in our two new pledges, Cather ine Bur, ' 19. Green Bay, W isconsin, and Cornelia Crell , '20, Columbus, New Mexico.
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As I "rite, word comes that the • B K elections have just been posled and that our own Lucile Cuier. ' 17. is one of the fortunate oncs.
We are are .U anticipating the coming convention and plonuing to attend almost in a chapter. And isn't it going to be fun to know 10 many other Pi Phil from everywhere! HANNAH HAIRINGTON.
ILLINOIS BETA-LOMBARD COl.LEGE
(Chartered rUDe 22, 1872 ) INITIATES
(Initiated February 9. 1917)
Mary Chain, Bushnell, Ill.
Ruth Dunllty, Bushnell , 111. Enl. Kutch)er, Avon, Ill.
(Initiated February 14. 1917)
Sara Bennett, Moline. Ill.
Benona Jones, W a terloo, I owa
Lucille Knee, Ind ependence, Iowa
Marth. Lane, Macomb. Ill.
Candidates for B.S. Degree
Ethel Brewster
Alice Hale
Alberta Barret Charlotte Bate s
H azel Hatch
Ca n didates for B.A. Degree
Mary S teve n son Francu Eldred Anna Gal e Stuck
At tbe close of the coll ege year in May, the students will scatte r f or the summer, reaJi:Eing to the full , that the coll ege ha s been tl bigge r and broader institution under Pre sident Til den, than eve r before. H e htls gone on several s h 0 r t speaking 10 II r s, incidentlllly bringing back several thousands o f dol · lars which will be expended, during the sum· mer, on a central heating p la nt, full eq ui pment in the gymnasium, • new piano studio, and a new president'. residence. We are all cooperating with th e p r esident and hope that next year the college will be twice its present size .
Although our formal party on February J6 was attended by only a few, other than the active c h aple r members, eve r yo ne enjoyed the vnlen tin e dinner dance very much.
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Many have been the honors which have come to the girh since the last Anow. Lucille Knee, ':zo, WOD second prize in the D. A. R. Pca.cc Essay Contest. Alice Hale. '17. is president of the Review Board for this year. Charlotte Bate., '17. is president of the Zetacalian Literary Society {or this semester. Benona Jones, '19. i. treasurer of the sophomore class. Many of the girls arc giving graduating recital. in the three uti department. Margaret McCarl, '15. has already appeared in hers. Under the direction of Madame Anna Croff-Bryant, scenes from three prominent operas were &lven. Mara.ret McCarl, '15. saog the Mad Scene from Lucia, and Marion Woodley, '19. took the part of Amneris in Aida. Many Pi Phis were in the choruses.
Unless the war seriously interferes, Founders' Day will be celebrated with a joint banquet of Illinois B, Illinois 4, and the alumnee club. We expect to have many alumnee from these two chapters, as well as from other chapters.
ILLINOIS DELTA-KNOX COLLEGE
Candidates [or A.B. Deeree EVA K. KNOTT
(Chartered 1884)
Elsie Coon
Lena Ely
Margaret Anderson
Gertrude Olson
Louise Harrington
Ethelyn Toler
Candidate for B.S. Degree
Alta Green
With the air charged with something new to the Pi Phis of this generation. with the horiton narrowed down to the confines o[ each day as we march into it , it il not strange that our family letters carry a slightly different atmosp h ere from that of a few months ago. Things come to us in such new propo r tions, we wonder have we ever known them before.
Sitllated as we are here in the middle west the sudden appearance of military preparedness has taken us almost unaware. The Knox men have been training under the captain of our town company until he left and n ow are in charge of the "officer" members of the body, though what Qualifications are necessary fOT that title is difficult to ascertain.
A branch or the Red Cross Association has been organized at Knox of which Louise Harrington, '17. is the student cha.irman. A course in surgical drelling. is noW' being given
However, through the hue of the present lituation, are several outstanding things in our fraternity life which are big enough to be mentioned. On Founders' Day in February the Knox chapter of .. B K w&s installed. Seven leniors were elected to membership and of course we were glad that one of those seven was a n 4».
IT ot has been very well represented at the Pra.irie Playhouse, our Little Theater, this seasOD. Margaret Fuller, '18, has taken part in two pIa.y •. Margaret Anderson, '17. played Polly in TA# Grlal Divid'l and Edna Bridge, '19. took part in one written by a Knox alamnus.
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One of the loveliest events of this was an early morning pledging ceremony which we held in March. The morning was cold and rainy and as we were to meet at the waiting station at lil;, 1 may add that is was very dark. But weather didn't count at all for after we were ,II on the car bound (or the home of Ruth and Edna Bridge we were jolt the happiest bunch of II imaginable. The streetcar men were (utly awake by the time we reached our destination and they may even be whistling [I 4> luncs yet, if they've an ear for lOch.
When &11 our Uweather-brave" cohort's had sembled, two sophomore girls were pledged n B and two wine and blue bOWl were a,ain in evidence. A wonderful breakfast served us u we sat before a cOly grate fire completed the event. 11 surely was fun and since we were able to make our eight o'clock clalles I may safely recommend it to our sister chapters
We hue been experimenting with a kind of fa.mily criticism at chapter meetings and although it seems a Htlle uncouth and Hsandpapery" yet. we leel that it will mean much for all of us.
Our spring informal was to have been held April 27 but by a unanimous vote it was decided to devote our party fund of seventy·five dollars to the Red Cross. Although this was our second and last parly this year we felt that n B could do DO less.
We can but close our letter with a prayer for Ollr country.
MAROARJ:T LoUIS! ANDERSON.
ILLINOIS EPSILON-NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
(Chartered 1867)
INITIATES
( In itiated March 19, 1917)
Eve lyn Berg, '20, Chicago
C lara Biederman, '20, Springfield
Dorothy Board, '20, Evanston
Dorothy Brown, '20, Sigourney, [owa
Alice Carter, ''la, Chicago
Carolyn Steadman, '20, Chicago Heights
Hope Miller
Ruth Ermeline
Helen Kohler
Candidates for B.A. Degree
Grace Willi ams
Candidates for B.S. Degree
Mary·Louise Kobler
Clarice Whitacre
Sprine bas brought us two more l ovely girh: Mary Knox, Lima. Ohio, and Ruth Kennecott, Chicago Heights. It a.lso brought us the longed for ini· tiation of our freshmen. My, we are proud of them, because beiides being Iplendid girls, they are active on the campus, and arc in line for CJ B K. The bcautHul initi a ti on arranged by our alumnle was given at the borne of Mrs Bingham, followed by a delia-htful banquet at the Evanton Hotel.
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We consider ourselves {ortunate in having Marian Soper of Pennsylvania A added to our chapter list, as we11 as Mentoria McDonald of Indiana Band Vera Hasscopftug of Iowa A.
The alumnre of the university are raising money for the Woman's Building by giving a "movie" matinee once a week. During March, the active chapters of the university were given control, two at a time. The Gamma Phi, and Pi Phis have been .he most successful, due to their advertising, and to the stunt "The Evolution of the Dance" given between the pictures.
The third annual production of Tlt.e aHd Crow was a great success. There were many amusing incidents and original songs througho u t the play, which was Tile Honeymoon Hotel.
The girls have organited class and organization basketball teams, which is a good way to get acquainted. The junior c1all won aided by Ruth Mitchell, and the Thetas won among the organizations We have only to say, " \ Ve will do better next time." Northwestern has again won the swimming championship. It is getting to be a habit with us!
We had a delightful "cozyll for our gueats from A r, A A A, and A r .A. The refreshments were too good to name, and the victrola is always pleasant.
Just at present everyone is intensted in war, and Northwestern is doing its
• part. Chapel time is taken up with talks by men educating us up to the parts we must play. We were fortunate in having Dr. Kelman, from Edinburgh, as one speaker. His d e scriptions of the trenches, from which he has just returned, revolutionized many of our ideas of the front, and taught us the good side of it. But war is too horrible to think about, so I will stop right here.
MARY-LoUlSB KOHLER..
I LLINO I S ZETA-UN I VERS ITY OF ILLINOIS
(Chartered 1895) INITIATES
(Initiated February a7, 1917)
Charlene Sargtnt, '20, Indianapol is, Ind . Katherine Huff, ':ao, Champaign, III. Priscilla Paddock, '18, Kankakee, III. Florence Mott, 1:10, St. Louis, Mo. Myrtle Drew, '10, Downers Grove. 111. Ethel Overstreet, '18. AuSlis, Fla. Mary BaIl, 'ao, \Vebh City, Mo. Annabel Hope, ' ao, St. Louis, Mo. Candidates for A.B. Degree
Kathryn E. Brown
Hannah Harris
Josephine Hutchison
Candidates
Dorothy Stevenson lor
Catherine Parks Louise Hate \V.terman
B.S. Degree
Marion K. White I
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Candidates for (Mu ic)
Kathryn E. Browne
In January, just befote the end of OUf first semester we pledged another freshman. Annabel Hope, of 51. Louis. Missouri .. Tuesday afternoon, Febru· Ilry '27. we had initiation. A Her wat we with an original song from each had our uliiuaJ initiation bnnquet
/II i the custom in our chapter to choose onc mcmbe . o u t of each freshman class t o be ou r goat for a year. T h i JIl selection i s a nnounced by the "old gOIlt'l III initiation banquet. and Charlene Sargent was the chose n freshman.
On March '2 we had our annual formal dance al Bradley Hall preceded by 11 dinner at the chapterbouse. The following Friday Francilia Sargent, onc of our juniors, was elected president of \ Vomen's League (or the coming year. At a woman's mass meeting R few days later she was inaugurated and made a speech :tbout the work of \V oman's League during the past and coming year.
A few weeks ago o ur resident aJumn::c gave a tea-dance for us in order to raise money for the chapte r -ho us e we are hoping to build this spring. \Vh en we do get this house all of us will b 4il able to live together instead of in anne'l':es. Of co urse we are looking forward to this time-for an l llinois Z IT <I' h o use large enough for the entire c hapter, has been a dream for so long that it hnrdly seems possible that it is finally to come true . One of the ways in which our active chapter is saving money for this new house is by not keeping a maid, but doing our dai ly room cleaning ourseh!es :tnd taking turns doing the downstairs straightening. We are putting ou r maid's salary into our growing house fund. W i th this, we expec t to buy some of th e much needed furniture and furnishings.
Margaret H o u ston, '17, who was forced to miss part of last se mester because of illness, has now co mpleted her work Bnd has gone to her home in Chicago . She will return in June. however, to graduate with her class.
MILDRED FKO)UIAI:-I.
ILLINOIS ETA-JAMES UN I VERSITY
(Chartered 1912 )
I NITIATES
( I nitiated F ebrunry 16. 1917)
Ruth Crocker, '20, Maron. III. Ruth Davidson, '19, Neoga, 111.
Bott om Ro_Kathryn Kyde, Virainia SidwaJ', Philli. Hamman, Marauerite Shafer, Oma Goodson, Bess McClure, Mary Carolyn ROle. Mary Belle Price.
Helen
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Lois Godwin, '20, Decatur, 111.
Phillis Hamman, '20, Decatur, III.
Lucille Hull, '20, Morris. Itl.
Etoile Lutz, '20, Decatur, III.
Bess McClure. '30, Monticello. III.
Mary Carolyn ROle, '20, Chicago, III.
Mary Grace Wiseman, '20, JerseY"iIle, (Initiated March IS. 19J7)
Om. Goodson. '20, Decatur. III. Candidates for A.B. De&rec
Kenney
Gail Frede
Henrietta
Mary Belle Price
Candidate. for B.S. Degree
III Pa,c
Mariaret J Ioncywell
Charlotte Kerney
The biga·c.t thing. that Millikin bu done this whole year have been done very recently, Military training has been resumed after a lapse of several years, and the old .t udent battalion has been reorganized. The women of the university have organized n branch of the R.ed Cross, and we're all ready to help as best we may. Athletic and forensic victories, important as they are and have been to us, seem to shrink somewhat beside these big movements.
