The Arrow of Pi Beta Phi - April-1904

Fraternitp Directory

FOUNDERS OF FRATERNITY

Maggie Campbell . , Monmouth, III

Libbie Brooks-Gaddis .........

, .. Avon, Ill.

Ada Bruen - Gr ie r Belleview, Pa.

Clara Brownlee-Hutchinson _ Monmouth, III

Emma Brow nl ee-K ilgo re Monmouth, Ill.

Fanni e \OVhit enack Libby • Red Wing. Mon.

Ro sa Moore

J ennie Nico l (dece ase d ) .

Ina Smith Soule

207 W .55 th St. , New York City.

MonmDuth, Ill.

Jenni e H or ne-Turnbull . . ............... 2546 N. 32 St ., Philadelphia, Pa.

Fannie Th ompso n (deceas ed) . Nancy Bla ck - \ValJace .

Salem, O re.

GRAND COUNCIL

PRESIDENT-Elizabeth Gamble 49 Ave., W es t, Detroit, Mich.

VICE PRE SIDENT-Fa nny K. Read, Richland, 1fich.

SECRETARy-Mary Bartol-Th eiss ( Mrs. Lewis E. Theiss), 64 W. I09th St., New York City.

T REASuRER-Martha N Kimball , Box V, Leadville, Colo.

EDITOR-Florence P o rte r Rob in son, 543 Marshall St., Milwaukee, Wis

HISTORIAN

Su san 'ltV Lewi s, 5605 Madi son Ave., Chicago, Ill.

CATALOGUER

Mary Bartol-Thei ss, 64 W I09th St., New York City

CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES

ALPIIA I'U OV I NCE

PR!: SIDENT-Sadie B. Williams, Clayton, N. Y.

VERMO NT ALPHA-Middlebury College-Bessie M. Bump, Midd lebury, Vt.

VERMONT BETA-University of Vermont-M. Elizabeth Durfee, 128 chester Ave., Bu rli ngton, Vt.

CoLUMBIA ALPHA-Columbian Universi ty-Maud E. McPhe r son, 1250 Princeton St., N. W., Wa s hington, D. C.

PENN SYLVANIA ALPHA-Swarthmore College-Esther Rogers-Swa rthmore, Pa.

PENNSYLVAKtA BEv -Bucknell Uni\'ersity-Ferne F . Braddo ck, Lewisburg , Pa.

PE NNSYLVANIA GA)DIA-Dickin::.on College-Kathleen Goodi ng , Carlisle, Pa.

OHIO ALPHA-Ohio University-Flora Conn e r I-\then s Ohio.

OHIO BETA-O h io State University, Clare POStle, II S W. loth Ave., Columbu s , Ohio.

NEW YORK ALPHA-Syracu se U ni vc r si t y-Mary E. Hart, 112 Waverly Ave., S y r ac u se, N. Y.

M AS SACHUSETTS ALPHA-Bo s ton Uni\'ersity-Sara h G. Pomeroy, 12 Somerse t St., Boston, Mass

MAR YL AND ALP HA-W oma n 's College of Baltimore-Mary C. Ames, The Wom a n 's College, Baltimo r e, Md

B ETA PR OV I N CE

PRESlDENT-Ethel Currycr. 1320 College Ave Indianapoli s. Ind

ILLI NOIS B ETA-Lombard Co ll cge-Ethel Chamberlain, 9L5 N. Broad St., Galesburg, 111.

ILLI NOIS DELTA-Knox College-Katharine Bagby, 355 W. T ompki n s St., Galesburg, Il l.

JL LIKOIS EpSILON-Northwestern Uni\'er sity-Florence BaldW in , 38 Pine Grove Ave., Chicago, Ill.

h LlNOIS ZETA-Illinoi s University-Helen M. Atki n so n, 209 E. Green St., Champaign, Ill.

J NDlANA ALPHA-Franklin CoJ1cgc-Grace Carney. Franklin, Ind .

JNDIA NA BET. -Un ivcr si ty of Indian a-Flo r e nce M. J ohnso n , Bloomingt on. Ind.

I NDIANA GAMMA-University of Indi anapolis-Edna Coope r , College Residencc. I rvi n gton, Ind.

MICHIGAN ALPHA-Hillsdale Co llcge, Harricttc \:Vood. Hillsdale, Mich

MI CHI GAN BETA-Univcrsitv of Michigan-Je ss ie Helsell, 406 Packa r :! St., Ann Arbor, M ich.

PROVIl\'C E

PRESIDENT-Maud Mill er , 409 S. 12th St., St. J osep h. Mo.

I OWA AT.PHA-IO'ova Wc s leyan University-Julia Shankl and , Mt. Pl easan t, I owa.

I OWA BETA-Simp son College-Celeste Robin son. In dia n o la , Ia

IOW A ZETA-Iowa Stat e Unive r sity- Sadie J acobs. I owa City, l a.

WI SCONSIN ALPHA-Uni,'asity of Wisconsin-Cora Norsman, 515 N. Henry St., Madi son, \Vi s.

MI SSOURI ALPHA-Uni\'cr<:ity of :\1i sso uri-Mary M. Smith, Co lumb ia, Mi ssouri.

DELTA I'nn,' Il{ CE

PRESlDE l'T- Id a Smith Griffith. Lawrence. K as.

LoUISIANA ALPHA-Tulane Uni\'e r sity- Harriette Water s, 1420 P olymn ia St New Or leans. La

KA NSAS ALPHA-Kansas Unive r si ty-Mary V. K el logg, "45 Louisiana St., Lawrence. Kas.

NEBRA SKA BF.:TA-Uni\·crs ity of Nebra ska- K ate H eacock, 307 W. 24th St., Lin coln. Neb.

TE XAS ALPHA-Texas l1ninr stiy-Edith ]. Clagett, 2300 San Antonio St., Austin. T ex.

CoLORA DO ALPHA- Un ive r sity of Colorado-Ge rtrud e T eague, B oul der, Colo.

CoLORADO BETA-Denver University-Marcia Murray, 794 High St., D enver, Colo

CA LIl'ORNIA BETA- Unive r sity o f California-Fl orence Fi sk, 2428 College Berkel ey, Cal

Alumnae Association Directory

COUNCIL

PUSJDE NT-Fann y K R ead. Richland Mich.

VICE PUSID El'T- M El o i se S chuyler, 418 W. Jam es St " Lanca s ter , P a.

SECRETARY-Anna S . Hazelton, 1215 9th St. N. W., Washington , D. C.

TllASURER-Mrs . Bertha Myer s Kempton, N o rth Adam s, Mich.

ALUMNAE EDiTOR-ha A. Wel sh , 416 N. Livings t on St., Madi son, Wi s.

CIRCLE SECRETARIES

FOUNDER s-Mr s. Ma y C. R eyn o ld s, \V as hingto n St. , H a rtford City, Ind.

ALPHA CIRCLE- ( N e w Yo rk a nd N ew England) Leora Sherwood, 151 S State St ., Syrac use, N Y

BETA CIRc LE-(Penn syl va nia , New Jers ey and Delaware ) Grace S. Wood· aTd, Hamburg , N. Y

GAMMA CIRCLE- ( Di s trict o f Columbia , Maryland a nd the Southeas t) Edna Sto n e, 1618 Rhod e I s land Ave., Wa s hington, D. C.

DELTA CIRCLE-( Ohi o) Mr s. R. S . Belknap, 120 B ank St ., Painesville , O.

EpSILON CIRCLE- ( Michi g an , Wisc o ns in , Minne so ta ) Margaret Cous in , 54

Rosedale P lace , D etro it , Mich.

ZETA CIRcLE-(Indiana) Ka th e rine Ste ven son , 2319 Co llege Ave ., Indian· apolis, Ind .

TH OA CIRCLE- (IIIinoi s) Elda Smith. 710 S. 6th St , Springfield, Ill.

]OTA CrRCI E-(I o wa , Mi sso uri , Loui s iana ) Su e Stone , 1003 Conley Ave , Columbi a , Mo.

KApPA CIR CLE- ( Okl a h o ma , Nebra sk a, Kan sa s ) Anne Stuart, 1906 D St ., Linco ln , Neb

LAMBDA CIR CLE- (Ro cky Sta t es ) Mary C Tr aylor, 1384 S Pearl St .. Denv e r. Col o.

Mu C'RCI E-( P :\ cifi c St ate s) E li zabe th Kenn edy, Fre sno, Cal.

ALUMNAE

CLUB SEC RETARIES

BoSTON. L. R ay. 2J L y le St. Malden. Mass. N EW YOR K C 'T y-"1 r s. Laurett a S Dutt on, J 10 Ga rdin e r Pla ce, Montcla ir. N ] \VA SHI NGTON. D C.-Lo la E va n s 222 7 13th St. N. \V B ALTIM ORE M o.- :\Ir s. H elen G ran t. Mt. \Va sh ingt on, Baltim o re. z PHILADELPHIA , P A.-B ess \-V ell s, Moo re st o wn, N . J COLUMlI US O .- r..lr s F D Conn o ll ey, 1507 Michigan A ve ATHEN S. O .- M uie Ea rhart. FRANKI ,IN, I ND.- Ann a Mo rri s. TNDIA NAPO LI S, IN TI-Mr s. J e!is ie C Bro wn , Irvingto n, Ind. DETROIT. Ml c H.-C la ra F os ter, 124 Ch a rlotte Ave. CRESTO N IA .-Gra ce Har sh lNDIAN OI.A, V • -Tn ez Hender son. DES MOINES, IA .- Ell a ] . C ummni s, 424 28th 51. MT PLEA SANT. TA .-M Blan che Swan. KAN SAS CITY, MO -Agn e s Bus hn ell , 2111 E 13th 51. LINCOLN , NER .- Be ss ie Turner , 1527 L 51. L .-\WRE NC£. KA s.-Harriette Miles. Larnard Ave . Bo ULDER , COLO.-Mr s Edith McClure, 2227 8th St

VOL. XX

THE cARROW

APRIL, 1904-

Pi Beta Phi Toast

Tune--On the Road to Mandelay.

I.

By the wine of the carnation, By Ih e knol of silver blue, (We are bOlllld by tender lies And we k,ww thai Ihpy are t e. For the arrow pointing "pward With its tillY chain of gold Tells lIS that Ollr hearts' devotion Will be C"ver as of old.

Chorus.

Here's to dear Pi Beta Phi, Here's to dear Pi Bela Plti, Here's to al/ th e g irls who're bound By silver link alld silken tie. Drink a health 10 old, Pi Phi, May h er glory never die; Every chapter in the cou"try Echoes back the g lad repl)l.

II.

Though OllT col/ege )Iears aTe flying And the days are not fOT lo"g, We will ;nill wilh hearts and voice s In a Pi Phi song. For the memories so precious In OUT heaTls will long remain Lei liS ;oin Ihe swelling chorus Of Ihe old familiar stTain

Chorus

NO.3

SARAH G. POMEROY, Massachuse tts A lpha.

Convention Call

THE Eighteenth Biennia l Convention of Pi Beta Phi frate rnity is hereby called to meet 011 Jun e twenty-eighth to July first , at St. Louis, Missouri.

C hapt e r s will elect delegates and sec that they are inform e d on all fraternity matters , so that th e most efficie nt work may be done at Convention Delegates shou ld send th e ir reports to the Grand Sec r etary, for printing . n ot later than May thirti et h . Chapters having any questions to bring before Convention shou ld send copies of same to the Grand Co un c il not later than April twenty-fifth.

A circula r of convention instructions w'ill be sent to the chapters May first, giving details r egarding headquarters, program, ana questions to be conside red.

At the Convention, rhe fraternity will entertain its ten su rviving founders. Let all member s. acti ve and alumnae , plan to visit SI. Louis at t h e above date s and help to make this a COI1vention long to be remembered,

ELIZABETH GAMBLE, Gralld Presidmt.

'The New Gift to th e Uni,,"rsit!! of l/ldia/lapolis

ASHORT distance from th e college buildings is a large, gray structure of which all oj o ur stucle nt s are very proud. It is the Bona Thompson Memo rial Library, built by and Mrs. E. E. Thompson in memory of their daughter Bona, who was at one tim e a student at our college. Th e grounds were formally given us on Commencement Day of 19CH, but the foundation was not laid until August, 1902. La s t December the dedicatory exercises were he ld.

The library is built of gray brick with Bedford oo litic limestone columns and trimmings. and ha s a copper roof. It stands high on a point of fore-ground so that it is very imposing as one

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walk s to ward s it frol11 any direction. It is a compact building with large wind o w s and high whit e marble st ep s O n e ntering, one admires first th e soo thin g effec t of an arti stic combination of colors. Mah oga n y is th e wood llsed in window sa sh es , doors, chairs and tabl es, while the walls ar e so ft and dark-tinted The Greek a r chitecture pr e vail s. All mo ldings are t he "egg and dart," and G r ee k designs co ye r the e ntire bui lding'". O ve r the librari a n' s resk is a high dom e o f stained glass which so ftl y co lo rs with ri c h t on es a ll of the ce ntr a l part o f th e bui lding. Tw o large r eading r ooms. 1110st co m 'cn iently suppleme nte d with cloak r oo ms , t empt the s tu de nt to sIJc nd a few h o ur s eac h day in quiet study o r reading. On sh e lv t::s n earby a re a ll of the n ew and li ni ng the wa ll s fo r four feet up are th e e nc ycf oped ia s and dictionaries of foreign languag es as we ll as o ur ow n. O ver these hang copies of the masterpieces and views o f the beautiful sce ne s o f th e wo rld In th e co rner s are bu sts of th e Greek gods. Farther back is the la rge , we ll-li g ht ed rool11 wh e r e. th e books of re fe rence are kept. are O\'e r sixty th ou sand vo lu mes. COI1sis t in g o f va luable and rare edit io ns as well a s cop ies of th e standard ,,,,ork s

A cOlTImittete of int eres t ed men have appoi nted a day in April as "Lib rary Da y. " when ma n)' o f th e alumni intend. as classes o r as individu a ls. to make gi ft s o f books o r mon ey. statuary or pictur es to thi s library. The classes no w in the college are also expecting t o do the S3me and we a re all very e nthu s iastic ove r our bright pros pec t s A lit e rary and tllu sical prog ramme will al so be given o n that clay at th e librar y . in which each cla ss is to be r ep rese nt ed.

Our lib r ar y 15 o ne o f th e finest in th e middl e we st. and fo r beauty , u se a nd comfort, it ca n sca rce ly be eq ual ed an y wh e re It is ind ee d a la s ting mC' ITIorial, an invaluable aid to the s tudent, a n d a pl easure t o th e r rvin g to n citizens, all o f whom are ve ry gratefl1 1 to the kind be ne fa cto r s of o ur college.

INDtANA GAM.MA.

THE ARROW

Journalism as a Profession

JOURN ALIS M o f tod a y o fT ers t o wOl11e n , n o t a care er , but a callin g. Th e high pl aCfs of th e pro fess io n a r e th e manapos iti o ns , and th ese ar e n o t fo r wo me n . The y never have b ee n a nd proba b ly n e ver will be. Thi s is tru e fr o m th e na ture o f th ings. ?vIr. E. L. Shuman in hi s book II Prac ti ca l Journali sm" sa ys : "Th e o nl y rea l s tapl es o f journ a li sm ar e ne ws, po litics an d bu sin ess . In no n<> o f th ese ca n wo men compe te with men o n eve n te rms . Th e wo rk o f news ga th e rin g , as a rule , is too rud e and ex actin g. Th e A ssocia te d P ress ha s no su ccess ful w o men in it s arm y o f n ews -age nt s. L oca l repo rtin g wo rk deals too exclus ive ly with th e a ff ai rs of me n to give w ome n a fair c hance in it. Th e o ppo rtun iti es fo r WOmen to beco me exp e rts in p oliti cs a r e e xtreme ly meag r e . T h ei r lac k o f su c h kn ow led ge in e vi tab ly ba r s th em o ut of p laces as copy r eacie r s , t o say no thing o f th e exec uti ve p os iti o ns."

Th e bes t thin g fo r a girl t o d o wh o wa nt s t o g o int o n e wsp ape r wo rk is t o searc h h er se lf for th e p os sibility o f do ing an ythin g e lse . If it is the des ir e t o writ e that is co nsuming he r, let h e r w rit e by all me ans . If sh e ca n writ e thin e'S th at ar e wo rth prin t in g, sh e can ge t the m pr int ed. A write r o f s to ries , sketches and sem i-lit e r a r y fea tur es f o r th e ma gazi n es an d S und ay suppleme nts fi nds he r pos iti o n on th is Iobo rde rl a nd o f lite rature" a much h appie r a n d p lea sa n te r o ne th a n if s h e we r e s tan d in g o n the "f ron ti e r o f journali s m ." F urth e rmo re, it is much easi er to e nt e r jo urn a li sm thr o ug h lit e ra tur e th an to e nt e r lite rature thro ug h jo una li sm . A va s t ma jo rity o f th e s uccess ful ne w s paper wome n o f t oday ha ve attain ed th ei r s u ccess t h ro u g h th e ir litera r y ability, and n ot throu g h exec utiv e a bilit y- th e lac k o f which ba r s th em fr om th e hi g h pla ces . But i f th e call is t oo strong t o be d e ni ed-an d it o ft e n isIf th e des ir e fo r th e wo rk a n d th e lif e o f a n e wspap e r writer will n o t be do wned by r eason , th en th e p rospectiv e n e wspaper woman mu st f ace th e n ecess ity o f havin g a sp eci a lty. P eop le wh o ca n do "just anyt hin g" a re no t want ed in th e newspaper

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business more than the y are anywhere else. The woman who can write some one particular class of stuff better than anyone c1se is the o ne who succeeds . he may develop in her se lf a knack for socie ty reporting, she may make a children's page o r fashion writer ou t of herself, or, if she prders, she may develop a particular s tyle of writing, pathetic o r humorous, perhaps, anyone of a dozen different thin gs,-a sty le that will cause her city editor to say: .. Here is something for ?\1 iss So-and-So. It is just her kind of sto ry . " This does not mean, of course, that she will not need to be versatile. Far from it. Her versatility will be her armor, but her spec ialit y will be her swo rd.

Another thing that a girl must rea lize is, that in going into a newspape r office she practically unsexes herself. Less now tnan eve r before is there a gentler sex in jo urnalism. This is as tru e of tlie work as of the associations. The day of the HWOl11hn'S point of view" story is practically past. \Vomen now hold their positions because they do their work as well as men do it. They s tand entirely o n th e basis of their merit, not their sex . They work hard, and igno re, o r discount, their femininity, expecti ng and getting no .favors on account of it. As to the other pha se,-the office associatiol1,-a woman gets just that respect to which her character entitles her, and she gets it just as surely in a ne wspape:- office as she does anywhere else. The woman reporter will unquestionably cnCO\lnter man y things in her work that are unpleasant to her , and which would not disturb her masculine associates in the least. But that is part of it, and she must accommodate h e r self to that phase o f he r work. Another thing: if she believes that she cannot be a lady and still go about alone on the streets late at night, she had better keep out of the newspaper business. Mr. William T. Stead says that a girl who has prope r self-respect can go about her business in English speaking co untries at all hours without serious risk <it her to safety or to reputation.

For my own experience in thIS particular, for nearly two years at different times I did general reporting on morning papers in various cities. I was in all so rts of places at all sorts of hours, often as lat e as as one o'clock, but never once during that time

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was I accosted. o r d id I have a si ng le unpl easant expe ri e n ce. I believe that th e gi rl who is brisk and businesslike and unafraid is as sa fc in o r dinary American city a t m idnig ht as s h e is at n oo n

111 r egard to her attitude a mo ng h e r assoc iates, h e r o wn p e rsonality mllst d e t e rmin e thi s I f she expec t s every o n e to reali ze that th e r e is a lad y in th e r oom, she will 500 11 find he rse lf heartIl y di slik ed and shut ou t of that cameradcyie that is onc o f the g reat est compe n sations of the n ewspape r writer's life She must lear n to be deaf and blind. s h e must be absolutely impervious to all so rts of mixtures of all sorts o f to bacco smoke; she Illust learn that a man can sit in h er presence without coa t o r vest, with hi s feet on a t ab le. h is hat o n his h ead a n d hi s ciga r in hi s mouth , and s till be a gen tl ema n a nd s till esteem her as a lad y; s h e must learn to be "one of the boys " without sac rifi ci ng o n e iota o f t hat woman ly dignity that i s her greatest claim- t o their r egard.

Th e r e is no u sc in warning th e embr yo newspaper W0I112.11 against laull c hin g h er littl e c r af t in metropolitan w'a t e r s. She co uld not if s h e would. The me tro po lis want s o l1l y pr ove n c raft. a n d w ill h a yc no ot h e r kind. Dut there may be some use in warning against metropolitan amb iti o n s. The newspaper woma n in th e tOWI1 of less than two hundred th ousa nd ha s easier work , better work. a be tte r position, better ho ur s and-proporti o nally-better pay. than does her ave ra ge metropolitan sis t er. The world may not hear of her a' it does of the much heralded metropolitan write r but n eith er d ocs the world h ea r of the thousands of women writers in eve r y g r eat city w h o are so wretchedly obscure th at even their defeat is not wor th h e ralding.

The best way to learn to w rite fo r a newspaper is to write. and th t: best way to get a position on any paper is to write the kind of stuff that that paper wants, and write it be fore anybody else does. This is 11 0 r oyal r oad. It is long a nd rough and weary, btlt it is pretty sure to wi n

The best way to start to do newspaper work is t o begin at th e very bottom. The larger th e city the less c h a nce th e r e is for the int.:!xperienced writer. But in th e small towns. of less than twenty th ousand perhaps, you can always get a chance by work-

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Ing free. Tell th e edito r that you want to tum in items t o him Once a wee k o r twice a week, or as often as you choose, that you are absolute ly in e xperience d and that you n ei th e r expect nor want compe n sa ti o n. Ht! is pretty s ure to t e ll you t o go ahead, that he ca r e This wtll give yo u a chance. Gather all the good soc ia l and per so nal item s yo u can, write them neatly and carefully in th e s tvl e o f th e pap e r yo u are wo rking fOf, and turn th em in with absolute r egula rity at the tim es you h ave stated. Remember that o ne ite m about a person is wo rth three about a thing, and that the morc imp o rtant th e person th e g r eate r is the va!ue o f th e it e m. D o no t try t o be t oo but follow th e sty le o f your paper. If \ 'O ll ar c e arnest. faithful, tac tful and patient. the paper will soon lea rn to depend on yo u and o n your stuff, and you will be "irtu ally assured o f the first position tha is available o n the staff .

Th e first pos iti o n i. th e harcl o ne t o get. Afte r that it is just a mattl!r o f hard work and COmmon se nse One po it ion gives a pers o n a leverage on another, a that can alwa ys be u sed t o advantage. "'Pati e nt and lo ng- co ntinued pract ic e in privat e o r upon a sm all paper:' says 'Mr. Shuman, ' ;is th e o nly reliabl e pa ss po rt to sllccess in th e lar ge field o f m.etropo litan jo urnali s m. n

No g irl should conside r going int o se ri ous ne wspap e r wo rk unl ess s h e is prepared to devote h e r se lf t o it absolutely. He-I" work lllU t be h e r h ome and and family. It will take all her tim e, and all he r s trength. It will rob her of almo s t all social life, and of l1"1any, many illusions about the wo rld and its ways. It will take fr o m her h e r fCl11ini ne point of vi c\\'. and many of the finl!r, gen tl er thin gs of life. and it wi ll harden her se n s ibiliti es and her sympa thi es

If s h e values all th ese thing s pre - em in e ntl y .. sh e had better stay o ut of a new spape r office. But if s h e vaflles other thing s, too, if s he values a br oa d. bold. fre e o utl oo k o n life, if she values genuine c hara cte r of conventionalities , if she values the joy of d oi ng. if she yal u es friendships. the truest. loyalest, fa ith-

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[ulest, best in th e world,-then le t he r go o n to h e r newsp aper life. Fo r it means all th ese thin gs-and more.

GERTRUDE HJLL SPR1NGER, KOIlSas Alpha, '00.

Fe llowsh ips fo r Wome n

I N ATTEi\ 1PTING to supp ly th e fo ll o wing stati st ics in r egard to th e oppo rtuniti es fo r graduate s tud y whic h v a ri o u s institut!ons o ff e r by mea ns of fe ll o w s hip s, I hav e d rawn m y s tateme nts chie Ry from catalogues o f th e respective univ e rs ities and c o lleges. In all cases Illo r e d efinite info rmation will be g lad ly furn ished by th e regis trar o f th e ins tituti o n un de r con s id e rati o n . The univ ersi ti es that offo r th e adva ntages of fell o wship s o nl y to their ow n g raduates hav e bee n omitted fr o m th e li s t, so that it emb races o nl y th ose in s titu tions \';h ic h co ns id e r wOlncn app licants from othe r sc hools al so . Un less espe ciall y stat e d, o r in the case o f women 's co ll eges, the fe ll o w s hip s are ope n to men and women a lik e.

