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PI BETA PHI FELLOWSHIP FOR GRADUATE STUDY
For the year 1-'1 Beta Phi will offer one graduate fellowship with a value 01' $500. This fellowship is open to nny member of the fraternity who has received ber bachelor's degree, and it may be used at any univer sity. either in this country 01,' in Europe, which offers special opportunities in gl'aduate work along the particular line desired by Its bolder.
Two points wUl be considered by tile Grand Council in awarding the fellowship; scholastic standing and nU-around development of charaeter with its resulting ability worthily to represent the fraternity. Each applicant must state definitely the university which she wisbes to enter, the courses which she desires to pursue, 8ud the ultimate aim of her graduate study.
Applications accompanied by photogl'nphs of the applicants, cre.dential's trom college professors, and other recommendations must be in the hands of the Grand Presic'lent, not later than January 1, 1027.
All material should be collected by the applicant and submitted as a whole. Blank forms tor applications for the fellowship may be obtained from the Grand President at any time. If she so desires, any applicant of former years who has not received the fellowship mny make a new application.
AMY
BURNHAM ONKEN, Grand President.
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THE ARROW
Official Publication of the Pi Beta Phi Fraternity
AGNES WaJOlJT SPRING (Mas. Aacnu T.), Editor
VOLUM>: XXXXIII
S£PT£MB£R, 1926
Table of Contents
A WORD 011' WARNINQ
ANNOUNCltWUTB •
REPORT or GIlAI'm PllE8mEl'fT
REron or GRAND VICI: PBE8IDENT
REPORT OF AsSISTANT TO GRAND VIce PRE8lDENT
MINUTES or MEl:I'lfto or GUND CoUNCIJ
SrrrLEJlll:EJIIT ScnOOL REPORTS
REPORT 0.11 THE CATALOOUEJ'( •
REPORT 011' P A.NHELLENIC REPRESENTATIVE
REPORT ell!" ALUMNAE EDITOR
REPORTS or PRoVINCE PRESIDENTS
REPORTS Oil' PROVINCE VICE PRESIDENTS
REPoRTS
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FRATERNITY nmE CTOR Y
Founders of t h e Fraternity
Margaret Campbell. 514 Plke St ., Houston, Pa.
Llbble Brook Gaddls, Prairie City, Ill.
Clara Brownlee Hutchinson (Mrs. Alexis). 318 1st. Ave., Monmouth, IlL
Jnez Smith Soule (Mrs Melville C.), 3723 N. 34th St., Tacoma, Wash.
Jennie - Horn Turnbull (Mrs. '£bomns B.), 2229 North 53rd St.• Wynnfield, Philadelphia, Pa
.Jennie Nichol, M.D. (deceased).
Fannie'l'bompsoll (deceased).
Nancy Black Wallace (deceased).
Ada Bruen Grier (deceased).
Rosa Moore (deceased).
Emma Brownlee Kilgore (deceased).
President E meritu s
May L. Kelter, Westhampton Oollege, University of Richmond, Va .
Gran d Council
GRAND PRESIDENT-Amy B Onken, Chapln, IU.
GRAND VICE PRESIDENT-Emilie Margaret White, 1417 Belmont St., W tlshlngton, D. C.
GRAND SECRETARy-Francese Evans Ives (Mrs. John Gordon Ivesl. 73 Grove St., Uontclair, New .Jersey .
GHAND 'l'UF.A.SURER-Lois Franklin Stool mnn (Mrs. A. W.), 1001 So. 3rd St., Champaign, Ill.
ARROW EOlTOR-Agnes W r ight SprJng (Mrs Archer T.), Box 566, Fort Collins, Colo.
The Arrow Sta f f
ARnoW EDITOR-Agnes Wright Spring CUrs. Archer T.), Box 566, Fort Coll ins, Colo.
ALUMNAI'! EDI'rOK-Lorena Accola Fitzell (Mrs. Grant R.). 1359 Race St., Denver, Colo.
ASSOCIATJO: EDITOR (In charge of Chapter Letters)-Carolyn Reed, 265 East Holt St., Pomona, Calif.
CnOULATlON MANAGER-Fl orence Clum Temple (Mrs. O. E.). 31 South ' Vest End A\TC , Lancaster, Pa.
EDITOR OF PI Pm RELATIVES-Florence Taylor Shields ( ?tIrs. Paul L.) , Box 1176, Aberdeen, South Dakota.
BOOK NO'lES EDITOR-Dorothy C l eaveland. Stote Teachers College, Tableqnah, Oklahoma.
EXCHANGP!8 AND COLLEGE NOTES-Katherine Robinson, 1130 S. Franklin St., Denver, Colo.
Settlement School Committee
CUAIRW uf-1\"1ta Hill Stark (Mrs. Lutcher Stark), Drawer 201, Orange, Texas. Booklets of History and such information . li"ireslde Iud ustry Booklets. 1/
Miller Turner (Mrs.•T. R.) , 438 Rodney Ave... Port· land, OregoD. Little PJgoon News.
Dorotby • mallwood GNtre (llrs. R. W .). 304.7 Porter St., Washington, D. C. I.8olo.ted Club Membe rs. Programs tor Settlement School Meetings for both Active Chapters ond AlumnfP Clubs.
HEAD ItE8WEl'fT-- Erelyn Blshop, PI Beta Pbl Settlement Scbool, Gat· linburg. Sevierville County, Tennessee. Orders and Intormatlon concerning Fireside Industries, nppllcatlon tor position to teach, Treasurer ot ll'ireslde IndustrI es.
Historian
uah ElkE"lIberry Sigler (Mrs. F. C.), 703 West Ashland. Ave., lndlsnoln, Iowa.
Cataloguer
Mabel Scott Brown ( Mrs. n. D.), 60 \Voodrow St, West Darttord, Conn.
Pi Beta Phi lIlagazine Agency
laoche O. Reisinger, 6 :Northfield Pl. , Baltimore, Md.
National I'mellenie Congress
PI Beta Phi B. Onken, Chapin, Ill.
CHAlBJrLAN-Louise Leonard, A. r d, 300 Orange St., Syracuse, N. Y.
Central Record and Supply Office
Mabel Scott Brown (Mrs. R. D.), 60 Woodrow St., West Harttord, Conn.
National Supervisor of Chapter Accounting
Marie Ft'cemaD :Palmer (Mrs. William O.L 601 MJchlgan Ave., Urbana, Ill
ON SCHOLARSJlIP--Manon WUder, M Belmont Ave., Grand Forks. No. Oak.; A Helen Richardson Corkum (Mrs. H. D.), 117 Adams St., Mlltlchestl!r, N. H.; B Margaret Flynn (Mrs. B. n.), 222 Marshall Ave., Columbus. OhIo; ]' Rose Nowell, Coleraine, N. C.; d Llsetle Woerner Hampton (1\lrs. Wallace), Jetrer80ntowD, Ky.; E Alice Simmons Cox (Mrs. L. C.), 00t North Monroe St., Pearlo, III.; Z IJlllaD Boyd Glynn (Mm. R. R), 093 Benton Ave., Springfield. Mo .. II .Jaue Beck, Box 72, Rock Springs. Wyo. i e Ruth '"
Morton, 1214 Grand Ave .• Fort Smith, Ark.; I Edna Datson Davis (Mrs. Henry A.). University ot Oregon, Eugene, Ore. i K Frieda Watters Warner (Mf6. Roy E.), 14 Dormldera Ave., Piedmont, Ca11t.
Co)()(J'MU ON TaANSFERs-.oorothy Cleaveland, Library, Northeastern State Teacbers' College, Tahlequah, Okla.
eoW"MITrn ON FU.TEJlNITY STUDY AND EXAMINATION-Ellen-Claire Gillespie Kribs (Mrs. C. L Jr.). 4006 GllIon Ave., Dallas, Tex.; A. Ell& Donnoeker, 310 Colvin Ave., Burralo. N. Y.; B Florence Hutchinson Kewley (Mrs. J. E.), 1000 Nobel Rd., Cleveland, Ohio; r Ms.ry V. \-Villiams, 518 West Grace St., RJchmond, Va. ; 6 Cleo Milllken Hall (:\trs. Ellis B.), 2841 North Talbot Ave.• Indianapolis, Ind.; E JessIe lHowser .Job (Mrs. T. T.), ts24 Clarence Ave., Oak Park, Ill.; Z Ruth McCllntock Lawrence (Mrs. H. M.), 210 North 20th St., Cedar Rap. ids, Iowa; H Katherine Lester Htokley (M'rs. B. Le.wrence). 227 Taylor St., Sterling, Colo.: 9 Mildred Moroney, 002 West St., Stillwater, Okla.; I Marguerite Bonnell, 603 N. Ainsworth Ave., Tacoma, Wash.; K Grace Post, 707 North Marengo, Pasadena, Callt.
00).{M"1'J"TCE ON H.£ALTfI PRQQIL\){-nr. FAith Matzke, 3117· W. Penn St., Germantown, PhHadelphla, Pa.; Dr. Edith Gordon, 35 Kendal Ave., Toronto, Ont., Can .; Anna Tannahill Brannon (Mrs. M. A.), Helena, Mont May J ansfleld Keller, WesUlaDlpton College, Richmond, Va.; Sorab Pomeroy Rugg (Mrs. F. A.), 33 Fayette St., Boston, Mass.
OollldlTll:E ON UNDERO&ADUATE LoAN Kern Bissell (Mrs. R. n.), Reedsvill e, Preston Co., West Va.; .Jennie Rowell Bradlee (Mr9. Thomas), 69 North Prospect St., Burlington, Vt.; Mildred Roboock (Mrs. H. L.), Dedham, Mass.; Ruth Curtis Murray (Mrs. Cornelius :1".), 154 Engle St., Englewood, N. J.
ON SCK\£Y ANn STAND.-\ltDlZATIoN-Hazel Harwood Bem.lB (Mrs. H. E.), 822 Brookridge Ave., Ames, Iowa, chairman; Edna E",erett Bush (Mrs. E. B.), 706 Cla rk Ave., Ames, Iowa; Dorothy Chipman, 427 Ash Ave., Ames, Iowa; Laura Storms Knapp (Mrs. S. A.), 807 Ninth St., Ames, Iowa : Florence'Vllley Nichols (Mrs. 'V. P.),62l) Fifth St., Ames, Iowa: Emma Wennholz Pattenglll (Mrs. E. A.), ]219 Orchard DriYe, A.m.es, Iowa.
Col.uann ON Anow FILE-Della Conger, 1419 East 58th St., Chicago, Ill.
COM:a.l1nE! ON SOCfAL EXCHANGE-Kathleen Lucy Hammond (Mrs. FredL 3679 Lafayette Ave., St. JAuis, Mo.; A. ltuth deLano, 19 High St., Orange, J.; B Ruth Trlmble. 309 Eicher Ave., Greensburg, Pa.; r Gladys Morris. Santord, Fla.; .:1 Dr. Ide Macey, MerrillPalmer School, 71 Ferry Ave., E., Detroit, Mich.; B Anita Haven, 1540 No. State Parking, Chicago, Ill.; Z Kathryn Keown, Y. W. C. A., lInscaUne, Iowa; H Faith Martin fUanna (Mrs. Robert), Man-
CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES
Alpha Province
Vida Peene. 32 Blythe St, HamJltoD, Ont.. Canada.
ON rABIO ALPHA-Uni\rerslty ot Toronto, MiUdred Wilkins, 30 Inglewood Drlre, Toronto. Ont., Canada. HAlNK Al.PBA-Universlty ot Maine, Carolyn Peasley, Balentine Hall, Orono, Maine.
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VERMONT ALPHA-Middlebury College, Alice Fales, Pearsons Ball, Mid· dLebury, Vt.
VPWONT of Yermont, Della E. Martin, Grassmoun!, Burlington, Vt.
VIRGINIA BKTA- Holllns College. Marjorie Fort, Hollins College, HolUns. Va.
YIRGJSlA OAM'MA - Wllllam and Mary College, Irene Osborn, 38 Tyler H:lli. College or WilliRDl and Mary. Williamsburg, Ya.
:NORTH CAROLINA ALPUA-Unlversity of 1\"o rth Ca r olina. Rosnlle Thrall, Chapel llIU, N. C. •
:FWRIDA AI PltA-John B. Stetson Martha Pratt, Stetson Holi. De T..and, Fla.
FwJUDA. BETA-Florida Stateo College for Women, Helen Kennedy, 232 J e nni e :\Iurphree, TallabasRee, Fla
• Unlvertity located In Boeton, Maa. "Unlveuity Jocated In Pltteburcb, PElnn.
Del Province
PRESIOENl'-Lots Wilkinson Christian (Mrs. Palmer) , 619 E. University Ave. , Ann Arbor, Ulch.
ALP JI \.--'Bi llsdnle College, Isabella Cowan, PI Beta Pbl House, Hillsdale Uteh.
MICHlQAN BET,,-\.-U nlverslty of Michigan. Alice .,callender, 836 Tappan Rood , Ann Arbor, Mlch ,
INDIANA ALPflA-Fr.mklin College. Marian J. COY. Franklin, Ind
INDIA NA University. Frances G. Pond, PI B e ta Phi HousP. Bloomlngt()D. Ind.
INDIANA GAW UA- -Butler Co11ege. r rma Crowe, 1455 No. Penn Ave.• Indianapolis . Ind.
IN DLANA DELTA.-T'urdue C'nl"ersity. Mary ZJmm('r, No.1 M arinn Apts , Lafayette. Ind.
KENTUCKY ALPHA-Huh-erstty of Louisville, Margaret Chambers, 1827 S. ]"loyd St., Loulsvillf>,
A.L.fIlA-U uiversity ot CbnttnnoogR, Mary Young, 519 Tremont St., N. Chattanooga. Tenn.
Epsilon .JIZ.I
P&&SIDENT- Murgaretta Fenn, 1.1 e., Evanston , Ill
MINNESOTA ALI'IIA-U nlverslty ot MinD sota, Elizabeth Leach, 1019 Unh-erslty Ave., S. E. Minneapolis. Minn . 'Vl.SOONSIN ALl'uA-U nh'enity ot Wisconsin, Roslllte Murphy. 233 Langdon St., Mudiso n, Wi!'.
WISCONSIN BETA- Belot t Co ll ege, Allee Smith, Emerson Ba.ll, Beloit College, Beloit. 'Vis.
NORTH DAKOTA ALPUA-Ulllvp [sity ot Dakota, Doris Ray , PI Beta Phi 1:I0\1&', Grand Forks, N. Dak.
ILLlNOl8 BETA-Lombard College, Marlon Poor, 136.1 E. Knox St., Galesburg, III.
[LLl N(lI8 DELTA- Knox: Co llege, Leontine Neiger, Whitin g Ball, Galesburg, Ill.
·IL(JNols
Unive r sity. Ruth Chatfield, 7645 Sberldan n oad, CbJcago, Ill.
ILLINOI S Z ETA-l'nl\,(!rslty or Ill1nois, Therese Lemcrc1er, 1005 S. Wright St., Chawpaign, 111.
ILLL""OlS ETA-Jamea MU likln l "niversity. Miriam Moore, N. Fair· \'il! w, Decatur , 111.
Zeta Province
PREluDENT-Gall De 'Volt, core Uurlington High School, Burlington , • I owa.
IOWA ALPHA-Iowa 'V esleY811 Unh'ersity, Martha Crane, 001 East Washington St., M t. Pleasant, Iowa.
IOWA College, EUzabeth Howser, 1010 N. B. St., Indianola, Iowa.
IOWA G unu.-Iowa State College, Margaret Proctor, 316 Ash Ave., Ames, I owa.
TO WA ZETA-University of I owa, Belen [ rwId, Pi B eta Pbl Bouse, Iowa City, Iowa.
MlSBOURI ALPIlA.-Unlversity or Missouri, Catherine Berry, 600 R ollins, Col umbia, Mo.
OREGON ALPHA-University of Oregon, Jacquolse Kirtley, 941 East 19th St., Eugene, Ore.
OREGON BETA-Qregon State College, }{lriam Duncan, 206 N 5th St., Corvallis. Ore.
Xappa Provin ce
PBy.8I1lEN'l'---Grnee Parker McPherson (Mrs. Orville S.), El Camino Apts., 805 Leavenworth St., San Francl8CO, Calif.
-CALIFORNIA Aulu'-Leland Stanford Jr .• Untverslty, Doris Bonner, Pi Beta Phi Honee, Stanford U n iversity, Callf.
CA.l.UORNIA. BETA-Unh' e1'8lty ot California, Henrietta Dahman, 23U Piedmon t Ave., Berkeley, Calif.
CAUFORlflA G..un(A-Universlty of Southern Cal1!ornia, Jeanne Summerfie l d, Orensbaw Blyd., Los Ange l es. CaUt. ·Unlverslty located at Pa10 Alto, Calif."'.
ARIZONA ALPHA-University ot Arizona, Zeldll Chittick, N. Park, Tucson, Ar i z.
NEVADA ALpHA-University of Nevada, Katherine DavldsoD, UniversIty ot Nevada, RCDO, Nev.
ALUMN A E DEPARTMENT DIRE CTORY
ECBETAlY FOR THE ALUMNAE' AND GRAND VICE PREBIDENT--Emilie Margaret White, 1417· Belmont St. , Washington, D. C....-ASSISTANT TO GaAND VICI!: PBESlDENT--Kate Freund MUler (Mr.::z b. AJ., tb e Gre9sWtR ' PoteJ '13 N P a !tle d" Chicago, Ill.
NEW YOtK, N. Sulliyan Miller (Mrs, B. Norman), 103 'Vest 183m 8t.
NORTHERN NEW YOBK .ALU!.{NAE- R. Pauline Bruso. Pi Beta Pbi House, Canton, N. Y.
POIlTLAND, M!1 - R. Louise Kincade. 66 .Irving St. RocHEB'IER, N. Y.-Ruth Asher Rumbo l d (Mrs. Lynn), 287 Park Ave. SYRACUSE, N. Y.-Charlotte Nearing Chaffee (Mrs. Guy J.), 2815 E. Genesee St.
TORONTO, CANADA-Myra Chamberlain, 284 Indian Rd. WESTERN MASSAOHUSI!.'TT8 ALuMNAE-Ress Bond LaufIert (Mrs. W F ), 52 Mansfie l d St., Springfiel d, Mass.
CLl:VXLAND, Omo--J.Ais Stonebraker Vasek (Mrs. J. A.), Maple Heights, Bedlord, Ohio. CoLUIUUS, Oruo-Miriam B. Nelson (Mrs. Wallace E.), 28 Kelso Road. B...uulISBURO-LA.N'<lASTEB, PA.-Georgiana Walker Jackson (Mrs. O. E.). 902 N, 18th St., Harrisburg, Pa.
BALTU,(OIlZ, Mo.-Carollne Shoemaker Watt'rs C. Jackson), Park i.!elghts an(j Slade Aves., PIkesville, Md.
DEI..ANo, FLA.-Margaret Gilliland Moore, (Mrs. Robert W.), Box 539.
CAROLINA-Lucy I ..ay, 214 Newbern Ave., Raleigh, N. C. OKI ANDO. ]I'J..A.-Ruth GUlls Le(>dy (Mrs. L. C.), Dubsdreo.d, Orlando, RICHMOND. VA.-Lois Caldwell Harris (Mrs. Ralph R.), 3212 Patter. SOD Ave. ST. PETER8BURG. FLA.-Hazel Ormsby lta.88mussen (Mrs. John 0.), Box 285G.
WASRINOTO:'f, D. C.-Alice Griffith, l846 Ontario PL
Delta Province
VICE PUSJOENT-J ulu l\1lgnonne McCabe Zirpel (Mrs. Walter), 711 East 40th St., Indianapolis, Ind.
ANN' ARBOR, Ml cH.-Myrnn Goodrich Condit (Mrs\ D. H.), 1106 Willard St.
BLOOMINGTON, C. Russell Blakeley, 215 E. 12th St. CHATrANOOOA, TENN.-ltlrs. Glenn O. Smallwood, 525 Pine St. n .......... KOIT. MICH.-Elda L'Dote DlsoSO\vay (Mrs. Mark), 8246 Leslie Ave. FAJ. L8 CITy-LouISVILLE, Ky.-Dorothy Wilson Glossbremer (Mrs. E. L.), 824 MechAnic St.. Jeffersonvllle, Ind. Fon WAY1'U:' TND.--cntherine Cleary, 304 E. Suttenfield St. FRANKLIN, JND.-E ugenla Smtth (Urs. H. R.), ri1 S. Home Ave.
HrLLSDALlI:, MICH.-Dorothy Godfrey Stock (Mrs. Frederick W.), 138 Budlong St. INPlANAPOU8, TND.-Vlrginla. Brackett Green (Mrs. C. Norman), 2650 Sutherland Ave.
LA."AYE"I"I'E. IND.-Mildred. Quigley Beisel (Mrs. Bob), Purdue Unrverslty, W. Lafayette.
UEMPHIS. 'l'ENK.-Nellle Dugger ?tlarshall (Mrs. GeraJd), 125 N. Evergreen PI.
SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA-Alberta DInkel StU well (Mrs. Robert L.), 803 Adams Ave., EvaDsdlle, Ind.
Epsilon Province l>;..!ul & - elf.
VICI: MUler-{MI'8. &. -A.),-the Graemere Hotel. 1: 113 Homan Blvd., Chicago, In. If BELOIT, 'V18.-Dorothy Frederick (Mrs. L. G.), 611 Park Ave. CARTHAO£. [LL.-Catherlne Johnston McClure (Mrs. E.), 232 Wabasb Ave., West
CENTRAL II..LINOIs--Helen Margaret Herbst Hunsucker (Mrs. H.), 406 No . Prairie, Champaign. Ill.
OBIC.\OO. ILL.-Heleu Barrett, 619 Deming Pl.
DECATUR. Ir.L.-Adele l\£urpby. 665 West Prairie A'f"e.
DULUTH. MINN.-Ruby Burtness Olmstead (Mrs.), 16 So. 19tb Ave. ELGIN, ILL.-Vera 1111ls Haeger (Mrs. E. D.), Dundee, Ill.
GALESnURG, Ir.L.-Dorothy Garrett Jordan (Mrs. C. A.), 96S North Brond Rt.
MADISON, WIs.-Marie Binkley Mabbett (Mrs. W. F.), 2117 (J()mmonwealth Ave.
MILWAUKEE, WIs.-Grace Sboemaker Browne (Mrs. C. W.l, 1019 Fred.erick Axe.
MINN&APOLIS AND ST. PAUl. Ar.U}'(NAE-hiargnret Brown, 623 O'niver- • slty Ave., S. E., Minneapolis, 1\l1on.
]LL.-Ruth Meachum McCullogh (Mrs. H. C.), 1024 E. B r oadway.
NORTH SUORE ALl. MNAE-Marjorie Bonney MUsted (Mrs. Wm. H.), 2020 Sherman Ave., Apt. No. I, EvaDston. Ill. •
SPJUNGFIt:LD, ILL-Margaret Earl, c/o illinois State Library Extension Dept.
WEST SUBURBAN A.LUMNAE-Elizabeth Northcott, 401 So. Kensington, La Gronge. Ill.
Zeta Pro vi nce
VICE PRESIDENT-Margaret Jaekes Ball (Mrs. Frank C.), Mi2 Clemens Ave., St. Louts, Mo.
IOWA-Dorothy Cbipman, 427 Ash Aye. BURLINGTON. IOWA-Ethel Cowan Weibley (Mrs. W. F.), 616 Court St.
OEDAR RAPIDS, IowA-Lydia King Macy (Mrs. C. Ward), 1508 Washington Ave.
CHARITON, IowA-M'arela Murray Eikenberry (Mrs. W. A.), 400 So. 8th St.
COLUKUlA, l\10 -1U rs E. M. Page, 601 TU I'ner Ave. DES l\101NItS, IowA-Henrietta Rowley. 520 39th St. IND I ANOLA, IowA-Mary E li zabeth Edwards. 900 North C. St. I OWA OJTY, IowA-M r s . T. Dale Yoder, ' Vood lawn Apts. JOPLIN, Mo.-Agnes Schnur, 14th 8J;Id Mlssisslppl. K .\NSAS Cl1.'Y, Mo.-EmIly Hulme Cooke (Mrs. Thornton), 3723 Wyandotte St. MT. PL£.:\RANT, IowA-Suzanne Stall, 400 E Washlngton St. ST. J08£PJI, Mo.-Louise LaCY, 262'1 Folsom St. ST. LomB, Mo.-Mary Lee Faris, 4469 Westminster PL. SIOUX CITY. IOWA-BernIce Jones Btchler (Mrs. Fred), 511 * 12th St. SPHJNGI!'IELD, Mo.-Alleen Stephenson Jess (Mrs. M. H.), 311 E Grand • Ave.
Eta Province
VIm: P&ESlDENT--Genevieve HerrIck Smith (Mrs. Barry A.), Eudora, Kan.
ALBUQUERQUE, N. MEX.-Dorothy Davis., 51 North 13th St. BOUWER, COLO.-Ethel Poley Bradbury (Mrs. Luther F.), 13th and Columblne. CASPER, WYo.-Theodora Wilson, 935 So. St. OHEYENNE, WYo.-Mrs. Edward BOD, 3020 Capitol Ave. DENVER, COLO.-Mabel Dlckeroo. Davis, (Mrs. E. H.), 120li Monroe St. FT. CoLLINS, CoLO -Margery Keith Robinson (Mrs. George), 110 North Loomis St. LAWJtENCE, KAN.-Martba Maekie, 1941 Massachusetts St. "
LINCOLN, NVJ.--Grace Port('r 1"'26 G St. )(ANHATT \N. KA..N.-Jean lt1ddJeton, 719 nOllston St
OliAIiA AND COUNCIL BUI FY8 ALUMNAE-Kula B. Griswold, 617 So. 63rd Omaha, Neb.
PUEBLO, COfO.-MarecuerJtc Dnugh('rty lluslck (Mrs. E. E.), 1402 No. Main SI.
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH--Gertrude Amsbary Oakes (Mrs. C. C ), 32 DLUcrest Apt.
SHERIDAN, WYo.-Ruth Evans Fleischer iMrs. n . G. ), 338 S. Brook St. ToPEKA, KAN.-Martha Jon('8 Kinkel UJrft. Paul M ), 716 W. 5th St. WICHITA. KAN .-Dorolhy Churcbward ll2R No. 'l'opeka Ave. WYOMING ALU\iNA£- - Euhl George, 603 So. 6th St., Lnramle, Wyo.
Theta Province
VJ CE PRESIDENT-Lucile Rhuttee BlaLr (Mrs. J. M. ), (Ie Mack T;yri Drug ('0., Wichita Fall" Tex ••. ::J lf. 71' h...N' T-4t'4 ARf)J,lORE OKLA.-Lucllle Griffin, 111 C. St., S .W . A"C8nN , TLx.-Mac Belle I1uberlch, 2100 Prarl St. DALL.o\S. Tt:..x:.-Jrene CoUum CarneR (lin. GrLOJth8), $28 Potomac. ENID, OKLA.-Mrs. H. A. Graham, 1302 W. Elm. FAYE'lTEHLlJ!: AND liT SMITH ALU)(NAE-Ruth McKinney Crane (Mrs. Dorset) , 117 No. 14th , Ft. Smith, Ark. HOUBTON, TEx.-Aubrey Wilkerson Smith (Mrs Clifford T.), 918 Oakley Ave.
Lt"rTLE ROCK, ARK.-Paullne lIoeltzel. 1201 Welch St. MUBKOGEE. OKL."",.- Slbyl Callahan, 20S No. PSt. NEW L \.-Dorie. Kent LeBlanc (Mrs. Fronk V.), 832 Pine St. NORlIAN, OKLA.-\Vinttred Robertson .Morr8 (Mrs. Wyatt). OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.- Alice Hyde. 72.3 E. 15th. SUBEVUORT. LA..-Etoise- T.J1udlin GrLmm (Mrs. M W.), 504 Merrick St. TULSA, OK.f...A -Hele.ne Held Thomas CUts. Chas. D.), 1217 So. Qunker.
Iota Province
VICE f'BE9lDENT--Ulirriet .JohnFJtone, 5203 Eighteenth Ave., N.E., Seattle. C01:VALLJB, ORy..-Mr8. Orville Ortell, Kings RORd. EUOENE, OnY-.-Leta Mast Leslie ( Mra. Earl). 771 E. 14th St. POltTLANO, ORE.-Mrs. J. Clyde Petterson, 718 E. 20th St. N. SEATTLE, WASH.-Barbara Ehrlich, 733 17th Ave., No. SpOKANE, WAsrr.-Rohertu Hindley Stewart (Mrs. U. G.), W. 117 26th Ave.
TACOMA, 'VA-8H.-Marguerlte Bonnell, 603 N. Ainsworth Aye. YAKUIA, WASH.-Bonnle :McAnally Smythe CUrs. R. D.), R. F. D. Box. 84.
Rappa Province
VICE l'RESIOENT-:\nn Browning Payne (M r s. ]j'rederlck W.), 22 Bridge Rood, Berkeley. Caut.
LoNG BUCIl, C .u.1Y.-Evn Anderson Hatfield (Mrs. E. T.), 626 West First St. Los ANGELES, CALIP.-Ell.7..abeth Wheat, 846 Keniston. NE\' AOA ALUMNAE-Harriet M. Martin (M.rs.), 1601 Arlington Ave .• neno, Nev.
NOnTI1EBN CA.ll.FOllNlA ALUMNAE-Belen GrUnth Baker (Mrs. Gano). Beacon St., Oakland, CaliC. PASADENA, CAI.Jl".-Margaret Sears. 1423 Wayne Ave., So. SAN DlEOO. CAI..IJI".-Loul.se 1,". Wilson, Second St. • SAN FRANCISCO, CALLF.-Bertba J. Du Bois. lW2 Jackson St. TUCSON, A.IlJz.-.MrB. Malcolm F. Whartou, 1631 E. 3rd St.
TH" BAI.FOUR CUP for the year 1925-1926 has been awarded to 'lVisconsin A, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. Details of the award will appear in the November ARROW.
CHAPTER VICE PRESIDE 'TS AND ALUMNAE CeUB SECRETARIES-Attention! The Cataloguer is making a drive to locate aU members of the fraternity. A mimeographed list of persons whose mail has been returned by the Post Office is being sent to every chapter and alumnre club. \Nill you not he lp find these "lost" members by writing to persons who you think may be able to trace them? Send any news direct to the Cataloguer, so that her files may be brought up to date. A list of such members from defunct chapters occurs elsewhere in this issue.
Mrs. R. D. Brown, 60 \'loodrow St., West Hartford, Conn.
FR.:UND MILL£>, Illinois E, has been appointed Assistant to the Grand \' ice President.
Emilie Margaret White, Columbia A, has been appointed Grand Vice President, to succeed Olive Keller Laurence, resigned.
THE NATIO"AL ALUMNAE DEPART"'''NT is making an earnest effort to enroll every individual alumna! a s a member. Will you not help either by joining a local club, or if you have none in your vicinity, by sending $1.00, the amount of the national d u es, to Mrs. R. VI'. Geare, 3047 Porter St., Washington· D. C., a nd you will receive the monthly newspaper from the Settlement School.
PI BF.TA PHI has decided not to deal as a fraternity with the Fleisher Hosiery company as returns this year <lid not warrant. Through some misunderstan<ling, the fraternity paid for advertising this year and received $19 in profit as compared to $1,200 in profit last year.
ALI. ApPLICATIONS for undergraduate loans should be made to the committee in charge of the Loan Fund. Information as to con<litions, credentials , and terms of loans may be obtained from the chairman of the Committee on Loan Fund, Mildred Kern Bissell (Mrs. R. H.), Reedsville, Presto n Co., West Virginia.
ALl. ApPLlCATION'S for the Pi Beta Phi Fellowship should reach the Grand President by January I, 1927. See special announcement elsewhere in this issue.
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RE PORT OF THE GRAND PRESIDENT
To the Pi Beta Phi Fraternity:
It is again the privilege of the Grand President to present a summary of a fraternity year which she believes has been one of progress, with accomplishments worthy of a place on the record of Pi Beta Phi. The inspiration of Convention and the memories of the years of faithful servIce on the part of the many fraternity officers whose terms expired at that time have been invaluable incentives to your present national and province officers to carry, to the best of their ability, the responsibilities resting upon them. The reports of officers and committee chairmen speak for themselves and it is necessary only to add a word of sincere appreciation for the detailed work done, for the splendid results achieved, and for the loyal, heartening cooperation ever apparent. The resignation of Olive Keller Laurence, Grand Vice President, has meant a very real loss to Pi Beta Phi, since her consecration to the fraternity, her charming personality, and her vision for the future have been valuable factors in the constructive development of the fraternity. Under Mrs. Laurence the alumn", department has had a year of intensive development and growth. The increased contact between alumn", officers and clubs has been supplemented by an increased contact between these offiicers and the Grand Council and it is hoped that there has been given to all a deeper sense of the unity between all departments of the fraternity and a truer understanding of the fraternity as a whole. Pi Beta Phi welcomes as its incom ing Grand Vice President, Emi lie Margaret White whose yea r s of efficient serv i ce as Province Vice President and as Assistant to the Grand Vice President have demonstrated her ability successf ully to continue the work of her honored predecessors. Miss White has appointed as her Assistant, Kate Fre u nd Miller, Epsilon Province Vice President, whose successor as province vice p r eside n t w ill be anno unced by the Grand Vice President. Because, following the Bigwin Inn
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Convention and as a result of discus s ions held there, a number of radical changes in alumn", department organization and methods were made , it was thought best by the Grand Co un cil to delay any action upon the recommendation of the sessions that a committee on alumncr reorganizati on be continued until a year's test of these new methods had been given. In the opinion of the Grand Council, the re sults of the year indicate that the methods now being used are well adapted to meet the needs of the alumn", department and that they offer a splendid working basis upon which to formulate permanent alumn", policies. At it s recent meeting, the Grand Council authorized the appointment of the suggested committee to work during the coming year and to present to the 1927 Convention a r eport which will include suggestions for Constitutio nal changes to cover its recommendations. The perso nnel of this committee will include of the New York Alumn", Club, from which came the original s u ggest ion for s u ch a commit tee and which, last year, gave so freely of its time and thought to the question, and of present and past alumnre officers.
The year has been one of internal strengthenin g for the fraternity and of many honors for individual chapters and members . Every organization based u pon human relationships inevitably has its problems: Pi Beta Phi has solved tho se which have come to i t as its best judgment directed, and it believes that upon these solutions has been laid a foundation for even greater strength in the coming year. The fraternity has constantly held before its chapters the facts that it is an organization with ideals and standards of the highest type of womanhood, and that anything less than a sincere str iving for the attainment of these standards is a failure to meet fraternity respon sibility. Those who study the present day college girl find that their observations lead them to believe with President F. W. Clayton of Tabor College that "the student body is more thoughtful today and more desirous of doing right than perhaps at any other time. External conditions have changed, but it is no indication of a lowering of ideals." Because, however, there is on many campuses a reflection of the almost universal carelessness and indifference to appearances apparent in outside social lif e, there is a very real need for every fraternity woman, active or alum:la, whatever her fraternity, to feel her responsib ility both to support h er chapter in every stand which it takes for the finest tI-Jngs and to set for it an example of true
fidelity to initiation vows . Pi Beta Phi is founded upon ideals of exceptionally fine womanhood-the highest type, not a mediocre or average one-and for that reason it must hold before its members the necessity for living up to standards which represent not just the morally right, but also the essentially fine and womanly . Not enough can be said in appreciation of the splendid work of Mabel Scott Brown, Cataloguer , in establishing and conducting the Central Record and Supply Office. It is difficult to conceive of the vast amount of time , hard work, and thought which have g one into making the first year of the Central Office a signally successful one: the sincere thanks of the fraternity seem but a poor expression of its appreciation. Chapters have found it a grea t convenience to get supplies f rom and to send reports to one central office and this has been reflected in an exceptionally fine cooperation on their part. The Central Record and Supply Office has done routine clerical and shipping work, has supervised the publishing of many supplies, has carried on the work of the Cataloguer, and has issued many letters for fraternity officers. The Grand Council believes that in this non-executive office Pi Beta Phi is developing the ideal solution to the problem of the heavy clerical work of the fraternity.
