Maggie Campbell Monmouth, Ill. Lihbte Brooka-Gaddi8 .. ........••••
Bellevlew, Pa
. AvoD, Ill. Ada Bruen-Grter
Clara Brownlee-Hutch inson Monmoutb, Ill.
Emma Brownlee..KUgore Monmouth, Ill.
Fannie Whitenack Libby Red Wing, MinD. Rosa Moor e Care Ge n e ral Deltvery. New York City. J e nnie Nicol (deceased)
Ina Smith Soule 621 S. K St, Tacoma, Wash. Jenni e Horne-Turnbull ... .. .... .. . . 2546 N. 32d St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Fannie Th ompson (deceased)
Nancy Black·Wallace Glenoaborne, Pa
COUNCIL
L. Kell er, J822 Lind en Ave., Baltimore, Md VICt;PRESIDEN'I'---Cora E. Ma rl o w, 909 4th St , S. E ., Minn eapoli s, Minn. SECIlETARy-Eida L Smltb , 710 S. 6th St., Springfield, III. '1'REAsuRER-Celest.e Janvier, 1445 Webs ter St. , Ne w Orl ea ns, Ln. EDl1'OR-Mary B. Th e iss (Mrs. Lewis E .), 64 W l09th St., New York City.
HISTORIAN
Jean ette Zeppenteld, Franklin, Ind.
CATALOGUER
(To be appointed . )
SECRETARY OF INTER SORORITY CONFERENCE
Elda L. Smith, PI Beta Phi, 710 S. 6tb St., Springfield, III.
CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES
ALPB£. PROVllI'OE
PRESIDENT-Mrs Etrrieda H. Pope, Ithaca. N. Y
VERMONT ALPHA- Middl e bury Coll ege, Edith N Grout, Middlebury, Vt.
VERMONT BeTA-University ot V e rmont, H e le n Barton, 8 Green St., Burlington, Vt.
l M.A.8SACHU8ETTB ALPHA-Boston University. Mildred Collyer, 6 88 B oy lston St., Boston, Mass.
NEW Y OR K ALPHA-Syracuse Univ e rsity, Georgia H oag, 8 11 Euclid Ave" Syracuse, N Y.
NEW YORK BETA-Barnard College, Anna Holm, Westminster, Perth Amboy. N. J.
PeNNSYLVANIA ALPHA-Swarthmore Coll ege, Ann e Pearson, Swarth morc, Po. PENNSYLVANIA BETA-Bucknell U niversi t y , Eunice Hall, Lewisburg, Pa.
PENNSYLVANIA GAHMA-Dicklnson Coll ege, Elizabeth Blatr, CarHsl e , Pa..
?tiARYLANO ALPHA-Woman's College ot' Baltimore, Annabelle Mill er, The 'Voman's Co ll ege, Baltimore , Md.
COLUMBIA ALPHA--George Washington U n iversity, H e le n M a r MacLeod. 1347 Girard St., N. W., W ashington, D. C.
BETA PBOvorCE
PRESIDENT-Anna W. Lytl e, 3504 Cedar St., Milwaukee, ' V i s.
OHIO ALPHA-Ohlo Univ e r sity, M ary Chappe lea r , Athens, OhIo.
OHIO BETA--OhtO State Unive rsity, Margare t Wilcox, 1 584 N e il Ave., Colum· bus, Ohio.
INDIANA ALpHA-Franklin College, Eth el y n LaGrange F r an klin, Ind
I NDIANA BETA-Univ e rsity ot Ind iana, I rene F e rris, Alpha Hall, Bloomington, Ind
INDIANA GAMMA-Bu tl e r College, Cl a r a Holladay, 2515 Broadway , Indian· apolls, Ind .
ILLINOIS BETA-Lombard Co ll ege, M a rlon Webste r, 663 N. Prairie St., Gales· burg, Ill.
ILLINO IS DELTA-Knox Colle g e, Allee J ohnson, 358 S. West St., Galesburg, TIL
ILLI NOIS EpSILON-Northweste rn Un iv e r sity, Lu c ie Gloss, Will a rd Hall, E vanst on, III
ILLI NO IS Z ET A-Un i versit y ot Illin o i s , Eth e l Douglas, 807 S. 3rd St., Cham· palgn, Ill
MICHIGAN ALPHA-Hillsdale Coll ege , Alice Satte rthwaite. Hillsdale, M ich.
MICHIGAN BHA-Universlty ot Michigan, C h a rlott e Angstman, 836 Tappan R oad , Ann Arbor, Mich.
C WISCONSIN A LPHA-Uni versity or W isco n s in, Ruth J enn ings, 3 14 Park St., M adison, Wis.
OAlllllllA PBOVDI'CE
PRESIDENT-Anne Stuart, 1906 D St., Lincoln, Ncb .
I OWA ALPH A- I owa Westyan Unive rsity, Eth e l Lyme r Mt Pl easan t, l a.
I OW A BETA-8lmpson College. Ed ith Beal, Indianola, Ia.
I OW A GAMMA- I owa State College, Lois Boardmon, PI B eta P hi House, Ames, I a. -
I OWA ZETA-Iowa State University, Elizabeth Mick e lson, PI B eta Phi H ouse, I owa City, I a.
MI NNESOTA ALPHA-Univers ity ot Minnesota, Eslher R obb ins, Robbinsdal e, Minn
MIS SOUR I ALPHA-University ot Mi ssouri, Sus i e Shepa r d, Pi B e t a Phi House, Columbia, Mo.
MISSOURI B£'l'A-Washlngton University, Louise B: Birch, 4606 M o rgan St , St. Louis Mo
KANSAS ALPH A-Kansas Un i versity, Bertha Lu ckan, 52 1 T e nnessee St. , Lawr e n ce. Kas.
NEBRASKA. BETA-University at Nebraska, Sarah l\1arUn, 1 020 J St. , Lincoln, N eb.
LomS1.A.NA ALPHA-N ew comb College, Lois J anvier, 144.5 Webster St., N e w Orleans, La
TEXAS ALPH A-Univers ity ot T e xas, Drew Staggs, 2506 'Whitis Ave., Au stin, T ex.
COLOR.A.DO ALPH A-University ot Colorado, Eunice Thompson, PI Beta Phi House, Boulder, Co l.
COLOR.A.DO BftA.-Denver University, Anna Howe, Uni versity Park. Col. CALIFORNIA ALPHA- Leland Stanford Jr Unive rsity, Ruberta Roberts, Pi Beta Phi House, Stanford University, Ca llt
CALIFORNIA. BETA-University ot Calltornla, Lou etla Weir, 2163 V ine St., B e rk e le y, Cam.
WASHINOTO N ALPHA-University ot Washington, Char lotte LUm, Unive rsity Station, Seattle, Wash.
A lumnae Department Directory
VICE PaamENT-Mn. May C. Fostorla, Ohio. ALUWN EDITOR-Ethel Roua Curryer, 720 E. 15th St.. Indianapolis, Ind.
ALPJU. PllOVIllCE
SKcRrl'ART-Edna L. Stone, 161 8 R. I. Ave., Washington, D. C. VEIU(ONT-Mary E Colburn, UnJon Village, VL
M.4.R.TL.A.ND AND SoUTHBA8t'--M. Alice Wood, 1st and Chestnut Ave •. , Baltl. more, Md.
Pl:NN8TLYANU.-Grace Woodard, Bradford, Pa. NIIW YORX-Laura E. Single. 407 Prospect Ave., Syracuse. N. Y. MA8SACHUICTT8-Elisabeth Coates, Pboenix, Ariz. BET.&. PBOVmCE
SJDCRETARy-Fannle Miner, 519 E. Walnut St., Indianapo lis, Ind. OHIO-Mrs. R. B. Belknap. Pain esv ill e, Ohio. lLLl'Nole-Ka tharine Bagby. Rushville, Ill. INDIA NA-Ru th Elstun, 1940 Park Ave., Indian apolis, Ind. MlCHIO.ui'-Mra. Bertha Kempton, HUlsdaie, MJch. WISCONsIN-Iva A. \Velsh, 416 N. Livingston St., Madison, Wis.
G.AJDI.A. F.aOVIllCE
SECRETARY-Hilda K White, Liberty, Mo.
I OWA.-May Belle AU8trand, 'Wate rloo, l a.
KA.N84&--EI8ie Evans, 704 S. 4th St., Leavenworth, KaA. NEBR.UIU.-Ge rtrud e Branch, 1125 Georgia Ave., Omaha, Neb. LoUISI.AN4-AUce Monroe, 847 Carondelet SL, New Orleans, La.. nx.u.-Kate B. Sockwell, 276 Swiss Ave., Dallaa, Tex. MIS80URI-Mrs Nellie Turner Pratt, Unionville, Mo. MmNESOT4-Allce E. Tbompson, 701 15th Ave., S. E., Minneapolis, Minn. ARItAN s-Mrs. Hattie Speer M erriman, Fort Smith, Ark. KzNTUCKy-Martha Taliaferro, Roseville, 111.
DELT.&. P&OVlll'CE
SBCRET.ARy-Mr8. Louise F. Marshall, Tucson, ArIz Walllban, 79 Lincoln Ave., Denver, Col. C4LlFORNlA.-Gretchen Smith. 710 W. 27th St., Los Angeles, Cal.
ALUMNAE CLUB SECRETARIES
BURLINOTON, VT.-Mary Gregory Waddell, 56 Elmwood Ave WASHINGTON, D. C.-C lara V. Barber, 703 E. Capitol SL PHIL4DBLPHIA-Deborah Ferrier, Mooresto wn, N. J PITTSBURO, PA.-Anna Spears, Latrobe, Pa. NEW YORK CITY-Alda Wilson. 524 w. IS18t st. STRACUIB, N. Y.-Eva Roe, 115 Ostrander Ave BoSTON, MA.88 -Ruth P. Dennis, 19 Kenwood St., Brookline. BALTIKOU, M D.-Edith S. Lewl., 401 Hawthorn Road. Ro land Park. CLBVELAND, OHlo--Anna M. Campbell, Y. W. C. A. Building. COLUMBUS, OHlo--Faye M. J ac klOD, 447 Linwood Ave. ATHENS, OHlo--Frle<la Coultrap. CHICAGO, ILL.-Anna M. McMaba n. 3946 Drexe l Blvd. l\.ln.WAUKH, WII.-MrJI. J ames S. Church, 683 Stowell Ave. GALEIBURO, ILL.-Mildred Brown. 9, CA.RTH40B, ILL.-Mra. Katharine Griffith Hili . INDIANAPOLIS, IN D.-Cora Hewitt, 16 05 N Delaware St. F'R.I.NKLIN, IND -Mabel K e rlin DETROIT, MICH.-Francis A. Foster, 124 Charlotte A ve. HILLSDALIC, MICR.-Mrs. F. B. Mey e r. MINNEAPOLII, MINN.-Alice E. Thompson, 701 15th Ave., S . E. Da MOlNES, IA...-Mra. Anna Ron Clarke, 1510 Ninth SL BuRLINOTON, l.A.-Mrs. Edna Uhler OHman. lotT. PLEASANT. IA.- Mrs. Matti e Stearns Oloeckler. INDUNOt.A., lA_Mrs. Anna Wright Dowell. AKU, l.A.-Lola A. Placeway. I OWA CITY, lA.-Mrs. George W . Ball. KANSAS CITT, Mo .-C larabel Denton, 2726 Waba.s:h Ave. ST. LoUII, Mo ,-A. Fre d. Beck e r, 5870 Cabanne St ST. JOSBPH, Mo.-MrJI Jeasle L Gaynor, ThEf' Gaynor StudiO. LINCOLN, NER.-Ada Waugh, 1642 G St. COUNCrL BLUFFS AND OAuHA-Jeslle N8.8on, 2554 Mand e rson St., Omaha. LAWRENCE, KAN .-Lena Marsh NBW ORLBANI, LA.-May O. Logan, 1539 PhlUp St. DENVER, COL.-Mary E. Walllhan, 79 Lincoln Ave. BoULDER, COL.-MrJI. Edith McClure. 2227 8th st. BRRKELKT, CAL,-Edlth E. White, 1009 Lincoln Ave ., Alameda. Los ANOIiLE8, Cu.-Florence M Burnham, 1359 Alvarado St. SItA.'M'LE, WA8H.-Anne Kru:ndt ck, 2513 6th Ave
Minutes of the Twentieth Biennial Convention OF THI
PI BETA PHI FRATERNITY
In the Banquet Room of the New Oenechaud Hotel NEW OR LEANS, LOUISIANA
D ecember 30, 1907, to Ja nuary 3, 1908.
MONDAY, DE OEMBER 30, 2 P. M
Conventi on opened with th e Grand Pres id e nt pres iding. Rit· ual. Fra te rni t y so ngs. Th e f oll owin g offi ce r s and del egates were enroll ed :
Grand Pres id ent-Elizabeth Gamhl e.
Grand Vice-Pres id ent-:Mrs Ma y Co peland ·Re yn olds
Grand S ec r etary-Elda L. Smi t h .
Grand Trea surer-Martha N. Kimball.
Arrow Editor-Fl or en ce- P orte r R obin son.
Alpha Province Pres id ent-Anna Morri s Ja ck so n .
B eta Provin ce Pres id en t-Mrs Edi t h Cl a rk·Burr.
Gamma Provin ce Pr es id ent-Ann e S t uar t .
D el ta Prov ince Pres id en t-R obe r ta G. Frye .
Alumn ro D el egate-E t bel Ro u s Curr ye r
M a r y B a r tol Th eiss.
Ri sto ri a n-Jeann ette Zeppenfeld.
Conve n t ion G u i de-Cel este Bu sh J a n vier.
V er mo n t Alph a-Oli ve E li zabeth Get man.
V e rm on t Beta-J enni e L Ro well .
:Massac hu setts E. Dani els
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New York Alpha-Myrta Harrington. New York Beta-Gladys Alden Bonfils.
Th e Cataloguer, Vermont Alpha, Pennsylvania Alpha, and New York Beta were absent from this session. Upon favorable report from the Co=ittee on Credentials, the delegates present were given seats in Conventi on.
The Grand President gave a word of greeting to Convention. Announcements were made by Convention Guide, Grand Presi· dent, and Grand Treasurer Greetings were r ead from Miss Anna Harrison, Grand President of Kappa Alpba Tbeta , and from Mrs. Ida Shaw-lI{artin, Editor of tbe Inter·Sorority Handbook.
Representatives from tbe following Alumnre Clubs were given tb e privileges of tbe floor: Burlington, Vt.; Baltimore, Md.; Columbus, Obio; Idianapolis , Ind.; Minneapoli s, Minn.; Franklin , Ind. ; New Orleans, La. ; and Milwaukee, Wis.
Louisiana Alpha moved tbat Cataloguer be made a delegate to Convention. Carried.
Report of Grand President was read. On motion of Pennsylvania Beta, accepted.
Grand Vi ce-Pres id ent read her r eport. Accepted, on motion of Iowa Alpba.
Report of Grand Secretary. Upon motion of Indiana Alpha, accepted .
Report of Grand Trea sur er. Texas Alpha moved its acceptance. Carried
Report of Arrow Editor. On motion of Indiana Gamma, accepted .
Tbe r eport of the Alumnre Editor was postponed.
Miss Jack son presented her report as Alpha Pro vince President. Accepted on motion of llIinoi s D elta .
Beta Province President, Mrs. Burr, read her report. Ohio Beta moved its acceptance. Carried.
Ga=a Province President, Miss Stuart, gave ber report. Louisiana Alpha moved it be accepted. Carried.
Report of Delta Province President, Miss Frye. On motion of Colorado Beta, accepted.
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Report of the Grand Secretary, visiting and installing officer, was read and accepted on motion of Penn sylv ania Beta.
The Hi sto rian, Miss Jeannette Zeppenfeld, presented her r eport, which Gamma Province President moved to accept. Motion carried.
Announcements . RituaL Adjournment.
T UESDAY, DECEMBER 3 1 , 9 A. M.
Convent i on called to order by Grand Pre s ident. Roll-call showed Cata loguer absent. RituaL Pi Beta Pbi anthem.
Cha irman of Committee on Credent ials announced that seats had been given to t h e del egates from Vermont Alpha, New York Beta, Pennsylvania Alpha.
Minutes of previous sess ion read and approved.
Th e Grand Presid ent announced the following comm i ttees : Press and Photograpb: Convent i on Guide.
Resolutions: min ois Zeta, Vermont Alpha, Iowa Beta . Recommendations to Convent ion : Nebra ska Beta, California Alpba, Michigan Alpha.
Gr eet in gs were r ead from the Alumnre Club at Minneapolis. Announcements.
W i sco ns in Alpha moved that for the next two yea r s the fraternity ma i ntain its present policy of extension into no coll eges with less than $75,000.00 annual i ncome, or w i t h less t han fifty women students where Pi Beta Pbi is the first woman's frat er· ni ty to enter, seventy-five where she is second, one hundr ed where tb ird, etc ., in the sa m e ratio. Carried .
TIlinoi s Zeta moved tbat Pi Beta Pbi do not limit its chapters to coll eges in the United States. Carried.
P enn sy h-an ia Beta moved that a comm it tec be appointed: first, to cons id er the in te rnal strengthen ing of the fraternity by rai sin g the sta ndard of scholarship; and, secon d, to offer suggestions to the Convention. Carried :Michigan Beta moved a shor t discussion of the subject before the appointment of the committee . Carried.
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Beta Province President moved that Convention be resolved into a committee of tbe whole for informal discussion. Ca rri ed Convention recom·ened, tbe Grand President in tbe chair.
M.ichigall Alpba moved that comm i ttee be appointed by the chair. Carr i ed. Cba ir appointed Grand Secretary, Alpha Provin ce Pres id ent, Beta Province President, Gamma Province Pres· ident, Delta Province President, Miss May Keller, Mrs. Th eiss Delta Province President moved that an active member from each province be placed upon this comm i ttee Carried. New York Alpha, Michigan Alpha, Louisiana Alpha, Ca liforn ia Beta were added to this comm i ttee. Adjournment.
T UESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2 P. M.
Session opened with Grand Pres id ent in chair. Roll-call. Th e following officers and delegates were tardy : Grand VicePre sident, Arrow Editor, Beta Province President, Delta Provo ince President, Alumnro Editor, ilistorian, New York Beta, Pennsylvania Alpba, Ohio Alpha, Indiana Alpha, Indiana Beta, TIlinois Beta, Illinois Epsilon, Illinois Zeta, Micbigan Beta, Iowa Alpha, Nebraska Beta, Texas Alpba .
Gamma Province Presillent moved tbat a fine of 25 cents be lev i ed upon any delegate absent at roll-call of any sess ion of Con· vention. Ca rried. of previous sess i on read and approved. Announcements.
Alul1lnre Editor gave he r report. On motion of Michigan Beta, accepted.
:Miss Marlow, who acted as secretary of the meeting of Alum· nee, read the ir recommendations . These recommendations were takcn up for cons id e r ation. The Cataloguer moved to amend tbe Statutes of the fraternity by st riking out Sec. 4, Art. VIII. Carr i ed .
Cataloguer moved to change Sec. 5, Art. VIII, to Sec. 4, Art. VIII, and to amend it to r ead:
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a. The annual tax and initiation fee sball be distributed as follows:
Two dollars to the convention fund; Two dollars to the contingent fund; One dollar to the Arrow.
b The first annual tax of ini tiates shall pay for life membership in the Alumnre Department of the fraternity.
Carried.
On motions of Pennsylvania Alpha and Maryland Alpha the chair appointed Mrs. Tbeiss and Mrs. Reynolds a committee to report to Convention the revision in the Statutes n ecess itated by tbese changes.
This committee reported the following recommendation s:
That Sec. 11, Art. VIII, be cbanged to Sec. 5, Art. VIII; That S ec 11, (a) Art VIII, be amended to read:
Sec. 5. a. Eacb chapter shall be taxed one dollar per capita for each graduate or member leaving college permanently, except in tbe case of tbose wbo bave been initiated since January 1, 1908 . This tax shall be paid into the national treasury, tbus purcbasing the Arrow for four years after the time of departure from College.