Evan at that, and in spite of the ravages of measles in the chapter, lIlinois J[ has done some itl.teresting things. We came from our examinations with flying colors. Four of the twelve guests at the annual Panhellenic scholarship banquet were Pi Phis. Virginia Sidway is assistant manager of women's athletics. Henrietta Page has one of the l eading parh: in the senior play. We have had a cooky·shine, where we successfully initiated the freshmen into the mysteries of a " r ea l social function." Our annual was wonderfully novel and beautiful, a go rg eous affair of silver and rose petals and old·fashioned fl owers. The annual al umn ae banquet on In stallation Day was a happy success. The last happy time was the house party at Miss Onken'S, j ust at the beginning of our Easter vacation. It was a beautiful week-end for all of us who were there, and we went borne to our families much better natured because of it. We'd like to tell you about
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the things we still have to do, but we'll forbear. We did almost forget to say that we're to have II. college circus once more, and that we have 11 new walk to the gymnasium.
That's all. \Ve wish you joy unlil we sec you again.
MARGARET M. CLOYD.
EPS[LON PROVINCE
IOWA ALPHA-IOWA WESLEVAN COLLEGE (Chartered 1869) INITIATES
)-1elen C r abbe, '20
( In itiated March 16, 1917)
Lethn Greene, '20
Marie N ehre, '20
Candidates (or Degrees
Beulah Billingsley La Rue Sowers
low n A i s most assuredly proud of her college home and she well may be. The basketball team won eight out of the eleven games played; Wesleyan was victorious in the triangular debate; and last b u t not least our representative. Clarendon HavinghuTSt, secured first p lace, by the unanimous decision of the judges; thus winning the stale oratorical contest or has II 4> been without honors, for Genevieve Morrow, 1 19• was the sa le candidate for Y \V. p resident. H er office was secured without the usu al petty politics and for thai reason we are doubly elated. Also we are represented in the literary societies.
Our teas. which we held Ilt They were held on succell- the home of Miss Ingersoll, were a great success. sive days and all college girls, hculty women, and n <II patronesses were our guests.
On March 16 we held a quiet initiation at our chapter-rooms. The ceremony was a total surprise to the initiates. and they were asked not to wear their pins openl,. until the following night when we gave our annual formal. Thi s year we were very fortunate in being able to hold our party at the spacious Penn home on North Broadway. The co l or scheme of lavender and pink was very tastefully carried out and the chief feature of our entertainment was an aesthetic dance by little Ruth Crane. ,
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Dr. Holmes, who is sent out by the National Board of the Y. W. C. A., was with us (or tbree days. She delivered 3. series of three lectures on "Social Morality." lIer personality drew the admiration of the college girls and we hope she may be with us again nezt year.
On account of the compulso ry military training, all our baseball gamu have been canceled. But we are permitted to have Ollr track meets. AIIO our new tennis courts 8.Te near completion and plans are being made for lOme interesting tournaments.
So many of u s were planning to attend the convention at Geneva this year, but under the pre lent conditions we (eel it much better to pu.t it oil until another year. lIow eve r, we afC planning to join with our alumnae chapte r in celebrating our fiftieth anniversary Oll Founders' Day.
Only a few short weeks and college will be over for this year. We are looking forward to the commencement activities with great interest. for Iowa Wesleyan is to celebrate her seventy-fifth anniversary daring commencemCSlt week.
Our lecture course thi s year has been unusually interesting. \V e were quite delighted on March 27 when we were privileged to hear. "Burns of the Mountains." Mr. Burns himself is II native of Kentucky and he has an intimate acquaintance with the conditions and needs of our people of the Soutb. We Pi Phis were especially interested beca use it gave us a clearer insight into the great and needy work of our settlement school at Gatlinburg.
I o wa Wesleyan men's glee club has just returned from a very successful lour thro1ffhout Iowa and Mi ssouri.
Fo r the first time in several years I owa Wesleyan is to have an intercollegiate debate wilh 1I ighland Park College and IT 4' is happy to have one of our number, Haz el Allen, ' 18, on the team.
At this moment I hear the bugle. No, we are not engaged In nctual wnrfare and we hope we may never be. But at a recent meeting of the board of trustees military training was made compulsory for all young men of the college. Under thy able leadership of Captain J\.Hller of this city, they are being instructed in the primary tactics of war. Seventl of our boys ha\re already gone t o join the National Guard in other cities, and the girls are showing their loyalty by joinina- the Red Cross Association.
ELLEN GARDENER.
IOWA BETA-SIMPSON COLLECE
(Cha rtered 1874)
Candidates for B.A. Degree
Aural Anderson
Ruth Buxton
Baker
Marie H elsley
Noble
The end of the co llege year finds Iowa B happy nnd enlh u!liutic and busily engaged in many activities_ •
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Just at present we are all busy, rehearsing (or the pageant which is to be aiven April 16 under the direction of June Hamilton Rhodes. Physical Director for Women. The pageant was written by Mrs. Rhodes, and CODsists of & series of episodes in the coloniution of America, showing bow the United States has been the great 'Imeitioe pot" of the world, ciosiQg with a plea for i':lternational democracy and world-wide peace. The shadow cas t by the war cloud. overhanging our nation at the present time is clearly portrayed in the pageant. More than XIO college men and women arc taking part in it and it i. being given (or the benefit of the Red Cron work. A special course in Red Cross ' training will be open immediately following the pageant and the I majority of the Simpson girls will take the co urse .
We thoroughly enjoyed having Miss Ingersoll with us during four days in March. Her visits are such an inspiration to the girls of the chapter and we are always so proud to have the college faculty as well as the girls in Panhellenic meet her.
Fortune favored us beyond all expectations for at the close of the rushing season in March we succeeded in pledging ten l ove ly girls . Willa Throckmorton, Vera Hollowell, Blythe Clayton, Hazel Teeter, Eloise Buck, Bessie Noble, Marion Simpson, Jessie Shirley, Ethel Chamberlin, and Beatrice Hannelly.
A. X 0 entertained. Panhellenic recently in honor of their national inspector, Mr.. Charles Fall.
A number of our girls will appear in the opera Jl T"ovalore during commencement week.
Aural Anderson, Anna Karr, and Florence Baker played on the senior basketball team which won the girls' tournament and silver trophy cup.
Aural Anderson, Florence Baker, and Helen Wright will have charge of the children's w o rk with the Midland Chautauqua. Bureau this s ummer.
We are looking forward with much anticipation to the wedding o f Jessie Sebec. 'oS, to Mr. Elmer Blu of Duluth, Minnesota.
The alumnae club and active chapte r will entertain on Founders' Day in honor of the D es Moines Pi Phis. There will be the Founders' Day stunt followed by initiation, closing the evening with a cooky-shine.
HEUH WRIGHT
IOWA GAMMA-IOWA STATE COLLECE
(Chartered 1877)
Candidates for the Oegree of B.S. in Home Economics
Pauline Norton
Marguerite Evans
Margaret Ford
Byrdena Irvin
Myra Egger
Gladys McCarty
Katherine McCarrolt
Jeannette Knapp
Margaret Noble
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INITIATES
(Initiated March 9. 1917)
Norma Lee, '19 J01 Dewell, '19
Katherine Lamson, '19
Claire Richardson, '19
Edith Armstrong, '19
Katherine Keister, '19
In accordance with the great interest that is being shown by women of the world in the Red Crou work since the beginning of the war •• petition was Itarled by OUf prls asking Lieutenant Lang-well of the military depart· ment if we might not have some instruction in the work. Since then a ler 0 f the Red C r 0 IS Society has been granted in Arne. and many 01 the girls afC taking the training to become nurscs' aids.
A few day. after wu was declared by the United States OUf (acuIty decided that any seniors whose work was O. K. to d ate would be granted their diplomas upon their enlistment and several have already taken advantage of this privilege. Arrangements are also being made so that the agricultural .tudents especially may help in putting in the largest crops possible tbis spring so that I owa may do ber share in feeding the world.
The State Legislature has just appropriated $125,000 for a new armory to be built on the campus. Two cavalry troops and an engineerin g corps of the Iowa National Guard are to be added to our military department by the government.
The girls' swimming pool has betn completed and classes are being organized to start at once. The men of the college are required to learn to swim before graduation and doubtless sucb a rule will be made for the girls now.
Work bas commenced again this spring on the new hospital and they expect to have it ready for Ule by next fall.
A new lighting system for the campus has j u st been at a co.t of $4,000 . A light has beeD placed every fifty campus drives and walles.
installed this feet along all spring of the
The alumDlIe club or Ames has invited the acti ve c hapter to a progressive dinner on Founders' Day. Each coorse of the dinner will be served at the home of a different alumna, and we are looking forward to a splendid ce lebration or the fiftieth anniversary. EDITH CURTISS.
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IOWA ZETA-UNIVERSITY OF IOWA (Chartered 1882)
INITIAT£!I
( Initiated J anuary 29. 1917 )
Marion Metcalf (Initiated March 17. 1917)
Charmion H olburt
Harriet Cotton
Mary MoIlS Winifred Holste r
Marguerite Davy Ali ce Hoffman
EIDa Barr
Candidates for the A .B Degree
Arena Watters
Natalie Philliplii
Since our last l eite r, our university has
Helen Beemer
Marion Curver had a birthday. In February we celebrated itl seventieth anniversary with appropriate Foundation Day exercises. The governor and President J essup were the speakers at th e program. We l oyal Hawk eyes are certain ly proud of the splendid our university has stood for through the past seventy years. The platform in the auditorium was decorated with ferns and flowers, and seventy old gold cand les formed a semi-circle at the edge The university band furnished special music. This Jun e, President J essup will be formally inaugurated and we hope many alumna: o f Iowa 'Z will be ab l e to attend the exercises.
An equally impor[ant Founders' Day will be observed later in this month, when the alumnll! club will entertain I owa 'Z at the home of Mrs. George Ball, Sr., on the fiftieth annh'ersary of our fraternity
Our fruhman girls gave a tea for the pledges of the othe r women's fraternities thi s post month, and have been entertained by two of our alumnre, Miss Beth Brainerd and Mrs. Earl Browning.
Several of our girls have been newly e l ected to important co ll ege organizations. M arion Metcalf was e l ected to membership in the dramatic club, Mary Huebne r to tbe Y. 'V. C. A. Cabinet for next year, and Alice Hoffman to the Advisory Board o f the High School Y. W. C. A.
Alice and Ruth Cummings have been chosen , from the aesthetic dancing class to give individual dances at th e May Oay Fete.
This past w eek. work in Red Cross training has been offered. and a hundred girls have already registered. There is also to be a mass meeting to tell the women what opport unities th e re are to aid their co untry other than in Red C r oss work. The men of the university are drilling voluntarily, and our engineering and pharmacy colleges have been offered to the government for u ...
We have the best item for last. Both Mn. Allen and Miss Ingersoll, our province president, have been hue this spring, and we bave enjoyed their visits and have profited a great deal by them. If they only knew how much spirit and ambition we have they would want to come every little while. after such visits, we are sure EDITH P. SMITH.
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NEBRASKA BETA-UNIVERSIT\' OF NEBRASKA
(Chartered 1895)
INITlAnS
(Initiated April 14. 1917)
Angelette Barnes, Holdredge, Neb.
Anoa Margaret Gilt, Falls City, Neb .
Mary Bee. Fairbury, Neb.
Carolyn Reed, Lincoln, Neb.
Lucile Nitsche, Omaha, Neb.
Jea.nnette McBride, Elgin, Neb.
Susie Scolt, Kearney, Neb.