It was inevitable that the adoption of a uniform chapter accounting system would hring some difficulties of adjustment: it is a matter of congratulation that at the close of the college year chapters, with ,"ery few exceptions, were using the Busey System acceptably and successfully. Other fraternities were much more quick to follow the lead of Delta Gamma in requiring the use of a uniforno accounting system. Pi Beta Phi waited until the value of such a requirement had been proved by years of actual experience. The Grand Council believes that this coming year will find all chapters recognizing the benefit of u sing a system which places them upon a stable business foundation. Marie Freeman Palmer has given valuable service as National Supervisor of Chapter Accounting.
During the past year, the fraternity has issued new and revised editions of the Initiation Ceremony, the Pledging Ceremony, the Manual for Alumnae Advisory Committees, the Uniform House Rules, the Letter to the Parents of Pledges, and the Standards of Pi Beta Phi for the Relations between a Chapter and its
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Chaperon. A new Manual for Province Presidents, based upon ideas contained in the former manual, in a revision outlined by Olive Hawkins Smith, and in suggestions from various officers, was gotten out in mimeographed form by the Grand President. A Manual for Province Vice Presidents was formulated by the Grand Vice President and her Assistant and was mimeographed and distributed by the Central Record and Supply Office. A mimeographed lett e r to Deans of Women, presenting some of the fraternity's standards for its chapters and its desire to cooperate with college authorities in every movement for bettering of general college conditions, met with a very gratifying reception. The Graod President also sent to all alumnae clubs a letter which it was hoped would arouse an interest in the working methods and means of the fraternity. Regular correspondence has included a number of mimeographed letters to officers, chapterS, and committees.
The Grand Council has held to the fraternity's policy of allowing applying groups to petition only at conventions. At its recent meeting, it carefully considered all groups which have been in communication regarding the possibility of being chartered and, with few exceptions, authorized the Committee on Extension to discourage them. Applying groups at the University of California, Southern Branch, and at the Un ivers ity of South Dakota will receive official visits this fall and if they are approved will be allowed to petition the coming Convention. In order to ascertain the attitude of the fraternity towards Monmouth College as a field for extension, a letter of information concerning the college and the applying group there was sent to all chapters, with a request for a statement of sentiment. This survey indicated that if a strong group were developed at Monmouth, there would b e a decided sentiment for a return to the college of our founding. The local group which is worl..;ng towards petitioning has made splendid progress and has the endorsement of the local alumnre club; whether or not it will be ready for actual petitioning at the coming Convention has not yet been detennined. No group, regardless of its location, will be allowed to petition Convention unless, in the opinion of the Grand Council, it is ready for nationalization as a part of Pi Beta Phi .
The financial condition of the fraternity is, as usual, most
gratifying. The strength of Pi Beta Phi and the love for it and confidence in it which are felt by its members are indicated by the fact that more than a million dollars are now invested in the fraternity-a cause for pride and for an intense humility for each member who realizes her responsibility for maintaining a fraternity worthy of this confidence. The Arrow Endowment Fund has made its logical increase during the year; the Fellowship Endowment Fund has continued to receive contributions from clubs and now has a substantial over-subscription; the Pi Beta Phi Endowment Fund i well started with approximately $5,CXX) to its account. In accordance with the recommendation made at Bigwin Tnn by the outgoing Grand Council, steps are being taken to insure the perpetuity of all endowment funds; some type of committee-in-charge will be appointed as soon as all legal details have been worked out. The Central Record and Supply Office, in spite of the fact that it has had to purchase a great deal of permanent equipment, has kept well within its allowance. The Convention Fund, which for many years has not been able to finance a Convention, will not be able to do so this coming year: a registration fee, the usual thing for fraternity conventions. wi1l again be levied and will probably be s lightly increased from th1t of the last Convention. The increase in the number and value of chapter houses owned presents an interest· ing study and is a most gratifying, concrete evidence of the loyalty o[ Pi Beta Phi alumn",. Tn the first report of the present Grand President, issued in the October 1922 ARROW, the number of houses owned by chapters is given as 19 and their va luati on as $360,000. Chapter reports [or June 1926 give the number of houses owned as 33 and their valuation as $860,800. During the past year Illinois Zeta and Washington Beta have completed beautiful chapter homes and Tennessee Alpha has built a most attracti,·e bungalow for meeting purposes only. Idaho Alpha, Nebraska Beta and Oklahoma Beta have let contracts [or houses which are being built during the summer. Illinois Epsilon has at la st seen the beginning of the women's campus which will include its house. Pennsylvania Alpha is completing a bungalow for meetings on ly, and Ohio Beta h a.; just purchased a new home. As chapter houses become more adequate, many fraternity problems will be so lved. Under ihe able direction o[ Nita Hill Stark and Evelyn Bishop, the Settlement School has had an exceptionally splendid
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year, as the reports will indicate . The Settlement School is suffering a very real loss, this summer, in the resignation of Phyllis Higinbotham, resident nurse , who is accepting a position of great responsibility elsewhere. Miss Higinbotham has been an inspiration to all who have come in contact with her and has endeared herself beyond measure to the people of the Gatlinburg community both because of her unfailing giving of herself (or their physical wellheing and because o( her rare personality. Pi Beta Phi cannot express in words its appreciation for the service which Phyllis Higinbotham has given so (reely because o( her love for humanity and for her fraternity. The industries have had a success(ul year and have beco me a big bu si ness in themselves. The first unit o( the new school building at Gatlinburg is now under way and it will meet a great need since crowded conditions have greatly handicapped the teaching staff. It is h o ped that (unds for the completion o( the entire building may be obtained on a memorial basis. The county is building at the Sugarlands, this summer, at the Emma Harper Turner Center, a school house which will be available (or u se this fall. The fraternity expects that its teachers' residence there, which is being built by Ohio Alpha as a memorial to Hazel Todd Meaden, will also be ready for occupancy at that time.
The fellowship (o r 1926-27 has been awarded to Mildred Maroney of Oklahoma Beta. The Grand Council is setting the date upon wllich applications (or the fellowship must be in the hands of the Grand President as January I, in order that the award may be made before it is necessary for applicants to make definite plans (or the year. The award is always a difficult one to make because of the exceptional qualifications of all applicants, and the time required for securing the unanimous vote of the Grand Council is SO great that March I has been found to be so late as to present serious complications. 'rhe announcement of the award of the Balfour Cup will be made in this issue of TH£ ARRow.
Although a number of changes in official personnel have been necessary during the year, the work of the fraternity has shown a continuous develapment. The inability of Lottie Taylor Holland and Florence Metzner to accept the offices to which they were elected by Convention necessitated the immediate appointment of Mattie Craig Francis and Nan Browning Payne as their success-
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ors, while the resignations of Edna Wood Miller, Hardenia Fleteher Logan, and Netta Lucille Young, province presidents who had endeared themselves to their chapters by their service for them, were followed by the appointments of Marie Winsor Stebbins, Marian Gilmer, and Grace Parker McPherson. The death of Anna Cravens Rott, one of the fraternity's most devoted members, made necessary the appointment of Marion Coe Palmer as chairman of the Committee on Chapter Hou se Building and Financing. Appreciation should here he expressed for the kindness of Mr. Otto Rott in continuing to supply fraternity ribbon in the correct sha,lts, thus carrying on a project begun by his wife. Acting upon the suggestion of May Lansfield Keller that, because the expense of sending her to the National Ponhellenic Congress at Dallas, Texas would be so great, an officer living in the vicinity represent the fraternity there, the Grand Secretary was appointed official delegate to that conference and represented Pi Beta Phi with distinction. Following the con ference, Dr. Keller asked to be relieved of her office because of heavy obligations at Westhampton, anti her resignation was accepted with much regret for its necessity and with a keen realization of the honor which had come to Pi Btta Phi through her Panhellenic representation of it throughout the years. The Grand Secretary preferred not to continue the Panhellenic work, so since National Panhellenic requests that whenever possible official delegates be active officers of their fraternities, the Grand President has hecome the official representative for Pi Beta Phi:
A definite an"oun,ement of the time and place for the next C.onvention cannot be made at this time, but it is probable that convention will be held in Yellowstone Park, June 27 to July 2 inclusive. Detailed announcements will appear elsewhere in this magazine. The Gr.tnd Council has made tentative plans for Convention and hopes to make it the hest that the fraternity has yet had. The experiment made last year of holding simultaneous ahnnnre and regular sessions seems to the Grand Council not to have been satisfactory, so it will not be repeated. The Council will appreciate suggestions for discussion and legislation for consideration at the coming Convention. There is a question, for example, as to whether or not the fraternity's present regulations gO\'erning di missals are wholly acceptable and it is possible that new legislation governing this should be passed by
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. Convention; it is a question which dcnlancls the serious thought of all members . The Grand President urges all Pi Phis to begin now to plan to come to Convention. trhere is nothing else which so makes one's fraternity a living thing!
The three groups granted charters by the Bigwin Inn Convention were installed early in the fall by the Grand President, w i th the great ly appreciated assistance of the Province Pres idents, local alumnre, and nearby chapters, and as Virginia Gamma, Ohio Delta, and Kentucky Alpha have a l ready taken their p laces as worthy chapters of Pi Beta Phi. All chapters have been vis i ted by their Province Presidents and twenty-five chapters have received official visits from the Grand Secretary, the ARROW Editor, or the Grand President. In addition to installing the three new chapters and making official visits to West Virg inia Alpha, Missouri Alpha and Gamma, Arkansas Alpha, and Michigan Alpha and Beta, the Grand President has been the g u est of Columbia A Ipha, Ohio Beta, Indiana Alpha, Beta, and Gamma, Illinois Zeta, and Texas Beta and their alumnre. She has also had the very great pleasure of being the guest of the Indianapolis Alumnre Club in Novemher, of the Galesburg Alumnre CJub for Founders' Day, and of the Monmouth A l umn;:e Club in April. She has appreciated greatly other invitations which it has not beon possib le for he r t o accept
'rhe fraternity has recently received from the Monmo u th Pi Beta Phis two most interesting additions to its historica l archives -a gave l made from the walnut stairs of the first college bu ilding" at Monmouth and a piece of sheet music, "'rhe Golden Arrow Polka, dedicated to I. C. Sorosis," published in the early eighteen eighties by the father of an Illinois Alpha 1. C. 'rhe grateful thanks of the fraternity are given to the Monmoutll Pi Phis for this gracious courtesy. 'rhese relics of the early days of the fraternity will become increasingly interesting and valued as time pas es.
'rhis report of the year's work is respectfully submitted as that of a sincere effort on the part of the Grand President and her co-workers to give worthy service to their fraternity and to bring to Pi Beta Phi increased strength and prestige that she may continue to hold her honored place among college fraternities.
AMY BURNUAM ONKEN} Gra1ld Preside1l/.
REPORT OJ!' TUE GIlAXD VICE PRESIDENT
The work or the Grand Vice President has ot necessity been CODfined entirely to correspondpnce nnd while ber file or unanswered mati was sometimes very heavy, lIhe has thoroughly enjoyed It. Alumnae work was 80 new to her thut It bas taken her most ot the year to find herselt'.
'Dle spirit of the wonderful Convcullon at Blgwln Inn bus been very evident In the enthusium ot the 112 old clubs nnd nlne new :,)De8. PI Beta PhI 18 not stltodtng still Or goLug backwnrd-it is steadily progresslng as Is proven by the enthusiasm and Interest of so many loyal alumnre. Since lust Convention nine groups bn'f"c aJlPlied tor charters nurl your Grand Vice PreSident feels that there will be many more 8l>Pllcntioos. The nine are 8S tollows: Portland, Maine; Charleston, W. Virginia; North Shore Club at Evanston, Ill.; Chariton, Iowa; Taillill, Mo.: Salem, ·Ore.; San Diego, Cal.; San FranCiSCO, Cnl., ond lIonolu1u, llawnll. One cannot deny the tar reaching Influence of our fraternity when we realize that the Pi Phis in for off [I a ",all havE' 0 chartered club.
One ot the big alms ot lhe alumnae departm e nt this year has been lo brIng the clubs nnd IndivIduals Into clo8 (' r contact with the nntlollol through more frequent correspondence with the Province Vice Prcsld(>nts aud a detailed plnlt ot reaching Isolated Pi Phis.
A splendid manual tor PrO\' Jnce Vice Presidents was written by Emilie :llargaret WbJte, 8sslsted by Kate Freund Miller 8.l.Id Marion Baker.
The Province Vice Pl'esldents have nsked tor monthly letters from all clubs, telling ot plans and progress during tile year They In tu rn have sent monthly If'tters to their clubs nnd with a few excel)tions this plan has I)ro\'en ver)' suc;c .. s.sflli. At first It was thought to be an 1m· posslblltty that we cou ld obtain monthly lelters trom clubs, but just the oppos ite cOJldltton exists. and another year w11l no doubt bring Btill better results.
The Grand Vice President has written monthly letters to til ProvIn<'C Vice Presidents and they In turn have written her. She has also been in close touch with her splendid assistant Margaret White. 'l"hree general messages have been sent out to alumnae by the Grand Vice President during tllc year A general letter was sent to all clubs early in the tnU and the Founders' Day greeting, In AprIl. A form letter was written by the Grand Vice Prestdt?nt which was sent out by the Province Vice Presidents to Phi Phis IlvJng in towns where there sbou ld be clubs, urging tbnt they orenntze. Round Robins hnvp ATMn trAvpTpd trom the Grand Vice President to the Province Vice Presidents, dl8CUS8lng such things os ways to raise money for Ule Settlement School, yenrly programs tor ('Iubs. etc. These have prov(>n to oe very belptul. Your Grand Vice President has sent all general correspondence to the other
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members of the Grand CouDell so as to keep them tully Informed 8S to the work 01: the alumnae department.
The Grand President, also, sent a very inspirational letter to all clubs.
Tbe plan of renching RS mnny isolated alumna e as possible by letter bas been nn almost endless task. :\Iargnret White, ASfJistant to the Grand Vice President. deserves most ot the credit tOl" all that has been accomplished. Dorothy Smnlhvood Genre of 'Vasblngto ll , D. C., gave much time and thought to this tremendous task. Your Grand Vice President 'wlLl not go into detail here as what has been done will be fully explained in her Assistant's report. She would like to say, howe\"cr, thnt the collecting and verIfying ot the addresses of thousands of isolated PI Phis has entnlled work wbich few ot us realize. It will take time to get such a plan in working orde.r, but reuchlng these people by a letter from the ?\"atlonal organization will be well worth the errort. Pi Beta Phi needs nnd wants the tlcth'e interest ot every person wearing the Arrow, and Is doing its best to prove it.
Clubs have been working enthusiastically tor the SetUement School Rnd have d ev ised many really new ways ot raising money. Many of them 8urpas8ecl theiL' last year's contribution. Clubs located nenr an active -chapter have a double responsibility in doing tor the chapter 8S well as the School. Th e ir reports sbow many splendid gltts to chapter houses. Tbe close cooperation between alumnae and active chapters should be one of the strongest roclts in the toundation ot PI Beta PhI. It Is with keen regret that the Grand Vice President teels tbot she most resign from her oOlce. Due to the necessity tor relaxation and the tact that she cannot do her share of chapter visiting, she feels that she cannot continue. The rare privilege ot being a member at the Grand Counell ot PI Beta Pili has been a shining ltght in a yenr of worry and sorrow. 'Vords cannot express the joy she has bad, and the !ouree ot strength U· has been.
She would like to express sincere appreCiation to the other members of G rand Council, to the Province Vice Presidents, to her assistant, Margaret White, nnd to Mrs. Brown, National Cataloguer. for their unending patience, help nnd cooperation dul'lng Ule year. '1'0 Mrs. Nlckerson, whose office the Grand Vice President was prhlleged to take , and to the many clubs throughout the country, she wishes to extend sincere thanks for tbeir work this year.
Your Grand Vice President fe els that sbe has had a rare honor in being able to serve PI Beta Phi and she has been repaid a hundred fold for what little she bas given.
Resp act tully submitted, OUVl!: KELLEa LAUUl'fCE
REPORT TilE ASSISTAXT GRAND \ ' ICE PRE. IDE NT
The Assistant to the Grand Vice President submits the tollowlnl' report for the year 1925-1926:
As the omce of "Aazdstant to the Grand Vice President" was a creation of the Blgwln Convention, for whlcb no requirements were laid down other thon the general one, tbat its incumbent should assist the Grand Vice PTesldent In such ways as the latter should direct, its functions have been a matter of evolution 8S circumstances required.
In addition to routine matters of cooperating with the Grand Viet President in getting news of the national organl1atlou to the through the Provlnce Vice Presidents, a manuol tor Praylnee Vice PresIdents WfUI compiled with the help of Marlon Baker, former Vll'e PresIdent of Beta Province. and Mrs. Miller, present Vice President ot Epsilon Provlnce, n dran of the constitutional changes for the conduct of the alumnae department, authorized. at Convention, was drawn up and a letter of greeUng was sent to the alumnne initiated into the three new chapters this tall_
Because ot the fact lhat we ha\-e about 13,000 alumnae in the haternlty, only about 3,000 ot whom ure enrolled in clubs, the chid work of the year has into the campaign to enroll every alumna as a member of the natIonal nluDlnue department at least, and In a club, if pos8ible.-D campnlgn which has bad only Its beginning this year and trom wbich w e hope for a much greater fruition next year.
]j'rom lists ot Bent In by cbapters.-aud bere I wish to express my sln(:ere appreciation to tbe chapters for tbelr splendid coall but five baving sent the lists requested,-ond from THE ARBOW IDaJilng list It was found that there were about sLIty places In tbe country hRvlng ten or more alumnae, but no clubs. Lists of these were sent to the Proviuce Yl ce Presidents who are now endeavoring to get clubs started In these centers. About thirty other towns appeared to have from sc\'en to nille alulDnae and the Province Vlee Presidents hcwe endeavored to have these alumnae join In a Founder8' Day celebration and form the nucleus of a club.
Since it WllS telt that thls campaign was equally \'ital to the work of the alumnae department and that of the Settlement Sehool, a form letter, addressed to every alumna not enrolled in a club and stressing both phases of alumnae work, was prepared jointly with Mrs. Geare of the Settlement School Committee and the expense of printing and malltng Js being borne jointly. About 5,000 copies of this Jetter are being sent out through the Central Record and Supply Office a8 fast 8S Mrs. Brown can verify the addresses, In thl8 connection I cannot pay too blgh a tribute to the assistance that Mrll. Brown has given In this camP6lgn. It would hav e been an almost Impossible task without her enthusiastic help.
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These letters ortered national membership and II subscription to the monthly newsptlPf'f published at the Settlement School tor the $1.00 dues, and a number or the clubs used them for alumnae in nearby communitlcs, otl'erblg nssoclate membership in their clubs for $1.26, the $.25 to finance club bulletins etc., BCD t to associate members. Since It WaH AprU before the malling of these letters could be begun, a note was added that dues paid now would cover the p e riod to June 1927. It Is planned to reach with these also the girls who lea\'"e college tbls year, both graduates and nOD-graduat es.
In spIte of the fact thl\t alumnae dues were raised to $1.00 at the Ur-lS Convention, alumnae membershi p bas shown on Increase. I should l1ke to suggest as 11 topiC for diSCUSSion In the coming year the feasibility of laying betore Convention ft plan wher e by all alumnae clubs shall I>8-Y a flat rate ot alumnae tax and Ute membership in the nne department shall be olTered to those graduated in or be.tore 1927 on a sliding scale, based on actuarIal tables, and that IIle membership in the alumnae department be ma(]e automatic after 1927 by an dition to the present initiation fee, such addition to be placed in the alumnae treasury, part fo create a fund from which tbe expenses of an alumna delegate to Convention from each club could be paid, and part to finance the printing and malling of tbe monthly paper from the Settlement School to every member of the alumnae department I believe thnt this newsy little paper in the bands of every alumna 'would be of material advantage to the School.
I cannot neglect bere the opportunity ot stressIng aguln a pet scheme for increasing interest in and support of tbe Settlement School, n ame ly that every c l ub urged to ho l d an open meeting once in the interim of Conventions, the eastern clubs one year and the western the next, that at this meeting the slides ot the School be shown, a taut given on the work of the School nnd an exhibit and sale ot Scbool products be held.
In closing I wlsb to a very real sense of appreciation tor the fine and friendly cooperation of the Pro\"lnce Vice Presidents, to the membe.rs of Grand Counell for their assistance aod encouragement, and particularly to the one whose assistant I have been and with whom It has been such n real pleasure to work. It Is n matter of the deepest regret to know that It will not be possIble for Un. Laurence to continue in this work.
Respectfully submitted
EMILIE MARGARET WUJTE
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE
GRAND COUNCIL
The annual meeting of the Grand Council was held at the Settlement School in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, May 22-29, 1926. Through the generosity of Mrs. Laurence it was possible for both the outgoing and incoming Grand Vice Presidents to be in attendance.
Early in the session, joint meetings were held with the Chairman and the Treasurer of the Settlement School Committee. Reports of the committee's officers and mjnutes of the commjttee's annual meeting were presented and matters pertaining to the conduct and policies of the School were considered. Among the proposed measures which the Grand Council approved were the construction at Gatlinburg of the industrial unit of a new school building; the sale of the Simmons property (an isolated tract bought originally for its possible use for dam construction, a project now unnecessary) provided that such action seemed advisable to the committee and the price was advantageous; and the employment of .n assistant to the Head Resident to have charge of local finances connected with living and industries. Recommendations made to the Settlement School Committee by the Grand Council included the following:
1. That the Committee outline programs tor the Bnnual, required Settlement School meeting to be beld by 811 chapters.
2. That the new school buJlding at Gatlinburg be a memorial one and that tunds tor the completion of the entire buUdlng be soUcited upon that basis.
S. That when guests at the Settlement School, who are not on school business, prefer to pay for thel.t accommodations there be a fixed rate per day for such accommodations.
4. That discounts for industries be on a fixed time and quantity bnsJa witb an establlsbed wbolesale vrlce.
:So 'rhat the G'atUnbtlrg New. be sent to c lubs in tbe raUo ot one copy to eacb fifteen paid members.
At the conclusion of the meetings devoted to consideration of Settlement School problems, the Grand Council took up its regular work, the first matter presenting itself being the award of the annual fellowship. The Pi Beta Phi Fellow for 1926-1927
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will be Mildred lila roney, Oklahoma B, who will p ur s u e an advanced diplcmatic co urse a t George Washington U nivers ity .
The Grand Council voled that in the future the final date for the s ubmi ss ion " : appli ca ti ons for lh e Pi Beta Phi Fellowship shall be January 1. Certain needed c han ges were made in th e application f o rm s.
Consideration w as next given to the annual report s o f nati onal and province officers and of the chairmen of s tanding committees . Action upon any recomm endati ons co ntained in such reports was tak e n separately rather than included with the acceptance of the reports.
The Grand Council regr ett ed exceed in g ly the necessity of accepting the resignation of Je nni e Rowell Bradlee who has don e s uch excellent and valued work as a m ember of the Committee on Undergraduate Loan Fund.
Upon consi derati on of a recomm e ndati on from the Committee on Undergraduate Loan F und , th e Grand Council voted that the co nstituti ona l provi sio ns concerning the name and purpose of the Fund sho uld remain un chan ge d.
The frat ernity examination questions f or 1926- 1927 submitted by the Committee o n Fraternity Study and Examinati o n, were read and approved .
It was voted to amend the Constitution by striking o ut Statutes IX, Section 6, and by s ub st ituting f o r the section the foll o wing:
Sec. 6 . FELLOWSHIP
FUND.
Tbe frate rnity shall maintain a permanent Fellowship Endowment Fund consisting of nll gifts contributed t owa rd 8uch 8 Fund, the interest tr o m wbich to b E: used tor ftnancing the annual Pi Beta Phi FellowBblp.
The report of the Committee o n Extension gave evidence of lhe fact that during 1925-1926 co mparatively f e w local groups, in comparison with the numbers six to ten years ago, have been in correspondence with the fraternity. A th oro ugh study was made of the characteristics of those appl yi ng g r oups which had met the preliminary requirements for admission into Pi Beta Phi, and as a result the Committee was inst ructed conce rning its future course of procedure in each case. Several local organizati ons were definitely di sco urag ed. It was voted that the required
official visits he made to Alpha Tau Zeta of the Southern Branch of the Uni\'ersily of California with a view to allowing its petition to be presented to the ne"'! Convention provided reports are favorable; that Zeta Epsilon Chi of Monmouth College, Monmouth, IJlinois receive the necessary inspection visits; that Epsilon Province Pre;ident inspect Zeta Chi Delta of the University of South Dakota early in the fall, further official visits to be de,"'ndent upon her report.
A motion carried that at the beginning of the college year each chapter vice president shall send to the Chairman of the Committee on Transfers a list of the chapter members of the past year (and of any other known members) who are attending other colleges or universities.
Detailed studies were made of the conditions existing in lhe active chapters. The information obtained through the reports of Province Presidents, of visiting Grand Officers, of the several committee chairmen concerned with active chapter work, and the inclusive reports submitted annually by the chapters, was most encouraging and indicated a healthy and progressive average for the fraternity. Tn the few instances where chapters were felt, in some respects, to fall b elow that average, eXlstlllg situations were carefully analyzed and constructive and helpful plans were made for the coming year.
It was decided that again a uniform letter should be sent to Deans 0 f Women, and that a request [or reports on the cooperation of chapters should be included.
A motion was carried to the effect that a survey be made of local initiation fees assessed by chapters in order that such information, together with reconunendations which may grow from it, may be presented to the next Convention.
The Grand Council wished to re-emphasize the fact that there is a constitutional ruling against any forr;n of mock initiation of pledges. Any chapter which allows its pledges to be made COnspicuous on a campus or its upper-classmen to exact personal service from pledges is failing to maintain the standards of Pi Beta Phi. The Grand Council further expressed its disapproval of the practice of group criticism or "truth parties."
The ARROW Editor was appointed a committee of one to prepare a ritual for at pledge meetings.
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It was voted that on the return post-<:ards, which every chapter is required to send out each year in order that its membership records may be accurate and complete, definite provision be made for a report on occupation or vocation .
The unanimou 5 vote of the Grand Council amended the Constitution by adding to Statute IV, Sec. 8, CARD FILE, the words, "accuracy being assured by the use ot return postal cards sent out at least once each college yenr," so that the section shall read:
"Sec. 8. CARD FILE.
"Each chapter shall keep an otHelal card fll e of its entire membership with corrections nnd additions accurately recorded, accuracy beIng assured by the use ot return postal cards sent out at lenst once each college year,"
The Constitution was further amended by the addition of Article I, Sec. 8, read:
See 8. FISCAL YEAR
The fiscal )'enr of this fraternity sholl begin on July 1 and shall end on .1nne 30.
Statute VI[ of the Constitution, Sec. 1, e., was amended by striking out the words, "within one month from date of initiation," an9 substituting the words, "before initiation," so as to read:
See. 1. NEW MEl\{BERS.
e. All members shall comply with the above regulations before Initiation.
Article III, B, Sec. 2, a, was amended by striking out the words, "and the Treasurer," so that the section shall read: -.--.,
8. The CorrespondIng Secretary shall be elected at the regular election at the close or the college year and shall serve continuously until the election ot her successor at the close of the following college year.
The same Article was further amended by the insertion of Sec. 2, h, to read:
b. The Treasurer shall be elected at the middle of the college yenr nnd 811all serve continuously lmUI the election of her successor at the re gular election in the middle of the following college year.
It was voted to amend Statute IV of the Constitution, Sec. 10, ARCHIVES, by striking out the entire section and by substituting the following :
'"The archives ot each chapter shall contain the most r(>(.<ent copies of all prlntN matter sent out by the National Fraternity. a verUcal ftle containing the fraternity corres[londence tor the current and 1m. mediately preceding yeurs, a bound copy ot the Constitution tor signatUf('8, Riluals, n COlly Of the secret Cipher and Key, the framed chapter ('harter. the History ot PI Beta Phi, a hound ARROW 1;'11(> ond 8 Secret ARROW flLf' doting trom the tim(> ot the ('hnpt{'r's instaJJatlon, Con gtilUtlous, tbe chapter card Hie , n Biblc, the secreturlCH' nnd treasurers' books tor the current and IwO IlIlInediately by-laws tInt! l'el)()rts or 10<.'01 and nati on al l-'11nbellenlc associations, the Sorority Handbook , Halrd's Manunl , an RPI>roved pattern tor the Initiation robe. ADd nU other documents of permlillellt chapter Interest. As prlnted Imbll c ations are re-pluced by new editions, ropies of former editions ShAll be destroyed."
The Grand Council voted that. for lhe coming year, Banta's Greek Exchange be supplied all chapters, the Grand Collncil, and all Province Presidents, and that the coming Convention determine. in the light or this experiment, the future policy or the fraternity in regard lO such inclusive ubscription to that magazine.
The ARROW Editor brought before the Grand Council a proposition concerning the financial and business policy of Tin: ARROW. It was as a result of the Editor's thorough personal investigation and of the consideration given the matter at the meeting of the magazine editors at the National Panhellenic Congress in January, that th" Grand COllncil voted that Pi Beta Phi should enter into a contract with the Fraternity Group Ad\'ertising Company of New York City for national advertising in Tue ARROW for a period of five years.
The work of the Alumn", Department fo r the past year was presented in detail by the Grand Vice President and her Assistant. and its results w ere analyzed and appraised. everal new ideas put into effect since the last Convention have apparently contributed much to the successful accomplishments of the department. Following out the suggestion of the 1925 Alum",,, Sessions of Con,·entiol1, a committee was appointed by the Grand President to continue work on plans for re-organization of the alumn", department and to report to the next Convention. This. committee was chosen from past and present alumnre officers and
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its personnel is: Blanche Charlton Curtis, past Kappa Province Vice President, clklirman; Olive Keller Laurence, retiring Grand Vice President; Kathleen Little, past 'fheta Province Vice President and representative of the New York Alumnae Club, and Genevieve Herrick Smith, Eta Province Vice President. The Grand Council formulated a recommendation for this committee, carrying out a suggestion made by the present Alumn", Editor:
That It conaldl'f the advisability. (ollowlng the coming Convention, ol making the Alumn:e Editor a member of the ARROW Statr only. rather tban a national ottlcer. and ot makLng the Assistant to the Grand Vice President n member ot Convention and secretary to the alumnle sessions.
A motion carried that a committee comIX>sed of the Grand President, the Grand Vice President and the Assistant to the Grand Vice President work out the constitutional changes concerning the Alumnre Department which were authorized by the 1925 Convention. The Grand Council also voted that this cOmmittee be instructed to formulate con stitutional changes which would allow the election of one member of the Settlement School Committee at each Convention by the Alumna! Department.
Business relative to the next Convention was given general consideration and as many tentative plans were made for its cOnduct as was possible. While no location was definitely decided lipon as a meeting place, Yellowstone Park was believed to be the most acceptable one, and in all probability, providing further investigation proves favoraole, the 1927 meeting of the fraternity will convene there.
A motion carried to the effect that, in order to conserve time for legislative matters. the time limit, with one or two exceptions, upon the reports read at Convention, shall be placed at five minutes.
At the close of the Grand Council Meeting, the Grand President formally installed Emilie Margaret White, Columbia A, as Grand Vice President_
It was voted that the appointment of the new Assistant to the Grand Vice President be left with the Grand Vice President.
At the conclusion of general planning for the constructive work and the chapter visits of Grand Officers for 1926-1927, the annual meeting of the Grand Council adjourned.
FRANC£SE EVANS IVES, Grand S eeretary.
THE SETTLEMENT SCH OO L
REPORT OF THE CHAIRMAN THE SETTLEMEl\"r SCHOOL COMMITTEE
At the close ot this my third ye ar as chairman of the Settlement School Commtttee ot Pi Beta Phi, I am happy to express again to you my npprecta tI()O tor the privIlege of serving on the committee ot aD altrulstie work second to none maintnined by &. National Pan hellenic frnternlty.
Each year's service upon the committee haa greatly strengthened the feeling that It each Individual memb er ot PI Beta Phi wouLd avail herself of the opportunity of vIsiting the School she could Dot resist the temptation to become a more active work e r for such a wonderful undertaking. My sole desire, 88 chairman ot this work, has been the turtherance or the interest of the School, taking into eonstderatloD th e necessIties ot the communities involved and the benefit to both the traternity and th e people with whom we come in contact. It has neyer been my desIre to spend money toolishly in the advancement ot new Ideas, but to secure the best results with the least expenditure possIble, co nsidering the School, the demands upon it nnd the advancement of onr ideals.
The committee fully apprecIat es the amount ot work that the different clubs and clulpters necessarily must have done in order to raise their annual donations und for that reason, it tor none other, we have tri ed to the best of our ability to expend the funds wisely. As an example ot our economical handling ot funds let me cite the fact that whJle the donationa thJs year have been considerably less than those or last year, and , while having to subtract from this year's balance the sum pledged to the building fund last yenr, together with this year's pledge. our total with which to start the work next year is greater than that of last year. In olher words, last year's balance should have shown $2,000 less, and our balance at this yCftl' would have read $2,000 more. I feel that this ycar has been most successful, financially and in every other way, with all our bUls paid and those practically when due.
'Vith the consent of Grand CoUDCU our committee met this year whUe S chool was in session. We fcel most grateful for the privUege granted to us of seeing the organization in action. The information that each committee member obtained was invaluable and wUI bear marked results in the future.
The organization for next year is about complete. There are some few changes but on the whole everytbing remains the same. Last year the School opened nt its usual time, but owing to the fact that the summer hotels run prosperously through September, our attendance is not what we wish it to be, so that we do not deem it advi8&ble to open school thfs year in August.
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T oo much praise cannot be given to the starr, 88 eac h in h er way WBS 8 vl lluable Rid to the School ond the roo tle t'aUo u , no matter h ow str l'nU o u 8 the e tr ort mny hR'fe been at tlll1(>8, W88 m ost praiseworthy. 'Ve are hapl>Y t o announce that Mi ss Bl s b o) will co nUnu e 88 B ead ft es lel e llt. Am o ng hrr a ssets is h er most unusual personality oDd he r ability to mix and mingle with th e 1):' 0 1110 oC eve ry l oca lity. This alone, It s h e did nothin g e lse, wou ld mak e h e r Invalunbl e to the School. Howeve r , th e co mmittee f eels that s b e serves capab ly and and th e ir personal con ta ct with h e r has given them full couOdenre in h e r ability nnd good sense to hnndl e noy tnsk. I s huU ag ain In co r[>o rnte her reo ))()rt, 88 sbe can give you tlle detnLl s In n more coucise tonn than 1 caD. lt Is my earnest de s ire tbat you r ead her report to tull, so that you Illay beco m e better acqualnt.ed with the Inner worklngs ot th e School.
OF UEAD nESIDENT Fon THE YEAR 1925-1926
In makin g n report tor the post year I wish to pretace it by say· Ing that in many ways It has been a most s uccess tul year, each one has been anxious to make Impr ove m ents o ,-er the yeor previous. But I want t o odd a regr et, t oo, that becau.se ot the clrcumstances in con neelio n with the nnnu31 meeUng or la st yesI', so me of the large thJngs we bod planned are impossible of accomplishment, Th e work trom day to day went o n in a most s atistacto ry manner , sc h ool spirit was excell en t , co mmunit y coope rati o n better than ever be· rore and n splendid stair to carryon. Only we who were looking fur· th e r than this yenr or n ext f e lt nnxlous to be taking up the larger progress we had In mind. However , th e enforced walt may find us more ready for it this year.