Micbigan Alpha moved tbat the amendments to the Statutes, as recommended, be adopted. Carried .
Grand Vice-President moved tbat tbose members leaving college, wbo must pay one dollar for alumnre dues, be granted life membersbip in tbe Alumnre Department of the fraternity by tbe payment of four dollars before the expiration of this subscription.
Carried .
Indiana Gamma moved to amend Sec. 1, a. Art. X , to read: Four Province Secretari es, bavin g the same districts as the Province Pres id ents, shall be elected by Convention as assistants to the Grand Vice-Pr ee id ent in carrying on the work of the Alumn re D epartment.
Carried.
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.Arrow Editor moved that the nominating commi ttee name the Province Secretaries in the same manner as the Grand VicePresident. Carried.
Indiana Alpha moved that the expenses of the Province Secretaries to Convention be paid from the national treasury. Carried.
The Alumn", Department recommended that Sec. 1, Art. X, of the Statutes be amended by inserting:
c. The duties of a State Secretary shall be to assist the Province Secretary: 1. By sending in September coin cards to all alumnre in her state who are not already subscribers to the Arrow; 2. By attending to the distribution of all printed matter intended for the alumn", of her state.
Kansas Alpha moved the adoption of this amendment. Carried.
Alpha Province President moved that each alumn", club which is situated geographically near enough to an active chapter to make it practicable, shan send a delegate to the chapter meeting at l east once a month and shall invite representatives from the acti ve chapter to attend alumn", club meetings. Carr i ed. With tbe Grand Vice-President in the chair, alumn", reports were given as follows:
New York City-Anna 1.1:. Jackson.
New Orleans-Alice 1.fonroe. Detroit-Mrs. Burr. Lincoln, Neb.-Anne Stuart. Seattle-Roberta G. Frye. Milwaukee-Anna Lytle. Columbus-Vera McAlpine. Minneapolis-Cora E. Marlow. Franklin, Ind.-Jeannette Zeppenfeld. Indianapolis-Ethel Curryer. Denver-Martha N. Kimball. Burlington, Vt.-Sylvia Warren. Baltimore-May Keller.
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Washington, D. O.-Oolumbia Alpha Delegate Lawrence, Alpha Delegate.
Grand President in the chair. R epo rt of Oataloguer was read , and on motion of P ennsy lvania Beta, accepted . Design s for pat r oness' pin were suhm itted, and, on motion of Indiana Gamma, placed for examination by d elegates.
A roll-call of delegates brought out the following facts in regard to the requirements of the Nineteenth Biennial Oonvention : 1. Eighteen chapters have failed to have all the hadges marked with owner's name and chapter name; 2. Seven chapters have failed to send circu lar letters to their alumn",; 3. Five chapter s have n o committee to maintain the scholarship of the members. Oolorado Alpha moved that a fine of five dollars be imposed on any cbapter failing to send out an annual letter to alumnro. Oarried.
Adjournment.
TH
URSDAY, JAN UARY 2, 9 A. M .
• Ritual. Song. Roll-can, showing Grand Trea sur er and Arrow Editor tardy.
Notes were read fr om Columbi a Alpha and from the Pennsylvania cbapter s Alpha, Beta, and Gamma, inviting the f r aternity to hold the Tw enty-first Biennial onvention in Wa shingto n, D. C., and in Swarthmore, Pa. , respect i vely. I owa Alpha moved that a vote of thanks be extended to Oolumbia Alpha and to the P enn sy lvania chapters for the invitations. Carried. Announcements. Minutes read and approved .
Alpha P rovince President moved that the chair appoint the nominatin g comm i ttee. Carried . Oataloguer moved that delegates prepnrp themse],-". to votp at the afternoon se ion on the designs submitted for c rest. Oarried. On motion of Pennsyh'ania Alpha, consideration of patroness' pin was postponed until afternoon sess ion .
Th e report of the committee on r ecommendati ons for internal str engthening of the fraternity was read. :liassachusetts Alpha
moved its acceptance. Carried . On motion of New York Beta, tbe recommendations were taken up separately.
First, it was r ecommended that Ca) initiates be selected witb t be utm ost care; Cb) t ha t chaperons be chosen with cn r e and be women of r efinement and cbaracter; (c) tbat strong initia tes wbo are free to cboose and to ch ange their coll ege to do undergraduate work, bear in mind t ha t to cboose a college where we already bave a chapte r is an effective way of showin g loyalty to the fraternity. On motion of Pennsylvania Alpha, adopted.
Tbe delegates were in structed to report to t hei r cbapters tbat it i s a courtesy to ask a Pi Beta Phi coming to a coll ege from anotber chapter to affiliate, but that they cannot r efuse to affiliate a transfer witbout t he consent of tbe Grand Pr es id ent.
Second, i t was r ecommended that in inst i tution s wbere Pi Beta Phi now bas cbapters, and wbere tbe college bas not developed with the t im es ( i. e., where the fr es bman work i s not bigh); Ca) wbere Pi Beta Pbi has no rivals, there be no ini tiatio ns until the close of the freshman year; Cb) wbere Pi Beta Phi has rival s, Pi Beta Phi take up the matter witb the various qrand Councils involved. On motion of Pennsylvania Alpha, this recommendation was adopted by unanimou s vote_
Third, it was r ecommended that the Grand Ommeil be empowered to r est ri ct tbe s i ze of cbapter s in case both Province Pres id ent and visiting delegate report chapter too large for the frat ernity material in tbat college. Adopted, on motion of California Alpha.
Fourth, it was r eco mm ende d that only r egular mnsic or art students in the music or art department, in an ins titut ion which Tecogoizes its work by a diploma or degree, sban be eligibl e to membership in Pi Beta Phi. Adopted by unanimou s vote, on motion of Colorado Beta_
Fifth, it was r ecommended that chapters which for two success iv e years are reported, througb the coll ege authorities, as deficient in sc holars hip, shall forfeit t he right to their charte r s if at tbe end of two years tbe r e is no improvement. Maryland Alpha moved the adoption of this recommendat ion. Th e Catalogoer
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moved to amend the recommendati on by striking out the word "shall," thus making the recommendation read: that chapters which for two successive years are reported through the college authorities as deficient in scolarsh ip , forfeit the right to cha rters if at the end of two years there is no improvement. Adopted as amended.
Sixth, it was recommended that no special student in any college of liberal arts carrying less than twelve hours' work in that department be eligible to membership in: Pi Beta Phi. Vermont Alpha moved the adoption of this recommendation. Alpha Province President moved it be amended to read: "No spec ial stud ent in any college of liberal arts shall be eli gihle to membership in Pi Beta Phi, who carries less than twelve hours' wo rk, or who has l ess than twelve hours' credit in such college." Adopted as amended.
Louisiana Alpha moved that this by·law go into effect at the beginning of the school year 1908-1909. Carried.
Seventh, i t was recommended that a committee be appointed to tabulate entrance requirements in colleges and technical schools where Pi Beta Phi has Chapters, to make similar tabulations for all other women's fraternities r epresented in I. S. C., and to make such r ecommendations to the Grand Council as seem proper after this investigation. Indi ana Gamma moved that this recomm endation be adopted. Carried.
Chair appointed the committee as follows: May Keller, Ph. D.; Mrs. Mary B. Thiess, Ph. D.; Mrs. Elfrieda H. Pope, Ph. D.
Nebraska Beta, the chairman of the Committee on Recommendations made her report, which was accepted on motion of Maryland Alpha. These r ecommendations were considered separately, on motion of Pennsylvania Gamma.
First, it was recommended that all change' in the Constitution and Statutes of Pi Beta Phi made by the Eighteenth, Nineteenth , and Twentieth Conventions be collected, and printed on gummed paper to be pasted on the blank pages at the proper
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places in tbe Constitution Adopted, on motion of Kansas Alpha.
Second, it was recommended that a secret number of the Arrow be printed annually, which shall publish the minutes and reports of Convention s, the annual chapte r reports to the Grand Secretary, and any other information for the use of the frater· nity. Maryland Alpha moved the adoption of this resolution. Carried. The Arr ow Editor instructe<l delegates to impress upon tbeir chapters that sucb a number must be kept absolutely secret.
York Alpha moved that the secret number of the Arrow be an extra publication. Ca rri ed. Wisconsin Alpha moved that two copies of the secr et number be sent each chapter, one for the archives, and one for the Arrow file. By amendments proposed by Alumn", Delegate and California Alpha, and passed by convention, the motion was changed to read: that ten copies of the secret number be sent each chapter for the arcbives, and that one copy be sent tbe sec r etary of each Alumn", Club . Carried as amended.
Gamma Province President moved tbat any alumn'" subsc riber be allowed to obtain a copy of the secret issue npon application. Carried .
Third , it was recommended that a special treasurer's hook for the chapters be prepared, to conta in a few simple directions to chapter treasurers. Adopted on motion of Michigan Beta. Alpha Province President moved that the Grand President appoint a committee, with Arrow Editor as chai r man, to prepare a speci al treasurer's hook. Chair appointed Arrow Editor and Grand Treasurer Kimball.
Fourth, it was r ecommended tbat Sec. 6, Art. VIII, of the fraternity Statutes be amended to r ead : "a sa lary of $100 per annum to the Grand Treasurer," in place of the present reading, "a salary of $50 per annum to the Grand Tr easurer." Indiana Gamma moved that this recommendation be adopted. Carried.
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Fifth, it was recommended that th e pl edging ceremony be accepted as compulsory in all chapter s. Mass achu setts A lpha mov ed that it be so adopted Carried
N ominating committee wa s named as follow s : Alpha Pr ovin ce Pres id ent, Loui s iana Alpha, V e rmont Alpha, California Alpha, Illinoi s Zeta.
Adjournment.
TnURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 2 :00 P. M.
R oll-call. Ohio Alpha, Iowa Beta, T e xa s Alpha, California Beta tardy. Minute s of previ ous session r e ad and approv ed. Th e eommittee on r ecomm endati ons reported the furth er r ecommendation that a cla ss ifi ed li s t of the prominent alumnlll of Pi Beta Phi be comp il ed by th e Hi sto rian. Adopted.
A l e tte r \VII!! read from th e graduate schol ar, Anna P et tit, P ennsylvania Alpha, extracts from which are given :
"The fir s t aud mo st important suggestion is that ea ch chapte r be obliged to take up so me d e finite line of work to h elp oth ers . I want someth in g de finite and tangibl e to whi ch to point wh en p eo pl e a sk u s what we stand f or. Id eal s are all ve ry well , but we have to r emember that outsiders ca n f eel th e e ffects of our ideal s only a s we pu t tbem in practice. And th e greatest good would co me to tbe chapter itself and to th e individuals making up that cbapter. To carry this plan out, I wou ld suggest that ea ch chapter be asked to send nam es of alumnre or a ctive members who are in te r ested in any kind of charity or other soc ial bettennent work, and that in eac h provin ce th er e be a com mit tee com posed of an alumnre d elegate and an act ive delegate from eac h chapter and the Provi nce Pres id ent; th ese to co nfe r together and chi efl y to see that th e work of thei r own chap te r be ca rri ed out Th er e are many kind s of work I eou ld s U&,"Ilst. The best way of goi ng about i t in most places,
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I suppose, would be to go to one of the offices of the organized Cha rity Association; where the girls are mus ieal, they can a lways be useful in the college settlements or in the old people's li omes ; other girls can r ecite; otbers r ead; some may be 'fr iendly visitors.' In the case where the chapt e r is far from the c i ty, sew ing or makin g scrap-books might be done. id ea is that every active Pi Phi be a ss ign ed he r spec ial duty, that the alumn", ha\' c genera l s upe r vis ion, and that the active d el egate keep the r cpor t of progr es.. In this way we, as a fraternity, shall be accompli shing someth in g for the world at large.
second su ggest ion is that of alumn", subscriptions; that each yea r a s the gi rl s leave college they pledge a ce rtain annual amoun t to the Grand Treas ury. There are many girls wh o do not contrihute m er ely because they do n ot think about it, and sur ely no girl would f eel it a tax to pay fifty cents a year; with this greater amoun t of money in the grand t r easury, we could have larger conventions, more sc holarship s, and th e best frat ernity maga7.in e in the world.
" I am steadily coming to beli eve that the best ru s hing is within the chapter; that the infln en ce of t h e chapter life will show in the liv es of its m embers. For this purpose, I firml y believe in all sorts of old chapte r associations and traditions. Unde r th is heading I would suggest the f ollowing:
"1. A chapter birthday book, so that some li ttl e card or remembrance be sent to each member.
"2. A Fri end ship Calendar for the chapter room. Th e ca l endars co me wi th 365 sheets , blank except for the date. Th ese might be sen t to all the chapter alumnro to be filled out with pictures, qnotation s, original pieces, or an yt hing th ey like.
"3 . A Pi Beta Phi calendar.
"4 A Pi Phi sym ph ony
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"5 . An album co ntaining a photograph of all members of the chapters, active and alumnre.
"6 . Framed con ven tion and chapter pictures.
"7. A sc rap-book of pictures of chapte r houses, chapter rooms, coll eges, and girls of our other chap te r s.
"8. A scrap-book of the best things pertaining to college and fra te rnity life, tak en fr om periodi cal s, frat erni ty or otherwise.
"9 A complete bound Arrow file.
"10. C hapter diary ."
New York Beta mo ved that thank s of Convention be extended to Mi ss Pettit for her suggest ions, that t he suggestion s be printed in the Convention minutes, and that chap te r s follow them as far as po ss ibl e. Ca rri ed.
Convention Guide moved to r econ sid er the motion t hat the secr et num be r of the Arrow be an ext ra publication. Ca rri ed. New York Beta moved t hat Convention minutes and r eports be publi sb ed in the January Arrow, t hat number to be a secret on e. Carried. P ennsyl vania Beta moved a r econs iderat i on of the m(}tion to send ten copies of the secret number to each chap te r a nd one copy to each Alumnre Club. Carr i ed . On r econ s id eration, the original motion was l ost.
Th e cha irman of t he Nominating comm i ttee gave h er report. The ch a ir appointed as tell er s : New York Alpha, Ohio Alpha, Mi chi g an Alpha, Col orad o Alpha, Nebraska Bet •.
P ennsy l vania Alpha moved that a comm i ttee be appointed to arrange and submit to t h e Gr and Council a fraternity symphony. Carried.
illin oi s Epsilon moved that, in view of t he fact, t h at the work of the Gran d Treasurer had increased immen sely and t h e salary by an oversight had not in creased accordingly, conv ent i un vote to Mi ss Kimball $75 (seventy-five dollars) as a r ecogn i t ion of h er work s inee the l ast convent ion. Ca rri ed .
L ou is ian a Alpha moved that names of chap te r office r s be k ept secr et. On moti on of Missouri Beta, amended to r ead: as far
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as possible, names of chapter offieers be kept secret. Carried as amended.
Maryland Alpha mm'ed that a committee be appointed to prepare a Pi Beta Phi calendar, and report to the Grand Council. Carried.
Grand Treasurer reported tbat the auditor bas stated th.t tbe books are correct to date.
Massacbusetts Alpba mo\ ed that tbe present Grand Treasurer sign drafts and receive moneys until ber bond is transferred to ber successor, or a new bond is issued. Carried.
Michigan Beta moved tbat tbe wearing of pledge pins be lim· ited to pledges. Carri ed.
Alpha Prov;nce President moved that Prov;nce Sec r etaries be given no vote in Convention. Carried.
Illinois Zeta moved tbat a comm i ttee be appointed to make a study of tbe crest, and report a suitable one to tbe Grand Council. Carried.
Indiana Gamma moved tbat tbis committee be empowered to sel ect appropriate symbols to be u sed in the crest. Carried. The question of patroness' pin was laid on the table, pending tbe cboice of symbols.
The Committee on Resolutions reported as follows:
WHEREAS, Tb e Twentietb Biennial Convention of Pi Beta Pbi is now about to adjourn, and, wbereas, it sincerely appreciates tbe many fa vors extended to i t; tberefore, be it
Resolved. 1. That most earnest appreciation be extended to the Orand Council for tbeir untiring and effic i ent work during tbeir administration.
2 Tbat deepest appreciation be tendered to Mrs :Mary Bartol-Theiss, Cataloguer, and to Miss Jeannette Zeppenfeld, Historian, for tbeir earnest work and excellent service.
3. That tbe Convention extend a vote of tbanks to Louisiana Alpha for ber splendid bospitality and tbe pleasure afforded by • a day at Newcomb College and an afternoon at the theatre.
4. That our warmest appreciation be extended to Miss Cel este Janvier for ber se rv; ce as Convention Ouide.
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5 That we extend a vote of tha nks to Burr, Patte rson & Co. f or their kindness in presenting so uvenirs to th e Convention.
6. That a vote of thanks be e xte nd ed to Rho Chapter of Chi Om ega for the beautiful flow er s sent to the Convention.
7. That we extend a vote of thanks to Beta Epsilon Chapter of Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity for its kindness and the plea s· ure afforded by the trolley rid e
8. That we extend a vo te of thanks to B eta Omicron Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma f o r the recepti on tende red to Pi B eta Ph i
9. Tha t we extend ou r t hanks to Columbia Alpha and to th e P ennsylvania chapter s , Alpha, Beta, and Gamma, f or their kind i nvitation s for entertaining the n ext Biennial Convention.
10. That the Grand S ec r eta r y be in stru cted to acknowledge all telegrams and n otes of greeting.
On motion of Indiana Gamma , t h e r epor t wa s ad opted as a whol e.
Th e el ect ion of officers r es ulted as follows:
Grand Pr es id ent, May Lan sfiel d K ell er , Ph. D , Pi Beta Kappa, Maryland Alpha , 1822 Lind e n Avenu e, Baltim or e, Md.
Grand Vi e&-Pres id ent, Co ra Emilie Marl ow, A. B., Phi Beta Kappa , 'Minn esota Alpha, 909 F our t h S t r eet, S. E ., Minneap' oli s, Minn.
Grand Secretary, Elda L. Smith, A. B., Phi Beta Kappa, n· lin ois Ep s il on, 710 S. Sixth Street, Springfield, ill
Grand Treas urer , Ce leste Bush Janvi er, Louisiana Alpha, 1445 W ebster Street, New Orl ea ns, Lo
Arrow Editor, :Mary Bartol-Theiss, Ph. D., P enn sylvania Beta, 64 W. 109th Street, New York C i ty .
Alumnre Editor , Sarah Gertrude Pom er oy, Ma ssachu setts Alpha, 243 Mapl e S t r eet, Lynn , :Ma ss .
Historian , J eannette Zeppe nfeld , Indi ana Alpha, Franklin, Ind.
Alpha Provin ce Pr es id ent , Elfri ed a H ochbaum-Pop e, Ph. D., Phi Beta Kappa, illinoi s Eps il on, Cayu ga Heights, Itha ca, N.Y
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Beta Province President, Anna Webster Lytle, A. B., N.,. braska Beta, 3504 Ceda r Street, Milwaukee, Wis.
Gamma Province President, Anne Stuart, Mus. B., Nebraska Beta, 1 906 D Street, Lincoln, Neb
Delta Province President, Roberta G. Frye, Maryland Alpha, ' 1306 Madison Street, Seattle, Wash.
Alpha Province Secretary, Edna L. Stone, A. B., Maryland Alpha, 1618 Rhod e Island Avenue, Washington, D. C.
Beta Province Secretary, Fanny Miner, Indiana Gamma, 519 E. Walnut Street, Indianapolis, Ind.
Gamma Province Secretary, Hilda Kirke White, A. B., Illinois Zeta, Liberty, :Mo .
Delta Province Secretary, :l.Irs. Louise Foucar Marshall, A. B. and Lit. B., Colorado Beta, Tu cson, Ariz.
Installation of officers. Adjournment sine die.
ELDA L. SMITH, Grand Secretary.
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Report of Alumnae Meeting
TUESDAY, 11 :30 A M.
Mrs. Reynolds, Grand Vice-President, in the chair, and Miss Marlow acting as Secretary.