Alice Sedgewick. Newcastle. Wyo.
Lillian Han sen, Sioux City, Iowa.
Winni(red Brerelon, Emmetsburg, Iowa.
Nebraska B began the 5eCond semester of the college yur very su ccessfully with the pledging of the two hardest rushed girls on the c ampus-Margaret Winn and Rosevere Menougb. Shortly after this our Province President, Miss rogersoll, came for a visit. Her stay proved to be an inspiration to allr chapter and we were grate/ul (or her new and better suggestions which we have since been trying to carry out. We have adopted the standard of eighty per cent scho larship grade for initiation and have a proctor for Quiet hours and a criticism committee, all of whieh have proven of benellt to the chapter. Our Ifcampu! teas" have been both successful and delightful, too.
This year, being our Ilftieth anniversary, we put forth greater effo rts to make our banquet a success and, as a result, over one hundred attended our ce lebration Decorations were in gold and white and each guest received t'l gold n B 4. coa t-of-a rms as a souvenir. After the banquet the active girls gave a histori cal pageant which was followed by a mny pole dance by the freshmen. The souvenirs of the occasion and pageant were very cleverly planned by Miss Dorothy Carns. Mrs. Darleen W oodward - Burgert, of Kearney, presided as tou tmistress We were especiaJly honored by the presence of our Grand Vi ce-pres ident, Mrs. Nina H arris Allen, o ur Grand Treasurer, Anne Stuart, and our movie star, Mrs. Pauline Bush Ownn. Elaborate preparations were made for the initiation of our freshmen, which took place shortly before the banquet. and the alumna:, many of whom had never been present at &n initiation other than their own, seemed to appreciate their good fortune in being pruent.
The war cloud hal cast a gloom over our university and its effect is being fclt in every college activity. We ha ve given several benefit dances lit the chapter-house, the profits going to the Naval Reserve Fund Association, one of the newly organh:ed activities established here since the declaration of war. We are proud of the fact that our chapter president. Myrtl e Beeler, is vicepresident of this alJociation. Many of our girls are active in the Bandage Circle and Red Crots which are branches of this work .
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Nebraska B shares with every other chapter the deep regret that OUT convention must be postponed, and though we cannot be together in penon, we will lurely be together in spirit on the twcnty.-eigbth and be happy in realizing that we have successfully completed fifty years of our existence.
Looking forward to the time when we can meet at convention, and with best wishes to all (rom Nebraska B
FAY. SIMOK.
MI SSOUR I ALPHA-UNIVER S ITY OF MIS SOU RI
(Charlered 1898) INITIATES
(Initiated February 14. 19 17 )
H el en Adair. '20, Butler, Mo.
Mary Clark, '20, Columbia. Mo .
Mary Edwards, '18. St. Louis, Mo.
Ada Mae Elder, ' t8, Harrisonville, Mo.
Eugiene Fleming, 'IB, Marshall, Mo.
Kathleen Fleming, ' 20, Marshall, Mo.
Fran ces Gray, ' 2 0. Columbia, Mo.
Olive Hawkins, '18, St. Joseph, Mo.
Mary Hill, 'J9, Kansas City, Mo
Sarah K eith, ' 19, Beaumont. Tex.
Cammie Lamy. '19. Kansas City, Mo.
Francis Lewis, '20. Kansu City, Mo. Virginia Quarles. '20, Kansas City. Mu Elizabeth Spencer, '20, Columbia, Mo Esther Adalle Williams, '30, St. Louis, Mo.
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Madelain Ewing, '18, of N evada, Mo ., March 19. 1917.
Miss Ullena Ingerso ll, our province president, was with us to help us initiate our fifteen new girls, and the spirit and enthusiasm they have shown. eveD the short time they have worn the little gold arrow presages splendid pOlISibilities for n at the Univenity of Missouri, and somehow we can't quite disiniss the idea from our minds that some of this spirit and enthusiasm is due in part to the good start into Pi Phidom our enthusiastic Uneoa gave ,
!II tit at Missouri has been quite busy using her influence. personal and otherwise, by appeals to the State Legislature, to get an appropriation for a much needed Woman's Building. Tbe University of Mi sso uri has had great need for such a building for many years. but a ll efforts previous to ours have been meager and of short life; we have gone into it with a vim and a determination to win, and we have, we are proud to ten, received many responses from the legislators, pledging their support to us At present the finances of Missouri seem to be in a dreadful condition, so our efforts may
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Dol be crowned with immediate .uccess but unless the war clouds thicken and 6nancial conditioDs become more straightened than ever, the University of Missouri will get her Woman ', Buildin&, and-yes, all through the in8ucnce of lIB •.
h it pollible that we are to be plunged into war? and among other deni.ls suffer the postponement of our n Convention? Several of us have planned so mach on meelin& Pi Pbis from everywhere &t Lake Geneva this summer and enD DOW 1ft are hoping our plans will materialitc. We elected Marjorie Smith our delegate, and among numerous other instructions have told her to be IUrc and acquainted with everyone and come back to UI next year jwt fall of news and good ideal from our l isten, even thOle from fu .way state..
MARCILLA E. MY&lS.
MISSOURI BETA-WASHINGTON UNIVERSJTY
(Chartered 1907)
Evadne Alden
Marion Gardner
Kathleen Lucy INlTIATU
( Initiated February 13, 1911)
Dorothy Hackman Etha Mayo
Jane Johns Mary Williams Candidates for B A. Degree
Mildred Wall Agnes Manley Helen Augusta Parker
(Initiated April 13. 19 17 )
Anita Hermann
Clara Parkl
Only six more weelc:s until examinations begil? and so much to do! Some of our girls are busy now geHinr r eady for the McMillan vaudeville which is to be next Saturday. As soon IS tbat is over, we must begin on our May Oay performance as well as our annual tea.
We are still undecided about giving the tea this year. We have already given a few informal ones, and it seems too bad to put so much money into another wben it could be used to so mucb greater advantage by the Red Cross Society or some other such organiutioD.
I suppose this war has aHected other colleges just as it bu ours. A great many of tbe boys have enlisted and 10 left college. The girls of the university are making arrangements to establish units on the campus for both Jewing and studying Red Cross nursing. Mos t of our n girls are interested &Jld expect to join at least one of these. Helen Johnston of our chapter has been elected secretary of tbe organization.
We are now looking forward to OUf Founders' Day banquet as that i. the one time in the year when both alumnse and active girls get together.
Speaking of getting together reminds me 0' the cODvention . MislOuri B will be so disappointed if it il given up So many have been planning to go and looking forward to it with expectations of such a wonderful time. We realiu, of course, the disadvantages Dtcessarily involved, bat hope that "'. ma, all meet at Lake Gene .. in June•
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In regard to rushing, our chapte r feels that we have made a great improvement this year. Pan hellenic has passed a ruling not only limiting the number of parties to be given each month and the amount to be spent OD individual rushing, but also prohibiting all rushing in July and August. Prior to this time, there were no such limitations and we found i.t a great tax.
The rCiistrar has asked for a list of members of all fraternities, and we are now waiting anxiously to hear our scholarship ranking for the fint emester. Having held first place for some time, we are naturally rather impatient waiter..
June Forshaw has been chosen as our delegate to convention, and we are confident that our chapler will be well represented.
KATHERINE STARBUCK,
MIS SOUR I GAMMA-DRURY COLLEGE
(Chartered 1914) INITIATES
(Initiated February S, 1917)
Ruth Crank, ' 19, Greenfield, Mo.
Mary Ely, '20, Springfield, Mo.
Anna Fellows, ':10, Harrison, Ark.
Lillian FUlOn, '20, Springfield, Mo.
Helen Haymes, '20, Marshfield, Mo.
Susan Hurt, 'zo, Ash Grove, Ma l
May PaHerson, ':10, Springfield, Mo. Mildred Rowe, ':10, Pleasant Hill, Mo. Enola Small, '20, St. Louis, Mo.
Anna Symon, '20, Joplin, Mo.
Eliubeth Young, ':JO, Springfield, Mo. Candidates for A.B. Degree
Emma May Baldwin Aldine Patterson Gladys Townsend
Catherine Kilham Ma rie Thompson Helen Walker
A stranger visiting Drury camp us in these stirring times would quickly realite that Ihe co lleg e was nOI Bsleep. Flags fluttering in the bree&e, the men drilling in Ihe gymnasium and the women making gnat preparations for a naval baH, "a .trictly feminine affair," patriotic clippings on the bulletin boards, and the si nging of the national hymn at class chapels-all serve to create a very str&nrc and martial atmosphere. Stu· dents in the German Department, in order not to forget tbeir own coun· try while studying about the V.terland. have mana&ed to conceal the identity
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of their cluSI"oom by a display of Rags and red, white, and blue crepe paper, vcry artillically arranged.
The Pi Pbi s .11 wore "lad smiles on the morning that the lIf",-or came out with the average grades of the {raternilies for the fin! semester, and good reason we had for smiling, too, (or n ell leading aU the rest, also had within her tanks, th e sophomore Ilnd junior who were making the highe st grades in their cluses.
V. W. bas again elected a IT + president, Mary M atthews, ' 18. Th e meetings have been VCfy entertaining lately, the last one especially, when we &11 sat around and ate apples whil e we discussed what was wrong with the organization.
The c hapter has adopted the Hint and H e lp Box plan, whicb was described in THE ARROW, and has found it a source of mutual p rofit anf"!
W e all to praise co mmittee that had c harg e of the musical f or the benefit of our piano fund, whi ch is our ch ief worry j ust at present, and to congratulate Helen Walker, '17, who is one oC the com men ce ment speakers.
The basketball season closed with a victory over the Springfield Normal our most deadly rival, on the ir own co urt. Th e students granted the faculty a holiday to ce lebrate the occ3sion and enjoyed a morning in the gymnasium with .. masquerade party, conCetti, and candy. Glee clubs are our chief diversion now. The girls' glee dub has started a series of short tours, and we anxiously await the appearance of the OOY5' mi s-fi t glee cl ub, an event of the greatest importance.
\Ve are planning a banquet for Founders' Day, at which we intend to have a glorious reunion of the whole chapter.
\Ve hope to make the acquaintance of all o ur sisters at th e co nvention this summer.
JURIA SIiATIUCK.
KANSAS ALPHA-UNIVER S ITY OF· KANSAS
(Cbartered 1873) INITIATES
(Initiated February 7, 1917)
Lorette Chapman. Kansas City. Kan.
Gertrude Wiggins, Kansas City, Mo.
Floren ce Darby, Kansas Ci.ty. Kan
Jane Parmenter, Kingman, Kan.
Ev. Jacks, Wichita, Xan.
Blanc he Dorsett, Spearville, Kan.
Eleanor Proudfit, Kansas City, Mo.
Charlotte Dorsett, Spearville, Xan.
Geneva Hunter, Lawrence, Kan.
Helen Brown, Joplin, Mo.
(Initiated March 28, 1917)
Cora Russell, Amarillo, Tex.
Til' r llU1, In' til righi-Blanche Eleanor Atkinson. Genevive Searle, France. Jobe., Helen Moore, Gertrude Wiggin •• Charlotte Dorsett. Lora 1'91or. En. Moore Dlmon(l.
First ro....-.Helen Brown, Eva Jacks, Loi, Greenlees, Geneva Hunter. Mary Govier, Marpret Fitc h, Matilda Smithmeyer. Lorette Chapman. Ada D,lce.s, Elizabetb Mackie.
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'faANS'
Louise Russell, Indiana r
Dorothy Brown
Ada Dykes
Mary Govier
Candidates for A.B. Deane
Louise Russell
J can Lindsay
Gladys Luckan
Helen Moore
We can hardly reali:r.e that another school ycar is nearly over. Just seven morc weeki and how {ull they will be! We feel that this has been a very successful year (or many reasoDs, but especially because Mrs. Allen and MilS lna:crsoll were able to visit us and help UI in 10 many ways.