The s taff has been a8 tollows:
Evelyn Bi sh op, Head Resid ent
Phyms Hlginbotbam. Nur se
Harmo Tayl o r , Asst to th e nurse
1\Iargare t White, Departmental w o rk, 7tb -St h and high school. l\.(arlon Folsom, Departmental work. 7th-8th antI hlgb schOOl
TlOis Rogers, 5th and 6th grades
Elmer Wa tso n, 3d and 4th grades-.athleUc coac h
B e len Barrett. Primer, 1s t and 2d grades
Jean Steel e, Domestic ScIence
O. J MatUl , Agri culture and community work
Win oge ne Redding, Weflvlng-school and community
B elen Chew, Rugarlands School-adult work
Mrs. Dora Chapin, Bouse m othe r -girls' dormitory
Reagan , Cook and h elper, tf"8chers' cottage
Mrs Ownby, Cook, girls' dorm1t ory
Mrs. McCorte r. Coo k, boys' d o rmitory
Leander McCarter, Firing furnaces , farm and general work
Owing to the kind of work Miss Chew was doing it seemed wise (or her to tnke her vacation in January nnd February instead of durIng the summer 8S she was away nearly three months.
Helen Barrett was compelled to go home the last month of BCbool twcaU.ge ot sJcknes.... ncr pinee was taken by Ann labo, one ot our 10cnl girls.
Mrs. Oowell did n ot take flny time otT during the summer, 80 at hrlstDJa8 went home tor a month. Sevel'1l1 clubs nsked to have her stop over on her WRy back and it seeme-d worth while to nccept their Invitations. She BllOke to five clubs and chnpters as well as some other c lubs.
Jean Rteele i l'tt us at Christmns UmP to ('nter college again and Barbara Dewell lett college at that time to come back here, a happy tor both girls lLnd one that has not handicapped the School nny.
Chapin Clime bock thIs year wltb the undcl"8taudlng that ahe might have to l("a\'c before ChrIstmas. My mother was glad to finish Lhe school year. While she has done much tor the girls they have done worlds fOT her that she aud I wJll never torget.
Th(> state Is nlways most wUling to us any aid possible and hAS sent a number of R(h'isors and visitors to the different departments of the school. With th e country openiug up 80 much for tourists we have 8 great many callf'r8 And people who are an.xtous to see the weBvlng and baskets 8n(1 the School. rAst summer we telt sure that It never would be wise again to open school 88 early os August 1. The older pupils were worktng ot the hotels so were compelled to enter school 11 month late, but the greatest reason for making the cbange was that we were deluged with visitors in the School. Of course It will be a problem to keep the boys and girls in school longer In the spring, but we teel there is DO doubt but that WP must make this change.
SCHOOL: The teeltng among tbose who have been here the longest Is that the Sehool has shown more growth and improvement this year than In any other year of Its history.
There Is no question about the growth tn numbers. We have had 110 enrollment of this year against 129 last year. This increase WAS due In a large measure to many pupils coming from Cartertown, where one of the county schools was a help. RunnIng the truck n mite and a half night and morning gave the ltttle tolks trom Cartertown a chance to be In school every day and they surely took advantage of U. While the county did not gIve us any aid for transportation they did incr{lftsc our monthly allowance $45.00 per month, whIch more tban paid the expenses ot runnin, the truck tor those pupUs. Another great Improve· ment In school bos been the regular attendance. With 80 lew cllaoges In the teachJng starr the yeBr opened more easily and It W&8 possible to do more constructive work. The question ot discipline Is never a "pry hard one so there was little trouble In thot 1Ifl(', The county gn ve eight months or tree school this year, which was a In k(lo(>lling
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the boys and girls during the spring term 8S well 88 helping us fioan· cially. The 7th, 8tb and hlgb 8Chool bad nLne months of school.
Increase In enrollment next year Is going to depend much on whether or not we have room to accommodate more. With any outside school coming in the lower grades will be affected and they are now the over-crowded ones. Forty-five in the primary room has been almost impossible this yenr oDd we cnn now count twenty little tolks coming Into that room another year with only ten going out It no other school came in those grades m.Jgbt be carried by one teacher and a local girl De assIstant, but I would not advise It. At any rate tbere would bave to be a place to put them.
Helen Barrett had splendid success with the Uttle ones and even thougb she was compelled to go home at the beginning ot the last month I feel that her pupils had the equivalent ot a full year. Tbe last month Ann Clabo taught those grades and with very good results.
Emily Burton writes that she is ready to come back again next year 1l we still want her and I am sure there is no doubt ot that. Helen Barrett is very much Interested in the Laurel Lick scbool. but that Is all 80 uncertain now we have no Idea what may open up.
The domestic science. agriculture Bnd weaving departments have been carried on very successfully this year. The great gain that I feel bas been made In the school is due to a great extent to the cooperatlon Bmong the teacbers. While each room or each department Is separate, to quite aD extent. there is a sympathetic uDclerstanding among the teachers that does make tor a good school and real development. The teachers are eloing good, conscientious work and deserve a great dcal or commendaUon for what they have accompllshed.
IDOl] SCllOOL: The third year was added to the hlgb school course this year. We have not been able to get an inspector out this year so are not yet on the accredited list. The County Superintendent feels there Is no doubt about our grade or work. 'I'be state has added to the number or high schools in the state and to the requirements or teachers, etc., 80 the inspectors hare been busy the entire year looking after the four year high schools. One promises to visit us before school closes ibis sprlng. The law required at least seven in each high school class so from that standpoint we are going to have hard work to qualify 8S 8 Grade A two-year hlgh school.
Three will complete third year this spring. We take a chance of 80meone dropplng. On the othcr h8nd someone may come In in the taU.
Our sclence work will be weak 11 we have fourth year, especially It we hue no more room than we have now. There is not the incentlfe for bard work in small cla8ses that there 18 where there is competltJon. Again, the roads are good enough and taxies runnlng at regular hours so anyone wanting to go to Se,-Icrvllle tor high scbool work can make the trip bight and morning. Agalnst thIs we bave the question or the morale of our own school. If we take out the older boys
nod girls we do weaken our school to quite an extent, especially in ath· letlcs.
I teel sure we sbould not even consider adding tbe fourth year ot high :tCbool until there are more class ruODlS. The clRss entering blgb school o{'xt year will be small, one ot the weakest classes we have bad tor BOrne time, but the class following W'1Il more than make up tor it. It seems to me it is bardly possible to make deflnlte recommendations tor next year without knowing what the decision wLll be In regard to building. This 1)8St yenr the third year work was done without adding an extrn teacher 80 [ feel sure we did weU to odd the work, but r am Dot sure how much more work we should add.
In writing this relx>rt yOu will see that many times I ha\' e stressed the dcvelopmPllt ot school work because ot experienced teachers buvlng It In chorge. This brings us to the Qu(>stion or stur!: for another yoor.
We start the new t(>oehers at $00.00 per month, home and travel. At tile! end ot two, tour, e\' en eight yenrs ot work here the salary remaln8 the same. 'I'his hardly seems talr - yet our budget 8w('lIs ench year and an Increase In sa l ary seems almost ImllosslbJe. Where we ('fln cut down 011 expensP8 I do not know, nor do I see how we can Increase Our monthly expenses much, but r do (eel there shoulll be somf' wny wh ::- reby we compensate the tellcbers tor their experience Rnd feel It shou ld have consideration now.
SmTII·.,'HoouES AOR1CULTURE: Each morning Is given over entlrely to school work or this school. The cln8Ses are In agriculture and In tarm shop. or the usual manual training Ulose boys do more nlQng the ILllo ot (arm Cafllentry work. 'J'll ey al'e urged to bring to the clRSS things from home that need repairing ond they are aSked to make a 11st o( things they wRnt to make (or tI\E'lr tarms. With the l('xt book work In agriculture, trult growing, animal hu9bandry, etc., there are Held trips and much practicnl work put In,
The afternoons ore rcs€'.l"ved tor community work nnd ror classes In some or the other schoo l s. On e afternoon each week Mr, Mattil goes to the ugarlands, another to Laurel Lick. Laurel Lick is n llew field and one taken over at the request ot the teacher of the school. The people arc renlly needy and nrc nnxlous to make the most o( h('ll) that comes to them 80 it has been a "cry satisfactory tleld to work In. The other"aUernoolls are glv('u ovpr to community work. '1.'hls includes seeing sick animals. l ooking o,-er poultry Hocks. giving adv'itoe about pruning, spray Lng, etc.
Recause ot the in terest aroused III 0 pou ltry c la ss la st ycar some ot the m ' )11 have been marketing their poultry products this year with a view to taking up the business In a larger way soon.
This spring a lnrge incubator house was built llnd n large Incubator gotten . This, ot course, w iled for on ('n ln rgemellt to the bro()(]er house. The idffi Is to do most of the community hatching bere, the people to pay tor the chlcu
'!'be farm has been improved Quite a little nnd the stock Quite care-tully tuken care ot.
In tlte fall, Mr. Mattll bnd in nearly every Uttle school. bouse. De took & generator, Ii'ord and mo\' lng pictur es oud Illany peo_ ple saw movies tor the first time. They were both entertaLning and Instructive. 80 we tclt did a good dcal of good.
The Gatlinburg Community ]j'alr is 8 big event each ycnr ond one that Mr. l\IattlL should receive a great deal of cred it tor. F.Al.cb yCar the schoo l exhibits, the agricultura l and home sciPllce exhibits nre so much better thun the year before. More peop l e (rom UI) In the creeks come and bring something. Ii'ollowing this fair Mr. Mattll did the greater part of the work ot putting a county exhibit up nt the Enst Tennessee DiviSion "'"'.o.lr in Knoxville. Jt won third pri7.e, which gave u good little sum to start our rnlr on next year, This whole department Is doing a wOrk and HILbig a renl need In tile collllllunity und tile school. Mr, Mattil wlll attend Cornell University this summer,
DoMESTIC SCfEN'(' E: This is another dCI1Ul'tment thot <'Ontinues through the entire twe1ve months instead of tile school year only.
At the close of the school year Jean Steele started classes In Cur· tertown nnd Gatlinburg and continued the Sugariallds work tor botb girls Ilnll women. Much time was spent In vifdUng and trying to In· tercst the women, It bad b.!eu "ery hard to persuade any women in the Burg to come to afternoon classes. but Jean hell)Cd ge\'eral start their sewing and ItS some others W8nted to enn before Fair time she worked up a very good closs ,
WIUl the opening of school on August 1, the Cnrtertow n c lass was discontinued, but tbe othe rs wellt on In exactly the snme wny . The high school girls bnd classes in the morning 80 Jenn could have the entire attenlOou trl..'C for community work. This was all right for that deportment, but It made it extrem(>ly din-lcult to arrange a scedule in the SChool and necessitated having some high 8(:'hool classes at 7 :30 In the morning, So much practical work the yellr before and not eno u gh tc-xt book CQurs(>s wade it necessary to divide the hlgb scbool domestic science classes so they would do extra work and bring lhe year's work up to standard.
In the report of last year I explained the orrllllgements for teach· ers, Jean Steele to fiuish the Sluing tel ' lll find continue the summer classes. 'l'Len cnrry the school work again until Christmas when she would go back to college and Rarbara Dewell return, E,' cn at Ute risk of losing state aid for this depnrtment if we discontinued some of the adult classes, we rearranged the schednle after Christmas so Barbara Dewell conld tuke three gl'ode classes and couid put some of her high school work in the ntternoon , This has relieved both teachers and pu· 1)118,
The weatiJer was too rough during January and February to have had classes in Sugarlands, but with the c1C*ie of school thi8 spring, those will be token up again 8S well as work in one or two commun iti es.
The Stf:lte pnid of tbe salary of the dome. tic tencher nnd nO doubt will do 80 through the summf> r. Although we are not qualifying for ft now I believe we will IJe allowed it Just the Sll.me. Jo the winter the stale supervisor said tbat she would OJ)pro\'e whoever we Lod to take the work atll?r MIss Leete left, so I {ox· peet Barbara Dewell wlll continue throngh July.
No great cx(X'nse hUM been put Lillo Ih e domcsllc room nor Into equipment but point, 80mp cbnnge!'l III furnlHhlngs, two morc wlnlIows nncl a lot of work it l oo k and brlghlpr. A new ceilIng hos made the rOOm 11I0l'e (Iulpt. Invc!'Itigntiou was made regarding ijtOll1ll heat for Ihe room, but (hut tlh.! nflt I)TOVe to be possible iIO tile ntnge answered and has l)N'll fnlrty l4oUsfoctory.
Tilt' room has olso been used for three grad.·
• \VUh more community work for the W(Ullf'oO und high classes 80 well orgnnlZ{'d r feel this d(>-lmrtment hus ft grent df'ill the IlRSt yeur.
\VI!:AVUO: This year we hflx e had 0 (ull tlmt' w('Il\'iug teacher 8S recommended last spring. Wlnog('ne Hedding came Dt tht> tx-gtnnlng ot the second month ot school.
'.rbe looms took another move last tull. being put into tbe rOOm that bnd been flnished oft lor a store room under the porcb or thE' Stuart Cottage. ThIs was a grcat Improvement O\'f>r Ihe log cabin, not only because or glvlllg mure tight unc.l room, hut also bringing them n little neorer the school. AIL the looms needed O"crhaulJng and repnlring so Jt wos some little time work ('ould r('slly begin. Another disthing was that the eIghth grnde (which Is the only one having weaving) Is by for the wenkest in the school. The gll'ls ol'e slow anel not keen tor tbe work. ll-'Innlly, Miss Uedding decld( d thnt some In the &'venth grnde who wpre ohler nnd were nnxlous to learn weaving should have tbe OPPol'lunlty and Since Lhey have joined tllp ('loss the work has laken on more lite.
Part ot the morning Is taken up answering calis ot the houqe. All the afternoons are spent in the various homes. Gene wolks mllf>8 Rnd miles and during th e cold wl llter months has tound It impossible even to be tait'ly eom(orluble wben "'he Is in th l! hOllies ns they have been so very cold The women have been very much InterE'Sted unu would dn even Dlore \\"elwlng tban lh€'y do were we In position to k('CI) buying tbelr products In such large quantities, 'I'here hus bePn s pertect cra?.e tor - we-Ilvin$!: and lht! children Rnd the m ' n Ilre ueurly us clc\'pr at It as the women. Ot course, with the spring lind summer to I'm work beginning, tbey '(1lI not have so mudl time tor wea\' ing. New patterns, new materiAls Rnd a variety ot things are being mudc. '1.'h18 time ot year we buy mnch more thnn we sell, but It Is nccessnry in ordpr to be ready tor the fall.
Miss Reddlnj!"s report shows beyond how importnnt a (ull time wC'llvlng teachel' Is and It she returns another year thllt deportment wIll show 'till more lmprovement.
W e Bti ll are bancJicapped becau se o r la c k ot: r oo m .and untU It ca n be provl(led we ca nn ot purcbase 8 larger 100 m or any other equipment. IND UST RIAL : Tb,) industrial bu sin ess has grown to such an extent It r ea lly tak es mO r C tLm e and work than nny other ooe depo.rtment, I believe. This yoor we bave bought nnd sold .choi r s, stools, weaving and baskets. As the Auditor's r epo rt wtll s how:
Total purchases $1,552.10 T ota l sa l ea
Los.
An (u\'eutory of our stoc k o n bond sho ws that we ba\" e $2,300.71
W e bav e a gain ot $2,108.12
'I' h ese figures J;h-e some Idea ot: the imm e n se amount ot time that mu s t be used ill buying the things trom the people, packing and s hipping th e m The correspondence tak es th e grooter part ot tbe office Um e and eve D th en mu ch Is not kept up as it should b e. With the end at the sc h oo l year we will practicu lly sto p buying weaving: baskets and c ha irs III m o r e o r l ess nil s ummer . I t is n ecessn ry t o buy he avily in th e s pring, when the peo ple hav e mor e tim e t o work o n bask ets and weaving, in order to be rea dy t or the tall snles. Last taU we wer e completely so ld o ut sm·e ral Urne s and had th e people workin g 8S fA st as they possibly ('ould to fill the Christ mil S orders. The I)f ofl t on the bu s ineos.s Is s mall and we r e w e to consider our time spent In carrying It on we w o uld find it wu s being run at n l oss. H o wev e r , there Is anoth er si d e Many familie s are selt-supporUng because of this. Then by sellin g trom h ere at n SDla ll profi t the clubs Cfl n afford t o handle the produ cts and whnt mon ey th ey mak e u s ually comes ba c k into the school treasury_
GUT SUoP: The Gitt Shop ba s proyen a s u ccess In its first month of operation 'l ' he sales am o unted to practicnlly $1,000 fOr the month ot May. ngai.nst $350 tor th e same month la.'! t year.
B OYB : Leander and McCa rt er lived on the hill again lhls yenr, McCarte r doing the coo king and hou se k ee ping in return tor board fo r ber hu s bnnd , daught e r nnd part of the time tor b e r HOll. Th e y arc th o r oughly good peopl e and made a good tor the ?oys. H o wev e r , the hou se really need s a tencher o r so m eo n e who has had morc advantages a.nd expe ri e n ce The study h o ur needs supervIs io n , tbe perso nal appearnnce or the boys needs care, the h o u se co uld be m o r e h ome ILk e. With th e nex t year we h ope lOr a ce ntral ellnin g r oo m and that wll1 DO doubt be ot great h elp. Twelv e boys have lived In tbe d or mitor1, elgbt belnl about tbe avera, e number All th c boys have been
required to work RDd tbe latter part of the year were ghTcu at teaRt six hoors ot work during the week and thoe on Saturday In case they stayed OV('r the week-end. Xo wOrk can be 80 "ery satisfactory without regular supervision, but, on the whole the boys tried to do Bnd their taUure was not 80 much trom lack of wUllngness as trom the right kind of dally supervision. The boys staying in the dormitory are the older boys of the school. It Is always rather of 8 task to hold their interest. If anything comes up to upset them much their first thought Is to stop schooL The care and nd vice ot someone realizing their problems would be ot great help to the boys and the School.
CoNSOLIDATION: Talking has done llttic trom year to year toward brlnglng consolidation, but good ronds nre doing much. Last year the ' Cartertown School was discontinued and the pupl1s had to go to the Glades or bere. Neorly 011 chose this School. There was no chance of getting a wagon on the road in the fall, 80 we rftn our truck a mlle an" a half ('aeh night and morning to help the children. This made the trip 80 much easier that even the little ones came very regularl! the ftrst five months of school. After Chrlstmas the roads were too bad for us to continue and due to one member of the School Board, no wagon could be put on that rond to bring the children. Some continued to walk, but many had to stop. There is every indication of two small scbools coming In here In the fall. Of course they may not come. If any 9Chool does COUle In the rooms atfected will be the primary ones. WItb 47 children now In the pri.mary room !lnd no definite action taken in regard to building, I do not feel we can urge consoHdatlOJl tor the fall-surely not unlll we hove decided on our program. Another room and anoth£'r teacher nre necessary.
GIRLS' DoRYITORY: The entire year bas been very saUsfactory in the girls' dormitory. Mrs. Chapin returnE'd at the opening of the 8Chool year. As she hart been here before she knew right where to take up the work and thingS went on with very llttle dlfHculty.
During the summer several girls worketl In homes and otter school opened conUnued to stay, receiving theIr board for work done. This, In addItion to the number ot famiJIes moving Into the Burg accounts for the smaller number in the cottage. Only six girls stayed In the dormItory. They aU Ih-OO In the Pollard Cottage. Four of the teachers rooming In the Stuart Cottage took their meals tn the Pollard Cottage. It was impossible tor the hIgh scbool girls to continue preparing the noon meal at the school tor the teachers and dormitory girls, as they did last year. It took all the class time from anything but the practical part of the course. Because ot this and to relteve the teacbers of all house responslbUtty we have bad a cook in the girls' dormitory the entire year
The first of November Mrs. Chapin hnd to leave. We saw at once It would nc\'er do to finish the year with no hend to the house 80 mother came tor two weeks. After Christmas returned and finished the year.
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Surely there can be no complaint tn regard to the care of the teachers this year. They have bad comt'ortnble rooms and enough to cat and no care whntever ot the meals or dormitory girls. I t there has been any discont e nt among them I do not know ot' it.
Cr.NTRAf DJNINt) ll o\I.L: On the recomm endation of Mrs. Stark and Mrs. Freeman lust October, as well as the judgment of niL. we have been planning tor It cenb'lll dining boll.
M rs. Stark bajJ suggested the n e w scbool building possibly providing R place. Tn looking over the cottages 1 have felt we could arrange for the meals without going to the school building for them. Were all to take meals In the Teachers Cottage we would need to make changes that would have to be mom or less permanent nnd bard to undo in case they were not satisfactory.
If we use the Pollard Cottage next year we cou ld mAke few cbanges and none tbat would necessitate rebulldlng. By using the dining room aD(1 the dOWnstairs teacher's room as dining rooms there would be suffiCient room to tnke of all the family we ha\' e. Some changes would need to be mude in furnlshing-R, but I do not think "cry expensive ODes . This plan wouid mean boys, girls nnd teachers llUvin g meals together. Some teel this h; not a wise plan, but [ believe it will work out here and at least we cnn try It for one yeor .
Hx.A.LTH DEPAtt'rN'ENT: This d c putmcnt continues to be aD outstanding one Rnd there ne,'er Ls any Question of the tremendous amount Rccom])lisbed for the s c hools and for the community. Yet, 1 do sometimes think we take mu ch of it tor granted just because it Is managed so very w e U
The report of Phyllis HIginbotham gives the detntls of the work. I>e.ntal clinics thot used to be Once In a while, it at all, are now regalar things. The dentist comes once a month and always has potlents waJting tor him. Theo office is used more and more, people coming for suppUes, to see a doctor, for medicines, or to have babies weighed and measured. Dr. Ogle continues to come In once a week or oUener and bls services m(>8n much to us.
More school work has been done than ever before. A c lass in hygiene once a week n t Sugarlands, pupils weighed and measured in all the nearby schoo l s, some work done at Ij8ure1 J.lick make a pretty full school program. With this there was, of course, tbe smallpox and typhoid vacclnatJons. There was every indication of a bnd typhoid epidemIc In the county and I teel but for the bundreds who took the serum we might have had a bard Ume. While this district i8 very free trom It. cases a re brought in :from nearby places.
A college girl to assist in the offtce and with the acbool work eonUnues to be most satlsfactory, much more so than another nurse would be. The records bSl"e been put into good condition, otHce calls answered. correspondence attended to and many more things done to relle,'e the nurse. Wblle Harmo Taylor was away in the winter a local girl took
her place and this spring will assist again 88 bolh DarUlo and Lob Rogers wUl be In the Gift Shop.
1.'he next point is one 1 dread even to mention. PbylliS tell la8t year tbat she should resign because ot h{'r home people. She finally decided to come back for another year, but eomes again to the same place she wa 8 last summer. In banding hi her re signation I telt she should (Only tor s ix months' h 'tn'p. thpl) if she foulld she cou ld come back the place would be here for her. In the mpoutime we should try to find someone tor the place who would probably stay on in case could not return. It Is bard to imagine either that df'l,artmCllt or tht" school without Phyllis. and I feel we wUl sutr(' r a great los. I strongly r ecommend tbat Pbynts be granted n six: months' with the understanding she retnrn at the end ot tbat time it possible.
HEALTH UNIT: The past year we have again coopertlted w1th the county in maintaining a county h£>olth unit. Tills does not in any way hamper our work un<1 does muke a good many things available, tree vaccine tor SllIall pox Rnd tYl)botd inoculations, cHnies with county health doctor in chu rg e. stflte st:K'cln llsts and visitors coming to give assistance and advice. Beside these we receh'e trom the state about $500.00 more than we put In. This furnishes a meuns ot gettJng filing cnhlnet, 8Uto mileage. some tra\'el allowances and we hop e thls year \vlll nil or pnr'ily furnish a typewriter tor the office. To Ul e surprise of the people ot Ule cou nty the court hilS for two yenrs voted the health unit and we are hoping that agnln In October tbf"Y wtll make a suttlcient alJproprlation to make It possible.
On'ICE: This yeur has showed beyond n doubt tbat the otll ('C work must be reorganized if It Is to be kel>t up In anything like on efHcient way. The otnce in the Teachers' Cottage has to be a general office. It Is Ule only place anyone hos to do otllce work, whelller or school or industrial. It is the only place anyone has to talk busiu(-'S.s. Thls year extra congestion has been caused by having to do all of tile work ot the Gatllilburg l'I"'ews in the office. 'Vith the duties of hous e mother, purcbasLng agent and the planning of meals combined there wUl be no tlme tor the person having those things In charge to do any otHce work. Also with rthe constuntly Inc reasing nmount at corrcsponiJence 1111(.1 desk work there Is need ot nn assistant 1Jt>log In the office all tbe time. The post year there hilS oot be(>n Lime from routine oruce work for ow scarcely to know whut was going on around the place.
Ij"'A RJr(: In maklng a re1X)rt on the form I feel 1 should preface It by soylng that the form and the Smitb-Uughcs Agriculture in the School and the community are two separate Wings. In spite or the \'ery dry weather the farm produced more than the year previous. We raised c nouglr potntoes to corry us through the year, garden produce helped greatly on the living, we hod at least fifty ga llons of strawberries, trult tree. bore some, cows furnished all the milk we hod and part of tbt>
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year all the butter. Beside this we had eggs, chIckens, pork and beef trom the tarm. All th e fi e lds thnt were cultivated were put Into hay and other fodder, saving quite n lItlie on our hay bill. We have on tbe farm two horses of Our own and one owned by Mr. Mattll, but kept by us BSI we use it nearly aLI tbe time, 3 cows, 3 calves, one bull, one goat, 1 boar, 1 brood sow nnd some swall pigs, about 100 chi ckens. We fat few bogs 8S It pays better to sell the young l)lgs and also puts good stock into the community. This year the boys have done the mUklng, ca red fOr the horses, pigs, and c hi c kens. They have done fairly well with the work, but it has m eant waste of feed nnd time. .air. MattLl has supervIsed all be could and Leander McCarter has trIed to, too, but It is 8 steady job and one that needs a person with It aU the time . This coming year we should employ a man as farm er and supervisor of stud e nt labor, both tor the good of the farm nnd for the good of the boys. t doubt if It would menn the cash outlay it apvcars for there wouhl be sO\'ing ill other ways. We re there a farmer here all the time much of the outside labor cou ld be turn e d o\'er to the boYS or done awoy with e ntirely. Also with better ronds Rnd the nurse making more trips in a car nn extra horse caD be used much of th e time on the farm, saving the team hire we now have.
COM)(UNITY: As more peopl e come Into the Valley and the roads Improve so our peopl e get in and out more the community activities seem to g r ow le ss. "\Vh ether we really do l ess or merely feel that way Is a question. At any rate It is harder to get the loco] people together.
The teachers take nn active purt In School and B. Y . P. U. H e len Barrett had n .!"unlor meeting Snnday aft ernoons for the tots from six to eleven years.
Basketball games, either of the schoo l Or commun ity tealU, hove token at least one eV'enlng a week during the winter. began in April and continued through September. They were well IXltronized and the report shows that even with paying for some furnishings, we came out nbout even.
I n the faU pictur es were shown in practically every llttle school around here. This was primarily to stimUlate Fair Interest, but as the pictures were aloog the line of farming, domestic science and health they were decidedly educational.
The great community event of tbe year Is til e Gatlinburg lj"olr and this yenr It certainly did credit to the school, community aod the county. The exhibits were fine and were brought from more homes than eve l' before. Several of the little scbools made fine showlngs, even though they bud littl e school material to work with. Arter thls lair was over Mr, MaUll did til e greater part in potting on a connty exhibIt at the }<;89t Tennessee DIvision Fair In Knox\"ille. The nurse also put on a fine health exhibit.
']' he school exhibit received first prize of $15 .00 and the county exhibit second prize, which gave us 8 n eat SUIll to start next year's Fair on. Anoth er year tllere will be 8 county Fair tn Sevierville and I feel
that with whllt we do bere nnd what we should do to boost the county Fair it would be best not to Olake nny eftort to exhibit in Knoxville.
The Christmns ente r tainment, Valentine parties, picnics, and s0cials du ring warm w eat h er, keepLng ope n bouse at Tea chers' Cottage li'rlday and Saturday nights coDlluise lbe social side ot the schoo l lite.
The c ryin g need or the community Is supervised pIny and recreutlon Saturday and Sundny afternoons the year r o und Yet with every teacher workin g full time, some of them six days of the week , nn d then teaching Sunday S c hool on Sunday, how etlD t1l £'y give the o n e atternoon they hu\'c tO l' t h e ir rest and recreation? We hav e talked and talked of flnding some young man who would do that kind ot work durlug Ule summer, but have never come to the poi nt of really trying to l ocnte o n e Neither Clo I kllow whether It would b e possible to dnd one to come for expe n ses oo l y. Sugarlnods needs work of this kind, too. Wh en YOn see a crowd of boys goi n g up and down nnd up and d ow n the r oad all Sunday afternoon just look in g for so m et hing to do you wond e r they escape as much trouble a8 they do. And wbat saves e \'en our do rmit ory boys over the is more thnn I can tell.
The barn is open tor bo s k e tball some Sundoy after n oo n s and boll Is played more or l ess durLng the summe r , b ut t h ere s h o uld be someone in c harge . Also a c lubr oom of some kind sho uld be k ept open those afternoons.
None ot us are satlsfled with tbe a mount of comm uulty work wp d o, but with eye r y h o ur full we seem unable to tuke o\"cr any m ore. s umm e r Ill orc people co me into the Burg, there are m o r e ttl· t ra ctio n s away fr o m lhe s imple plcasures the peopl e have been used to and I feel that right n ow we s h o uld make n gr('Rt effort to holtl the young people t o their c burc h , their h o m es and t h e ir comm unity life .
I st11l teel that one of the best things we are d oing and o n e mosl appreciated i s se nding out the Gatlinburg Xews each m ont h Five hundred copies ar c printed and 250 go up and down th ese cree ks and are really read. It I s o n e ot llle pieces of real work that we t eel well r epaid for d o ing.
EXTENSION : Ea c h year llle qu estio n of extens ion comes up and cach time und e r different c irc um s tan ces.
Tbe Sugarlands work Is well e n o ugh established 80 wc do not n eed to question continuing so mu c h ns the b es t methods to pursue. With th e county furni sb ing eight m o nth s of tr ee school we have not had to supplement nny salaries in Sugarlonds for grade work. Our help was with cooking, sewing, agri c ultur e and adult work. Th e work in Laurel Lick bas b ee n along this Un e only Several times Dr Ogle and th e County Superintendent hav e nsk ed us why we did not investigate Laurel Lick field with a view to h e lping there Our answer bas been that we had now about all we could manage . This year Miss Barre tt has b ee n very mu c h Interes ted and would lik e to take th e primary r oo m there next year. The L--aunty wonld pay s ufHcl e nt salary to be equlv · alent to what she received her e la st year. The problem would be the
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IIv1ng. She could not live alonc, neIther Is there 11 sultabte place tor her to bon rd. She bas tbought that possibly BOrn ::!: girl working tor her Master 8 Degree might be interested in spending a year there, coming ror cxpenSf.'g only and possibly being willfug even to pay those herself. This would furnish someone to belp with community work.
]Jelen and I flgured thnt i.f we did nnythlng toward making a cub. tn hnbltable aDd getting any suppl1es whntel' cr it would menn putting about $500.00 into the '"enturc. She said she wus willing to try to raise enough to finance the project, but I dlF.!COllragcd thul thinking It would keep fuuds out ot the budget.
-:l1hrough the 1:'olr, meetings in different schools, visits ot the nurse to weigh and measure children, agrIculture closs t."S In Sugarlilllds Rnd r nurel I lck and some work done in other schools, we have been able to do n good den I tOl' these other schools ond with good r esults.
SUOAIU .AN))S : Sugnrlands created n good deal of worry and in the lute summer. This was due first of all to Rll ull(:ertainty in regard to Miss Chew being able to return to her work there, then to carel("ssness on my part In applying to one ot the school board who thought ( shou ld nsk him tor the scbool. Cora McCarter bad the same grades agllin, but the oncs ?\l1ss Chew bad were given to Ute board member' s son-In-law. At first this mode a good denl of trouble as the people wanted Miss Chew and we .felt we bad not had a SQuare deal. Before many weeks we saw that it hnd been a fortunate mo\-e. rather than otherwIse, fOr it gave Miss Chew the opportunity to tryout adult school work there. Her work consisted in much \ !.siting nnd answering cn ll s ttt her house. Classes were held three afternoons In the school house after the regular school was dismissed. Thirteen boys were enro lled One walked trom the lumber camps across the mountain once a week. l11ese boys were from fifteen to twenty yeors ot age and dOing ,",'or k trom first or second grade to a possible fourth or flUb. The older people were taught In their homes and several men and women over sixty years of age learned to read and write One waa deUghted that she cou ld go to the maLI box nnd tell to whom the letters were addressed. With tbe coming of bad weather it 8CCmE"d oost to discontinue these classes so Miss Cbew took her vacation In January and and will carry classes througb the spring and summer.
The State allowed us $212.50 on Miss Chew's aolary for the fall term and Stlys It will continue to help us thiR spring.
Mrs. Stark called a meeting when she W8S here 80 that the county boord nnd Sugarlands people could come to some agreement and also that she could have some Idea of how ea c h group stood. The people later Signed a paper stating that they were willing to call this year one ot the four required ones to give a clear title to the land and the county board gave 8 written statement sbowlng their wllllngoess to c0operate hereafter.
Nothing has discouraged the people In Sugarlauds 80 much 8S not hal'Lng a teachers' cottage started yet. They teel they have been prom-
it lind that were it th('re tbey would be assured the PI Pbla were there to stay. Then 81' vernl men hoped tor work On the bulldiJ)g.
The conoly scllool t£"rm has been eight months, which hu meant the county has fiU8IH 't>d the teaching ot th e IJChool. The board bas &gain promised a Dew school building to be comllit t('d hl' opening or next term.
Our allowanct! ot $1 .000 lor Sugarbwds has not been used this year, therefore, I would recommend the bnL'tnce lett be used in helping build 8 teachers' cottage, It being added to the Hazel Todd Meaden Fund, it that Is releascd.
J would recommend also thnt the adult wOrk be continued another yenr It possible.
Miss Chew ' s report gives th e Jist ot communlly aeth-IUes
TMPROuan:NT8 MA DE D C RING TilE YEAR:
Rock walks laid around the cottages
New fiue built tor Pollard Cottage, Incubator house buUt--one half to b l' used tor root store bonse, l!'ul1 time weaving teacher engaged.
Third year added to bigh school.
Engine and wood house rebuilt, making new storl'.
Redressing school desks.
Guttering and draining around schoolhouse .
Ib:COMME!'iIlATION8 FOR NEXT YEAR:
'.Ii'armer nnd SlI)>Crl' lsor or boys' work
GUt shop plans adopted tor the summer.
Central dining hall.
PurchoHlng agent to plan Jn 2'oIS and mnn8:.;e girls ' dormitory. Jiving In the dormitory.
oruce he1ller aud sumdellt office equipment, Including typewriter, oddlng machine and desk.
St'8.le ot salary increase tor' teaching eXllCrieuoo in tbe school.
Tea('her In boys' dormitory.
Community worker for Saturdays and Sununys durlng the summer, Teachers' cottage in Sugorinnds,
Schoolhouse started or room added to present buUding.
In closing my report I again want to express my aJ)preciation of the enUre sta.tr and the committee. Again, [ say that but tor the sym· pathy and help each has so willingly given tbe other the year's program never could have been carried on SO successtully. These are the things that JOY to the work here and make us all loath to give up our connection wIth the Scbool and PI Phi work.
EVELYN B18UOP, Head. RClidCt,'.