1. The first question considered was whether it is advisable to increase the tax of $1 n ow paid by members l eaving coll ege befo r e or at tbe time of graduation, to $5 for life membersbip It was moved and seconded tbat i t be recommended to Convention that the $ 1 tax now levi ed on eacb graduate or member leaving college permanently be in creased to $5 (for life membersb ip ). carried.
2. Tbe second question considered was how tbe int er ests of tbe cbapters may be best served by their alumnre, and wbetber tbere should be an advisory board of alumnre.
After discussion, it was moved and carried that tbe Alumnre Clubs see tbat one or more of tbeir members visit the active chapter at least once a month.
3 The next question considered was that of alumnre representat ion at Con vention .
The motion was made and carried, that it be recommended to Convention that the Province Secretaries be el ected by Convention.
The motion was made that the alumnre reco=end that the Province Secretaries be paid their expenses at Convention out of the fraternity funds, hut have no vote. Motion carried .
A letter of greeting was read from Mrs. Fanny K. Read Cook, former Grand Vice-President.
Adjourned . CORA E. MARLOW.
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Report of the Grand Pre.3ident
Your Gra nd P r es id e nt takes pl eas ure in reporting progress in th e fr ate rnit.y s in ce the la s t convent io n, a nd the s uccessfu l working of so me of the m easures adopted at that co nv e nti o n .
As a. r es ult of th e defin i te exte ns ion poli cy adopted by the nin eteen t h biennial co D\' cnlion, applicants from Alabama. U nivers ity, Allegh e n y College, and Washburn College we r e notified that their colleges were not up to the requirements of Pi Beta Pbi in g rantin g charters Minn esota Al p h a Cbap· ter wu reinstated Se ptembe r, HJ06, by your Grand P r esident, assisted by the Minneapolis Alumnre. In t he fa ll of 1906 the two California chapters gave their vote in fav o r of t he applicants at Washington State University, and Washington Alpha. Chapter was established January 5th, 1907 , by Mi ss Elda L. Smith, Grand Secretary, ass isted by Mi ss Roberta Frye, Delta Province Pres id ent Th e applicants at Washington University, St. Louis, Mi ssour i, were im'estigated by Mi ss Anne Stuart, Gamma Province President, and by Mi ss Elda L. Smith , Grnnd Secretary, and Mi ssou ri Be ta was established Mar ch 22nd , 1907. Mr s Edith Cla rk B urr , Beta Provin ce Pl'esid ent, im' estigated the app li ca nts at Kentucky U ni vers ity a nd r eported against gra.nting their pet ition, as the sta n dard of scbo larsh ip was far below that o f a first-c lass COllege. T he pet it ioners at the University o f Arkansas were inves tigated by Gamma. Provin ce Preside n t, who r eported that s he did not co n s id er that it wou ld be to th e advantage o f P i Beta Phi to en te r that in s titution at present. The petitioners at Brown were investi gated by the G r and Secreta r y, who r epo rted agains t gra n ting a cha r te r to th at petitioning body. In the s prin g of 1907 . a national fr ater nI ty co mpo sed of three active a nd three alumnre c hapters. in quired if the constit u t ion o f Pi Beta. Phi would perm it the abso rpti on of a sma ll n at iona l , and if so, what h ope of being abso r bed by Pi Beta. Phi did your Gr an d Presid en t t hin k the writer might give to t he convention about to assemble! Your Gra nd Pres ident r eplied that s he co uld aB'ord t he m s light encou rageme nt, for all s ix groups would have to be thoroughly inv estigated and meet th e approva l o f a ll the chapters of Alpha Province , as well as that o f the G r a nd Cou nc il a nd Provin ce President, which would be a diffic ult matter. She sent R li st o f fr aternities with names and add r esses o f Grand Pres idents , and suggested that on e of the younger fraternitie s would probably be glad to get a. foo thold in three eastern colleges. A petition has just been received fr om a group of young women in T oro nto ninre ity. but as yet no s teps have been taken to in vestigate the group and conditions at Toronw University. A petit ion fr om a gro up at B ren au, a s m a ll so-ca lled college in Georgia, ha s a lso bee n refused.
The v isit in g of chapte r s by th e Province Pr es id ents h as proved a. g r eat h elp to the Provin ce Pre si dent s in car rying on the ir work. Knowing the chapters and the co nditio ns in the colleges th ey hav e been in a positio n to gh'e ndvice and bel p to the chapters. and the chapters ha. ve turned to them f o r he lp , where in the past th ey tu rned to their Grand President This has m ater ially lightened t he work of your Grand Pre8ident. A copy o f the n ote of in str uctio n s w visiting de legatee was se nt to eac h chapt er 80 that it might kn ow more definitely what po ints the visiting delegate's r epor t W 88 to cover.
When sch olal'8hips were instituted at the last co nve nti on , it was hoped that two r esu l u would be obtained: First, that in a ll co ll eges where Pi
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Be la. Phi ba s ch a pters it would become known th a t the fraternity had estab· li s hed scholar ships, and, seco nd , that our new chapter at Barnard would be greatly benefitted by imbibing fraternity s pirit from the transfers and by adopting m ethod s whi ch had been successfu l in ot he r coll eges Neither aim has bee n accomplished. Very f ew applications were made fo r the scholarships. and th e Barnard chaple r did n ot kindl e with enthusiasm, as had been hoped, although th e transfe r s have been m oa t enthu s iastic and untiring i n the ir efforts.
As the Grand Vi ce- Pres id ent was in Europe, and it wa s imposs ible fo r the other m ember s of the Grand Co uncil to find a time that would 8uit all, there wa s no Summer meeting of the Gra nd Council, 8S provided for by the nin etee nth biennial co nvention.
Th e fifth Inte r 80 Tol rity Conference was attended by your Grand Pres ident, who he lped to draw up th e mode l con stituti on, which wa s approved by the Inter80rority Conference, and recomm ended to the loca l Pan -H e lleni cs . Its object was to provid e a s imple co ns ti t uti o n and by-law s, and to e mphasize the fa ct that in the local Pan-Hellenic agreements as in th e Interso rority n ational agreements, no rule s regu lating ru s hing and "ledging become binding unl ess passed by unanimous vo t e. If that con s tituti on were u sed by all loca l P a n H e ll eni cs tb ey would be working along more ge nerou s lines th a n many are n ow doing. Minu te r CI,'11lations and the passage of rul es by other than unanimou s vote are t.he causes of t.roub le in the l ocal PanH e ll e ni cs. The s ixt h Inte r so r o rity confe r e n ce wa s attended by tbe Grand Secretary, who acted Pi Be tA Pbi as Secretary of t.hat co nfe r e n ce
The Dean s of Wom e n of the State unive r s iti es invited. each Sorority to send a r e pr esentative to attend their afternoon sess ion in Chicago, Decembe r 20th , Your Grand Pr es id ent attended that m ee ting o n h e r way to New Orl ea ns. She wa s d e li g hted to learn that in many o f the State univ e r s ities the Dea ns find th e So roriti es mos t willing to co-operate in bettering the social conditions, and that all the D eans feel that if th e Sororities work hand in hand with th em, they can pu t the social co ndition s abo ve r e proac h, and remove causes that are g iving ri se to th e great outcry against co-ed ucation Sin ce this outcry i s cau s ing many par e n ts to hes itate about sending their daughters to the State unive r s iti es, a.nd s in ce the Sororiti es depend large ly on th ose in stituti ons for their membership, eve ry fr ate rnity woman should bend eve ry e ffort to he lp to elimin ate those feat ures whi ch give ri se to unfavorable criticism. If we do not, the feeli.ng will in c rea se instead of diminish , and we s ha ll find t he betltlr class of youn g wom en decrea s ing in numbers year by year in co-ed u ca tional co ll eges. Th e Dean s of Women are anxious that the college fa culty give greater social r ecogn iti o n to the Sorority house c haperon s. Someth i ng ha s already been accomplished in some universities in that dir ecti on, therefore we should me the utmo st care in selecting o ur chaperon s, that we m ay be proud to introdu ce th e m into fa culty c ir c les
There ,are two ave nues opening up to wome n , that some Sororities have been qui ck to enter. and I hope it may not take Pi Beta Phi l on g to realize the opportunities otre red by those lines of work to come into c lose touch with co ll ege wom e n and fa culties, and to be well represe nted in both. I r e fer to t he positions of (traveling ) ( y, W. C. A ) Secretary and Dean o f Women in coll eges.
Respectfully s ubmitted , ELIZABETH GAl-rBLE. Grand Pr esident
R eport of Gr a nd Vi ce -Pr e3ident
Your Grand Vice-President takes pleasure in sUbmitting this report of the Alumn.ae Departm e nt and Secretaries, wboee careful work has m&de possible the large in c rease in membership, and t.he greater interest in college and fra. ter ni ty matters among our nlumnre.
The most discouraging feature of the work, both to Province a nd State Secretaries, is the Jack of promr,tness, and acth'e interest in the fraternity among many of our alum rue, W lOse loyalty i s not to be questioned. It is not easy to appreciate the effort necessary to r e \, jve the interest o f ou r memhera who ha"e been away from c hapter associations for a. number o f yean, until we become alumna'!, and find ourselves tested either as wOTken in the department, or 88 part of the body of very busy women, with a. variety of interests, with whom the Sec r eta ri cs must work and upon whom, many times, wait
Since the conventio n of 1906 , more than thirty-five hundred coin cards and three circular letters have been i ss ued. Clubs have been organ i zed at Milwaukee, Minneapolis , Sea.ttle, Berk eley, Los Angeles, Pittsburg, Cleveland, making a tota l of thirty -c ight-twenty-five having applied for and received certificates . Each Province Sec r etary WM asked to promote the inte r ests of her province by an inter·club letter, to which each c lub sho uld contribute a report of t.he work done and suggestions for the growth of the department. A few c i ty clubs have undertaken c h aritable work and report enth u siastically of the results. Is not this a lin e of growth to be commended, and one morc ev id ence that. Pi Beta Phi is needed in the world's work !
The present enrollment shows the division of membership to be: Life membership ...... " ................. "
hip, in stallme
plan
The following questions hue been subm itted to t.he members of both act.ive and alumrue departments for conside rat io n, and a.re now presented for discussion:
S hall Province Secreta ries be elected by convention!
Is it advisable to increase the tax: of one dollar now paid by members leav ing co ll ege before or at the time of graduation , to five dollars for life membership!
How can the interests of the chapters be best served by their alumnae!
Do you favor an advisory board of resident alumnae for each chapter whose duty it shall be to keep in touch with the coll ege and chapter work, to aid in every way the progress of the chapter , to give it careful supervision and to report with the Province President upon conditions!
How should such a board be a.ppointed!
Do you fa.vor alumnre representation at convention!
How shall alumnae delegates, with the full privileges of co nve nti o n, be chosen!
(a.) By the payment of a certai n sum annually into the Grand Treasury fo r convent io n expenses by the clubs desiring a. voting delegate!
(b) By naming th e four Province Secretaries as delegates with expenscs paid from convention fund!
Respectfully submitted, MAY CoPELAND REYNOLDS, Orand Vice-Pre8ident.
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'/?eporl of Grand Secrelar)} 10 Twentieth :Biennial Convention
Your Grand Secretary has had blanks printed and distributed to the chapters for their reports. Certificates of members hip have been i ss ued to all persons whose initi a tion blanks have been r ece ived Notices of the installation of Mi ssouri Beta chapter were sent to each office r and chapter, and to Pi Beta Phi members Jivin g in Mi sso uri or n ear St. Louis Copies of the reports of th e fifth and s ixth Inter ·Sorority Conferences have been sent to offl ce r s and chapters. The High S c hool Sorority ques tion wa s s ubmitted to all chapters fo r their vote. For the u se of a. committee appointed by th e Inter ·Sorority Co nference, r eports have r ecently been collected from all chapters where Pi Beta. Phi is re sponsible fo r Pan-Hellenic Assoc iations thi s year. These r e ports co ntain the co n stitution s, by-l a ys, and agree ments of the a ssoc iation s, together with 8. statement of l oca l PanHellenic difficulties and their solution. From the reports collected from all women's fraternitie s, a pamphl et will be publi s hed to which Pa.n -Hellenic Assoc iati o ns may ref e r for sugges tion s in solving prOblem s in Inter-Sorority affairs.
September 13 and 14, H,07 , at the reques t o f the Grand Pres ident, the Grand Secretary r e prese nted Pi Be ta. Phi in the Inter -Sorority Conference In accordance with th e order of rot a tion , Pi Beta. Phi acted as sec retary and publi s hed the minute s of th e Conference, R espec tfully submitted ,
ELOA L_ SMITH , Grand Secretary
Association Dues-
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Ju ly I , 1906-July I , 1 907
EXPENDlTURES
Oondensed Statement.
Alumnre Secretaries
Arrow
Baird's .Manual, 4 copies
Catalog, 1906 edition, 1,600 copies.....
Convention balance ( Indianapolis, 1900) _
Drayage and freight
Engraving............
Inter -Sorority Conference
Postage
Printing
Salaries
Scholarships
Stationery
Traveling-
Grand President, Inter-Sorority bus iness, Cleveland; installation, Minnesota Alpha, lnter·Sorority con· ference, Chicago $ Grand Se(!retary, visi t ing Delta Prcwince; installa· tion Washington Alpha; investigation applicants for l\fi s80 uri Beta Alpha. Province Pr2sident, visiting Maryland Alpha. and Columbia Alpha...
Beta. Province President, visiting Beta Provin ce Gamma Province Pre s ident, vi s iting Gamma Prov'ce
Miscellaneous--
6 letter files $ I box rubber bands, 2 boxes c lip s Manila. and ledger paper, twine ...........
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/ul. I . 1907 - Jan. 2. 1908
REcEIPTS.
CoftdeMed Statement.
Balance on hand July I , 1007
In terest added to date ...............••.•••........ \Viscomin Alpba. Assoc iation '
Advertisem e nts in Arrow .........•
6 cata log. @ * .75
21 song book s @ $ 1. 25
)0 co n stituti ons @ $ .25 )0tA! dozen rituals @ $ .10 :
From Chapters-
35 c hapter Arrow fil es '
1 d e linqu e nt cha.pter Arrow fi le
502 sem i ·annual dues@ $2 .50 ($ 1 alreiUly c red i ted)
3 delinqu e nt sem i-annual du es @ $2.50
214 initiation fees @ $5.00 35.00 1.00
I d eli nqu e nt initiation fee
202 cata logs @ $ 75 ($ 1.50 a lready c r edited)
1 initiati o n fee, part paym e nt ................. . 1,254.00 7.50 1,0iO.00 4 .00 5.00 150.00
3 19 g radua.tes' ' -year Arrow subsc riptions ( $ .75 a lready c red ited )
24 fine @ $1.00
1 fin e @ $2.00 ...........................
2 dupli cate initiati o n ce rti fica t es
Overpaid by chapte r s.
AJumnm A ssoc iatio n Du es3 18 .25
3 life memberships
13 4-yea r s u bsc ripti ons
4 2-yea r subsc ripti o ns.
5 15 I -y ear subs criptions .. ,.
1 @ $ 1.00 to Ga.mma
AJumn le Sec r eta ri es
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Trave lin g-
Gr a nd Secreta ry, Inte r -So r o rity co nfe r ence. Chicago, vi s iting Alpha Pro vince
Gamma Pro vin ce Pres id e nt ,
Ve rm ont Beta, intern a l s tr e ngt hening ...
Mi sce llan eous-
Rubber bands, pa ste, paper wrapper s
1 quire journal paper
4 l e tter files, I record book .. .
1 sc rap book, 1 journ a l book ............••......
Lettering 3 cha rters ....................•.
24 postoffice o rder s, bunk axc h a nge ............
8 telegrams ...... .
Ste nographer, hi storian
Auditor
Red ee ming Pi Beta Phi pin ...................
Ne w Orleans Co n\'enti o n-
500 4 -page circulars ......
200 m e nu ca rd s, 200 pla ce cards
1,000 c irc ul a r letters ...................
Fr e ig ht and dr ayage ('06 co nventi on minute s)
Baggago tran s fer
Ho te l se rvi ces fo r fr atern ity ( in part) ......
Co nv e ntion board b ill ..............
D elegates' Pullman expe n ses.
Delegates' r ailroa d fareVCi' mo nt A lph a. .
Vermont Beta.....
11nssaclm se tts Al pha
New York Alpha.
Ne \v York Beta ...........••.•.......
P ennsylvania Alpha.
P en n sylvania Beta
P en n sy l va nia Gamma..
Ma ryland Alpha
Co lumbi a A l pha.
Ohio Alpha _......
Ohio Beta ...................•.........
Indi ana Alpha __
In d iana. Beta . . ......•.....•..•...•••..
Indiana. Gamma. ........•.
TIlinoi s Beta.
Illin o is Delta.
Illin o is Epsilon
Illinois Zeta
Mi chi ga n Alpha. :Mi chigan Bela
Wi scon si n Alpha.
I owa. A lph a.
Iowa Beta.
I owa. Gamma.
I owa Zeta
Minn esota Alpha
Mi sso uri Alpba
R eporl of Auditor
NEW ORLEAN S, LA. , December 30, 1907
MI SS MARTHA N . Kt&lUALL, Grand Treas ure r Pi B e ta. Phi Frate rnity, Ci ty Dea r Mada m :-I have audited the Cash Book s ubmitted by you of the Pi B eta Phi fr ate rnity fr om July 1, 1906, to D ecembe r 28 , 1907 , and find that
Receipts h ave been $ 8,661 67 Plu s the balance r epo rted o n hand July I , 1906 6,413.46
Or total r ecei pts ........... ... .................. $ 15,075. 13 Di sburse m ents 6 ,84 0 00
Leaving bal ance on hand at D ecember 28, 1907 ..... $ 8 ,235. 13
And that yo u account fo r thi s ba lance 88 fo ll ows, and whi c h I bave ve r i fied: Bu.huH>e with Kountz e Bro s., N. Y $ 4 ,055.95
Bal a nce with Intern ' J Tr Co., D enver , Colo 1,953 97 C heck Anna M. K e naga, returned unpaid .. .. 35.08 U . S. Exprc ss M. O. A. C. No. 342345. . .. .. 5.00
Check Capitol Nat. Bk o n Fir s t Nat. Bk. , N Y., to your order 19 postofficc mo n ey orders ......... .... . Currency, s ilve r an d coppers . ' 468 05 1,670.45 37.63 --- $ 8 ,235 13
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Not. baving the last statement e it.her (rom Kountze Bros , N Y ., or from the Internati onal Trus t Co., of De nver , Colo., and which I understand you have wired for las t Saturday. I could not verify Check Book balances with res pec tiv e bank balances.
All additions in your Ca s h Book were go ne over and found correct j all re ce ipts iss ued by you fr o m July, 1906, t o D ecember 25, 1907, to and inclusive of No. 1508 , were. found to agr ee with co rr espo nding entries ' in Cash Book. All rece ipts for payments we re also verifi e d and found in a cco rdance with Cas h Book entries, with the exception o f th e following: No. 790, Yawman & Erbe (receipt not returned) , paid by check on New york ............... .. ................. $ 3.20 No, 815, Edna L . Stone ( receipt not returned) paid by ch ec k on Ne\v york........ .............. . .............. .. 1.30 No. 810, Co lorado A l pha , check not yet g iv e n .. . ...... . .... 60.00 No . 829, Denver postoffice, paid by ch eck ( r ece ipt on hand, but not on th e regular form of th e order) 111.00 -No. 802, Maude Klein , Preside.nt New York Beta, pa id by check , no receipt ' 200 00 (e Signed by the oo m 'e nti o n delegate).
Respectfully s ubmit.ted (Signed) A UG. SALAUN, JR. , Audit o r
NEW ORLEANS, LA., January 2, 1908
MART H A N. KHlDALL, Grand Treas urer Pi Beta. Phi Fraternity , City. Dear Madam :-Having ca r e fully audit.ed t.he Cash Book of t.he Pi Beta Phi fraternit.y s ince my last audit D{'Ctmber 28, 1007 , to January I , 1908, beg to r eport correctness thereof, and a ba lance on hand of $4,837.22, accounted for t.hus:
B a lan ce with Kountze Bros., New Yo rk .$4,062.19
I have t ested the accuracy of add iti ons in Cas h Book a nd found same co rr ec t . H ave al so verified vouchers co veri ng r ece ipts and di s burse men ts, and found these in accordance with Cash Book entries. The fo llowing " o u cher receipts for payments do n o t appear to have been as yet returned. No. 815, Edna L. Stone................................