Our girls have made a special effort to ta.ke part in college activities this yea r and every ,iTI is working in at least onc activity, while m41 n y of the girls arc working in several. Hazel C. r io n and Mary Govier were e 1 e c ted to Torch, the honorary senior society. Only nine girls of the senior clall arc choscn for this society and we are very proud to think that two of our girls received this honor. Cora Russell, Mary Govier, and Margaretta Stevenson were elected to n r %, honorary educational fraternity. Two of the girls are on the first cabinet of the Y. W. C. A.-one as vice-president of the organiutionand one is on the second cab:"Oet. Five of our girls were chosen to be in the "K. U. Follies," an entertainment which the Women 's Student Government association is giving on April 12.
The Y. W. C. A. is giving the May F2te this year and Mary Govier hall been chosen to have complete charge of it. The Fete is to be in the form of a celebration of the fiftitth anniversary of the founding of our unive rsity aDd each department of the university will be r epresented in some way. It bas just been decided to give a large part of the proceeds from the May F2te this year to the work of the Red Cross Society. We are planning to have our Mothers' Day luncheon on the same day as usual.
April lS, we are going to ce lebrate Founders' Day with our with a banquet here at the chapter·house. \Ve are expecting to have a great m:lny gir l s from out of town come back for this big occasion and hope to have more than a hundred seated at the table.
Hen, as well as everywhere else, everything is very unsettled on account of the war, but it is fine to see the splendid loyalty which all of our students are showing. The boys are preparing themselve s in every way possible, so
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that they mlly be of use to their country. A Red Cross Society bas been organized and about one hundred and fifty girls have enrolled in the First Aid class. Of coune, we would be vcry sorry to have to give up our convention this summer, but we want to do just what is besl in this lime oC need. MARGAI&1TA STIV&NSON.
KANSAS BETA-KANSAS STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLECE
(Letter missing.)
ARKANSAS ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
Ruth Morton
Candidates (or B.A. Degree Beatrix Quaile
Candidate for B.S. Degree
Sue \Vooddy
Arkansas A has SO much to teU you she hardly knows where to begin. First and best of all Panbellenic finally obtained fint semekter initiation with the condition that the candidate lor initiation pass all her work and besides make an average equal to that of the women's general average, whi ch this year is C plus, equivalent to about 85. On March 31 the names of six of our pledges were posted and April :2 we had one grand initiation followed by a cooky-shine
We have not been able to decide which delights us more, early spring initiation or the fa c t that we get the scholarsbip for the first semester. If you co u ld but rea1i%e how bard we have worked to regain it after having lost it for the past two years you could surely appreciate our joy at regaining it.
On March 2 the V. W. C. A. gave the fai r y sto ry Slu"i"I Beo.tlty i n pantomime. It was a wonderful success and was repeated on March 29. Doris Prather, one of our pledges, had the leading role and four others of our girls had parts.
On April 3 the gymnasium girls entertained with an exhibition of physical culture exercises and interpretative dancing. the same evening to show our patriotic feeling the girls of Carnall Hall had a preparedneas parade. The whole women's dormitory marched over the campus, nationa l airs and arousing lome patriotism in the er\twhile l ackadaisical citi%ens of Fayetteville. Since the call for volunteers, several of the boys of the university have enlisted and many others are preparing to do so. While on the subject of war, Arkansas A would like (or you to know she is loing to enroll in the Nebraska Division o( the Naval Training Association.
We are glad to lay that for the second semester we are having with us Mary Styron, ex-'16, o( Monti ce llo. During the past few month. several o( the old girls have made us visits, Elenor Forwood and Mary Pickens, of Rogers, and Hattie Mae Wood.
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Jean Russel h been elected treasurer of the dormitory and Lila Mu Maddox has a place on the Y. W. C. A. Cabinet on which Pauline Hoelt:t:el still retains her place.
Our big formal dance to take place April z7 is going to be the keenest of surprises which we will describe in ou r next.
I( we have not become Red CrolS nurses o r ambu l ance drivers by June IS. we expect to sec you all at conve nt ion. Until )h e n goodbye.
DORIS FISlf!ll..
LOUISIANA ALPHA-NEWCOMB COLLEGE
(Chart e r ed t 8<} l )
1 NITIAT£S
(Initia t ed March 29)
Marga ret A. Sha rp, '18
Candidates ( or A.B. Degree
Regine Wal s h e
Luli e W es tfe ld t
Arthe Vairin
Caro l ine W ogan
Guce Denis
Doris Kent
Aphra Vairin
Gyffo r d H aines
Edith Glenny
Lsur Saunders
Candidates for Diploma in Art Mildr ed Parh am
F a nny Craig
At the present time it i s hard f or u s t o thin k o f :lnything but the great s tep o ur co untry ha s just tak e n. All o th e r interes ts seem to dw indl e a nd fade away when we r ea lize that Ameri ca is really and truly at 'lval#'. Enthu s ia sm at Newcomb is running very high :lnd we all stan d ready t o :lid our co untry to th e best of o ur ability.
[I ¢' has had a very successful spring. Th e ru s hing season ended on M arc h 13 , and we p l edged twelve sple ndid girls. e leven freshmen nnd a j uni o r W e expec t great things of o ur pledges. Th ey h ave al r eady organized and are h olding weekly meetings to disc uss t opics of general fraternity interest and to r oll bandages for the R ed C r oss
Athl etics have bee n taking up a g ood deal o f o ur time for the la st three month s. Arth e Vairin, ' 17, Lu ci l e Lombard, ' 18. and Katherine Caff ry, ' 18. m ade the varsity basketba ll team, a n d Nat Settoon, '18, was varsity manager. At our Annual Field Day nctives and p l ed ges ca rri ed off tw o first honors n.nd six second h onors , Ida Li se Bla ck , ' 19, and M arg u e rit e Ellis, '18. were class captai ns. Baseba ll ha s just started. O ur national game is 11 great favorit e III Newcomb and we are e nthusia stica lly l ooking f o rward t o the ''Town-Darm'' Contests
D ebati ng is nt its h eight ju st now. Th e Newcomb·Oklahoma debA te i s t o take place on April 12 Luli e W est f e ldt. '17, is on the va r s ity tea m and Gyfford Ha in es, '17, is :10 alternate.
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4J n K wu announced a week ago. Lulie Westfeldt was one of the five seniors chosen. Not only II 4>, but the whole college is proud of our student bOdy president.
Plans are now being made for our Founders' Day Celebration. Louisiana A. is going to bave a banquet, nnd we hope every single active and alumnae member will attend to help ce lebrate the fiftieth anniversary of our glorious organization. MARCUERITE ELLIS.
The students of the University of Texas have so interested themselves in the present war agitation tha.t lately Texas A has been more concerned with taking part in loyalty parades and attending Red Cross classes than in giving cooky-shines and other IT entertainments. A joint committee of facult), members and students is considering the part we are to tak e in the preparation for war. Courses which can be applied to existing conditions in the event of continued war will be substituted for co urses now being taken. In fa ct every student in the unive rsity will be required to spend some time in acquiring that ability wh ic h we expect the near future to require. At present the interest of the women is concerned with Red Cross work, and learning to prepare cheap and efficient menus. On Loyalty Ony the students entered most heartily into the spirit of patriotism by taking part in the parade. The members of the Red Cross classes wore their r egalia and were applauded by spectators throughout the whole march. The Pi Phi. were well represented here.
On the honor roll of the past term there were the names of twelve Pi Phis. As here in the University of Texas the existence of fraternities depends upon the scholarship requirements, we are very proud that we can so raise our own lraternity average.
Three of our first -yea r girls, Lady Brice Childress, Flora Lee McCullo ugh, and Margaret Sleeper were eleeted to Ashbel Literary Society. Margartt Sleeper and Flora Edmond have recently become members of Ownooch-a secret society
Texas A is planning to give a tea to our on the seventeenth of this month A tea of this kind is given every year, but we hope to have Mrs. Helmick \vitb us
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The AUltin uumole club is planning to entertain the active chapter and pledges with picnic on Founders' Day, nd we are anticipating the event witb mach enthusiasm.
TC1&I A upects to be jult as successful next yeu u we have been this put year. 'Vith 10 m&Jly of the old girls coming back and 10 maoy of our pledges to be initialed next fall. we are quite lurc that we will be able to accomplish a great deal. EMMA. HLUCUllY.
TEXAS BETA-SOUTHERN METH ODIST UNIVERSITY
(Chartered 1916)
INITlATlS
(Initiated J&DUar1 26, 1917)
Florence Greene, 120 • Dallas, Tex.
Brenda Tatum. 1:10, Dallas, Tex.
Addie Webb, ' 18, McKinney, Tex.
Annie Stone Williford, '20, Beaumont, Tex.
Remarkable developments have tUtO place in Southern Methodist University during the ,ear 1916-17 and are continuing to take place daily.
During the present year, the university has greatlv broadened the depart· ment of household economics; has purchased laboratory equipment for the physics department to the amount of $10,000; has added $10,000 worth of books to the university library; has added $5.000 to the improvement of the athletic field; has put out and r ene wed 500 trees and shrubs on the campus; has spent sever," thousand dollars on the improvement of its boulevards.
Besides these things that have already been accomplished, there is a cam· paige started, the purpose of which is to raise $1,000,000 for the university. 'l'nirty thousand dollars were added to this fund last week and it il just a matter of time before the entire million will be raised. The university ch urch is now in process of construction. Plans for a $:3,000 Iwimming pool hove been made and over one·third of this sum has already been raised. The university is planning to accommodate 350 more men next year, sho u ld they not be called to fight for their country in the meantime.
There have been several additional featurn of the student activities during the year. The girls' choral club made a very successful trip through South Texas. The men's basketball team was $0 very successful that the student body presented each of its m'!mbers with a miniature gold basketball as a token of its initial success.
The student body is looking forward with gr-eat enthusiasm to the athletic meet of the preparatory schools and junior colleges of the Southwest, on which occasion the visitors will be the guests of the studenls of Southern Methodist University.
Two other interesting affairs in the Cuture will be the presentation by the senio r class of a flagpole, the longest in the ci ty, bearing our beloved flag, and the May ·do.y fete. Pan hellenic will be entirely responsible for the success or failure of this fete. However, we feel sure of its great succen as we
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Top row 10 right--Olin lUthbul'l . Serafina Facinelli, Nelle Hoff, Either Downey, Aber.
Third n Cutter. Virginia Miller, Elizabeth \Vood, Beatrice Dorn. Agnes Aveni.
FONrtn rOll'--'Maud Annl. Mar.arci Dinneen. Julia Cutter, Norah Banner, Ursula Fanner, Fl onn cc Collii'll, Betty B«k.
are so fortunate as 10 have our Jrma Barnes, e:lected as Queen. PanbeJ· lenic is planning to make this an annual affair. Each fraternit), is to have a booth and the proceeds of this, the first May ftk. are to go toward tbe purchasing of a scholarship c up 10 be awuded each year to the fraternity makine the highelt avuage. We hope thai in yean to come it may not only be .aid that n 8 ." had the first May but that she also held the cup the first ye&r.
If convention should be postponed on account of war, we hope that (or this reason it will be the most successful ever when it does come.
' rexas B entertained with a , 'ery informal tea at the home of Florence Greene on April S. hon o ring our new and the alumnpe, The active chapter and alumnz are planoin g to ha\'t a gloriou s cooky· Ihine on Founders' Oay.
We are hoping that our last term will Ihip line as the past term was for II B be as successful along the scholar· RUBY KNIGHT.