A f ew ge n eral stateme nt s in regard to f ell ows hip s, a ppl ying t o all ins tituti o ns, might no t be amiss at th e o utset.

The emolume nt will be fo und to vary ch ie fl y be tw een th e sums of three hundred dollars and s i x hundr ed do llars . U nl ess it is oth erwi se sta t ed, th e holde r o f th e icllows hi p is r equi r ed t o pay th e tuiti o n iees . Us ually al so, some teaching, o r, more fr eq ue nt1y, assistance in the marking o f papers, th e cata loguing o f books and simil a r duties are r eq u ired. The ho lder is n ot supposed t o give any p ri vate instnlcti o n.

P re f ere nc e is usuall y given to those applicants who have already done about o ne yea r o f graduate wo rk.

1n app ly ing fo r th e fe ll o wship , it is adv isabl e t o se nd t o th e regi strar o f th e in stituti on fo r b lanks k e pt for t ha t purp ose. The appli ca ti o n it se lf is mad e, in mos t cases, to the pres id e nt , o r, possibl y, t o th e h ead s o f th e departments in which th e work is to be pursued , as th e final decision r es ts with th ese. With th e fo rmal application should be sent a clear sta t emen t of th e wo rk that has

FELLOWSHIPS FOR WOMEN

been covered, recommendations and credentials In regard to ability and character from instructors and professors with whom studies have been pursued, and, If possible, copies of an y research work that has been done by the applicant. It will be found of extraordinary assistance to know some person well who is COI1aected with the instituti o n from which the fellowship is desired, or to be supported by the name of some well known scholar. Although this is by 110 means necess ary, it is naturally of greater advantage than statemt'nts from comparatively little known persons, even if the cases nsually s tand on their own merits.

The equipment varies in the different universities, but it may be laid down as a general rule that it is safe to choose from our greatest and 1110St liberal institutions for wo rk in whatever department. \Vhich institutions th ese are, will readily appear from the list below. Of women 's colleges, Bryn Mawr compares favorably with the largest co-educational institutions in regard to :iberality and equipment.

It would be advantageous to know the atmosphere which surrounds a wo man graduate in each institution. I am prepared, however, merely to make the general statement that the western universities, which have become accustomed to co-education from their foundation, will offer a more congenial life than an eastern institution to which women have been admitted only in recent years. These considerations, however, are matter for separate discussion, and need not concern us for the present.

I wish also to call attenti o n to th e traveling fellowships that are offered by the Association o f Co llegiate Alumnae. If one wished to apply for thes e, it would be advisable to confer with some member of the A ssoc iatioll, and to obtain in that manner the necessary informati on in regard to the mallne1" of distribution.

BRYN MAWR COLLEGE OffERS:

Elevw reside lit fellowshiPs of the value of five hundred and twenty-five dollars ($525 .00) ; these are offered in the following subjects: Greek , Latin, En g lish, Germanic and TeuJQ1zic Philology , Romance La" guag es , History or Political Science, Philosophy, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology. These

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are awarded only to graduate studen t s who have completed at fea s t one year of graduate study.

Eight gradl!GIC scholarships o f the value o f tw o hundred dollars ($200.00): these aTC awarded 0 11 th e recommendation of the head of th e department to th e candidate next in merit to the s ll ccess ful ones for fellowship s.

Two E1fropcall fell07.C!sflips; the se arc ope n to graduate students who are enrolled as candidates for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy: one, named the Presiden t A1. Carey Thomas Fellowshi Pl is awarded annual1 y on the ground of excellence of schola r ship to a student in th e first year of graduate wo r k; the o th er. known as th e J/ar)' E Garrell Fellowship, is awarded annually . on the ground o f exce llence of scholarship, t o a student still in residence who has fo r two years pursned graduate stud ies at Bryn These fellowships yield five hundred dollars ($500 00). inte nd ed to defray the expe n ses of one year's study and residence at some foreig n I1J1iYersity. English or continenta1.

The applications for a11 fellowships must be made by the fift eenth of April preceding the year for which the fe ll owship is desired. Blank fo rm s for application \\'ill be forwarded by the president. ,1. Carey Thomas. Ph. D., LL. D .

THE OF CHICAGO

appropriates $20.000.00 annually for fellowships, \\'hich vary in value from SI20.00 to $520.00. In general. the candidate should ha\'c spent at least onc year in resident study after receiying the Bachelor's degree. Specia l weight is given to thec;:es il 1(licat in g t o do research work. Several fellowships of these varying values arc offe r ed in each of the following departments: PhilosoP"Y. Political Economy, Political Science. History, Comparath'c Religion, Latin Language a1ld Litcrature , ROIJIGIlCe Languages and Literatures, Germallic Lallguages alld Literatures, Ellglish, Afathematics, Astro1lomy alld Astroph),sics, Physics, Chemistry, Geolog)', Biology.

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In addition th e re are th e fo ll o wing Special Fel/owships: The lVilliam A alld Fallll), C. Talcoll Fellowships and Scholarships. primarily fo r g-raduates o f R ockfo rd Co llege, but in the ab!'cnce of .mc h th ey may be a ss ign ed to o th e r grad uates.

The BllcA'lIell Frll on's hit. yielding $400. 00 open to g raduates o f Buck n e H Co ll ege. a pp oi ntment s be in g made by th e faculty o f Buc kn e ll.

The Jose Ph B . Loc,<pcllthal FcI/o ';x ship in Chemis tr y, yielding $420.00.

Also Am/iat iolt Sc holars hip s covering university fees fo r three quarters ( $.20.00 ) Three such scho lar s hip s are o ffer e d to g ra d ua tes o f each o f the following institutions: The Kala", 0 =00 College Drs Jfoilles College, Blltler College , fol B. Slclso ll /llill ois College.

There are bes ides !oic ho lar s hips fo r teachers in affiliated schools, th e conditions fo r which arc mail ed o n app licati o n. Applica ti on fo r all th ese f e llow ships must be made to the president 0 11 o r be for t! j\ larch I, th e assignm ent being made about April I The fell o w s hip s are availahle- three o f th e four quarters , beg inning' with th e su mmer quarter foll owing th e appointment.

Till-: 1; K I OF COLORADO

o ff ers severa l teac hin g fell ows hip s in the G radu ate SchOOL More defi nite info rma ti o n is no t g:iven in th e c atal ogue .

BI.\ "L':-<IVERSITY

offe rs no regu laT fe ll o wships fo r women . but occas io nall y a specia l e nd o wm ent is made for a y ear.

CORNE LL CN I\'ERSITY

o ff e r s the fo ll o win g fellow ship s which all hav e th e vallie of $500 .00 unl ess otherw ise s pecifi ed: Thirleen Uui v crsit)! Ff'llo'Zc'ships, as s ign e d to th e foll o wing departments: i\1atltematics, Cltemis /r .v, Ph)'sics , Civil Engineering, Ncurology and Physiology alld V crlebrale Zoology with In ver lebrale Zoology aud Elliomolog')!; Bo/allY GIrd Geology , Architectr"rc, A g riculture and Horticulture and Veterinary Science, Euglish,

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GermOJlic Lan g ua ges, Romancc LG1l g Jlages , Mechanical and Electrical E"gillcerill g

T",o " P'residell t White Fello ws hip s" of the value o f $600.00, in P olitical and Social Sciellcc, alld in Ilis/ory . Three " SlIsall Lill" Sage Fello'wships" in Philosophy.

T, '0 Fellowships ill Political Ecollomy.

Ta'o Fellowships in Greek alld Latill

Olle Fello'wship in America" His/or)' .

Si ... Graduale Scholarships in th e Susan Linn Sage School of Philosophy, each of the valu e o f $300.00.

Ten Graduate Scholarships of the value of $300 00, a ss igned to the following departments: Mathelllatics, Chemislry, Physics, Ci v il ElIgiucerill g . La!h" alld Greek, Archeology a.lld Compa rali ve Philology, Ne urology alld Physiology wit" [nvertebrale Zoolog)' ami Ell l olll ology, Botall)' alld Geology, E"glish, Hislory.

The Oliver Graduate Scholarship ill i\1allzel1latics, with the value of $300.00.

All applications niust be filed with th e r eg istrar o n or be fore the fifteenth of April preceding th e year for which the fellowship is desired. All per sons accepting their appointments are required to file a bo nd of $1,000.00 (w ith two sureties approved by the tr eas urer).

Th e "President Whit e Fellowships" may be made into trav eling fe llowships

UNIVERSITY OF

o ff e r s eight f ellow s hip s of the value of $300.00. Application must be made to the presidwt no t lat e r than April twent yfifth.

THE UNIVEI, S ITY OF IOWA

o ffe rs twenty-four sc hola rships and fellow s h ips of th e values of $125 .00 and $225 .00, respec tiv ely, with exe mpti o n fr om university fe es. Applications are made t o th e president before the spring meeting o f the board o f regents. on March fir st, o r before th e summer meeting on May fifteenth.

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TH E CN l\ E RSITY OF' KA NS \ S

offer s e ight t e a chin g f e ll o wsh ip s o f the valu e o f $200 .00 , with e x empti o n fr o m ali fees and d epo sits. Applicati o n s are made to th e chan ce ll o r o f th e uni,'e r s it y o n o r be fo r e Ma y fift eenth.

Til E OF "t\11 C lTI CA!':

offe r s occa s io nal fe ll o w s hip s . which ma yo r ma y n o t be o pen to women , th e cat a log u es g ivin g n o definite stat e me nt.

Til E UN I VE RSIT Y OF MI SSOU RI

o ff e r s fe ll o ll' s hi ps o f th e \' a lu e o f $ 200.00 a n d sc ho lar s hip s o f the valu e o f $ 12 5.00 . wi th exem pti o n in both cases fr o m f ee s and de pos it s. Ap pli cati o n!' a r e ma d e be fo r e March fift ee nth.

LKI VERSJTY depart-

offer s s ix fellowshi ps o f th e valu e o f $300 00 in vari o u s m ent s. with exe mpti o n fr o m tu iti o n fees, alth o ugh fr om o th e r in s tituti o ns p ay th e matriculation fee. s tudents Applica. lion s arc mad e be fo r e April fir s t.

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o ffer s fo r wo m en:

Two f ell ows hips o f th e valu e o f $ 225.00, with e xe mpti o n from tuiti o n but no t fro m laborat o ry and gradu a ti o n f ees, in vari ou s s ubj ec t s, ass ig n ed ea ch year: these f ell o w s hips are upo n th e J ose ph M. B ell"l' lI fo und a ti o n .

0 1l e f rll o·i..(rsh ip o n th e sa me co nditi o n s . upo n th e FroJl ce s Sergr a ll l Pe pp er fo undati o n

T wo f ell o'ws hips up o n th e .11 rs. B loo mfield J1{ OO Te fo undati o n , on th e s am e conditi o ns excep t th a t th e candidat e mu s t int end to become a t cac h e r : th e s ti pe nd o f th ese is $200.00.

S \ llTH COL L EGE

o ff er s fe ll o w s hip s of th e valu e o f $450.00 t o g raduates of n o t less than o n e ye ar ' s s tandin g in vari o us d epartment s , namely: Ph ilos o phy. Psych u logy. B o lallY alld ZO Olog y. App li catio n s. ar e ma de t o th e h ead s o f the depa rtment s befo r e Ma y first. , ow 2

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TUFTS COLLEGE

offers the Olmslead alld Miller Fellowships in Natural History o f th e valu< o f $250.00. without exemp tion o f tuition fees. Applications are made befo r e fir st.

V i d,OERu r Lf C!HVERS lTY

offers ,te n fellowships o f th e value of $ 100.00. with exemption fr0111 tuition. Appl ica ti o ns ar e made t o the c han ce llor of th e uni ve rs it y before J:II1C e ightee nth .

\VELLESLEY COLLEGE

offers t he Alice Freeman Pallller Fd/o,,",/SlI ip. havin g th e va lu e of $I.CXX>.OO. to a woman graduate o f no t more than tw e nty -six years o f age. Thi s may be lI sed for study ab road o r at any Am e rican college or univ e rs ity, o r private ly for independent «search. Th e ca nd idate mu s t b e unmarri ed Applicati o ns are mad e t o the pres id en t befo r e Februa r y fir st.

THE UXIVEnsrfV OF \VI SCONS I N

offers fo urt ee n 'fe llow sh ip s o f th e valu e o f $400.00, in variou s departments. Applica ti o ns are mad e to th e pr es id e nt before May fir st.

YALE UNIVERSlTV

offers fiv e fellowships o f the value o f $400 00. pre fe rabl y t o th ose wh o ha ve s pent one yea r in graduate stud y . Also. th e Bulkley Fello'wship ill America" History . The Loomis Fello'wship in Ph 'ysics, to students who hav e spent at leas t o n e yea r in th e study o f Physics in the Graduate School o f Yale. F o r th is a comp e titiv e examinati on takes place. Th e stud ent mu st be a ca ndi date f o r th e degree o f Ph. D .. a nd Ph ys ics must be hi s chi e f s tud y.

Also. T"'ell l y Scholarships of $ [ 00.00. open to g radu a t es o f all co ll eges .

Applications are made t o th e dea n Prof. Andrew W. Phillips, befor e April fifte enth .

N OTE .-In regard t o th e u niv<r si ty of Ca lifo rnia. I hav e been unabl e to ascertai n wh e th e r its fellowships are open to women

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as well as t o men, but fr o m th e list of fellows , all of whom are men, I judge th at wo me n are excluded from th em. I regret that I have not been able to o btain accurate information as yet from that instituti o n, no r from tll C univer s ity o f C incinnati , nor fr om the University o f Mi c higan .

ELFRIEDA HOC HBAUM , llIill ois Epsilon..

Tile Alfa r of Pi Phi

S hould Time gather up its gladness, and bring it all to you;

S ho uld Tim e ga th e r up it s ri ches, and your path with Aowe r s s tr e w ,

You would lay th e sweetes t roses and th e wealth and glad ness b y, And brin g th em to the altar of o ur gua rdian saint, Pi Phi.

Tinl.e ga th e r o nl y sadn ess to mak e dr ear life's path for yo u;

Should th e burd e n see m too heav y, an d no resting place in vi ew , Yo u would take th e heavy bur de n a nd th e so rrow and th e s igh , And lay th e m on the altar o f o ur comfort in g Pi Phi.

S ho uld you by you r ste rn endeavo r and your co ura ge, pure and st r on g,

:Make yo ur way among the millions, be a li g ht amid the thro ng. Th en its rays would drop in blessing o'e r the million s, far and nigh ,

Bu t it s purest beam would linger on the altar o f Pi Phi.

Falter not in life's endeavo r ; fail n ot then to be a n d do; Be content but with th e high est: t o you r sel f and u s be true.

Si nce o ur s iste rhood's what we are, let o ur aims be pur e and high, And ma y n o s h adow darken th e fair a ltar of P i Phi

D . H., Colll",bia Alpha.

WJ?at a Fraternit'}! Girl 1 hinks

It is time now that we should be thinking of the de legate that we wish to repre se nt u s at the convention in St. Louis. Shal l we sClld the gi rl who will make the best showThe Girl &nd ing? Or shall we send the gi rl who will be, w Conven t ron perhaps nOl as beautiful as h er siste r in appearance o r manners, but who will bring back to O UT chapter mort.:: from the convention? If a senior will best OUT chapter in every way, might we n ot se nd h e r. trusting that she \Vii] be back with us for a little tim e in the fall' K allsas Alpha.

The question has oftcn been asked as to whether it is bettcr for fraternity girl s to l ive in a chapte r hOllse. o r n ot. We, who

TJ?e Chap ler have a chapter house . even if we on ly r ent it, wou ld n o t give it tlP for wor lds . and ye t it is v e ry nece ssary that we s hould guard against carelessn ess in managing th e ho use and o l1rsdves. In the first place, we must be careful not to attempt anything that we cannot ca rry Out becallse of the expense It is better to deny ourselves the pleasures that we cannot afford Another thing about which we must be careful. is in takin g t oo much advantage of our freedom. Judicious house rul es are necessary, and each girl takes pride in the o rder that is maintained by them. One of the greatest ad\'antages of living in a chapter house is that the gir ls learn to depend upon them se h 'es to keep th e hOllse in shining o rd e r. h is not so much the feeling of rr spon s ibility as that she wisht:s everything to look as weli as poss ible at all times. This is easily accomplished by girl's having th e supervision of certain parts of the h o u se Illinois Zeta.

WHAT A F RATERN ITY GIRL THINKS 161

Ve ry seve re criticism of "those fraternity girls" was spoken the o th er day by one of the girls o utside. It h ad the e ffect of making at least o n e Pi Beta Ph i do some se ri o u s Ind ividuQ/ Respo n sihilit y thinking ror the fault which s h e was c riti cising belonged n ot to th e frat e rnit y, but was rathe r a personal characte ri stic o f onc or t wo of its members . Is n ' t it t ru e t hat ou r fraternity is being judged by o ur ow n individual cha ra cters. that eve ry wrong ac t , eve ry word, every unl ove ly trait o f disposition is reRec t ed n ot on ly upon ou rse lves individ u a ll y, but upon Pi Beta Phi? Truly th e re is a r esponsibi lity in belonging to Pi Beta Phi.

Yet isn't this its grea test bl es ing-this added impul se to right li ving? H ow ITIu ch morc ea rn es tl y we tr y to ove rco me those faults since th ey are dishonoring fraternity! How much hard er we work for honor s, !) inc c we a r e winning th em, not fo r self al o ne, but fo r Pi Beta Phi! Let eve ryone o f us rea lize that to her be lo ng s th e respo n sib il ity and the privilege o f mai nta ining th e high stand in g of Pi Beta Phi.

Michiga n Alph,/<-..-/

vVc are continuall y seeki ng ways and mea ns o f bringing ou r Pi Phi c hapter s into close r re latio ns with eac h ot he r. Thosc

Excit"ng;ng

P-"""nl:s

ter is located . nea r together can vi s it back and fo rth and so becomc acquainted, not on ly with Ole sister c hap 4 t e r , but a lso with th e co llege in which the c hapThi s is all ve r y well in theory , but the fact is that we are scatter ed too fa r apart to be pe rso nall y very in timate. Would it no t h el p u s t o realize that o ur P i Beta Phi s isters and th e ir co ll eges r eall y exist if th e chapte r s 1V0u id exchange co ll ege pe nnants? Tf th e bann e rs were t o greet ou r eyes eve ry time we go into o ur frat er nity rooms, the colleges of whi ch they are th e emblem wou ld not seem so remote to us, and their chapters would see m mor e than me re names o n th e c hapte r ro ll. It seems some thing of an und e rtakin g for a chapte"r to soli cit a banner from fOVCry othe r chapte r. but it need not all be done at once.

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Would it not be a good plan to begi n with the chapte rs in our own pro vince and then go int o the oth e r pro vinc es a s we are able? Verlllont Alpha.

Thi s year , after much discussion , ]11inois Delta decided to keep a r eco rd of th e class standing of all her gi rl s, both active and pledged. In thi s wa y, it is easier for the girls C la u Standing to know whether o r not they are doing th ei r best work, and it is al so e asi e r f o r the o ld er girls to see that th e new girls are ke e ping up their work as tney s hould. matter is in charge of '3. committee of two se niors; the li st o f the members :5 in th e hand s of tll C registrar of th e college, and at stated periods-perhaps tw o or three times a semes t e r-the report is to be given to the chapter While on the whol e the \vork of our gi rl s is far above th e av e rage , we hope by thi s means to make it better s till, even though we are not so f o rtunate a s to have an honorary frat e rnity at Knox.

Illinois Delta.

It is difficult to realize , in fraternity life, how much depends upon th e indi v idual gir l. We arc so apt to forget that our

Tqe Individual

s mall weaknesses can affe ct th e national lif e of s uch a fraternity as Pi B eta Phi. Yet we know it must, for upon the girls dep e nds th e chapter. upo n th e chapters depends th e reputati o n o f our fraternity. When eve n o ne girl falls below th e high standard of Pi Beta Phi, h e r c hapt e r feel s the loss of the helpful influence and ins piration , which w ere he rs to give . and is affected by it. Then le t us all be clean in h ea rt , and pur e in purpose , s ince whatever o ur reputati on , it 11111 s t be s har ed by Pi Beta Phi.

Coillmbia Alpha.

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A fraternity, like any ot he r o rganizati o n, should be businesslik e in its proceedings. Di so rd e r is out o f place no where mo re

Mut ings than in a C hapt e r meeting. If th e mee ting be conducted according to s trict parlimentary fules, th e bu sin ess can be dispatched with no c.onfu sion and in much less tim e. than when e ver yon e tries to s peak at o ncc. Th e di sc u ss ion s sh o uld be fo rmally addressed to the chair, a nd sh ou ld be br ie f and to th e point. Such a plan has tw o advantages. In th e fir st place no o n e will talk unl ess she rea ll y has some thin g to say, and in th e second, each pe rson has an oppo rtunity t o get the hearing o f th e whole chapter withou t int e rrupti o n . If th e di ff e rence of opi ni o n i s so great that o rder cannot be maintain ed, th e n the subject may be deferr ed until aft e r the bu s in ess mee tmg is cl osed . and th e n th e gir lS can di sc uss it fr ee ly among th e ms elv es. ]t can th e n be brought up again. when th e re is m O TC decision about the matter. A di sard e rl y meeting is thoroughly demoralizing, and if allowed t o continue , th e meeting will proba bl y be swamped and nothi ng ca n be accomplished. T urge that s trict parlim e ntary proce dure is th e o nl y sa lv a ti o n o f a chap te r meeting.

Texas Alpha.

The uD on' t \\'orry Poli cy " which is so popular suggests the tho ught that it mi g ht be we ll to form a " Do Worry Club. " Consp ic ll o us am o ng those thin gs which we really o ught to think and wo rr y more about, is th e breaking o f pro mi ses and engagements, a fault which is quite frequ ent e ven am o ng fraternity s is ters. W e are all apt to think that it doe,n' t matter much if we break an e nga g eme nt with a frate rnit y s iste r, whom we know so well, for we fe e l s ur e that sh e will willing ly accept o ur apolog y with a f o rgiving smi le . S he will probabl y say that it is all righl But is it all ri g ht ? Although it mal' have put her o ut but s lightl y, 'her faith in ti S is s haken a nd s he can n ever tru s t us a s she o n ce did. Oh girls. le t u s be mor e carefu l, and make our promises with a s il e nt vrom isc to o urse lv es that it s hall be done if it be within OUT power.

Ohio Alplta.

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Let u s tell yo u about a little money gathering scheme wruch Pennsylvania Beta has ad opted. Everyone k n ows how many expenses there are at th e Cfld of the terms and To TreD s ury especially at Comme nc eme nt time. This year o n e of o ur original g irl s suggested a plan which we h ave been followmg out through the year . The chapter bought a bank in the shape of a china pig. It is commonly known as th e "F rat Pig" and every \ ·Vednesday night at Ou r me e ting each gi rl drops a nick e l in the pig. We hav e fifteen in the chapt e r and so you see that by Jun e th e chapte r will hav e a neat SUIll besides the treas ury money. and a sum which has been collecting while we did not rea lize it. Do not all ou r sister chapters think our sc heme a clever one?

pCllIlsY/'llalJia Bela.

'INc wer e much interested in readi ng Illinois Delta's opinion ()f "Sec()nd Degree. " We girls ()f [()wa Beta believe we have solved the question. We initiate by the usual Second Degree ceremony. and leave for a future date the Second Degr ee. When we give this deg r ee, we usually ask the alumnae to assist. and we find thi s a very pl easa nt way to celebrate Founde r 's Day.

In this way we have more time, and the initiate is much more impressive by the beautifu l solemnity of the ritual than if she was dragged through the "fiery dungeon" a few mC>ments before.

Iowa Beta

In th e la st ARROW are several questions with general appeals fo r answers. esses, wliich about both.

Kansas Alpha made two suggestions. one for a regular place for the wearing of the arrow , and the othe r for a specia l pin .f()r our patronappeal to us and we would lik e to hear more said

Th e matter of the pledge pin brought up by Iowa Zeta t o be worthy ()f thought. and the expressioo of ()pi nion , from each

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ch a pt e r. 1. C. is ce rtai n ly mean ingl ess t o e ve r yo n e n ot a Pi P h i. Th e mon ogram st ick p in w o uld be much mo r e inte lli g ible.

Califonlia Bela .