THE ARRow OF PI BItTA PHI
DIGEST MJI'."UTES
Settlement School Committee Meeting, March 5, 1026
A full membership was present. The membership, wItb permission of Grand CouneLl. met during the SchOOl seSSion, which proved a great success, 88 this gave the committee n better working knowledge of conditions at the School, nnd 8 morc sympathetic understanding of the starr.
Bcrearter, all wenving work will have the trademark of the Set· tlcmcut Scbool, which is in the form ot 8 blue paper sUcker with red design. A bronding lron cnrrylng the trndC'rnnrk will be used on bas· kcts nnd furniture.
The Committee decided to build the Industrial unit to the new school building with the funds now available, Several gifts from in· divlduals, Dnd one bequest, together with certain sums voted trom interests RDd current ex-penses, have helped increase this fund to such an amount ns to {'ncourage our undertaking this enterprise. The need of such is most apparent. '1111s building will probably 0\)0 a memorlul building.
The School plant Is in very good condlUon. No excessh'e expense is necessary tor the repairs ns It hAS been our policy to keep the buildings in as good condition 8S possible. There moy be some neceSSIlry pain ling work to he done.
As usnal, the &!hool, Its stuff and I)roblem s took considernble time. Evelyn Blshop was r e-elected as 'Elead R eside nt. Margaret 'Wblte is to be Principal of the higher grades. Emily Burton is to return atter a lea"e of absen<,c tor one year . Marinn !i'olsoUl and Wnt80n were re-elected. TAts Rogers 'r'cslgncd to b e office assistant to the Uead !tesldent. Mrs. E. A. Rlsbop was elecled to become Matron of the Girls' Dormitory, purchasLng agent, and snpervlsor of the central dining room Mrs. Dowell Is to Imve charge or noon lun c hes for all school pupils, and Mntron of the Boys' Dormitory. Jean Sle<>le nnd O. J. Mattll were reelected to ca rry on the Smith-llughes Domestic Science and Agri c ultural wo rk , re specti vely \Vlnogene Redding wLLl be the teacher and supervisor of the weaving d e partment. Too much praise cannot be given to her success n long tbese lines.
Some changes have been made In the running of the School. There are to be two prIncipals, one for lowe r grade work, one for high school work. There are to be two primary teachers, as tbls class has grown so, owing to tbe consolidation ot several schools. There are to be noon lunches for all pupils. ThIs is to be sell-supporting if po88ible. The basement of the School will be converted In classrooms for primary grades. An extra oW(.'e In the Teachers' Cottage wUl be In the room now used as a downstain -bedroom. All bOOks in the Library are to be catalogued or repaired. A fifth and sixth gra.de teacher has to be elected, also principal of lower grades A teacher's salary Is to be fifty dollars per month for the first year, fifty-five dollars for th e tblrd year,
Rull sIxty for the fourth year and suty-five tor the fifth year. The price ot all orders tor industrial work, other than from alumnae clubs, shall be Increased 250/0. Color cards aDd samples or weaving are to be sent upon request. Alumnae Clubs are offered 1% discount for cub within 30 days trom date of Im'olce. Board po.ld by new teachers is to be increased to $20.00 per month.
Miss IJlglnbotham was granted Six month's leave. Another nurse Is to take ber place. Requests for a typewriter nnd a car dlscu88e<1. An assistant to the nurse was l1uthorlzed again. and Lizzie Reagan was elected 8S Harmo Taylor resigned .
The Hazel Todll Meaden Memorial Uouse Is to be built at the Emma Harper Turner Center. Chew was elected os head of the work, and she, wlt b the assistance of Read Resident. secured another PI Phi teacher, and wlll dictate the policy at this center. SmILh-Dughe8 adult &luca tlon Fund again soUcited.
The County is building a very nice new school -buUdlng at the Emma Harper Turner Center. It is with deep regret that we nnnounce the reslgnaUon ot Miss Phyllis Higinbotham. She Is to become State Supervisor at Public lIealth Nursing at Tennessee. I could write a lengthy eulogy on Miss Hlginbotbam. I could tell you ot the houri ot pure drudgery that she has gone through. J could tell you ot tbousands and thousands ot such things and still r would not have hnIr begun. All who have known her and have seen her know that contad with her has made them a better person to live In this world.
Guests who desIre to stay more than week ends In the schoo l nre to he chnrgoo llt the rute of $1.00 a day.
The fiscal yenr at the schl'\()l has been changed to close On June 30.
A reorganization at the industrial department and work Is to be made. Tt Is probable that a deOnite wholesale price schedu l e wilt be adopted, slightly higher tho n in the past to provide for Increased cost ot maintenance at the department and ot mnterials,- wlth stnndard discounts for qunntlty buying.
BUDGET 1926-1927
I. A<1mlnlstraUon.
$41.681.00 $28.681.00
I feel that I should not close my third annual report without an expression of appreciation to Mich member ot the faculty ot the ecbool for their splendid cooperation. Bach duty th ey performed was In such a manner that would only evoke the highest I}rnlse. Each year the committee feels the absence ot MiM Kate Miller, Miss Melinda Stuart. Mrs. Rugg, Mrs. Curtls and Mrs. Stoolmau. 'l'1leir el'forts in the past have certainly IIgbteued the work ot the preHent committee.
Agnes MUler Turner has, this year, edited "News from Little Pigeon." It you have not read tbese arUcles It bas been your 1088, 88 they bave been tull of human interest . She is certainly a most ardent worker ot our School and her ability and persoDallty make 8 happy combination.
Dorothy Smallwood Genre bas done a slJlendld work in Bending out Information to those members not belonging to ony alumnae club. We teel that these members should be It part ot tbis great work and It has been our pion to get tbem interested in this way in the School.
Gertrude Brown Freeman bas successfully followed Mrs. Curtis as the Ways and Meanl:J mem:J.>er ot' the committee. I have found her advice on the committee matters instructive and enlightening aDd teel that she has been a decided asset.
Owing to Illness, Ethel Curryer could not start her work until Novt'lllber. When you rood her report you will see that she has carried her pert througb In a manner thMt would do credit to a most uperlenced bookkeeper. Our work has increased to such a degree that she. st times, has had to do the work of three people rather than one. She has been patient and ellicieot and we are lndeNl fortunate in having such a treasurer lor the Settlemt'ot School.
Eaeh of the committee, 8S well as I, feel that we ore fortunate 10 being oble to serve you io tbls undertaking- a work that has been hard -that has not been altogether happy at times--that has been exacting and time claJmlng when we could have b :.'en enjoying ourselves at Convention. But, beIng a work of such high Ideals, we teel that no matter wbat etrort It cost us It was wortb It all.
And, again, let U8 express to you our sincere appreclatlon of the opportunity for being a part ot the greatest a.ltrulstlc work any fraternity in A.merlca bas ever nnderta,en. Remember. this School Is yours. Bow successful its tuture is depends lIpon you Do you want it to stand sWl? I think not. Do you want It to become better In every way? Your answer to this 18 In increased donations.
HILL STARK,
Ohairman
'rH£ ARltOW OF PI B£TA PHI
REPORT OF THE TilEASCRER OF THE SETTLEMENT SCHOOL
We herewith reapecttully Bubmlt our report on the audit and examination "r the records and accounts. 88 received trom you as Treasurer or the Pi Beta Phi Settlement School, located at Gatlinburg, Tenn , tor the period 19%61926 ending April 80. 1926.
The books wer e audited and records checked tor the period covering your term &8 treasurer and we have made a combined report for the entire year using a part ot the previous Auditor's atatements tor the Hr.t few montha ot the 192G term and wish to .etate that whUe we assume no responsibility for his figures we test checked and verified same whenever it seemed expedient to do 10.
We have verlfted the Bank Balance and all deposits and securities.
All posUnga in the General Ledger were " checked with the JOurnal and Cbeck Register and aU totals in all of the books were verified. All receiPts were checked and verified wlth the checks l88uOO In payment of same and a.ll Invoices a.nd Credit Memos were thoroughly examined. , being checked against both the Journal and Check Register.
CaNTHAL AUDITINO COlllPANT. A. F. Gemmer, 8eoretarf/.
F e nces and Walks Mary P ollard Cottage , Stuart Cottage
,583.67 Appropriated lteserves : Schoo l Butldlllg Fund
$10,578.85, School If und
14,887.22 'Hazcl Todd Menden (i' nod
842.30 26,308 .37 Unappropriated Re serve
34,359.64
S'UMMARY APl'ROPRIATRD RESERVES School BulJdlng li'und: Balance May 1, 1925 $ 2,077.92 Mrs. W. H. Stark-Gltt
U,OOO.OO Mrs. N. L. StlU"k-Glfts • 1,008.74 Alumna- Club-Austin, Texas 177.70 Proceeds-Ught Plant Sale
Report (unaudited) to cover extension or flIcal year from April 30 to ;June 30,
Altoona, Pa.
PbUadelpbla, Pa
Atlanta, Georgia
BET.! PROVINCB
G.! MMA PROVINCB
Richmond, VIrginia 63 00 113 00
BPSILON PROVINOE Cblcago,
ZBTA PROI' INOFJ
Burlington , Iowa..
Sprlngtleld, Mo
St. Josepb, Mo.
THFJTA PROVINOB
KAPPA PROVINOB
INDI1IJDUAL : Mary J. Sterrett MO
REPORT OF THE CATALOGUER
The work ot tbe Cataloguer for 1925·26 has <!onsisted of two distinct parts, regular Catalogue work, and the opening ot the Dew Central Record and Supply Offlce. She therefore reports under these two beads:
I. CATALOGUE
For the first tJme in catalogue history, all actIve chapter8 of Pi Beta Phi have lubmitted 1000/0 of their membership record work, 85% ot wMch was on time and most ot the remainder only ODe or two days late. the seventy-one chapters sent in 6,700 reportBt some of whIch contain 400 nnmes and addresses ot members, It 18 clear that the Cataloguer has had sutHcfent data tor really accurate work. Chapter l1sta have been revised, with especial attention to date8 ot graduatioll and to non-graduates., as well as to transfer ot membership. Many transfers, never hitherto recorded, have been placed In the national files.
THE ARR OW O F Pr BETA PHr
It was the c ontention of I ilUaD Fre und , f o rmer cataloguer, that a I!y s tem ot card flies for each chapte r , containing aU me mbers, aetlve and alumnae, would aolve many pro blems. Such 8 system has been installed, and 1s Increasingly usetul. A call for a census -by chapters was immediately Rnsw e red by chapte r vice presidents, who bad only to count the varIous ki nds o f c ards in their tU es Again, a request from the :national Department for lists of isolated alumnae, 88 a basis for the alumna.e drive, met with quick Rnd accurate r e spouse trom chapters Typed 11.8t8 are DOW 8 matter of course, a procedure impera· tlve In the business of the oftlce
Alumnae clubs have sent In SO % of their m embership lists, 00% of which were on tIme. This is an improvement over 108t year, but 1000/'0 would add Immeasurably to the efficiency or records. This year nearly 300 marriages , n eve r sent to the cataloguer belore, were found in alUmnae club lists
MAny Individuals have aided th e Oataloguer by checking lists and sending In new addresses. Gra ce Post revised lists from the Pacific Coast, th e n c tiv e chapt er ot Columbia aided in the search for new PI Phi s In and ar ound Washington , e ach ot th e m spending much time The clrive tor Is olate d alumnae membership Is already a BOurce of much Dew and a cc urate intormation.
For the dr a t time, the Catalogu e r feels that the catalogue is really coming ioto workabl e sbape . Ten thousand badly worn cards have been replaced. and three tbousaod initiate cards bave been added to the card Index ELgbt thousand changes ot names and address have been recorded In th e chOl)ter division of th e tHe; it wUl take all Bummer to remove, change, and return to the tHe the twenty-four thousand other cards which these c;banges reI}resent. The replacement ot affillate cards by blue cards, and or malden name cards by salmon cards, 18 nearly completed, having been accompllshed by a replacement each time new data haa come in The remaind e r ot the n e w cards will be put in this Bummer. This is why the Cataloguer needs 8 stenographer aU the year round.
The f o ll o wing m e mbership statistlc 8 ar e r e vised to June I, 1{)26 :
For year 199-5-6
Initiates 043
DIBmIBsaIa reported • Deaths reported 50
II CENTRAL azcoao AND SUPPLY Or7J.CK
This oruce, authorized as an experiment by June 1925 Convention. bas undertaken during Its first year to centralize the issue ot publica· ttoIll and to simplify the membership machinery ot the fraternity. An unusually delaUed report la submitted 88 Its InlUal One.
For the active depnrbnent It bas carrIed aD the toUawlng work: (1) prlntlog and fssue of gC-neral fraternity publtcatloD6; (2) mlmeo· graphing and Issue ot circular letters and instru c tions; (3) wue of stationery to omcer8 and cbapters; (4) distribution ot. all membership blanks, and after they ha\"e been Olled ln, their collection, correction, and redistribution to officers concerned.
For the alumnae department It has carried on the following work; (1) printing and Issue of alumnae material; (2) mimeographing and Issue ot cIrcular letters and other material; (3) issue ot stationery to oMce.ra and club.; (4) distribution ot Borne membership supplies.
The Central Record and Supply OfHce now handles thirty-eicht publtcatIons. Entirely new issues of the following have been printed and dlstrlbnte<l: initiation ceremony, pledging ceremony, alumnae advisory manual, stuely tor pledges, and fifteen smaller pubUcaUonl. Two hundred gratls orders have been tllled. and two hundred and fifty paid orders. for the latter of wbich $7:i6.49 bas been received and forwarded to the Grand Treasurer. Anne Stuart, form er Grand Treasurer. has kindly issued publtcatioDs wbich she bad on hand, to save double shipment, although aU orders an(l money are received by the C. R. S. O. Names and addr esses of persons ordering have been checked with ARltOW aud Catalogue files, nnd changes recorded.
Seventeen mimeographed letters, totaling a,&K) pages, have been lB · sued to chapters and ottteen. These have greatly simpllfted clerical and membership procedure.
The issue ot stationery was compUcated by the fact that each order had to be handled leparately. A. simpler system has been worked out tor next year, which it Is hoped w1ll speed up time between receipt and maUing ot such orders. A case ot paper, with 00,000 envelopes. was bought, and over bolt the 112,000 sheets have been used in tilling 80 individual orders. 30 stock orders, nnd the isolated alumnae letter.
Si.J:ty·seveu hundred membership blanks we re sent out. m08t of which were returnC'u promptly , in correct form. Tliey ba\-e been vised, sorted, and scnt on to the 20 otHcers concerned It has been found advisable tor chaptE'rs to mail work Intended for Province Presl· dents direct to them i this Is the only cbange In the original plan of dis· trlbution. Forty telegrams aud 100 letters have been sent tor mlssLnr data. One such DoUce instead ot several, 8S previously needed, sutDced for data necessary to a number of nationa l oHlcers. Two hundred blanks were returned for additions ond corrections. Ev e ry list received was acknowledged Immediately by post cord. 1,000 In nil, so that omcer. of cha.pters knew tbat. If no word was received trom the C. R. S. 0., wali had rone Ima,.
ARROW OF PI BETA PHI
Not the least duty ot the office bas been a sort ot general information service, in which questions were referred to the proper sources for answer. It would take too long to count the letters written to individuals in the course of the year; the reeord week was 800. During the blizzard the cataloguer used a sled and two clothes baskets to get her three days' mail to the post office, half a mUe away.
'I'he alumnae work bas taken about two-1l!ths ot the time spent. The omcer lists tor clubs have been reprinted, and province officers bave been tlll'ulshed with publications . AppltcaUon blanks tor alumnae membership have been issued to chapters . Fourteen circular letters and other pamphlets hnve been mimeographed and issued to clubs and offi· cers, a total ot 8,500 pages. Stationery has been issued to all alumnae officers. The issue ot 5,000 isolated alulDlltt' letters is well under way. '.rbis has meant a request to all actlve chapters for lists of alumnae, the revisIon ot 118tS with recent data, the printing ot the letters, and their folding and mailing. Eleven hundred were issued to Province Vice PreSidents, the remainder are b e ing mailed individually.
The Central Record and Supply oruce was first suggested at a round tab l e at the Washington Conference of 1924, dealing with the problem, "nelief for National Officers." Jf tbls bas Jightened the arduous work ot your efficient Grand Council this year, it should do more for them next year. If it has aided the Alumnae Department in its expansion program, it should be of great service next year. For it to be most etrecUVE'<, cltanges in fraternity procedure consequent upon the new system, should be authorized by conatttutional changes.
M.AREL Scon BROWN, Oataloguer.
ATTENTION-ALUMNlE-CAN YOU PI PH I S?
P l ease send of any of the following to the Catnloguer, :Mrs. R. D. 'Brown, 00 Woodrow St., West Hartford, Conn. i\:Inll has been returned from tbe address
II.UNOIS ALPHA (Monmouth, m.)
Mrs. Fannie W. Bartlett, Ohio.
Mrs. B. M Chnmberllu (Mlnni(' Owens), La Mesa, CD.Ut.
Mrs. F. K. Clark, 1119 Newport, Seattle, Wash.
MrS. 'V W. Collins (Susan Taylor), 3211 Highland St., Kansas City, Mo. Maggie Cruser, ?I."ellie Gale,
Mrs. E. B. Greene (Anna Porter), SHoam Springs, Ark.
Mrs. John R. MorriSOJ;l (LouIse Carithers), 11U S. 31st St., Omaha. Neb.
Mrs. Allred Olson (Ella Fieming), 606 Crawford, Dixon, Ill.
Anna Rice, 8767 Ellfs Ave., Chicago, Ill.
Mrs. James Shepherd (Eva Hopper), Monmouth, Ill.
Mary Sterrett,4146 Jackdaw St., San Diego, Calif.
Mrs. Geo. L Whitham (Lizzie Rankin), Ave. 31, Los Angeles, Cam.
ILLINOIS- Phi Chapter of J. C. (JacksonvW., Ill.)
Mrs. John Prince (Neillt! Bullard). 3800 Lake Park Ave., Chicago, Ill.
Mrs. D. E. Thompson (Jeanette Miller). Lincoln, Nebraska.
$ October to Dece mber, 1925 t o Grand Trea s urer
to Marcb, 1926 to Grand Trea s ur e
4 . STA.TIONERY
July to September, 1926
to Decem ber, 1925
EXPENDIT U RES October to December, 1925 to Grand Tre asurer
to
THe ARROW OF PI BETA PHI
REPORT OF PANHELLENlC REPRESENTATIVE
The Panhellenic event of the year was the agreement, made by all fraternities represented in the National Panhellenic Congress, to support for two years the recommendation that college Panhellenics adopt the same general Constitution and By Laws, the same penalties, and, unless the college authorities forbade, a short "open" rushing season at the beginning of the college year. Most college Panhellenics have adopted the recommendation and it is believed that from this two-year experiment there will come a constructive, permanent program.
The year has been marked by what seems an exceptionally large number of serious local Pan hellenic difficulties. Only two instances in which Pi Beta Phi was the offender have been reported to your Panhellenic and in only one of these cases was the offense a conscious evasion of rules. The fraternity has a very strict code of honor for its Panhellenic. relations and it expects its chapters to abide by the spirit as well as the letter of all Panhellenic agreements and regulations. It is proud of the way in which its chapters incorporate this code into their practices. The case at the University of ';Yest Virginia where the local Chi Omega chapter, penalized by the local Panhellenic for breaking rushing rules, refused to accept the penalty of a deferred pledge day and, instead of following the course of appeal set up by National Panhellenic Congress, secured an injunction against the local Panhellenic and held its pledge day at the regular time, resulted in the following action by the recent National Panhellenic Conference:
RuoJved. Tbat National Panhellenlc CongreSS does not countenance a retOrt to an injunction or other legal methods 88 a mea DS of avoiding compliance with local and national Panhellenle rulings.
Re.olved, That the resort to an injunction or other legal methods as a means ot avoiding compliance with local or national Panhellentc rulings by any cbapter ot any N. P. O. fraternity shall cancel that iramembership in N. P. C. and place Ita chapters in every 001lege on the b&sls of local fraternities 10 all college Pa.nhellenlc matters. provIded such action is not immediately withdrawn, twQ weeks' time for an adjustment being the maximum tim.e allowed the national fraternity involved.
Had this action not been taken by N. P. C., the entire Panhellenic system would have been destroyed, since no organization
based upon ethical standards and agreements can exist unless its members recognize these agreements as binding, and the future of fraternities themselves would have been seriously jeopardized.
The report of the Grand Secretary (pages 550-554, March ARROW) covers details of the National Panhel1enic conference at Dallas.
The work of the year has beon done almost entire ly by May Lansfield Keller, former delegate to N. P. C. whose years of loya l service brought distinction to Pi Beta Phi, and by Francese Evans IVes, who so ably represented the fraternity at the Dal1as conference Your Panhel1enic delegate found the contacts at Dal1as interesting and valuable and she came away from the conference with an increased pride in fraternities as a whole and in Pi Beta Phi as a part of the whole. May she express the hope that every Pi Beta Phi will make an earnest effort to be not only a good Pi Phi, but also a good fraternity woma n with as intelligent as possib le an understanding of the organization and development of all fraternities , since only as all fraternities advance is the fraternity system strengthened.
AMY BURNHAM ONKEN, N. p. O. Repre.entati1J6
Have yo" 1IIQVpd t"is fall? If so, send c"a1lg. of address to Circulatio1l Mallager. Use blu. slip in this issue.
THe ARROW OF P, BF.TA PHI
REPORT OF THE ALUMNAE EDITOR
To the Grand Council:
The report o f your alumn::e editor can be briefer than that of any of the other officers, for her work is but routine and prescribed for her, li ke the course of a freshman at university . In fact, it is really on ly a postcript to that of the ARROW Editor. The October, 1925, issue of the ARROW contained a detailed r epo rt of methods, etc., u sed in this depa: tment.
Familiarity with the work after three years of attempting to do it has eased the road. A conscious effort has been made with each issue to get th e copy to the publishers 011 sc hedul ed time, and to relieve Mrs . Spring as much as poss ibl e of worry in that regard. Some limitations are imposed, however, by club secretaries' delinquencies. Mrs. Spring tried the idea of "boxing" in capital letters in the alumnre r eports of th e June, 1925, ARROW, the clubs that failed to make report. For some unexplainable reason not one report came in for the last ARRow after schedul ed time; this doe s not mean that reports from every club arrived-that would be perfection itself, and it is said that perfection is not to be attained, in this world at least. But it did mean that a great deal of labor was saved to the editorial department and the printers thru the fact that all secreta ri es who functioned did so properly. I cannot help comment on the fact that more efficiency generally is eviden t as regards such activities that come before my observation.
LoREN.A. ACCOLA FITZJtLL ,
REPORTS OF PROVINCE PRESIDENTS
ALPHA PROVINCE PRESIDENT
With the in.plrallon ot the Blgwln Convenlton aUlt (ruh In their •• the PI Phi. started thll past colleire yea r with ren ewed Ideals and .tren&tbened bond. In "the wine and sliver blue," Alpha Province count. IlIal! particularly (oouDale tor the great privilEge ot belD&' able t o have the 11th BIennial Convention In Ita Province, tor nol only did It lnlen,lfy the national .-Iewpolnl of each uf the chapters, but It was Instrumental In bringing about a clou r sympathy between Ontario A and the American chaptere.
Thl l national was very evident to one, until thll year a atrange r In Jlrovlnclal fraternity work. Betore visiting the chapten. my lmpreulOIUl were rather vague a.e to the work which a Province President might acoompH.h, but once the pereonal contact waa establlahed lhrouch theM vlalu, fTlend.hlp. and Ide rlpenOO very quickly, eo that thJa year to me haa be n one of STeat joy and In.plraUon.
I ahould like to take Wa opportunity or again thankln« all the chapters ror their Jrl"a c lou. h08pltallty to me while vlJltlng them. While writing, many hal>py memorle. ot my vl.lta crowd In UpOn m e-- not only ot the PI Phla, but or the college &uthorltlea wbom It wa. my privilege to meet a n d ot the many collne.lea or the other fraternldee. J found the Dea.n. and profeUOI"IJ very interested In the cirl. tndJvldually and fraternally, and the majority expressed a real appreciation ot the Influences or a fraternity.
The cJght chapters ot Alpha Province were vlalted by me In November. Since then J ha"\'e enjoyed Il very busy and helprul time or corre'POnde nce with them all. The girl. have come to me with their problems and I hav e tried to advlH them to the best ot my ability. Dimcult sltuatlona have been very raro In Alpha this year. I could not help comparing active chapters lUI they are today and aa they were eight years ago-the contrut8 In pa'r"lIamentarl' procedure antI Inte rnal development were Indeed. great. 'l'he chapters have had very splendid leaders, and to thla good fortun e owe much of their progreBB and success. The Executive Council. have been of great benetlt to the president8 and th e chapters a. a whole, their disposition or affairs having been most ell'ec tual. Then, too, the aympathy ana Intere.t ot the alumnae clubs have been of great benefit to th e active girl.. The Advisory Committees have been an especial Inaplratlon or neverrailing help to them. Narly lut fall the AdvIsory Committe.. ot Ontario A and Maine A met with their r eapecUve Executive Counclla, and together they planned In outline fOr the year's meetings; In thla way nry con.tructlve work wa. poulble. Maine A La enjoying the keen Interest and auppo rt of the new alumnae club In Portland, Ma1ne.
In .everal of the ,."ollegea visited I felt that the fraternity WOmen were dluaUslled with exlaUnc rushtng condltlon.s, and they are now endeavorinc to obtain liDlpUfted methoda. a decrease In expenditure, and a shortening or the time of open Tushlng. Th e moat Ideal Panhellenlc relaUonehlPfJ wer e found on the Yennont B campua. At the University ot Vermont, Burllncton, the fraternWe. have dt)ne away with petty Panhellenlc rulea which often mel\nt apylng on other traternltlea, and have STaJlped and Practice the true inter-fraternity spirit. Here the glrl8 have second semeater rushinI'. For the tint ab: w eeki of collep, at th e auggeatlon of a PI Phi, n o fraternity pin' were worn, eo that the college .lJplrlt waa wen eatabU.hed betore fraternltle. became or Int e re s t to the freshmen. There were JUlt three rushIng partie. In aH.
Chapters are realizing more B.nd more th e Importance of original rushIng parties. and much lalent talent I. often dlacovered. Vermont Alpha'. e1l:ceUent cooky-.hlnel are lonl to be remembered.
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There w aa a very earnelt attort to better the .choln.hlp throughout the province. Each chapter deviled. Ita own methode tor improvement In this reepecL Re8ult. were aleo more eatlatactory this year In the fraternity examlnaUon8- Mauachueetta A was especially recommended tor Ita form ot supervised pledge study which was planned and carried out by a Montana A tranater.
Some of the chaperons have .. ruling that each active &1rl ahall belong to not leas than two college actlvltlea--thla brines 8plendld retlulta and La an Idea that I should 1Ik u to lee adollted by all the challters. U a consequence many PI Phi. are hOlding outstanding officea In their college organizations.
The chaperons seem to be taking Ii very active Interest In the girls and do many favon which prove th em true PI Phi motheMJ. The &'lrll5 are also very happy In their selection or patronesses.
New York A employe the ser, lcell at an Interior decorator who helps In a wise dlabunement or a yearly allotted .um for It.a chapte r houae New York r haa purchased considerable turnlshlnp this year and haJJ had several gifts from the alumnae. New York 6 wa most fortunate In havlnr an Interested alumna provide many rare sample. at antique furniture.
On the whole the Health Committee. have been very active and have kept a watchful eye on the salubrity at their chapters. I ahould eapeclally like to recommend the good work of New York .4\.lpha.·s Health Committee-Its health chart. anet accompanying rule•.
All rapar18 antt communication. be tween active ehaptere and national omcers have been very prompt. 1 cannot speak too highly o t the value at personal letter
The card ftle lndes: aytaem bu all been brought up to archlvee are complete and the Busey system seems to be generally accepted and appreciated.
May I thank the Grand Council for the honor and opportunity of serving ollr PI Beta Pbl-with a deep appreclallon at Ita many helptul BUggestlons I.n my work, this r epo rt Is respectt'ully submitted.
VIDA H. PEENJI:
BETA PROVINCE PRESIDENT
Since m }' a-ppolntment 8.8 Beta Province Preeldent lut September all the chapters In the province bave bHn Visited-a most delightful pIea.sure In E:very sense.
The year began with the Installation at Ohio !J. at Delaware. It waa the firat Installation I had ever attended and W83 a most tiLting commencement at the year. The pledging and Initiation ceremony, with each repetition, broughL nearer and de8rer the Ideall at PI Beta PhI. It WUl an added Inspiration La m eet again and really become acquainted with Mias Onken. So the year really started moat au"plcloualy. Furthermore the traternlty may well l;e happy ove r Ohio', lateat contrIbuUon to PI Beta PbL
Two at tbe chapLers hav e chap ter h o u. e--o hlo 8 and West Vir lnla A. Ohio Ii hu Just purcha.aed a new home and Is Justly and deUghtedly proud. West VirgInia A h opee lO have one In the very near future. The others have rooms In the (lormltorlee or specia l Panhellenle houses a.a fa the ca.se at Ohio 6 and Ohio A. Pennaylvanla. A la raising money for a special lodge whlch with the othen will t o rm a part or lhe Women's Student BuildIng. Pennsylvania to. Is aI80 looking torward to some auch plan whi Ch wUl do much toward tost erlng fraternity spirit and In c r eas ing Internal developm e nt
In every Instance the Dean ot Women baa apoken very highly ot the local PI Phi chapter, otten maldq aucgeaUona that we have tried faithfully to carry out and ",bleh have been found mo.t helpful.
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Panhellenlc Ie very effective In moat cha pten throuChout the provLnce Th e oTganl%attOD I. partleularly strong at Pennsylvania 6., where 8ple n41d procratn carried out throuJ'h the year In moat ca.eea tne ¢hapten have railed tbelr echolarahlp eland In thla year. While none of them lead. In lhlli phaae of activity. we bave memben from &bn08t every chapter who bave made Phi Beta Kappa, Mortar Board, or ao1D8 correepond 1nc bonor aoclety. Ohio B and Ohio A won lbe Inter-fraternity eLne. thl. belnl' the HCOod time tor Ohio B. In moat ca.aea the AdvllJOr)' Board. are tunctlonlnl" well, and lhe alumna are beoomlnK m u re and moTe helpful .Dd Intereeted. Durtnl' the )"Ml' loyalty to the college haa been at.reued showing the glrte that theY could serve PI Phi beat by being prominent ant! dependable In collell'8 alfalr.. A second aim baa been to tOBter fellowship and know-Iedse ot each other withIn the a.ccompliahment of which wu e:zpedlted. thrOugh the editing and publLahlng or a l'leW'spa.per by each cha.pter. The aJumn. de-rived. quite much JOY and benent from theM publlcaUona did the active chapters. Then th ere hu been not a little vLeltln&' between chapter., ea· peclally at Ume. or tlleir parUea which hu been be.neftclal.
Mrs Miller'" plan of having 1\ dltrerent girl In the chapter write the Province President eac h w eek. which &Cherne haa been continued thl. yeu, we have found ver y h elpfu l anJ Interesting Beta Province poaae.aee splendid material and though there I.e a r8COg· nlzed. need of Improvement, the chapters hllve put honest and falthIul tort Into their year's work and have by nO means stood stili. or course the one to receive the creatut benent from the experience. or this put year I. the Province President herself. To her the wOrk hu been of great help and huplratlon.
MAR W. SnBlJlNB
GAMMA PROVINCE PRESIDENT
Unavoidable circumstance. made It Impo.elble for me t o vlell the chapten In Gamma Province until b"'ebruary and Ma'T(:h. Six of the cha.pters were moat fortunate In havln, a vialt from MIa. Evans In the early fall, which has made th e enUre year more suooeutul for eaCh group.
When my vielts were made It wa.e most encouraging to nnd cha-pters working and Improving a]ong the linea suggested by vlettlng olnears last year.
With one excepUon there ba:e been thl.e year an Improvement in .a.holarshlp. Virginia B ts working eapeclally hard, and baa developed an excellent plan ot Ita own. NOrth Carolina A won nrat place on Ita campus with three on the honor roll and a very blgh average.
With one exception al.80, the chapters ot this province hold numerou s Important otfleelJ and are to be commended tor their tntereat and service to the colleges and unlverslUe
National vIewpoint could be strengthened In eome ot the chapters. The two Florida chaptertl are eet a))a.rt trom other c hapters and trom each other and even Chapters whIch are ,eographlcally near each other seldom come In contacL Columbia A hu a splendid iDterest In every phaM ot fraternity work.
Tbe nnancla1 condition of the chapters ts BOund. Three chapter. have aucceutully paid up larse amounts of back du .. this year. There hu been IIOme d1ftlculty with the accounting syslem, and genera] teellng ot opposition which I. dIsappearln the method become. clearer. FInance. haTe aa yet presented no great problems In Gamma Province because none ot the chapters own or rent homee.
Next yeRr Florida B plans to rent a lar,e house near the eollece. John B. Stetson UnIversity has Icaeed land to the traternltles represented on Ita
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campU!! to be used as sltee tor fraternity houses, 80 Florida A 1a searchIng tor meane ot erecting Ita own chapler bOllee sa 800n a8 possible. Chapter homes will greatly beneftt both chapterB.
Several ot the chaptera ot Gamma Pro vin ce are moat torlunate in their alumnm backing. The Washington Alumnse Club 18 the strongest group ot alumntll in the province. The small North Carolina and De Land Clubs are grea.t1y Inlereated, and the Alumn. Adviaory Committee In both caaes is functioning aa a group and individually. It waa a pleasure to meet with them and learn trom them how closely In touch it Ie possible tor alumnl!8 to be. One member ot the Ba.ltimore Club 18 most acttve and I think the entire commltlee would like to mean more to the cha'Pter It they could find the way. Florida 8 and the three Virginia chapter!!! have very few alumnIB and they fl.nd the need of alumnoo ba'cklng. The Richmond Alumnoo Club hae, however, been quite helpful to Virginia r. Panhellenlc conditions could be improved in all of the colleges of Gamma Province.
VIrginia r, in Its one year ot life In lhe fraternity, has accomplished mu£h and Gamma Province Is proud of Its youngest chapter.
The cooperation ot all the chapters and the letters from the girls have made fraternity work a plea.sure I should like to thank Grand Council for givIng me the opportunity of again coming In contact with active chapter life. And I appreciate the help Miss Onken. Mrs. Ives, Mrs. Logan and the active chapter!!! have given me In trying to overcome the hahdicap of late chapter viSits and Inexperience.
MARIAN GILH£R
DELTA PROVINCE PRESIDENT
It waft my pleasure to begin the work ot Delta' Provinc e President by attending the Installation of Kentucky A As Miss Onken conducted the Installation it Is impossible to estimate the inspiration received from her and aleo the members of the new chapter, whose enthusiasm and earnestneSs were at all times apparent. Kentucky A had such an auspicious beginning and this flrst year has been 80 8uccesafut that I am l!Iure PI Beta Phi wlll always be glad that she made thl8 splendid group of girls one of her chap.. ters.
I visited aU of the chapters of Delta: Province before Christmas and In aU of them found the stlruulattng effects of Convention very evident. It had fostered a. National spirit that la Impoulble to attain in any other way.
In consulting with the Deans of Women I round that P I Phis were held In very high regard. No Dean had any adverse criticisms to make and all aatd that the girls were dependable and showed a splendid spirit of cooperation. One Dean said that PI Phis on her campus showed organization far above any other group and that they had been a great help to her on that account.
While not all of the chapters have been able to come to the top in acholarshlp, there bas been a great improvement. Indiana A led for the ninth semester, Michigan A led for the fifth semester, A led last .amester with the highest average ever made by an organization on campus, Ind lana r and Indiana do came up to second places while Indiana B fell from first It baa not been possible to get rsports of Mlchlgan B and Kentucky A.