Our very neweSI event, and one about which we have all been very excit-ed. is Ihe purchasing of a lot. As all o( you girls know, we have no house, and up 10 this time have made no definite move loward getting one. Now, at
the last few month s. last, we have a lot. and before many years. we hope it will be a house and 101. In order thai our lot can be paid {or we have given up the id-ea of having a formal dance this yea r, T his is truly a sacrifice, (or all of us, you may be sure, anticipate the dance in May.
Panhellenic has a Iso been organized here within teps nre being taken toward definite rule s for pledging
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and limitations oC the number of parties to be given by each fraternity during the rushing season. We are all hoping that we may have second· lemester pledging, as it proved so successfu l this year.
Several new honors hll.ve come to some of our girls. Mary Aber is now president of Y. W. C . A.; Ellen Greenbaum is vice-president, and several of our girls are at the head of important committees. One of the girls' debating teams is made up oC two of our girls.
\Ve are all looking forward to the l ovely party which the alumna! girls are giving for us on Founders' Day, All that we can tell you is tbal there will be first a "movie," and then a slumber party at a ranch home. Doesn't that sound interesting? Scarcely any of us can wait for the day to come. They will tell 10U about the rest of it.
The attendance a.t tbe university has increased about twenty-five per cent this year and the university is growing in every other way. The department of rural ed u cation has been added in order that the rural teachers may be more efficient. Wyoming University owns many oil lands which she hopes will prove remunerative.
Lucile Beatty, formerly Lucile \Vright, has a baby boy of whom we all know she is very proud. Another item of interest is the announoement of Beatrice Dana's engagement to Mr. George A. Duthie.
W e were all hoping that we would meet at convention, but now that war has been declared, W yoming A for one, feels that it would be best to postpone convention Lois Butler, I1S our delegate, will feel some disappointment we know. BEATRICE DANA.
COLORAOO ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
(C hartered 1884)
INITIATES
( In itiated February 10, 1917)
Grace Adams. 'lO, Denver, Colo.
Kath erine Amsbary, 120, Delta, Colo.
Lois Anderson, 'lO, Denver, Colo.
Pansy Bayless. 'la, Boulder, Colo
Margaret Bohn, '20, Longmont, Colo.
Catharine Candor, '20, Denver, Colo. Ann Coghlan. ':ro, Kankakee, 111.
Margaret Curry, '20, Boulder, Co lo Nancy Fleming, '20 Boulder, Colo
Helen Griffith, '20, Denver, Colo.
Margaret Lovejoy, '20, Jefferson, Iowa
Frederica Probst, '(8, Tulsa, Oklo..
Henrie tta Shattuck. '20, Boulder. Colo. CaDdidates for B.A. Degree
Nathalie Ekrtm
Lorena Accola
Marjorie Fleming
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Candidates for B.A. Degree and B.E. Degree
Helen Kobler
Doris Stratton
Initiation is long past, and we have thirteen splendid new members. On the alternoon of February 10 each ODe of these eager freshmen was admitted into the private work of OUf organization. The ceremony was followed by a. ba.nquet at the Boulderado at which about fifty :alumnre Weft present. Mary McFarland act e d a 5 toastmistress and showed great ability in t hat capacity . n (). spiri t was at its he i g h tin 1 his r e uni on 0 f alumna: and active glTls. We all declared it the finest banquet eye r-a n opinion which the freshmen shared only after the ordeal of individual toasts w:as over.
Colorado A feels deep regret at the departure of Mrs. White and her daughter Vivian for Kansas City. Mrs. White has acted as chaperon at the IT 4J house for four years. Realizing the extremely difficult position which a chaperon has to fill, we appreciate the more what Mrs. White meant to us, taking as she did. far more responsibilty than was necessary, and showing the 1nterest that only a sp l endid 11 041 mother could. We consider ourselves very fortunate in securing Mrs. Shattuck, another IT 4> mother, t() take the place Mrs. White left vacant.
The girh are all rejoicing over the honors which have been won, collectively and individually, during this year. The first welcome news was the result of the .p B K election. Out of the twelve who are chosen from the senior elass, three were Pi Phis-Marjorie Fleming, Doris Stratton, and Doris Probst, who was taking work through the extension department. While our elation over this honor had not had time to diminish, Hesperia, a junior honorary, which was established somewhere back in the dim ages of our university by Pi Beta Phis, chose two of our members, Harriet Shaw and Mil d red Delongchamps Then last, but far from least, came the overwhelming news that we headed the women's fraternities in scholarship. That coveted position which we have often held, unfortunately never for the three successive semesters nec::essilry to win the c up offered by the Denver Panhellenic Associati on , is ours once more. This time we intend to keep the place which n 4J ought to hold, though we realize that the strength of our rival' will make it an honor worth striving for.
The University of Colorado has been offered to the service of the government in case it is needed in the war which is impending. Though the inter·
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ruption of academic work will be :1 matter of regret for aU the student., they heartily suppo rt the president of the u niversity in his patriotic offe r, and are ready for the sac rifi ce. The r e gular opening of the university nut fall will be the best {Orillne imaginable, not only (rom the narrower view· point of personal l ove for the Alma Mater. but because such an event w o uld signify the successful sett lement of difficulties whic h 8rc to be fought to an issue NELLIE CLEVELAND.
CO L ORAOO BETA-UNIVERSITY 01,' DENVER
(C hartered 1885 )
INITIATES
( Initiated February IS. 1917)
Dorothy Andrews
Ali ce Cutler
. Lois Reynolds
Eileen Templeton Candidates (or the A.B. Degree
Marjorie Rathbun
Miriam Reid
Charlotte Wood
At the University of Denver we are preparing to do our part if war must be. Clnsses have been formed in Red Cross work and many students have been enroUed in the classes. Our schedule has been slightly disarranged 10 make it possible for every· one to take Ihis work. The men are drilling, 100, and receiving instruction in military tactics.
Initiation for our three pledges was held February 15. and it was unusually beautiful and inspiring, giving U5 3. renewed feel· i n g a f devotion to the wine and blue. We did
n o t hav e a banquet afler initiation in December so the banquet which followed was in honor of all our initiates for this co ll ege year. \Ve were very proud of o ur freshmen and their loasts.
The West Central Field of the Y. \V C. A. held its annual sp ring con· ference in Denver the 13st of M arch. I t was chie fly a student lead co nferen ce and proved very successful. The chief executive was 3. University of Denvet" girl and the university girls supported the conference well. \Ve were glad to meet severa ( Wyoming Pi Phis a t that time.
We are very happy to have Mildred Murphy from Z as a transfer to our chapter . Transfers a re rare with us.
I hope: you aren't tired of hearing of our new bungalow. It is do n e at last and we are planning to have our house wal"ming April 21 and 22; the
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first night (or Ollr parents and alumnz, and the second night for the faculty and siuden ts. We are very much pleased with the house &J1d are en;oyinr the furnishing.
Colorado A will ce lebrate Founders' Day with us and our alumnae in our Dew houle this year. W e hope t o make the day a real reunion {or Illumore and both chapters. We will have II. luncheon at noon and will meet together for entertainment and a social time in the afternoon.
Vie would be very sorry to gi\'c up our convention and our Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration. but the terrible shadow of war seems to blot o ut all other considerations nnd we will 1111 stand loyally by whatever plan is deemed belt.
EI MA M CCL ELLAND.
ETA PROVINCE
CAL IFORNIA ALPHA-LELAND STANFORD, JR" UNIVERSITY
(Cha rtered 1&)3)
bnnATES
( Initiated April 16, 19ti )
Nina W es tbie, '18 Candidates (or A.B. Degree
Ro(ena Bench
Phyllis Ellison
Geraldine Ilamlyn
Florence Knapp
Leigh Shelton
Such a change has taken place here and everywhere in the last f e w weeks because the United States' en tran ce into the war, that th e thought of co llege affair s ha s been driven wmo s t entirely from our minds. Over eight hundr ed men of the university ha\'e taken up intensive mil i· tary training This means that they are nil owed to drop their university work and yet make the same number of hours by train· ing from eight o'cloc k in the morning till four· thirty in the afternoon It seems almost like a woman's coll ege during th e day when the men are away learning to ca rry guns and dig tre n c he R. Th e girls want to take training in Red Cross work and but owing to the short space of time left thi s semester, i.t har dly seems worth whil e to sta rt classes in these s ub jects.
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The plans (or senior have been entirely changed. Instead of having six days of festivities, everything is to be crowded into one day with a senior military ball at .night The senior farce in which Thurlyne ButTum, '18, had :I part, has been given up, but there is talk of producing it for the benefit of the second corps which is to be sent (rom here.
All thoughts of war were put aside last night, however. when we initiated Nina Wcstbie. The initiation ceremony, beautiful in its simplicity and mean· ing. gave us new strength to meet the difficulties coming so rapidly just now.
Junior week, coming just before our spring vacation, was II: great success. OUf juniors were well represented on committees and Marion Henri, )19. !lnd Rebekah Crabtree, '18, were the best looking girls in the opera.
\Ve are certainly sorry to lose our seniors and we hardly know what ;; !lhall do without them next semester. We hope that all our alumna: and friends will come and visit us because we have a wonderful new tapestry davenport, the kind that makes you (eel like a millionaire when you sit on it. Hour plans are successful we shall have hardwood Roors put in this summer and the house repainted.
However, it is difficult to make plans (or next year because no one knows what the next few months will bring (orth. l( women are needed to work (or our country. II n 41 will be the first to respond to the need.
TUURLYN£ BUFFUH.
CALIFORNIA BETA-UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
(Chartered August :28, 1900)
INITIATES
(Initiated February 3. 1917)
Edith Corde
Dorothy Daniels
Helen Hayes
Irene Howard Agnes Loud
Eva McClatchy
Mildred Metz.ner
Grace Walker
Candidates (or A.B. Degne
Rosamond BradbDry
Pauline Chamberlain
Marion Downey
Helen Havens
Octavia Downie
Eliz:abeth Snyder
Dorothy \Vetmore
Graduates receiving M.A. Degree
Roberta "Holmes
Mirabel Stewart
What the close of our college year may bring is most uncertain. As it is now drawing to the end. President Wheeler is considering doing away with
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all graduating exercises because of the coming crisis. It i. bard to reali%c that our country is plunged into war which may utterly change every· thing.
The woman students of the university are cndeav· oring to do all they can for the Red Cross Society. Since early in the semcs· ter the girls have been working on Tuesday and Thursday (or the local Red Cross. Today at the women's mass meeting the girls signed up for various phases of the work-whether they can do First Aid work, nursing, driving automobiles, making blandages. or cooking, or sewing of any kind. In our own small way we intend to do all we cnn to help our country.
Have you heard about our French baby? We adopted bim last yenr . when his father was killed in the trenches, and we are DOW helping the French government to support him. His mother has written us several letters and sent us his pictnre.
Wheeler Hall is at l ast completed and classes have met there since the lirst of the semester. Old North Hall is now occupied only by the Students' Cooperative Store, the men' s "joint." and the Associated Women Students' rooms. They will remain here until they are changed to their permanent home in the new StudenlS' Union-a dream of the alumni which is soon to be reaJized. The enlargement of the Doe Library will be completed in the immediate future.
Besides three floors of classrooms, Wheeler Hall has a spacious auditorium. This was badly needed at our university and has brought many men to speak to us whom we could never have heard otherwise. We were more than pleased (0 hear 3. lecture here by Count Tolstoy upon the Revoluti on in Russia and its relation to the European war. H e also spoke of the works of his father, Count Leo Tolstoy.
Octavia Downie, 'Ii, was elected to 41 n K this term. We are very happy about it. Our aJumnre club presented her with the California Alumnre Scholartihip Fund and a diamond I"tcognition pin. Pauline Chnmberlnin and Dorothy Wetmore have parts in the senior extravaganza, while Rosamond Bradbury and Elizabeth Snyder nre in the chorus.