The r e arc a great man y things that we a s Pi Phi s ought to kn o w , some o f whi c h we c an , o f co ur se, find o ut f o r ourse l,, !!s. T he r e is o n e particular subj ec t tha t we should Our Alu mnae like to kn o w mo re a bo ut, and that is promin ent P i P hi alu mnae. Occa sio nall y th e r e is an articl e devoted to some dis tin guis h ed P i Phi but d o n ' t yo u think it w oul d be a good idea to d evote o n e w ho le iss u e o f th e A RRO W to th em . In that way we sho uid ha v e a mo re de finite id ea o f what o ur g rad uate s istt! rs are doin g a nd wo uld no t find it SO diffi c ult t o r eme mber a bout th e m, p e r hap s At an y rate we wo uld hav e thi s iss u e fo r r e f er e n ce if n ee d be. What do th e res t of yo u think a bo ut it ?

Oh io Beta.

Altho ug h thi s sub jec t ha s bee n disc us sed o ft e n, we have ne ve r rea ll y a d opted th e plan . O ught we to u se our arrow as a con -

A R I DI ve lli c nce? T o fas te n th e wai s t o r a ribbon? qu ar r la c e l o r/ Ire Fraluni/ !, T o sub s titute it fo r a los t butto n , or hid e aw a y 'Pin w he re e ve n a poo r o bse rv e r mi gh t no t eve n see it ? O ur arro w o ug ht to be a symbol o f a ll t hat is hi g hest a n d bes t to eve r y Pi Be t a Phi a nd eacli on e o f u s oug ht t o ho no r it wi t1l a defi nit e p lace . so we may be k-no wn and recog n ized as loya l membe rs o f o ur frat e rnit y. If w e w ill re me mbe r. I am s ur e we ha \'c ne ve r seen a Phi Ps i p in wo rn an y wh ere e lse but in th e same positi on , and the p in o f D elta T au D e lta alwa ys cla ims th e sa me hono re d s pot. Ou r pin is t he o n e vi sibl e sy mbo l of Pi Reta Phi and. th e r e fo r e , th e pla ce wh ere it is wo rn ough t to held sac red to our arro w .

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I wo n de r i f we are a lway s kin d e n o u g h t o th e no n-fra t e rnit y g irl. ] am sure that no girl who wear s th e arrow intends to neg lec t a sis t er. but do w e r ea lize ho w sen sitive Again t ltt! Girl m all .v o f th e o-irl s a r c about Ulcse thing s ? I do Ou ts ide b' not mean th e gi rl w ho h as b ee n d ebarred fr o m frat e rnity 0 11 a cco unt o f so me c irculll stan ce in her private li fe Sh e ha s th e co n sci o u s n ess that som eo ne wants her. I mean the g irl who fo r som e rea so n ha s never bee n asked to joi n a frat e rnit y . She feels that 11 0 ne of the girls like her ; if they bad. th ey wo uld hav e invit ed h e r to j oin their soc iety . She i< le ft Ollt o f the goo d tim es th e g irl s have at their fraternity mee tin gs. and. a s a matt e r o f fa ct , is le ft Qut of n earl y all the co ll eg e e nt e rtainme nts She co mes to fee l that th e fraternity gi rl s. a r e a ll in a ll t o each o ther , and d o n o t care to a ss ociate with he r . a nd s he broods o n thi s th o ught until it beco m e s a very real tr o uble.

Th e G r <e k. 0 11 th e o th e r ham\. tri es t o be fri endl y to thi s giri ,t oo o ft e n , 1 f ea r. fo r l1l e r e po liteness ' sak e ,-and is m e t by a cold re butT fro m th e n o n -Greek. S he think s th e g irl is cro ss and je al o us and b egins t o le ave her al o n e , and h e r frat e rnity s ist e r s soo n fo ll ow s uit. th e n o n -G r ee k ma y be all her sister says o f her. but s ht is no t to be b!amed t oo se ve re ly Sh e is sore an d hurt cl ear through. and w e sho uld pro bab ly a c t in th e sam e wa y if we were in h e r place

T his fe elin g be tw ee n Greek s and n o n- G r eek s is all wro ng, and it r emai n s fo r th e frat e rnit y girl to r e m ed y it. B ut h o w, yo u ask, is thi s t o be d o n e ? \V e will a n s we r th e question "Yankee ias hi o n ," by as king an o th e r . Do yo u no t think th e r e is a t e nde ncy in all frat e rniti es f o r the Gree k t o be bound up in h er 0 \v1I gi rl s a nd t o be ob livi o u s o ft e n unint e nti o nall y , to those outside?

Nmv I wo uld no t hav e th e frat e rnit y g irl lessen h e r lo ve , in the lea s t. fo r h e r f r a t e rnity s is t e r , bu t le t h e r lo ve be broad e nough 10 includ e the no n -Greek as well. She ma y be repul sed at first, but s h e mu s t r e membe r that th e n o n-Gree k is s mart ing unde r wh at see m s to her gri e vo u s inju stic e and s h e must keep trying 11 mil s he win s th e fri e ndship s h e se ek s . The friendship of many of t hese n o n- G r eeks is wo rth w o rking hard f o r Perhal)S some

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one will sa y. " Bu t th e no n-Greek w1l1 think thi s girl is ru s hing he r: ' I d o n o t think so Yo u can care fo r a girl and show her that yo u ca r e fo r h e r wi t ho u t giving that impression. Ther e is o nly one wo r d mo r e to say and that is to th e no n-Gr eek. E yc r y pe r so n kn o w s that e ve r yo n e him self includ e d. has a numb er of fault s and th e n o n-Gr ee k mu s t remembe r that he1' n e ighbo r, wh o is a fraternit y g irl, ha s a s many faults as she he r se lf possesses but th ose fa ult s are no t s u c h a s pr e vent h e r bei ng a good fr a t e rnit y girl , wh ile in h e r li st o f def ec t s tll c rc is som e fault. pro ba bl y ve r y trivial, whi c h wo uld prev e nt he r from be in g a good G r ee k an d that is wh y s h e is a n o n-Gr eek instead o f a G r eek.

V crm ont B ela.

Th ere h as bee n a g r eat d eal o f discu ss io n late ly o n th e s ubject of chan g in g o ur p ledge pin. It see m s a s if thi s di sc u ss io n has

rJ,e Pledge Again tak e n plac e amo ng o ur pledg es m o r e than among o ur se lv es Th ey say that th e pin is m eaningle ss , n o t sy mbo li c o f Pi Beta Phi and t oo much like a per sonal m o n og ra m . "\Vh y . no in the world would know it is a pl edge pin, " said one girl. r ecentl y And yet, does it matter i f "n o o n e " kn o w s it is a pl e dge pin ? Ev e r y m ember o f Pi Beta P hi and e ve ry plcd g lin g kn ows it ; and if o th e r p eopl e do not , that fa c t o ught to mak e it all th e mo r e d ear to us who know. Our littl e pin is aIJ that is left t o r e mind li S e ve r y da y o f that first 1. C. band ;-e o uld an y thin g be mo r e symboli c o f Pi B eta Phi?

E very o ne o f u s ha s at so me tim e wo rn th e pin and gro wn to love it next to h e r arrow.

:Doe s it see m right that we s h o uld n o w cas t thi s pin a s id e and s ubs titute a n e w d es ign ) a d es ign which co uld no t p oss ibl y be mo re appro priate than the prese nt monogram? Perhaps some da y wh en our pl e dge s are trlle and loyal members of Pi Beta Phi) they will se e a deeper m eaning in th ese nOw see mingly in s ignificant le tters W isco"si" Alpha.

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The approach o f frater nity exam ination is a n a nnu al source o f to the fraternity gi rl. Whether s he be fr es hman or sen io r s he is in con s ta nt dread lest s he ha s A New Plan lor Examination ove rlooked some point and w ill be found wa nting at the c ru cia l moment.

Another woman's frat e rnity ha s adopted the plan of exc us ing fr 0111 furth er exam inati on s any girl whose grade is above a certain per ce nt. This g iv es o ne the oppo rtun ity. hav ing pa ssed th e req ui red average. to turn her e n erg ies to th e assisting of th e yo un gl'r g irl s, thu s ref res hin g he r ow n s uppl y of kn ow ledge and being re li e v ed o f the necessity fo r "c rammin g" eac h year . W e believe this pla n to be a good o n e. and h ope th e c hapt ers will d isc u ss it a nd express th e ir o pini on as to the advisability o f adop tin g it in Pi Beta Phi.

l/I inois Bela.

E v e ry gi rl wh o come s t o th e uni ve rs ity o r to an y sc hoo l of hi g he r edu ca ti o n. does it w ith a d efinite purpose. S he wants to WI,al Pi Bela Ph;b eco mc a broa de r and be tte r wom an. as well as an Should do for its ed ucat ed woma n , a nd e v e ry influ e nce w hi c h will Freshmen I I h . I ' . ood f h N l e p e r to ga m tllS tS g o r c r. ow when o ur frat e rnity takes in s uc h a girl, it intend s to help her to attai n thi s If we do not try t o brin g o ut all the good there is in Ou r girls. how ca n we expect th e m. when th ei r time comes to ass um e the responsibility o f the frat ernity ? W e sh ould en cou ra ge th em to be th oro ugh stude nt s and h e lp th em b y our example. V\Te s ho uld set th em s tandards of corr ec t and' womanly \ con duct an d. by o ur encouragement. aid th em in living up to these: we shou ld t ea ch th em h ow t o be tru e Pi Phis and so highminded, accomp li shed wome n.

Missou ri Alpha

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Alumnae Department

T h e Wasqi ngton A lumn ae 'Association

The presence o f an active chapter of Pi Beta Phi in Columbian "Cniversity gives th e \\ 'a shingto n Alumnae Association o f that city a ver y de finit e kind o f work to handl e. At th e fir st meeting in the fa ll, it was decided that the kind of h e lp given th e younger girls la st yea r s ho uld be co ntinu e d thro ugh th e present yea r. A list was made of thost: membe rs of t he Association w ho wished to contribute to a room-rent fund. Thu s th e girls in th e activ e c hapter were e nabl ed to e nj oy an attra ctiv e roo m nca r th e college.

Th e a lumn ae hav e a lso u sed thi s room for th e mo nthl y mcd· ings held o n the first Saturda y in ea c h 1110nth. Frequently, act iv e chapter g irl s and alumnae have dro pp ed into th e roo m at th e s am e tim e and so the co mmon meeting place fo r \ Vashington Pi Phis has pro mo t e d friendships among the younger girls and th eir o ld e r s iste rs.

Columbian is 0 11 the verge o f a radic a l change in its university l ife . Great imp ro vemen t s a re planned fo r th e near future . Ow in g to this sp irit of un ce rtai nt y, the alumnae have felt the necessity of being very alert to sec ur e th e sa fe ty and happin ess of the fraternity. Thelefore, the grea ter po rti o n of th e mon thl y meeings has been given lip to the L1iscussion of the future po li cy of th e i ra te rnit y in the university.

Directly in line with this feeling and these discussions, a large! and brillian t reception was give n by the active c hapte r and a lu nma te, in thl' coll ege building. January fo urth , 1904 . \ Ve w e re fortunat e in ha v in g Elise Bradford Jo hn so n in th e rece iving lin e during th e eve ning. All departments o f th e univ e rs ity, as well as a ll nati o nal fraternities in th e unive rsity were rep rese nt ed among th e guests. A dance fo ll o w ed the receptio n.

Si nc e our chap te r in Co lu mbia n is comparativ ely small, we

feel t ha t t h e a lu m n ae can bes t a id th e gi rl s in a soc ial wa y . The r efo r e, w h en eve r it is p oss ib le , we a r e g la d t o b e abl e t o jo in for ces in e nte rta inin g. A. t p rese nt , t h e assoc iat ion is arran g in g fo r th e e nte rtain me nt o f th e fi ft een Co lumbi a A lpha g irl s at a lun c h eo n in ho n o r o f Found e r 's D ay

Seve ra l e ffort s t o e nt ertain the Baltim o r e Alunma e Club ha ve fa il ed of r ealizati o n. \ \'e hop e fo r s u ccess n ex t time in pla nn ing fo r th e Gamma C ircl e r euni o n. L OL \ y Ev.\

Th e New Yo rk A /uml/ a e

T h e :\'ew Yo rk A lu mn ae club of P i Be t a P hi ha s h e ld very e n joyab le as we ll as s u ccessf ul mreti n gs durin g t h e year. Th e r e a re li vi n g in o r n ea r Xew York City be t ween t we n ty a n d thir ty loya l Pi P hi s, wh o h a\"e me t th is yea r the second Saturday afternoo n o f ea ch mo nth . Thro ug h th e co urtesy o f th e club' s pre side nt , A nn a ?\ f. J ac k so n, o f P e nn sy lvania A lp h a, mos t o f t h e meetin gs h ave bee n h eld in th e pa rl o r o f th e F ri e nd s ' S e minar y , a t R uth e rf o r d P lace . As is na tura l. vc r y ma n y o f o ur c hapte r s ar e rep r ese nted, an d it is ind eed a p leas ure, as we g athe r ab ou t th e pi a no to s in g th e familiar so ngs, t o kno w that th e " vo ices ra ised in h o n o r o f P i Phi " come fr o m t h e "ch a p te r s far an d n ea r ." Th e club is so fo r t un a t e as to h ave a mo n g it s membe r s t wo fo rm e r mem be r s o f t h e G ra n d Cou n c il -G r ace Lass Sisso n , Ill in o is D et a, G r a n d Sec r eta n. 1893---95 a nd G rand Pres id ent. 1895-99; a n d C h a rl otte Joy Fa rn s ll' orth. Co lo r ado A lp h a. G ra n d Gu ide. 1897-99.

In Dece m be r it was o ur pr i vi lege a n d pl eas ur e t o meet ou r G ra n d P res id e n t. :\ li ss Ga mb le. at a lun c h eo n g ive n in h e r h o no r a t Co lum o ia U niv e r s ity, by t h e Pi P hi s 'o f Whitti e r Hall. I t was a g r eat p lea sur e a lso to have with u s o n thi s occas io n Ca rri e Chap ma n Catt, I owa Ga m ma . T h e o ffi ce r s fo r th e cu rre n t yea r a re : P r es ide n t. A nn a l\'La ri a

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ham Osborne plrs. Edmu nd Osborne) , 39 Cedar St., N. J . Any o f the officers will be glad to have visiting Pi Phis notify them o f their com ing to New York.

Some idea o f OUf cosmopo lit an members hip may be seen from a list of those in attendance at the meeting. They were: Nadi n e Hartshorn Williamson. Califo rnia Alpha; McGahey, "ebraska Beta; Gertrude Hill Springe r. Kansas Alpha ; Adaline Brown Bassett. Wi.consin Alpha: Jessie Graham Osborne, Towa Beta; Bertha and Gladys Miller, Indiana Alpha ; Marga re t R. Lawrence . Illin ois Epsilon: Grace Lass Sisson , IIIinoi Delta: Julia L om bard. Illin o is Beta: Wei thy B. Honsi nger; Violett Apfelbaum and Ella Rogerson, New York Alpha; Lillian Casto. O hi o A lpha: Jeann et te B. S hepard and Bartol Theiss, Pennsylvania Beta: Anna )1. Ja ckso n. Hylc , Anna B. Parrish and E. Seaman. Alpha.

The April m eeting of the club will be held April ninth. a t 3:00 P. M .. at Whittier Hall . th e Columb ia U niv ersity dormitory for women, at 12 30 Amsterdam Avenue. The hostesses. are Charlotte Farnsworth, the hcad o f Whittier Hall. McGahey. Josephine Bern' and Lucy Hammond All Pi Phis ar e cordially invit ed t o be present.

MAR" BARTOL TH (IS S.

TIze Ballimore Club

During the past year no startli ng eve nt s have happened in the life of the Baltimore Club of Pi Beta Phi Alumnae. Our meetings are he ld monthly and are a real pleasure to us a l l.

Last yea r we w<Te happy to add to Ollr numbe r Gladys Henry, of Nebraska , who we hope will belong to us four years at least , whil e she attends the Johns Hopkins School. Although we numbe r on ly tw e lve , fiv e chapters are represented in ou r club: but we aren't Ollt' bit ex clusive and wish that w e might claim an alumna from every chapter on th e fraternity roll. Two weddings in ou r little circle during th e past year have caused quite a littl e excitement. In Jul y, H e len Doll became

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M r s J. Walter T ottle, a n d in December, Sy l via Ware changed her nam e t o Mrs. C harl es W . Ire land . Nothing delights o ur li ttl e club more than t o have th e pleasure of planning a linen s ho w e r. and we wonder how long some o f u s will have to wait t o be so ho nored.

Another o f OUT member s ha s ad ded a n e w title to her name , and we a rc pro ud to announce th at o n February t we nty-fourth, a t the U nive r s ity of H e id elbe r g, " la y Ke ll a r r ece iv ed th e deg r ee of Doctor of Ph il osoph y.

Some interested friend s may be g la d to know that no n e of o ur members wc rc di rectly injur ed by th t: g reat fir e, but there isn't one of us who will no t feel its effects m o re o r less indirectly.

O ur p r ospects a r e bri ght a n d we se nd a c hee rful g r eetin g to all Pi Phis.

;\/. ALI CE W OOD.

The Alqens Alumnae Club

The Athens A lumna e Clu b h as bee n orga ni zed now fo r some time and we arc havin g such good tirnes . O ur first attem pt at e nte rtaining this yea r was for the ac tiv e gi rl s and was quite a success.

O ur meetings a r e held eve ry other Satu rda y night , tw o g irl s ente rtain in g toge th e r ei th er at one o f their homes o r in th e chapt er hall. The se Saturday nights are eage rl y looked forward t o by our ninet ee n enthu siastic membe rs.

\V e must confess to havin g done bu t very littl e bu s in ess, but in o ur efforts to ··eat. d rink, and be mer ry" we have succeede d admirably.

\Ve send our bes t ",bhes to all o f o ur Pi P hi s isters . "IAZIE A. EARH 'RT.

Co lumbus O hio

This yea r we have had our meetings regula rl y eve ry tw o weeks, a thing we were not ab le to do la st yea r on acco unt of so much !:ic kne ss .

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OU f meetings are in the nature of Hsp read s" at five o 'clock, and social time afterwards.

Every ot h er meeting is held jointly with the active chapter and in this way we are kept in close touch with our girls in coll ege. We very often entertai n t oget h er. We had a la rge rec ep tion in h ono r of the initiates, at the home of Mrs. C. D. Fi r estone, on December second, and we expec t to give a forma l dancing party on the fi fteenth of April.

Ohio Bela

The Delroil Alumnae Club

The Detroit Alumnae Association of Pi Beta Phi , organized in October, 1902, has a membership of fifteen, mostly Michigan Reta gir ls. The meeti ngs are held at the homes of the members the last of the month, either Friday evening or aturday afternoon. as the hostess chooses. The first few minutes are devoted to a s hort business mcrting amI the rest of the time to e ntertainment and re fre shments provided by the hostess. The m eei ngs are well attended and th oroug hl y enjoyed by all.

Last fall the money rece ived durig the year from annual dues of twenty-five cents and fines of ten cents for absence, was used to buy dishes for Michigan Beta chapter hOll se .

The o bjcct of the orga nizati on is to promote social intercourse and keep lip the fratemity spirit, and the full attendance at meetings s hows that our efforts have been successful.

CLARA A. FOSTER.

Indianapolis Alumnae

Ou r meetings during the past year have been very informa l. The girls hav e met at ou r various houses, wit h the sole purpose o f k""ping in tOllc h with each othe r and with the active c hapter at Butler. Each girl brings h e r sew in g o r emb roider y, and bu sy fingers wo rk whi le some one re ads,-a story, or poem, o r magaAaILOw - 3

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zinc article. Occasi ona ll y we hav e an origina l sto ry o r essay . Th e hos tess se rv es simple ref res hmen ts, and conve rsa ti o n range s fr ol11 one s ubj ec t t o coming back at fr eq ue nt interval.i t o th e doings o f Pi Phis. But in spite o f th e informality, these mee tin gs do much fo r us, keeping the ti cs that bind u s together in P i Phi fr om g r o win g weak.

JESSIE C. B ROWN.

Des Moines Alumnae Club

O n th e first Sat urda y afternoon o f each month the Pi Beta Phis o f nes Moines, I o wa , ho ld th e most delightful m eetin gs. Th e average attendance is tw en ty- li ve, whi ch is a 1110St exce ll ent reco rd , as th e total number o f al umn ae in th e c it y does 110t g reat ly exceed thirty . Twice a year there aTC ga la days, the fir s t mee tin g of the year fo ll ow in g th e slimmer vacation , and the last meeting: before vacation sepa rate s us for a time in May. Last Octobe r the Pi Phis of Ames , ass isted by 1I1,.s . Stanton and MT S. Curti ss, w ive s o f members o f the fa c ulty, enterta in ed u s at th e S t a t e Agricultural Co lle ge, a nd about e ightee n w e nt up from D es Moines, and spe nt a lo ng-to- be-rem em bere d da y. Annuall y in th e May month it ha s been the c u stom o f Mrs Harry 'Val1ace to entertain us at he r beautiful s urburban ho me; la s t ?'Iay four of o ur members en t e rta ined th e re s t with th e presentati on o f a bright littl e farc e. The party thi s yea r , as it i s planned, will be a fancy dress ma sk party

Th e d eath o f Mi ss O liv e McHenry, the belove d pre side nt of OU f alumnae association, which occur red in th e mo nth of F ebruar y, came to each membe r o f Pi Bola Phi as a deep perso nal so rrow . She wa s a livin g exa mpl e o f th e bond o f sisterhood. O nl y two weeks befor e h er sudden death. she had attended th e Pan-Hellenic banquet and wh e n , fo r the second tim e at tllis an nu al gathering of Gre ek letter women, one o f h e r s o ngs wa s sung, s he modestly joined in the s inging . vVh e n th e news of h er death came but a few days after, it was hard t o believe it true. In ho no r o f her lov ing , faithful se rvic e d uring eighte en year5'

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principalship of Hawthorne schoo l, th e boa rd o f ed u cation r<christened it the " Olive ,"fcHen r y school. " F rom its hall s SCO res upon scores of ou r brightest men and sweetest women hav e gone forUl to take u p the battle of life, each of th em giving daily expression in their li ves to the ennoblin g influ e nce of thi s beloved teacher. At the t ime of her death sh e had to h e r credit the longest period of se rvice in one position , he nc e it was peculiarly fitt ing that the sc hoo l wherei n she had labo r ed so lo ng and so faithfully sh ould become by name a perpetual tribute to h e r memory.

O li ve McHen ry, as a membe r o f th e c ha p ter o f Mr. Pleasant, was one o f four Pi Phis t o o rganiz e the Ca llan a n Coll ege chapter in this city in 1886. More lat ely, she ha s bee n on e of the leading sp irit s in ou r alu mnae associa ti on, and at the March meeting a flowe r fund was inaugurated and a floral committee appointed t o look afte r h e r grave throughout th e comi ng Slimme r. F lowers were placed th ereon on her birthday, March twentieth.

ANNA ROss-CLARKE.

/ Creston, Iowa

The Cr esto n Alumnae club has no t been very ac tiv e thi s past yea r . W e had seven members, but la st fall Mrs. C. M. BOYllton moved to Omaha , and a littl e later M iss Marie G roves went to Des Moines to accept a position in Drake Co n se rvato ry o f Music. Next month l'vr,.. ] . B. Sullivan ex pects t o move to Des Moines, so w e shall be only fou r in number.

Last slim me r we were invited t o Bedford, Jowa, by th e Bedford Pi P hi s, some o f whom are students at th e W oma n' s College of Ba ltim o re. We spe nt a mos t de li g htful 'aftern oo n at th e h ome of Mrs. Miller, and came h ome fee ling quite lik e college gi r ls agai n. 1

W e sha ll probabl y k eep up our club by occasio n a l meetings, h oping some day t o hav e more mem ber s

GRACE

S. HAR SH

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Law<ence, Kan sas

The Lawr e nce Alumnae club of Pi Be ta P hi has for it s object the support o f a sc holarship kn ow n as the Lucinda Smith-Buchan Scholars hip, held thi s year by M iss Co ra Ta y lo r.

During th e pa s t s ummer Miss Hannah O liv e r, o ne of the a lumnae club memb e rs, visited R o me and wa s present at th e coronation service o f P ope Piu s X. 1\[iss Olh'cr gave two afternoon talks o n Rome fo r the ben efit o f th e sc ho larship fund. Plans are 1I 0 W in prepa rati o n fo r an ex hi bit io n a nd lecture o n American potte ries.