7.85
espec tfully s ubmitted, (S igned ) Aua. SALAUN, JR. , A.uditor
'/?eport 0/ the Editor 0/ The Arrow
Your editor takes pl eas ure in submitting the following report:
Since t.h e last Convention the c irculation of the Arrow has in c reased from 1,600 to 2,200 copies, which was the number i ss ued in July , 1907. The reduction of the exchange list by a cti o n of the In ter-Sorority Conference, will be more than offse t by the growth of our active and a.lumna! me mbership. and an edition of 2,300 will probnbly be necess ary fo r January, 100 8. It 18 of interest to note that the mailing li s t of the Alumnre Assoc iation now number 1,245 names.
The thanks of the ' fraternity are due to E sther Fay Sho\'e r of Indiana Gamma, for her graceful cover design. It is the first ODe s ubmitted whi c h has proved practi ca l to caTry out in our own colo r s, and for the January iS8ue an ink has been fo und which comes even c lose r to the frat e rnity win e . The type has also been revised and there h as been a s light improvement in the quality of the paper
There hae been a d ec ided in c r ease in the cost of the Arrow , du e to the re· mo,' al of the editor to a city where higb pri ces are the rule. A qu estion for consideration by Convention i s whether, in case th e future editor lives in a large c i ty, it would be better for her to contract with a printer in a smaH town, with the 108s of time invoh' ed, or to pay the higher pri ces made nec· essary by the labor conditions of almost nny la.rge city
With the increased compensation of the editor has come the increased duty of printing the CoOl' cntion r epo rt a.nd the Catalo$' Supplement. This is 8S it should be . If it werc understood tbat the editor was r es ponsible for all fr atern ity bulletins and publications , better printing rates could probably be obtained than are now poss ibl e
The longer articles sent in for the Arrow have, on the whole, imprOVed in both matter and manncr A gratifying feature has bee n the number of unsolicited arti cles sent in. The growth of the Alumnre Associatio n , too, haa brought about a. considerable increa se of alumnre in terest in the Arrow. In but two C88es s in ce the Convention of 1006 hav e alumnre declined to co ntribute when asked to do so.
The department, "What a. Fraternity Girl Thinks," has not kept pace with the developm e nt of th e frat e rnity It has been the aim to makc it a clear· ing house for fraternity ideas , but tbe n otes sent it'l by the chaptere many times show litll e thought and mu ch baste One hes itates to recommend dropping entirely a. d epartm e nt in which th e Arrow was pioneer, and which has been imitated by mos t o f the wo men's magazines , but it is und o ubtedly our weakes t feature TIl e editor would be glad to hear Convention discuss the question of improving the d e partment or else abandoning it altogeth er.
The chapter l etters have been Bent in promptly and in good form, and there has been , on tb e whole, improvement in their dignity and ton e. 11 a little les8 could be sa id of ch apter good tim es and a. little more of chapter achievements , it might add to o ur reputation in some quarters.
A problem in c rea s ingly se riou s is that of the mailing li sts, both active and alumnre. ChlLpters are notified before the issu e o f every Arrow to send additions and cor r ections fo r mailing li sts. While this is invari ably well done at the beginning of the year, it is not always attended to in the case of later initia.tes or of r emova.ls , and many persons conseque ntly receive their Arrows late and a few n ot at all. Moreover, the editor's li sts do not cxactly co rrespond with those of the Grand Secretary, the Grand Treasurer,
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or the Cata loguer. Either the Correspond in g Secreta ri es musl become more careful to nolify the editor promptly, or a new for mailing li sts mu s t be devised.
Within the last year the o.lumnro lis ts have bee n card indexed , and classified as one-yenr, four -yea r, and life member s. This has been a great help in keeping track of alumnae subscribers. It. was found that members had been receiving two, three, and in one case, four A rrOW8 , by a. confusion in mailing lists. The difficulty in keeping trac k of alumore subscribers is that they cba nge t.heir names and addresscs without notifying the alumore officer s It is difficult to remedy this. One s mall improvement po ss ible is that a ll a l umnre who are tea c hing take cure to send both sc hool and home addresses. 80 that the Summer Arrow may reach them promptly, as well &8 those of the sc hool year.
In co nc lu s ion the editor would make the following recommendations: I. That in stead of the present style of em'e lope, the Arrow be se nt in stro ng, open· end wrappers, folded flat and pasted
2. That printed form >! be made out fOl' the reports se n t for the July Arrow.
3. That a s uitabl e ease Ix> for the alumnre cn rd index. No repo rt of progr ess s in C<' the ]ndian npol is Co n ve nti o n would be co mp le te without it word of thanks for the hellrt.y co-ope ration which has made the past year the pleasanl.est. o f the editor's long term of se rvi ce
Respectfully s ubmitted,
POliTE It ROBINSON.
Report 0/ Alumnae Editor
Th e work of yo ur Alumnre Editor has not been arduous. It has C<lnsisted mainly of cn rrying out Mi ss Robinson's plans for Th e Arrow Arti c les, sketches and photographs , ha\'e been solicited from the alumnre, and with one exception, no reques t has been denied. Since July. eac h issue of The Arrow ha s contained at least one article or sketch and a picture of interest to alumnre. Twenty ·th·e letters h ave been written. and thirty-five postal ca rd s, the latter to alumnre c lub sec retari es, in December , 1006 , asking for reports o f the year's work. Most of the club secretaries responded, and Th e A rrow contained the reports.
\Ve note the awnkened intere st among alumnlt'. as s hown by th e inc rease in s ubsc ribers. in un soli c ited material , gladly r eceived, and in mnny personals, whi ch formerly came through other channels.
The of the envelopes for alum na! s ubscriber s hft s become such a hea.vy burden that the work has been sublet. and is now done where Th e Arrow is printed. Thi s is a 8ft\fing financially , al so. as it incurs no express c harges for se nding e nv e lopes each way.
Respectfully submitted,
ETHEL Bous CURRnR, Alumnae Editor
Report 0/ Cataloguer
Your Cataloguer would report that the catalog supplement for 1900-7 was publi s hed by the W. F. RObinson Co. of Denver, printers of TIle Arrow, Il nd was sent to all Arrow 8ubscr i bers with the November Arrow. The supp lement has the SRllle arrangement 81'1 the 1906 catalog, a nd a s uffi c iently large number was printed to send a copy to each initiate who purchases a cata log
The supplement for 1906 1 contains the nam es of 375 initiates, the records of ]69 marriages and of 12 deaths
From a carefu l reading o f the file of early Arrows were obtained the names of 70 initiates from 1884-1895 , wbose record s had not previously 81'peared in the catalog proper , Rnd had not been reported by the respective to the cata loguer. Of these so far the record s of 27 have been traced and are included in the suppleulf.. nt.
The names of the 17 members of Phi Chapte r , the Woman's College, Jack sanville, III .. , 1882 - 1884, Ilft\'e been obtained and the record s comp il ed in part.. The record s of I owa Kappa , the first, at Cedar RapidS, have a lso been compiled and are conta in ed in the s upplem ent
R es pectfully s ubmitted , MARY BARTOL TIIE I SS. December 3 1, 1008. Cataloguer
Report 0/ Historian
Your Grand Hi s torian i s able to report much work don e, but with li ttle resul t evident at the present time. Co nvention of 1906 asked that the his tory of Pi Bela. Phi be brought up to the present time. The histori cal sketch, extending from 1867 to 1893, was carefully stud ied. and it was decided that the Historian's first and best effo rts shou ld be give n to those early times; for, while the s ketch mentioned is valuable, and is the r esult of much expe nditure of time and work , yet it leaves many points un touched, events of which no known records exist.. In the previous hi s torian's records mention W88 made of the fruitless sea r ch for some of the mi ss in g data , but of others no mention wa s made.. 1f these data are ever found, it mu s t be very 8OOn, as they must be r evived from memory .. So a systematic search for all missing data was begun.
Over fifty letters have been written to women who were active J C.'s between 1867 and 18 86, Most of these letters have been answered; some ha.ve brought very little information , others ha\' e brought lIIu ch lind vlilul1ult,l information.. A permanent record has been made of these lette r s-to whom written, when, whnt ques tions asked, date of answer , sy nops is of Il n swer This record is not so much to h elp the present Historian , as it is to avoid the possibility of some succeeding Hi s tor i an asking the sa me questions of th e sa me person s.. As a result of these letters we have-( I) A record of the ('Im rte r members o f the old L C Chapte r cstabl ished at Asbury Un i versity, Gree n castle, 1ndiana, in 1870, a list of the ear ly ini tiates , and the menn s of sec uring other information
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(2) A record of the charter members of the I . C. C hapter established. at Clarinda, Iowa. in 1881 , and a hi sto ry of the chapter
(3) An account of th e I. C Chapter esta blished in Indianapoli s in 1872, and a li s t of its c harter members.
( 4) An account of the 1. C. Chapter esta blished in C in c innati in 1884. and a. Ji st of its charter m embe r s.
(5) An a cco unt of the 1. C. C h a p te r esta bli s hed in J ac ksonvill e, TIlino is, in 1882 , and a li st of its c harter me mbe rs.
(6) An a ccount of the co nvention of the Monm o uth I . Co's at Oquawka, Illin o is, in 1869.
{7} A f ew data of the I. C. co nve ntion at Greencastle, Indiana , in 1872 .
(8) A few data. of the I. C. co nvention at India.n o la, Iowa , in 1878.
There are other important events co nce rning which information is hoped for.
Th e minutes of seven conventiona--those of 1880, 18 82, 1883 , 1884 , 1886, 1888, and 1890--were fo und written on loose s heets of paper, ju s t a..s Mrs Bell e Leech co pied them for Mrs. R. A. Smnll in 1893 They were worn by mu ch handli ng. They have been n ea tly type- written , and will be hound in one vo l ume, as soon as further informati o n concerning conventions of 1872 And ] 878 is obtained.
Th e current r eco rds begun by the preced ing Hi stor ia n hav e been bro ug ht up to date
Co nvention minutes, Arrow s, and other r eco rds haw been searched for information on the s ubject of fraternity de ve lopm e nt, and all the chapters will be asked for help on thi s point.
The hi s tory, whi ch it is desired to h a ve r ea dy fo r di s tributi o n before Commence ment , is to in c lud e :Mi ss Lewis' hi stori ca l pape r and ot her ear l y hi sto ry, and will extend t o the prese nt time.
Respec tfully s ubmi tted , JEANNETTE ZEPPENFELD, Hi s torian
Report of P rOVin ce Pr eJid ents
ALPHA PROVINCE
Alpha Provin ce Pres ide nt begs to submit th e f o ll ow ing r epo rt :
For 1906 -1907 AJpha. Province h as 10 cha pte r s, ran g ing in s i ze fr om 9 to 20, and averaging 18. La st Jun e, six c ha.pters had Phi Beta Kappas, making ten Phi Beta. Kappas from one province, a nd many undergradua tes re ce ived hono r scholarships and prizes. Mos t of the c hap te r s lo s t no invitations, and the number of freshm en taken in was unus u a lly l a rge. All the chapter s were in healthy condition, and some of th e m ve ry very stron g, both as chapters and in their bearing towards th e co l1 ege a.nd the fa c ulty, and a s individual Pi Phi girls who upheld th eir schola.rship, their truth and character while taking an active part in th e soc ial pha se of coll ege life, and being well represented in all co ll ege affairs, c lass olfices, etc.
The ex aminati o n was exceedi n g ly satisfacto ry, the lowest average for a chapter being 91, and the hi g hes t 98 Most o f the papers we re em in e ntly 5Btisfactory, showing und erstand ing, and in teres t There we r e 173 g irl s in Alpha. Province in 1906 -0 7.
In the fall of 1906, 1 visited Columbi a Alpha. a nd Mary la nd Alpha , and bad m ost delightful times at both places, a lthough i t was before pledge day I wish that every cha pte r were in a uni Ye r sity where th e fa culty felt
towards them a8 Co lumbia Alpha is s poken of. All o f the members of the faculty with whom 1 talked spoke in very high terms of Pbi Beta Pbis, both as girlB, and in their attitude towards the faculty, say in g that when the faculty deBired anything fletO, Pi Phi was of the greatest help in obtaining the desired r esu lts. Columbia. Alpha sho uld be proud o f this r eputatio n and seek to maintain it. They have also the opportunity o f being in touch with an active alum ore association, and they show the influence.
Maryland Alpha. had 1\ mOBt delightfud way of helping the delegate in h er work, of which 1 wi s h to 8peak. Perhaps some other chapte r may. if she does not now do 50, try the same plan This is, baving one clas8 at a time take full cbarge of the delegnte, no other being about. This makes getting acquainted euy, a nd helps 80 mu ch in gett in g the point of view of th e younge r gi rl s, as well as of the older ones.
The half year of 1007 ·08 has been one o f 80me anxiety and still is.
Vermont Beta lost Be \fe n of her nine girls, and returned this fall with two Pi Phis. But t.hey had courage and spirit, and have already taken f our freshmen and four other girlS, making ten in all, and we have faith that they will pull through, and fr om now on have not only loyal Pi Phi's, but pl e nty of them.
New York Beta also had a loss of ten girls out of a chapte r of fifteen , and the fa culty has po s tponed their pledge day until April, 1900. Anna Pettit, who ho1ds th e graduate scholarship at Barnard this year, is doing very good fraternity work, as well as college work, but she will have left befo re pledge day, and they will also lose three seniors . So, if there are any Pi Beta Phi sophomores who are enthusiastic, and who wish to do something for the fra te rnity, and also have an interest ing winter in America's la rgest city , le t them plan to go to Barnard to finish their work I They will find many earnest alumnre willing to help them, and give them the hearti est of wei· comes.
But this is all the weakness 1 have to tell you of. It is unfa.ir not to te ll YOll a littl e of our strength. Also I want Co m 'e nti o n to know somet hin g of some of the chapte r s away off from the r est, some that you may n eve r sec for yourselves. For in sta nce. do you know anyth ing of V ermo nt Alpha at Middlebury' Do you know that they are strong in sch olar ship , soc ially popular in college? That in their own world perhaps they Btand 8S high as any chapter we have'
Do you know that Penn s ylvania Gamma always sc nd s out to the alumnre Phi Beta Kappas eve ry year! That the professors speak 80 highly of h e r , that one said to me: "I am Ashamed to tell the truth, for f ea r you will think I am trying to pl ease."
Do you know that Pennsylv a ni a. Alpha f eels that she has str engthe ned greatly in the last few years, and that she can hold up her head with our strongest'
There are Pan ·H e ll en ie Associations in nine COll eges in Alpha Province. In one, it was an utter failur e In several a real success, but in most, partly one, parUy the other; always a st r ain, and yet lifting the idea l of rushing a litUe higher; and I trust it will be of greater su ccess as time goes on.
This r eport is respectfully submitted,
ANNA MORRIS JA CKSON, AJpha. Province PruiMnt.
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BETA PROVIN C E.
In presenti ng my report r ega rding the c hapters in Beta. Provin ce, I wi s h t o call your espec ial attention to th e folloWing exis tin g conditions: Since our la st Co nvention three fraterniti es h ave in s talled chapter s in Beta Provin ce: Kappo. Alpha Th eta a t Butl er College, S igma. Kappa. at the University of Illino is, a.nd Kappa Delta at Northweste rn
The foll ow in g institutions wh e re Pi Beta Phi chapte r s, in this pro vin ce, ha ve r ece ived additional g ift.8 and app r op ri ations : Lombard Co ll ege, Gales burg , Illin oi s, b as r eCe ived a rece nt g ift o f $ 100 ,000 with which a sc ience building will soo n be e r ected. Th e Un iv e r sity o f Illin o is la s t y ea r r ece i ved a State appropriation of $2,000,000, whi c h is be in g expe nded on an administ r ation bui lding, a n addition to the Hbrary, and se ve ral ge neral improvements. Franklin Coll ege, Indi ana, hus r ece ived gifts amount. ing to $100,000, whi c h money has been used fo r a. gir ls' do rmi tory, just co mpl e ted. Butl e r Co ll ege, lndia napo li s, Indi a n a., h as r ece ived g if ts amou nt.· ing to $250, 000 . Oh io State Uni versity, Co lum bus, Oh io, ha s r ece ived a n appropriation of $200 ,000 , part of whi ch is being u sed for u. g irl s' d o rmitory . R ece nt approp ri a tions fr om the Wi scons in Leg is l ature make it possib le to erect. in the n PA r futur e, a wo ma n's buil d ing at t h e U niversity of Wi sco n s in . or th e tweh' c chapte r s in Beta Prm' ince, seven o bse rv e th e gene r al PanH e l le ni c rul e, "not to pledge be fore m a tri c ulation ," five havin g rus hing co nt r acte exte nding o ve r a period of tim e from ten days to fo ur months
In n ea rly every case r eco rd s and n r chives a r e in good co ndit io n , with the exception o f the methods of k eep in g financia l accou n ts. TIl e T r eas urer's book s o f lllin oi s Zeta, Illin o is Delta and Mi chi ga n Beta are the best k ept in th e prov in ce, a good many of t h e o th er s hei ng utte rly lacking in the ordinary bu s in ess me thods u sed in syste matic acco untin g. T o r e medy th is evil I wou ld s uggest th at n. s impl e unifo rm syste m of bookkeeping be ado pted by th e ge ll e rul fra ternity and placed at the disposa l o f a ll o f t he chapter s whi c h d e s ir e th e sa m e.
On ly a few o f the .Arrow files were fo und to be nea rl y comp lete, whi le som e were lacking to a very large o n e chapte r wh ich h as been in e xi stence o nl y s in ce 1894 lack in g thirty-two number s o f its .Arrow. The Pro ,-in ee President has made a \' ery g reat e ffo rt to impro ve matters along thi s lin e by mea ns of excha ng ing duplicat.es within th e province. So me chapters, par tic ul a rly Mi c hi gnn Alpha a nd TIlin o is Beta, had k ep t large numbers of th ese, which h a ve a id ed ve ry m a t e rially in co mpl et ing various cha pte r files As a r es ult o f thi s e ffort I am p leased t o r eport that Illinoi s Z eta's, Ind iana. Gamma.'s and Beta's Arrow flI es are co mpl e t e to d ate, while se \' e ral o th e r c h a pters la ck only two o r three numbers, a nd all fi les are much more compl ete th a n they were wh e n this work was undertaken. The act il' e membership of Bela Provin ce during t h e year ] 906-07 was 231. Th e institutions in which thcse c hapters exist vary in size fr om a. unil' ers i ty or 4 ,746 stude nts. with a. fac ul ty of 400 members , to one where t h e re are 160 alude n h , with R fnC'lIlty numh4-rin g 18_ The lar,(!'est chapter num beTA 28 Ilnd the s mallest 12, 18 lhe a' erage Out o f 131 invitations to membership. 12 were lost lh ese being lost chiefly becau se o f friends in rival organ i zations. Senn o f the 12 chapte r s lost no invitati o ns to mem · hership _ The chapters in Beta Pro\' in cc have won a ' Aery large num be r of ge nera l co ll el!'e h Ollo r s a nd a ll are well repreSfnted in coll ege o r ga ni zat io n s No me mber has bee n elected to Phi Beta Kappa , whi le this latte r ho no r has been won by eight members of rival organizat ions, fi"e of these bei ng at Northwestern.