California B sends greetings t o all her IT B sisters for a most happy fiftieth anniversary.
MARIOS Dow!Io'EY.
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NEVADA ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA
(Chartered November 13. 19t5)
INITIATES
( Tniti ated March 17. 1917)
Ali ce Boynton
H elen Cahill
Lelia McCain
Lois Codd
Marguerite Crotty
Marie De Flon
Elsie Farrer
Ju anita Frey
:\fargnret Kemper
Martha Folsom ' Catherine Kemper
May Kimball
Josephine Legate
Edna Short
Helen Smith
Candidates for Degrees
Dorothy Mohan
D orothy Morrison
Ruth Pyle
Eva Walker
A large number of social affairs have occu rr ed since our la s t chapter letter-the military ball, the "Coffin and Key s" Cabaret in the gymnasium to rai se money for the football sweate rs-th e Engineers' Ball, following a day of festivity -Mackay Day, the biggest and best of the year, when the boys work on th e athletic field, the girl s prepare a mo st marvelous lun c h for a huge crowd of hungry girts and boys, and the info.mal dan ce in the eveningthis year in charge of the IICothic N" girls. The chai rm:tn sh ip of both lun c h and dance was given to a n 4>. Then there was University Day in Carson City, when we attended the legislatur e, visited points of interest, :Jdjourned to the university glee club concert in the evening, a nd returned hom e on a special. Ju s t now preparations are being made for the fre s hman glee.
In February, Pi Phis and Delta Rh os (our local ) enjoyed a most delightful evening t ogether. In March, A A .6. and IT n ente rt ai ned the incoming c hapte r of 2; A E with a reception. Last week ..6. ..6. A held their Theta P.ovince conclave a t Reno.
Invitations are now out for 3. get together dancing party. "Preparedness" is going to be cleverly canied o ut to A .A ..6. and lOA 0, an organiza ti on which has just r ecent ly been established here.
But these weeks have been filled with interests othe. than p l ay. Pi Phis sti ll lead in scholarship, and are taking their usual prominent part in all college a c tivities. Three of our girls are busy on Twelfth Night to be given April 20. and five of au. seniors a.e taking pa.ts in Tile AmlUO'ts" to be staged duling commencement week.
Each year the Y. \V C. A. puts out 3. woma 's edition of the Sagebrush, and this year, as last, the editorship was in th e hand s of a IT <1>. Speaking of Y. W. , Miss \Vini(red \Vygal, our loca l secretary. who has been a source o( inspiration to us (or five years , will not r es ume h er position n ex t year.
An inte rest has been shown in debating this year, and Nevada has won two out of debates.
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In we have covered oUTseh'eli with glory, aDd for this year hold the coast championship in basketball. We have a particularly fine tTack team this year, but owing to the change of conditions brought on by the war, it will nol be !Cnt away this yeaT. Enn the gidli are turning out for :lll lorts of athletics--tennis. track, haseball , and it is upttted that they ""ill hold a. meet sometime in )fay.
At the pre5ent time the regent of the uniH:rsilY are considering the plans of sevenl architecturnl firms for the new Agricultural Building 10 be erected next year
OREGON OF' OREGON
(Chartered 1915)
ISITlATES
(Initiated February 10, 1917)
Dora Birchard, '2:0 GutTude Cowgill, '20
Louyse M..:Candliu Nell Walwick
Adda Martin, ';10
Candidates for A. B. Degree
Frances Shoemaker
Leah Perkins
Ruth Lawrence Lucy Jay Spring vacation has come and gone ' and we are all settling down for the ::; il( weeks of college which remain. All intercollegiate athletics and many social functions han! cancelled because of the war, but even so we look forward to n busy time. Junior week end is not far off and we anticipa.te it 10 be eten more pleasant this year than in the past. Contrary to the usual custom there will be no rushing, on I y "home folks" m n y ,isit us, so n:llurllily it will mean more to university people. In June, during commenc ement week, there is to be a. p:1geant in which many of our girls will h a. v e parts. This
pageant is to be in the nature of a historical sketch of our state i and towns' people are uniting with the university in an endeavor to make it worthy of the interest shown throughout the state.
When at the beginning of spring vacation, we sent out our "Greater OregC?n" committee to stimulate interest in our institution there were many new things of which they COUld . speak . First, we have a wonderful new
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Education Building, which also house s the law school and the large and growing ex ten sion department A new athletic field is to be ready in the fall to take the place of Kin caid Field which has served for so many years, Recently the has been granted a depnrtment in borne economics to be installed next year. We hope soon to have a department worthy o f com pari Ion with that already established at our sister institution, Oregon Agricultural College
On Marc h 31, the men 's gymnasium was the sce n e of the :lOn unl April Frolic, an all girls' affair, to which everyone goes in costume and ente rtainment is provided by a stunt from each woman's organization.
We have adopted a new system of rushing this semester-that of having ou r guests co me in sma ll grOUQS for week-ends at our house. In this way we are able to become 50 much more intimately acquainted and feel that we have a much better hold upon the girls.
Our freshmen surprised us the other day with a formal dinner prepared and served by them without a tiny bit of o ut side ass i stance. We were jus tly proud of them and our co rsage bouquet favor s. Our next "all II .pr' entertainment will be in the celebration of Founders' Day. • BEATRICE GAYLORD.
Under the inspiring leadership' of President Henry Suuallo, the University of Washingt on has made great strides ahead tbis year. An appropriation war in the legislature resulted through his tireless efforts in giving the college splendid financial backing, and the conte mplated strengthening and improving of the entire cu rri c ulum The hopes for a more beautiful camp u s have been partly fulfilled by the completion of the Home EconomiCI build· ing and the near completion of the Commerce Building, both built of c ream and pink terra colla in Gothic style, with symbolic niche decorations. The school of forestry and the department of journalism ar e now known throughout th e country for their excellence, the laller ranking third amoog such schools in the United States.
In February, Washington A triumphed by pledging five lovely girls, Dorothea Presley, '20, Seattle; Eliubeth Mann , ' 20, Ohio; Jenne ss Bonnell, ' 20, Tacoma; Farris N orton, '20, Se:tttle; and Dorothy Kiter, 'r8. Tacoma. The initiation for the other pledges was held in the chapter-house Februa.ry 3. and thirty alumnae joined us in welcoming them as Pi Phis at a huge cooky-shine.
Marion Spelger, ex-'17, took cha rge of a program which developed into an elaborate vaudeville, performed March 12 at the c hapter -house before fathers, mothers, and alumn:e. The entertainment of patter; dancing, singing, fashion show, playlets, and IIawaiian music was a decided triumph, and a round sum was realized with which to pay for the furnishing of a guestroom. Our chapter-room in the basement has at last been furnished also. The annual formal dance was given in the chapter-house March 30, the last one for some time, for the college has rapidly been depopulated of men since war was declared. The annual Founders ' Day banquet will be held as usual. The Seattle al club has formed an auxiliary of the Red Cross and active girls are also joining it. Special co ur ses in First Aid have been orgnnited and women may get c r edit for co ur ses, which are dropped in order to study it. There are plnns to turn the university into a training schoo l for all classes of milita.ry study, but as it is. almost every student is e nrolled in some course which will fit him for service.
Cornelia Glass, ' 18, was pledged to Tala Club, women's upperclass honorary society. Roberta Hindley, 't8, was c h osen to edit the March number of the Ne:w!/JQP-lr. Kathl een Delany, '18, \\'as a Red Cross representative at the Cadet Ball. Leslie Davis, ' Ii. Mari o n Lee, ' 19. and Dorothy Ri c hards, 19, served on the County Fair Committee. Ruth Kerr, ' 19, was pledged to Red Domino, h o norary dram:uic frattrnity.
RUTH
H. KERR
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WASHINfiTON BETA-WASHINGTON STATE CO LLEGE
(C harte red July, 1912)
INITIATES
(Initiated Marc h · 17. 1917)
Grace Douglas, ' l O , Pullman, \Vash.
Nell l\f c ltay, '20, l o ne, \Va sh.
Leona D oe rr, ':zo, Spokane, Wa sh.
Htlrriet Phister, '20, Spokane, Wash
Ruth Gar-rison, '10, Sumas, \Va sh.
Lucy Mann, '20, Puyallup, \Va sh.
Beatrice Hall, ' 20. Spokane, \Vn sh.
Margaret Ad:mls, '19. Ta co ma. \Va sh.
Lu c ile l\I cC r oskf''Y. '20, Sprague, W as h .
Candidates for B.A. Degree
Edna McC ro sk ey
Esther Horan
Mildred Fran ce
Edan Babcock
Alice Lodge
Franc Ba bcock
Mary Ellen Nash
It is hard to realize that an ot her co ll ege year is nearly over and we must once more lose seven of OUf lov ed girls who have been a SOUTce of unfailing hell' to our c hnpter members in all their ups and downs for the past four years However, it has been such :l perfec tly splendid year in every way that we can look back on it with unlimited pleasure.
The big issue between th e University Df Washingt on and the Washingt on State College as to whether the l atte r sho uld give up certnin departments was decided by the legislature in a m:l.nner most favorable to u s. \Ve are glad. not o nly because we may still continue 10 offer the same co ur ses, but a Iso because we feel that pe rhap s now the unhealthy rivalry between the two colleges will be at an end and they will be the good friends which they should be.
Just at present the energy o f the entire student body is being turned towards Red Cross w ork and simila r movemeDts. The debates for the r e mainder of the year have been cance lled
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and the mODty given to the Red Cross; the pr oc eeds o f the college play are also to be given to the lame fund.
\\' c are now planning to celebrate Founders' Day by glvmg a banquet to which we an inviting ,n our own alumnre and all other Pi Beta Phis, living near enough to attend. We are anticipating it with a great deal of pleasure and hope we may have many of our sisters with us on the fiftieth anniversary oC the founding or our own II B '4'.
We have been. fortunate in having s hort visits from Juanita Stout, '16, and Florence Westaco tt, ' 16, both having spent their spring vacation here.
We have quite: a number of girls taking part in the various college activities: Nellie Emerson il vice-president of WomeD's League and also is a member of the V. W. C. A. Cabinet; Edna Babcock i s president of Mask and Dagger, the honorary dramatic club . H arriet Philler, Grace Douglas, and Helen Hungate have parts in the play Cyan Storkings, given by the Websterian Debating Society.
HELEN lIUNCATI!
THE ARROW OF PI BETA PHI
EXCHANGES
The Grand Chapter of the Theta Chi Fraternity announces the installation of Upsilon Chapter at the New York University, March 24. 1917.
A recent issue of Beta Theta. Pi contains the following statement which will sadden the hearts of Greek-letter men Ilnd women the world over:
Just u this issue goes to press the sad news came to us over the phone that the edito r of the magazine, WILLlA)( RAlMOND BAIRD, passed away suddenly on the 15th of March at 6 o'clock A. lor. His end was occasioned by an &cote attack of angina pectoris The writer and he were close friends for over forty years, had been associated on the magazine work for nearly twentyfour years, and it is with a heartfelt sorrow that he makes this announcement. If Brother Baird had done nothing more than publish his eight editions of Bai,d' s ftfalwal 0/ Amuicaft Col/ege FraJernitiu he would have been 3. great man . He was a great patent lawyer; one of his partner s made the remark to the writer one day tbat "he was a great General,' 1 and he did many other big things. Words could not describe his position in the Fraternity-he was so well known and beloved. The Fraternity will miss him and the whole College Frnternity World will miss him.