The prese nt yea r is th e fourth yea r o f th e club's existence , and during this time s ix hun dred and se venty-five dollars have been collected and fiv e young womc n give n the benefit.

HARRIETTE MILES .

L incoln, Neb raska A lumna e

As you all know , through t h e letters o f th e active gir ls, Nebra ska Pi Phi is o nce more th e pro ud possesso r of a chapter hou se. It h as seemed advisable to deny ou rse lves this wish fo r two years, because too few girl s could make th e ho u se th e ir home. Perhaps , th e n, you can imagi ne th e e nthu s iasm a nd joy of o nc a nd a ll Th e united e ffo rt n ecessa ry t o plan and arrange for th e hou se, keeps active and alumnae m e mbe rs in close t ouch. Besides o ur ow n gatherings, we have met with th e active girls se vera l times , ooth business. and for socia l affairs . Our la s t joint J1lIeeting wa s o n F ebruary fourth, at whi c h time th ey we re ou r guests-th e occasion being th e initiati o n of th e ir fo ur pledges.

T he Lincoln alumnae are s till registe rin g com plaint s against Cupid , fo r h e claims o ne after an othe r o f Ollr girls-the la st , Darlce n Woodward , wa s marri t!d o n Decem be r tw e nty- f o urth to Mr. George Burgert, Sigma Chi.

Before this comes to print, we hope to hav e ca rried o ut another plan. Thi s tim e, it is th e fr esh men wh o m we have at heart ; we

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want to meet with them, and together, talk of the mean ing and ideals o f Pi Beta P hi. Th ey are its youngest children, the ones who will, a little later, be the gu idin g stars of th e chapter, and what Pi P h i means to them will determine! its futur e in Linco ln.

Dr. Laura B row n, I owa A lpha, ha..:; taken up h e r residence in ou r ci t y. We cannot tell you how glad ly we welcome thi s bright , enthu sias ti c woman to o ur ranks.

We ar" looking forward to Founder's Day, w hi ch th e two c hapt e rs, active a nd a lum nae, always ce lebra te togethe r. On that day , sco res and sco res of gi rl s eve ryw he re will unit e in lauding Pi Phi. Long may s h" flo uri sh, and may the wearers o f th e arro w ever inc rease in tru e worth.

BESSIE M. TURNER.

Boulde r, C olorado

The Co lorad o Alumnae Club of Pi Beta Phi r eo rga nized la st fall with Miss Georgina Rowland as pres id ent and Mrs. Edith 1\IcClure as sec reta ry and treas ure r. There are about tc n alumnae in Boulder a n d we meet th e last Saturday afternoon of each month fo r a socia l time. O ur local chapter had a Chri s tmas tree just be fo r e th e holidays. Th" alumnae had been fo r some time co ll ec t ing fund s toward a gi ft f o r th e chapte r h ouse, and at that tim e we raised the amou nt to o ne hun dred do11 a rs and gave it toward th e piano th e gi rl s are buying. This is all we have done thi s yea r, but we a re riOW begi nning to plan for th e annual reuni o n o f th e tw o Colo rad o c hapt er s o n Founder's Da y. It is Colo rado Alpha's turn to ent e rtain and th e alumnae have charge of the day.

IIIAUD ELDEN.

Franklin , Indian a

The annual r e uni on of th e Indiana Pi Phis was held at Indianapolis on February six th . Each chapter was welt represente d ;

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there were about fifty Pi Phis gathered for the occasion. It was h e ld at th e Claypool H ote l, taking the fo rm of a luncheon The table s were decorated wtth carnations a nd s ilver candelabra wit h wine shades. After the luncheon we enjoyed singing OUr songs together and hearing a few talks . iss Sawye r. th e head o f th e mu sicf'l l departm e nt at DePauw U niversity, made a p lea for the girls th ere who have pe.litioned for a Pi Phi charter. Miss Graybill of Indiana Beta, Miss Armstrong of Indiana Gamma, and Miss Sloan o f Indiana A lpha responded for their r espec tive chapters. An invitation was extended by Indiana Beta to have the reunl o n next year with them at Bloomington. It is tho ught that the c hapt e r s will be more henefited by holding the reunions with each in tum. Another plan wa s discus se d, but nothing definitely decided, that we ho ld a sort of con\'ention eac h yea r, to la st about two days. In this way each girl would be st re ngthen ed individually and the condition of the chapter as a whole benefited. These reuni o ns are so thoroug hly enjoyed by u s and add so much zest to our enthusiasm and irat e rnily spirit. Having met so ll1any girls whose aims and a sp irati o ns a re th e same, th e attainment of noble womanhood, we feel the tie that binds us draw closer and firmer around our hearts. 'NV<YlS 'V I"dialla Alpha.

In eJvJem oriam

O live Mc Hentl'

The Des Moines Al umna e Association of Pi Beta Phi, in the death of the President. Olive McHenry, suffe red an irreparable loss. She was always faithful t o Pi Beta Phi and her life exemplified the precepts fo r which our soro rity stands. Both a s a member of Iowa Beta and Des :\ioin cs Alumnae, l\ li ss l\kHenry's splendid womanhood has left a la s ting impression.

For many years she was connected with the schools of Des and the best years of her life have been given to this love service. The sp he re of her influ ence has widened with th e years and its full extent can never be known until the roll is ca1led of those whose lives have been mouided by hers

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Sadie Leopold- Wo lf

Indiana Beta mo ums the death of one of her best beloved alumnae. Sadie Leopold - V,rolf wa s born 'April second, 1878, at Renssalaer . Indiana, and died in the Iroquois Theater fire in Chica","O, December thirty-first, 1903.

She ente red Indiana Cniversity in 1897 and graduated with the class 01 1900. She \\as married ill June, 1901 , to Mr. Leo \V olf of Ham.llwnd, Jndiana. and to them was born one child, Helen , now about a year old .

Her loss is one whi c h we most keenly, for hers was a life which represented all that the fraternity cherishes and strives to attain. At the fatal performance of "Bl uebeard " at th e Iroquois, she was IDe hostess to a number of friends and there as in college she was the merriest and most li g ht-h earted in the party. Her beautiful character and swee t manners won her way int o the hearts of all that kn e w ber. Her inAuence for good, her steadfa st loyalty to friendshIp, and h e r deep interest in the lif e about her intensify by their memory the grief which we feel.

FLoRENe,: ;\1A U DE JOHNSON, ltzdiana Bela .

eAlumnae Personals

VERMONT ALPHA

Ne lli e Button, '0 1 , will be in Middlebury during the sp ring term to complete her post graduate work.

Margaret Mathison. ex-'03, was married to Dr. l. C. Pook February second.

COLUMDIA ALPHA

Elise Bradfo r d-Jo hnson , '98, our fomter Gra nd President, has been spending several months in Washington. Frances Heilprin has returned from an extended visit to cago .

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Edith Giles, ex-'06, has be e n visiting in \Vashington.

Jennie Beale o f Colorado Alpha is visiting her b rothe r in Washington.

The \Va shington alumnae are glad to l\I1iss l\ 1ath cws among themL

PENNSYLVANIA ALPHA

Esth e r Rogers has left co ll ege on account of th e illness of her mother, and is now spending th e winter in the South.

T h e marriage o f Mabel Latimer to lI lr . Frank B. Foster took place on the twenty-seventh of Januar y, 1904.

OHIO ALPHA

Bertha Hoover-Johnson and infant daughter, of Columbus, Ohio, were the recent guests of the parents of the former.

Mabel Wil son was called home from "Vhatcom, Wash., by the deat h of h e r mother.

Bertha i\IcVey visited her par e nt s recentl y .

PENNSYLVAN] A GAMMA

Helen Shaeffer , '03, is doing graduate work at Bryn Mawr.

Edith Super, ' 02, ha s c harge of the French department at Ir"in g Coll ege, ).lechanicsburg, Pa.

Anna May Hull, ' 03. is teaching in the high schoo l at Hanover, Pa.

Ruth Barrett , '03, spe nt the winter at her home, but has gone to :>! ew York for the spring.

The eng-agement of Helen Shaeffer, '03, to Mr. Leon Prince, Zeta Psi, professor of history and economics in Dickinson College, is announced. We girls are rejoiced ove r th e fact that Helen will be back with us again, a s she is one of o ur loveliest and most enthusiastic girls.

Lou Sheets is vice-principal of th e Harrisburg high school.

Katherine Keder, '04, ha s left college on account of ill health.

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YORK ALPHA

:\Iiss Sadie n. \Yilhams , our P rovince President, was married to Mr Thomas Bell , o n December thirti e th , at her home in Clayton, N . Y.

1\1 auele White is spending the winter in Pasadena, CaL, with her mother.

Ruth Hawks of Phoenix and Eva F . Magee of Scottsburg have recently visited at th e chapter house.

!\fro and Keville are spending the winter in Florida.

Lucy Allen Gardiner, of Alpha , who is teaching in Ve,rona, was at the chapter hou se recentl y .

Born, to Mr. and Chaff ee (C harl otte Hearing), a daught e r, Ruth.

Born, to and Mrs. Neville (Jessie Barrett), a daughter, J.aura.

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Cassie Souther was married in February to Gilson of Bethel, Vt.

Nellie Cutter Griffill ha s rece ntly announced her engagement to Mr. Warren G . Crooker of Hyde Park, Mass.

Mrs. Walter Chapman ( nee Nettie Dodge) left Boston on March third for San Francis co, whence she will sail for the Philippines. Mrs. Chapman was accompanied by h er infant son, Dwight, and goes to rejoin h e r husband who is a t eac her in the islands.

ILLI .... QtS BETA

On January nin et ee nth, Ethel Van Cise, who le ft Lombard a year ago, made her debut into Denver society. 1\'lrs. Florence King Bullock, also a Lombard alumna, was present and speak.; of the event as a very charming one.

Laura Hobbs recently mad e a visit to co ll ege friends.

Faith Nash, '03, ha s been studying music in Bos t on for the past year, but expects soon to return to Ga lesburg for a short time.

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Ta nnic Buck and l\ lartha Arno ld. '01. are t eaching in th e Ga lesbu rg publ ic schools.

Ida Eas t is pur suing a co ur se in music in New York citr o Ruth Nash :\JcAlpine, '0 1 , is expected to \'isit Lombard soo n .

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Jess ie Van Cl ute, '02, was married t o l\Ir. Clar e nce Johns o n of Gal es burg, February tw e nty-fourth.

Elizabe th Reinmund appeared in Galesburg in co ncert w o rk fo urth

Willia Garver, '03, of Illinois Zeta, visited with Illinois Delta fo r a few days in February.

Lau ra Kn o wl es, J osephin e Coolidge, and Fan ni e Hurff attended th e anllual p ro menad e o f th e chapter, Feb ru ary n in th.

Grac\! La ss-Sisso n ha s moved from Galesburg, and is living in New Y o rk city .

Gle nn a Garm "isi ted the c hapter several dars at Ch rist ma s tim e.

l'vl y ra Wil son ha s left co ll ege thi s semester o n a ccount of the illness of her Illoth er.

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Bo rn , in J a nuar y. to H ar r y Herrick of C hampaign, a daughter, Harriette. H e rri ck was fo rmerly Kather),n Walls

The e n gagement of E lizabe th Atkinson. ex-'06, t o Carro ll Ragan, Beta Theta P i , is ann oun ced .

O n Dec ember th e fourteenth, th e announcement was mad e of th e marriage of Florence E me lin e Carter. '0 1, to l\fr . Eaton Goode ll S h e rma n of Ch icago. Since he r g radua ti o n, M iss Ca rt er ha s held th e position o f librarian of the Champaign public li b rary.

Jan e Brotherton. '03. has accepted a position in th e Library of Con g ress.

I N DIA NA n ETA

The engagement of H e le n Shirk, ' 02, to Mr . Geo rge S. Warli e, Jr., o f Tipton. ha s bee n announced. The marriage will take place Ap ril seven t h.

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Flora Tra y lo r. 'OJ . has bee n s pe nding the winter in D es Moin es, Io wa, th e guest o f her siste r , L. M. Grimes.

Mindwell C rampton. '03. is again at h e r home in D e lphi.

P rofesso Van Hook. f ormerly of In d iana U nivers ity, has accepted a position as head o f th e experim e ntal s tati o n at \ "'ooste r, Ohio. Prof esso r Van Hoo k was married la s t SUl11m e r to Lizzie Kars e ll. '01.

Blanche Di sher, ex-·06. and Alma ivlc Crl1l1l will re-ente r th e university in the sp ring .

Ini s Coon, '03. of T awas City , vi s it ed Hillsdal e th e last of February

IVIadge Vand ebl1 rg was a welcome vi s ito r o ur la s t frate rnil Y meeting.

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Katharine Towt:r was married to Dr . Harry Barnes! at h e r home in Detroi t on January th e tw e nti eth. . Anna Marshall , '03 . of lI'la r shall , Mich., has been vi siting the girls for a week.

Jessie Strong, of Adrian, was in A nn Ar bo r fo r th e PI Beta Phi r ece pti o n and da n ce h eld the twenty-sixth of February .

IOWA B ETA

Th e alumnae club at [ndianola has had delightful m.ee tin gs the past year, u su ally on the first Sa turda y of eac h 111 0 nth. We gr eatly Ini ss thr ee of Ollr nu mbe r who have moved away from Indian ola II lrs E "a McG r a nahan ha s gone to o n e o f th e far wes tern states , rs. T e lla C lamme r to F t. Co llin s, Co lo rad o, and M rs . Wilma to Des Moines, I o wa .

Mrs . Elizabeth Cook lIIa rtin , o ne o f Io wa Beta's charter 111<mbe rs, has lat e ly come to make her home again in Indian o la, and she is co rdiall y w elcomed, es pec iall y by the alumna e members. May Lacy was ma rri ed on the twenti eth of J an u ary to Mr. Frede ri ck Henry. Th ey will remain in Ind ian ol:l.

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Several o f ou r members at c nd ed th e annual Pan - Hellenic banqu e t in De s Moines in January and had a delightful time.

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ALP HA

Ge nevieve Snl1t h , ex- '98 , vocal instructor Itl th e School of M tlsic, is now s pe nding a 1110nth in th e so uth f o r her h ea lth.

?vfr. and iVIr s . Henr y S aund e rs (V irginia Hay ne r, '02 ) are nOw se ttl ed in Washington , D. C, wh ere .VIr. Sa und e rs ha s accepted a go ve rn ment position.

E li za beth S h ephard , '02 , and Elinor Russell, '03, w e re back fo r the Juni or Prom, February thirt ee nth.

J osep hin e Wells. '03. who ha s been critically ill with typhoid f e ve r at he r home in P o rtage , is now recove ring.

Pro f. and lI'1rs. Paul Rein sc h ( Alma Mosher , '00) sail for Europe next month to be gOlle until Augus t.

:\llS SOU Rl ALPH. \

H e tt ie Anthony, '0 1, is teaching in th e public schools of her home town, Maryvi lle, Mo

Laura ' Vhile, o f the 1900-01 chapter, is teac hing in Savannah, 1110.

Gratia vV oodside, who graduated h e re in law in Ig<X> with many honor s, has fa nned a partn ership with Barbee, one o f th e fir st wo men lawyers o f the state , and the y have thei r office at IOI 1-12 Ca rlton Building, St. L ouis, M o.

Lu cill e Lawson , wh o ha s been in D env e r , Co lo., fo r three years, is now at home at th e Cottage Hot el. Columbia, Mo

lIIa ry I g leha rt- King is n o w i n California.

LOUISIA::o-.'A ALPHA

Lacy from Knox Coll ege, an d i\liss Ann e Elizabeth Stuart fr om Beta \vere in New O rl e an s fo r the Carnival.

J\li ss H ess from Ottawa, 11 1. , is now in New O rleans.

Helen Co llin s, w ho ha s been visiting in Ne w Orleans for seve ral month s, has r e turn ed t o Charleston, W . Va.

Mrs. Welborn , fo rm.erl y Annie Brunswi g, has a little baby boy , and we are ye ry pr oud o f him

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KANSAS ALPHA

Florence Hawk and M r Loyal Crawford were married in Lawrence December twenty-third, and are now living in Girard, Kan.

Edith Thacher wa s married in Philadelphia , Pa., o n January twenty-sixth, to Mr. Van Annen Harris, and is nOw in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Edith Riffle was married December thirtieth to IV[r. Barro,,", at Salt Lake City. Barrow is now in Kansas City, Mo.

Harriet left Lawrence ninth , to take a pos ition in the library at Stanford University, California.

Mr . Louis Poehler, th e husband of Eva Poehler of Kansas Alpha , died at San Diego, Cal., on February twentieth .

Marguerite Tenn ey, th e daughter of Mrs Carroll Cockins-Tenney, died after a long illness at her home in Chicago, February twentieth.

NEBRASK A l.lETA

Anne S tuart ha s returned fro111 a visit to New Or leans, where s he met the Louisiana Pi Phis and attended the Mardi Gras.

The engagement of Kathryn lfcPheeley , '03, to Ml r. Ol iv er Eve rett, Beta Theta Pi, has been an nounced. The wedding will take place some time in May.

Born, in January, to Mrs. Robert Norton CMarg-a ret Custer, '01), a daughter.

TEXAS ALPH.\

Rose Edmund is teaching this winter in Lot , Tex. Durst is studying music in San Antonio, and as she is so near, Texas Alpha hopes to have her for a visitor some time thi s sp rin g.

Elsie Garrett spe nt three weeks with Anne Townes just C hri stmas, and we were espec ially glad to hav e h e r with us at th e time o f o ur January initiation.

Rosa li s Battle vi sited Grace Hill in Januar y. The girls of Texas Alpha a re always glad to hav e their alUIl t11ae with thelll,

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hecause oll r chapter is 50 young that w e arc e svccially proud of the few alumnae that we have

Emily \Vhi te was compelled t o r eturn home on account of ill h eal th. She wi ll be much mi ssed by her Pi Phi siste r s as well as h er oth e r university friend s . i<atC' Harthoid visited h er aunt , Ga ll ag h e r , just aft e r C hri s t mas . but 110t a ble t o stay ove r to O UT initiation.

CO LORADO ALl'HA

Donny Armst r ong was married to l\ I r. Harry H . GauJ11c , DC'ce mber t[,irty-first. They are livin g in Las Animas, Colo.

Anna Ram sey, Edith Vv'cYl11outh, and Daisy Davis- Carney were visit in g in Bou lder late ly

Cla r e \ Villiams-Humphrey ha s gone to Ca l ifo rnia to live on F ebruary t enth. :\1ariol1 Thompson vVithr ow , '03.

t o Frank 1. Ewing, Delta Tau Delta, ill Cent ral City, Colo. Bor n, to AIrs. Ziemer-Hawkins, o n December twentysix th. a so n

Loui,e Ne lso n visite d at th e Pi Phi lod!:e f o r a fe w day s. Lulu Pi n ge r ha s b een very ill with t yp h oi d f e v e r. and is now at h o m e convalescing.

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were ext rem e ly g lad t o re ce iv e a vi sit from Nan o f \Vi sco n si n Alpha Our on ly r eg r et was that the vi sit could not be more extended.

Grace Andrews , o f Ne braska Beta . m ad e it poss ible for us al1 to mee t and kn ow h e r , by joining u s in Ou r last initiati o n ceremony a nd in tJ1C banqu e t that fo l1 o wcc1

Mrs. K in g. o f Alpha. vi si t ed th e chapte r r ecently. T o m ee t th ese ea s tern Pi Phi s and t o ex c hange with them th ought s and is o n e of o ur great es t pleasnr es. \V e hav e b ee n unu sua ll y pl eas ur ed thi s yea r .

E lma Korbe l, ' 02, ren e wed o ld fri end s hip s and formed new o nes w h en sh e rec e ntly d sit ed the chapte r h Ol1 se.

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EDITORIALS

Editorials

H1RT"Y'-SEVE:-< years ago this month there ,;015 formed at Monmouth Coll ege a little club of twelve girls who took upon themselves the pledges that made them J. C. Sorosis, the first women's co ll ege fraternity. O f OUT tweh'c founders, but ten could be present on the evening of actual organization, ano stran ge ly and happil y. after n early fort y yea rs everyone of the ten is living and well. Eight have long been wives and mothers, and one of them has given a daughter to Pi Beta Phi. Two are unmarri ed, active in good works, and of al1 we are very proud.

Th ese t en founders are to be the guests of the fraternity at the coming convention in St. Louis. and their presence alone would be enough to make this eight ee nth convention of Pi Beta Phi the most enthus iastic and in sp iring that we have ever had. As they do us honor by coming to be with li S, so we s hall do them hon o r bv snowing th em the strong, splendid maturity of the fraternity they founded .

THERE are other reason s w hy thi s ises to be one long to remember. for success. our gathering will be the

year's convent ion promSurely if numbers make best we have ever had. Already many besides the de legates are arranging to be present, and the numbe r of these will grow with the (Jays from now to the end of June.

The time we hav e chosen is the best one possible for visiting SI. Louis . The great fair will hav e been opened long enough to have buildings and exhibits complete but still fresh and unworn . and the weather is likely to be far more agreeable than later in the season. Every Pi Phi who is intending to be in or near St. Lottis this summer ought to plan to be there at COl1Vention tim e, and so haye a two-·fold pleasure and benefit , and a two-fold reason for remembering with plea.s ure the summer of nineteen-four.

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PROBABL Y 1110St chapters are, at one time o r anothe r , confronted with the question of the transfer, an individual innocent in herself, but occasionally furnishing one of the most perple x in g problems of fraternity life. For tunatel y sh e is often just the girl the chapttr would have chose n and fits into he r n ew su rro undin gs with the adaptability of a con ge nial spirit. Once in a while, however, the process o f assimilation is 11 0t so easy, eit he r because of some peculiarity in the c harac t e r of the gi rl or because of in h e r former su rround ing s. O f th e former class it is not necessary to say much. The selfi s h tran sie r , the st iff -n ecked and obst inate transfer, the tran sfe r with the unmanageable temper probably never ought to hav e been initiated in the first place, Any ch apter is the worse fo r h er , and a chapter who p asses her on to an ot h er college is alone r espon sibl e for any troub le that may come of it. I-fappiiy such t ran sfers are ra re, for th e friction of fraternity life has already smoothed off the roughest angles .

The usual difficulty is not the result of charac t e r but of pre"jolls e n v ir onmen t. The gi rl who g-ocs from one college to ano ther is o ft en the product o f differe nt cond it ions , soc ial and illlell ectuai, he r college is pe r Haps of a different stand a rd, while her habits, he r views of life, h er whole make-up are s uch as wou ld d raw h er, if still u nin itiated, into some othe r frate rni ty or :10 fratemit)" at all.

There );ave appeared latel y in sc\'cral of the men's ,frat e rnity magazine art icl es protesting emphatically against th e affil iation of transfers. '·Be good to them:' they urge, "but do not affil iate them unless they wi ll be a positive stre ngth to th e c hapt e r."

This r emi nd s u s of the art icl es we ourseh'es publish far too frequently, bidding us "be kind to the non-fraternity gi r1. " Of course neither o ne is wanted ir. the c hapt er, but they will qu ite und e rstand and acqui esce if on ly, forsoo th , we are Hnice t o th em," Bu t how, for instance, wilt the transfer feel w he n you r eject him and r ece iv e one from anothe r co llege into fu ll fellowship, and flOW will suc h disc rimin ation look t o th e coll ege wo rld outside ? Will it not imply someth in g against the cha racte r of th e one rejected, and since he is a new comer, work him actual harm?

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\Vorst of all, will not sllch a cou rse lower fraternities and the fraternal idea in the eyes of that same college world?

Each year the chapte r cheerfully undertakes to incorporate into it se lf the half dozen or 50 freshmen whom it has initiated. Considering th e ir immaturity and the frequentl y hasty rushing, this is fully as difficult a task as assimilating an occas ional transfer. We may argue that we choose th e fres hmen ourselves, w he reas we had nothing to do with se lecting the transfer. But then, ne ith e r did we se lect our alumnae no r shall we se lec t the freshmen who are to come after us.

A gi rl' s presence in college argu es tha t she is ready to accommodate herse1f so far a s poss ibl e to its atmosphere , her presentation of a letter of transfer is pledge of her willingness to meet the chapte r at least half way. Should she prove a girl who falls below o ur standard of breeding or culture, there is still left a common meeting ground. for down below such superficial differences are certain wom anl y attributes which we may take for gra nted 6elong to every fraternity girl. Perhaps it is not a bad thing once in a while to sweep aside the comparativel y non-esse ntial , and found Ollr mutual friendship on such ba sic qualities as sincerity, honor, and hi gh aspiration.