PI BETA PHI FRATERN ITY
All o f the c hapters took the thirteenth annual examination , the papers showing a ve ry th o ro ugh knowledge of th e subj ec t in hand. Th e res ult was 88 follow s :
Mi chigan
Wi
higan
Deans' reporttl on ec holarship s how that most o ( t.he chapters have done good work in co ll pg'c
O( the twe lve c hapte r s in B e ta PI-o vin ce. nin e have complied with the ruling o( last conve nti on requiring th e se ndin g of nn annual lette r to alumnle members : (o ur o f the chapters Ila'-e houses and e ight ha\'e c hapter r oo ms _ Since last. co nvent io n Ohio Beta and Jndiana Gamma and Illino is Delta have secured nnd furni s hed ch apte r room s,
During her term of oOi cc Be tlt Pl"Qvlll ce Pres id e nt ha s hnd the pl eas ure of visiting nil of the tw e lv e c hapter s in the provin ce; nil but foUl- s h e has visited twi ce and tw o oth e r s se ve rn I times_ These ,·is its have been keenly enjoyable to b er each chapte r havinjl ,::il'e n he r a ve ry cord inl reception and having entertained he r mos t d e lighUully_
R espectfully subm itted , EI)lTIl CLAnK B URB, p,.eBid c nt of Be ta P rovince.
Two new c hapters have bee n added to Gamma Provin ce roll s ince the COIlvention of 1006 , making a total of e le ven c hapters or thi s number, len are located in co -educational in s titution s a nd olle in R. distin ctly woman 's co ll ege. Th ese co ll eges vary in s i ze fr -O lll a univ e r s ity where the;e are ove r 4,100 students, to OIlO wh er e t.h e r e are 450 st.udents. The larges t cha.pte r numbers 28, the s mall e8 t II. and &e \ f pn ha'-e a members hip of Ol-e r 20 _ Th e r e are thirteen national wo man 's fraterniti es represented in the province and s ix:. local organizations_ In in s titution s wh e re Pi Beta Phi is r epresented Kapp a Knppn Gamma ha s s ix:. c hapters, Kapl)R. Alpha Theta, 5; Tri nelia , 5; Chi Omega , 4 ; Delta Gltmma and AlphR Omicron Pi, 3; Alpha Phi , Alpha Chi Om ega and Alpha Delta Phi, 2, and Phi Mu , Alpha Xi Delta a nd Zeta Tau Alpha 1 each, For th e year e ndin g Jun e, 1907 , th e re were 206 active member s and eight pledge s in the provin ce. So far thi s year we hu e a total members hip of 2 13 and twenty pl edge s_ On e hundred and nin etee n invitation s fo r m e mber s hip were i ss ued and t.we nty -two were rejected. ei g ht being in favor of Kappa, five Delta Gamma_ Tri Delta and Gamma Phi Beta. one each_ In six colleges wh e r e Pi Phi h as fr o m one to nine rival s to co mpete with, Pi Vhi ranks first, in two others , a c lose second_ Kappa being th e s tronges t province rival , and Theta. ned strongest.
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The chapters are well represented in all coll ege and class organizations, and stand in favor with the faculty and stude nt body. Pi Beta Pbi won three Phi Beta Kappas, 8S against a total o f s ix won by members o f rivals -Th eta having two, and Alpha Phi , Delta Gamma, Tri Delta and Gamma Phi B eta one each.
Seven chapters live in h ouses; Kansa8 Alpha owns her own, three have chapte r room s and o ne is without a room, t.he chapte r being unable to secu re a su i tab le one
A total of 82 members or active chapte Ts live in towns where 'c hapters are located, and their r es ident alumom number 324, while the r es id ent 1l1umnm o f the ir st r ongest rival number s 234. There were four transfers and one di s missal from the fraternity during the year 1906-07.
The chapter s have taken th e annual exam inati on , the province average be in g SS. I owa. Beta received the highest grade of 91, Minnesota Alpha ranked second. and Iowa Zeta third.
I have officially visited all the chapters of my province excepting Missouri Beta, whose installation came after the complet ion of my tour through that part of the province, and wa s de lightfully entertained by all of them. These vi s its have been of the greatest benefit and plea s ure to me, and it is to be hoped of benefit to the chaplers as well.
The standi ng in scholarsh ip has improved very much over past records, this being due perhaps to the efficient work of the scholarship committees appointed by many of the cbapters to look afte r delinquent members. Pi Beta Phi has been highly praised by the Deans and Regi s trars of several institutions for its keen interest in the standard of work done by ita me mber s.
The chapters have s hown remarkable impro\' ement in the care of their archives, the material being kcpt in a more o rderly manner, and all but two c hapters owning large chests. As a whole, the Arrow tiles were in bad condition , but the chapte r s have been making great efforts to comp lete them, with the following results : Those of Iowa Gamma, Mi ssouri Bela, and Minnesota. Alpha being complete, Texas , Alpha and Neb ra ska Beta lacking but one number, Missouri Alpha two , ]OWl\ Zeta three, Iowa. Alpha nine, and Kan sas Alpha and I owa Beta, c leve n ea ch. Conventio n delCWltes ca n pe rh aps reali ze how faithfully the chaptc rs havc worked when they kn o w that in some of the flies almost thirty numbers were mi ss ing.
All record books are up to date, the Secretary's and Trea.surer's books are with one or two exceptions well and nea tly ke pt, a comp lete set of annua.l examination questions beginning with number one has been placed in the archives o f e very c hapter, a.nd I have tried as far as possible, to suppl y any mi ss ing material.
Much of the credit o f our s uccess is due the Alumnre who hue taken greate r interes t in all active chapter affairs , in m a ny in stan ces sending a representath·e to every active chapter meeting to talk with and advise the members , on all important qu estions. This me thod has pro\' ed most helpful in keeping both the active and alumnre chapters interested and in close touch with one another.
The chapters o f Gamma Province are in a ve ry flouri s hing condition and are putting forth every effort to make their chapter and province a model one and a cred it to Pi Beta Phi.
Re!pecUully submitted,
ANNE STUART, Gamma Pro vince Presiden t.
DELTA PRQVL'ICE.
In De lta Provin ce, t.he distincUy western province, t.here a rc but five chapters, three of whi c h are on the Pacific coast, and are therefore IO mcwhat out of touch with eastern cha pte rs This in many ways is somewhat of a disadvantage, yet this ve ry disad\'antage may pro ve to be an advantage, fOT the chapters may d e,' cJop o n more original1ines.
The chapters are all eager to hear o f the other chapte r s, and regret that too much space and too little time, to say nothing of t.he financial question , prevents many members of the Delta Province chap le r fr om being present at convention.
All five chapters of Delta Prov in ce are in co-ed ucational institutions, and at the prese nt time 6,947 st udents are enrolled, 42 per ce nt. of whi ch are women. This i s an increase of about 600 in the student body, as compared with la s t year, th e percentage of wom en remaining the same.
The active membership for the year 1900 -1907 , fr om reports r e ndered In May, wa s 98. At th e prese nt time th e re are 79. This decrease i s partly due to the fa c t that a number of pledges have not been initiated , and also because this year's report is g iven in the middle of the college year, and not at its close
Of the 98 active members of la s t year, 92 took the fraternity examination, six being excused. As yet. no examination has been h e ld for this year. Th . a.verage grade wa s 92, Colorado Beta. leading with a. grade of 95 . It wa s noticeable that as a rule th e upper ciassmen did not ha\' e as good pafK!rs as the lower c lusmcn. In many eases the fr es hmen having the be s t papers. Thi s, n o doubt, ca n be accounted for by the fa ct that the upper class students depend upon their pr ev iou s knowledge and experience to ca rry them throug h, and do not fre she n their memories, while the lowe r class students feel tnat they mu s t pr e pare for the exami nati on.
There we r e fort y-th r ee invitations iss ued l ast year, and seven lost. This fall forty -four invitation s were iss ued and eleven lost.
The sc holarship on the whole is good, and with th e exception of o ne chap· ter , compares welt with the rival chapters. As to s tren gt h, co mpared with rivals, one chapter ranks first, two are c lose second s, if not equal s, and the other two rank third . In four of the colleges, Kappa is the strongest rival, and in one college Gamma Phi is the rival.
All see m fairly well r e prese nted in co llege clubs, teams and organizatio ns, but no one ch apter is especia lly prominent in co ll ege atra ir s.
Most of th e chapters have their archives in good condition . In two in· stances the cipher is mis s ing. The Arrow file is also incomplete in two cbapten. Th e r eco rd books, the Secreta ry's and Trea s ure r's books are well kept.
All the chapten live in hou ses except Col orado Beta, which owns a little bunga low of one r oom, wh e re th e m ee tin gs are held. Colorado Alpba has just built 8. beautifu l new home. Califo rni a Alpha feels the need of a n ew house, and is discuESing plans, ways and mean s, and hopes by next year to ha.ve one.
Respectfully s ubmitted,
ROBERTA GERTRUDE FRYE, D elta Province Pruident.
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Repor/$ of V i$ilin g D ele g a/e$
REPORT OF D ELEGATE VISITING .AJ..l'll.A PROVIN CE
VERMONT ALPHA.
I E nte r ta in ed for three days in hotel. Attended a. lun cheon fo r Vermont. Beta, intitiation, Delta. Ups ilon inlormal, gatheri ng o f Pi Ph is in room s, and initiation htLnquet.
II. Middlebury College ha s 12 professors, a.1l men. There are 108 men and 70 women students (Bu ll etin 1900·1007). or the five buildings, three o ld ones arc of gray s tone, the two new o n es o f marble j all arc in harm o ny a mon g th e trees of the large campus at one end of th e town The co ll ege, which celebrated i ts centennial several years ago, is pr o ud of its old age. Th e scho la.rship grade is high and the spi rit good. The quest.ion of the atti· t ud e of me n students toward women students, 80 grave a. con s id erat ion in the ex treme eastern colleges, seems to be wen answered in this sma ll co ll ege, for nowh e r e in any coll ege does the sp irit appear mo r e co rdial.
1J J. The c hapter number s 23 , 9 of who m ar e fr esh me n. There bei ng n o Dean, th e Regi st r ar reported o n schola rsh ip Comparing the gir ls of eac h c lass, h e reported that Pi Beta Phi stands ahead o f local fraternity and n o nfraternity gir ls in the senior, junior, and f reshme n classes. Vermont Alpha is one of o ur stro ngest c h apte r s, not h a \' in g lost to t h e ir rival s, a loca l secret soc iety. for at least s i x years. Pi Beta. Phi sta n ds for conse r vatism a nd sc ho la r s hip , th e loca l fo r less s ub stantia l worth. Th e chapter o f Pi Beta P h i has a. str ong pos ition amo ng th e bus in ess m e n in Middlebury, and an unapproachabl e p lace among stude nt.e and instructors in co llege.
Y W C. A. is the o nl y organization for 0. 11 college women, and in 80 sma ll a. coll ege this seems sufficient.
The chapter lives in Hammond Rail , call ed a co ll ege dormitory. It is really a. small boarding h ouse; a nd. as Pi Phi girls c hoose the persons who live there, it amo unts to a. cha.pter hou se, chape r o ned by the owner and his wife. The college authorities r egu la te the house rules. For chapte r meetings, fraternit y parties, e t c , the chapter rents a four-room apartme nt, built acco rding to their plans, in a. business block. Vermont. Alpba h as a very pretty service for openin g fr atern ity meeting, e laborating the ritual. The m eeting is well co ndu cted. Th e record book is not sufficiently complete. The Secretary's book is too much o f a. summary. The Treasurer's book s howed ign o ran ce of business principles.
The chapte r has 4 active a.nd 6 a lummc members living in town. and enjoys the prestige natural for an o ld and unrivalled ch apte r All lette.r s from alumnre are read in chapter meeting. Alumnre and chapte r cel ebrate together on Founders' Day and dur i ng commencement week. The few alumnre in the town are so close a part of the chapter thllt n o separate club is advisable. As there is no other natio nal woman's fraternity in the schoo l , there is no Pan-Hellenic Assoc iation.
The chapte r Wa.8 advised to adopt a system o f regular dues in place o f assess me nts for each expend i tu r e The c hapte r was also ad\·ised to undertake &orne e nterpri se for tJie benefit o f tbe college, thus gaining a position whi ch can be obtained in no other way.
PI BETA PHI FRATERNITY.
ARCIIIVES 0"- VERliONT ALPHA.
1. Cipher . II Charte r.
lli. I copy of Constitution, chapte r copy (Signatures missing.)
5 cop ie8 o f Constitution, 1903 edition.
lV. 16 copies of ritual.
V. 0 copies of initiation ce r emo ny . VI. (P leding ce r emo ny missing).
VII. Baird's manual. Robert 's Rule s of Order. (So r o rity hand-book missing.)
VI II . I copy of ca.talog, lst editio n with suppl ements 1 and 4 ; (2nd and 3rd miss ing .)
I copy of catalog, 2nd edition.
lX Minutes of Co nventi ons of '99, '0 1, ' 04. ('95, 'O i , '06 missing.)
X.
XI. !(lI.
XIII.
XIV. Summaries of delegates' r epo rts '0 1, '04. ('OO mi ssi ng.) (Copies of Vermont Alpha delegates' report to con venti o n s mi ss ing.)
Co pi es of qu estions of 7th · 13th annual examinations. 3 copies of hi stori ca l sketch.
13 copies of s tudy
Correspondence un so rted
Fifth 1. S . C. r epo rt. ( Third , fo urth a nd s ixt.h mi ss ing.)
Report of Committee o n Social C ustoms.
XV. Arrow file. 1893 1907. (J uly ' 04; J a n. , Nov. '05; April, July, '00; April, '0 7, mi ss ing.)
Nov. 4, 1907.
VERMONT BETA.
I. Entertained for s ix day s at Grussmount, the hi sto ri c old governor's mansion, where Lafay ette visited, Rnd which is now th e g irl s' dormitory While in Burlington, attended the th eatre and seve ral informal rushing ga therin gs . ''V ent to Middl e bury , where the two c hapter s s pent a day together.
11. In the Department of Arts of the University of Vermont, there are 22 men o n the fac ulty ; in the stud e nt body there are 281 mc n and 61 women (1007·1908). There are s ix buildings of various ages and sty les among buildings for the use o f other departments scattered ove r a la rg e campus on th e edge of the c ity From the tower o n th e old co llege building one c an look beyond the city, and see lAke Champlain , th e New York shore beyond, and the Adirondack Mo untain s fRrth e r away; in the o pposite direction, o ne may see the Green Mountain s in the di sta nce, and seve ral little rivers and towns nca r e r. The spi rit o f the co ll ege is not fri e ndly to women students, and those who go th e r e work hard , receiving li ttle sympathy from faculty or men stude nts
]IT The chapter began the yenr with only two members. After rushing deason eight new members were added , making the chapte r as large as it should be in 8. school where th e re arc so rew women students. Th e college has no Dean. Th e Registrar showed the sc hOlarship r ecord. which i s high, there being many g r ades "A ," and rcw "C," where flO" is 70·80. In the schoo l there a r e three woman's fraternities; Kapp a Alpha Theta , Delta. Delta Delta, and Pi Bita Phi. When the c hapter o f Pi Beta Phi was so sIDa U, the c h apters ranked in the ord e r or their es tablishment. .A s Ve rm o nt Beta is built of s trong and co nser\'nth"e material, an d as the girl s who ha\'e bee n added brin g' mArked strenJ.,rth. the chapter ca n undoubtedly s hare a place at t.he top with their full num be r o r members. Pi Beta Phi g irl s are qui et, schola rl y young women , ho lding prominent plRces among the co ll ege w ome n. There bas been o nl y one year since th e c hap te r was in stalled that
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a member of Vermont Bet&. has not. been elected to Pbi Beta Kappa. Kappa Alpha. Theta. stands at the top , having many alumnoo living in the city and wielding a strong influence. Delta. Delta Delta girls lac k dignit.y and are anxious fo r promine nce The c hapters see m to s hare alike in college activities, no one being promin ent.
There is no woman's league, Y. W. C. A. being the only o rganizati o n inc luding all t.he few college women. In this school the problem of t h e poor, n egl ected non fraterni ty g irl dOOM n nt exist Each non fraternity girl baa a st ron g position and a. good time , very m any of th em baving r efu sed invita.· tions to join two or all three frat erniti es. This s pirit i s dYing. and gir l s are com ing to feel the power behind 8. national fraternity
The cha p ter renh two r ooms fo r bolding fraternity m eet ings.
The meetings are conducted in a parliamentary manner. The record book lacks detail. The minutes as recorded in the Sec retary's book were not comp lete.
The cha pter is n ot strong in town, but the res id ent alumnlll, although only sL.,;: in number, help the chapter continuall y. One a.cth'e member lives in town. The cha pte r Bend their a.lumnlll B. round robin letter Th ey come together fo r initi ation , Founders' Day celeb rati o n , June spr ead, and a cam ping pa rty . The Alumnre Club m eets every two weeks .
In th e Pan -Helleni c Association there is hann o ny. Rul es forbid ru s hing oftener than eve ry alterna t e day Pledge Day i s Nov. 6, 1907. Non-fraternity f eeling is stro ng Neutrals are n ot opposed to fraternities , but think: that they ca n have as good a time outside a fra tern ity as within o n e and at the same time be fr ee from fraternity expense.
ARcIlIVF..8 OF VERMONT BETA.
C iph er. C har ter.
1 copy of Constitution, chapter co py.
I copy of Co n stituti o ll , 1896 edition.
I copy o f Constitution, 1809 edition.
1 copy of Constitut io n, r ev ision submitted by committee.
2 copies of Con st ituti o n , Grand Council r evis io n, 1893
4 cop ies of Constitution, 1903 edition
18 copies of ritual.
14 copies of initiation ce r emony.
10 cop i ts of pledging cer emony.
Baird's 1\fanual , 1898 and 1905 editions. Song book. (So r o rity hand book mi ss ing.)
1 copy of catalog, 1st edition, with 1s t, 3rd and 4th supp lem ents. (2nd miSSing.)
1 copy of cata log. 2nd edition.
Minutes of Co nve ntio ns of '99 , ' 01 , '04, '06.
Summaries of deltgate&' r epo r ts ' 01, '04, ' 06.
(Copies of Vermont Beta delegates' r e ports to Conventi ons mi ss ing.) Copies of questions o f 7th 13th examinations. ( l1t.h missing.)
5 copies of Historical sketch.
11 copies of study
The chapter was adv ised to adopt as its policy a limit o f ten in members hip 80 long as the number of women students in the university is so sma ll. The chapter was advised to compl ete the archives. I. II III. IV V. VI. VII. VIII. IX X. XI. XTT. XII! XIV. XV. XVI.
Letters from c hapte r s during 1906 7 Fourth and s ixth r. S. C. r epo rts ( Third and fifth missing.) Alumnlll bullet.ins , Presidents' messages, petitions for charten Arrow file. 1898 1007. (July, '03, missing.)
Nov. 2, 1907.
MASSACHUBE'M'S ALPUA.
I. Entertained (or four daye in homes of two members and in hol-el. Was 8hown many places o f historic interest around Boston and Cambridge. Attended gathering in chapter rooms when freshmen were fonnally pledged, reception to college and fraternit y, chrysanthemum show, initiation, and banquet.
II. Bol5ton Univers i ty consisb of six eolleges: College of Liberal Arts, College of Agriculture, School of Theology, School of lAw, School of "Medi. cine, and School of Arts and Sciences. In the College of Liberal Arte there are 37 men and 3 women on the faculty. 227 men and 393 women in \he st.udent body. (Year Book of March, ] 907.) This college is confined to tlle old Harvard Medical Scboo l building, situated in the same block with the beautiful Boaton Library A l arge addit.ion to the coll ege building, n ow in cou rse of construction , covers the ground between the two buildings. Boston Uni. versity i, ca lled "the best school for people who must economize!' The college, while offeri ng little opportunity for college frolics, offers good courses of study and a scholarly atmosphere A fine type o f women attends the school. The greatest need is a girls' dormitory.
III. The chapter numbers 16 members, with 6 initiates. The Dean characterized the group as a "sisterhood of whom one might be proud; the finest girls in co ll ege; not one Dam e but that of a fine girL" There a r e s ix women's fraternities in the school. Pi Beta Phi and Kappa Kappa Gamma sha r e first place, Delta Delta. Delta, Alpha Phi, and Gamma. Phi Beta following Pi Beta. Phi is a strong chapter, showing a prominent interest in high schol arship, college and class affairs, and religious and athletic enterprises. Kappa. Kappa Gamma, tbe oldest chapter bere, initiates a. desirable type of girl also. Gamma Phi Beta. has the reputation of being studious, while Delta. Delta. Delta holds th e opposite record In the college world, Pi Beta • Phi stands for interest in religious movements and f or democratic manner
The " open society," Gamma Delta, is composed of all college women. It is working for a dormitory for young women.