The spirit of unity and organization in the chapters haa been most satIsfactory. In one chapter which has not been 80 fortunate In thla Tespect, a great effort has been made to improve and the Teaults have been very sraUtylng.
REPORTS OF OFFICERS
Ot the .ix chapte.rs living In houlJe8. three own them and three rent. Indla.na 11 hope_ to join the lormer group .000, a.a abe J8 working very ha.rd to obtain lunda tor her new house. the lot havinc been purchued. several yeal"ll .So. 'rb. alu.nna.e of Tenneuee A built a charming cottaC. (or the ehapter, which Ie lar&,e enough tor partie. well u chapter meeUn&'L The chapter hal InvJte<1 non-fraternity organization. to holc.'! their meeUnp and partlel! there and tht. haa done much toward tosterlng a spirit of democracy. The Kentucky A glrla ba va &C<]ulred a little house and made a moat attractive place out ot It lor eoclal affairs and meeting&. Aa practically aU ot the airl, In these two eha1l1ers are lown girls, they ha Ye no need of Jar,er hou.sea.
The Alumnae Advlaory Committees have been a real help to the chapteMf and a Iplendld feeling of cooperallon exists In all of them 1 am aure the chapten realize that the cloaer the relationship, the stronger they will be. Several chapter. have Mother. Club. aa well Alumnae clubs, that have rendered InvaluA.ble aulBtRnce.
I regret that .orne ot my chapters were late In e8lAblllhlng the accountIng .y.tem. Some had dlt'ftcully In getting started, due to the lack ot recorde lert by thoee In charge ot house finances last year. I am Bure the new .y.tern will prevent the exlstence ot such colldltlOM, a.nd will put the chap. ten on a IOlInd ftnaoclal baals.
Proor that the chaptere of Delta Province are a vilal part ot every campus I. given by the honors that have come to them, by the varied types or It.CtivlUes In which they are engaged, and by the responsibilities that han been placed upon them. Each chapter holds many cla.u otftce. and executive po81t1ona. Michigan A has president. secretary flnd trea8urer of Y. W. C. A. and holru. the earne pOBItlon8 in W. A. A. R8 well as clalmine the pre&Ment ot the Girls' Glee Club, Michigan n Is proud of her two Phi Beta Kappas, President of lhe Dramatic Society, Woman'. Editor of the Michlca'n Annual, Aul8tant chairman of the Junior Glrl'B Play and has members In practically every honorary aoclety on the campus. With twenty-one rival orp:nlzatlon8 on the campU8 this spean well tor her local standing. Indiana. A haa a Y. W. C. A, pre.aldent, and members In al1 the honor societies while Indiana D 18 represented by three members on the Student Dally Btatr, one Mortar Board and mc-mbera in other honor soclettea. Indiana r haa turnlahed one member tor Phi Ka.ppa Phi and chairmen for numerou8 Important commltteea and Indiana Delta's actlvJtlea Include tho prtlsldency of the Glria' Glee Club a.nd of Omicron Nu (Natlonall Home Economics), manager of the Purdue Mal' Day FestlvlIJ, Bnd many ath!etl<.' BchlevemenU. Kentucky A haa led Ita campu. In dramatics, having had the leading part In three plays a.a well 8.8 lakin part in all the producttons or the year. It numbers among III bonors the vice pre.alden<.'y of the UniversitY at Louisville Players and the vice prealdency of the Y. W, C, A, Tennessee A also excells In dramatJc ablllty and haa taken a very prominent part In athletics, I have had .plendld cooperation from almost all at my chapters. Aa the province work wu new to me, I feel that I have not been able to help the chapten &I much aa I I!hould, but they bave mAde my work a joy by their hospitality and responslveneu, MIs8 Onken'. vt81ta to several of the chapter. have been most Inaplrlng and I wish to thank ber tor her help to them and for the a"8latance ahe has .0 generou81y given me during the year.
Loll WILKINSON CnRIIJTIA.N
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EPdILON PROVINCE PRESIDENT
I feel that I have apent moat of lhla In set tina acquainted and "feeling my ground" aa It were. Because ot my newness In the work and my Snupe rl ence, I fear it would have been a bit dl trou. tor Ep.Uon Province, bub tor the nne conditlon It waa In due to !In. Laurence'. ruthful work and the 8ple011d cooperatio n of the clrla. It I. of course needl ess to MY h ow much the province ha.a mlsse4 her &tter being Ita preeldent for iM) IOD&'.
I made my vlalt¥ rather iate--becau8e of IlIneu-lhe latler part of November and early part of December. I have kept In close touch with IIlJnoiB E lftroughout th e year. In e very chapter I received a moat co rdial and courteous welcome and enjoyed each of my vlalt. more than I ca n say.
During my visits the remembrances ot Convention were paramount In the minds of the chapters. Although 1 wun't fortunate enough to have attended Bigwin I received a great amount ot Its Inaplratlon from the man y girl. 10 my chapters who had attended. It wu a. very real part ot their liVes and an experience that has made them realize the algntnca n ce ot Pi Phi and cauaed them to work very hard toward. lu Ideal.-.and ot course ha:a made PI Phi nearer and dearer to them
I teel that on the whole my province shOuld be conITatulated upOn Ita good achola rshl p. Wh,eoDsln A. IlIIDola Z. Illinol. B and Illinois H were 1Inrt OD their respective campu.sea. nUnols Epsilon'. a.nd Mlnne.ota Alpha's lJObolarahlp Is not what I would like It to be, In tact I think It Is their biggest problem. They are tloth worl(lng hard on It and adopUnc aU sorta ot methoda t o brlnr It up. Their cooreration In everything that I ha \ 'e auggested has been .plendld. I believe they both ral8ed their point average thl. last aemeate r, and I feel confid e nt they will be nellr the top eoon. MlnnMOta'. actives did well, but their Pledges brought down their grade. Knox haa tallen down I n Ita ranking this year, but Is dolnl' everythi ng to get back to her old place aga.ln. Beloit raised Ita echolars hlp aomewhat over lut semes ter
Panhellenlc conditions were good thls year. The percentage ot pledge. Initiated I thought WtL8 unwmally hIgh th is yea'r. IUin ola Z Initiate d 15 out ot 18 p l edirea, Wisconsin A. 18 out of 18, and Illinois E, 14 out ot 18. With ODe exception (which was a special dispensation given by me for an unusual CaM) we had no Initiation on mldsemeeter grades. I teel that one inUlaUon Is tar better tor everybody. There were no penalUea In rushing thIs year. IIl1nol.a H has experimented with second eemeater ruehlnl' tbLs year and tound It ext r emely aucceutul, and I nnd that th e organization ot the treshmen Is u:cepUonally good under this 8ystem. I teel that trom many atandpolnts It I Iplendld and I ahould like to aee thla torm ot PIedg1nl' adopted everywhere. The actives aeem to be able to conce ntrate on planning the time tor the tre.Khman studies and acUvlties because they themselves have gotten OV6 the etrecu ot vacation, have gotten adJustoc1 to the normal Ute ot college and can give the pledges not only the example, but &Jao the attention they ahould have. The freshmen have gotten adjusted to a normal college lite as w e ll and tbla adjustment baa taken place earlier than it otberwlae would because there baa no ruahing distraction and the actives know they have to be on their m e ttle. both in scholarship and actlvlUes to lmpre88 the fr es hmen
1 teel that I can say that m e mbera ot Epsilon Province have been very active In extra-curricular work. We have had thhl pa:at year and will have next year presldenu. ot W. S. O. A.. Y W C. A. , other omcera and u:ecuUves In both these organlza.tlons. 'Vlaconaln A thi. year had both Presldenu ot Y. W. and W. A. A. •• which 1s unusual in auch a large univeralty; glrla prominent in sports, dramatics, literary clube and almo.t everY other brRnch of a c tivity. TheJr IIO<'lal standing haa been r8C011l128d. tor we had
May Queena e.nd four prom Queena that I know ot this year, al80 the lrirls have be6n with belng the moat repre se ntative college ,.trl ITtOIIt etc.
An ormy chapters have giv e n to the f;etUemenl School, In .orne lnalancee very generously. u tor In.stance Lombard, (l small collect!! and a ama1l chapter, pve $100 . AmOnl" the oth e r thlnp about which I am proud. In my province, are my AdvleoI"Y Boards, they are splendid, aJ!J 81eo are the various alumnM organisation.. I teel that the relaUons ot alumnae and active. I. good In all of my chapters. In all ca.'Ieli the alumnae and Advieory Board. are glvln, generously ot th.elr time and thought to the actlvea and this I. reftected II the tine condillon my chapler. are In.
In my ftve chapters where we have chapte r houses In which the .-trls may live, their hOUH chaperon. are golne to remain with them , about which I am very glad. Knox alld Jilinol. E are the only two cbapten that have no hOUM at all "'here they can gathe r. lIllnol" E hopes to break ground thl•• prlne, but I tea:r Knox Ia not 10 tortunate. They bave not even a room In which to keep their archives, which I teel make. chapter lite aomewhat dlmcult. It Is my opinion that a chapter house makes for a happier cha.pte r lite and helJll, 110 much In keeping the girls up to standard . May I tAke this opportunity to thank the PI Phis for the privilege they va.ntOO me by making me Province Pretldent and to teU the actlvea and alumnae how much J have enjoyed. my work with them this year. Their aplendld willtngneu to cooperate, their many klndneuea and the penonal oonta.ct. have been a very real pleuure. All at the national ofDcus' help and tance have been wonderful an(l tor Miss Onken's lnaplratlon and untlrln« Ietance 3nd I can never fully exprells my gratitude.
MAHOARlCTrA E FllNN
PROVINCE PRESIDENT
During t.he past year 1925·1926, I have vl"lt.ed each of my chapterll once and Iowa Z, my home chapt e r, three or tour times. 1 have had varlOUIl In· vltaUon8 to visit t.he re.l!lt at my famUy and have refused moet unwllllngly tor I love them a11.
In making a report at this nature I am going to say a few words as to the co n cHtlonl on varioul campusel to show that the collegee and unlversltiM are well worth being the chosen environments tor our chapters. Jowa Alpha's campus Is to have the addition at the P. E O. M e morial Library, a bulldln« which II attracting national attention. Iowa Beta's college Ia very proud at the Music HalJ, Gymnasium and New Recitation Building which contalna rooma for the extra:·c\Jrrlcular activities. At Iowa State College, there is a new Home Economlca building rapidly approaching com· pletlon and a drive tor a Memorial Union In which our Iowa r la one of the two nationals wblch hILa pled«ed 100%, an Indication at Ita college cooperation. Iowa: University la to be particularly congratUlated on Ita ftrat unit of the Iowa Memorial BuUdin&, which stands as an Incentive In Ita com. pletene.u and great utility, to all other Institution. sponsoring a similar project. Mla.ourl University haa Its new Geolocy and Biology BuildIngs, Wuhlnaton University, Ita beauUtul and arf.atocratlc campus wIth unUorm. Ity In architecture, and Drury College. Ita glrl.a' new dormitory, Wallace Hal1, which turnlshe.a Ideal JIving conditions tor the girls, Includng our PI Pbls. So you lee theee campu.e., both in their pbyslcal equipment and alao In the activltlee an4 standards they are IPQnsorlng are de8lrable place. tor Zeta Province'. chaplers.
The next atep Is to say a few worda u to ea.ch grouP'. lmmedlate lIv· Ing condition.. Iowa A haa a room tor Its chapter meeting place. The
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chapter wu comfortably altuated. the "rat semester, but tound it neceaaary to move. Iowa B hu a comfortable house, but haa to exert a gOOd deal ot Ingenuity and ertlcienc ), taking care of It.. girls In a amall apace. It hall thill .prlng started a drive to buUd a houle. Iowa r hall long enjoyed Its own house and consequently th e girls are well adju.ted.. Iowa Zeta'. beauUful new house of Old English Ityl e Is Ideal In every d e tail fTOm Its private chapter room, built-In archives. and alumnae room to It8 ta'etetul living rooms antI airy eleeplng pOrches. MI880url A haa enjoyed 118 home tor IJOme time and haa had the forellight to build up a replac ement fund 80 that thl..- year it has arranged tor anfl equipped a alleelal room In the hous e tor chapter meetlnga. Ml880url Band r both have well-equipped rooms tor their meettnp. At Washington Unlverelty the roome are In the girls' dormllory. MI8.80url r 18 Interested In finding another location. Iowa. n a.nd Iowa Z have been v e ry Corlunate In ha"Vlng their chaperons Cor seve ral year s 'fhey are women who have shouldered their responsibility and brought great advantages to the groupe Iowa l' and MlsIouri A both changed their chaperon. the &eCOnd eemeater.
My conta'c ta with the Deana oC Women have proved to me conclusively that they are well pleased with our groupa. They were open and frank about denclencfeIJ and ready with luggesUone. The spirit eeemed admirable In all cases. The Dean at Wa.shlngton University ezplalned Cully their sy,tern of non-frnternlty clube and the Dean at the UnlversllY of Mls80url had worked. out 80me v e ry significant stathlUcal etudlea on fraternity "holasUc Itandlnge.
As to Advisory Boarde, let me categorize them 88 thOI!le boards who weNJ eager, active, and well-Informed and those who w e re super-critical without being helpful. and lacking In the InlormaUon of their duUes Mlsaourl Beta'i AdviSOry Board has taken a prominent part In aiding the girls In their actlvlUes and echolarshlp and the Advisory Board at Iowa Unlv e reity has Improved 100 % in the Jut elx yean.
Now ae to the active girls, In scholarship, Iowa 8 Ie my only chapter Itandlng flrst, maintaining the splendid 8tandard which was shown by Its ranking first nationally In 1924-1925. The other chaptere are either holdIng their own or have made progresa standing within the third or fourth pla.ce, with the exception of Iowa Z, which 8tand", tw e lfth. In a.ctivltics I cannot express my appreciation of what the girls have done. The YI8.80url chapters particularly have almost ex c eeded a normal situation. However, with the point systems that the glrl!J have, there Is a tendency to reach proportional distribution of hon o rs. ln the whole provInce, every extra-curricular and scholastic activity ha.s some devotee taldng honors.
Finally a dlscuulon ae to my conlacta with th e glrls, - In the meetlnp with pledges and actives w e came to a good und e rstanding. I teel those houn well spent. ThIs year my program haa been to str888 the purpose of my vblt, to dlscuu the Survey and St&nda'rdl%atlon program. oontinuoulIy to etre811 echolarshlp. a normal college life, dlverslHed soeial ute, and to Inte rpret fraternity prinCiples, analyse traternlty attitudes, &nd emphael&e the opportunity of fraternity women.
Nothing has ple8JJed me more than the prompt, compre hensive a:nd neat reports I have received from my girls eve ry month and always on time. In thlll v e rY A.ctivlty I feel that committee chaIrmen have learned fraternity c0operation and responsibility. The mechanical deWls I admit, have been etreued, but only so that on this foundation more time could be spent on the more Idealistic aspects of our fraternity life
The girls have given many original suggestions In their reperle In their fraternity social programs, In the grading of pledgee , and In attempts: to Improve Icholarshlp. The president of semester gives a reaume of her ' ebJecUvee and accompitahments which seem to be a 8clentlftc method of procedUN.
With the humility of a beginner, I aee my mistake but never have 1 received. such ilnpiralion, nor round In 8Uppoaed work such a m&I1mum ot pleaaure. Each vlalt wu a perfect Joy with cordiality. cooperation. And hospitality alway. manltuL I attempted to tlnd each group'. problema by brea.kJnc down artltlcla.1 barrlen and Jointly worklnS' out .oluUon.. My lTeateal aim Ie to help my girls and live eomethlng c r e ative to the fraternity at large.
GAIL DII: 'YOU'
.ETA PROVINCE PRESIDENT
The work aa Eta Province President has been 8uch a Jo y that It seems The problema and ot auch a pereonal them to any brief well nigh impossible to relegate It to a tormal l' port. character ot lhe relaUonahlpa with the chaplen have been and Intimate nature that It would seem hard to confine 8uulmary
The (: haplera were all vlalted onc e during the year, Kanll8.s A several time.. All Lut OM ot thelle vLaIUl we.re made betore the Chrlltma. receas. Chapters range from twenty-one to torty members.
All except Colorado U maintain chapter houselS and chaperons.
It would seem In.polJslble to compare the chapters' standlnp and act1vlttelS with those ')t J)reVIOU8 vears. Yet 1 do teel that all ot the chapters ha.ve made definite steps towa.rd the strengthening ot their particular weaknenes. Each chapter haa been urged to work tor speclnc aims In a.ccord with Ita individual n eeds. I teel that tho gra'dlng on my part tor the Committee on Standardlz.atlon and EfficiencY was lower than it should have been considering the previous records ot the varlou. chapters, but the new standards se.t seemed to d e mand such a repOrt.
Agitation during the year has brought the construction ot new homes by Colorado A and Nebr8.8ka. 8. Living conditions had necessitated .uch action. Redecoration, returnll:lhlng, and payment ot all ot the Indebtedne8s on t.he house owned by Kansas A are being completed this year. The splendid college ac tivit y record in Colorado A and the continuous scholarehlp standing ot first on the campus ot Colorado U are enviable. I believe that the reeling ot Individual r esponsibility La growing In all ot the chapters. KanKI.lM B haa an Individual activity chart t or each member. The Increased Interest ot Alumnae Advlaory Boa:rds and closer cooperation with the active chu.ptenl through r e gular joint meetlnp ot the Board and the Chapte r Executive Councils have added to the emclency or chapter organlzaUcim.
The tollowlng have been sponeored (or all chapters; rogtonal Foundere' Da.y celebra.tions, recording or the local history ot each chapter, the prepa r a.tion or chapter loose-leat notebooks to keep reeoNla oC duLiee and work ot offlcel'l and chapter customs and r eroulation., and some kh'ld ot a letter se nt to the a.lumnae ot each chapter telling ot that chapter's activities durIng the year.
Making ao many now trlends In the active challten has been a delight. I .hould like to eJtpreA my apprecIation ot tl'lelr 8plendld confidence and or the cooperation ot the Alumnae AdvlJtOry Committees. The "8lsLance ot Mis8 Onke n and other omcera ha.e made thla work poulble.
LSONJI. BAUMOARTNU
THETA PROVINCE PRESIDENT
The ab: cha'Ptera In Theta Province were visited du rlng November and December. I was ml)al courteously received by ea:ch chapte r, and the girls mad e my vlelt a plelll!lure by 80 readily ort'erlng me their friendship and confidence. It wae moet pleulng to find a 8pirlt of enthusiasm and a deelre for progress In every chapter A detailed report of these vlaits haa made. Correspondence hu been carried on regularly with the chaptera during the year. 1 have written each chavter R"""monthly letter 8upplemented by personal l etters dealing with the local problema of the chapters. The correspOnding secretaries have sent regular lelters giving the deta1l8 of their fraternity work. Various gir l s have written other lellers each month.
All of the chaptera with the exception of onG live In fraternity houses. Newcomb College docs not allow any fraternity to maintain Its own chap.. ter house, 80 Louisiana A has only a chapter room. This year finds Tuaa A and Oklahoma A living In lovely homes which they are purchasing. Oklahoma Band Arkaneas A are making plans to own their own chapter M>UI!IC8 by next year. TexQ.8 B has a house thll' year for the first time. and the new ltvlng conditions hav e 80 Increased lhe enthu81asm of the girls that the chapter haa made great progress during the year.
All of the chaptcn have preferenttal bidding, which they find to be most satiaCactory. PreCcrential bidding waa used at Arkansas A this yea)' for the flrat time, and the chapter :found that by faIr and dignified rushing It made a decided gain, as was shown by the number oC pledges won. Te:la'a Band Loulalana A hav e 80vhomore pledging.
While th'e chapters haven't attained first p lace in scholarship thl. year, they have made a varr good record. Nea'rl)' every chapte r hall raised its a.verage. Oklahoma. ,\ made th e high est average on Ita campus tor the fall term, All acholutlc honors are not yet aUaJnable. but the cha'pters have reported slx members of Phi Beta Kappa, three of these betnR' members oC Louisiana A-
I believe that the girls are at last becoming r eally Interested In campu" acUvltJe8, and are beginning to reallze their importance in the college glrl'lI Ute. PI Phis hold Important o m ccs on every campus, and th e girls report weekly on the amount oC time they have devoted to campus affairs.
The bond between the alumnae and the active chapters haa ce rtainly been strengthened throughout the province, and the alumnae are working enthusiastically with the chapters. The chaplers, on the other hand, are realizing thal the alumna.e form the foundation upon which the fra.ternity etands, and are encouraging the help and advice of the alumnae by being courteous and cordial, and by showing the proper appreciation of all asslslance. Besides the keen Interest which the Settlement School arouses, the financlnl' of new traternity houses has done much to brlnr; about a c l oser relationship between the chapten and the alumnae.
PanheUenlc relations are good. 'rhere have been a few sUght dLeturbanecs in Theta Province, but at prescnt thlng8 are running very smoothly, and the girls are trylnr to make Panhellenle a more forceful organization. Fair and dignlfted rUlhlnlir Is t.helr chief aim. The girls are working for tewer Panhellen.lc rul.s, and de8lre that these few be rigidly obse rv ed. I b eHeve that the girls are bflglnning to understand Panhellenlc organization and ita object more clearly than ever before, and to realize its serious purpose.
I found the internal organization of my six chapters in very IplendJd condltlon. Ea.ch chapter 18 fortunate In having an exceptionally capable girl for ita prealdent. There ta a general IIplrtl of harmony prevaJllnl', and the glrls have made a. special effort toward co-operaUon and unity in their chapter life.
The mechani cal organiZation has been a little dillturbed In IIOme chapters, and I tound that r ecords were not being as accurately kept u they should be. I have tried eapeclally to help the vice presldenta with the card flies. Three
chaptera had tllN In Iplendld condlUon, and one chapter had pracUcaUy no tile at aU. \Vlth the exception ot one chapter, I believe that the pia haTe now worked out very Accurate recorda and have their tiles In JOOd eondltJoD. This haJJ been a year of uploration In new nelda u thll I. my flret year Province Pre.ldent. The Kltl. and I have had to work our problelD8 out tOlether, but I that becauae of tho flne aplrtt ot co-operatlon offered me by my cb&pteMl we hava been Able to make I(OOd progreu. I wlah to thank the Grand Cou Deli tor the opportunity a1ven me to serve PI Beta. Phi aa Theta Province President; thl!! l"hApten and alumnae for their hearty rel!lponse and (:o-opel'1ltlon: and the Individual IriTle tor their court,e.. alee and hOfJpltallty. My work has been a pleasure and an Ineplratlon to me.
MA'M'lK B. CRAIG FRANCIS (MRI. D. G.)
IOTA PROVINCE PRESIDENT
All were visited early In the ('olh'8"e year, and the happy bond ot perllona.) contact thus established at the beginning ot my term ot omee haa been Invaluahle In carrring on the work ot the fraternity, It wae Indeed a pleasure to Hnd the chapters holding prominent plue. on their campuses and being, a8 one Dean or 'Vomen CXPrf'.ued It, "good citiz ens," The result.. ot the years ot eonatructlve service on the part of Grace Hancher Beck are everywhere apparenL Montana A &nd Idaho A lead the l'rovince In scholarahlp I.n their local scholullc standings: Montana A hfUJ been "rat on ItJI CBJIlPUII tor the tbird consecutive time, and Idaho A ftrst for the ftrst lIeme,lSle r, haa held that coveted place three timell. The other chapters nre making consistent ertorta to rai se their comparative ra'nklns-and have made good progresa.
Thill year hna scen Washington 8 estAblished In Its beautiful new white brick, Colonial h ous&--one truly worthy ot the chapter, Idaho Alpha's lovely new hom e Is being buUt this summer and, Jt III hoped, will be rea'dy for oc. cupancy this tall This "baby chapter" or the province deeervea great credit tor iu enterprll:le In 80 Boon rf':PlaClng Its home·llke, but Inadequate house with 80 splendid a new one. Montana A Is now the only chap ter In the province which doett not Own It. own house, and COlldltlons In MOntana would not Justify Ita building at present.
lOLA Province as a' group and all IndlvlduaJ chapte r s Is making a s incere ettort to be a worthy part of PI Beta Phi and to work with It has been a prlvllele and a pleaaure.
.MARVEL SXEEL8 OBKJtTAU",I:R.
KAPPA PROVINCE PRESIDEN'!'
Since my appointment lou than thr ee monthJil aco, I have made the reQuired vlslta to the tlve chapters In Kappa rrovlnce. In this way I have h ad the opportunity ot meeting personally all the active girla and of ac. Quatntlng myself with the Indlvldua1 charactcrlsUc. and exl.Ung oondlUoRl ot both the cbapten and ot the univerllitles In which they are located. Ow. Ing to thlll brlet period of my omclal responsibility, my visit. were to a cer. taln degree exploratory. Now that I know the IItrone and the weak points plua the particular amblUoRl ot each chapter, [ hope to be ot more reat u8L1tance next yea.r.
I wu received with gracious hospltAltty by the chapters and shown every cou rt esy and attention by my hosteue8. It wall a genuine plea:llure
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to find th e girls 80 COOpe rnUve and ea;;er tor suggestions and an opportunity to broaden their national viewpoint.
Nevada A and Arizona A are nla1dng a concerted ettort to acquire homelJ of their own and the alumnae ot the tormer have manifested a deOnlte interest by purchll.8Ing and completely paying tor a. desirable lot conveniently located to the campus. Both chapters have plana in operation tor house tunets and I think the e rrort and enthusiasm they are putting torth will Boon bring these vrojects La A. reallzaUon. Our three Calitornia chapters already have adequate and beautiful homes successf ully financed.
An outstanding c ovent ot the year was the dellgh{ful week-end reu lllon and hOnteeomtng celebration held last Fall by California B In honor ot the chapter's twenty-filth anniversary.
The Mothers' Clubs at Ca.lIfornla Band CaHtornla r have had unusually aucces.aful mtletings this year. They hav e not only financed practical gilts to the houses, but have greatly enjoyed the social contacts made with the glrlll. They have had an opportunity to grasp the alms of our fraternity with particular reference to the provision of a living center for their daughters; a place of refinement and dignity with the e lement.s of a home where a wIse, careful and sympathetic supervisIon Is exercised.
Scholarship standards are not as high as we would desire. Arizona A leads with third place on Its campus. It Is unfortunate that this raUng lJ not truly representative, since a.ccordlng to an unwritten law, this chapter ha.d to &.t,:cept th e tallures of a girl who left college alter her pledge was broken early In the fall. Otherwise,· this c hapter would have led all other groups by a considerable margin. 1 cite this as an example of how the uades of one girl can atrect a chapter average. Other cha-pters In the provInce ranked from sixth on down to the toot ot the list, but there was every Indication that the close of t.he college year would aee PI Phi with higher comparative ratings. We are making a: particular etrort, however, to urge individual responsibility In this matter and in two chapters the Advisory Board 8 lU"e cooperating to enforce certain standa.rds and penalties when necessary. We hope results will be evident next year with every chapter holding an enviable place tn scholarship on its college campus. Surely, with supervised study tables and high Initiation requirements, we can accomplish thla purpose.
Throughout the province, PI Beta Phi Is welt represented In extra-curricular activities and it Is the opinion of the Deans of Women that we hold an exceptionally prominent place on every campus. Emphasis has been placed on the necessity of each member assuming her share of responsibility that ahe may personally benefit trom the opportunity offered to uevelop a worthwhile leadershIp, that la, one having selt confidence, poise and patience in dealing wIth others. The point system ha:s proven etrectlve with some chap... ters. I warn e d against the danger of ove remphasizing the Importance of parUcipation in activities to the detriment ot other demands on a student's time.
California l' has perfected Its splendid eet of bY -laws to the point that It has enjoyed an exceptionally strong Internal d eve lopment. The various duties of frat e rnity routine and government are 80 definitely outlined and the experiences of put olHcers and committee chairmen 80 explicItly given tbat the new oftlcers can grasp the complete dutle. expected of them without delay. A Freahman Court I. h e ld periodically to both commend and reprimand pledges and In thl. way the pled«es a're made to teel that they are a part or the chapter and are looked upon as such.
The alumnae of CalifornIa r r espo nded with keen pleasure to the active c1u:l.pters call to attend the Initiation of Mrs. Arthur Into Pi Beta Phl It waa wIth deep appreciation of her noble Qualities of womanhood and of bel' ten consecuUve years of loyal and uJUlelfbh service as housemother to this group, that Hre. Arthur was extended the pr!vUegea ot membership.
Ca.lifornia A Ie making an etrort to compiy wltb the recomm endaUons ot N. P. C. to have a short early rushing Se&lIOn, Instead ot the third Quarter rushing that haa proven unauccesstui after a three trial. Non. ot the CraterRilies apparently d6llire to conUnue the preaenl system. but It doubtful that the unlveralty authorities will permit a change in policy. In moet easetI Panhell'!nic. a.re cooperating to have .s tew rules sa pQellble.
Every chapter hu splendid leadership and a tine spirit ot harmOny and unity prevails with one exception. It I. hoped that lhe unfortunate ahd ea rl Olla problems encountered by this lTOuP have been aeUled and that a deftnlte eI'l'ort can be nl.J.de tor 8. more constructive program ot Internal d&velopmenL This trouble wa. due to care les.neas of former year. and to a lack of proper cooperation and contact between the act-Ive rtrl. and alumnae.
The Alumnae Advlaory Hoards are functioning In cooperation with the chapter executive comm1tteea, but th ere K-ema to be a. doubt In lOme In.tances as to who should take the Initiative. The new Manual glVei .uch a definite ouUlne or the work that a II tud y of It .hould eliminate any hultaney on either Iide. No doubt many dimcult problena are belna IOlved with the foresight ot ma.ture judgment In addition to the active clrt'. viewpOint and I cannot emphaalze too much the need for complete harmony between the" two grouP!!.
The new accounllng sys tem It Installed In All chapters after a little delay In getting It established. It II proving a reaJ help In making bud,eta for the enlm1ng year and has greatly aided In Placing all c hapters on a unIform 10und financial ba.8ls.
In my talkit with chapter" I have endeavo r6d to bring to th em the essenlials necessary to justify our exIstence 8JI an o rganized group with parlIcular referenc e to their special needs. Our lervice to the unlverlltJe. In which we are established, our work In developing individual membera and our pride In serving mankind as exempllfte<l in our great national altruistic work were brought to their attention. I found the .acti ve glr18 Intenl8ly Interested In the Settlement School and they have a keen Interest In dOing their share toward the SUPpOrt ot the sc hool's acdvltlea.
The ('hapten In the province havQ a .plendld national vi e wpoint conalderlng geographical location, but lOme of ou r groupe are 80 Laolated. California A and California II have been encouraged to act as hostea8e1 to each other on certain Inlportnnt college occuions. The Province Vice Pte.ldent. Mrs. Payne, Is anxioul to cooperate In a movement toward a province convention or houtte-party, and we are hoping to make this a possibility during the interim of ConvUltionl. ,"Vhenever It was mentioned during my yulta, I found both active and alumnae membe.r. enthUilastic over the Idea ot provincial unity. No doubt untold beneflt would come from this Interchange of Ideas and viewpoints concerning chapter problem. In addition to the pleasures Incident to lucb an OCCRslon. All chapterl are ambitious and I can safely Bay that two groups In particular are tL diligent eft'ort to win the Balfour CUP.
I had the pleasure of m aclinr with the Northern CaJlfornta and Reno, Nevada AJumnae Clubs. My contact with both active and alumnae memben W&.I 80urce of InlplraUon and ,ave to me a broader conceptiOn of the worthwhUe accomplbhmente and high .tandard. ot the fraternity.
I wIsh to express my sincere appreciation for the helpful lunelUon. liven by Mrs. Young and for the very ,enerou, aul.lance and prompt encouraging Jetters reeeived !rom M.I Onken. May I tha.nk the active chapters and alumnae for their splendid cooperation and I hope that next year will prove a banner one for Kappa Province.
GlUe. p, MCPHDION
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REPORTS OF PROVIKCE VICE PRESIDENTS
ALPHA PROV]NCE VICE PRESIDENT
It 18 so m e wh at dl8concerting to ftnd that th e year haa already passed , and that not eve r y all'mna In Alpha Province haa b ee n brough t Into a club, or haa paid nAtional (Jue8. .A beginning hu, h oweve r , bee n made, whI c h will b ea r fruit In another yea r
A much closer t ouc h baa bee n m alnta1ned with club8 than torm e rly , c hiefly through th e monthlY JeUe.re from each c lub; they have lik e d th e plan, nnd have In general r espo n ded v e ry w e ll , a.nd seemed Inte r eeted In do· Ing eo. Th e monthly r ePO rte t o the Grand Vi ce P r eside nt o r h e r aulstant, and the round r o bi ns hav e been very h e lpful.
There is one n ew club In Al p ha Province. at Portland. Ma1ne, Whi ch ehould be a great uset to MaLne A, as th e clu b's Intereet will n a turally cegte r in that c hap te r Tts c. h le t activity , eo tar, h aa been In organlsatlun only, but it ha:s a good s tart tor the next year'1 work.
There h aa been n o difficulty and no o bj ection to the one dollar n a tional duee. Last year, 1924-1925, t h e amount ot due. coll ec t ed wa.e $190 .5 0, whJle thle year, 192 5- 19 2 6. the amount has b ee n abo ut '461, s h o wing th a t at leaal eighty m o r e peop le have paId th e one dollar du es th a n f o rm e rly paid the fifty ce nt.. I do n ot think this ca n be e ntir ely accounted for through th e acce. elon or recent graduates.
Untortunate ly. thr o ugh a comb in a tion of untow ard circumstances, th e province haa fall en ott deplorably in Settlement Sch oo l co nlributl o n s. Thi ll year $2,160 haa been co ll ected , as against $3,446, tor last year. A talrly 8ubstantla l amount will come In ea rly In Jun e , from o n e c lub, which arranged a benefit, b ut It wlll be too la.te t o be Included with thl. year'. C(lntrlbutlonL
The Provin ce Vice President feela, h owev er, that all th e c lubs In Alpha Provlnce are In a m Ol t h eal th y con dition , and prospects are brIght tor obtaining a very fair number ot I80 lated alumnae as naU o n a l m e mbers o r the Alumnae D e partm e nt, tor next year.
EOITH V U .xT COOK.
BETA PROVINCE VI CE PRESIDENT
AM only halt thtl c lubs In Beta Province r eaponded to the Questionnaire eent th e m, the statistica In this repo rt are n eceasa"rlly m eag r e; how e ver, to ottset thi s the correspondencd In most cases has been v e ry satistactory. Especially Is this true In r egard. to pers o nal l e tt ers eve n It r epeated r equesta tor monthly le tt e rs were disr egarded. At the time this r epo rt Is ecnt no annual l e tters have bee n r ecei ved from c lub preside nts.
Members hip : A n etlort hu been made t o aid c lubs tn adding to their membership by sending nam es of possible members and thei r addreue.. Ten cl ubs show an In c r eaaed memberahlp.
N atio nal Duea: In moat e&ael the national dues were sen t In promptly. All alumnae Initiated at Delaware and several o th e r s not belonging to cluhl sent naUona1 dues.
Prospects For Next Year: The w or k of locaUng alumnae and urging th e m to Joto or form cluba has been strenuously puraued. It I. too early to determine th e practlcal ret!ults o't suc h e tr o r tl , but there are p r0 8pecta of t orm lng at l eu t thr ee new clubs 1110 Beta Province..
Any 8hortcomincs In the work of Beta Province should not be laid upon th e clubs, but u pon th e Provi n ce Vice President for tailing to gra:ep th e varied details ot the work In th e time that haa elapsed e ln ce e l ecUo n.