A na io nal organization gi ves to a fraternit y strength, solidarity, unity; it gives prestige to the chapter o r individual belonging to it. \Ve boas t of ou r national standi ng, are proud' of our strong chapters. and feci a proprietary interest in the achieveme nts of sllccessful alumnae. Shall we take to ou rs elves all the st rength of a st ro n g nationa' o rganization and not accept the one sma ll evil,-the affiliatioo of an occasionaJ undesirabl e transfer? Caution in granting charters, and the frequent and careful inspection of chapters reduces eve n this danger to a minimum, and at the very worst , we at leas t have our pin and 'our pledges in common. Sisterhood de COWl ' eHance is not the ideal bond, but in the case of tlie transfer, it is certainly better than no sisterhood at all.

INSTEAD of the u sua l clipping from many of the fraternity magazines, we devote our exchange department this month to r ep rinting the essay which took the prize of fifty dollars offered

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by 'A lp ha Tau Omega. As a presentation suggestive and sympathetic and un spoi led by sentimentalism, and as a little piece of pure flexibl e English , it is rc.:onunc nd ed to every r eade r of the ARROW.

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ALPHA PROVINCE

\ ' ERMONT ALPH.-'I.-MIDDLEDURY COLLEGE (CHARTERED 1&)3)

Vermont A l pha is just drawing a sigh of relief after the fateful fir s t week in March, which brings us all grievous duty whether we will or no. In spite of our misgivings we ace r eady now t o raise our heads from those fateful documents and give three cheers for the " quee n whose banners lead."

[ wonder if we are not the fir s t to introduce to you pi edglings f r om th e class o f IgoB . Two town gi rl s, Mary Kendall a nd Th eod o ra Cran e, are proudly w ea r in g the pledge pin. The addition of Theo will make ou r Mr:;. Crane a Pi Phi mother as well as patroness. With OUf pl edge s we took ou r annual s traw-rid e to the home of one of our member s, where o f course, we had suc h fun as o nl y Pi Phis know h o w to make. Besides this, we had one very plea sant ru sh ing party before ou r sub-freshmen were pledged It is OU T custom to make th e Phar etra a pre sen t eac h year at C hri st ma s, and thi s year we gave a blue flame s tove. It is \'c r y co nvenient to give a present "all in th e fMniiy," and this ha s pro\'ed n o except ion

Several advances have bt'en made in Middlebury Co ll ege recen tly along the lin e of English work. Our junior ex hibiti on is to be omitted because of extra public lit erary work in the college. Th e e vening of the twenty-fifth of Mar c h is to be occupied by the junior cla ss in givi ng th e play, "She Stoops to Conq uer." One o f our girls, Katherine Coll in s, h as a pa r t in the play. Another Pi Phi was se lected t o appear, but was unable to take the part assigned her .

A debating soc rtty organized amo ng the college men has j u s t clos('d a ve r y successfu l se ri es of public debates. A team ha s been chosen from th e fr e shman class to debate with a simila rl y chos e n team at Dartmouth . Our enthusiasm is great over this co nt est , for we have n o t forgotten our

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great victory in a simila r debate with th e College of \Vebster last ye:tr A picked team from th e debating association is t o war ,,·jth agai n st a team from St. Lawre nce Unive r si ty later in the year.

Since th e comparatively r ecent fitting lip o f ou r ph ysica l la bo rato ry upo n endowme nt , ou r n("w Sc ience Hall ha s th e best o f equi pm ent fo r labo ratory work. T he sc ie nce courses a re co nt inu a ll y being improved and offer unusua l oppo rt uni ti es t o thos e intersted in thi s wo r k.

OUT Young \Vomen ' s C hri stian Assoc""tion is in a prosperous co nd ition thi s year. vVe se nt tw o delegates t o the r ecent New E ngland can· ventia" in H olyoke, M ass., o n e of wh om wears th e a rrow. Pl an s are bei ng made to send a large delegati o n to the summer conference at Silv(r Hay. N. Y.

The co ll ege glee club, whic h ha s been in a dormant state for sev eral years, has rou sed fr om it s s lumbers and promi ses , together with it s mandolin and guitar clubs, to do s uc('(' ss ful work. A glee cl ub o rga nizcn among the wome n has already ginn four concerts. Several Pi Phis a re members of it.

Vermont Alpha rejo ice" with you in th e t ic that binds u s all in one great siste rh ood and g i\'es us, away lip here in th e co m e r of Pi Phi dom, kindred interes ts with T exas Alp ha and Ca lifornia Beta . All h ono r to ou r beloved fraternity

BE SSIE M A BEL B U MP

VERM O!':T

BE

TA-UN IVER S ITY OF VERMON T

(C HART'Ek ED 1898)

Doubtless by thi s tim e C\'ery Pi Phi ha s sig hert a s igh o f r elief, in th inking Ihal another examination ha s come and gone. :Maybe our sighs will be heav ie r when we have gone, and left o ur active share in fratern ity t o new th o ugh equally enthusiastic hand s. Bu t enoug h o f morali7.ing! It is s uggested th at thi s be a co ll ege l e tt e r, and imm edia tely a great diffi c ult y prese n ts it sdf, because it is not an easy ta sk to tell in a few wo rd s of a ll that makes our co lleg e life so pec uli ar ly dear t o us Vermont girl s. Like all ot h t r universities, we have many departments of study, with an aggregate attendance of n ea rly s ix hundred students. P e rhaps because we girl s are n o t \'e r y num erous we eac h h ave a greater share in a nd r espon sibi lity fo r all the good times which are ou r s. Th ere arc on ly about fifty girls in collcge, so the chapter r o lls of three so r o rities are of necess ity s mall For th e pa st three years, as fa r as my memory extends, ou r chapter ha s bee n the la rge s t of th e three But we do lac\( what time alone can s upply-a large r alumnae circle. Fortunately, th e rank s are gradually being filled. Vve cann o t appreciate th e g irl s who live in town too h ighl y. They are \'ery lo yal t o our week ly and have co nc eived the idea that th ey mnst never come empty hand ed. Of

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course th er e arc "neu tral s" in colleg e , but fraternity s pirit doc s n o t maniitse lf unpleasantly at any time, so at s n c h time s a s cl ass elections we are all in a comm on "I nt e r nos " compa ny which i s delightful. Th e ladies of the faculty ga\'C a Hallowe'en party to all t he colltge student s. Mu ch fun wa s found in th e masque r ade, and a ll th e "s lunt s" I>ccu li a r to th e evening. A large part of t he c\' c ning was given up t o dancing and r efreshments "s uited t o th e occasion" were se rv ed on woor\ell p lates! \Va shington's Birthday· was wdcomcd as one of our co n spiC\l01l5 1y f ew holidays. I n th e even ing came the .rCake \V a l k," which was a great s u ccess in every parti cu lar It was the mo s t original a nd laughable e n ter tainment o f it s kind eve r pr esent e d . T h e prize fo r s pecialti es was awarded 10 a sea mo n ste r more wonderful t han any recorder! in cla o;· sica l a nn als. No t on ly did it ope n its cavernous jaws, but blinked it s eyes a nd brea th ed ou t s mok e and a t all co l um n of wate r . Dancing was enjoyed a fter th e entertainment.

Our spring r ecess is postponed o ne week owing to the len g t hened co!lege calendar. l magine ce leb r ating Class Day with fi re c ra ckers and toy p is tols I-but stic h will be th e case h er e, becau se th e decree has gOlle f o rth that July fo urth s hall be Class Da y. If Comme ncem en t time is postponed till the middle of t h e s umm er, we expect a great jubilee b ec ause i t is Vermont's centennia l yea r To celebrate the event, a million rl o ll a r endowment fund has been undertaken.

Junior week has been inau g urated h ere thi s year and will b e observed i n April. It is an established custom in many colleges, but ha s never been tned by Vermont befo r e. The sophomore h op was held in January and those who attended agree that it was a mo st sqccess ful affair. The chemistry club h a d a Radium e\'en ing rec en tl y. To th e initiated it was very pr ofitab le, but to u s who could not understand a ll about

A lph a Beta Gamma-XYZ ray s, th e mos t enjoyab le part was seeing thro ugh a st r o ng lens a bit of radium co m po und It wa s well worth the humiliati o n even o f being impres sed with a re al ization of how little we did kn o w . B efo re ou r r ece'iS, th e girls a r e to give th e ir annual Y. \V C. A. ente r tai nm e nt. Prep3rations a r e being made o n a scale than u sua l, but we expect that our success will more than compe n sat e for the e xtra work. I have not menti o ned the best and deare- st part o f all ou r Ii fe. a nd that is Pi Phi. Thi s has been the happie s t year imaginable

Both o f ou r sophomore girl s arc chosen for the preliminary reading, when speakers will be selected for the Spear pri ze r ea ding contest. We hope that one and possibly both may be amo ng the final speaker s. Verm ont Beta h ope s that each of you ha s enjoyed the year to the utm.o £t. ELIZABETH Du R1L£.

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COLUlolDiA ALl'lIA-<OLU),(B1AN UNlVERSITY

(CI:1AIlTUED J88g)

Condition s at Columbian arc all flourishing and e,'erything se em s t o point toward a peri od of grow th and prospe rity unparalleled in its history. OUf new I)re sident, Dr Needham, ha s purcha sed a site for new buildings and the pl a n s a re n ow ready to be put into exec ution. The entire area of five ac r es will be occupied by buildings, arranged Quadrangularly about a central court. The building s comp ri se a Memorial Hall and Auditorium , Library. Alumni Hall, Gymna si um and Dormit o ri es , the entire cost o f wh ich is at between onc and one 3ud a quarte r million s. We are all e nthu s ia s t ic ove r the great futllre which li es before u s a s a uni ve r s ity, and h o pe that the plan s will be matured early_

The annual debate with the University of Virginia took place in January. The Question a s t o the advi s ability o f putting the railroads under government contro l was unu s ually intere sting, and wa s well argued ('In Nth s ide s. Thi s year, a s la s t, Columbian won , and was entirely des erving of the e nthu siasm h e r s tudents evinced fo r their A lma Mater.

Early in February, the Univer s ity gave o ne of th e fo rmal fun c tions of th e year. It w as the Students' Ball at the New W ill ard. Th e re wer e more than seven hund red gue st s, who mos t heartily atte s ted to the plea sure o f the evening. The majority of th e college girls present were Pi Phi s.

Quite an impul s e wa s given LI S along athletic line s in the fall , and ou r ba seba ll team prom ises t o be as great a s u ccess as our fo otball eleven. The c hoi ce o f member s fo r the t ea m is the all - important question now, and regular pra c ti ce will begin as soon as the weather p e rmits. The sc hedule includes game s with Le high, Syracu se, Getty sburg and J o hns Hopkin s, and \\' e are looking forw a rd to them with a great deal of interest.

But Pi Phi s a r e s uc h an important fact o r at Columbian that to gi"e you an adequate idea o f it s doings , we mu s t tell you of some of o ur own entertainment s. On the fou rth of J anua ry , th e Pi Phi alumnae, assisted by the ach' e girl s . gave a formal recep tion in the college library to the faculty and friend s of the unive r s ity The purpose wa s to iaentify ourselves clearly with co llege int e re st s and to s trength en the po s ition we bold a s it s oldest fraternity. It wa.s a :, uccess b eyo nd our most sanguine anticipations.

The Phi Alpha chapter of C hi Omega entertained us at an in forma1 dance in February It was a lea p year affair, and altoge th e r wa s most no vel and delightful. \Ve w e re extremely plea sed with thi s testimony o f interfraternity interest a nd friendship.

Edith Giles o f '06 spent la s t week with us. It wa s g ood to have her

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among us again. Du r ing her visi t , we we r e in formally ent er ta ined at th e homes of seve r a l o f th e girl s, th e most delightful a ff ai r perhaps beiug a littl e dance a t the home of Ethel Rollins a t Fall s Ch ur ch. \ Ve are now bu sy with pl a n s fo r our annual dance, t o be given during th e Easter vacation.

Our college wo r k is running a long smoo thly and plea s antly, and we r eg ret th a t so much of the yea r is gone. With bes t wi s h es to all Pi Phi s, f r o m Columbia Alpha.

MA U D ESTHER M CP HER SON.

PE NNSYLVANI A ALPl:L\-SWA RTliMORE COLLEG E

(C HARTERE D 18g2)

It is ve ry happ ily that Penn s ylvania Alpha se nd s greeting t o her sistl'r chapter s. fo r at la s t ou r lo ng delayed pledge day has come, and now very pro udly we want t o intro-1 uce to you ou r thre e " n e w f ou nrl treas ures"- H azel D avis, Flora Boyle, and Elizabeth J o hn so n, who, at pr esent are loyal Pi Phi s and can gin a h ea rty "Ring! Ching! Ching!" with th e rest of u s.

On th e nineteenth of December w e held th e on e large en t ertainment which o ur n on·rushing pledge all o ws u s. \Ve gave it in th e fo rm of a Christma s part y; a nd the large r oom draped in C hri stma s green s, with the so ftly s h ade d glo w of the ca ndl es lighting up our own dear wine and blu e wa s a sig ht n eve r to be forg ott en . Our joy wa s to ucher! with s adne ss, how e ver, fo r we knew th a t it wa s to be o ur la s t e vening with one o f th e dearest o f ou r s iste r s, E s ther ROJre r s, who le ft co ll ege the ne x t da y o n acco unt o f the ill h ea lth of h e r mo th er .

On th e fo urt een th o f February, w e gave a va lent in e party in Phil ad elphia , at th e h ome o f one o f th e g irl s. The affa ir was a great s uccesS, and we have n ow all so h 'e d the hidd en my s t er y o f the future and heard oc r fate foretold in so lem n t on es.

Th e r e wifl be many changes in o ur co ll ege n ex t yea r , and it seems as if S wa rthmo r e wer e soon no lo nge r to be a s mall co ll ege. At a new dormitory is being r apidly co n stru cted , which will accommoda te from fifty t o a hundred boys Tli e tuiti on h as al so been raised and, beg inning with n ex t yea r, will be fou r hundred a nd fift y instead of fo ur hundred dollars. Th e r oo m s, likewi se, which her eto fo re, ha ve all been the same price, will n o w be charged for acco rd ing to t heir desirability .

With the be s t w ish es fo r a bright and h a ppy s pr ingtime t o each anti every Pi Phi

ELlZABETH K CARTER

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PENNSYLVANIA BETA-BUCKNELL COLLEGE

(C HARTERED J89 5)

Pennsyl\'ania Beta agam greet s all he r sister chap ter s. With her greeting, she se nd s a few items of interest about her college.

This year Bucknell has attendance of O\'e r sev en hundred, an Increase of sixty over la s t year and some forty wefe unable to register owing to want of roo m . This is vc r y encouraging, especially S0, since th e increase was also a n in crease in the number of girls e nt e ring

The library n ow number s twenty·fi\,c thou sa nd \'olumes. It i s open daily. Sunday excepted. La s t year over a thousand dollars was expenrJctl fo r books and periodical s. An estate ilwcn to ri ed a t fo rty -eig ht th ousaJlll dollar s win accru e to the l ibrary af ter the expiratio n o f a life int e re st.

The tru s t ees a nd committ ee o n th e endowment fund a re hard at w ork tr ying t o r aise the fund to o ne million dollar s. They are meeting wi th s uccess and Bucknell is confident ly looking forward t o th e time whp.n she will be Olle oi the best endowed colleges in the country

Four new courses, leading 10 d eg r ees, ha\'e been added t o th e currit: · ulum. Th ey a re the course in Juri sp rud e n ce, in Biology, in Chemist r y and in Civil Engineering Special work is a l so offered in Medicine, but as ye t it leads to no degree.

An H o nor Socie ty o r New Sc h ola r ship Society h as been fo rmed, to w h ic h on ly th ose who have a tt ai ned a s tanding o f 95 o r mor e in th f' ir cou r se are eligible. Oi last year 's cl ass, fOll r have been nominated for elec t ion t o th e soc ie ty.

In a thl et ics, Bucknell ha s prospererl. The foot ball sea son was n ot a3 a s t he precedmg year, but ba sket·ball has been extremely successful, only t wo game s in th e las t t wo yea r s have b een lost. In base·ball, Bucknell n e \'e r has as s trong a t ea m a s in o th e r athletics, 1)\1{ thi s year we have promi se of a bett e r t ea m than usual. The track cantildate s are in tra in ing and we have g ood c h a n ces fo r th e relay race s in Philadelphia.

Socially, Bu ck n ell ha s uee n gayer thi s winter th a n eve r We have had a Faculty r ece pt ion , Senior Seminary re ception , co llege girl s ' reception, Open Zeta Part y a play gi ve n by the girls' Dramatic Club, Academy Boys recepti o n , Jun io r B a ll , fraternity partie s, class banquets, leap year dance, and "at homes" for th e co ll ege men given by the dean o f wom en, besides many litt le informal affai r s whi c h hav e proved deiight£uJ and han added much to ou r co llege life Of cou r se next t e rm has larg e soc ial functions charact e ri s tic of th e spring term, and a dat e ha s been fi xed for a new dance t o be known as the Sophomore Cotillion.

The jun io r clas s is hard a t work on its annual, Pi Beta Phi is well repre '<e nted on its boa rd a nd all are working hard to make it tbe

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best eve r published. The sophom o re cla ss has elected it s board fo r nelet year, and they al,:;o gnc c\' idence of wisdom when they elected a numbn of Pi Phi girls to the board.

1 can n ot close without telling about the picnic our chapte r ga,'e for th e f res hman girls It was held in the girls' gymnasium, which was filled with cu s hi on s. Games were played, son gs s ung and dancing indulged in . Th e n a picnic lun ch wa s se rved All the featu r es of a mid-summer picn ic wefe carried out, the girl s wearing light dre sses and car rying par asols. Tt was certainly a delightfu l way o f spending an eve ning and we active members enjoyed it a s much as th e fre s hm en

FERNE F. BRADDOCK

GAMMA-DICKINSON COLLEGE

(CHA RTERED 19(3 )

\V-e regret ve r y much that just n o w \\c have to repC'lrt regre ss of th e college ins tead of progress.

On Marc h third. our n ew a dmini s tration building. Denney Hall. e nt ir e ly de s troyed by fire . Thosl! who were presen t at the installation will r emember it very wel l. as it was in that building th at we were taken into mysteries of Pi Phi. All the departmental anrt valuable records of t he college were lost. The Belles Lettre s and Union Phil osop hi ca l literary socie ties lo st ;:tll the r ecor d s. s ince their e s tabli sh· ment in the ea rl y part o f the last century.

Out of thi s r egress, progress will come, for Denney Hall will be rebuilt 011 a larger sca le. owing t o the addition of new departments s ince IPe original hall was built in '96 . Economics and G e rman han been marIe into sepa rate departments and have been accommoda ted in South Collegc. Wh e n the new Hall is r ebui ll th ey will be accommodaterl in it.

Plan s are on foot to increase th e end o ment fund, and twelve thou· sand dollars wa s lately le ft to th e college by th e R e\·. \Villi am Lloyd. Th e r e was some hes itation about granting Di ck inson a cha rt er o f Pi

Be t a Phi on account of the sma ll n umber of girls coming here, but that uncertainty has been entire ly dispelled. as the number of girls who ent!!!' Ihe fr eshma n cla ss is double what it ha s been ill ple\' iou s years.

Dickinson ha s been brou ght into prominence by her foot·ball team thi s falt. We are the third college t eam in the \Ve succeeded in wi nning from both our oldest ri vals, State and Lafay ette, a thing nenr accomplished in any year before Th e baby c hapte r has h ad a \'Cry good time thi s winter. We have been entertained as a fraternity fi\'e tim es and naturally feel jubilant over it. Early in February we were delightfully entertained by Mr s. Prettyman, one o f our patronesses. Dr Prettyman's fraternity. Beta Theta Pi, was entertained at the same time It was an auction party and th e re was no

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end of fun to iL That was the first time we had (,Ocr gi\' en our yell i'1 public, but we gave it wilh a vjm and it W3 S as successfully rend e red as if we had had fOUf years' knowled ge oi it. The Beta Theta Pi s gave their annual play and reception the twelfth of February. M abe l Kirk made her debut behind the footlights th a t night in a very creditable manner. Pi Phi was la rgely represented.

Edith Super gave a lovely St. luncheon to the fraternity and alunUlae. That evening we were e nt ertained by th e writer o f this letter . On February ninet een th. Jes sie Hauck and Katharine Keefl.:r, g:H'e a ca rd party for U 3. \Ve had an especially good time a s three of our la st year' s seniors we r e back. On W ashington's birthday. Mrs E,'ans entertained the o ther five pat r onesses and ou r frat ern ity a t a pro· gressive anagram party. \Ve h ad a 10\'ely time togethe r and felt that we had grown to know our patronesses much better. At the dan ces and other soc ial events of the year Pi PH alwayl' has a g ood repre sen tation

As a fraternity, we h ave done no entertaining thi s term but have eards for "at home l'" the last two ' ·...eeks in March t o the ladies of the facuIty , patr onesses and friends. \Ve have decid ed t o wait till sp ring to h o ld our r eception , when we will hav e a large lawn party Thro ugh thi s medi ulll , we wis h to thank tho se who wrote u s co ngrat· ul a tory letter s and t e ll them how much we appreciate them K,\ THLEES" MOOR GOODING.

OHIlI ALPHA--QHtO UNIVERSITY

(CHARTER ED 1889 )

Ohio University ha s r eac hed th e one·lnmdrcdth mil estone in he r exist· cnce and in June will mak e an ex ten s ive and some what elaborate celebrati o n. Special attractive features will occu py a n entire week, ending witl1 Commencement exerci se l' as a grand finale. III con ne ction with th e cen· tU1I1iai celeb rati o n and Commencement, w ill be h eld a "H ome coming." conducted by o n e of New York's multi·millionaires, who was forme rl y a r es id en t o f Ath e n s. One s triking feature o f thi s a dinner which will be sen'ed to a ll former residents in a building erected especially for that purpose. Hun dreds of former students expect t o return.

A magnificent n orma l building is n ow nearly ready fo r occ upancy, which adds greatly to that portion of the campus. Plans h a,' c also been drawn up f o r a hand some library building, whi c h will occu py corn e r o f th e campus. For this, Carnegie wa s a libera l d on o r , ,\lid increa ses the numb e r of o ur build ings to eight.

Our campus is known as one of th e mo st beautiful iIi the sta le: it is ve r y I>ientiful\y s lIpplied with some o f which have really grown up with the co llege \Ve h ave a s tro ng faculty of thirty nine membc-rs. many of wh o m h3 \' e spen t years o f preparation abroad, in connec·

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lion with their college courses. The enrollment of s tudent s for the pre!('nt term is approximately three hundred , and it will be much increased : n the spring t cnn.

Besides the college of "liberal art s," we h3\'C here a State Normal, a College of a business department, an electrical engi n eering, ann an art department.

Othn Greek letter fraternitie s arc. Beta Theta Pi, Phi Delta Th etd, Delta Tau Delta , a nd A lp ha Alpha Alpha, OUT rival.

Athletics attract a gr ea t deal of a tt en ti on and arouse much enthusiasm. Recently more success has been achieved on the diamond than o n the g ridir on,

\\' e have had <t Hry plea s ant and sllccess ful year. \Ve have initiaterl since our la st letter, and wish to pr esen t nernice Coultrap to our Pi Phi as a new wearer o f the wine and blue Her initiation occur reo in ou r han, where after nry impr essive ccrf'monies, we had an o ldtime "cookie-shine," to which ou r alumnae were invited.

That same week, th e alumnae chapter entertained us with an elegant "spread " at the fraternity hall. About thirty in all were present

Delta Tau Delta, with their girl friend s, en t ertai n ed at a s i x o'clock d inn er, in hon o r of their new men. and many Pi Phis were present.

We have ado pt ed a system o f entertainment which ha s met with great s uccess. Two of the g irls entenain th e chapter, in turn, every other week. The fir s t of these was an info rmal r ece pti o n , the n ex t, a V ale ntine party. where red heans were in much evidence, and eac h girl was pr ese nted with n valen tin e especially sui ted to her. The third fell upon \Vashington's birthday, a nd for thi s we had a colonia l party. The girls came in colonial costumes, while th e decorations were of red, white an,J blue. Plans are now under way for a 51. Patrick's Day celebration.

The Alumnae chapte r have adopted a similar method of ente rtainment and are meeting with equal success. They ha\'c organized with nineteen members and are o f great help t o us in many way s.

Ohio Alpha extends be s t wis h es t o s ister chapters FLOR , TERHUNE CONNER..

OHIO BETA--DHIO STATE USI\TERSITY

(CHARTERED 1894)

The l as t lime we girl s of Ohio Beta talked to yOll, we were anticipating that dreaded week of "c!<:ams." Now that that awful mountain has been dimbed. we hav e nothing more to worry about, save the daily routine of s tudy , which becomes burden so me at the mere thought of pretty sp ring day s.