Massachusetts Alpha is com po sed la r gely of young women who live in the suburbs of Boston, although a few members live farther away and room in the city. The chapter rents a r oom in an apartment near the co ll ege for fraterni ty meetings. In the hall of the coll ege building each women's frater. nity ha s chosen a corner and this is the rallying point for the fraternity.
Fraternity meetings are very informal, with but little attention to formal parliamentary usage The record book could be more neatly and more concisely kept. The Secretary's book is sat.isfactory, while the Treasurer's book deserves espec ia l commendation for its n eatness and business method.
Kappa Kappa Gamma, owi ng to its age, has the strongest town suppo rt. Pi Beta. Phi has eight active, and about forty·four alumnre members in the city. The cbapter and alumnre enjoy together the initiation banquet, alumnae banquet., Founder's Day celebration, rushing parties, and commencement lun cheon The Alumnre club has its annual printed prospectus announc ing the program and place for the monthly m eeti ngs
Pi Beta Phi felt that, while there is a good Ipirit among the women o f the fraternities of Boston University, yet this year' s rules have been too closely laid down. Pledge day was Oct. 21.
The chapte r was advised to more formality in fraternity meeting, to try to repla.ce missing copies of the Arrow, and to divide fraternity respo n sibility, each girl taking her share.
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ARC HIVES OF MAS8 AOll UB E'M'S ALPHA
( K ept in ches t und e r loc k and k ey.)
1. Ci ph e r.
]1. C harter
IlL 1 co py of Con s tituti o n, C hapte r CO I)Y
I co py of Cons tituti on, Gra nd Co un c il r e vi s io n of 18 93. 1 co py of Con s tituti o n , r e vi s ion s ubmitted by co mmittee.
3 co pie s o f Con s titulion , i{I0 3 editi o n
IV. 6 copi es o f ritual.
V 2 ' co pi es of initiation cer e mony.
V I. 9 co pi es of pledging ce r e mony .
VIl Baird ' s manual. Soro rity band -book. Robert's Rul es of Order. Song book
VIII. 1 co py of catalog. 1st edition with s uppl e ments }-4.
I co py o f catalog 2nd editi on.
lX. Minutes of Co nventi o ns of ' 0-1 , ' 06 . (' 97 , ' 09 , '01 mi ss ing. )
S ummari es of d e lega t es' r e ports ' 04 , ' 06 ('01 mi ss ing.)
(Co pi es of Ma ssa c hu se tt s Alpha d e legates' re ports to Conventions mi ss ing.)
X . Co pi es of ques tion s of 5t.h , Oth, 10t.h , 11th , 12 th, 13th examinat.i o ns. ( 3rd , 4th , 6th , 7th , 8th mi ss in g. )
XI. XIl . XIII. XIV. 1 co py of hi s tori ca l s ketch
5 co pi es of s tudy
Co rr es pond ence filed.
( I. S C. r eports mi ss ing ) ' 96 Pan -H e ll e ni c rules
XV Ci r c ula.rs of Lite rar y bure au , Pres id en ts ' messages
XVI. Arrow fil e 1896 - 1907. ( Jul y ' 08; Jan .; July ' OI ; J a n. 'OS ; July, Nov ' 06 , mi ss ing ) April Rnd Oct ' 95 , additional. Nov 9, 1907.
NEW YORK ALPIIA
T. En te rt a. ined for thr ee day s in c hapter h o u se. At te nd ed uCoo ki e Shin e" with ac tiv e chapt.er, tea. fo r se nio rs of a.1l wo me n 's fra te rniti es and for Pi B e t a Phi alumn re, lunc heon, and a. gath ering of Pi Beta. Phi alumn re, a c tive c hapte r , and pledges.
II . S yrac u se Univers ity co mpri ses s ix co ll eges : Liberal Arts , Fine Arts, Medi c in e, Law , Applied Sc ie nce, a nd T eac he rs ' CO ll ege Th e re are 21 5 me mbers o f th e fac ulty Rnd 3, 005 s tud e nts in th e univ ers ity. ( Bulletin of April , ]007 ) In the Co ll eg e of Li be r a l Arts, th e Co ll ege of Fine Ar ts, a nd T ea ch. e rs ' co ll ege, fr o m whi ch m e mbers of wome n'e fra te rniti es a r e c hosen , the r e are 105 m en and 31 women o n th e fac ulti es, and 797 m e n , 1,53 7 wo m en s tud ents . Th ese s tud e nts have th e u se o f abo u t s ix tee n buildings, s ituated on th e l a r ge ca mpus whi c h comm a nd s an exte n s ive vi e w of the s urr o unding co un try . Th e buildin gs, while not uniform in des ign , a re all mod ern a nd we ll equip ped. Th e S ta dium , r ece ntly co mpl e t ed, is co n s tru c ted u pon the an c ie nt amphi t h eat r e pl a n , seale abo u t 20 ,000 peo pl e, and pro vid es unu s ual a coommod a ti o n s for coll ege s ports and oompe ti t h 'e ga m es. Thi s is a large and gro win g univ e r s ity wi t h a s tro ng r e lig io u s influ e nce. Th e n e w Stadium tend s to in cr ease th e popularity o f th e schoo l a mo ng y o un g m e n , while the str e ngt h o f th e Fin e Arts d e partm e nt proves a n attra cti o n fo r y oung wo me n
IIT. Th e chapter number s 18 me mbe n , with 12 fr es hm e n pl edged Tbe Dean 's r e port of th e schola. r s hip of th e t en s tude n ts in th e Coll ege of Lib · e r a l Arts sho ws s ix r e ports m a rred by fa ilures. In th e Fine Ar ts co llege,
t he Dean 's ass istant ranked the work of Pi Beta Phi 8 S of the higbeet order There a r e thirteen women's fraterniti es in the school. Gamma. Pbi Beta and Alpha Phi, being Alpha. c ha.pte r s and the oldest. chapters at Syracuse, have th e first place. Pi Beta Phi (which has won from both chapters mentioned), Kappa Kappa. Gamma, and Kappa Alpha Theta. are dose seconds, with Delta Gamma, Delta. Delta Delta, Alpha Xi Delta , Sigma Kappa , and Alpha C hi Omega in lower place. 10 addition there are three locals in the mU8ic and a.rt departments. Pi Beta Phi is interested in all college ftCth' itics and in nOD·fr aternity girls. Gamma Pbi Beta stands for socia l position first and for scho lars hip ; Alpha Phi, fo r scho larship . socie ty . and all other university interests. Kappa. Kappa Gamma has popular girls , and stands for class spirit; Kappa Alpha Theta stands for 8Cholarsh ip , Y. W. C. A., and dramatics, Alpha Xi Delta , for scholarship; Alpha Gamma Delta, fo r Y l V. C A. Pi Beta Phi is prominent in all college o rganizations ex · cept dramatics, which is said to interest non fraterni ty gi rl s more than fraternity girls.
A woman's league is in co ur se of organ ization , und e r the direction of a powerful n eutral girl.
Most of the chapter li\'e in the fraternity house, some liv e at home, and a few are in dormitories . Fraternity meetings are held in the library of the chapter house. The chape r on i s the sister o f a Pi Bela Phi. The Chan· ce ll ar of the university has mad e rules to govern all fraternity houses, and these rules with the unwrilten house rul cs are sumcie nt.
At spec ial meetings the chapter is in the habit o f omittting the ritual. The record book is not complete. The sec r etary's book is in good form , but the treasurer's book lacks business method.
Although New York Alpha has five active and thirty aiumme members resident in the city, three oth er older fraternities ha.ve greater strength in Syracuse The alumme are represented in chapte r meetings and 8re prese nt for initiation. 111e chapter sent no circu lar lette r . The AJumnre club is a. st r o ng organizat io n, vastly interes ted in Pi Be ta Phi nationally and loca lly.
Ow ing to inability to agree, Pan · Hellen ic Association chose matriculation day as pledge day for 1007·8, and fo rmulated no rushing rul es. The plan this yea r has given better satisfaction and a. more friendly spir it has reo sulled
New York Alpha wi shes mor e money for house furni s hin gs and for a building fund. The c hapter was ad"i s cd to complete Arrow file, to adopt smore bu s iness·like method in Trcas ur e r' s book, and to in s ist upon high entrance requirements for iniliatc s.
AnC Ulvt;S 010' NEW YORK ALPHA.
(Kept in locked desk in chapter hou se dormitory.)
1. Ciph e r
11. Charter.
Ill. 1 copy of Con s titution, C hapter copy. 4 copies 01' Consttitution, 1003 edition.
IV. 9 cop iet! of ritual.
V. 5 copies of initiation <>eremony.
V1 9 co pi et! o f pledging ceremony.
VIr. Baird's manual. So rority hand ·book , 1st a nd 2nd editions. Robert's Rules of Order. Song book.
VIII. 1 copy of cata log, 1st edition with supplemcnt 1. (Supplements 2, 3 and 4 mi ssing.)
I copy o f cata log. 2nd edition.
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IX. Minutes of Conventions of '95, '97 J '09, ' 01, '04, ' 06. Summaries of d e legates' r epo rts '01, ' 04. ( ' 06 mi ss ing.)
(Copi es of New York Alpha d e lega tes' reports to Conventions mis s ing.)
X. Copies of qu esti ons o f 4th 13th examinations. (5 t.h mi ss ing.)
Xl. 4 co pi es of hi sto ri ca l sketch.
XII. 9 co pie s of study.
XIII Correspondence, neithe r so rted nor filed.
XIV. Third and fifth I. S C. r epo rts. ( Fourth and sixt.h mi ss ing.)
XV. Presidents' mC88ages, bull etin s of Literary bureau , petition s for charters, co ll ection of cuts of va.rious colleges where Pi Be ta. Pbi represented
XVI Arrow file. 18 90 -190i. (July '09; July '07, mi SS ing). April, July ' 93; Jan., April ' 94, additional.
Oct. 24,1007
NEW
YORK BETA.
1. Entertained in Brooks hall for two d ays Attended a breakfast given by the Mi sses Wil son, Iowa Gamma, for Mi ss P e tti t, o ne New York Beta girl, and two fr eshmen . At te nd ed uCoo ki e Shine" of chapter and alumnre, and tea given at Whittier ha ll for frat e rnity girls.
II. The offi ce r s of instruc tion of Barn a rd Co llege number 49 m en a nd 15 women Th e r e are 350 wome n s tude nts in the school (June, 1907). Two buildings are d evoted to B arnard College, the dormitory and the co llege hall ; in a dditi on, stude nts h a ve a ccess to th e library o f Columbia U nive r s ity. The buildin gs are large, expe n s ive ly buil t, a nd elabo r ately decorated and fur · nished. It is reported t h at mo r e th an half o f the st ud en t s are Jewesses. Th e school i s well s ituated fo r the e n joyme nt o f t he advantages of the city, and at th e same time it i s s uffi c ie ntly r emoved from the ce nter of the city to allow a. large ca mpus and some coll ege I He.
III The c hllpter number s eight. In th e absence of the D ca n, the Acting Dean was con s ulted ; he reported that th ere had been one failure , whi ch has been made up two low g rad es, and every other r eco rd at least as high as creditabl e. Kappa Kapp a Gllmm a i s the s tronge s t chapte r in a school wh e r e there are eight n at ional s, the other riv a ls be in g Kappa Alpha Theta, Alpha Pbi, Alpha Omi c r o n Pi, D elta Delta Delta, Gamma Phi Beta, and Chi Om ega. Pi Beta Phi d oes not stand fir st, but it by no means s tand s la s t in the li s t. The co ll ege o r ganization in which Pi Beta Phi h as been mos t pro mine nt i s Y . W. C. A. Kappa Kappa. Gamma has w ea lth. socia l position, and in · fiuence; it is inte r ested in all COll ege e nte rpri ses Kappa Alpha Th eta makes a good appearance. Alpha Phi and New York Beta are n ot good fri end s Taking girls in te r es t eP in athleti cs a r e cha r acte ri stic of Alpha Omi c ron Pi.
In place of a. woman's l eagu e there is an Undergraduate A ssoc iat ion having charge of s tud e nt gove rnment, and giving teas for the entire COll ege
The cbapter liv es for the m ost part on t h e trains, spe ndin g fr om one to four hours da.ily going back and forth Th ere is n o r egular m eeting place, (rlit.ernity meet.ing being held ItOmetimes in the r oom occupied by a, Pi Beta Phi in the dormitory and at othe r times in h omes o f Pi Beta Phis in t h e n e ighborh ood. Th e meeting WIlS well cond u cted; the r eco r d book. almost complete; Sec r etary's book , satis ractory, but Treas urer's book n ot well k ept . .All book s for c hapter bu s in ess we r e attractive, h av ing printed o n the co ver s in gold l etter s, "New York Beta. "
About s ixty a,lumae memberA of Pi Beta Phi live in N ew York City ; of these at least twe lve Jive n ea r e nough to the coll ege and are s uffi c ie ntl y in · terested to be intimate friend s and assi sta n ts of the chapte r . Eac h alumna
PI BETA PHI FRATERNITY.
of the chapter is pledged to give a.n annual amount to the cha.pter f or ten years. Aetive chapter and alumnae meet at the Founders' Day banquet. The alumnae c lub holds monthly meetings in t.he homes of members.
A Pan B eHenie Association exists, but does not take the initiative in regulating fraternity matters , allowing the fa c ulty to make all rules. The latter has forbidden fraterniti es to bid 1907 fr es hm e n until April, 1909 , with the idea of lessening rushing evi ls and of lowe ring the number of fraternities.
New York Beta was to exert all its power to gain a stronger hold on college . The c hapter was advised to ru s h by taking freshmen home for the week end, as th e school days see m to them too short to give time to ru s hingj the chapter was a lso advi"ed to give up one night in two weeks to fraternity meeting. holding a "Cookie Sbine" then and taking time to become acquainted with Pi Beta Phi organization ana with each other.
The graduate sc hola.r, Anna Pettit, is filling th e highest id ea l one could have. There can be no words too strong to describe her superlatively flne characteristics.
ARCIIIVI!:8 OF NEW YORK BETA.
I. Cipher, paRted in c h apte r copy of Constitution . IT. Charter.
In. 1 copy of Constitution, cha pter copy.
I copy of Constitution, 1899 edition.
2 copies of Constitution, Grand Council revision.
3 copies of Constitution, 1903 edition .
IV. 24 copies of ritual.
IV. 22 copies of initiation ceremony.
VI. 6 copies of pledging ce remony.
VII. Baird's manual. R obert's Rulcs of Order. Sorority hand ·book.
VIII. 2 copies of cata log, 1st edition. (4 supplements mi ss ing.)
2 cop ies of catalog, 2nd edition.
IX. Minutes of Conventions of '09, ' 04 , and '06
Summaries of delegates' r eports, '0 4, ' 00.
I copy of delegates report to Convention, '06
(Copy of New York B eta d e legates' report to Convention '04 missing.)
X. Copies of ques tions of 13th annual examination. (l Ith and 12th missing.)
XI. I copy of hi sto rical s ketch.
XII. 9 copies of study
XlII Correspondence sorted and flIed.
XIV. Fifth I. S. C report (Fourth and si xth mi ss ing.)
Report of meeting of Deans of Wom c n and r e presentatives of the I. S. C.
Copy of Model Constitution for Pan H ellenics. Pan ·Hell e nic compact, 1004.
XV Alumnre bulletin.
XVI. Arrow tile. Complete from the founding of the chapter, Nov., 1903 · July, 1907.
Nov. 13, 1907.
BIENNIAL CONVENTION
PENN S YLVANIA ALPHA.
I. Enterta.ined for two days in the college donnitory. Met the Dean of Women in Pi Phi room. Attended Philadelphia alumnre club meeting.
II. The faculty of Swarthmore College numbers 32 men and 14 women ; the s tudent body. 149 m e n and 184 women (1907·8 bulletin), There a.re about a. do ze n buildings, all situated on the bea.utiful campus which slopes down to the ra.ilroad statipn. From the approach to the ca mpu s, all buildings visible are of dull gray stone and form a harmonious group scat · tered among the trees. Tbe library and engineering buildings have recently bf.en completed A wing is being added to the men's dormitory at present. The college was founded by members of the Society of Friends, and - their s pirit dominates the college life This appears most con s picuously in their charming peculiarities of speech and in th e ir c u stom of having the entire student body eat in the same dining room, boys and girls alternating at the sa me tables. The college is s ituated only a half hour' s ride from Philadel· phia, but all city students live in the dormitory
III. The chapter consists of e leven girls. The Dean reporta all of the chapter doing satisfactory work; s he advised care in se lecting freshmen who will keep a high standard of schOlarship. The re are three woman's fratcrnitie s, strong rivals, in the COllege. Kappa Alpha Theta is the oldest and probably the stronge st, with Pi Beta. Phi second and Kappa Kappa Gamma a little weaker. Pi Beta Phi stands for honesty in observing Pan· HeJlenic agreements, interest in athl e tics, and popularity with the men's fra· ternities. Kappa Alpha Theta, as thc oldest, has the prestige of wealth and family. Kappa Kappa Gamma was r eported to be lac king in unity. Many class offi ces are held by a. secret group of non·fraternity girls, who are pe. titioning for a charter of some nation a l. All groups seem to share e\' enly in honors in general college organizations. Pi Beta Phi holds the confidence of the Dean of Wom e n, who said that they werc the fir s t to become her friends when she came to Swarthmore and are to be depended upon.
There is a Student Government Association whi ch has charge of the gov. ernment of the hall s and whi ch gives a dance to incoming fre s hmen, as well a s other dances. Summerville Lite rary Society also includes nearly aU col· lege women.
The chapter live in the college dormitory. Chapter meetings are held in the large and attractive room occupied by two Pi Bela Phi s For this room the chapter is constnntly adding furniture.
P e nn sylvania Alpha doe s not use the ritual in fraternity meeting, but a chapter from the Bible is read and each member respond s to her name in roll- ca ll with a sentiment quoted from some author The record book is up to date, but not complete. Th e Secretary's book is satis fa ctory The Treas · urer used merely a notebook .
The chapter considers itself s trong in Philadelphia, baving 5 active members and about 15 alumnre living there There is an alumnre club in the city, at present looking for some work to do. An annual letter is sent to alumnre. Two alumnre attend each fraternity meeting, and the active chap· ter i s invited to the alumnre cl ub meetings.
Pi Beta Phi holds the presidency of Pan-Hellenic Association this year. Pledge day has been fixed early in D ecember , ru s hing having been s u spended for the previous week. Each frate rnity gives three e\'e nts during the fall , and except for these, spe nds absolutely no money on freshmen.
Active chapter and alumnre club were advised to establish some scholarship or to undertake &orne other enterprise for the benefit of the college.
PI BETA PHI FRATERNITY.
ARcruVES OF PENNSYLVANiA ALPHA..
( K ept in locked d esk recently purchased (or that purpose.)
1. Ciph e r.
II. Charter.
III. 1 copy of Con st itution , chapter copy. 2 co pies of Constitution, 1003 edition. 1 copy of Constitution, 1896 editio n.
1 copy of Constitution, Grand Council revision. 1 copy of Constitution, 1901 edition
IV. (Copies of ritual mi ss ing.)
V. 23 copies of initiation ceremony.
VI. 10 copiell of pledg ing ce r e mony
VII. Bairds' manual. Sorority hand -book. Robert' s Rules of Order. Song book.
VIII. 1 copy of cata log, lBt edition with supplements 1 4. ] copy of catalog, 2nd edition.
IX. Minutes of Conventions of '95, '97, '90 , ' 04 , '06 , (' 01 mi 88 ing.)
(Summaries of delegates' reports mi ss ing. )
Copies of r epo rts of P e nn s yh'ania. Alpha. delegates to Conventions.