FJtANCE8 C. CORTIS•
REPORTS OF OFFICERS
GAMMA PROVINCE VICE PRESIDENT
Gamma Pro\'Ince with Its eight alumnae eluba. bad creal h opes ot to the number this year, eapectally since there wu luc h a n innux of PI P hla Into Florida with the real eat aLe boom, but unfortunately this did not m ate ri a lize. Moat of the form letters that were sent out with the Idea of organizing new clubB, were .ent to Florida, but It eeema the population 18 a very tranlJlent one tor many ot th e leUers were r eturned, un claJ med The Lynchbur& aJumnae. very ent h uslu tl c and ot great asst.la n ce t o the active c hapte r , sUIi are ta('king a few memben before etartlng a new club,
There has bee n a nne spi rit of cooperation from a ll th e c lubs and mOllt o f them have foll owed the suggested plan or m o nthl y lellera. Thl worka out especially well where th e clubs h old monthly m ee tlnp for th en r epo rt. of the meetln,1 a r e Re nt In Immediately afterwards and this h e l1>8 towards a greater re, ula rl ty. The Atlanta Club haa been very faithful In having & dltrl!rent member o( the club wrJte eac h monUl, and In this waf the beneftt o f dill'erent pol n 18 o( view can be derived. On the other hand when all the corretPOndence hal been carried o n directly th rough the secretary, ther e Ie great er opportunity ( o r a c l OlJe r aCQ.ualnlance and m ore perlonal knowledee of the work being carried out.
As usual, the Washington Club had printed a very nne program with m ost interesling meetings :-many tamous speakers o n "Am e r ican Paintlng," " Interio r DecoraUon," "The Powers of Men." Wh o would not be arudou. t o attend PI Phi meetings. with such splendid opportunities? Their e nthuslum seem. endJeu and hM brought wondertul result. tor th e Settlement School. A card part y a t the M ay ll o we r, Washington' s very n e w e!!! t h otel , a rummage Ha le and a. benE:flt th eatre party were th e means ot r a lRlng $500 .
The Baltimore Club reele that it h ae h a d an especia lly good year , more alumnae hav e taken an actlve Interest and th e a..ssoclaUo n with the active chapter haa bee n very c l ose. Alt hough stili working on the Goucherendowment tund, lhe m e mbers have a lso given o r their tim e and ene rgy t o raise mon ey (or th e Settlement & h oo l , the annual Ch ristm as bo.l wu also packed with the help ot lome ot lh e hUl!loonds at one ot the open card partlea.
Th e group at Richmond decided thl e year to hold five me e tings Instead ot monthly oncs. th e r eb)' hoping to have a large r nttenda'nce. Th ey raised money t or th e Settlement School by a sale h eld down t ow n betore C hrist mas and by personal pledge
The! North Carolina Club I. handicapped by having Its membership ecattered over the l!ltate, a n d much c r edi t Is due the sec r etary. who has made eve r y effort to keep In t o u c h with them all and get them tog et h er tor their tour mee ting s. W ith th ei r e nthusi as m and cooperaUon with the active c hapt e r, and With a steady gTOwth from th e graduates at Chapel Hili, thl8 will su r ely d e v elo p Into a mighty fine group, with closer organization.
The Atlanta Club, bei n g r ep r ese ntativ e ot' a..8 many different c hapt e n atJ lheir ac tu a l numbers, h old meetlng8, and In additio n sew (or the Atlanta ChUmn'. Home once a month-thl8 bring. th e m t ogether with co mmon Inlereat&-and th oy have m et with h eal'ty r cspo n .ae In their ertot'U at r aising money tor the Settl ement School, selling Christrnu carda and .endlne stock· Ings and mittens to the School at Christmas.
The St. Peteraburg Club, not mu c h more than a year old and made up of PI Phis from many dUrerenl places I. v e ry anxlou! to welcom e al1 visiting Pi Phi ! to join In their meetings. It entertained during the holldaY8 for the returning actives and worked tog e th e r tor the Settlement School and maintained a nn e aplrlt.
The OrlandO Clu b h oa worked hard tor th e Settlem e nt School by lellIng Chrlltmaa cards, (which It plan. to do again neIt year a.nd clear e v e n more mon ey) and by an auctio n sate. It h as a. 100 % membership and keeps up th e PI Phi ttplrit by monthly cooky-.hlnes and CIOM tou c h with the active girls, h ome tor vacation and the 8ummer.
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One of the m ost enthusiastic groups for It. SlZ8 In the entire province ill the De Land Club Ita memben a'l'e t ew. but they make up f or It In pep and activity. It has worked with the active chapte r In rushIng and con. Lrtbuted hall of the amount raised by lelllng homespun ecarCs, d.reflMa, etc., for refurni shing the room.. It al80 had a "bi rthday party" bridge tea for the acUVCI!I and I!!IOld arUclea from the Settlement School. Ita wlllingnee8 Is only eIceeded by the splendid results this year.
I wish to take this opportunity to expre158 my sincere appreciatio n to the c lub omcen and to thank them tor their co-operatlon, to Miss Gilmer who was lIucb a help to the c1uba she visited and to the national Offlc6n for the privilege ot sbarlng In the work of PI Beta PhI.
GERTRUOI: A. KUTZLII:B
DET TA PROVINCE VICE PRESIDENT
The nr at "-nd moat Important tor Delta Province la that we hav e a new club: The Northeutem Indiana Alumnae Club, tormed In April by residents ot Fort Wayne and vicinity, who met on Founders' Day and dec ided to organize, Twelve PI Phis signed th e petition (or a cha rt e r and will 800n come Into the national a1umnae aSlJoclatlon, making an even dozen clube In Delt& Province.
Thle was the encouragi ng r e.!1U1t from 127 letters sent out by Delta Province Vice Prealdent to Pi Phi alumnae living In fourteen town. where groups ot from seven to ten or more alumnae are resident. Six responee8 were rec e ived out ot the total ot tourt een personal letters requeetlng picked Individual. to organize the local grouPI!J, but Fort Wayne ehows the only tangible result eo tar. Ot the letters addressed to 113 "Isolated" alumnae, eleven were r etu rned by the poet offlce. No replies or duee have been r ecei ved by me trom any ot the" letters, but [ hope responees hav e been pouring In on MrH. Oeare and Mrs. Temp l e.
Monthly correspondence with clubs wu attempted this year a'rld met with a ta.lrly good reSPQnee In mOHt case8. While no club has made a pertect record In thb respect, 1 have not been able to do 80 myself either, and 1 hope we may correspond even mOre regularly next year. SU: ot the eleven clubs have done "ery w ell in this r espect, ooneequently my records of cl ub8 and their a:ctivitlea arc more satistactory and complete than ever Next ('Onvention should nnd ue pretty well acquainted.
I have had good letters trom tour club presiden18 lhis year which Is encouraging, but there are .Ix other. I should like to hear trom. I hope they will read this In THI:l ARROW and let me h ear trom them. even late a.a It may aeem to be, eo that the space a110tted lo them In my big note-book may not remaJn empty.
The nuplber ot paid members ot alumnae chtba in Delta Province shows an Increase. being 342 .. compared with 290 last year, and 337 the year betore. The contrtbutioDl' to the Settlement School total U,6H.00 this year compared with U,!47.00 in 1924-!6. and $1,430.00 In 1123-24. Two clubs which made aplendJd contributions lut year have not been heard from yet and are not Included I.n thl8 total. These cluba, MemPhia and Ann Arbor, made among the highest contrlbutione ot the province laat )'ear, Judged by a per capita average, 80 J regret that their gUll will be too late to be Included In thI. report.
Cont.rlbutioDJI trom active chaptera In Delta. Province total Uas.OO thI. year as compared with U15.00 Ian year and $168.00 the year before.
The club In Hllledale. with only nine memben this year, reporta that it has tlnlehed up the debt on the chapter houee this year and haa a180 pa.ld tor the new &TRnd plano.
The Detroit club h.u qaln been dIvided Into competitive STOUps, uc.h amonc other thinp made layelle tor the Settlement School. E&ch member filled. "mite-box" to be opened at the Founden' Day luncbeon In Indianapolis the brJd&,e tournament I!ItllI goes on and bids fair to be a never endlD8' aource of flnanclal support to the chaoter-hou .. tund . The Settlement School Committee had many Irons in the nre this year, one ne,., acherne belnK" a: uJe or home-made foode, at a vacant eta.nd in the city market on Saturday,
The Bloomlncton Club repor1.. a 100 % m e mbe.nhlp of toea] alumnae, and the group continues to be a strong 8Upport to the chapter, Franklin alumnae ant! actives maintain the cloaeet comradeship which 18 evidenced by th e tact thl\t lhey have a joint year-hoOk and It ,howe for 1925-26, flve Joint meetln"'l!1 and ,pread, tor I\ctJvee: and alumnlle.
The Lafayette group I. keeping In c lose touch with all Indla-na 6. a.lumfoll o wln!" them up ' !th penonat tett e ra and a printed p.mphlet, ''The Tiny ArroW'," published by Indiana 6. giving college and fraternity newe and per8Of1ale.
The Fal" City A1umnae Club hal onered a sophomore prize to the &clive chapter In order that thl. award to the sophomore attaining the hlgheat atandlng, may stimulate the freshmen to higher scbola'rahlp. One mean. of money-making used by thle enterprising club t..a the we or lunches on the campull.
The Southwestern Indiana Club reporta a 100% memberahlp or resident PI Phis. and that meane all PI Phis who live within motoring dl.tance or Evansville. Thill group haa been Playing bridge for the benefit of the Settlement School , following the regula'r bUllneu meetinge.
Every PI Phi In Chattanooga and the vicinIty III an Interested club member. The alumnae club built. lut fall. the flr.t fraternity hOUM ever erected. on the campus at the Unlveralty at ChattanoogA.. DecoraUng and refurnllhIng the hOUle, together WIUl beautltylng the grounds. has been a work of which they may well be proud.
The Memphll ClulJ, one ot our youngeet, 3.nd with only eight members this year. hal In Ita ahort life railed about "00.00 for the Settlement School. Last taU. Settlement School pn)(lucts were ex.hlblted by thl. club &t the TrlSlate Fair when a large proportion of this amount waa m&de by fJ8.1ee.
No report haa come (rom the Ann Arbor Club.
I feel really encoura,ed over the year's work In Della Province. and I expect to he&r rood reporte from all the provinces a.e the tine enthu.laeUc leadership of lIra. Laurence Ilnd MI8IJ White haa held us all up to the mark. They have kept UI extra busy this year so that we would not ml.e too much the guidance of Anna Nickerson. for 80 many years the director of the alumnae,
MIONOHNJ: ZIRPCL
EPSffiON PROVJNCE VICE PRESIDEN'l.'
One new club. The North Shore Alumnae Club at Evanaton, III., haA added to the Epsilon Province club roll thla year. Another group In the vicinity Of La. Grange. III., hOpCa to have a charter soon. Both theee groups were formerly part of the Chicago Alumnae Club, but the Idea of ema.ller community club. has Intereated many PI Phis wbo have never been eupporters of the city club. Several other I'roupa in the province are atte.mpting to organize In the hope of obtalnlnl' charters later. Another club, new at le.a.at In name, is the Elgin Club. Which wu formerly a put at the Fox River Valley Ctub. That organization haa been Inactive for severa.l yean and the EIgln members, who hnve Alwa.ys retained their Intereat, have nnally decided to cha'ltge their name to one truly repreaentative of their
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croup. The ('Jub at Galesburg, III ., hu been reorganized and I am sure w.lll aoon bt back on Ita old time 8UCceM(ul bula. All these grouDS ehould be rea.dy fGr work by fall. .Most ot this year haa been llpent In preparaUon and completing organlzalJon.
I teel most optimistic about condltlona In the province. Though not a great deal of actual progress ha. been made this year 1 feel much haa been accompJlahed in brlngtng the clubs In closer touch with the national o rganLza.Uon through our monthly leltere. I have an Intelll«en t understandIng ot conditions and problems In each club and I hope next year something m o re lleftnlte can be accomplished. I wrote all my lette r s to the clu b presIdents as I lelt that tn many calles they did n ot have !lumete"t appreciation of th eir reaponalbiliti es or devote e nough thought to club probl e ms. I had ·aplendld cooperatIon from all except thr ee ot th e thirteen cl ub prealdentll and I per80na1ly enjoyed the correeDOndence and telt amply repaid tor the Ia.bor Involved. ] should like to urge that all club prealdenta, at! well a. correapondlng .fIecr curl es. be required to have ARROW lubecrlptlonl. It I6ema to m e that I'Jhe must have eome knowledge of the natlon a1 traternlty and .lIne Id ea ot what other c luba are doing If her work as prealdent Is to mean anything to her club.
I have had president's reporte, which were In the torm ot a Queetlonnalre from every club in th e provtnce. ] hav e allo h ad dues trom every club a'nd Bettlem e nt School contributions fr om eve ry club excep t Monmouth and the new North Shore Club.
The two thIngs I hoped to accomplish thi s year w e r e to Increase our memberahlp &ond our Settlement School co ntributions. We succeeded In the membership drive a8 Epsilon Province has 469 paid memberships againet 155 lut year. Thla I teel It! an accomplishment In the ta ce at the raise In duc.. It 18 nothing however, In comparison to what we shou ld do another year In cooperation with our national offlcers and the campaign to Interest IlIOlat.ed PI Phi.. Milwaukee made the greate.t progreea In membership In the pMlvlnc&-150%. Chicago showed Improvement, too, a. her m e mberehlp STew even though her resident members were reduced about 150 by the torma.tion of' the new North Shore Club. I don't believe c1uba are penl.tent enough In sending out notices of dues a:s a general rule, particularly In city cillba.
Our School contributions were Ie than thoee from the province last year. The active chapters sent In un.50 agalnet $818.50 tor lallt year. The clubs co ntributed $1,568 .87 8.1 agalnat $1.616.66 t o r last year. Halt of the cJ ubi!! In th e province are In towna where there an active chapten &oDd th ey do much to help pay tor traternlty houaea. or turnlahlnga. besides otten bel ping with rushing. A number ot othe r clube report doing tor local charities or keeping up a PI Phi room In th e hospitals. Next year 1 teel th e province must concentrate on the School. I hope that the Incr eaaed memberIhlp and Int e relt arouaed this yea r will a how r eaul18 next year In Increased Settlement School giving.
:Many ot the cluba have w o nd e red It It would not be possible to have additional copies ot th e eplendld littlE! Settlement School paper. One copy lent tbe c .lub secretary makes no ImpreNlon except In the very amall club. It additional coplea were sent the larger cl ubs for distribution at meetings the experue would be email and It doea give tho ··teel" ot the School so Iplendldly.
Many of the clubl!! report that retaining Intereat and raJslng money an their areateat problema. I believe the club. In EPillon Province are in a bealthy condition. I bave found them Quick to respond to augcullOM In moat C8.8e8. The work done at Convention and .I nce by Mrs. Laurence and MI", White has been moat helptul and I teel the alumnae will accompllah a grea t deal If the work continue. u It haa begUn. KAT'll FR_UND Mn.LD.
ZETA PROVI N CE VlCE PRESIDENT
Z eta Province t pre.ant sun haa the aame th irtee n alumnae club. It hAd durJnS' 1914 - %6, but stePt are beIng taken t o ward. the formation ot MVaral n e w clubs, one tn partJcular. at Cha riton , Iowa, OOlnll well on lu way to co mpl e t e orp.nlzatlon; 80 we hope by n ex t taU LO have at 1eut one more to add to our llat. This yea r 389 memben paid national dues tbrouCh the clubs with .ome Isolated alumnae paying dues directly to th. nati o nal omce. Extre me Inte reel In th e Settlement School haa been a hown by the clubil and th ey h a v e wo r ked hard, both individually and collectively. to do their ahare toward the suppo rt ot this organization. Thi. year $2,517.36 hAIl been raised by tbe alumnae clubl and $,258 by th e active c ha.pt e re maklDe a total f o r Zeta PrOvince ot U.793.S6.
M o nthly letters hav e been sent t o all th e cl ub with very l(I'atllylne r esu lt. All except ont) a t the clubs have answered, ctvl ne deta1 l. ot each month'. work.. With few exception. the club. meet once a m on th with varyIne form ot prol(l'am depending entirel y upon th e al&e ot the club. It haa Indeed been a .ource ot pleaaure to> r eceive the letters trom the varloua member. of th e c lub, and I do want to thank all those who have written s uch 8plendld r epo r ts
An eameat attempt haa been made to r eac h the Isolated alumna e ot Zeta Province but na yet It Impossible t o tell what the ou tcome wUl be AA I r epo rt ed before. lIeveral clubs are In prospect 8.8 a ruult and .am. ot the IIlo lated alumnae mal' be dra wn Into clubs already f o rmed. Quite a number or lUtlall group_ hope to get t oget h e r f o r Found e r" Day celebrations and posalbly something pe rmanent may result trom these meilUnp. W e can only w a lt nnd see what may develop.
Now, may I thank each on e of the club omcer. and members who have helped .a mu ch In making thl. a yea r and wl.h them all an even better year ahead.
M GEPP
HT (Mlts. J W. ) Actlnl' for MARGARn J BALL
ETA PRO VIN C E VICE PRESIDEN T
The dominant n ote In the report. o f alumnae c lub preeldenl8 and secretaries of Eta Province this year seemed t o be that ot Increal6d cooperation with a.cUve chapter.. This was especially encouraging coming &'fter aU the dlecu8810n at Co nventio n relative to the gap between a.ctive girls and alumnae Prac ti ca ll y all of the fourtee n clubs In th e province are sumlne the greater part or th e reepo n albllI ty In flnan c lng n e w c hapt e r houses Or refurnishing ol d ones. Even clubB located at a dilitance from active chaptera a r e evinci ng a keen Inte r etlt In h e lping th e girls both ftna.ncLally and In rullhlng , We ha,·e tried to stress this year In Eta. Province a cloHr w o rking rela.tlonahlp bet ween th e alumnae advlBory co mm IUee and the active c haPt e r, and In every Instance I believe w e hav e achle\'ed deHnlte re8ulte. There Ieem8 to be a new spirit at comradeship In additiOn to the Increased Interes t I:Uld coo peratio n given to the active girl s. This awakened spirit ot Interelt In the active cha pte rs on the pa.'rt of the alumnae Ia elvlne a · zeat to our alumnae club work that Is altogether new and Inlplrlne, This year Eta Province Inaugurated a membenhlp campaign which has brought r esu lts both In .tlmulatlng the Interest of club members a'nd In actively sec uring n e w members. At the beginning of the year a live membership waa appointed in each club wh oee duty It was to work tor 100 % membership In It. own city. and then obtain aaeoclate memberehlps from Isolated alumnae over the 8tate. An award. was ottered by the proyInce vice president to the club making th e larges t gain over the preceding year on a percentage baa Ls The clubs worked Well the records showlnr
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that our membership Increased (rom 345 in 1926 to 418 In 1926. Several clubs reported a 100 % membership e nrollment tor their local communities. Letters with & persona') touch w e re sent out by ea.ch m e mbership committee to i80lated alumnae over th e state giving them a very cordial invitation to Join their club as associate members. 'l'he Pu e blo Club 18 to be commended tor the 88peclally flne letter a8nt out, whi c h was followed laler by another letter Inviting Isolated a1umnac to celebrate Founders' Day with Its members and to be guests in their home.s. The Lincoln Club made the largest gain in membership on a percentage balli. Rnd WIUI aWArded the province prize; Denver was a close second. We teel that our membership campaign ma"de only a beginning this year; anoth e r year we hope to do actlve follow up work and achieve greater results.
Although the majority of our clubs have given very liberally towards new chapter houses this year, our S ettle ment School con tributions have Increased from $1,816.40 In 1926 to $2,134.68 In 1926 . In the ranking of clubs on a per capita basis '\Y lch1ta lea'ds the province, with Casper second. Among the a.ctlve chapters Colorado A ranka nrst with a gltt of $100 . 38, and Kanaaa B and Nebraska B eecond, each with $100.00. Most of the clubs raised their money In the usual ways: rummag e sales. bridge parties, dances, sale or Christmas cards and cake boaros, Individual donations and food sales. Wichita., one or the 6maller clubs, r epo rts flne success with the group system of m.lalng money. One of the groups was especially enthusiastic over an Invitational evening buffe t supper for which $1.00 a plate was chal"ged. The Laramie Club joined with the active chapter In chartering a theater, securing Settlement School slides, and adding to this a local talent vaudeville sketch. It Is always encouraging to find clubs actually d61ng things to earn theIr Settlement School pledges rather than raising their money by personal donation or dues. for not only is a working club an interested club, but the publtc Is glven 8:n opportunity to hear ot Pi Beta Phi's altruIstic work among the southern mountaineers The Dtlnver Club deserves special commendation for Its well-rounded. Interests. In addition to contributing $507.00 to the Settlement School, it sent 1100.00 to each ot the Colo r ado chapters, took a membership In the Colleelate Bureau of Occupatio ns, gave $50.00 to the toen} Y. W. C. A., made 50 garmente ror the Needlework Gulld at Denver, and Increased Ita membership tram 80 to 109.
Practically all clubs hold monthly luncheons followed by lnteresting procraDle. The Pueblo Club reports having had 5 luncheons, 2 dinners, and 4 cooky-ahlnes. It Is de1lghtful to read In the presidenta' Intormal reports at the splendid spi r it ot comradeship existing among club members. Thla extends even to husbands, some of whom are reported to feel quite slighted when not Im'lted to aU PI Phi affairs.
We have no new clubs In Eta Proylnce thla year, but we do have a newly organized group at Fort Collins, Colorado, which has started out most enthuslastJcally under the inspiration ot Mrs. Spring. We teel sure the croup will wa.nt to apply for a charler this coming year.
The monthly letten between clubs and province vice president have proved very successful. We feel that we understand each other In a more lnUmate way than ever before, and as a result clubs have accepted their reaPQnalbUitiea more willingly There 18 an enUrely new Dote I.n the spirit ot cooperation, loyalty, and Inte rest shown by c lub omcera and membera this year, which inspires confldence in a gTeater future for our alu mnlll clubs In the coming year.
GS1Q:VI'EVl! 1I&RRICK SMITH
THETA PROVINCE VICE PRESIDENT
Looldnl' back over thla year and comparlnl' It with the two yean preeedln I thAt the c;luba In Theta Province show a decided Improvement a whole. Starling out In the tall. with the intensive campaign tor new members. April 15 found ua with 85 more than we had lut year. Tb" doe. not InClude any Leolated alumnae who mar have &ent national due. to Mrs. GUn! In answer to the Conn lett e r.. The most conspicuous aucceu In the membershJp drive W3.tf made by the New Orleans Club. Ita pa.td m emberahlp "'&.If lncreased trom 4i1 to 73 and with the aame secretary and trea..aurer workIng &pin next year th ey hope to reach the 100 mark.
It was feared that with 80 much atress being laid upon membership that the Settlement School might sulfer. Thl. baa not been the C&.H, however. With more memben came greater Interest In PI Beta Phi's «real venture and approxlmately U .2 00 00 hae been received, an Increaae of about $1:;0.00 over the preceding year.
Theta Province has three new club. In the proceu of organization. Shreveport, Loulslana has .ent In Ita application for a charte r. Ban Antonio, Texaa haa applfed for an application. but to my knowledge has not returned It yet. The third la an old club which la being revived at Stillwater, Oltla. Thla club gave up lu charter some years ago beeauae of an Insutllclent number of resident alumnae. With lOme OJ'teen Pi Ph,. living there now reorganiza.tlon has begun. Attempts have been made to form c1ulJa at Fort Worth, AmarJlJo. Beaumont, and Waco, Texas. Pine Blul!. Arkanaa.e and Okmulgee. Oklllhoma. Nothing haa come of this correspondence yet, but we will hope that the coming year will eee clube In eome of these placee.
A night club has been organized in Okla.homa City. It la composed of thIrteen enthWllaaUc PI Phis who work and eo could not be active In the atumnae club. They are an AuxlJlary as yet. working with and throuCh the Oklahoma City club. Their year book Just publlahed-It la, by the way, a moat complete and pretentioln book-shows two JOint meetlnga, a ' tea and cooky shine. planned In addition to the Founders' Day celebration.
All clubs l ocated within reach of an active chapter ce lebrated Founders' Day Juat past In connection with the chapter In Dallas the alumna'e furnished the "eats" and the Chapter, the entertaInment. The Oklahoma City and Norman Cluia met at the PI Phi house In Norman and reported a moat deUgbtful time.
Practically every club In the province reported IIOme aid given to the nearest chapter , either In the form of a gift to the houae or In money. Thla .ehowlI a aplrlt of co-operation and good feeling which Is highly commendable.
New Orleane writes that It ma1ntains a table at the headquarters of the Charity Hospital Needlework Guild and each Tuesday PI Phl8 gather to make bandagea, d reuinp, etc.
Fort Smith, Ark.. Ia to entertain the PI Phi .tate convention in June.
The monthly exchange ot letters between cI'lba and the province Vice president hu proved very successful. The inUmate detail. of club Ufe gleaned. from them have been of Inestimable value In carrJ'lnS' on the work of the province. The healthy condition of the cluba of the province Ie due very largely to the cooperation of club omcera and particularly the faUhful eecretarles. Let me thank them and Mrs. Laurence and MIN White, who have worked SO constantly throuab the winter to guide us aright.
LvclLII SHUTI'D Bu.a
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IOTA PROVINCE VICE PRESIDENT
Iota. Province !lUll numbers seven alumnae clubs with no additions since the Convention. All clubs feel, I believe. that we have closed a very eueeeseful year, partially due to the monthly letteri!!l Instituted this year. Portland, one of the oldest clubs In the province, has been working extra hard this year and has sent, In consequence, $10.00 to the Loan Fund and $1,000.00 to the Settlement School, an Increase of $150 00 Over last year. Besides doing Settlement School work, Portland aids the active chapters, Oregon A and Oreg9)l n, sending each $100.00. The local charities aillo beneftt because of the Pi Phis in thl8 city. I wish aU clubs were as enthuelasUc as Portland.
Corvallis has written most fa.lthfully the monthly letters as the majority have done. I hope that by another year this custom will have become a habit so that I may hear regularly from all. Corva1lis has three main aims this year: first, to become better acquainted with the a'Ctlve chapter; second, to stimulate interest tn fraternity atralrs among the alumnae; third. to help the Settlement School In every possible way. Although the members are few, only eleven, yet they have been able to send fitty dol1ars to the Settlement School and have been successful In Interesting many at their atumnm In the national organlutlon.
Eugene Is a.nother small club with only fifteen members, but sent fifty dollars to the Settlement School. Both Eugene and Corvallis are a great help to the a.ctlve chapters, particularly since many at theIr number are alumnae tram the Oregon colleges.
SeatUe has been greatly honored by having one ot the beloved Founders, Mrs. LIbbey. come to live here. The November meeting was a luncheon at the chapter house In her honor. The alumnae are working with the active girls trying to pay ott the deht on the new chapter house. They have been able to give more than $0140, realized from a bazaar and rummage sale. It Is hoped that every year more than $1,000 can be raised by the alumnae. Because at these other demands the subscription to the Settlement School Is not so large as deaired-$412.2S.
Founden' Day was celebrated by a banquet with eighty-five PI Phis pre8ent and Mrs. Soule and Mrs. Libbey as honor guest!.
Spokane's membership remaIns the same as lut year, twenty-seven. Founders' Day was celebrated with a banquet at Which Isolated PI Phis trom Pullman and Idaho were pre8ent. It 18 regrettable that there are not enough PI Phis In Idaho tor an alumnae club.
The Tacoma club has suffered a great deal In memberships lor many at the most taithful workel'8 have moved away; nevertheless, $100 wa's sent to the Settlement School tund.
Yakima has a very wIde-awake club. I vi8ited there last summer and greatly enjoyed my little visit. The programs are not planned, but no one would dream of slayIng away trom any PI Phi meeting. It seem8 sO much easier to get women Interested in a small town than In a large city. Seattle has a resident membership at 167, yet it 1.s almost impossible to get fllty per cent paid memberships. There are 80 many Interests and dlsta.nces are 80 In a large city.
TakIma. PI Phis helped the active girls by gifts to the house and aJ80 a.Jded local charities, but especlaJly have they belped Mia Bash, Waahlngton A, who Is superintendent ot a hospital In Peking, China.. Persona1 gltts and a much needed baby scales sent to her. Their newly elected president. Helen Garretson, Washington A, who was 150 IlSUcC6Mtul as chapter president. ",llJ certaJnly carry on the work 10 well begun In thls club.
Over one hundred torm letter. were sent out to Isolated PI Phis in Iota Province. To all these letters I added a: personal note trying to Interest each in the national organization. I have received some very welcome anSWer8, especially trom Salem, Oregon. It the required ten members can be tound
I teel lure we wUl .aon bave another alumnae club in Oral('On. I wlah that we mlcht know bow ma.ny ot the lettera sent out In our provtnce were a'n"'.......
I have not been able to lI'et much reepollH from lhe H-.lth Procr&DL Some elul» report. bavlnc 80me local doctor lecture (or them. Cluba near a.ctlve chapten report that the colleges have a deftnlte Pro,raDl 110 there t, not much to b4! done.
I have been dlaappolnted: concerning the Settlement School alideL Word came too late that the Northwest could have lheae 8Ude. thlt: leQuenUy, the clubs had made their prog-ratIlll and could not make ule or them.
I wonder It It I, po tble tor the province. to have conferences durin the Interim ot Convention.. [helieve a great deal ot COOd would come from the dt.cuulonl ot thel•• maller groups.
H.utar.ET R. JOHHlTON&
KAPPA PROVINCE VICE PRESIDENT
Kappa Province baa ahown considerable B't'Owth thl. year In the e.tablI.hment of three naw club., San Diego, San Franclaco, and Honolulu, and the old clubs have been moat I"e8pon8lve and have progreeaed tremendously In their Internal .trt:n&,th and work for the Settlement School. Hence, at the end or my Orat year In offi{"e, 1 am very much encouraced. There waa an under-current at cooperation and trlendltneu apparent the whole year.
The Northern Calltornla: Club, whlcb will be known In the future u the Berkeley Club .Ince San F'ranclaco has organized a group ot her own, rallied. very decidedly this year under the leadership of a mo.t emclent pre.ldent, Mra. B. C. Gerwlck. and the meetings have been enjoyable and well attended with nn nvera'ge at .Ixty. They joined with the Motheu' Club tor a rummage ea.le and cleared U,375.00. TheIr share ot the profite wa. divided between the Berkeley and Stantord chapters and the Settlement School. Beaides the regular meetlnga each month, Joan London generou.ly contributed her Ume tor book reviewe or a reading each month. the proceed. being given to the Settlement School, and ot course theae meeting. have been eapeetally dellghLtul. One was an evening meeting to Include lhe huaband.. We aU are very gratetul to JOan. The club hna had a larger paid up membership than ever betore, 97 members, and the contribution to the Settlement' School ot "504.00 Ie more than double that at last year. We hope thll Itandard will be nlalntalned next year even tbough the club II divided, and It will mean alrenuou. etrorta on the part of the member. remalnln in the Berkeley Club.
Loa Angelea hu had an lntereaUng year and a moat .ucceutul one. Ita membership haa Increased 40% and it had a. eubetanUaJ Increue In the contribution to tbe Settlement School. There haa been an averaCe attendance of 85 at the monthly meetlngL There .eems to be an unuaually close bOnd of tellow.hlp between the members for luch a large club. They have donated to the Fellowship Fund, worked tor the Flora Sigler Carver Memorial Day Nursery. maklnl' el.Ilean spreads, presented CaUtornla r with a gift ot .lIver and dlahea, and made the large donaUon ot U.UU.97 to the Settlement School. All thla wa' done tbrou&'h the Chrlatma, Bazaar, Sale of Chrlltmaa Carda, Magazine Agency and Bridge Te.... Thl. report .howe the club I. compoaed of many diligent and enthua,Jaauc workar•.
The other club. In the province while very muCh amaller, have all held enthualutic monthly meetings and show some progrea. In their work.
Tuc.an haa had the moet successtul year of Ita exlatence In ita conta'ct with each other and flne relationahlp to the &cUve chapter. The member.hlp baa Incre&a.d and the contribution of Ufl.OO to the Settlement Sohool t. de-
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cidedly largsr tha.n that ot form e r years. The officera ot the club have made special etrorts to answer my letters promptly and this Is such a satis t actJO rj _ Pasadena reports a ver)' satisfactory year In spite ot the tact the membership Is slightly smaller than last year Seven ot the members moved away. This club had a booth at the Gamma Bazaar " and cleared tl.tty dollars which was alvlded between the c hapter and S e ttlement School. A Bridge Tea was given which was most successful in every way and brought up their contribution to Settlement School to $163 19. '£he club - is striving earne stly to Increase Its membership.
Long Beach has had a year ot interesting meetings, with one especially tine Bridge Benefit. and all the meetings have had a tull repr e sentation.
The Reno Club has not r eported in detail what was done there, but the letters throughout the year from one or two of the offic ers showed that regular monthly meetings were held
San Diego, being a new club, we do not expect a gTeat deal from it, but I feel a good foundation haa been made for a splendid growth next year. ',rhe monthly meetings have had an averag e attendance of twenty-five and the club gave a ' contribution to the Settlement School. The president reported a most enjoyable Founders' Day celebration at one of the beautiful hotels of which only Southern California. can boast. We wish San Diego success with the proposed campaign for in c reased membership n e xt year.
San Francisco Club held a: joint celebraUon ot Founders' Day with the Berkeley Club and it was a delightful luncheon at the Fairmount Hetel in San Francisco. This was th e first me e ting of the new club, so I have nothing definite to report for it.
And the same applies to Hawaii. Both of these clubs have great possibLUties for development and we shall look forward to them growing into large helpful clubs.
Through the ertorts o 't Emilie White to reach the isolated alumnae, I was able to have the PI Phis in Bakers field, Fre sno , and Phoenb: get together tor celebration of Founders' Day and I am hoping these meetings may lead to one or more new clubs In the province I want to take this opportunity of tha:nklng th e c lub a for their splendid cooperaUon,-which has made the work very pleasant.
NAN BROWNING PAYNE
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
REPonT Oh' OOMMITTEE ON OHAPTER BUH.DING AND FINANOE
Since being appointed the Chairman ot the Committee on Chapter House BuUdlng nnd FinancLng I,D l\"ovember, I have bad a nllmber of letters asking tor financIal nnd material assistance 1n planning chapter homes. Letters bave been received from the following:
Arizona A asking about n loan and ways ot financing.
Nevada A Bsking about n loan and plans.
Colorado A asking about 8 loan aud plans.
Iowa B asking tor 1)la08 and an itemized expense Rccou nt
Florida A usklng about a loan and plana.
These have been answered to the best of our ability with Ule amount ot data on hand
Tbere seems to be n genera l mlsuuderstanding concerning the com· mlttce's work and the use of the Loan JI"'und. All chapte rs Bsldog tor Lnformatlon d(>sire<i blue prints, which are next to impossible to obtain. Some of the chS I)ters had such a distorted view ot the committee tb.at they beiJeved w e were to 011 the role of tbe architect, builder ODd banker.
With the exception of some articles from the Exchange which Agnes Wright Spring 80 kludly forwarded and the sple ndid financial campnign malerial ot. Illinois Z, the committee has had nothing conc rete with which to work, with the possible exception or so m e practical experience. To try and remedy Ulis sltuallon r ha ve written a per60001 lette r to every c hapter in the United States thot owns Its own house. I asked them to send me three potnts ot Information (a) duplicate blue prints of their chapter bouse to be kept on flle; (b) a detailed Rccount ot their methods of financing the house; (c) suggestions Hnd various Ideas that would be ot use to chapters planning to build.
The response 110S been fine and a detalled tabulation Is helug mad e fr om the Information received. The plan Is to keep tbta on tlle with blue prints and several letters on suggestions when building. Chapters desIring information ot tbis sort may have It tor the llsklng.
I think It would be a splendid tdea to have au article In THE ARROW regarding plans and ideas of a general nature that would be ot use to th e chapter contemplating building. We teel that we should urge chapters to raise 8S much capital 8S possible before going Into debt.