Ju s t think, we han only one morc oppo rtunit y o f talking to you thi s yea r! But we ha\'e no reason to feel downhea rt ed, ior some of us, at

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lust, will be at the Conven ti on and then we can talk to our heart's con tent, which is worth more than a dozen letters Anyhow, it is so hard t o put on paper just what you want to say, but when girts, tSpecia Jly fraternity girls. get t ogether th ey never lack for words.

Perhaps you would be interested in knowing what ..... e as a college arc doing. H ow mu ch we would like to ha\'c you visit us some spring whm O S. U. is at her prettiest, fo r we certainly have an ideal campu s. The addi ti on of two new building s adds much, n ot only to the college SlIT· roundings, but to the advancemen t of th e institution as well. The Law Building, which has al so recently been erected, has a exterior with a hand somely finished interior. A part of this building is now taken up with th e archal'ological mu seum, but a law student informed us just the other day that the rising generation of lawyers would be i., possession of the entire btlilding. O. S U. is fa s t increasing in numbers and our enrollment ha s becn swe lled quite a littlc this year by the girls. Some day we s hall probab ly ha\'e a girls' dormitory, tlnd then 0 S. U. will be very attractive for th e "co·ed." \Ve ha\'e an excellent Domestic Science department, and ou r Art department is gradually being made large r and better.

A few weeks ago we su ffered a great los s in the burning of the Chern· ical Hall. But the s tat e ha s s hown its int e re st in us by making good Ihe loss, and before lo ng we s hall have another just as fine . Our pre s ident, as u sual, took the lo ss very cheerfully, consoling us by saying we would prove ourselves greater than th e fire .

To go baCK to Ohio Beta,-we had been looking forward to th e Junior Prom for a long t ime; it is n ow a th ing of the past. The decorations were "ery ta s teful and pretty, every thi ng went off beautifully and we had a delightful time. perhaps because so many of ou r girl s were th e re . \Ve are now planning for our form.al party to be given the fifteenth of April. This is to ce lebrate our tenth anniver sa ry and we anticipate th e hest kind of a time, of course.

Before Ohio Beta's sc ribe writes another letter , we shall have been doing all sorts of "campus work" and by that time can possibly tell all sorts of tales. But till then , you have our best wishe s.

CLA'iF. POSTLE.

NEW YORK ALPHA-SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY

(CHARTERED I8g6)

The fear and anxiety of midyea r examinations io; now ove r an'" we can once more write to ou r sis t ers.

YOlt aSK what next ha s occupied our mind s aside from the regular cou r se of s tudy Fir st we may mention the Senior Ball , together with

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many iraternity parties following closely the city concert gi\'en by the Glee and Instrumental cluLs of the Uni\·ersity.

The new hall which was mentioned in the November number oi Iht" ARROW, is not yet completed. but as soon as spring comes, it will be pushed forward with great rapidity. The heating plant is now in operation . It s r es ul ts are mllch more beneficial and it is less expensive than the fonner meth od.

Our college i s not only enr iche d by these new buildings. but has recently received gift s from Jame s Belde n, of fifty thousand dollars for the endo ..... ment of the Medical College and one hundr ed th o u sa nd for the C:ollege of Liberal Arts; as well as one hundred thousand dollars from John Lyman

Our athletes have been doing creditable work by winning a majority of th e Basket Ball games

The Clas sical Clltb has prepared a lecture course which ha s been verr interesting and in structi\·e. Among th e lecturers were, Prof. Richardson, who supe rint ended excavations at Corinth; Prof. f!.forgan. of Har · \'ard, and Prof Peritz, of Syracuse. The Hi storical C lub ha s also given a \'e r y interesting course.

Some of the s tud en t s are being train ed by rrof. Lo ssey to "King Lear." Th e play will be gi\'en in Syra cuse, and also in Roche ste-r and Auburn.

The fraternity ha s al so been bu s }'. We celebrated our eighth birthdtty by a party at hich were il1\·jted the siste r s and mothers of the girls At this time our fre s hmen pre se nted a farce "Per Telephone" in a very creditahle manner

MARY E. HART

M \SSAC H C5ETT5 ALPH.\-SOSTOX UNln:RSITY

(C HART£Rf.ll 1896 )

As the March days lengthen and the time for the April ARROW approaches, we realile that Spring is indeed at hand. Thi s ha s bee n a typical Npw England wint er and Bos ton h as been wrapped in a blanT{et of snow for many weeks. Neverthele ss c hilly winds and deep driits ha\ie not hindered Oll r enjoyment and the days han gone "err swiftly. \Ve have bee n cdightfully entertained sC"eral time s. Early in the se ason the local chapter of Beta Th e ta Pi gave us a party at tlleir new fraternity house, and this was soon follo,\ed by two general " Ladies' Nights" gi\'Cn by Theta Delta Chi, at both of which Pi Phi WtlS well represented. Early in February, Adelaide Chase, an alumna of Illin ois Zeta, entertained u s most delightfully at h er home in 'Vest 1\l ediord. and soon afte r, Ann" R obinson, one of our own alumnae, held the jolliest "cookie·shine" at her home. where the active girls met the local alumnae. This was fol -

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lowed on \Va shington's bi rthday by a damtr luncheon g iven the acth'c chapter by H arriette O'Donald.

Thi s winte r ha s !>ten a momentous onc in the history of our co ll ege . Las t yea r , Dr . W a rren, who had been president o f th e univer s ity for more th an tw enty-five years, resigned the posi t ion a nd th e tru s t ees, a fter mon th s of deliberati o n, finally appoin t ed 3 5 his s uccesso r, D r \ Viltiam Huntingt o n , for many yea r s OUf ow n beloved dean. Dr. Huntington is grea tly admired by the s tudent s o f th e College of Liberal Arts, and on Feb ru ary th ey tried t o express th eir g r ati fi ca l ion at hi s elec ti o n by tendering him a la rge r ecepti on. The scen e was a very brilliant one t hat evcning, a nd we wefe all proud o f ou r pre sident as he received wit h Go vern o r Ba t es, who is a n a lnm nu s of ou r college TI I\' r e("c pti o n was in charge of a comm itte e co n sis ting o f o n e girl and one man from each oi t he fOll r ciass("s. Ethel Piper, one of o ur own girl s. was th e S o phomore repre sc ntatin o n thi s committee.

Pre s ident Huntingt on ' s inauguration will not come unti l ne,..t O("toi>er. whe n th ere will be a wee k o f inte re st ing ex e rci ses. W e fee l that th e outlook for Oll r coll ege is a ve ry happy o ne

\Ve have n o t done an:y extensive en t e rt aining o ur selve s, except t o g i v(" :'l Leap Year part y o n Februa r y

This was held at t he home o f L o ra Pr att, in B rook lin e, a nd wa s a gr ea t s uc cess. We arc t alki n g of a large recep ti o n for F ounder's Day , but have made no definilf' plan s for it as yet. Adalieta Shaw, o n e of ou r dea r est girl s, ha s b "en out o f college th is semes t e r o n account o f the se ri ous illn ess of h e r mothe r \ Ve mi ss h e r sa dly but look fo rward to having l1e r with u s in t he fall. The five n ational fr ater nitie s in college are now fo rming a Association, but at t he pres en t w r iting it s o r ga ni zation is no t complete. Kl a t sch, th e annua l rec ep t ion given by the girl s o f th e Liber a l Art s department. is near a t h and, and a t th a t time H a rriC'lte

Q ' Dona ld i s t o b e ou r h os t ess.

M assachuse tt s Alpha h o p es th a t the wint e r h as been a pro spero u s one fo r a ll her s i s ter c h a pter s , an d tru s t s that th e joy an d sunshine o f Springtime may en t e r int o th e h ea rt of each P i Phi

SARAH G. POMEROY

MARYLA ND ALPHA-THE CO LLEGE OF BALnJ.[ORE

(C HARTERED 1897)

Our th ough t s have been so concentrated in the prosperity o f Marylantf Alpha that it seems hard t o bring them t o a realization of the grea t.. r fraternity w o rld o f Pi B e ta Phi Our only excu se is the fact that next Sa t urday, March twelfth 1S pl edge da y at th e W o man 's Co llege, anf'! excitement run s high

Las t Fri day night , M arch fourth, we gave the o n e large function

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<t ll o wed to u s for t h is y ea r On e o f ou r a lullma e, wh o h as a beautiful co untry ho me g av e us h er ho u se fo r th e occa s io n All of o ur alumnae , o ted it the bes t pa rt y th 3t thi s chap te r o f Pi Ph i h as e ve r give n

Our ti me fo r o n e week mo r e is t o be la rgely occ upi ed with "s tunt s ' io r th e ent e rtai n me n t o f t he fr es hm en. Conce rt s a nd t ea s are on the progra m, a nd we ca n h :l. r dl y r ea li ze that th e tim e is almos t h e re wh e n we arc t o be r elease d fr o m the s e dut ie s. A f te r s ix lo ng month s o f "ru sh ing" it will see m st r ang e to b e r id o f w h a t o n e upper c1 ass girl wittil y ca ll ed " th e eve r p rese nt fr eshman."

But co lfege pro per cl a im s a s u s u al a good s h a r e o f o ur attenti o n. S in ce o ur las t le tt e r t o th e A RROW, a long, h a rd wee k o f mid yea r exa min at ion s h as co me and g o n e Tllis is the fir s t time in the hi story of our co ll eg e th at mid ·yea r s ha \·e b ee n m ade a r eg u lar in s tituti o n ; and if a vo te o f th e s t u d en t bod y was t a ke n I am a fra id th ey wo uld not be co nt inu ed m any yea r s.

We no ti ce with pl eas ure. in th e n ew ca tal og ues fo r th e y ear 1904-1905 a ve ry ma t eri a l rai s in g of th e s tand ard f o r entr rt n ce \Ve w ho entered. se\·eral year s a go th o ught th ey wer e high en o ugh th en, but we realize th a t prog re ss is bes t in a ll things.

D uring th e year, Dr Froe li c h er h a s g ive n a se ri es o f lec ture s on Art , w hi ch hav e b ee n ve ry fin e, fo r Dr. F roe li ch er is co n s idere d a n au t hority on thi s s ub ject .

Dr :Mo ult on, o f th e U ni \·er s ity o f Chi cago. r ecently d elive r e d a le cture he r e upo n o ne o f Bro wning's poe ms. It is a great plea s ur e t o hav e with us a m an wh o se dr a mati c art , as well a s hi s in si ght into literature, is o f th e hi g h es t o rd e r.

With gr ee tings to a ll ou r s is t er ch apte r s .

MARY CREIGHTON AMES

ILLIN OI S BETA' - LO lIBAR O CO I..I.. EG E

(C HARTERED 18 7 2)

We h a il wi t h gladn ess the o ppo rtunity t o de \ ote a large part of o ur Jet t e r t o tell ing o ur sis t e r s o f the prog r ess o f o ur co llege , fo r that is a sub ject eve r n ear and dea r to o ur h ea rt s.

Ju s t n o w, L o mbard s e ems lovelier than eve r, fo r we have returned irom o ur vaca t io n t o find th e grass on th e campu s s howing the fir st tinge o f gree n and th e sq uirrels an d r obi ns h o lding h igh r e vel s o ver their fi rs t wh iff o f T o begin in th e regul a ti o n way.-Lomba r d' s r eco d ior th e yea r o n the foo t - ball fi e ld h as been a n e xce llent o ne The cham-

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pionship of the coJlege teanv; of the \Ve st has fallen to her s hare, and great has been th e rejoicing thereat The basket-ball team h as been sca r ce ly less successful, and to them laurels a r e due.

Our enthusiasm fo r t he p r ogress of Lombard has been some wh at clouded during the past few week s , by the re signati on of ou r wo rthy pres ident Dr N as h h as been ca ll ed to th e office of Field S ec retary of tll C Universalist Church, and duty tak es him away. For several years h e h as dOlle a n oble work in rai s ing the college to an efficiency nevc r before attai n ed, and the impetus gi\'cn hy h im t o the institution will n o t soon be s pent. Dr Nash's departure mean s a loss to each one personally a s well 3!i t o th e commu nit y, and it is with great reluctance that we gi"e him God-speed. May the o ne who fills hi s place be as fai thful ami unti r ing in hi s efforts as he ha s been!

During thi s year tht: wo r k of th e college has been strengt hen ed and !:. y s temati1.ed, and all department s hav e nourished. A new medical de pa rtment, possessing muc h valuable apparatu s has been es tab li she rl, and is being ca rri ed on und e r the management o f Dr Kimble.

The worl< in m u s ic is progre ssi ng vt"ry success fu lly with Professor anrl Mrs. Tho mp so n at th e hea rl . Several int e r es ting r eci t als h ave been gi ve n and a program has been furnished in which the mu sic wa s entirely of Pro fe sso r Thomp son' s own compositio n

Mi ss Cu rti s, an instructor of much ability. ha s been placed at the head of the Engli sh department, and also ho ld s the o ffi ce o f Dean of W o m e n

The en r o llment is mu ch large r than last year, and we ha ve h ea rd it whi spered amo ng th e proiesso r s that Lombard n eve r had a better class of s t ude nt s. But th e fa c ulty may he parti al, and yo u t oo, ma y ht"ar the same opini on voiced by your ow n pr o f esso r s if yo u will but take the pains t o li sten.

A n even t of int e r es t in fraternity circles ha s bee n th e iss uing o f the fir s t number o f the magazine o f Alpha Xi D elta Thi s is a fr a t e rnity organized by Lombard g irl s, and ha s recently beco me national.

W e h ave had but on e party o f la te, whi ch was held at the h ome o f Grace Conley, o n e Qf our a lumna e, in h o n o r of St. Valentin e' s Day. H ea rt s and valentine s abounded in the decorations. and th e prizes appropriate t o th e season

Illin o is B eta wa s greatly pleased to be invited to occu py seats of honor, togeth e r with Illin ois D elta , a t the wedding o f J essie Van Clute. an Illin o is Delta Alumna e. Th e wedding was a c harming o n e, and we grea tly apprec iat e the kindne ss of Mi ss Van Clute in giving u s the invitation.

But we dare n o t take up all the pages o f the ARROW , though even th en l'llr pen wou ld n o t r un dry. so we will say good·by ETHEL CHAMBERLAIN.

THE A RR OW

lLLlr..OIS DELTA-KNOX COLLEGE

(C HARTERED 1884.)

1n trying to writ e about the progr ess of ou r co llege fo r thi s yea r p ]ll il1 ois D elta has c hanced upon rath e r a hard pro bl e m, a s we ha ve built no addi t ions to Ollr co ll ege, ha\'e h ad no n ew dcpanment s added t o OUT cour se. :md ha\"e done noth ing reall y remarkable.

Sin ce the close of Ihe foo t - ba ll se :.lson. th e athle ti cs ha ve been confinf'd to in -doo r ba se-ball and track work, with th e hope of h av ing especially good t eams in both, whe n the tim e comes.

Alth o ugh th e Knox g irl s a r e n o t aIJ owed to play itgain s t the girls o f othe r co llege s, th e re is a great dea l o f interest tak en in bas k e tba ll. There a r e six tea m s : senio r, jun io r , sophomore, fr eshme n , preparatory, and co nsen'ato r y, ancl a sc h edu le ha s been arranged so that each team ha s olle game with each of the o ther team s. The girls are also mu ch intere s ted in fe n cing, and with th e s pring term will b egi n sw imming le s£On s, also p re parati on for the regatta in Com m encement Wf'ek.

\Vit hin t he la s t month the r e have been three clas s pla ys, senio r , junior, and so ph omore , a nd o f cou r se we all feel quite s ur e th a t th eir success was due so l ely t o th e Pi P hi s in th e cas t s.

The las t month ha s bee n a bu sy one, too, in a soc ial way. Th e ninetce nth o f F ebruary we ga\'e our annual dan ce, and seve ral day s later, one of Oll r girls v ' as married, and th e wedding was s tri ctl y a Pi Phi one.

The fir st of th e se me s ter we initi a t ed fo ur fr es hm e n : Clara Maurin e T il ley. Myra 'Nil son and Bertha \ ¥ood s. lIJin o is Delta extend s h es t '\\' i shes t o a l1 the c ha plcr s.

KATI-IE1HN E 1\1. BA CBY

IU.• IXOI S EPSIL.QS-NORTHWESTER=" lTN IVER S ITY

(C HARTERED '894 )

Th e r e is so I1mch to t ell that it i s hard to know wh e r e t o begin; 1mt a good beginning will be to introd u ce ou r n ew membe r , Nafiine R ober t · son, whom we initiated alx)l1 t a month ago. She makes a fine P i Fhi , an mthu si a st ic o ne .

We are indulging in comb ined 1ll011 ming and rej o icing ove r th e fact tha t one of Oll r fre s hmen, Mari e Garri so n, ha O) le ft u s fo r th e r e maind( r o f th e yea r t o take a trip to J e ru salem ( th e old !).

Ch apte r affair s. now that th e exami na ti o n is o\"e r are ce ntered in ou r 3llOna ) dance to be givcn th e tw e nt y-sixt h o f M arch. Our dat e wa s fi xe d at so late a period that we s h a ll hav e o ur hand s full until th e dan ce is o , er .

A ffa ir s at co llege !Oee m to be ju s t waking up, and th e re i s a great d ea l g oing on. All o f the dances but t wo will be ginn in th e next thre e

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months, the junior play is "impending," and class socials are in order. Thursday afternoon of thi s week the Alpha Phis ente rtain all the sorority girls at a reception, and Friday evening th e se nior girls at Willard Hall entertain the senior class. The li s t of candidates for degrees has been po s ted, and Pi Phi has three names therein. \Vhether th e chap t er is happy or otherwi s e over the fact is not for me t o say: but as a representative of th e se ni o r s, I can safely say that we dread th e close o f OUT last year with Oll r dear soronty. and will ever cherish the memories we carry away with us.

OUT facl1lty ha s made twO important moves lately. It has taken !he initiative in abolishing the Thank sg iving Day football game ; and it h as done away with the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy, leaving on ly the II S. and the A. B. degree s in the departmen t of Liberal Arts.

An important step among the s tudent s is the establishment of a quarterly literary magazine, the fi r s t number of which made its appearance la s t month ] t s literary board inclu d es a Pi Phi, and it is hoped that ftuurc numbers may conta in co ntribution s fr om our literary members.

To return to chapter news, J wi ll close by sa ying that we h ave recei\'ed our chapt er letter from the "baby," and that we think our infant promises great thing s ; we therefore join Ollr sis t er chApters in extending a most co rdial welcome to the Pi Phis at Dickin so n College.

FLOREN CE GERTRUDE BALDWIN.

ILLINOI S ZETA-UN IVER S ITY OF ILLINOIS

(C H ARTER ED 1895)

Ou r mid -yea r and also Ollr "frat" exammations are o\' er, a n d Ill in ois Zeta has se ttled down to a peaceful exist ence again. Our happines s woulet be com pl ete, if it were not fo r one fa ct that has caused more than one face to lengthen \V e arc to lo se ou r president, and th at very soon Dr Draper ha s given to the board of tru s tees hi s resignation. to take ('ffect th e fir s t of Ap r il, and although we realize that the n ew position that he ha s accepted . that o f com mi ssioner o f educati on of the State o f New YorK, will offe r him many ad\'antages that h e cou ld n ot r eceive here, still we feel that his departure will mean a great loss for all of us . He h as been president o f the Uni\' er s ity o f Illin ois s ince 1894, and in that time ha s aided greatly in th e d evelopment and improvement of the universi ty.

Grou nd is t o be broken for th e new Woman 's Building in April , awl it is ho ped that the building will be re ady for use in th e fall It will fill o ne of th e greate s t n eeds of th e stud ent s. Besides the gymnasium and swimmi ng poo l, there will be rest r oo m s, an d a ll fitt ed ou t for th e "'RROW- 5

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girls' comfo rt and pleasure. The room u se d at presen t for the nasium is too small for the large classe s , and the athletic girls, as w 11 as the others, will be glad when th ey can move out of th e c ramp ed qua t · ters , ,\;Ve are hopi ng great thing s from ou r baseball team thi s s pring A lthough we cannot hope t o hav e it surpass the one which made suc h a brilliant se rie s of victories in th e cast, year before las t , we tru st it will not fall below our s tandard, and that in ba seba ll is a high one. \"Ie arenot making any claims for football.

We were delighted to meet four of th e Kn ox Pi Phi s , who were in Champaign at the Beta Theta Pi " ho u se party and annual" the fou rth of It was a great pleasure for us to see them, even for so sh o rt a tim e, and we hope they will come again. Charlotte Nelson , one of our own girls of '03, v isited here at the sa me time. fir s t \\.'ith the party at the Beta hou se, and then with u s for a week.

Since each o f the ten fraternitie s and five sororities gives a formal a nnu al party in the spring , this io:. a busy time of year. Ours is to be th e la st of th e series. o n the twenty-ninth of April. Th e Japan ese coti lli on given last year was so great a success that we are thinking o f attempting a cotillion again, but ou r plan s are n ot yet made Illinoi s Zeta wi shes for all Pi Phis a happy and prosperous spring. HELEN MARIE ATKINSON.

INOrAl\".\ ALPIIA-FRANKLIN COLLEGE (CHARTERED

1888 )

Indi a n a Alpha is enjoying t o the utmost h e r c hapt e r house, which s he thinks could not be improved, either in locati o n or conveniences.

At la s t ou r dull term when everybody works is almost e nded , and after all it hasn't been dull, although we have had very few formal affairs to break the monotony. Yet in a general way we "have had a good tim e:' At the beginning of the term we gal e a spread for the n ew girls , a nd while we cannot speak for our guests, th e " o ld o n es" ce rtainly enjoyed it \Vh a t Pi Phi doe sn't enjoy a s prea d? Two weeks late r our pledglings entertained the active c hapte r and ou r men suppo rter s , in h ono r of ollr new pledge, Carolyn McCaslin. And le t me say here, we are proud indeed to introduce her to you.

On February s ixth our an nual r eunion wa s held a t Indianapol is. This is always an important day for u s , and many of o ur alumnae and active girls attended. But you may read more of it elsewhere. On the twenty- seventh of February we gave a s pread just " for the girl s"-acti\'c and alumnae-and to introduce ou r new patron ess, Mr s. Luther Short. It give s u s great pleasure to introduce Mrs Short. Sh e is the wife of Luth e r Short , ex-con s ul to .Turkey, an rJ a s ide from her soc ial promi-

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ocnee posse s ses many per sonal Qualities which make h e r an ideal patrone ss.

And now the e xam inati on Questions have come , and we are eage rly (II) looking forward to th e c ru cia l te st. If we s urvive we hope to s end you a newsy letter next time. fo r we expect to have our best t imes next t e rm \V ith greeting s to all Pi Phi s, GRA CE STAFFORD CARNEY.

Ilf.TA-ISDIASA UN IVERSITY

(FOUNOED 1893 )

Ind iana Beta pau ses at the e nd of a VCTy bu sy and s uc cess ful term to send greetings to her s is ter chapters. \V e have one n e w girl to introduce. Mabel K eeney of Ri s ing Sun. Ind \o\"e have done , -c ry little entertaining as a fraternity thi s terl1l, but our time ha s been fully oc· cupied J anuary thirti e th we gan OUT term d a nce. whi c h t ook the form of a Lea p Year party. Leap year customs were fo llow ed throughout the evening. On the evening of i\'1arch the fifth , the annual Panthygatric occurred. Thi s i s th e dance given by all the so rority girls in the un iH'r s ity. Half of them go dre sse d as mcn and accompa ny the others. This year it was a succe ss in every way.

One of Ollr girls, M Indwell Crampton. sp ent s everal week s thi s winter traveling in the so uth. He visited New Orleans during the Mardi Gra s, and also m ade a trip through Mammoth Can, Kentucky. While there. she saw seve ral pil es of s to nes which h ad been left a s monuments by friend s of variolls colleges and universities Several fraternities and even one soro rity werc repr ese nted , so , gathering togeth e r a few rocks and sto n es and marking them a s bes t .:;he could, she started a memorial for Pi Phi

We were asked thi s month to de\' ote part of our letter to the progress of the univers ity. Thi s is an easy thing t o do, for it is s aid by s trangers that there is so mething peculiar about Indiana and Bloomington which makes everyone who ha s eve r been here love them. In th e past few years, the attendance ha s more t han doubled. La s t year the enrollm e nt was about fift ee n hundred , and so far thi s year bids fair to exceed that. There are nin eteen different courses offered, including both Law and Medicine. There are about seventy members of the fa cu lty. A department of J ournalism is soon to be added, and also one of Manu?1 Training.