J. T. B.
Tbe first edition of Manl/.Q.I appeared in 1879 and the eighth in 1915 Mr. Baird was the acknowledged authority in this field and his frater· nity library was the most complete in the world. His in8uen ce throughout the Greek World was great . He stood for conservatism nnd high ideals and his advice will be sorely missed by 0.11 fraternity leaders. •
Mary B,oum , Eta, traveling secretary for the Illinois Collele for Women, linda many problem. to meet in the Imalle r town., because of the baneful influence of some litl who has misused the privileae of loinl to collele. For instance, she says , "I often meet this cr i ticism : Susan Smith went to college and she has done nothing since abe returned, which in any way hu shown a Ireater womanliness. Now, of course, ber outlook cannot be the same as formerly, but too often these Susans arc the direct cause of preventinl some vcry capable lirls from lettinl II. collele education. Girls i n coUeee do not often realize how helpful they can be in the holbe town if they only would."-Alpha Ga",1fSG D,lto Qlu,,.f,,.ly.
Pi Beta Phi congratulates Gamma Phi Beta on her new achievement which is bound to have far-reaching results for good.
The Camma Pbi Beta Sorority offers a fellowship of fov. A",.d"d dollars uailable for the academic year of 1911-18.
Thil fe:llows.hip shall be deyoted to preparation fot" the profession of social len-ice and is open to any woman who is a graduate of a collele of recogni%Cd collegiate t"auk, and who hal done in addition at least one year of Iraduate work. Some of het" courses mUlt have been in the department of social science.
It is understood that the fellow will deyote berself unreserved1,y to preparation for social Itrvi« work in a achool whole slandin, ia equal to that of the New York School of Philanthropy
EXCHANGES
There are no application blanks (or thi. fellowlhip. Application must be made by letter to the chairman of the Auociation of Collq:iate Alumnae committee on fcllow.hip. before April J, 1917, and must be accompanied by:
1. Tel1imonial. of health, of character, and of Kbolarsbip from thOR competent to judae of her probable luccess in her chosen field.
2. An account of pTuiouI educational training, and • definite .t_lement of the plan of stud,. and of the object in .iew.
The committee prefe letter. of recommendation written directly to the chairman. and these letters are not (inn to tbe applicant. Thesn or papeu arc not required, though the committee would appreciate a statement regarding rese.rebet carried on by the applicant in any field of social &tieRce. The .tipend i. available September I, 1917.
Applications should be to Marraret E. Maltby, Chairman Committee on Fellowsbip. of tbe A. C. A., Barnard Collele, Columbia University, New York, N. Y.
Inquiriet may be addreued to Mr•. Gertrude Martin, Executi.e Secretary of the A C. A ., 934 Stewart An., Ithaca, N. Y
Loan funds as well as fellowships are increasing in number as the follow· ing clipping from The Angeiol indicates:
Dear Sister in Kappa Delta:
Did you ever have a friend in college drop out of the chapter at the end of her frethman or sopbomore year for lack of funds? We have all known of such cases, and wished we could help them. \Vell, the same condition u:ilts today, and each year Kappa Delta chapters and their coIle,es lose valuable students who drop out because they lack funds to complete their college courses. It's too late for you to help your old collele males, but YON ("alt girl.s today!
Lislen. the National Council of Kappa Delta is raising this year a Scholarship Loan Fund of $1,000 which will be loaned out in suitable amounts to worthy girls t o enable them to fi.nilb college. \Vhen they have secured positions after graduation, they will pay back the money. which will be in turn l oaned again. Yo oNUkl 10 11111' thiS aloltU tJltd gi"e our little .sIStl'rS lit Kappa Delto 0 rlumce!
Through the Shield of K"" The Anchora of Delta. Gamma gives the fol. lowing facts about the Delta Kappa Epsilon Clubhouse in New York:
The Delta Kappa Epsilon Club of New York City hal purchased tbe tweh·e·story building at <40 \Ve st 44th Itreet, formerly owned and occupied by the YaLe Club, for a clubhouse and general fraternity headquarters. After some alterations and impro't'e. menll, the hou!5C was formally opened on October 1<4. It is probably the mOlt com· plete fraternity dubhouse oc:c:upied at this time. It contains 65 bedrooms, a banquet han &eatinl <400, and offices for tbe general fraternity, in addition to the usual dubbou se feature s.
The fi.nancing of the house was undertaken by an orglniution committee of 200, whicb raised $175,000 by the sale of general mortgage 5 per cent bonds. The property is held by the L\ K E Holding Corporation. organized under the laws of New York sta te All club entrance fee s are to be retained to retire the bonds. After impro't'e' menlS are completed. the fraternity estimatel the property will be worth $<450.000
Membership of the club is divided into three duses: (I) resident members. admission fee $30, annual dues $<40: (2) suburban members, admission fee $25, due. $25 : (3) nonresiden t members. admission fee $15, dues $10. joining within three years after leaving college pay on ly one-half of the admission fee and one·half of tbe duel for the first three years.
In December, THE. ARROW recorded the installation of Dr, Wilbur, the new president of Stanford University, He is not a fraternity man. The following is quoted from his letters to fraternities at Stanford last September.
He saya, "In order to help fraternities and Stanford I wiab to inform you it i. my intention at the end of two years tbrough the national organiutions or otberwiae, to
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ItTanve for disbandin. o f any fraternity at Stanford that il in d.ebt for currt'nt expenacl o r markedly de6cient in scholarship. J uk your endeavor 10 put fraternitie s in the bigh position they should occupy at Sllnford. 1 am deeply interested in fcrnovinr all arounds (or Ic.itimate criticism of fraternity conditions at Sianford and because of this 1 am p l anning evenlually 10 urge a one-year residence ru l e befo r e admiuion to membenbip."
A further expression of Or. \ Vilbur's views is found in his s tat eme nt written for a recent issue of Tlte Eleusis of Chi Omega.
The association of • ,roup of twenty or 10 collcac women, fully imbued with high ideal. both r OT t bcmselvc. and (or their college, lIbould be of marked personal advantage , u well as of benefit 'to the institution Unfortunately the fratemity has too often been merely a socUll institution and has at times lent itsell to c ertain exclusive tenden· cies not in harmony with the true university s pirit.
A onderful field i s now open to wom en, particularly to American colle le women, to playa l arge part in the development of our country, in standinl for cleaner and better li"ing conditions and for a more comp lete fruiti on of the ideal of a ,overnment of the peop l e, by the peopl e, and for the people. Breadth of heart and of Ipirit and of sympathy i s n eeellary if women arc to do their full share.
T he fraternity house mUll become a center of hospitality in which all women feel we l come, and not fall sho r t of i ta possibilities by s etting up absurd social standards based more or leu direct l y on wealth. A university or co llege is no place to judge a woman by her clothes Universities arc to !harpe n intellects, and the intellectual s tand· ard is the only one consistent with universi ty ideal s.
If fraternities will live up to their rituals, will abjure narrowness. make their sil1erhood a sou rce of s trength to the individual members in doing things really worth while, we can look forward to their welcome and continued existence in university circles 1 f t h ey degenera t e into mere exclus ive social cliques , their future will be inconsilient Wilh univenity development and new leadera will have t o remould the whole frat.ernity system. Democracy i. mo"in. forwa rd with giant strides Educated women must k eep to the fore.-TIs, of Chi Omesa
Tlu Ca d u ce u s of Kappa Sigma i. the mos t recent of the men's journals t o reac h the ,.Edito r 's desk It i s imbued with a distinc tl y martial note a n d eac h c h apter l e tte r is p u b l ish ed neath a tiny flag. Jts edi to r ial is especia ll y pe rt inen t
A CALL TO SERVE BY SAVING
It will be a proud boast for Kappa Sivna if many of her chapters find themselves at the opening of the coming college year. reduced to a fraction of their former membership. or even with every man in the active service. It seem s that exactly this will be the: case, though not with ours alone among the Greek·letter On the day t h elJC li nes are written, t he P relident has ghen to the co untry a menage that ca.l1s UI all to the colora and puts every class of citizens upon a war basi!. The wise preparedness of economy may well be practiced by every chapter, thr oug h the few weeks that remain of the college year. \\'e print on theae: editorial pages a ruolution passed by a chapter in the \Vest. \Ve do thil in the hope that it may furni lh a lug· sestion to many o lhen There must be strict economy e ven if lome invitations have to be recalled Ever,. chapter obligation must be settled :\f ore than this--a balance must be left jn the treasury against the openina- of the co mina- coHeRe year. It ill probable that a few men will be obliged to carry on th e work of the chapter although man,. of ita neceHary expenses will not be reduced in proportion to their numbers. S,. '" it thot ,It.y IIov. to J,g" wi'Is. Let us have no wute--of time. or men o r Chapter funds
All who traveled in California during 1915 will appreciate th e following good-natured comment from the Kalla K ey : "We were surprised to read in the \Vuhinaton Alumrur: letter of a Kappa party which took place 'on a s tormy nisht.' \\'hen we were on the Pacific Coalt in the
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summer of 1915, "'c were led to believe by the boosters hom San Dieco to V.neeu cr th at there .as no sud tbin, there .1 rain or IMW or I tonn. or anything but beauliful l un.hine. fto" en, in"iloratin. dry air, the Japanese current, and other wutern monopoJicL "-K.t>t-
SaYI rite Lyre or Alpha Chi Omega :
War is brinein, the Bet hOlne that ""c bave not dcvcJoped our opportunitiu-have not li.ed deeply no r broadly enou.b This th ou,ht i, reflected to a marked decree in h "stcrnily journal.. The spirit o f the hour il lhll o f IC!"H:e W e.ec men die (or thrir country, but we .Iao "ant them to live (or their co untry Beta Thda pj live. the addrcq of the president, F n . Si.lOn, a t th e r ece nt convention , on The FrtH,,.,.ily Milito"' "We need a baptism of the 5Ou l, a mobiliution of th e spi rit f or lenke, a new birth of fr eedo m , a n ew ideal of ci tizen shi p and ill duties" "you youn, co lle,e men Ihould be trained not only to Icn ow, which is Kholars h ip; t o apprttiate, which il culture; but aiM) t o be and to do, hic:h is manhood."
To meet and compete with the spiritual f orces and ambitions we mUM face i11 require that III'e mobilize all that muns th e belt of our democracy, our Jearnin" our conKience. o ur cou rale, ou r indUitry. our akill. our very thinlcinl-they mUlt all be recruited to the nation', I ould see' in ,OU dominant always tbe Ipirit of be frat er nity militant- the spi rit th.t is willing t o do .nd d.re a n tb in,s for the right, that with fearle ss eye and devoted M)u l moves enr upward alon, the p.tth of dut, ."
COLLEGE O'.rES
In 563 co lleges in the United States there were last year under · graduate students, l.p,836 men and 79.763 women . The faculties of these institution s nnmber 26,636 men pro(euon and 5.931 wome n -Koppa A I/Jlla rlldll.
SUPERVISED COLLEGE STUDY
UMJvr:aSITY 0 ' NE IK FINDS TH E EX'Ea"'I!!MT SUCCESSFU L
Su perv ised Itudy h as produced luc h sa ti s fa ctory reaultl in elementary t: nglilh co urse•• t tbe Univerlity of Nebraska Ih.t the IIC hem e h as been adopted th ro ugh ou t th e department and may eventually be established in Olher ac.de mic courses. M o re than 500 tuden U Ire aTready enroled in the s upervi sed I ludy d.gel. Dr. Frederick Arne. Stuff, prof6lOr of Enllisb languale and literatu re, had observed tbe resulu obta ined from .uper.iaed sludy at the University of Chicaao and o tber institutionl He obtained a trial of tb e Iyat em in dassel in elementlfY courses at Nebraska las t raU Under the ',Item at Nebr.s k •• each lIudent in the department durin. the li nt tw o semeltera attend I three lecture h OUri a wee k and lpe nds f ou r houn • week, in tw o periodl of two houn ea c h. in the luperv ised Iludy laboratory . Durin. the l uper· villed I tudy periods the Itudent pre p.res answers t o questionl on the work beina s tudied The third lecture period each week is devoted t o written re iew work.