While the committee has not functioned 8S well as I bad plaDDed. stUI the work 18 slowly progressing and we hop e that tiy next year the committee will be o[leratlng at tull speed.
MllJON Col P
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REPORT OF THE SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE
Inasmuch as the records or the year will Dot be complete until October, this report Is bnsed upon scho larship records ot 1924·2l:i and the first term or 1926. It Is with regret and apprehension that we note an increase In the perce ntage ot failures tn many chapters and that but few are without condition or failure. Previously two per cent was n high amount and 'Very tew exceeded that In the most recent records there is a general slum)) ill average ond in the standing of Pi Beta Phil upon the cnmpus. Our chapters ar e usually In the upper half but in the past year fewer have rnnked first Bnd most ot them for only onS term. lbese honor chapters ure: Columbia A, A, Indiana A, Wisconsin A, North Dakota A, Illinois 8. Illinuls .1., 1!UDols Z, Iowa B, Wyoming A. Colorado B, Montana A, Idaho A, aud Oregon B. Epsl. lon province is the high rnnklng province with five chapters on the hon· or roll. Campus stllndlngs for che present yeo\" are always slowly com· piled, but Montana A makes the onnounceml!nt that sht! leads her campus by tlve point8--an averuge ot 85.09 against 80.03 ot the next ranking fraternity.
In contrast to the discouraging aspect of an increase in falJures Is the marked increase in cooperation and promptness of the chapters. Province supervisors r e port with elltbuginsm the fiue work of the chap.ter scholarship committees nnd promptness In th e making of reports.
MARION WU.DU
RE1'ORT OF THtJ HEALTH OOMMITTEE
In the taU of 1925, a circular letter W88 sent to each chapter ask · lng for the name and ndilress of th e chairman of the Chal)ter health commJttee, and also fo-r the outline of study that tile chapter Intended to take up. Thirty ot the chapters responded to tbe apileal. The topics which were planned for discnssion were \'Or1ed, and most Interesting. Some ot the chapters which ha\' e 110 cballter houses felt that they had no responsibility in th e matter of having n health program tor their chapters. Others, where the coll ege bad a particularly etflclent 'Health Service considered that all respollsibility rested with the university for malntaining the h e alth of the · individual students. Other c ,hapters planned their program to meet their most outstanding needs in the col · lege communItY t such ns the qn estlon ot balaneed menus, need and \"81 · ue of fresh air, appropriate clothes lor campus wear, adequate rest, and erercLse and health ']' he plan ouUlned by oth er groups consisted In Betting aside a certalu Jlumber of meetings through the year tor the dlscu88ion of Borne specific health problem by a competent outsider, or devoting a few moments of ea c.b metttlng to a report on some 8ubject relatlnJ' to health by one ot the chapter members. One group In·
e luded in the prog ram an inquiry lnto methods for improving the drlnk· Ing water of the community.
The answers wt're most interesting to the committee, and exceedingly belpful In planning for th e tuture d evelopment of the bealth work among the active chapters.
So far 88 the alumnae c lubs nr e concerned, It was thought best to let each c lub decid e the form of the health meeting c(,()ulred by Co nstitution. Many bad outside speakers who discussed some o n e phase of health, and at l e Rst one club had a questionnaire whi c h was an· swered by each member present, and took the form of a h ealth examination with morks given tor ea ch question , nnd n grade tor the total. It prol'ed \'ery interesting, nnd evoked R grent many questions re.lating to personal hygien e that were discussed by the group and eolarged upon by the doctor In charge of the meetlng.
1.'he DeaJtb Committee hopes that the coming year wiU bring a cJoser relationship to th e activ e chapters, and on opportunity to help e ach one indtvldual1y . It is "n:slolls to bring h o me to each member of the fraternity the r('sponsibtllty for individual health because upon it Is built the health of the group, and it Is the individual's interest and cooperation that mnintain the health standard of the whole fraternity .
EDITH H. (JORDON
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REPORT OF THE ON EXTENSION
The work of your Extension Committee has been very Ught during the past year. A few new Inquiries have come In , but strong opposi tion to the colleges In qu(>stion has resulted, In most instances, in discouraging letters being written the group almost at once. This was true of a. group at Buena Vista College, located at Storm Lake, Iowa i 8Dd, after a I1ttle more extensive inves tigation, the same condition prevailed at Brenau College, Gainesville, Georgia.
Correspondence trom tour groups, three or which are in Penneylvania, and one in Michigan , was turned over by the former chairman, but the groups have been discouraged in accordance with the suggestion which accompanied the papers. Correspondence was also turned over In connection with Wittenberg College at Springfield, Ohto, and they insist on continuing the work, but efforts are being made to discourage them. Western Maryland College Is another old group, but there Is delay wlthJn the college and It Is not expected that the group wUl ever be encouraged.
A group ot Rolli"" Gollege, Winter Park, Florida, bad written Mrs. Krause and I got in touch with It. When an examination ot the catalog and preliminary Information did not reveal any requirements that they cUd not moot, the work WitS turned over to a member ot the committee who has been conducting the actual investlgatlon. FlorIda B
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Is opposed to the ("o ll ege, saying It ranks only as a hJgh school. -but 88 it Is a member of the Southern Associa tion ot Co lleges , this would seem not to be true. Florida A was in touch with the group and was to visit Jt unofficinlly nnd repor t. The president of the college Is Hamilton Holt who is prominent in educational circles.
Co rresponden ce with reference to the group at the Un(ver""v 01 .4.labama was turned oyer to the present commlttcc, but nothing hl\8 been done concerning it since the Blgwin Inn Convention.
'.I.'he group at the Universilll of California, Southern Bra-nch. located at Los AngeleS, Is still waiting and hoping. Since Mrs. Smith, who has served as a member of the Extension OommUtee tor several years, lives In Los Angeles and Is in nctlve touch with the grouP•. the Chairman has not attempted to dIrect tbe 'Work or advise, although she has k ept in touch with the sltua tion at all times .
The group at the Uni1:erltitv of Kentucky Is stil'l working toward Pi B eta Phi, and tryi ng to overcome the opposition existing As Grand Council Is in closer touch with the situation than your C hairman , she wlll n ot try to go more into detail at this time.
An inquiry from a group at Birmingham Southern Oollege. at Birmingham, Alabama wa s r eceived by the committee. However some criticism of the college was "oiced and it is not definitely determined at this time whether the institution is a desirable field or not.
A group at Georgetotlm Oollege, Georgetown, KentuckJit has inquired and is now in the hands of a committee member who is investigating. It will not be r eady by next Convent.lon and it.Is probable the college w1ll m eet wItb opposition before that time.
At Oulver-."Uockton Oollege. CtllltQn, Mi sso uri , a loca l group which was founded in 1867 l1 as asked permissIon to petition. Prellmlnary intormation would IndIcate that It is a very strong local organization. !ffowever, the college is a sectarian institution and attendance Is limited to 500. It is probable that the college will not meet with the al' provo1 of the three existing MissourI chapters .
And lastly comes our newest inquiry and a very interesting one. It is that ot a group at the Uu,i1Jcrliill 0/ ,Manitoba, located at Winnipeg, Canada. The group bas just formed, but is organizing tor the purpose of petitioning Pi Beta Phi. The local group wUl not be strong enough to be consIdered as a ltnk in our chnin for a few years, but your Chairman is advising the members to strengthen their organization, feel1ng that ' this work will be essential In the petitioning of any fraternity, even though PI Beta Phi should not consider tbem favorably. The tact tbat they are located In Canada makes their case of unusual Interest and the extension Committee Is anxious to know the attitude ot the tr.ternlty toward a second Canadian chapter.
As for the internal working of committee routine, the general outline of the tormer chairman Is being followed. The chairman receives all in1tial inquiries and sends for preliminary information. This is
done in order that she may have a detlnite Idea ot condltlons surrounding each group. It nil actual requirements ot the fraternity are apparently met, she turns the investigation over to 8 committee member On receipt of a report trom the committee member ot the result of ber questionnaires, the chairman Is in a position to ad\' lse what step should be taken The committee is trying to kt"ep Grand Councll constantly lnformed ot the progress of groups and it we seem to reter to Grand Connell unnecessarily. we wish to assure yOu that It 18 only an effort to keep you In tou ch with conditions.
The arbitrary stand taken by so many c hapters and individual Pi Phis against extenflion In general (and therefore In particular) is 8 source of regret b) your Extension Committee. bo tt there some way In which the fraternity can be Informed that the committee does nol exist lor the purpose ot 801Icltlng new Chapters as some seem to thlnk, but to learn and be governed by tb e opinion ot any Pi Pbl wbo Is in a position to Judge tbe merits ot Inillvldual groups and the colleges where they exist? CRn the Pi Phis not be shown that It Is not necessarily the newest chapters whi ch are weak, but that olde r chapters grow over-conOdent and have tbf'Lr periOds ot weakness? Can we n ot prove to them that those who are In touch with each individual p("titionlng group, not only have the same Interests at heart that each PI Phi cherishes, but that they can judge better than those who know nothing or those coJf(Uttons?
Your Committee asks that Grand Coullcil offer sugges tions both 8S to general ExtenSion work and 8S to Individual petition Lng groups, and wLll appreciate any ad\>lce given.
GLADYS MADIOAN
[Note: Local groups trom the foll owing institutions have applied direct to the Grand President for information concerning petitioning PI Beta Phi, but evidently did not continue further Investigation: University ot Virginia, Albion College. 8 second group at the University of Californln, Southern Branch , Nebraska W esleyan, Westminster College, Buffalo State Normal , and Michigan Agricultural College.-The Editor.)
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REPORT OF THE COMAn=EE ON SOC IAl EXCHANGE
In October, a schedu l e of the work tor the year was made and sent to all representatives ot each province. As the time came tor each item on the lIst, the chairman again notified all representatives or What was expected.
W e a.sked first for the most successful party used in Tusbing which the chapters telt might be or interest to the fraterntty. This material will be used In the Rushing Bulletin which Gladys Morris Willfams (Mrs. R. 0.) of Sanlord, Florlc1a Is edIting. These Bulletins will be sent to all ot the chapters .lune 1.
The l1rst ot December, the Stunt Bulletin was sent to all chapters The co n tents of this bulletin were the stunts entered in the Cup Contest last spring (1.025).
The representatives on the committee are now collecting the stunts to be entered in the contest this spring. The awarding ot the cup wtll be in .June.
The chairman has received only five requests tor suggest ions from the ditrerent chapters. It seems that the Stunt Bulletln and Rushing Bulletin are th e on l y ones used by the chapters. There must be some other field in this work which this might Investigate. May we hope to ha "e suggestions trom Grand CouncU?
KATUilEI':N HAMMOND
REPORT OF THE COM MITTEE ON THFl UNDERG RAD UATE LOAN FUND
Finllncial Statement for Year 1925-1026
I.oa n8
Tbe following table sbows the growth or the J...o80 Fund since Its establishment 8S permanent In 1912, the amount of loans granted, tt)(> amounts repaid, etc.
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Concerning the outstanding loans:
$845.00 Is overdue and drawing interest.
945.00 Is <1ue July I, this year.
Il00.00 Is due .1 uly I, 1927.
750.00 Is due July 1, 1928.
875.00 Is due July I, 1929.
400.00 I. due July I, 1930.
100.00 l oan cance lled due to death.
The Loon ""und is becoming more nnd more n real help to Pi Phis who are without sLWe1ent means to complete college. The committee lelt that a more rapid growth ot: the Loan Fund depended .upon yearly donations trom the alumnae clubs. So letters were written to every alumnae c lub and they were asked to give the Loan )j'und n place In their budget. As n result, tile number of c lub s donating was larger, but not 100 per cent as we would hove liked. There have been no contrl · buttons trom the active chapters tor the past two years.
Tbe chairmnn calls your nttention to the present finnncial condition ot the 10tlO tund. On May £5 ot this year there was a balance ot $917.97. Alte,r July I, with $945.00 becomlng due, the Loan moneys should be sufflcleot to meet all demands ot the coming year.
During the year 1925-1926 the loans granted were as to ll ows:
2 loans to seniors
3 loans to juniors
2 loans to sophomores
1 loao to post-graduate student.
Owing to the tact that the committe dislikes to make e.xceptions by granUng loans to post-gradu8 te students. the committee would like to tor the cousideratio(L.ot Grand Counc'll that tbe nnme ot Uudergraduate Loan Fund be changed by striking out the word Undergraduate. May the chairman suggest as a substitute. the word "St ud ent".
Tbe l oans In most instances are promptly paid, but a tew seem to fail to feel the same responsibllity in paying PI Beta Phi as they would toward a bank. These tew the chairman has written time and agatn duriog the past year, but with very little success. AU loans which are to tall due .1uly 1 this year were notified April 1..
Tbe chairman wish(>s to express appreciation ot the old which the (orDler chairman and the members ot the committee have given her in her work. It has been a pleasure to have come in contact with many worthy Pi Phis, even it only by letters.
MILDRED K. BISSELL
REPORT OE' COMW=EE OX FRATF:RNITY STUDY AND EXUIINATION
The work of tb l! committee has been carried out in accordance with the changes 8uggE'Sted by the co mmlttf>e and rat I fled. by Convention 10 ur>-5, namely:
L Tile system of announced questi o ns to be continued.
2. A uniform ple dge e xamination (to be altered when circum· stances make It necessary .)
3 To lalse th e passing averag e to 85 per cent.
4. To mRlotaln lhe honor roll (l\' erage or 97 per ce nl.
5. To l evy 8. fill !' o f '5.00 ( tlv e dOlhtfs ) upon all active chapter girls who taU to pa ss th e annual examination.
6. To ellmlnat c all exemptions. (Any deviation fr o m this rule oc· currlng trom ae rlous UiU e8S, or tor graduate students who have previously taken the three exnmlnations, must hu.\'e tb e reoommendat1o n o't the supervisor ODd th e consent of the chairman ot the commJttee.)
It is the personal f ee ling of the chairman that the changes made lsst y e ar at Conventi o n are bringing sbout splendid results. The chairman takes great pride In tabulating the following statistics:
Comparison of Annual Fraternity Exam
Note: lSeven r,r o vlnces raised their s\'eroges 1.0 1926 26 despite the fact that there w e re more taking the examinations Dud that the passing average bad bP.en ra ised tlve points. The other th ree provinces lessened their average less thon one and five-tenths per cent.)
The chairman wishes to express her sincere appreciation to each supervisor tor ber untiring efforts. loyal support and cooperation, and valuable Rsslstance.
ELLEN CLARE GILLI:SPT.J: KBIB8
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Note: Eight Chapters made au
REPORTS OF CoMMITTEES
CO MPARATI VE RATING
Note: Epsilon pledge exami na ttons take-n too late tor t he RDnual repo rt.
C HAPTERS
Note:
CHAPTERS
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NAMES OF GIRLS ON HOXOR ROLL ACCORDING TO CHA PTERS
Ontario A
Marton Applebee
Katherine Ball
Dorothy Brand o n
Helen Chesnut
Elsie McLaughlin
Virginia Ames
Mad eline Dunn
Eleanor Fro St
Mary Moore
Ruth Sturtevant Lewis
Dorothy Cleaves
Mabel Connell
Eleanor Dodd
H tlda Forster
Dorothea Churchill
M.arion Delmage
Elizabeth GrlJllth
The lma Hord
Amy Belle LoDg
Eli7Abeth Newbury
Katherine Owens
Dorothy Parker
Anne Buott
Frances Delamata
Lois Faber
Florine Glenn
Elinore J enn1ngs
Ruth Kennedy
Margaret Kimberly
Dorothy Kortjobn
Jes s ie WUklns
Katherine Anderson
Belen Barker
Eil een Boake
Amy Davidge
Vermont A
Miriam Deedman
Marion Glynn
El eano r Man ley
Onnolee Chart
Rach eL Poole
Vermont B
Caroly n Hyd e
Ma6lIJ chu8 et ta A
Helen McDuffee
Helen Pike
Amy Rafter
H e len Smiley
New York r
Rosina Delmage
Vlacita Franklin
Ne10 York A
Wllllen Cabell
Marion Coleman
Groviene McLean
Fannie Matthews
Co rn ella Pl et row
Edra Ru ssell
Emily Sherwood
New York.:1
Ellzabeth KreidlE'r
Victorla Lansing
Elizabeth Lawson
Dorothy Miner
lre":le Moffat
Mary Monty
Iva Pasm
Dorothy Barding
Carol Hubbell
Oae Lyon
Mary Elizabeth Laxton
Beatrice Winch
Jan e Carrick
Dorothy Ca te
Alice Fales
Eleanor Hold en
Irene Wyman
Lillian Wa taon
M ada Une White
Constance With e rell
Clementine Mills
Lu Esther Turner
Ca roline Waldo
Louise Gray
Prudence Bawkina
Annette Hurd
Alys Johnson
Virglnla Morgan
DorIs Whltlng
Annette Pye
Ellzabeth Reamer
Orpha Spicer
Tbelma Tabor
Evangelin e Tobey
Marjorie VanOrder
Gretcben
Barbara JaC(lbus
Dorothy Brown
Phyma Harper
Ca rolyn Heame
Elizabeth Hopper
Elizabeth Huey
Elizabeth Lewi.
Ruth Longacre
Marjorie Macadam
Eleanor Ballentine
catberine Balliet
Irene Bell
Marjorie Bell
Pauline Belles
Grace Cooley
Veta Davis
Gertrude Downa
Caryl Dutton
Mary Fritz
Uuth Chambertl
Rachel Forcey
Martha Green
Margaret Gress
Fairlee Hobbart
Lois Horn
Myrtle Keeny
Anne Barrett
Florence Comforth
Allee Fehr
Sarah Fulton
Ly8beth Hamllton
Luella Barnhill
Rebecca Bartholomew
Margn.ret Carpenter
Isabelle Collier
Pen""Y1tJanfa. A
Ruth McCauley
Anna Meloney
Mary M eyer
Marjorie Mode
ll"ranees Pa ce
Lillian Pace
Sarah Percy
Katherine Ritt enhouse
Pen""lIlva"fa, B
Dorothy GrlOlth
Eli?.abetb Hasl am
Katherine Hensell
Vera Herrick
Marlon Biggins
Elizabeth Jamel
}<;Ieanor Kittonski
Mary Konkle
1'8 u line Llndley
lIelen McElravy
Penn.tlllvania r
M,ary Koller
llel c n McDonnell
Pnmela McWUII8Infs
Louise Patterson
Mary Romba ch
R eba Scott
Nora Shenk
Penn"ylvonia a
Surah Bannan
Sylvia Hannan
Margaret Hotharn
Ma rgaret McConahey
Catherine McCullougb
Emilie Spear
Margaret SomervlIle
Lois Tbompson
Katherine Turner
Gertrude Whltzel
Esther WUson
Lydia Turner
Jane Rees
Barbara Reltsnyder
Dorothy Riker
Maria Sallsbury
Meredith Scott
Margaret Tennant
Blanche Thompson
Cornelia Trowbridge
Edna Whitaker
Constance Ziegler
Cat herine WaIter
Sara Sigmund
Margaret Sla ugbter
Reba Skyles
Dorothy Sponsler
Mary Vale
Isabel Ward
Harriet Mitchell
Bertha" Schmidt
Gertrude Swift
Gretchen Symonds
Elizabeth Thomson
EemWeln
Ohw A
Eleanor Lambert
Frances Lohr
Ruth McCormick
Amy Morgan
Ellzabetb Morgan
Alyce Phllllps
Elizabeth Woodworth
Roth Amrlve
Louise Asmus
Margaret Bozler
Helen Bennett
Mary Bye
Elizabeth Calkin
Amelia Chaney
Eloise Armington
Ltlllan Avey
Frances Bayes
Jo seph ine Beebe
Dorothy Briggs
Margaret Brownell
Ru t h Crowder
Mary Berry
Stplla Gregg
Pearl Hili
J eaDette Baer
Ruth Barker
Kathryn Barry
Alice BloolD
Uargaret Beasley
J OIlU CoUIn.
Elizabeth Dorsey
Annabelle Floyd
Belen Gregg
H el en Hanford
G race Harris
Anna Stiles J on!'8
Gertrude Adkins
\,Irginia Ayers
Cabell
C lyde G rn bu m
P'aullne Hines
01Lio B
Dorls Ensign
Mary Griffith
Dorotby Jones
Elizabeth Johnston
Louise Kaufman
Mary Koch
B e tty McCord
Ohio <1
Mary Durant
Virginia Ellies
Mildred Fisher
Eleanor Koser
Evelyn Lowe
Dorothy M e rrlma'n
Belen No rthway
lVell Virginia A
J ean HaUer
Uuth McLnJn
Maruland A
Helen Jones
Elizabeth Luxem · burgher
Eleanor Shelby
OOhmtbia A
Edna Kllpatrlck
Dorothy La timer
Mary Louise Lemon
Marcella McCo rmick
Martha McGeebee
Huth Newburn
Katherine Shoemaker
Syb il M onday
Vi rginia r
Edna Laudenslager
Eliza beth Merce r
G r ace h1Uler
Mae Muir
[ren e Osborn
Dorothy Orwig
Frances Sargent
Margar e t Seibert
Harrlete Sharp
Marton Slmons
Frances Smith
Hele n WOodrd
li" l o rence Riegel
Martha Rukenbrod
Louise Shoop
Louise Sbrope Schazobs
Ruth Woshburn (Bazel McNinch
Margaret Reed M»irgaret Torsch
Helen Tottle
Gertrude Tutel
V I rglnln Ru
Marguerite Smith
Mlldred Thrasher
Frances Walker
SophJa Waldman
Ali ce W1l11ams
Ruth Wllliams
B e rtha Wilson
Louise Sale
H azel Saunders
R . Elizabeth Smlth
B elen Sc.honer
Marguerite Young
Virginia Akers
Elizabeth Burrows
Anna Mary Blount
Almira Livingston
REPORTS Of COMMITTees
Vlrgb,ia A
a.lartba Cardwell
Marie Hopson
Virginia B
Anne Long
Elizabeth Owens
IJucllle Caywood
Myrtle F ranklin
Myra BUrr
Julia Dutton
Vern Bowersox
Donna Kelley
J08Ppblne Kerr
Margaret AInsworth
Cat herine Clarke
Doris Gladden
Catherine GrIndley
Margaret CotUna
Flelen Forsyth
Leila KellT
Martha LaGrange
Pauline Casady
Mjar18D Coy
Katherine Consaius
Elizabeth Dietz
Anna Haworth
Ruth Henry
Florida A
Mary Briscoe
Margaret Hunt
Florida B
Dorothy Grumbles
Jnez Gnlmbles
J((chioan A
Rutb Bedell
Jessie Tyler
Isabelle AJdrich
Michigan B
IBelen Ball
Emily Hulbert
Mae Keller
Dorotby Lauver
Indiana A
Eleanor Everroad
Belen Parks
Dorrla Angle
Mary A..xby
Esther Cogswell
Barbara Douglas
IndianCl B
Mary SawIn
Mary Cur ry
lone Nixon
Elizabeth Squires
Elizabeth Link
Nell e WIJ80D
Sarah Phillips
Margaret Pratt
F:mlly Wedge
Aline LLnk
Hebekab Stewart
Sarah GUOD
J cnn Charlesworth
ltuth BuntLogton
Amy Johnson
Edwina Learmont
Florence Lawson I!'Taoces Parrish
Cnrollne Paull
Elsie Murray
Jj'lorence Wertell
Dorothy Davenport
Charl otte John 80n
Mary Welch
Edna Durham
Pearl Swain
Margaret Coombs
Elderlne Deal
Ellen Helton
J osppblne Boyd
Ma rjori e Chiles
Marjori e Okes
He lena Sieloff
.Jeanne Bou s log
E le anor Brend e l
H elen Kautman
dam Rinne
Ruth Robertson
Louise Barn es
Dorothy Barris
JeD Rutb Henry
Co ryone Coet1n
Dorothy DonneUy
Alta Jones
Ellouise Ballstadt
Kathryn Rutl e r
Bernadine Chesley
Francis Cobabe
Evely Freese
Mary Garstman
Mary Baven
D o rothy Moise
Rutb BlrdlaU
Florence DeBruin
THE ARROW of PI BETA PHI
Indiana r
Eugenia Brookes
Irma Cr owe
Dorothy Drake
Kathl ee n H otte l
Ind iana 6
H e leD Ba hlma n
E s th e r Hungate
Elizabet h Pruitt
Rh ea Walk er
Ten.nel8ee A
Nan Elberfeld
Co urtn ey J o nes
Mary Ac uff
Minne,ota A
Francis Wur gl n
Katherine Rund e ll
C harl otte Win get
lVu co n d n A
Ruth Ramsey
Helen Richardson
Margaret W ege ner
Katberin e White
D orothy At kln80n
Florence Butl e r
Jane Gaston
Virginia Hage n
lVilconrin n
Elizabeth Oakley
Norma Farnsworth
Laura Lindamonn
Tlli n.of, n
Elizabeth Holm es
Billte Krled e r
Mary Arnold
Esther 'nlto r d
Dorothy Deem
Mary Zimmer
Joan Nixon
Elizabeth Moo r e
J osephin e Blocker
Mary McG h ee
l\1arj o ry e McLeod
Margaret Kad e rly
Harriett Ellis
Marie Paulso n
Virginia W ood
J aoe Husting
Virginia '6fead
Elizabeth Miln e
Fanny Powe rs
C laire Reins ch
Rosalie Murphy
C harlotte WoUa e ger
Elizabet h Kendig
Winifred Che n ey
Esther AUen
Marj o rie Longbrake
Ele anor P oor
Ruth We st
Ma ry EIllott
Hortense Gehring
Elspeth Logeman
Elizabeth Newman
Morl a n Untriken
Lorraine Missman
Marlon Poor
Sa rah P ratt
Albertina Stewart
Genevieve Thomas
Dorothy Tllden
Faith T ow nsend
D o r o thy Wray
REPORTS OF COIoBIITTE£S
Illinoll 4
Gertrude Charles Constance Irwin Fl o rence Hall
Eleanor FraDing Virglnia Leonard Pbyllia Power
GladY8 Hackman
Jean Aumen (G rad)
Margaret Clover
Dorothy Coleman
Grace Disbrow
Ru thlea Harlen
Glady. Baxter
Louise Blaine
Margaret Holton
Elsie W 8 mer
Lucile Welch
BeatrIce Barry
Mildred Yates
Marton Blaine
Denise Brosseau
Mildred Swank
Illinol.t E
Margaret Wbltney
Margaret GUllI
Eliza beth Davis .Josephlne Washburn
Cecile Goodwtllle Juliet Allison
Uutb Mary Quinn
Miriam Waite
Dorothy Walker
Illlrw(, Z
Gertrude Rollins
Mllrle Mcyercord
Lou1..se Bresee EdIth Hickox
Jessie Punes
Mary KUe
Marga fet Schultz Dorotby Koogler
Kath(>riDC Siemans Jane Koogler
Beatrice Stephenson Ethel Lyddon
Mary Bowers
Alice Ua W80n
Ruth atllan Claire Rend len
IUinou H
Dorothy Edwurds Unrtba Holt
Catherine Engelder Virginia Holmes MirIam Moore
Iowa A
Dorothy Harrl80n
He l en Bobbs
Kntherlne Allen
Lois Seago
Marlc Schrader Vera Ship ley
Mnxlne Schreiner F.t{)na Van Syoc
Io wa B
Ethyl Kirk
Carol Stoddard
Reb a kab Beymer Faye WbeelC"r
AlIf:e Judson
Jean Bramhall
Helen Brown
Marthanna Baker
Marlon Ballinger
Allene Barger
Marjorie BiBbard
Shirley Dakin
Eleanor Gamble
Marjorie Green
lnez Shamp
i01ca r
Helen Clock
ThIrza Hull
Io1Otl Z
Virginia Reck
Vida Secor
Mary Goodrkoontz lIary Strub
Helen Hambright Gretchen SwIsher
Margaret Jones
Belen Lysle
Katherine Thielen
Cornelia Van
Dorothea Starbuck Oosterhaut
Winifred Starbuck Gwendolyn Vinson
Gweoeth Stewart
THE ARROW OF PI BETA PHI
Ml13O'Uri A.
None. There wer e enough mistakes common to all papers to keep c,·eryone otT the Annor Roll.
MiuDurl B
Virginia Baur
Marcella Cbapman
Alice Clifford
Lucy Lee Ferguson
Margaret Galt
Edna Mlae Hammack
Dorothy Haymes
Ida Bauman
VirginIa Becker
?tfargaret Beede
Lois Butler
Katherine Everett
MadeUne Closs
Dorothy Deblendort
gmma Mae Dorrls
Mi'8"OKri r
Helen Johnson
Katherine Kump
LllliaD Rich
IHor..el Robertson
Nebra,ka B
Louise Gn rdner
Mary Hall
Mary Hanlon
Bastings
Etn7.e1 Hutchins
KanIa, A
Margaret Buck
Frances Cheatham
Dorothy Footron
Virginia Hutson
Jane Jones
Margaret Avery
Marlon Dalton
Margery Dryden
ACBa Hart
Ruth Bobn
Harriett Ohapman
Louise Clark
Jane CotreU
Marion Delzell
Madge Ferguson
VIvien Fort
Margaret Graham
Rose McCulloch
Elaine Meier
Miller
Mory Oliver
Wilma Olh' er
Kan,a, B
Janet Helworth
ll nrion Kendall
Kathryn King
Read
Oolorado A.
Julla Marl' Hastings
Ella Johnson
Isabel Keating
Elspeayann Lyon
J'lthel Mills
Louise MUis
Margaret Owen
l!'rances Pattee
Elsa Englesmann
Marthn Garland
Mary Grie r
Irma Robertson
l\1aralee SimOD8
Paula Wingo
Elsa Kerkow
l!"' e rn Maddox
Mary Lou Parker
Frances Reynolds
Margaret Robinson
Lucille Rohrer
Ruth Richards
Viva Saxon
El1zabeth Testnrd
Belen Walton
Verle WUllams
Mary Sheetz
Corinne Smith
Dorothy Stevenson
Nora Yoder
Reve Phares
lona Scofield
Mary Reinks
Dorothy Sweet
Elizabeth TalialelTo
Helen Taylor
Frances Weigel
Mary Whitaker
J osepbine Brown
Genevieve Behen
Laura Cutler
Marjorie Cutler
Emllle Englcboch
Nell Avent Chatterton
Anne Gilbert
Marjorie GrUHth
lI elen Baywood
Sarah Holmes Bernice Patterson
Elinor Ittner
Mary Watson
l i; llzulJeth Paisley
Margaret J ewe ll
OkIn Birdsong
a.lu ri on Boll
Il elen I1nrgrlwc
Joe Betsy Mill er
Margarete Noble
Corinne Bass
Sarah Rice Elliott
Katbryn Andrew8
Alargaret Campbell
Mildred Cameron
R£PORTS OF CoMMITTEES 111
Colorado B
.Jane Fellows
Ma rga ret Fraser
lone Goodknlght
Helen Maeler Schwalb
l'VlIomfno A
Al1rlnm .Jenkins
Clari ssa Jensen
l<:Jllza beth J ohnstoll
E8Lbt'r Konkel
Jenn Mnbee
Louise M cNitt
Oklahoma A
Elizabeth Cansler
Gertrude Gardner
Oklahoma B
Inez Ooodbolm
Arkansas A
Mary Loree Tribble
Adnbelle Miller
Edn Seltze-r Katberlnp. Shattuck
Grace Tarbell l\.111dred QuartermaDD
1\18ry Moore
Alteen J\elson
Helen Nimmo
Louise Price
Alice Thompson
Mory Wbe1an Arletta Wyant
Lucille KUllngsworth
l eah Schedler
Bess Curl
Miarlan Bossemeyer
:\lury Mllrgar et Allllers M:nrjorle Jones
'J'u a. A
Stella Peden
Te:ea. B
Hattie Mne Knight
Louidana A
1<;10lln M . Simmons
Montana A
Llman Marshall
Maude McNatte
Jo O'Connor
Elizabeth Bartl ett
C'atherlne Brannln
Vlrglllia Fenner
Ruth Rutledge
Lenore Sulllvan
Eloise Wright
Frances WyUe
THI: ARROIV OF PI BET A PHI
Idaho A.
Lu cille Anderson Egberta Iri sh Margaret Kenyon
Florence Green Winifred Jones Mnrgaret McKinnon
Jan e t Hawkins l\{arle .Tohnson
atargar et Carbery
Hetty Mount
Eva J nne Wilson
lVulhinglon A
Wilmet Martin Venetia Pueb
Margaret Duncan Carrie M(!Anally Rutb Quigley
Ma ry Crelner Gertrude McGrath Virginia Shank
Catherine Hawl ey Virginia Murray Jeanette Ware
Uutb Recht
Marlon Pearce
Wa8h:ington B
Dorothy Wiegel
Mary Welr_
Mnrtha Ahrens Ruth Chandler Ethelyn Jessepb
Esther AnderSOD Louise C lausln Wnrdlne Jessepb
LeODa Baird WinIfred Ealy Lenore J ohnson
Margaret ,Bement Fl.·auces Emerson Grace Leonard
Rowena Bloss Je an Fulmer
Ethel McKenna
Marguerite Brown Gladys Gue .Allee Pennington
l!'e rn BoU ck
Dorothy Jahnke Mildred Roberts Hortense Stone
Oregon A
Edith Baden Ellallore Glass Jllcquoi.se Kirtley
Mary Cnmpbell LaNlta Gaskill Bentrice Mason
Mildred Coleman Co nstance Hall Harriett R oss
Aliee Douglaa L t rances Bare Mary Louise Wise·
Maxine Edmonds l:1"' lor e tte Janelle carver
t'}ora Edwards Jenson Janet Wood
C laudia Fletcher Julin Kaufman
Oregon B
T.Als Burton Logan Irma S crltsml e r
Maude Dawley Vina Mueller EHzabeth Stewart Eugenia VUen
Anzona. A
Ruth Benzie
Marth. WlllllllllS Pauline Rosenblatt
Hetty Berryman Muriel Upham
Teld. Cblttick Mary Frances Crane
Dorothy Como Aileen Do nan
Marietta SU.rratt
Dorothy Juynes
Grace DeBack
Carol Chandler
VirginIa Doyle
Cec ile F f! DSier
Marc ia Morton
Evalyne Ross
Kathleen Campbe ll
Edith Ga tes
R £PORTS OF Co'''''TT££S
Oalilornia A
Marcella O'Keefe
Gall Thompson
Rosalind Coverly
EUzabetb Crebs
D orothy Kerley
Vel ma ]landaU
California r
D orot hy Bouke Huff Judd
El oise Park e
Wilson
Uo rls B onner
Elb:3betb Howll tt
Katbryn Lnnt
MarjorIe Ro binson
I/flura Gardiner
Kathr)rn Gude Etbel Robertson Sun r on Kl elnsm id
A c tive and alumna! co rre sponding secretaries should use TH f. ARROW Handbook in carrying on their w o rk for the com ing year. In the event that your predecessor has failed to turn this Handboo k over to YOll, writ e at once to the ARROW Editor for a copy.
The next Convention will be held at Mammoth i Hot Springs Lodges, Yellowstone Park, I I June 28-July 3, 1927.
TaJ! ARROW OF PI B£TA PHI
OOl'."'SOLIDATED RE P ORTS OF PROVINCES
Su pervisor- Ella M. Donn ocker
Remarks:
REPORTS of CO'''UTTEES
PIIOvnt'CZ G.4KMA
SUj:lervlsor - Mftry V. Williams Chapters: 8
R ema rk s: Louise Latta, North Caro lina A, has failed to take h e r exam 80 faf.