Indiana ha s been well represented this year in athletics Our very sl1ccess ful footb all se a so n has been fo llow ed by one equally remarkable in basketball, and by a ser ies of indoor track meets, the greatest victorie s of which were tho se over Notre Dam e and Ohio State University. On February tw enty-second, th e annual meet and color ru s h between

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the freshmen and sop hom o re s was held The fr6hmen won in each contest, but the were allowed to carT)" out the old custom of burning Horace at midnight without molestation.

One of the most e\'ents of the pa s t term was the Mo"'k National Dcmocratic convention, which was held in the Men's Gynl1l:lsiulll March ninth and tenth. The proc eedi ng s o f a real political convention were carried ont in every detail. C.mdidatc s for pre s ident 3n(1 '\ ice pre s ident were nominated and the platf orm and plan s for the coming campaign were laid down.

FLORENCE :MAUDE

IXDI \N \ G.UI :>Of A-UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS (CHARTERED IB9i)

Indiana Gamma sends Easter greeting to all siste r Pi Phi s. \Ve ha"e just com plet ed l\\0 terms of a mos t succe ssful year in college and in and we anticipate a pleasant as well as profitable spring term. Our haye been so th o roughly initiated that they a r e already lI se fnl to us, as wcll as ornamenta l.

On F ebruary six th , our annual Slate reunion was held in the Claypool hotel , lndianapoli s. Everyone enjoyed the occas ion , which, a s we look back to former reunions, \:ompared mo st favorably. A delightful lun cheon was served at nOOll. The t oas t s were impromptu , and were responded to by Mrs. Charles B. Clark, olle of Ollr p3Ironcs"es; :'v[j ss Sawyer of Greencastle Mis s Armstrong of and 11is s Sloan of Franklin. Our PrO\' incc Pres ident, l\1Jss Ethei Curryer acted as toast mistre ss. A number of active and alunmae girls from Bloomington and Franklin came, and we enjoyed meeting many n ew girls as well as tho se we had met before. Lena Randall, of New York Alpha, and her sis ter, Beatric e, were with u s; al50, Lulu Kdlar and Armstrong.

In January, we gan a dancing party at the home of onc of o ur new girls, Ethel Duncan. The program s were dccorated with a tiny golden arrow. the work of the hostess. Everywhere were reminders of the caU5: e we love so dearly Pi Phi banner s ribbons and letters were conspicuous in every room.

Indiana Gamma has a new member to introduce to Pi Phidom. Frances Fuller of Indianapoli s entered college at the begi nning of the winter term and we won her for Pi Phi. Julia Scott of Indiana Beta ited us on February twenty-fifth , having come to the ci ty to attend the Delta Tat Delta Alumni party at Co lumbia Club.

We are looking forward t o a liappy sp ringtime , when we can ha'\"c rf':11 sp r eads under the trees and even better times than we have had thi s w int er. \Vith love and best wishes to all Pi Phi ".

EDNA COOPER.

CHAPTER LETT ERS

)II C HI GA N ALl'HA-HILLSDALE COLLEGE

(CHA RTERED 1887)

II illsdale College i:i p rugress ing under th e wi 'l c and able lead e r s hip of our new president, and the prospec ts f o r th e f uture arc brighter than tht:)' have been fo r some lim e pa s t OUf institution is no t a larg e o ne, a fact which our p eo pl e do not deplore, since th ey believe that it is fr o m th e s m<i.1I college that the s tudent deriYe s th e mos t ben efit, becau se oi th e pri"' il ege of frequ ent and clo se associati o n ""it h th e in s tructors

The 6\"c litera ry sce m to be doing nicely, and nearly c\'t'ry student belongs to one of th em. In the G. S . S . conte s t. onc of our girls , Mayt e Collin s, carried off th e prize, to the great delight o f u s all. We ha\' c n "aso n to feel , 'c r y pro ud of ou r mu sic d e partment One o f the cnte rt ainment s in our L ect ure Co ur se thi s yea r was given by thi s department a nd it wa s o f a n!r y high ord er, r anking even higher than SO 'lle of the e nt e rtai nm e nt s by out side talent.

The s tudent body ha s had quite a spi r itual awakening thi s t erm. Specia l se rvice s were conducted by the Y. M and Y. \'Y C. / \ .'s, a ss is ted by Mr . \Ves tw ood of Clevel and. a nd the se res ulted in mllch good. A la r ge majority o f th e girl s in co llege a r e n llw members of the Ch ri s tian Association, and 1110 st of th e Pi Phi s can be numbered among the mo s t activc worke r s.

Socia l lif e is unu s ually a ctive thi s year. Sl e igh ride s. partie s and reception s h ave beell too nllm e r o u s to mention D elta Tau Delta gave a banquet th e eve n ing of Feb ru ary tw ent y-sixt h , which sc\'e ral Pi Phi s attcnded and rcport a Illo s t delightful time, The cvening o f Marc h eleventh th e A lpha T au Om e ga c hapter s of entert ain with a banquet at Smith h o t e l. Ho th so roritie s are favored with im ita ti o n s to thi s.

In closing. let me introduce ou r new s is ter. E s ther Br3n c h. whom we pledged a sho rt timc ago and whom we are soon t o initiate HARRI ETTE \ \1000.

;\IICHIC, \S BETA-l' SI\rERSIfY Of ;\II C HIGA:-l

(C HARTERED 1888)

The second seme s ter has begun now in ve r y earne st. and th e girl s a re <\11 s ett l ing down to wo r k aga in a ft er the little breathing s pell we enjoyed betwee n se me s ter s. There arc so many thing s of which I wouM Jike t o writ e thi \ t im e, that ha ve made t h e c hap te r Jife plea s ant within th e last few ,,/eck s, but I will sa \' c them until sOlne ot h e r t ime, as th is lette r is to be es p ecially of t hin gs relating t o college progre ss.

Two very beautiful new buildings are th e pride of our ca mpu s, the one, the new Medi cal lluilding. wa s comp le t ed last f all and h as been occupied all yea r The new E nginering Ruilding ha s b een erected thi s yea r

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and has been oc.: upied only a few weeks. Th ey are both ve r y large, impo s ing building s and add a great d ea l to the appearan ce of th e campus, which i s now very thick ly covered with building s.

I th ink the progre ss of the girls in th e uninrsity is more marked than almost anything else. Mrs. J ordan, our Jean, ha s, within the la s t year, brought the girls into cl ose r contact w it h one another than has ever bC'forc been comidered poss ible. Each class ha s now an orga ni zation, with cOl11mittee'; to prepare soci al afternoon s, and t o help th e girls of the uni\'c r s ity to become a littl e better acquained with o n e another. Class songs and yells have been a1l0pted and are used enthusia s ti ca lly at the ba s ketball games. The seni o r s are t o gi,'c a clas s play in Junc, :md wit! enjoy a senior breakfast so mc morning during CO lllmen ceme nt week.

Th e Gymnasium parlors havc been furnished very prettily, and the reading room , with its library table covercd with the late magazines, a very popular place, The girls feel deeply grateful to Mrs. Jordan for the interes t she has taken <lnd the improvements she ha s eflec ted

JESSIE M. HEL SELL.

GAMMA PROVINCE

IOWA nETA--SIMl'SON COLLEGE (CHARTERED 187 4)

It d oes n o t s eem possible that tim e s lipped around so quickly and that it i s no\\' time for another ARI :O W Jetter. \Ve Pi Phi s at Simpson have been very busy this winter, and when people a re busy they are nearly always happy. The only drawback to ou r complete happiness is that Faye Remick did not return We are proud to in troduce t o the Pi Phi wo rld Amanda YOllng. She makes our third pledge, and we a r e so conceited as to think that they are the very love lie st pledges we ever sa w

The year has been especially prosperOli S to our college. \ Ve have nearly hundr ed studen t s thi s term , which is quite an increase. All the departments have impro\'ed under the corps of competent in s tructors and we feel that Simpson i s gaining an e nviable r cputa tion among th e <many ooIJeges of our land.

Everybody has been very e nthu si<lstic ove r although there have been but two games with other ("ollege s. Two yery beautiful trop hy ClipS, one for the men an.' one for the girls. have been offered to the class winning a series of inler·class games. The se games not only develop good candidates for the college team, but supply a long- felt want in class spirit.

menl, and hopes somctim<: to ere..:t a building fo r its especia l accomnto· dation.

CORA r\OR S NAN

MI SSOUIU AI.P H"- L-X IVER S ITY OF MISSOlt RI tC HAl tTERE[) 181;)9)

Mi ssou ri A lpha is rejoicing becau e sh e ha'i a s plendid ch apter h o u se fo r next year. T he U ni ve r s ity oi l\li s50 ur i IS fapi flly progre ::;s ing. Read H all, a beautifu l stone h as bee n erec ted in the p:\')t year ;f.S a do rmito ry fo r w omen. It is pre!ided o v er by Mi ss Lc\\i s. a \ \'cHesley graduate Lath r op Hall. con ducted a w orthy matron. affords a h ome fo r ma ny of th e young men. All the fraternities and the two sororit ies h a"c th eir own h omes. The tim e seems to h::l\' C come in the h isto r y of our uni,·cr sity. when a f raternitr. to be strong, must eithe r r e nt o r OWII it s own h ouse.

Our gi rl s have been well r cp re ;e nt ed in class politics thi e; se me !1- tcr On e is trea surer o f the senior class , while on e is pre s ident and o n e "ic(" o pre s ident of the sophomore cla;;s. Th e girh o f our institution take :-In acti"e part in athleti cs, and this seaso n ha s b eg un with th e u sual vim. The class t eams ha\'c been selec ted. and the Pi Phi s are well repr e.;:c nlcd Th e se ni o r girl s are organized into a sec ret society. All se ni o r girl s are eligib le. It s a im is tl) e nh a nc e friendly a nd s is t e rly fe e ling among all t he un i ver s it y girl s Th ey g ive littl e soc ial fun cti on s fo r th emse !v ("s and frequent ly to the of other cla sses. Ollr senior, Edit h Dungan , entertained th e club t h e o th er e\ e n ing at a "e r y plea sa nt pa rt)'

S oci al a ffair s at Mi ssou ri, althollgh a l ittl e m ore quiet du r ing Le nt th an usual, s till ar e b y 11 0 mcan3 extinct. Th e Sigm a Nu s gave a danC'e Marc h fifth at th eir c h ap te r h ouse. It was a delightful affair. and. in loo king ove r th e gue st s , one might sec the wearers o f the arrow much in evidence .

MAR\' M S!>tlTH

DE LTA PROVI NCE

ALPHA-KE\\COMB COl LEGE

(C fI ARTERE n 1891)

Th e pa st t er m h as bee n a , ' c ry bu sy o n e, yet o n e whi c h ha s bee n br oke n into a g r ea t deal, and it is o nly now that we art full y recove ring from th e excite ment oi the Ca rni va l. \ ""'e were ,cry proud o f ou r Pi Phi debutante s th is year; th n:f" of th em were queens o f th e Carnival ball s;

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Pauline Curran was queen o f Elves of Oberon"; Cora Stanton was Queen of ,r-Atlanteans," and Carrie Charles wa s Queen of Several of our other girls we re maid s in somc of the other courts ah;n, so we fce l that Pi Beta Phi was ind ee d well repre se nted in the royal line . Among the crowds of strangers who vi sited New Orleans during the Carnival, we were very happy in finding twO of our Pi Phi s i st ers : Mr s. Lacey from Knox College, and Mi ss Anne Stuart from Neb r aska Beta. \ Ve enjoyed see: ng the-nl far more than I can say, for we do love to hear about the girls of other c hapt e r s . and we live at s tich a di stance from most of the other colleges, that o f course we rarely have the piea 5:nrc of meeting our far-away s iste r s. Another Pi Beta Phi, Mi ss from Ottawa, Ill., is still in the city

But t o return to college Ii fe. At present ba ske tball is making class !' pirit run high. for the inter-cla ss games are n o w being played for the championship cup. which th e profe sso r of gymnastic s , 1.iiss Clara Baer, has offered.

Next Thursday and Friday. Newcomb gin s holiday, in celebration of F o under's Da y. Thursday. there are to be s peeche s in the Tulane theater, and Fr iday i s a r egular " picnic" day In th e morning. the entire body of s tudent s of Tulane Unive r s ity. including tho se of Newcomb Colle,e, the Medical College and the Law School, are invited up to Tulane Fro m the r e, they go to Newcomb, where they are en t ertained by the gir ls of the various classes. and luncheon is se rved in the grounds, each cla ss having it s own table decorated with it s cla ss colors. In the afternoon, the students are invited to the Medica l College, and at night 3 dance is ginn at the Law School, thus winding up the fe s ti\ ities of Found e r's Day.

We are all very excited about th(' convention in S1. Louis; we do hope that we s hall be able to be well repre se nted there. and are looking forward with a great deal of pleasure and to see ing that largegath e ring of Pi Beta Phi s

HARRIETTE \VATERS.

K,'SSAS ALPHA-KANSA S STATE USIVERSITY

(C HARTERED 1873'

Ju s t now when we arc on the "home stretch" of another college year, may we pause and look back over the year to notice the progre ss ou r university has made. In the fir s t pla ce we s tarted the year with ten new additions to Ollr faculty, which indicates a growth in the various departments . It has been the earne st endeavor of our chancello r to raise the standard of our in stitution To accomplish thi s, the entrance requirement s have been made m.ore seve r e. and th e general scholar shi p raised The one absorbing topic now is where to put th e new law builr1-

ing . The buildings ha\c been sca ttered oYe r ou r campus with n o r egu· Ja s sys t em., and with no pa rticular attention paid t o beauty, so that It is difficult t o find a spo t. Thi s yea r , fo r th e fir st time, we h a\'e h ad an incidental fee which. howcHr. has not decreased the enrollment as was feared, bu t has instead en larged it.

All o f thi s growth in our coll ege has of (ourse had its efTect on o ur chap t e r . and we fee l s tr onge r in eve ry way than (' \'c r befo r e. We have one pled g Ing t o introd u ce t o yo u : Jun e U hr ic h a fr es hman , w h o see ms t o us to be jus t what a Pi Phi sh o uld b e.

The whirl of soc iet y, with its big ira t erlli ty partie s, ha s subs id ed for a while, o nly to break (Nth with r enewed vig o r afte r Eas t er. Th e d a t e fo r o m sprin'g party is April tw e nt y-seco nd, and w e are u s ing all ou r energie s now to th ink of some new and o rigin al s cheme of decoration. And t hen wi ll come F oun der' s Day, with its u sua l celebrati o n , and socn it will be Jun e and we will se parate. Tru s ti ng th at a ll Pi Phi s ha ve safely gone thro ugh the ordeal o f th e examina t io n , ·'Good-bye."

MAR Y VIRGI NIA KELLOGG

XEBRASKA BETA -U NIVER S IT Y OF :s'[BRASKA (C HA RT ERED 1895 )

\V'c have a good many th in gs t o t e ll you o f the se few month s, whic h ha\' e go ne a ll too Quickly for Nebra ska Pi Phi s.

O ur alumna e chap t e r gav e o ur la st in itiati on fo r u s a t the h o me o f Anne Stnart. a nd we ha d a s pl endi d tim e We initiated Mildred an rJ Anita H azelwood, M a rgare t !o.'l c Lu cas. a nd Pauline Bu s h, who are as enthusia sti c a s our eight oTh e r fr eshmen Aft e r th e ce r emony a delightful lun c heon wa s se r \'C d by the a lumnae girl s.

Le t m e t e ll you about the jolly time w e all had a t the Pan -H e ll e nic dance gi\'e n by all th e so r or ity girls of Li nco ln at th e Armory Half of the g irl s of eve r y so r o rit y were to come repr esen ting boys, wearing black coa t s and s kirt s, white s hi r t wai s t s, collar s and ti es. Th e otn e r half dre sse d in evening d r ess. We had the u sua l mu s ic and programs, which th e boys gr ac io ns ly filled. a nd coo l r ef re shm e nt s were se r ve rJ by th e escorts o f the eveni ng It \",'a s a great s ucces s and o n e of the jollies t times we h ave had so far. W e expect to give a "s tunt" party later on, and we are all looking fo rward to ano th er eveni ng when "t ht: gi rl s" may get t og et h e r a nd become better acquainted .

On S a turd ay the fifth of M a r c h , we ente rt ai n ed ou r pa tr onesses and friend s a t a "Ke n sin gt on t ea" at th e c hap te r hOll se. An impromptu mu s ical program wa s a feature o f the aftern oon. Thi s wa s a delightful way t o m ee t o ur many friend s and mother s in th e city , a nd we th or· oughly en joyed e nt e rt aining them . Dainty refre shment s were se rv ed

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t s mall tables in our large dining room, whi c h was lighted and decorated with carnation s and palm !'.

La s t Tue sday Mr s. Burg ert gave a fixe o'clock t ea to the acti ve chapt ef and s everal friend s. A pleasa nt time \fa s had, and we ended the afternoon by s inging Pi Phi song s.

Alleyne Archibald gave her graduat e recital at the U ni\'crsity Chapel th e third and we Pi Phi s occupied a row of se ats at the (ront. It wa s very thoroughly enjoyed Alleyne expects to contll1ue her s tudy of mu s ic abro ad next year, and we can scarcely realize th:\t we are g o ing to lose her , but arc all hopeful of her s lIccess.

La st of all comes our examination, and everyone, I believe, is reli everl now that is onr. I nen'r saw fre shmen s tudy harder than 'for thi s examinatio n For day s be fore the fatal night , you could h ea r the chaptcr r oll ringing in your ears.

Lct u s hope that by the next letter of th e ARROW we s hall have met at Convention, and feel ourselves bound by s tronger and closer tie s than ever.

Nebra ska Be ta wishes that the arrow might be wo rn by all Pi Phis ove r the h eart instead of wearing it ju s t a ny pla ce.

Suc cess to all Ollr s ij t er Pi Phi s for the sp r ing mo nth s KATE HEACOCK.

TEX.\ S ALI'IIA-liX I\, ERStTY OF TF.XAS

(C HARTERED H)02)

Te xas Alpha is proud to introdu ce to y O ll se ven n ew freshmen this m onth On J anuary sixteenth the fraternity invitations were issued and Pi Phi wa s accepted by every girl that was asked. On the following Saturday night we initiated Susan Shelton, Fay Kincaid, Kate Sockwell, H e le n Garri so n, Lotti e Harri s, Hel en H ood, and Bess ie Dreier. Vle have a good c hapler of s ixtem ac ti\' e m e mber s . no w. and the new girls are taking u p with thE: work so well that we upper c1assmen fe e l as if we can res t awhile and let th em !) hare much of ou r respo n si bility

Sinc /! Christmas th e r e has been compa r atively little lif e in th e soci al world. We have ginn our regular mo nthly "at ho m es ," and there havt' been a good many s mall fraternity functi o n s fr o m time to tim e. whi r h were eve ry o n e d e lightful. In January th e unin'r s ity wa <; vi sitC'd by Mi lOS " ' hippie from California with a view to fou nding a c hapter of KaPP<i Alpha Th e ta h e re \Ve arc alJ anxious to have Kappa AJpha Theta n:p4 re se nted at the uni ver s ity. as w(" beli eve th e re to be r oo m fo r sev('ral more good fraternities. Mi s s Whipple was entertai ned by many of the fraternitie s and Pi Phi ga ve a recepti on in her h onor one evening

Besi de s the girh applying for Kappa Alph a Theta. there is ano th e r club of girls who are applying to Delta Gamma \Ve ho pe soon to see Sf"Y -

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eT a I women's fratcmitie s in ou r ur.i \'c r si ty. for ou t of ou r th ousa nd o r more s tud ent s, t wo hundred a nd fifty ar e girl s. Th e r e a r e more girl s in th e univer si ty th is year than ever befor e, whic h fa c t is due partly to OU T n e w girl s' d o rmito ry , that was opened last fall. The building se venty.fi"e th o usand d o llars, and accommodate s a hundred and fifty girl s. It is well equipped, a nd thl.:. wh o le base ment is d e vot ed t o th e gi r l' s Kym na s ium, which is com plete in eve ry r esp ect, incl uding a natat o r i um The gi rl s ar e much i ntere s ted in both ind oo r and ou tr! oo r athle tic s, a nd we h ave a fl ou ri s hing bask etball t C3 m. In th e s pring thf'Tt will be a tenni s to urn ame n t, whic h everyone ex p ec t s will be th e be s t the girl s h ue eve r h "d.

The faculty ha s bee n mu c h e nlarged thi s year , and an additi o nal schonl added t o t he curricu l um, th at of Elect ri ca l Engi n ee r ing 'W e are ou t , growing ou r build ing s. and a n ew building fo r th e new de partme nt i s bei ng erected n ow. It will be comple t ed by n ext year , and will be large en ou gh to include all t he e n gi n ee ring d epa rtm e nt. As soon as it is fn· is hcd , we expect t o have a new b'uilding fo r th e law d e partment Bcsirlt's th ese n ew buildings, th e grou nd was broken only a few days ago fo r a water tow e r which wil! be s ixty feet high , and whic h wi ll f urnish li S with o ur ow n water s upply.

As is evident from th e prec eding account, our univ e r sity is gro win g s tea dil y and r ap id ly Th e r e is n ot o nly an incr ease in the number of s tudent", th e member s of th e faculty, and th e new buildings be ing e rect ed, b ut ther e is a co n stantly increa si ng uni,'c r s it y s pirit among the s tud c ll s. We a r e con tr oll ed enti r e l y by the h o nor sys te m , and we h a\'e o ur own s t ude n B' a ssoc iat ion w h ich make s a nd exec ute s t he law s o f th e univer · s ity.

\ Ve hm ' e alwa ys been wildly ent hu siastic abou t a thl etics, and thi s yea r w e we r e very proud wh en ou r 'football team won the cha mp io n s hi p o f th e sO llth, and la !ot yea r we won th e champion s hip with th e tr ack t eall i W e h o pe t or m o r e honor s thi s spring, bot h in track t eam wo rk a nd baseball.

With it s i n c r ca se d appro priation fr om t he s ta te and its new th e Univer s ity of T ex a s look s fo rward t oward what is h o ped to be a very bright future It is th e huge st educational institution in th e s late , and r anks well in co mpar iso n with othe r s ta t e univer s it ies; and we h ave student s, n o t o nly fr om e " c r y co rn er o f our big state o f Texa s, but fr o m man y o ther sta l cs a s wt'll

T exas Alpha se nd s gre e ting to all Pi Phi sis ters and h o pes t o learn 10 know many o f them n e:x l s ummer at convention

EDITH CLACETT

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COLORADO AU'HA-Ut.-IVERSITY OF COLORADO (CHARTJ::RED 1884)

H e r e it is time to write another chapter letter and say good-bye to a ll OUT s isters for this sc hool year. It rioes not seem possible that the close of college is so n ear, even though we a ll have spring-feve r , a terrible malady, es pecially when frat examinations are upon u s.

There is a dralnatic club h ere which is composed of stude nt s of the uni\'e r s ity. and they give a play every year. Thi s year the "Mttgistrate" wa s pre sented, a lft! we wt:re veTy proud of Flore Lewis, Ethel Thornburgh and Clara Morse. our three girl s wh o took part. Be s ides. Maud Hunn has the honor of bei ng the " Ieading la dy" in the senior class play thi s ye3T.

The pride and joy of the univer s ity is th e n ew Library building; we the appropriation by which we wer e enabled to have the building la s t s pring, and altholtJh only th e central portion is completed, it is being occupied and is a beautiful structure in side and out. The dedic atory se rvice s are to be held soon. The campus has been much improved in the la st year, sel'e ral new walk s and a number of new tree s ha l'e been added. There h ave been addition s to fl1e Engineering builrlings and in the n ear future the Chemical bui ld ing is to be enlarged.

We have a new chair of educati o n onr which Dr. Sanfo rd B ell pres ide s , and it is hi s duty to " is it the varioll s hIgh sc hool s of the st ate anr!. to point Oll t to them the merits of the University of Colorado; he is also the professo r o f pedagogy. There are s("ve ral other n ew professors who have taken tht: place of tho se who have acce pted positions e ls ewhere .

An in stitu ti o n that ha s been establi shed her e is high -sc hool day. On th a t day s tudent s fr om the different high -sc h oo ls come to see and learn all th ey ca n o f our uni\'e r sity . 1t is a day on which a great deal of "ru shing" is done by the fraternitie s, a s almos t all who expect to enter the university the f ollowing year come to visit then, so of course it is looked forward t o, and planned fo r, a conside rab le time ahead, and it is an exciting time for everybody.