-Stritt,fitld
Dr. Marion Le Roy Burton, of Smith College, has j Ult acce pted the presidency of the University of M i nnesota. Dr. Burton's administration at Smith .bas been marked by l uccell ful progress along many lines, and his coming to Minnesota marks a new era for that university.
rlr, TIt,mu of Z T A publishes an articl e on The Oldest and th e Newest Vocation which is especially timely
Vocations for women .re a much·discussed t opic o f the day The c ollele lraduate no lonlcr acceptl mere .ch ool tea c hinl as her fate, as the n.tural application of her
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yeau of trainin ,_ It i, not tbe natur.l thing f or UI all to do. for by the end o f eur co llc,e ca reer we should have found a vital in tere s t , a s/lecifoed d,s;"., .. it were, and leek to follow it o ut to our aatisfaction.
One of tbe newelt ud broadest field. (or women at present i. that of agriculture. The few who haye ventured forth in this line have been unulluall, IUCl:eu ful. There il in woman an. inherent faculty for saving, .yltemalizin, and mana,inr. and this very quality i to fill a long felt lack in tbe agricultural life of thi s cou ntry today The American fanner b an CUI ti me, hi , life i, n ot mere hard delvin,. very little effort ia to brio, forth mOlt profitable rClulu, and rule he expand. no more energy or care than il needed. Half kept-up {arm l, poor loil. ac:atlered c rops arc all a call for the inten.in fannin, method. now being aptated.
Women arc then needed to teach farmin, Salaried positions arc comparatively few 81 yet, except in a few rura l di s tricts and special agricultural institutions. Under tbe inRuence of certain Federal biUs which encourage work in rural com munities, there will KH)n be a demand for teachers with ecient ific and practical knowlcd,e Modern inventions and conveniences have made it poJlible for a woman to do a ,reat deal of a ctual work in farming. and there Is not bin, unattractin or diugreuble ift this 'ide of the occupation to those of us who really feel. desire to improYe, crute, and, best of all, cultivate. Lnt summer 1 w most s urprised to bave the most attnctive, claarmin and daintiest of all the ,iris at a West Texu evenia, party. pointed out to me as not only the owner in name of one of the I'r,elt farms near by. but .1'0 the general manager. Her falher had divided his prope rty Mtwcen himself, hi, wife. and daughter, and each was entirely responlible for the working and profit of hia own ahare. General manager of a West TexIS farm, let me add, mean a that at any time one mi,ht ae e that person drivinr a tra ction enline across a thou lind -acre field, or from her Ford directing the harvelting a nd thresh ing Can her rustic if you wi ll, but talk to ber and you will find a broad minded, practica l, useful woman, who h found an interesting work to do.
Thus wbtther we take a,"culture in theory or in prac tice or combine the two, it o ffera one of tbe most interesting of occupations no., open to colle,e women. Closely allied to the 'Iudy of agriculture itself are many otber branches luch al innkeeplng. (ruit, Rower, or ve,etable .rowing, dairy, or chicken farming; but, o( co une, these undertakin,l, for the moat part, require some investment of capital. Courua in acienti6c farming are offered in many atate inltitutions, and undoubtedly in a few yean woman will succeed in thil field more and more in proportion to their busines s len&c, technical training, and pbysicial atrength.-Tht'''';s of Z T A.
A most ipteresting instance of the popularity of academic subjects today is noted by Alt},a Gamma Delta QU41'lerly.
Stin another inltance where scholarship. the real purpose o r all academic institutions, baa ita rigbtful place. An important baaketb.U game at Brown University was acheduled (or the same nilbt that Allred Noyes waa to speak on poetry Result, the Kame was called off and the playen went to hear Noyes because of an attendance of absolutely zero.
University work il now practi c ally at a standstill and educators are won · dering what changes war will bring. The Sp,.jngfield Repuolictm sheds a little light on the queltion in the following:
FUTURE EDUCATION IN ENGLAND
Education in En,land after the war is likely to abandon many ancient to,i c. as luxuries, sa,l President G_ Stanley Hall of Clark University. A plan no likely tn prevail makes one modem languale oblilatory, even in the popular achools. History is to be more modem and contemporary. and will be econo mic and bio,raphic., with Ireat attention to political institutions. In a recent parliamentary diKuhion. Lord Haldane insisted tbat tbe schooll shou ld I treas .dence if they wiah to giYe Enl1a.nd the skin wbich. bas made Germany so dangerous, even before the war, IS a compe titor, while Lords Cromer and Bryce objected that in Germany aloJl.aide ill material efficiency had
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been a deterioration of cbaracter due to the turoin, away of the ),ounler ,tDeration from bumani.lic atud.ies.
The followinlr from TI., AncADra of Delta Gamma deserve. a wide readin,. Two remarkabJe ktten .re printed in the DmDit The fint i. (rom the dean of • wtltern univenity in behalf of • former It.dent who bad aerved part of • term in pri.oo. The aecolld letter i. the repl, to the dean (rom the paifole secrttary of • M)utbwHtern ltate. 'Jbe dean ', Idler ruda thu.:
] underatand that 10U arc the caw: of Mr ---, who wa formerly. student with us, and J mould like to lay just a word in his behalf, He came to ua .a a healthy athletic i.udent, with an en thu siastic fondnel' for outdoor aporta. Unfortunately bit moral Itamina w not on the same biah 'fade as his ph,tical superiority, and hi habit, were marked by lOme weakne•• e. that aeerned more pe.rdonable in youth than in • mature man
I think the serious brealt: came when he round his heallb wa. poor and t hat he wa. not .uccessful in makin. a liv;n.. ] do nOI iCC why tbe wonderful pluck and vilor that used to .bow in athletics railed to belp him when he raced tbe I;&ter problem of life. Nobody who k.new tbis pbase of bi. perlOnality can fail 10 be tremendously lOrry about hi, lau:r railure. J would not want to ur,e upon you any mercy that 101,1 do not fed would wisely ahown, but I cannot help makin, this much of an appeal for an old member of the .tudent body.
The reply of the parole teC¥etary wa follo s:
I bave your letter in behalf of th e release 6f Mr. on parole I thank you for thi. leller I shall take ,reat pleuure in callin, to the attention of the hoard tbi. when they meet a,ain, at wbich l ime I hope to see Mr . releued on parole .
Now a word to you and jour school. You uy Mr. came to 10U a. a hoealtby, athletic tudent with an enthu.illtic fondne.s for outdoor.sportl Thi wa. ju.t .plendid. He left broken in health, broken in .pirit, broken financially. ] am dulin, with .Iubborn fact •• am I nol?
M" to thi. inJlitution a physical reck. und er conviction of ob tainin. money by bOIU' check. He willao from bere, when the board acta upon his application, looki n, tbe picture of heallh . We have t aken the wreck that your in.litulion made and rejuvenated it with v i,orou. virile life From this it i. patent that there i. aornethin, radically wron, wiLh your khoo l and every other school in America.
You teach science, iymnaltic., econonlic., etc. The branch all Ichools II hould teach, few tu c b. Character build;n, i. not lauaht in school. It i. the fillt and lilt thin, every man, woman. and child .hould be inten.e l y vened in Self·discipline Ilhou ld be instilled into tbe human mind from the kinderaarten to the univenity. Today all human. are potential criminals. Back of boole, back of the cilaret habit, back of temptat ion of any nature i. the wuk will of the human. Wh y Ihould a Ic haol turn out bllman waate?
Tbe duth or M n. Pauline Duranl, widow o f Hen..,. Durant who founded Welle.ley ColLege, i noted. M rI. DUllnl was deeply interested in th e affair s of the colle.e to which .he and her husband had liven 50 ,cnerously.-Lyr,. of Alpha Chi Orne,a.
THE appointment of the L . G. BALFOUR COMPANY as " Sole Official Jeweler" to the Pi Beta Phi Fraternity is co ntingent for its successful fulfillment upon the .. SerfJice" the Company can render its individual members. We will, therefore, be deeply grateful to have your earnest cooperation and to receive s uggestiOriS which will aid our efforts to make the term "smce" more effective. Our desire for your continu ed patronage is no stronger than our intention t o deserve it. Catalogue and Price List on application.
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By
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A Compl e te Line of Tableware mounted with the Pi Beta Phi crest is now o ff ere d to the Frat e rnity. Th e desi g n chose n is standard pattern of th e well known Community Silver guarant eed for twenty-five years, mounted with the cr e st i n sterling sil ver .
PRICES ON TABLEWARE
SPOONS
Tea. 12 in plain box $ 6 00 dozen Coffee, 12 in plain box.... 6 00 d oz en Tab l e. u in plain bO I:.. 12.00 d Oze D Dessert, f2 in pl ain box 11.00 d oz en Soup, TOURd bow l, 12 in plain box. 12 00 do ze n Iced Tea. J:I in plain box ..... ..... I .eo dOte D annac or Grape P'rwt. " in lined box • 50 H I
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CARVERS
2-pc:. Caner, in lined box.......... 7.50 set
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PUBLICATIONS OF TlIE PI BETA i'1I1 FR
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THE ARROW: Official magazine of the Fraternity, Published in October, December , March and June Subscription price, $1.00 a year; single copies, 2S cents; life subscriptions, $10 .00. Sarah Pomeroy Rugg, Editor, 46 Mauntfort St .. Boston. Mass . Anna Robinson Nickerson (Mrs. D. D.), Alumnz Editor, 74 Rockland Ave., Malden. Mass . (in charge of circulation).
THE PI BETA PHI BULLETIN: Published in October , January, April and June. Sent free to officers and committee chairmen; se nt to any Pi Beta Phi on receipt of 10 cents in stamps.
THE SONGS OF PI BETA PHI : 1914 edition is now ready . Contains all the old popular songs and many new ones. Price , $1.50 a copy. For sale by Miss Anne Stuart , 1906 D St .• Lincoln, Neb.
THE PI BETA PHI CATALOGUE: 1911 edition contains list of all members of the fraternity to date by chapters and classes, alphabetical and geographical lists, deceased members, and biographical information. Price , $1.00 a copy. Order through the Grand Treasurer, Mis s Anne Stuart, 1906 D St., Lincoln, Neb.
THE CONSTITUTION: 1913 edition, price, 25 cents a copy. Order through Miss Anne Stuart, 1906 0 St., Lincoln , Neb
THE PI BETA PHI SYMPHONY, artistically lettered in gold on a decorated card. Price , 30 cents. Order through Miss Anne Stuart 1906 D St., Lincoln. Neb.
THE PI BETA PHI HISTORY: 1915 edition is now ready. Contains a complete record of our fraternity activity from founding until the present date Price , $1.25 a copy. Order through Miss Anne Stuart, 1906 D St., Lincoln , Neb.
ENGRAVED POST CARDS bearing the Pi Beta Phi coat-of-arms. Price. 5 cents apiece; six for 25 cents. Sold for the benefit of the Settlement School. Order through Miss Elmina Wilson , 452 West 149th St.• New York City.
PI BETA PHI SEALS for use on invitations, place-card s, etc., put up in boxes of 25 each. 10 boxes to the carton (see special notice on page 136. ) Sold for the benefit of the Settlement School. Order through Mr s. H. C. W allace, 37t h St. , and John Lynde Road, Des Moines, Iowa.
PI BETA PHI BOOK-PLATE: Prints from the book-plate presented to the fraternity at the 1912 convention may be obtained from A C. McClurg & Co., 218-224 South Wabash Ave. , Chicago , Ill.
NOTICE
PI BETA PHI SETTLEMENT SCHOOL BEQUESTS
Legal titl e for us e in making wills:"The Pi Beta Phi Settlement School, of the Pi Beta Phi Fraternity at Gatlinburg , Tenn:'
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