Colu mbia A acth' e t'x a ms were co r rected by Alice Albury
PROVINCE DSLTA
SUl'lervisor-Mra E B
TaE ARROW OF PI BETA PHI
PaOVIN O E Ep8U ON Supervlsor-Jessie H . J ob Chnpt e r s: {)
Dakota" had 6 girls wh o w e r e initiated in the f a ll ot 1925 Rnd th e r eto f f> not retluir e d to tak e th e examination. Illinois B 100 % 'Honor R oll.
Three fallur es-Towa Z, 2, poor papers; Mi8so uri A, 1, on e Ques ti on left out.
R"PORTS OF COMMITTEES
]()tJ)fJ Z, 2
Pearl Eikenbary, St, MarUonise Caughlnn, SO. Poor papers-Miss Eikenbury left out half ot one question.
Missouri A.
Jennie Cox, 78 Poor paper- all of question 9 left out.
Marceline Davis, Co lorado D, excused on account of eyes. Wyoming A 100% Honor Roll.
THI! ARROW 01' PI BET A PHI
P.OVINOJ: THETA
Supervisor-Mildred Maroney
Remarks:
·Not counting tllose initiated aft e r .Tanuary 1 and prior to April I, ]926. (This explanation is necessary in view ot the tact that active chapter lists were r eceived by the supervisor from the cbapters 10 January Bod not April I , these being revised only npon the advice of the chapters. Names of those initiated between January 1 and April 1 appear on pledge examination reports and not in column 2 of this report (No of ]0ItI8te8) except in ('nees of Oklahoma B and Texas A. where the num· bers were known to supervisor. Louisiana A has tall initiation.)
Oelttornla A.. bad two girls take last year's examination late In the year and their grades were averaged tn this year's report. as dId also Nevdda A have one prl; but they were Dot counted In number taking examlnatlon this year. Please note hlgb average ot Arizona A and California A Bod both 100% on the hODOr Roll.
TH£ ARROW OF PI B£1'A PHI
STUDY AND FOR PLEDGES OF PI BETA PHI
A. STUDY--8ee PI B eta Phi "Study (or Pledges."
Directions : This test Is to b e taken o n the day set by a gre e m e nt with th e Province Supervisor at least tw o weeks prior t o Initiatio n . Pa'J)en to be le nt b e r. regjatE' r ed.
B. ANNUAL EXAMINATION FOR PLEDGES.
Wh e n, wh ere, and under what n ame was P I Beta Phi founded ? ,.
Name the Founder s.
(A) Name Grand Council.
(B) Name t o ur committees whi ch as si st I.n carry ing on the National work of the Fraternity,
(A) What are the sc holars hip r equ irem ents r ega rding a Pledge?
(B) What are th e scholarship requirements th e e ltgibillty tor election to Chapter office?
(A) To whom Is the Loan Fund ava ilabl e?
(B) What amount Is awarded t o the PI Beta Phi Fellow? When Is the award made and by whom r What are th e requirements tor appHcants?
(A) Where fs th e Pi Beta Phi Settlement School? (B) How supported?
Name tour functions of Conventi on . S.
(A) What 1& th e name ot the otncla l PI Beta Phi magazine? (B) How often is It published?
(A) purpose?
(B)
When was the National Panhellenic Cong re ss founded? For what
Who 18 the Pi B e ta Phi r epresc' nt al lv c?
(A) Write the "Sym ph ony" of Pi Beta PhI. (B) Writ e the words of the "Anthem" and o n e other BOng. Passing mark 8ii %. Honor Roll 97 %.
Sinc e, as PI B e ta Phis, all members hav e pledged themselves to h onor and hon es ty. the k eeping ot th at pledge by every mem be r In co nnection with the taking at thi s examlnatlon Is taken t o r granted.
Every Pledge Is to know th e w ords of the following songs an d will be asked on examination to write the word. of two, announced then: 1. Anthem 2. Speed Th ee My Arrow. 3. Nebraska Beta Chapter Song 4.. Rlnl' ChIng Ching. 5 Loving Cup Song. 6. Win e and Silver Blue. 7 Rushing Song. 8. F ou nding at PI Beta PhL 9. Th e Peerless PI Pbl. 10 The PI Beta Phi Goat.
Eve r y Pledge Is to know the _ whol e Chapter r oll. It wll1 be writte n at a time agreed upon by the Senior, or Alumna In cha r ge., and the Supervisor, &nd mark ed b y the Senior, o r preferably by th e Alumna. Every error will count off one per cen t. Th e pape rs , duly mark ed, will be sent t o the Supervisor who will average th e marks of th e Chapter roll exam and the regular Pledge exam. Have this part ot th e exam taken as soon as posalble.
REPORTS O F COMMITTEES
FRATERNITY STUDY AND EXAMINATION FOR ACTIVE CHAPTERS OF PI BETA PHI
A. STUDY-The Committee on Study and Examination bas planned a course ot study covering eeveral years, wberetn dlft'erent portions of the ConsUtutlon. Hlatory, etc., shall be studied each year, the hope being that, upon completion of the college course, every PI Beta. Phi may have a de8nlte. comprehensive knowledg e of the Fraternity.
The exact references tor IItudy ar. a8 followa:
I. (a) Constitution:
(b) Statutes:
Article Article Article Article Article I. Organization II. Convention III. Omeera I. CharacterlsUC8 II. ArtIcle III ConvenUon Omcera
2. Hislory of PI Beta Phl.
Chapter I. In the Beginning Chapter II. Rivalry
Chapter III. Extension (pp, 31 and 82 particularly)
Chapter IV. Add New York Beta a ' number 9 p. 61. (Not necessary to memorize all, but to know four reasons tor chapters becoming Inactive and to be able to cite one chap t er as an example ot each.)
Chapter V. 01 ganlzatlon and Go\·ernment.
3. Settlement School.
History: Chapter ZOo
Arrows: June 1920, Jun e 1923. October 1925 (Report ot the SetSchool Committee.)
Sorority Handbook, Sixth Edltlon, pp. 13, 14, 15, 16.
4. Chapter Roll (eee December Bulletin for placing ot newly Inetalled. chapters.)
5. Sorority Handbooks by Ida Shaw Martin, eixth edition, PI). 13-16, and ninth edition, chaptere I, 2, 3.
6. Manual for Chapter Development (Revised, 1924.)
B. THIRTY-SECOND ANNUAL EXAMINATION OF PI BETA PHI 19251926.
Answer brlefty, write In Ink. use examination b001ul It possible. Five per cent will be ded.uctoo for bad grammar and tlve more for noticeably poor penmanship and untidy appearance.
The Alumna In charge (a member ot the Advisory Board if poeelble) should forward to the Province Supervisor a eet of a.nswers for every active member.
The exact question on the Chapter Roll will be submitted In a aeaJed envelope, by the Supervisor, which should be opened by the Alumna In charge when the examination fa given
The examination Is to be taken upon a day agreed upon by the Supervisor and the Chapter, between January 18t and February 15th.
All papers are to be sent to the Supervisor by the Alumna in charge. by rqtatered mall
It at any time a chapter Is In doubt 8.lI to the meaning ot a que8tlon, write Immediately to the Province SupervIsor and uk for her inter· pretatlon of that question. Do not guess the Intent at a question and tbereby Jower your chapt'!!' average, but be sure!
TH£ ARROW OF P, B£TA PEII
QUESTIONS
1.
Write the followlDr portion. of the Chapter Roll : 2
"Wby do we aay th&t PI Beta Phi .u th e dret of the colleSiale fra. ternlUea tor women now exillUne which wa. organlzed with the original purpose of beOomJng a national body and which hu been since developed alonl' theee linear ' (To be anawered tully, a knowledge of the foundlnl' and the history of extenllion.)
CA) Name the Founders and atar thoee liViDB' (D) What memorial ha.Il PI Beta' Phi rallied to her Founder,?
CA) DleUngulah between the lerma Alpha Grand and Orand Alpha. CB) What great step was taken In Convention at Kaneaa City. 1885, and at Ottumwa', 1888? (C) When and in what State.. and tor wha.t purpose "u PI Beta Phi Incorporated 1
6.
CA) Give the peraonnel of Convention (D) Give four functions of C uvenUon (C) Bow may ConventJons be postponed or an utra 8 10n caned?
6 .
(A) Dllrm. the interim of Conventions. elnee 1884. the «overnlnc power of PI Beta. Phi I. vested 10 what body?
(B) Give the personnel 01 th1J; body
(C) State the duties ot this body other than .,ve.rnlnr. durllll' the Interim of Conveutione..
(A) (8) (C) corned.
7.
HoW' are Prttvlnce Prwdenta elected? Province Vice Presldenta? Name four dutlea of the Chapter Executive Council. Name ftve dutl. ot the Chapter Alumnae Advl.ory Committee. reco-operation with the Province Presldenta and the Chapter COD-
8 .
(A) What are the ftrat and last obU.atJons of a challter otfteer to her chapter and to the National Fraternity? (Bee Pi Beta Phi llanuaJ for Chap.ter Development. Revleed 192 •. )
(B) What restrictions are upon cha:pter omeen ? (See ConaUtuUon and Statutea.)
(C) What LI the requi.rement of reurtn .. chApter otfteer.?
9
(A) When" the omclal Magazine of PI Beta. Phi publlahed! (See October ADoW'I leU )
(B) When ill the PI Beta: Pbl Bulletin I ued! (See AnoW' Handbook for Correapondln Seeretarl )
1 0.
(A) Wbere Is the PI Bet& Pbl SetUement School!
(B) When wa.a the Idea of this altrutstl c work presented t o Convention! Wllen dJd It drat open Ita doora for 8Ch0la'rs!
ee) Who Ja Em.m.& Harper Turner? What branch of the Settlement School baa been named tor her?
(See letter from her In October ARaOW1 1(25)
(0) What a.a the enrollment of the Sehool 1ut year? How many lTad611 ot hll'h echool aIlall we maintain with tbe bectnnJnc or tht. IIChooI y 1
(E) How laI the School eupported?
(See Statutes.>
Paulog mark 85%.
Honor Roll 97 ". FIve dolla:r tine tor any taJiure, No exempUou. ..
Since, u PI Bcta Phi., all member. hav e pledged them.elv•• to honor and honeaty. the keeping or that pledge by every member In connecUon with Since. as PI Beta Phi., all memben hAve pledl'ed themaelve. to honor
THE ARROW 0>' PI BETA PHI
REPORT OF '.rHE OOMMrl'TEJ1J ON TRANSFERS
Since this Is the first report ot a newly established committee, it is perhaps all that should be that a deflnJte start has been made tbis year.
To explnln th e work ot the committee ond to seek the cooperation ot chapters, clubs nod lndlvlduals, 8. noti ce wns put in the October Bulletin nnd a longer article explaining the committee's aim and work in the Decem.ber Issue of 'l'HE ARROW. As a result, letters wer e received trom five chapters and OD£! group of Pi PM "wanderers", From these and from alumnae notes appearing In THE ARROW, a file was made of all Pi PhIs known to be attending universities other than those where they were chnpter m e mbers. This file conto Ins to dn t e nomes of twentysix PI Phis, representing twelve colleges, universities nnd professional Where tlH.'re wer e known to be two or more In the same In · stltutlon they were noUtled ot the names and addresses ot the other .Pi Phis and wher e active chapters or clubs were near enough tor co· operaUon, they also were given the names and addresses. Also one chapter nske<l tor information an(l advice on the subject.
III most cA ,ses, a c knowledgments ot letters were received, but no further word 88 to results ot s u ggestions.
Doubtless there were many more wand er ing Pi Phis, but since neither they themselvt>S nor their chapters Or clubs notified the com· mittee 01 their wh e reabouts, I was unabl e to get in tou c h with them .
It is most Important, I that the committee should b e intormed as soon as possible after the opening ot college in the fru l, of those going to strange colleges. The time when the Transfer Committee CRn be ot the most real service Is surely Ln the beginning o't the college year when the glrls are having to make the adjustm e nts to a n e w c ampus em'ironment, not alter they have already found places t o r themselves.
I teel sure that as the purllOse ot th e committee becomes more fully understood and appreciated, it cau be brought to flll n real need In Pi Phi Ure. I am sorry to have no more concrete results to show at thIs tlm e , but hope that another year IDay see a great In c r e ase in the work accomplished
DOROTHY K
REPORT OF THE COlfMI=EE 0:0> FRATERNITY MUSIC
The 011 fraternity music has ,'p ry little to report at tbls time. tbJog we have been urging Is the wrIting ot original tunes tor fraternity songs. A letter has been sent to cach chapter encouraging It ond we hope to ba,'e a good "crop" ot songs before Convention.
The lovely slhe l' vase Jtlven by th e New York Alumnae Club for the prize song before lust CouventiclIl WAS won by North Carolina A. '!'hp song Is cnll{><l "Pi Phi Marching Song" and has won great I)fai se. It Is shortly to be publtsbed In TUE ARROW 80 that ever.vone will h8\'e Ull opportunity to h'OfU it. IndlfUlo r r(l'Cf>lved honOfablp mention In Ihe co ntest with "PI I'hl ll emorlcs."
1'be Song Vase wtll be awarded at the next cOllventton. It would he splendid If the chnpters were writing their songs for lhls co nlest now.
Plnns 81"(> bE'Lng made tor some special musical featUres fll next Convention and the committee Is anxious to hpor or any information 10 regard to Con\""entlon.
hi
AOOARET r. . Kr.I .U:N UACIl
OFFICIAL PI PHI HANDKERCHIEFS
Attent ion Pi Phis! The Little Rock Alumn., Club IS offering the officia l Pi Phi handk e r chief s for sa le at seve nty-five cents. All Pi Phis are asked to send orders to Kathleen Williams, 1905 Battery street, LillIe Rock, Arkansas, Samples will be sent on request,
THJl ARRow OF PI B£TA PHI
REPORT OF MAGAZINE AGENCY
During the season 1925-26, the Magazine Agency sent $750.00 to the Settlement School.
Individually, the larg est amounts again were sent by Miss Onken and Miss Koons. The club sending the largest amount was the Baltimore Club, credit being due its enthus iastic representative, Mrs. F. O. Weidman.
The next largest amounts came from the Washington, New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, St. Louis, Kansas City, Ames, Detroit and Tulsa Clubs. Many other clubs sent sma ll er amounts.
Last season a cred it of 25% was offered clubs and the same is offered this season.
A report was made to each representative of the credit due and she was asked to inform her club of this amount. It was, therefore, a disappointment to find that only three clubs made any reference to the magazine agency in their ARROW reports-only one, Los Angeles, definitely.
The important fact, however, is that each season shows a sma ll gain and the chai rman hopes to see the $750.00 of la st season increased to $1,000 this season. Pi Phis can easily do this if they wish and each one is asked to send her magazine subscriptions through the fraternity agency. If you belong to a club, send through your representative. If not, send direct to me. Please remember:
RentrUJals cou,zt the same as ne""dI subscriptions. Allow time for publishers to fill order. rhey require from two to three weeks.
Send Christmas orders as early as possible. Request gift cards.
Mak" checks or motley orders payable to me. Write for price lists and any information. Give the agency a chance before ordering elsewhere.
The continued support of clubs is asked and all should appoint representati,·cs at once if they have not done so. The season runs from Aplil to April and it would he a good idea if representatives were appointed at the regular election and their names sent me with the list of officers.
The chairman would be glad if the active chapters would use the Agency. The same credit (25%) is of course, offered them. For instance if $10.00 worth of orders is sent, the credit is $2.50; if $100 worth of orders is sent, the credit is $25 .00.
P i Phis have proved their interest in the Settlement School and it is my hope that this season they may prove their interest in the Age ncy, which exists solely for the benefit of the Schoo l.
T wish to thank all contributors.
BL.UfCITE G. RXISlNOE.&, Ola.airman..
6 I\'ortbfteld Place, Baltimore. Maryland .
• The next Convention will be held at Mammoth " = Ho t Sprin gs Lodges, Yell owsto ne Park, . j J u ne 28·July 3, 192 7.
TH£ ARROW OF Pr B£TA PHr
ItEl'ORT COMMITTEE> ON SURVEY AND
(The chart made by the Committee ()D Survey and Standardization a year ago was 1)0[ publisbed In TFlE ARROW because the Grand Council felt that there was such a grent varlutlOIl in the markings of otficers due to the "pcrsonal equation." As a consequence, at the joint meeting of the Coo,neil and the Pro,"ince Presidents held in June 1925. It was a greed that the averllge sho uld be as 80 and that all grades should be matJe upon tbat basis.
After aU or gmdes were received and carefully gODe over this yeaf. the Committee on Survey and Stllndarc1l7..ntlon stUl feels that the "personal equation" is a most Lmport.111t factor. By compar ing all markings, higb and low ranges, etc., It is evJdent that some officers uBed s:s or even hlgber as 8n average simply becnuse they personally unconscio u s l y grade bigher thnn others.
A careful study ot gI"aclee and on'rages would Indicate that the Province s Alpha, Beta, Gamma nnd Kappa Ilre probably graded very fairly; Delta, Epsilon find Zeta , graded too high; and Eta, Theta nod Iota, graded too low.
The Editor debated tile l}lIet1tion of publishing the cbart, believing that some chaptel's which ranked lower this year tbnn last year though stan ding higher tn e\--ery WRY this :"enr, might become discouraged beCRUse of tbe low markings. But she hits decided to publish the chart for the purpose Of study, since it represents the grades which have been se nt in trom and Pr o\·lnce officers. Committee chairmen nnd other fraternity workers who ha\'e contact with chapter s. Th e "per8Ono..l equation" is oue which C'xists in every wolk in life and fraternity work is no exception.
Whether the chapters wtll wish to co ntinu e the policy of this Daliooal ranking wlll lJt! ti matter for their dlsCllssion .-The Editor.)
Our committee for the third consecutive year has been using the following blank, authorized by the 1923 convention. Each visi ting officer was asked to rate each chapter on the twenty-two characteristics marked x. The rest of the material was secured from reports of the committees on scholarship and on fraternity examination, fr om the supervisor of the accounting system and from all national office rs or offices dealing directly with chapters. These results were tabulated and recorded on the two tables accompanying this report. These tables are in reality the report . Chapters wishing to find how they rank with reference to all other national chapters will find their position recorded on both
charts together with their final grades. The rank order or the number shows the position of each chapter among the other seventy-one . If your chapter is three you stand third rated on all the points. If your chapter is sixty-fifth you are well toward the end, though your average grade in each case would be aqove 86. If each chapter will study the large chart or table 2 finding your own ratings on each of thf' characteristics essential to a high chapter rating you can determine in just what particulars your chapter is doing weJl, in Just what things you are 3,oerage, and in just what particulars you are low. Use 90 as the general average for all chapters, that is if your grade is above 90 you are above the average, and if below 90 you are below the average chapte r on that trait . The grades are all higher this year than in any preceding year. This comm ittee is appreciati"e of the good work of the chapters and their province presidents for this improvement in fraternity life within their own chapters, on their camp us and within their national organization.
Please note the foot-note for the large chart, that all grades are recorded to the neare st whole number , except averages, which are reeorded to tenths and the final average to hundredths. This was necessary on the chart to economize space. IIowever, all grades were accurately recorded by the committee and averages made to the nearest one hundredth. So, if you should make your own average for some chapter, and find that our results do not just agree with yours, it is because we have not been able to record anything except whole numbers, and that our averages are correet, we think and hope, for we have checked them several times.
Please post this large chart o n your house bulletin board that it may be the privilege and responsibility of each member of the chapter to do her share in making her chapter rank high on each of these characteristics.
You will be interested in the following li sts of those holding the first ten places and those holding first and second places in th eir provinces.
TEN HIGHEST CHAPTERS
4. Columbia A ... . ...... .. ...... .. ... . .. Michigan A .. . •. • ..•......•..•.•....
6 Indiana A .........•....... • .• 95.14
7. Ontario A ..• . .......• .. . .•.......... 9.1.90
8. Pennsylvania.A
9. Calltornia r
10. Illln ols 6 94.00
HIGHEST 1N PROVINCE
ProvinCE' First Second
Alpha .........•. •. ... Ontario.o\ . . ......... Washington A Beta ..•.......••.
Pennsylvania A
Gamma .....•.. Columbia A
Delta .......
F)ps.ilon .....•......... Wisconsin A Vermont n Pennsylvania r Virginia r Indiana A Iown B .- Illinoi s Z
Ulchlgnn A .........
Eta.......... Colorado n Iowa Z
Theta .•...•.....•..•• Arknnsas.A ....•
Kansas A
Iota ................• . Idab o A ............. Oklahoma A
Kappa .... .. ... .. .... California r ........ California A
Submitted by the Committee on Survey and Standardization. HAZEL H. BEMIS, Ohairmu'tl
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON SURVEY AND STANDARDIZATION FOR CHAPTER ON THE MEETING OF RESPONSIBn.lT'Y TO-
A. THE COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.
1. Place in College Regard
• a. Helpfulness.
·b. Dependableness.
c Democra.cy
·d Ethical standards.
·e. Business respon sibility.
2. Place In Student Activities
a. Comparative standlng with other women's fraternities on campus.
I. How many women's fraternities?
II Pi Beta PhI stAnds first, laat o r where?
b. Proportion ot -..clive members participating.
I. How many acUve membera In chapter?
lL How many active members participate in activities?
3. ScholanhJp JL8 co@pared '!11th Jos:al s t.a.qdards &:nd ranldngs or other # fraternlUea.
B. THE NATIONAL FRATERNITY
• 1. National ViewPOint.
!. Co-operation.
a. With national omccrs.
RF.PORTS OF CoM >ltTT££S
·b. "With province Pl'fttdenL
Co WIth National Committee on Scholarahlp.
d. With National Committee on lo"'raternlty EXamination.
3. Scholanhlp.
a. Collegiate aa compared with that of other PI Beta Phi chap le n.
b. In fraternity e.u.mlna.tJon.
C. THE CHAPTER
1. InlernAI Develol)menl
&. Efflciency of chapler organization.
-I. Character of chapte r meeting.
- 2. Soundness ot nnaDeial condition.
·S AaawnpUon of individual responsibility
• .&. D1aclpline.
·5 dnlly.
6. Co-operation.
ta. With Chapler omcera.
tb. With ChR.pter Alumnm AdvisorY Committee.
·c. With Chaple r Committee on Scholarship,
2. Atmosphere.
t&. Conl'enlallty.
tb Culture.
c. Counesy.
-1. To members ot PI Bfoul. J'hl, o('tlv e and aiumnte.
-2. To house gueus.
·S To chaperon.
-d Conduct.
-3 Ambilion
Date.
To omeara Reporting: Signed
Ornelal Position.
Pleaae place a numeri c al grade (or each chapter on each characteristic marked •. That I. %0 gra.des (rom you. Use 0- 100 as the scale coll8lderlnc 80 as the average made by all 70 chapter.. Do not compute average. or record any other grades.
Und6l' A2. answer both questions under a and both queetlons under b. Do not give grades.
Would you pleaae re-read epeclal r eport o( conlmlttee (ma1led to you after convention) beCore you nil out these blanks.
Pleaae send these reports In now, It ponlble--that Is, It your visit... have been made
1Ilinots U ..•• 95 9-1 nUnol R .1 97 92 111111018 P. • • •• 95 92 Illinois Z. •••• 100 100 Illlnob H ••.. 97 9Z
CHAPTERS
Table H.- PI BETA PHI FRATERNITY-SU RVlVY OF CllAPTEBS FOR ]!)2.;-1926
CHAPTER J JFE
Interna.l Organizatio n Atmoaphere
REPORT OF THE NA TJONAL SUPERVISOR OF CHAPTER
In early September at a meeting which Included Mrs. Stoolman, :Mr. Busey and myself, plans were made tor lnstaillng the Busey Accounting System
Tbe first step to be taken, It seemed. was tor tbe Grand TreasureI' to send to aU chapters a letter, announcing the tact that a natlonal accounting system was to be install ed accordIng to tbe ruling of 0>11ventlon. and that a natlonal supervisor of the system had been chosen. In this same letter Mrs SloolmnD r eq uested that a finance committee be chosen trom each chapter to consist of five members, a member trom each class designating among these four, the treasurer; "Iso the tlnance member ot the advisory board to be a member of this committee. This Hst was returned to the 8upervisor.
The next step taken atter the names of the finance committee had been received was the Bending out ot two gen e ral letters. Qne was to the alurnnce member ot the Advisory board asking tor her Uon, the other to the treasurer. In the l e tter to the house treasurers, we asked them to fill out aD enclosed q ue81ionnaire so that we might make out tor them and to help thpm get started off righUy, Uleir can· trol sheet or the budget tor the year. Also In tMs letter we gave to them definite instruetious tor starting their Se ptember-O<.-t.ober assess · ment and eX()enditure sheets, also tor making out their m o nthly rel)()rtB.
In due time the filled out questionnaires arrived nnd today ,ve have on tile a questionnaire trom all chapters. with the excepllon of one. In return the control sheets w e re made out and sent to anch chapter, requesting a copy to be returned to be placed on tile. A control sheet is miSSing from tour files.
When November 25 arrIved the first reports begnn coming in, some were absolutely correct, others slightly Incorrect, some very incorrect and many not heard from. A.. survey ot the tirst reports W88 made and it seemed advisable to send to all chapters 8 general letter covering the common errors we perceived in llluny reports. On December 18, we mailed to all chapters n letter, definitely defining again the making out of the monthly report.
In January after the December r e ports were ln, they were all very caretully corrected. At that time about fitty cbapt.e.rs were using the system very well, their reports had been corrected, those correct were tiled, nnd those Incorrect returned to them tor corrections. All ot those returned are on tlle in this oftke. It now seemed advisable to allow about twenty chapters to start anew and so tbe first ot January we sent to those chapters a letter with definite instructions for starting anew. It seemed to give them "new inspiration" and today only three chap.ters are apparently having tro:Jble w1th the system. All other chapter,.
THE ARROW OF PI BETA PHI
sending in either absolutely correct reports or r epo rts with sUght errors. The results obtained through the installation of a l\"ational Accounting System have been gratltying, in that practically all chapters have shown a v e ry fine spirit. Th ey hav e been especially pleased when the statement from the auditor agreed with their r e ports, also when it showed n positive balance on hand 'l'he t ollowing data will show somewhat the year's perspe<'tlve ot th e s ystem.
MARJE FJlEEliAN PAr lID
DATA COMPILED BY NATIONAL SUPERVISOR OF CHAPTER ACCOUNTfNG TO JUNE I, 1 926.
The next Convention will be held at Mammoth Hot Springs Lodges. Yellowstone Park. June 28-July 3
REPORT OF THE GRAND TREASURER
AUDIT REPORT Ot' PI BETA PHI FRATERNITY
PUIOD OF
AUGUST 26, 1925 TO JULY IS, 1926. Champaign, IllinoIs, August 1, 1926. To Tlte (}rand Oouncil of Pi Beta Ph' FraternUv:
In accordance with the instructions ot LoIs F. StoolmaD, Grand Treasurer of your Fraternity. we hsV'e made an nudit or ber books and records tor th e periOli of August 26, 1925 to July 15, 1926.
We have prepnred and submit herewith statements of receipts and disbursements ot the various tunds together with a Balance Sheet or Recapitulation Statement shOwing the condition of the Fraternity as ot July 15, 1926.
The cash receipts were evidenced by the carbon copies of the original receipts Dnd n II money so received was deposited to the credlt ot the Fraternity 10 the banks. The cancelled bank vouchers, orders and Invoices were examined, and in our opinion all disbursements were correctly and properly made.
The bank accounts were reconciled and tound to be correct as ot July 15, ]926. The securities comprising the investments of the Auow and Fe ll owship Trust Funds were in the custody ot the Trustee, the Flnt Trust Company, of Lincoln, Nebraska, and the value of securities 8S shown by the Trustee's statemept reconciled with the records ot the Grand SecuriUes amounUng to $]3,340.00 also shown on the Recapitulation Sheet, were in the custody of the Orand Treasure r .
Respectfully submitted, PORTER HAWlLTON &; Co., By Porter HamUton.
RECAPITULATION
As of July 15. 1926
Allctl :
ARSOW Trust Fund .......... $107,648.00 PublJc .Accountants. ", FellowshIp Trust Fund....... 10,000.00 $117,648.00 ", Sec u rities 13,340.00 Ca,I!. : C itizens State Bank, Champnlgn , 12,492.20 F I rst Savings Bank, Lincoln, Nebraska. 508.26 13,000.46
Arc01 mt s R ece iv ab le (Chapters) St ud e n t Loa.n A("Couut 'rotul Asse ts
.00
Alumn K- A cco unt • .• Chapte r H o u se Bullding Fund $147,883 96 Contin gent ll-'uud " , Con\'e n tt o u FUnd 6,007.83 2,50fl.00 65.1.43 4.300.75 1111 {, Endowment ] j'ulld (New Acoount)
ARROW li' UN O ( P eriod Augu st 26 1025 to July 1ri, J 026.) Il ccei pt! :
Trnn sJX) rtatl on
scellnn E'o u s
ot n l l>l sburse m e n ts Less O" e rdra ft Au gus t 26 , ]925 . .. . Bal a nce Co n ti nge
$5,783.55 1,392.80 $4,390.75
$12,492.20
$11,989.62
DISMISSALS ( 1925-1926)
Alene Donan, Arizona A.
Ardis Gilmore, North Dakota A.
Martha Hatfield, Oklaho ma A. Janice Johnson, Oklah oma A.
Dorothy Alderton Kellar, California A, Lucy May Marquis , Missouri A.
Nancy J. Morefield Meyers , Ari zona A. E t hel Simm o ns Minnick, Illin o is B. Helen Pike, Massachu setts A.
Margaret Robi so n, Col orad o A. Muriel Stra nd Smith, Minnes ota A
$16,089.24
Dance Programs, E mbo ss ed Stationery, Invitations, Personal Card s, Party
Favor s
Balfour Dominates Anoth er Field
BuUt and en larged on the same principles which made nine out ot ten fraternity badges on every college campUB. BALFOUR MADE. our program departm e nt devoted to fraternity and sorority e ngraving and printing Is now acknowledged leader In the field.
Active and alumni chapters, ru11y appreciating Balfour prlce- Quality -se rvlce In the frat er nity Jewelry busine88, have brought about tbls convictIon. When the s pring party Is planned. and as commencement draws n ea r, by instinct th ey tUTn to Balfollr tor their r eq ui reme nts In programs and Invitations. Individuals have learned to come to U8 for their wants, whether It be stationery, personal cards, or Invitations.
Th e finishing touch to a lett e r Is our speCial and otflclal PI Beta Phi stationery with the beautiful coat-ot-arms hanl! embossed trom special steel dies. Samples and pri ces gla.dly sent on r eq uest.
May we Bend you a copy of th e Balfour Blue Book which contains an abundance of jew e lry and nov e lties whiCh ap· p ea l to the discriminating PI Bela Pbls ?
L. G. BALFOUR COMPANY
A'M'[,EnOHO
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Denve r Plttaburgh W ••hln«ton
Bnlnch Offices Seattle 1.011 Angelell I 'hlla.delphla Kansu City SRn Fr&ncll!K'o M
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WEAR YOUR BADGE
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Unite yourself with those who work unceasingly for the Realization of your Fraternity's Ideal.
BALFOUR BADGES and JEWELRY
The Standard of Quality for College Fraternities and Sororities The BALFOUR BLUE BOOK
on your library table keeps you well informed on the standard articles used by Fraternity P eople . Copy will be mailed on request, and pri ce li sl of your frat er nit y badges also, if desired.
Publications of the Pi Beta
Phi Fraternity
0IIId&l _P -. 1100 J'JatlJnlll7. Pub_ ill September. No -embt·r. February. and .May. Snb8crlption prtce $1 00 11 yt"af: sIngl" copies, 25 rents; lite lIubscriptlons. $10.00. Jolro. C. Pl. TempI., Sl Sonth Westend Ave., Lancuter, Po. (ID charge of drculation).
l'IDII 1'1 mrr..t. PHI 1ItJI.LIiIrllf: hIIUohed III ber, rebra&r7, and )(a7. __ to _ and eommlUeo ekaII_; t to aD7 PI BetA PI>! oa ...apt ot 18 _ill III """Order throngh the Edltor, MnL Archer T. BprInC, Box liM, IWt CoUlllo, Colo.
THE PI BET A I'HI DIRECTORY: 11121 edition eont&1Do 110m ., all membuo Of the traterDlt7 to b7 ehapteH and cia-. eJphab.ueAl and _graphl"'" u.ta lIM1udlnC deeeued membera. PrIee 'UO a COP7. Order throup lin. .B.. D. Bro..... CeDtnI Record and Bapply Olllce, 60 Wood...... BL, Weot Hartford, eo.....
OOIf8TITVTION: 1924 edition, price 211 """to a <>oW. Order through I4ra. IL D. BroWll, Central Record and Bllppl" Ofllce, eo Wuoorvw 8t., West HIlNord. Conn.
I'lIB PI _ PHI BY1IPHOlfT: ar.iBtIcall7 lettered III COld Oil a decorated card. Prlee 30 cents. Order through M.ra. B.. D. BroWllo Ooatral Record and Snpply 0111.,." 60 Woodrow BL, West Ilartfon1, Coon.
'mil PI B1lIl'A PHI IIIlITOaY, 1911> odltlOll. Contains a rompl record of our fraternity acUTtt,. from toundln. until 1811. Prlroe $1.25 a copy. $1.00 wheD three or more are ordered at one time. Order through Mrs. R. D. Brown, Oentral Rccord lJul Snpply OIIIee, 60 Woodrow St., West ilartford, Conn.
lIAlfD BOOJ[ OF 1'1 BlllTA PHI (The PI Beta Phi Book 01 Kn()wledge): price 1lii cent&. Order througb Mrl. R. D. Brown. CeDtral R"",rd and Supply Olllce. 60 Woodrow SL, West Harttord, Coon.
n -.rA PIlI BOOK.PLATH: Print. trom the book·plate preeented to Lhe fraternity at the 1912 Convention ma.y be obtained from Engravlnj:" Dept., CarllOn, Pirie. Scott " 00., State and Madison St.. , Oblcago, III $1.50 per hnndred on batr or whltr> paper. 52.00 per haadTed gummed back. R.>glstry No. 22288.
PI BETA PHI SONGBOOK: 1_ edition. Sl.lSO. Order tbroup Central Record and Supply Ot5ce. Mra. R. D. Brown, 60 'W St West Hartford, Conn.
PI mrrA PHI OOOX BOOJI:: Full ot excellent recipe.. Jast 111.. cItt tor bride&. Price ,UKI. Order from Iowa Zeta Ohapter, I't Beta Phi Hoose low. Cit7, 1","11.
PI BBl'A PHI PHONOGRAPH REOORD: I'! Beta Phi Anthem. RIng, Ohlag, Ohlog, and Loving Cup Song. All three OIl ODI record 1M U. Send check to Fraternity aecord Co., In,,-, P17mouth, Ind. Made under auspices of New York Alumnle Club.. Proceed. tor BetUemeat SchooL w... 0. G. Cleaver, 8426 UOtb BL, RIclImond Hill, New York Clt7, dlalrman.
PI BBl'A PHI RIBBON: Orde", tor wine and blne ribbon ohoald be ...,t to: The Wlw ComP&llT, BloomiagtOll, IndIana. Ribbon ma1 be obtaloe<l In both _dee 10 three width, at the tollawlng prI_: No. I, '" loch, 8 % .,."bI per yard; No.3, '" loch wide, 12)i ceLio per "ord; No. 40, thr loch wide, to cents per yard. <JhecD _ .coomlJAIlY all orden and shoald Ioclude an addlt!oaal allowance tor poKage at the rate ot one <'ent per yud. Ordera lIhoald al".,.. .tsts dotlaltel" that the, are for PI Beta Phl BIbboa..
NOTICE
PI BETA pm SETTLEMENT
SCHOOL BEQUESTS
Legal title for use in making wIlls; l"Tbe Ptl Rd8 PhI RetUemcnt School, or the Pi Beta Phi Frafernlty. nt Gatlinburg, Tenn."