X. Copies of questi ons of 3Td-13th annual examination s _
XI. 8 copies of historical sketch.
XII. 10 copies of study.
XIil. A ll correspondence saved and sorted in file.
XIV. Fifth and sixth I. S. C. r epo rts. ( Third and fourth mi s!l ing.)
Copy of Model Constitution for Pan·Hellenics
Copy of Swarthmore Pan ·Hellenic rul es.
XV. Alumnle bulletin s, Pr es id e nts ' messages , Convention ca lls , and mil-
XVI. Arrow file. 1892·1907. (July '98; April '99; Nov. '04 missing.)
Mar ch '86j D ec. '87i 'Marc h '88 j Dec. '89; June '90, additional. celJan eo u s documents.
Nov. IS, 1907.
PENNSYLVANIA BETA.
1. Entertained for two days in the dormitory. Atten.ded dinn e r with the chapte r , e ntertainm e nt, gathering o f alumnm and active chapter in girls' room, lun cheon with alumole.
II. Bu cknell Un iv ersity is composed of f our d epartments: the College, the Academy ( for young me n ), the In stitute (for young women ), and the School of Musi c The fa c ulty o f the college in cludes 38 men and I woman j the student body 366 men and 148 wom e n. (Catalogue of J&nuary 1907). There are about a. do ze n buildings of red bri c k in plain d es ign. Th e chief charm of t.he campus is its beautiful old trees. The coll ege life of the 00 1lege young wome n is governed by the regula.tions necessary for the institute, thus forc in g the college young women to appear younger and l ess self·reliant than t.hose in schoo ls wh ere th ey are placed more u pon thei r own sense o f honor.
III. The chapter numbers 15 members, 3 pledges to be initi ated at Christmas time, and 9 pledges who cannot be initiated until June. The Regi e trar a nd Dean r eport no gir l failin g in any course, and a. few doing exceptio nal work. Pi Beta. Phi is o ld er than its on l y riv al, Delta Delta Delta , and does not cons id e r it a formidab le riVAl. Almost all daughters of members of the faculty have been m e mber " of Pi Beta Phi if they have gone to Bucknell University P e nnsylvania. Be t.a. is interested in dramatica and in the socia l life of the COll ege. They have been popula r with the faculty. The chapter
BIENNIAL CONVENTION
is prominent in college affairs, but not pre-eminent as formerly. This year Pi B eta. Phi holds the pres id ency of the Col1ege Girls ' A88OCiation, an honor in a soc iety of all college women. The r eceptio n given by this organil.8.tion is the leading e vent for college girls.
The cbapter lives in the dormitory and h o lds its meetings in the dormitory parlor, th e faculty ruling against. fraternity rooms.
The r ecord book is not entirely com pl ete, containing all names up to date, but littl e information. The Secretary's book i s in good condition , the Treas urer's book Dever balanced.
Pi B e ta Phi is stronger in town than its rival. On e pledge, seven alumnre, but n o act ive m ember, live in town. Th e chapter gives a r ece ption to alumnre at th e beginning of th e sc hool year. Alumnre a.ttended "Cookie Shines;" all out of town alumnre are invited to the initiation and symposium during commencement week. Lewisburg a lumna!, while interested in the chapter, feel tbat they belong to 80 many c lubs and that they meet eac h other 80 often in othe r wa.ys, that they do not ca r e for an alumna! club Four of the alumnre are wives of members of the fa culty and one is a memo ber of th e In st itute faculty.
After unsuccC8sful attempts to form a Pan ·Hellenic Association, Pi Beta Phi last year s ucceeded in getting De lta De lta Delta to agree to a pledge day. The chapter was advised to call anothe r meeting of the Pan H e llenic Association 80 tha.t discussion of n ext y ea r's rushing compact may be begun before presidency changes. Th e cba pter was advised to u se all care in keep· ing its p a..st good name witb the fa culty; to ask aid from alumna! in com· pleting archives; to obtain a chest for archives; and to work with alumna! for some college improv ement.
NOTE-A chest ha s been provided for the archives.
ARCHIVES
Ott' PENN S YLVANIA BETA.
I. II. JTT. IV V. VI. VI!. VIII. IX X. XI. XII . XIII. XlV XV XVI.
Cipher
(Charter miss ing.)
1 copy of Constitution, cbapter copy. I
1 copy o f Constitut io n , in Mrs. Theiss' hand writing.
3 cop ies of Constitution, 1903 edition.
12 cop ies of ritual.
13 cop ies of ini t iatio n ceremony . 10 ' copies of pledging ce remony.
Baird 's manual. Sorority hand·book Robert's Rules of Order. 1 copy of catalog, 1st edition, with s uppl ements 1, 2 and 4 (3 rd supplement mis s ing.)
1 copy of catalog, 2nd edition, Minutes of Conventions of '97 , '99, '01, ' 04 , '06. ('95 missing.) Summaries of del egates' r epo rts ' 06. ('01 and '04 mi ss ing. ) (Cop ies of Penn sy lvania Beta delegates' reports to Conventions missing,) (Fi le or examination qu estions missing.)
1 copy o f historical sketeb. 3 copies of study.
F ew l etters saved. Summary or mail is kept.
Third r. S. C. report. (Fourt h , fifth and si::tth missi ng ) Alumna! bulleti n s, President's mes sages, leaflets from Literary bureau , old Secretary'" book.
Arrow file 189 5- 1907. ('95,10 1; Jan., April, '02 ; Jan., 03; April, July, Nov., '04; Jan. , April , '05, mi ss ing.)
Nov. 20, J907
Pl ' BETA PHI FRATERNITY ,
PENN8YL\' ANlA GAlnIA
I. Entertained for four days in the home of one member Attended card party given by a patroness for Pi Beta. Phi and Phi Kappa. Sigma, hmcbeon for juniors, dinner (o r seniors, "Cook ie Sbine" for alumolt, tea for motber. and patronesses, college entertainm ent, info rmal gathering of chapter.
II. Dickinson Co ll ege has 20 men and 3 women 011 i ts faculty. Rod 224 men and 77 women in its student body ( Feb., lOOi ). The eight buiJdings vary in type of architecture and in material. The oldest, erected in 1804, of native limestone, is still a stately and s ubstantial structure; the most r ecent building, completed in 1005, is of brown sto ne and pres8ed brick. The campUA is s ituated in the heart of the interest ing old town. This college has made some changes in policy whi c h allow it to be en r olled on the li lt of colleges eligible to the Carnegie foundati o n fo r the advancement of Harmony between faculty and students i s one distinctive feature of the college.
m. The chapter numbers 14 , with 3 pledges . In regard to scholarship, the Dean said: "Some of lhe best scholars in college are in the Pi Beta Phi group." ]n this co ll ege a monthly report is 8ent to all students whose work in Iiny line i8 not satisfactory. No m e mber of Pi Dela Phi has reeeh' ed any monthly report Pi Beta Phi is older than its only ri va l, Chi Omega, a n (l has ne\' er lost a girl to them. In quiet dignity, true womanliness, and abso· lute assurance the rank of the chapter is of the highe st. It exhibits the con8e rvati sm and uni yersa l popularity which is always associated with a. strong chapter. Th e daught.e r s of fa c ulty members and of tru s tees nrc all included in this group. The chapter is prominent in all college life.
There is no woman 's lea!:."l.l ej but in so s mall a schoo l, with the Y. W. C. A. and litera r y society, there seems to be need of no fUrther o rganization of all college women, whom Pan·Hellenic Association enterta ins once a. term
The majority of the chapter live at hom e, though three members Jive in the dormitory. Two rooms are rented , attracth-ely d ecorated and furnished, and in these fraternity meetings are held.
The business mee tings are informnl, but orderly and business -lik e. The r ecord book does n ot co ntain Il sufficiently comp lete a cco unt of each mcm· ber. The Secretary's book is satisfactory, while the Treasurer's book i5 n eat, but only a summary of money transaction s .
The c hapter is very strong in town, having ten acth' e and five a lumn le members there, and having a n influ entia l group of interested patronesses. The a lumn re, being so few nnd so re cc ntly graduated, are nil interested in initiation banquet and the fo rmal dan ce. Those out of town are in personal correspondence with mem bers o f the acth'e chapter, and alumnre in town act with the chapte r.
Pi Beta Phi hold s the presiden cy of l >an-Hellenic Association this yenr There is & spirit o f distrust in Pan -Hellenic which is gradually wearing away
This chapter was ad"ised to keep Il new Treasurer's book Rnd to flle letters more A more general di scu ss ion of l)Oi nts of ditTerence between the two rmterniti e!l. and a prompt consideration of rushing rul es for the foll owing year we r e advised .
(Kept in burnt wood chest fitted with compartments, and always locked.)
L (Cipher missing.)
JI. Charter.
ITI. 1 co py of Constitutio n, chapte r copy.
3 cop ies o f Consti tuti o n, 1003 edition.
IV. 17 co pies of ritual.
ARCfIn'ES 0'" PENN S YL\' A:S-IA OA:\UIA.
V. VI. Vll.
VIll. IX x. XI XII. Xlll. XIV. xv.
XVI.
BIENNIAL CONVENTION
19 copies of initiation ceremony
9 copies of pledging ceremony. Baird's Manual. Sorority Band·book. Roberts' Rules of Order. Song book.
3 copies of catalog, let edition with supplements 1-4.
1 copy of catalog, 2nd edition.
Minutes of Conventions of JQl, '04, '06. Summaries of delegates' reports '04, '06. (Copies of reports of Pennsylvania. Gamma delegates to Conventions missing.)
Copies of questions of 11th· 14th examinations
I copy of historical sketch.
9 copies of study.
Letters not filed in convenient form Third, fourth, and sixth 1. S C. Reports. (Fifth miSSing.)
Model Constitution for Pan-Hellenics. Report of Committee on Social Customs.
Report of meeting of Deans and representatives of the I. S. C.
Copy of local Pan-Hellenic Association rules.
Petitions for charters, songs and menus from banquets, poems writ · ten by initiates
Arrow file . 1003·1007. Complete. Nov . '00; Jan., April, July '01; April, Nov. '02, additional.
Nov. 23, 1007.
CoLUMBIA ALPHA.
1. Entertained for two days in home of member of chapter. Attended "Cookie Shine."
II. The George Washington University comprises the following departments: Arts and Sciences, Medicine, lAw, Political Sciences, and Pharmacy. Columbian College (in the department of Arts and Sciences) has 30 men and 1 woman on its facuity, and 126 men and 0"2 women students (Bulletin of March, 1907). Columbian College occupies a building in the business part of the city . A dormitory for women has recently been purchased. As the students are nearly all residents of the city, the college makes little effort to interest the student body in a. college life; but all students consider outside duties and pleasures of more importance than college interests, with the exception of class·room work.
III. Columbia Alpha has 13 members , whose scholarship was reported gatisfactory by the Dean There are three woman's fraternities in the college, Pi Beta Phi being the oldest and baving the claim on first place which its age gives it. Chi Omega. and Sigma Kappa follow Pi Beta Phi is especially interested in high scholarship, in high standards of honor, and in drs· matics . Chi Omega has many special students and has had only one member graduated since 1002; they are prominent socially. Sigma Kappa is devoted to study. The Dean feels that the Pi Beta Phi chapter can be depended upon for exerting a good influence in college. They have been prominent in college organizations and have shown college spirit in presenting the Ben Greet players for the benefit of the university site fund.
Inter est in the Woman's League died, and that organization has been absorbed by the Y. W. C. A.
The members of the chapter Jjye at home, but hold fraternity meetings in a room which they have rented in the dormitory Fraternity meeting showed some ignorance of parliamentary rules. The record book should be more complete. The Secretary's book was in good form, the chapter having presened a complete copy of minutes of all meetings since the chapter was
chartered in 1880. The TreaBurer 's book was not used, but the Treasurer kept merely nota of money transactions.
The chapter has str ength in the city as the entire active chapte r, and 53 alumn&e live there The a.lumnte club pays tbe rent for the chapter r oom, and holdJ ita meetings there. Active cbapter and atumult club are each represented at meetings of the otber. The chapur and atumnle bold annual banquet.
The Pan·Hellenic Auociation baa found difficulty in agreeing upon rUBhing rules. The Dean is to be present to assist in working to restrict the number of Tushing parties. As there are 80 few col1ege women, and college in· terest is 80 slight, as Wuhinbrton offers 80 much of interest and value, and as most young women live in the city. Y W C. A. seems to 811 the needs of the college women. (So few women students are boarding in the city that none can be found to room in the dormitory.)
The chapter was advised to require a weekly Treasurer's r eport and to work harmoniously for the good of the whole chapter.
ARCHIVES OF CoLUMBIA ALPUA.
1 Co py of Con s titution, chapte r co py .
I copy of Constitution, 1893 edition.
2 copies of Constitution, lS06 edition.
2 copies of Constitution, Grand Council revision
1 copy of Constitution, 1890 edition.
copy of Constitution, :Miss Turne r's r evision.
2 copies of Constitution, 1003 edition.
13 cop ies of ritual.
3 copies of initiation ceremony.
8 copies of pledging ceremony.
Copy of o ld Columbia Alpha pledging ce rem ony.
Baird's :Manual. Sororit y hand-book. Robert's Rules o f Order Song book.
1 copy of catalog. 1st edition with supplement! 1-4.
1 copy of catalog, 2nd edition.
Minutes of Conventions of '97, '00, '01 , '04, ' 06. ('89-97 missing).
Summaries of delegates reports '04, '06. ('01 missing.)
Delegates' reports from Conventions '01, '06, Alpha. Province Conven tion '00.
Cop ies of Columbia Alpha delegates' reports to CoD\'entions "00, "03, '99, '04, '00. ('95, '07 , '01 missing.)
Copies of ques tions of 3rd -13th annual examinations.
4 copies of historical sketch.
6 copies of st udy
All correspondence filed annually.
Second, fourth and fifth 1. S. C reports. (Th ird and sixth missing.)
Model Constitution for Pan -Hellenics.
Report of Committee on Social Customs.
Report of meeting of Deans of Women and representativp.A o f the I. S. C.
Copy of Pan-Hellenic rules , 1005.
Alumnm bulletins, Presidents' messages, petitions for cha r ters, historical papers or chapte r interest.
Arrow file. 1889- 1907 . ('89-'93; Jan., April, July '04; July, Oct. '05; Oct. '97; April '98; April, July '00; Jan. , July '05. (:\fi ssing Dec. 4, '07)
Dec. 4, 1007.
BIENNIAL CONVENTION
MARYLAND ALPIlA.
I. Entertained. for two days in the home of Dr. Keller. Attended tea where all woman's frat e rniti es were represented, alumna! c lub gathering, tea, lunch in fraternity -aoms, lunches in tea r ooms, and dinner at dormitory. n. The Woman's College of Baltimore has 14 men and 27 womeD 8,S officers of instruction and administration; there are 347 women students ( 1900 7.) The buildiugB cousist of Goucher llall, the gymnasium and annex , chapel, and three dormitories The dormitories aTe brick buildings sim ilarly planned, wbile the other buildings are of granite and are of the RomanesQue sty le of architecture. The schoo l is denominational. College life centers in the dormitories, nod the general atmosphere of the coll ege is such that it attracts the finest type of young women from nil parts of the world. ill. There are 13 members and 5 pledges in the chapte r. As the Dean sa id that he had no t im e to discuss su ch matters, it was necessary to co n su lt the Registrar. Althougb it is not in accordance with the policy of the school to allow either students or others to learn records in scho larship, the rule wa s s u spe nded and the cards were shown. In one case was the record unsatisfactory. The chapte r reports its pledges the finest freshmen in co llege. There are six nationals and one local, Tau Kappa Pi, in the schoo l. Of these, Alpha Phi and Tau Kappa. Pi are tbe st.rongest, with Pi Beta Phi th ird, Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa Alpha Theta, Delta Gamma, and Delta Delta Delta following. Pi Beta. Phi stands for honest.y in Pan -Helleni c Associat ion , and is the only group not called Pan -Hellenic for two years. Alpha Phi, be ing the old est chapter, is reported to be snobbis h ; Tau Kappa Pi is democratic and popular, having a. number of southern g irl s; Gamma Phi Beta holds college offices; Kappa Alpha Theta has strong girls in the city; Delta. Gamma puts emphasis upon family j Delta Delta Delta does not have strong girls.
There is no woman's lengue, but a students' organi1..lltion which regulates student. life and directs the plans for socia l meetings of co llege women.
Almost the entire chapter live in one o f the dormitories; they foll ow the custom peculiar to the 8chool of establishing a cozy co rner in one end of the hall where they entertain most informally. They rent two rooms in a house near the college, and here they hold fraternity meet ings and have lunch together. The girls sew while busine ss is be in g cnrried on in B. pltrliamentary manner The records should be filled more completely. The Secretary's book is sa ti s factory , while the Treasurer's book is merely a s ummary.
Alpha. Phi and Delta Gamma, the two oldest chapters, have the greatest city strength. Pi Beta Phi has 2 active, 2 pledged , and 11 alumnoo members re s ident The chapter se nds a delegate to each aiumnoo club meeting, and an alumna attends each c hapter meeting. A printed letter is se nt to each alumna:. The alumnoo club meets monthly.
Pan -Hellenic Association is a st r ong organi zat io n, especially as a court of appeal. Violation of rules is puni s hed by takin g nWlly rushing privileges. Pledge dny was No". 23. During ru shing season two e ' -e nts were all o wed each frat ernity j in add iti o n , tnking walks nod c.... mng were the only rushing allowed A non rrftternity group, talking between a.sk ing and pledge days, when fraternity gir ls must say nothing. to girls who ha,' e been invited to jo in fraterniti es, h:l\"c influ e nced them to r efuse ill\' itnti on s.
The chapter was ad,-ised to make every effort to fill Arrow flle, which had been lost while stored in a trunk one summer.
1. Cipher. ] I. C harter
ABcIlJVE8 OF ALPILA. (Kept in wine and blue loc ked box.)
lJl. 1 copy of Constitut ion. chapter copy. 17 cop ies of Constitution, 11)03 edition.
2 cop ies of Constitution, 1896 edition.
3 copiea of Co n.8t ituti on. Grand Counci l r ev ision. 2 copies of Constitution, 1899 edition.
IV. 11 new and 6 old copies of ritual.
V. 7 oopiea of initiation ceremony
VI. 2 copies o f pledging ceremony.
vn. Baird' Manual, 1898 edition and 1005 edition. Sorority hand-book Song book.
VIll. (CAta log, 18t edition and supplements missing.) 1 copy of cata log. 2nd edition.
IX. Minules of Com'enlions of "07, "00 , '01, '04. '06.
Summary of delegates reports of 1906 ('01 and '04 missing.) (Copies of Maryland Alpha d e lega tes' r epo rts to Conventions miss · ing. )
Delegates' reports fr om Conventions.
X. Copies of questions of 4th , 5th, 7th , 8th, 11th, 12th, 13th examina· tions pa5t.ed in a book. (6t.h,9t.h, 10th missing.)
XI. 7 copies of hi sto rical sketch
xn. 6 cop ies of study.
xm. Letters k ept in file, but not so rted
XIV. Third-sixth I. S . C. reports.
Model Co nstitution f o r Pan-TIeHenics.
XV. Alumnre bulletins.
XVI Arrow file 1897 - 1907. ('9 7 '03; April , July '04; Jan. '05 missing.) Respectfully subm itted , Nov. 27, 1907. ELOA L. SlUTH.
REpORT OF VIS ITI NG DELEGATE TO THE CHAPTERS IN BETA PROVINCE.
]n I!!uhmitting the following report concerning my visits in Beta Province, I wish to r em ind t he chapters that fa cts and statistics as give n are in ac· co rd a nce with co nditi ons as found them last yenr when making my visih, and may n ot be accurate at the present date.
Na.turally. Pan·Hellenic contracts have altered, Arrow files have been largely completed. a nd numerous other cha. nges have taken place.