In athletics we surpass all othe r colleges of the s tate, and we are very proud of our football tea m, as thi s is the fourth time i n successio n that we ha,-e held the state championship. At present the men are in training fo r the inter state track meet. and soon ba se ball will claim their attention.

A new man' s fraternity, Sigma Phi Epsilon. ha s been rece ntly installed_ We have had many delightful time s since ou r la s t le tter Mrs O H \Vangelin, the mother o f one of our girl s, entertained u s with a c'lrd party: al so Mr5 \V M. Buckingham . o ne of our patrone sses. On Febr uary twcntY -5-econd we ga'-e a dan ce and as m ost of the grls were in colonial dress it made a very pretty party Mrs Delphine Bell enter-

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tained us when Edith Weymouth and Anna Ramsay were in t o wn . Now we are looking forward t o Founder's Day, which we celebrate with Colorado Beta, and this year we are the hoste sses.

Ethel Thornburgh was obliged to lean college thi s semester , but s he expects to be with us again ne}it year. Mabel Pughe has and it seems good to see her among us. We s hall have ou r three se nior s on ly a s ho rt time now , and we really do not know what we s h a ll do without them . However, the re st of the girls all expect to be back again next year.

Let li S h ope that many of us may m ee t at the convention next summer, and meanwhile , Colorado Alpha wi shes for all Pi Phis a delightful vacation

COLORAO\l nu \-UKlVERSITY OF DE:-iVER

(CHARTERED 1885)

The U niver si ty of Denver ha s made rapid st rid es forward thi s year. For several years past, an enormous debt has held sway over the affai!'s of the college but this year, through the untiring efforts of Chancellor Duch t el, we are free from debt. We have a larger stude nt body than ever before, and m o r e degrees will be conferred at the Commencement txcrcises of 1904 than have been pre\·iously. Our chapter of Pi Bf'ta Phi has been well r eprese nted in all the acti\'ities of this college year. As cla ss officers, we ha ve the vice-president of the fre shman cla ss; secretary of the sophomore class, and president and treasurer of the senior classs. One of our girls is literary editor of the "Alln ual ," another is Latin tutor; and we have four in the Girls' Glee Club as well as Ihe business manager of the club.

We entertained \'Cry informally for ou r ba sketball teant in February, a nd on February tw enty-second we had our nineteenth birthday celebration at the hOllle of Ethel Miller. Our alumnae were in\'ited and we had a regular ·cookie-shine." We recei\'ed many beautiful things for our prospective "Lodge."

Vie are all looki ng forward to Founder's Day, which we celebrate with Colo r ado Alpha at Bou ld e r thi s yea r Colorado Beta si ncerely hOI)eS lhat all the chaplers have as plcuant a year to look back o n , and as bright a future, as s he has

MARCIA MURRAY.

GERTRUDE ALLEN TEAGUE.

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CALIfORN IA DETA-l,;SlVER S IT\' OF CAi..I fORNIA

(CHARTERED 1gex»

A se<l :.o n of quietness, and of needed re s t from socia l activities has come to the busy life in th e chapter hou se.

\-Vith the opening of the seco nd semes t er, there came into our circle a new freshman. \Ve arc extremely proud to introduce to all her sis t e r Pi Phi s, Clara Louise Cooper.

California Beta takes s uch pride in thi s university that it is with great alac rit y that we undertake to tell something oi it s wonderful progress.

Scarcely 111 0re than a quarter of a century old, the University of Ca li l o mia ranks t od ay among the fir s t in the coun try The progres s has been steady and rapid; and thi s word progr ess is u se d in the broad unive r sity meaning of advance toward the greater university o f Ideas. a s well as toward the materially greater uni ve rsity.

T he former advance is assured when we consider the additions t o our faculty within the last three years. The coming from Europe and from the eastern universities of such men as Dr. Jacque s Loeb, Prof. Mor se Stephens, and Prof. A. C. Miller, mea ns the coming of world leaders in their r espective line s of biology, history :lI1d comme r ce.

Material advancement is apparent in the fact that , following th e Bernard plans, the fir st building which is to be th e home of the greatest school of tITiinc s in this count r y is now well on t owa rd com pl e ti o n ; while 11l<' ground for the second, Califor n ia Hall, h as been broken.

Significant of both the se advances is the new Physiology Hall in which Dr. L oeb and hi s assistants will conduct origi n al research work; and th e n ew addition to the library of the many seminar room s, which it is hoped , will encourage the tru e univer s ity spi r it of cont ributing something, heretofo r e unknown, to the world's store of knowledge

The opening of the orient has brollght to our doors students fr om China, Japan, and the Philippine s, while the othe r Quarters of the globe are represented as well. From th is fact we may say that ou r uni ve r s it y is universal in it s influence.

Our campus is beautiful now , and in another week or two will be at its best. California Beta could have no greater pleasure th an welcoming you all to a springtime in Berkeley.

FLORENCE R. FISK.

Excqanges

The ARROW ac knowledges the receipt of tile following exchanges sin ce the publi cation of the January iss ue:

For November-The Delta of Sigma Nu, the Sigma C hi Quarterly.

F o r D ecember-Th e Cad llceus of Kappa Sigma, th e Beta Theta Pi, the Tridellt o f Delta Delta Delta , the Palm of Alpha Tau Omega, the D e lta Upsilon Quarterly.

F o r January-Th e Cre.<cclI l of Gamma Phi Beta, th e Shield of Phi lZa ppa Ps i. th e Kappa Alpha Theta, th e Rai"b ow of D e lta Tau Delta, 'fh e lZappa Al pha f Ollnlal, The Frater of Psi O mega.

For F e bruary-The B eta Theta Pi, the Cadllcells of Kappa Sigma , th e Eieusis of Chi Omega, th e Ph i Gamllla Delta, the Alpha Phi Quarlerly, the /llplla Xi Delta.

Fo r March-The Cresce lll of Gamma Phi Beta, the Shield of Phi Kappa P si, th e Delta Upsi lon Qllarterly, the Kappa Alplla 7"IIeta, the Kappa Alp h a fOllrllal , th e Pili Gamllla Delta, the Rec ord of Sigma A lpha Epsi lon .

For April-The Tridc'lt of D e lta Delta Delta

Th e fo llo win g essay was awarded the prize offered by the New York A lumni Assoc iation of Alpha Tau Omega:

"THE I NFLUENCE OF THE CO LLEGE FRATERNITy ."-On a day of January a g ro up of you ng men al Sta nfo rd University laid their coats upon the fl'ra ss o r o n the broa d ve randa of their club -ho use, and began a game of catch with a ba se balL A ca rriage drove by. wit h o ne pa ss enger, evidently a st rang e r, enjoying a vicw of the univer s ity grounds and beli e ving that the dri ver to ld him . The vi s itor wa s unmi s takably an Engli s hman . H e halte d hi s carriage and, with a genial bro wn - whi skered s mile and broad accen t, hailed the s tudent neare s t him, begged a th ous and pardon s , and asked to be s ho wn the ball.

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Every American newsboy knows that every American baseball is covered by two equal pieces of hide, shape d lik e a figure eight . This little d es ign was a marvel of amusement to the frank-eyed, hearty Briti s her. Out came hi s n o te-book. Th e college men s urrounded hi m, and took note s of th ei r own but n ot in a book. The to uri st wa s a nov elty to them a s the ball had been to him. It was lun c h time. The driver was paid and se nt away. while the touri s t was ca rri ed, bewildered, up the s tep s, through the open door s of the h ouse and led to a cha ir at the head of a long dining-tab le. Twenty -on e college boys sang , while d eft Chinese came and went with the courses o f lunch eon.

The vi si tor pro ved h imself a g ood fell ow On demand, he s aid something of I ndia and of Australia, which he had seen , but th e best th3t he sa id w as of America, which was beginning to see , He boasted the oaks o f Sherwood f ore st until the twenty-one assured him that th ey could all slee p wi thin one fragrant trunk of the seq uoia .

The topi c turned to college clubs, for th e tra\'eler was polite ly curious. Hi s n o te-book could have been twice filled that a ftern oon Hi s Questions we r e eager, often innocent and a mu si n g; and th e answers werc enthu s iastic. He tried to interpre t many things in t e rm s of Oxford and Cambridge, Eton and Rugby- but he had s tumbl ed upon a n e w s pecie s.

In coming to a chapter hou se of an Amer ica n co ll ege fraternity, he had (ound a socia l institution peculiarly American.

T h ere are to-day as many a s tw e nty-fiv e regular national o r interco ll egiate fratemitie s, establ ish ed, roughly s pe aki ng, between ,the years 1820 and 1870. Each is named by two or by three G reek le tt e r s. Each i s mad e up of local club s in various colleges, so me having more th:\n s ixty branche s, while the average number is a bout thirty. M o r e than (lne hundred and sixty thousand college me n haye owed their alleg ian ce to on e or another of the Greek letter socie ti es. This r ep re sents o nly a fra c tion of th e t otal number of men who hav e attended co lleg e; perhap s we may name thirty per cent as a typical propo rtion in a college of to-day. I:xactly what it means to be of thi s min ority will a l ways intere s t college s tudent s and s tudent s o( (;olleges.

The cha pter, or unit , of the nat ional frat e rnity is generally a club of abou t twenty men, who come together for social purposes, seeki ng mutual encouragement and strengt h of numbers. \Vh e re the do rmitory s y s tem is s tr ong ly intrenched the system of fraternity homes is not fou nd fully developed , but the prevailing t en d ency o f fraternitie s , eve rywhere is toward the chapter horne-a h ouse whe re it s members eat, s leep , s turly, play and en tertain

This socia l unit i s founded on a n economic principle Twenty men ('.an obtain more f or their money by s penrling it together ; their food can more to th eir taste.

The amount which men might p ay indi vidually for rent, o r for furni-

lure to be cast aside, will in time IlaY fo r permanent lodgings well-fitted, fo r rugs. Jounge s, portraits. pianos an d s ho w e r-bath s.

The fre s hman coming to co ll ege finds a dozen groups of m en living there in homes of their own: jolly, ene rgetic, self r es pecting, and mutually f'llcouraging-a so rt of se lf -con s tituted a ri s t oc r acy. The freshman will be soug ht by th e societie s wh o con s ider him " good mate r ial.'· No more f.le fini te phrase ca n be u l'l cd. The po pular n o t ion is that good looks, a good fam ily , o r athletic pr(Jllli se w ill win for a fr es hma n hi s desired "bid ."

The best fratenlities j u rlge a man a sid e 'fr011l hi s s upe rfic ial qualitie s. \Vhere money, or muscle , o r clo th es o r cleverness alone are weighed, th e T«.'s l1it will be poor, fo r any artificial sta ndard brings dege neracy. In general it is true th at men ca n find the so rt o f compa ni o n s they see k. There is a poss ibility of er r or during th e period o f ru shing. Thi s is a time o f co u rt s hip. It can be made a t ime o f sen il e fl a ttery and fondling upon o ne s ide, and of truckling dnd deceit upon th e o ther ; o r it may be made a period of manly and goorl-fellowship, by men who wish to lJccome honestly acquainteu. t o be know n for w hat they are. to choose natural friends and to be naturally c hosen Th t: exci t eme nt and rivalry of the ru s h ing season t end t o ar ti ficiai friend ship s. The success ful fraterni ty will make its con r t " hip always natural . based o n r ea l fri endship. You cannot make a real brother of a man by coming behind him unexpectedly, s lappi ng him on the back and t e lling him he is e lect ed; nor by initiating children from the kindergarten. The frat e rnit y which conforms its b id ding to th e g r ow th o f natur a l affection and congenia lity wi ll a lway s mean id eal f riend s hip Otherwise th e "frat" i s a soc ia l tyrant, be stowing fa vo r s ca priciou s ly

His initiation is an event in th e freshman's life. Thi s ceremony is a ma tter of s ome my s t ery and seriou sn ess. It may include a week of pe na n ce, wit h a bit of phy s ical disciplne where thi s is n ee ded . Th e ceremony itself is made memorable. The fre s hman learn s what the fraternity mean s and what it expect s of him. A man will be impre ssed by that which he h ea r s whtn he is ini t ia t ed, and mos t fr a t ernities t ell him t he r ight sor t of thing

Life in a h ome with congenia l, en thu s ia s tic fe llow- s tud en t s is an in s piratio n Tt s h ou ld s tand in a tr in ity with the home from which th e stude nt h as come. -and th e home w hi c h he will som e day f o und . Yet it ha s a peculiar charm of its own . H e is with equals, with rival s a nd com rade s of hi s own choosing. Hi s tw e nty c hum s a r e n o t all of a pattern; th ey have mu ch in common, but th ey may include ex tr e m es of personality. Only notes of different pit c h can make a chord . Congeniality and n o t simi lar ity is th e s t andard whic-h determines hi s com pani on s. Thi s can produce th e highe!'t soc ial devel o pm ent.

Th e c hapter will h ave a d ou bl e inrJuence on the college man . It works for conformity, but n o t a t any Jo ss o f individuality. Th e fr es hman will

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find that he has entered a crowd which rqean s to train him. He will receive much advice; but he will absorb more unconsciously. He will imitate his feflows, becau se he admire s the-m. He will conform in speech. in dres s, in habit s. A ireshman in college can be spotted in a dozen ways. It is the fraternity fre s hman who first lo se s this ··verdancy." Few influ ences excel that of th e fraternity hou se in training and in development of character, for good or for bad. The greates t power is naturally toward th ose things which arc best in the world. Self-conceit cannot be whipped from a man, nor can he be argued out of it; but it can he dissolved by the slow force of fraternity life . H:ypocri s y is hated by h ealthy young fellow s. A selfish man, a crabbed, morose chap, or a spoiled pet. will lind no indulgence in the chapte r house , They will be frankly analyzed and c riti cised. The "star" fre shman who fancies him· self perf ec t after the ru "hing season soo n awakens to the fact that h e ha s much to learn, and comes heartily to wi s h for improvement. Very little of the so ·called "ha zing" is necessary to accompli s h this result. Moral force is the weapon; though it depend s for effectiveness on a muscular delegation of sophomores Fre sh men well disciplined wili fo rever throlugh college realize the need olf cohesion and control; they will be most capable olf guiding th e future classe s. A chaptl!r is nevcr as weak as it s weakest member. The men support each other, each by hi s st ro nges t quality A chapter can assim· ilate and develop men who are d eficient in one point o r another. A Ca rlyl e could be endured for' the sake of his lit e rary work. The grarn.mar of J ones is coaxed out of him while he teaches th e others to box

The intluence of the c hapter is not merely negative and repress i ve. There is a profound stimulus, a pressu re forward. Every mon encour· ages the next man's talent, Thc entire chapter will w'Ork and hope s teadil y (or each member' s success; whether he be football playe r, mu s i· cian, chemist, or journalist. Every fre shman is ordered to come out for some thi ng, be it Phi Beta Kappa, the hurdles, or the mandolin club.

" A1 1)ha. Nu in everythmg, and c\'C r y Alpha Nu in something," is the sort of motto that a good chapter is apt t o have,

At n o place c""n discussions be more frank. sincere and well meant than in a chapter house talk Men may come from opposite sides of the continent. men differing in e'Cperience, in political, socia l, religiou s view s. College alone might not r econcilc such elements . The largest colleges of America have all; many circles, creeds and antagonistic units as th e world itself. But wh en theose elements occur in a small coterie founded on friendship anci equality, and blend as they can blend in a good chapter hou se, the re su lt is broadening, and uplifting to every inrti· vidual. One knows something o f the Southern planter from living with hi s son three years ; something of the boy from the We s t and the yOU'lg

Yermontcr that can ne\er be learned in casual meeting for s tudy, business or society.

Chapter life mean s years of family life and of business partnership at the same tim e. The fr aternity man acquires executive power. As a freshman he Icarns to obey, as an upperclassman to command. He learns the work of committee s, and he may in tum serve as a treasurer, stewa rd and pre !ii dcnt. He ha:, learned to estimate a man in a glance, he can force, persuade, threaten, conciliate.

Perhaps the mo st noticeable inflt1ence of the average chapter upon its members is the soc ial stimu lu s which they recei ve. The frat e rniti es are expected naturally to lake: a lead in the socia l affair s of the college communi ty Admittance to a fraternity means that a known organiz:!· tion has stamped it s app r oval upon a man. It follows that the boy who never s poke t en -=o n sec uti"e words to a yOllng lady is co rralled by his mate s, encased in evening dress and carted off to his first reception, perhaps to make the hit of Ills lifc. The spo rty chap who ha s been " in socie ty " since kindergarten i s told in just how many ways college differs front high schoo l, If nece ss ary his social strides are checked by his wa t chful frat-brothers. The tH.nd of fraternity inAuence is to make him dignified and considerate. H is con ve r sat io n must b e as sane as is consis t ent with recepti on chat. He is meeting the s is ter s and the aunts of hi s brothers. It is not inconcei\'able that o ne' s br oth e r in college may become one's brother-in-law.

In general the mo s t iortunate chapter is that which ha s asked the mother of one of it s membus to occupy a room in the hou se and sit at the dinner table Th e chapl<'r mother is mo st appreciated in a co-educational college community. In this position lurk infinite possibilities for success or for failure .\ matron with nerYeS or whi1l1.'i could become an ogre to a houseful of fellows, and mal<e herself supremely miserable. But :I. wise choice is generally made, and then a lady of tact and dignity wins her way s urely to the hearts of a ll her adopted ;'boys," and her power to i:lfluence their li ves is greater than that of any number of s peaking refo rm e r s. Ht!r hands find Rowers for the table and curtains for a bare window. She can direct the se r vants as to the details which a man could never notice. Her will not come una sked, but it will be sought and loved. Many a good man comes to co llege without having had a home of r efinement. H e may find it in hi s fraternity.

But it is what the men do for each othe r that make!' the ba sis o f fraternity inAuence Self- !::ac rifice and loyalty for the common cause is :l le sson which rTUlst be learned if one is a good fraternity man. The attitude thu s developed wi ll be ca r ried out toward college and t owa r d the world.

There is good a nd evi l in the fraternity life as in al1 cl se. The system it self is n either inherently perfect, nor inheren t ly perniciou s. A chapte r

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may drift from its standard of work, and become a crowd of sports and loafe r s. The charge ha s been made that chapter life encourages thi s; but that is no mo re true than that tr ade e n cou r ages cheating. In a poor chapter, men will send freshmen to clas s to t ake notes; they will devote them selve s to a good tim e at the co st of work. That i:i n ot fraternity but d egr neracy A young in structor who is loyal t o hi s chapter will be es pecially sev ere , rather than lenient , with hi s young frat br ot h ers.

It ha s been charged that the fraternitie s arc a p ernicio u s monopoly of soc ial affairs, Any comhination m ay grow be yond it s legitimate field. and become a tru st. But a fraternity which has forgotten it s " n o bl esse oblige" is not our best type. At many a college th ere is feud between fraternity and " barbarian" elements. Much of this ho s tilit y is unreasoning. Many a fre s hman who hears a classmate rev ile the "conceited frat s" lives to see that man crown hi " se nior year by joining or fo rmin g a new crowd. stn:ggling for recognition. One great American university t o-day excludes th e Greek-letter fraternitie s : yet Princeton is not without h er socie tie s. her dining clubs. her cO\'e ted di stincti o n s and her "hatband " cliques and problems. The pr opo"al of authorities at Toronto tl) lea se land fo r chapter- house building ha s been opposed by Canadian writers who contend that only public meeting places s hould be allowed. Thi s o pposition r ests on a fallacy Anyone may found a society to hi s l iking. The chapter iii only one sor t of natural organization. It ca n do things fo r men that unwieldy group.s cannot accomplish.

It ha s been claimed that fraternity life makes a di s unit ed college. Co rnell, with twenty- one chap te r s is a lidng refutation. A mass \\ ill not be le ss coherent becau se its ntol11l' are Grouped in molecule s. The b es t chapters realiz e that they are a part of th eir college. and not apart from it. Through the chapters a facuity ca n co ntrol the s tud ent -body for no s tud e nt willingly di sh ono r s Ill S fraternity.

Ho s tility to fraternitie5 is directed chiefly against the sec r ('c}' which surrounds most ot them. Kearly all ha\'c a 5ec ret grip, motto. ritual and pa ss word Some keep their publication s sec r et. Thi s feature of myst e ry ha s a certain charm. A degree of bu s iness privacy is any man's right, and the langnage of 10H r s is sa id to be sweeter because of a little n on se nse known on ly to two. The feature of secrecy has at times been carried far beyond thi s point; it is evil when it res ults in Mafia pledges and a bli n d struggle for undeserved hon or s. S ecrecy fo r the sa ke of a secret has to-da) been left largely to sophomore clubs or prepara tory school ·' f r at s." Mos t fraternity llIen prefer the name of fraternity to t ll at of secret soc iety.

One may ask. is there nt"ed of a nat iona l bond betw een these h omes? It is the national order which work s fo r s tability and a se t pur pose New branches will be founded re sembling the old. By annual conventions detegates meet from many colleges, and th e result is eminently

democ rati c and broadening. In alumni catalog s and magazines one reads the record of th ose who preceded him, successful to-day, prominent perhaps in public life. By an exchange of visits with neighboring chapte rs the fraternity m an s ees that men of other colleges are likewise human. He has a r eady introduction through hi s pin He need never feel an offishness. :l ho s tility t owa rd the college that rivals hi s own Thi s feeling of kin s hip is not limited to hi s own fraternity. To a ll G r eeks h e is a mark e d man. Petty jealousy i s remem bered with a laugh and a hand s hake. The common sympat hy of "all Greeks" is proved in d aily life, in travel , in evcry college r eunion. It is shown in the ac t of the Alpha Tau Omega Society, which ha s invited men of any fraternity to describe their common expe ri ence.

As thi s paragraph is written, the writer looks from th e sum mit of a peak in th e \-VllI fe Mountains of New Hamp shi r e. A trai l, blazed by many a traveler, mark s and makes easy an ascent through forest and snow. College life is a climb . A fre s hman may find r ocks, ravin es and underb r ush. He may was te s t"p s alone. Frate rn ity life is a blazed trail, leading him to one peak o r to another. Men who pre cede d him hue chosen their path; indi('att'd their standan.l, provided help along the way. :Mo reo\'er, a congenial number follow s with him \Vhalever destination the y seek will be r eached more surely, more pleasantly

The fr aterni ty h a s tens evo lut ion, fo r good or for bad It mak es work and cultu re casier, or it can make di s sipation and decay morc rap id An institution w ith s uch power s h ould be nurtured lt s capacity for good sho uld be d e \' e!op.:d. The chapter hou se at co ll ege s h ou ld be s t udied a s well a s Hull Hou se of the s lum s. I t is a permanent a nd efficient factor in co llege l if e, which cannot be su pplied by the h aphazard hermitry of the dormitory and lun ch -co unt er.

Th e college fraternity is Ame r ican. It tends to produce an ari s toc r a ti c social is t. A man ca n learn through fraternity life the equality ('If equa ls, and the wc:Jfa r e o f the majority as well a s the val ue of an ene rgetic and fa"ored minori ty.

FLETCHER B. \VA CSER -Delta U/lsi lo1l.

cA Summ er In E urop e

Includin g England, Fta n ce, Swilzet/and, Ila /I!, Ausltia, B aoatia, Germ anI! and Ho lland

Miss Ann S hire, Kansas Alpha, In st ru cto r in European History in the Leavenworth High Schoo l, and an experienced traveler, will accompany a sma ll party fo r a three monUls' tour of Europe, and would be particularly glad to count Pi Beta Phis among th e number.

The party will sai l from Philadelphia June I I , o n th e American Line steame r "Friesla1tdl1 and wi ll arrive in New York via Holland American Line, September 5.

A partial itinerary is as fo llows :

Liverpool

Chester

Oxford

London (one week)

Paris (one week)

Genoa

Turin

Rome (one week)

Naples and Pompeii

Capri

Sorrento

Florence (o ne we ek )

Venice

The Brenner Pass

Munich

Lucerne and M t. Pi latus

Basle

Frankfort

Cologne

Amsterdam

The Ha g ue

Rotterdam

The party is under the business management of Bartlett's Select Tours, 532 Walnut St., Philadelphia.

Hotel accommodations are of th e best, and train s have been se lected with specia l re fe rence to comfort and convenience .

A competent cour ie r wilt accompany the party and will give each member hi s personal attention.

Price o f Tour, $650 . For further information address

MISS ANN M. SRIRE, 30 7 N. Broadway, Leavenworth , Kansas.

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Fannie E. Sabin, A. M., Michigan Beta, '96, a recent member of t he American School of Classica l Studies at Rome, and at present in residence at the Graduate School of Chicago University, a person of wide experience in foreign travel, will take a small party of girls abroad this summer. She may be addressed at SIS E. 62d St., Chicago, III.

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