In giv in g this report I have tried to be fair to all and partial to n o ne, and s in cerely hope that no ch apter wiII take offense at a n y adverse critic ism, whi c h is m e nnt not to hurt , but to h e lp , and which i s gi ven in a kind l y s piri t Rnd with the carnest d es ir e of strengthening the cbapters within our provin ce.
CHAPTERS .
TLLIXOI S DELTA , KNOX CoLLEOE, Gal es burg, Illinois.
f. Ent e rtainment February 6·8, 1907 Enterta ined at the home of a m e mber of the act h 'e cbapte r . Attended "Cook ie Sh in f'." Dinner at the dormitory by the active chapte r Attendf'd. meeting of the Gales burg Alumnre Association.
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11. Oollege of Libera' Art •.
1. Size . a . J9 professors , 15 men, 4 women.
b. 216 students, 72 men, 144 women ; 333 students in conservatory of music, III men, 222 women.
c 4 buildings, 3 old, 1 new.
2. The general atmosphere of the college is on a par with that of the better denominational schooh
Ilf. Oh.apter
1. 20 aeli ve members.
2. Dean of Women reported the scholarship to be very good, with o ne exception, a freshman. She was urged to do better work.
3. Chapter is on a par with Delta Delta Delta, it's only rival.
4. Chapter ranks wen with other cbapters I have visited
5. Genera l characteristics of the chapter are high scholanbip and keen enjoyment of social atTairs.
6. Characteristics of rival chapte r are the same.
7 Chapter exercises a good influence in the college world, the members taking an active inter est in the life and work of the college.
S. There i s no woman's leag ue and none is necessary since th e college is sma H and the girls are c losely associated in the dormitory.
9. Chapter i s prominent in college organizations, being well r e presented in the literary society, Y. \\\ C. A., class dramatic clubs, and athleti c s.
10. Chapter liv es in th e dormit.ory, t.he town m e mbers living at home . Owing to fa c ulty ruling, sororities are not allowed to have chapter hou ses or room s, although there are enough out-of-town Tri Delts and Pi Phis to support chapter houses. Chapter meetin gs are held once a week in th c r oom of some member Jiving in the dormitory
13. a. Tbe meetings are co ndu c ted in a. business- like manner, and according to parliamentary law s
b Record book is well kept and up to date.
c Secretary's and Treasurer's books were satisfactory, the Trea sure r' s record being one of the best three in the province
d. The Arrow fil e is inco mpl ete, the following numbers being missing: lS93-Novembe r; lS94-January and July : I 895-)J'0vernber; 189B-Nov e mber ; 1897-November and July j 1900November; 1901-January i lOO5-January
e. With t.he exception of th e cipher which could not be found anywhere. the archives and records are in the possession of the cbapter. although they are badly sca ttered in the homes of the ditTerent members, and in their room s at the dormitory
f. Chapter is strong in the c ity, having nin e a ctive members and twenty-seven alumnre living in Ga lesburg.
g. Chapter keep s in touch with ita alumnre by means of the monthly meeting of the Galesburg Alumnre Associa.tion.
h. This Alumnre Associntion is parti cularly strong and rather unique in its membership s ince it in clud es not only the alumna: of the Knox chapte r of Pi Beta Phi, but also the alumnlt of the Lombard chapter. togethe r with bot.h the Kn ox and Lombard active chapters. The meetings are held once a month, the association being entertained three times a year by the Knox c hapter, three times a. year by the Lombard and three times by the alumna:. A t each meeting there is a. report from each active cha.pter, &0 that the almunlt may keep closely in touch with a ctive chapter affairs. The ae,sociation bas furnished and continues to support a room in the city hospital.
PI BETA PHI FRATERNITY.
14. I advised the sending of an annual letter to the alumnlt, and urged special preparation for the fraternity examination. I 8180 recom· mended. the collecting of records and archives and the keeping of the same in &Orne lIuitab le place where they may be accesllible at any time.
Undoubtedly the crying need of Illinois Delta is a chapter room or house, where archives may be kept together and where meetingll may be held
PAN .HELLEN I C CoNDITIONS.
Pi Beta Phi and Delta Delta Delta. obeerve simply t.he national requir em ent, "not to pledge before mat.riculat.ion." This works out very favorably at Knox, where Pi Beta Phi does not prefer a late pledging date
DEPARTlLENT 01' MUSIC.
I. Entrance R equirement! and R egulations.
1. No requirements are neces8ary for admission, as the work in the con· servatory is principally private instruction.
2. Four years' course.
3 A diploma, but no degree, i ll given.
4. Pupils are not required to take work in the College of Liberal Arts.
II. Pi Beta Phi MtUi c School Rtudent8.
Ten members of our chapter are enrolled in the mUllic school, all of whom are either high school graduates or have completed the preparatory course at Knox Seven of these ATe no work in the College of Liberal Arts, while three are n ot carrymg sufficien t work to warrant a diploma from the conservatory.
ILI INOIS BETA, LoMBARD CoLLEGE, Galesburg, Illinois.
1. Entertainment. February 9·1l. I907.
Ente rtained at home of a member of the active chapter. Attended a "Cook ie Shine" and a meetin g of the Galesburg Alumnre A ssociat ion. Reception to meet the fa cu lty ladies of Lombard College, Pi Beta. Phi atumnlt and the actil' e chapter of Alpha Xi Delta.
11. College of Liberal Arts.
1. Size. a. 16 professors, 11 men, 5 women. b. 154 students, 80 men, 74 women.
c. 3 buildings (main hall, gymna..sium and dormitory).
2. The general atmosphere is that of a small denomina.ti ona l college.
111. Ohapter.
1. ]4 active members.
2. Dean Rich gave me an excellent report of the colloge work of the individual members of the chapter, not a. single girl baving a poor record.
3. Pi Beta Phi at Lombard far outranks her on l y rival , Alpha. Xi Delta, in number and class of girlll, in schol arShip and in general college activities.
4. Ranks well with other chapters of Pi Beta. Phi,
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5. General characteristics of the chapter-studious, good, all-around girls.
6. The Alpha Xi Delta members are chiefly students.
7 The influ en ce of the Pi Beta Phi chapter at Lombard is good, since its members are leaders in class work and general college activities.
8. Th ere is no woman's league and nonc i s needed , s ince the college is 80 small.
9. There are few general college organizations, the literary societies being chief among them. Pi Beta Phi is well represented in the one for women.
10. The out-of-town girls Jive in the dormitory and the others in their homes in Galesburg. Meetings are held in the chapter room, which is in the college Pre sident's home across the street from the campus . The room is very light and pl easa nt and nicely furnished
13.
a. The meetings are conducted in a parliamentary manner.
b The record book is up to date
c. The Secretary's and Treasurer's books were very well k e pt, though a few s uggest ions were made as to the improvement of Secretary' s book.
d. The Arrow file is incomplete, the following number s being mi ssing: 1886-March, Jun e, September; 1887-March, Jun e, September; ] 88S-December, March and June ; ] SS9-March, June, September and December; 1890--March, June, September and December; 1892-March, Jun e and D ecember ; 1895---July and November; IS96--January; IS9S----January and November; 1902-April ; 1905---January.
e. The archives are kept in good condition and are k e pt in a very orderly way in the chapter room. .
f The cha pter is fairly strong in the city, fh'e active members and thirteen alumnre living in Galesburg.
g. The Galesburg Alumnre Association is in a. very flouri s hing condition.
14. Recommended that an annual letter be sent to th e alumnre and urged special prepa ration for the fraternity examination.
PAN·HELLENIC CONDITIONS.
In the Fall of ]906 , Pi Beta Phi and Alpha Xi Delta had a ru s hing contract of two weeks. Alpha ' Xi Delta desires merely a one·day contract, while Pi Beta Phi prefers to set the date of pledging as late a.s Christmas, or is willing to compromise on an earlier date, n ame ly, either one month, or Thanksgiving.
lLLL"OlS ZETA, UNHERSITY OF ILLINOI S.
Champaign , Illinois
1. Entertainment. February 11 -14, 1907. Entertained at the chapter house. Attended an even in g card party at the home of one of the active members , also a reception at the chapte r house g iv en to meet the members of the other sororities, the Pi Beta Phi alumnre and patron esses
II. College of Liberal Art8.
L Size. a. 125 professors, ] 08 men , 17 women.
b. 2,328 students, 1,751 men, 577 women.
c 25 buildings.
2. The atmos phere of the college is tha.t of a. wide·awake, progressive, cosmopolitan university.
PI BETA PHI FRATERNITY.
1. 26 a ctive members.
2. The Dean of Women reported the work of the sophomores, junior! and seniorll IUJ excell e nt, while some were doing very bril1iant work and none were below the average. On the contrary, the freshmen were very poor, seven out of ten bning received conditions, and lOme of them two, at the end of the fir s t semester. This same general con· dition prevailed in e\' ery sorority at the Univenity of lllinoi., and it W88 the firm belief of the faculty and of all sorority women that a. mOlt slreouou8 ru s hing season of one month had wrought dis · ut.er among the freshman sorority girls , and that it alone W8. responsible for su ch a deploTable and unusual state of atTain.
3. At 1l1inois, Pi Beta Phi has a lwa ys ranked first, Kappa Alpha Theta being her keenest rival.
4. lllinois Zeta is on a par with our nine or t e n best Pi Beta. Phi chapters.
5. General cbnracteri sti c&-COD,((cniality, busin es s ability. high scho lar· ship, fondness for socia l life, and a genera l desire to take part in all COllege activities.
6. Kappa Alpha Theta ranks with Pi Beta Phi, having equal interests m class work and college socia l life.
Kappa. Kappa. Gamma-chi e fly students.
Chi Omega and Alphll Ch i Omega.-chiefly soc ial . Delta Gamma-student6.
Both Sigma Kappa. and A.lpha Xi Del ta are new at Illin ois
7. Influ ence of Pi Beta. Phi at the University of Illinois is good.
S. There is a woman ' s l eague, which , 8S in most places, i s popular with the non-fraternity girls, but not with the sorority members.
9. Pi Beta Pbi is prominent in al1 general college organi7..ations, being represented in the Woman ' s League, Y. W. C. A., Literary societies, Basket Ball Team and Dramatic Club.
]0. C hap ter lives in a chapte r house which is owned by the Pi Beta Phi Improvement Company, this company being composed of five or six Illinois Zeta
11. The house is chaperoned by the mother or one of t.he active members. ]2. There are n eccssary homc rul es regarding st udy h ours, ca ll c r s, etc.
13. a. The meetings are conducted in a pa.rliamentary way.
b. Record book is up to date.
c. Both the Secretary' s and Treasurer's books are properly kept, the Treasurer's accounts being k ept in a n exceptionally 8yste,matic and busincs8 ·like manner, the system used be in g on e o f the best in the province.
d. The Arrow file is incomplete to the (ollowing extent: 1801July; 180S--January, April and July ; l S99-Novembe r; 190Q-November ; 1901-July and November.
e. None of the archives were missing except the HMinutes of the 17th and 18th conventions."
f. Chapter is in out·of ·towll girls, since not many de.sirable girJa from Champaign and Urbana attend the Universi ty Four a ctive members and twenty alumnle Jive in Champaign and Urbana.
g The chapter keeps in touch with its alumD2 by means of an annual banquet on }'-'ounders' Day and by means o f an annual letter.
h. There i s no club in town.
14 The chapter was ad \' ised by its Province President to aim toward a higher standard of ecbolanhip. to omit &Orne evening social engagements. to send out a printed annua l lette r to its and to make special preparation for the rraternity exami nati on.
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PAN HELILl'If]C CoNDITIONS.
In the fan of 1906, the e ight women's fraternities at Illinoi s observed 8. rushing contract of one month in duration
This plan proved to be very di sastrou s for all parti es co n cer ned , since at the end of the first semeste r of th e current year n early every fr eshma n member of each sorority had o ne or more conditions , and in some cases a failure accredited to her. Th e fa c ulty seemed firmly conv inced that the s trenuous rushing was to blame, and eve ryone seems to fav or either a. very short or a very long ru shi ng contract.
1 think that the end of the first semesler or th e end of the fre s hman year might mark th e pledging date, if it were not for the old and very practical ques tion of cha pter houses and finances .
DEPARTMENT OF MUBIO
I Entrance R equirement8 and R egulatWnB
1. a. Regular musi c stud ents must be school graduates. b. No ent r a n ce requirements f or special students.
2. Fou r years' co ur se
3. B. M . degree is given.
4 W o rk required in Co ll ege of Libera l Arts.
16 boun French or German.
3 hours Physical training
2 hours Phy s ics 2.
4 hours English l.
4 hours Rhetoric 1.
3 hours English 16.
4 bours Rhetoric 3
Remaining hours Are elective in the Land A. department.
11 . Pi. B e ta Phi. Mu sio School Students.
Four members of Illino is Zeta. are enrolled in the Mu s ic School, all of whom are hi gh schoo l graduates. Three of these a r e tak ing the complet-e course in music and expect to obtain the B. M. degree , while one girl is in co ll ege for on ly one year and does n ot expect to r eceive a degree
I 'HA.,."iA
GAlfHA, BUTLER CoLLDJE, Indianapoli s, Indiana
I Entertainment. February 15 - 17 , 1907. Entertained at the home of a n alumnus of Indiana Beta. Attended a banquet given by the Indi anapolis A.lumnae Club and an initiation.
II. College of Liberal Arts.
1. Size. a. 2 4 professors, 21 men , 3 women. b. 245 studenta, 125 men, 120 womeD. c. 5 buildings.
Ill. ahGpl
1. 16 active members.
2. The President of th e college stated that the scholarship of the cbapter was very high and in some CU68 except.iona lly so. Two freshmen were doing carelefls work and they were advised to gi,'e more attention to t.heir 8tudies.
3. Pi Beta Phi chapter is far superio r to Kappa. Kappa Gamma and Kappa Alpba Theta , the form e r not even heiog considered a rival, while the latter is rather formidable because of ita strong Indianapoli! alurno&!..
4. The Pi Beta Phi chapter at Butler ranka only f airly well with ou r best chapters Bowe\' er, thi s cbapter does the very best that it can with the material at hand.
6. General characteristics of Indiana Gamma: The members are good 8tudents and very since re in their work. They ha.ve a great deal of fraternity spirit and show th e mselves r eady to accept every 8uggestio n as to the improveme nt of thei r c hapter life and work. They parti c ipate in all college and fraternity parties, though the socia l life at Butler is anything but strenuous.
O. General character ist ics of rival chapters: Kappa Kappa. Gamma. members are good students. Kappa. Alpha Th e ta memben are in clined to be friv olous and are not ve ry good s tudents. This c hapter was installed in the fall of 1006.
7. Pi Beta Phi has a strong influ ence in college life , the fa c ulty depending upon our chapter for ass istance in all co ll ege activities. Mem · bers of th e chapter o rganized the College Club, and others h e lped to organize the new Lotus Club. One member i s editor of the "Co ll egia n, " and is the first woman to hold that office
S. The Lotus Club was organ ized in the fall of 1006 , and meets once a month in the girls' dormitory. This club serves in the same capacity as the Woman 's League in other colleges. At Butler it is well attended by all of the college girls.
9. The c hap te r is prominent in aU genera l coll ege organizations, being r e presented in the Lotus Club , German Club, o r c hestra, co ll ege dramatics, and holdin g the offices o f President and Treasurer o f the Y. W.O.A.
10. Four members of the chap ter live in the dormitory , three sen iors room and board near the college, three members live in Irvin gto n , while six have th eir h omes in Indi anapoli s. The meetings are held in the chapter room, which is in the home of an Irvington member.
13. a. The meetings are co ndu cted in a parliamentary way.
b. The record book is up to date.
c. The Sec r etary's and Trea s urer' s books are in good conditio n.
d. The Arrow file i s incomplete to the followin g extent: I S07-Oc· wher; 18 99-Apr il and July ; and July; 1001January and July ; 1905---July.
e. Archives are ke pt in most excellent order, sc \feral records not required , s u ch as a chapter history, still being kept up. The chapter cipher is missing. a lso all previous fraternity exami· natIon qu est ions, none of the latter e ver having been kept.
f. Indiana Gamma is not considered strong in IndianapoJis , although nine a c tive members and thirty·three alumnae reside in the city
g. The chapter keeps in touch with its own alumnre by means of an annual banquet on Founders ' Day, and by means of the Indianapolis Alumnle Club.
h. There is a n alum n re club which meets once a month.
14. The Province President advised the sending of an annual l etter to the alum n re and special pre paration for the fra tern ity exam ination.
PAN ·HELLENIC CoNDITIONS.
In 1906 Kappa Kappa Gamma and Pi Beta Phi observed sim ply the nati onal ruJing, " not to pledge before matriCUlation." whi ch plan seemed to cause too much of a sc rambl e. Pi Beta Phi prefers a three weeks' contract, and is working toward that end.
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INDIANA ALl'HA , F&ANK'LIN CoLLEGE, Franklin , Indiana.
1 Entertai nment. F ebruary 18 -20 , 1907.
Entertained at th e b o rn e of a patro ness. Attended "Cooki e S hin e" give n by both a c tive a nd alummc me mbers.
II. Coll ege o f Liberal .4:rt8
1. Size. 8.. 10 professors, 8 me n, 2 wom en h. 350 s tud e nts , 150 men , 200 wo men . c. 2 buildings ( m a in hall a nd libra ry )
2. Thi s i s a small Bapti st co ll ege t he atmos pbe r e of th e place and the a ttitud e of th e s tud e n ts to each o th e r and t o the fa culty being that of o n e large family Pres id e nt Bry a n , who bas bee n with th e in s titu t io n (o r only two yea rs, is doin g a g reat d ea l toward th e improvem e nt of the coll ege in th e lin e of sec urin g both s tud e nts and funds
111 Chapt e r
1. 26 a c tiv e me mber s
2 Scho larship i s a bov e th e ave ra ge, a num be r of the m e mber s d o in g e xce pti o na lly good wo rk
3 Pi B e ta Phi a t Franklin i s s uperi o r to h e r onl y rival , Alpha Ga mma Alpha ,1\ loca l.
4. While Indiana. Alpha ranks fir st in it s o wn institution, I cannot s ay that it r a nk s fir s t with o ur bes t Pi B eta Phi chap te r s. Th e chapter la ck s co nse rvati s m in i ts cho ice o f m e m be r s.
5. Ge ne ral cha r acte ri s ti cs o f Indi a na Alph a: Co nge ni a lity and keen inte r es t in th e ir co ll ege wo rk
6. Gene ral chara c t e ri s ti cs o f th e riv a l c h a pte r : Gr eat interest in class work a nd co llege r ei ig iou s life.
7 Th e influ ence of th e Pi B e ta Phi chapte r in th e coll ege wo rld is stro ng and h elpful in eve ry way. Th e fa culty d epe nd s upon t h e Pi Phil fo r 88s istan ce in a ll co ll ege ac tiviti es
8 Th e r e is no \Vom a D's League and n o n e is n eed ed s in ce th e co ll ege is 80 sma ll.
9. Our c hap te r is well r e pr esented in the Y. W C. A and th e literary soc ie ty th e o nl y ,zene ral co ll ege o r ga ni za ti o ns.
]0. Th e chapter has a h o u se in whi ch e ig ht m e mbe rs lh' e ; fi ve or s ix r oom o utsid e of t he chapter h o u se, while th e oth e r s h a ve th e ir ho mes in Fra nklin M ee tin gs a r e h e ld in the chapte r ho u se, whi c h will be g iven up at th e e nd of th e c u r r ent year , s in ce n ext year all o ut.-o f·town g irl s will be r eq u ired to li ve in t he Dew do rm ito r y.
11. Th e c hapte r hou se i s c hA pe r o ned b y a m An and hi s wife wh o li ve in th e h o use, and h a ve n o eo nnecti o D wi t h the c h a pte r . Th e h ou se wa s no t w e ll k e pt a nd in no wa y cam e up to th e sta nda r d s of th e id ea l cha pte r hom e The g irl s d o no t tak e th e ir m eal s in the h ou se a nd so mi ss o ne of th e greates t pl eas ures o f ch a p te r h o u se life In my opini o n , th e chap te r will be far be tte r s itu a t ed in th e ne w do rmi tory than in i ts prcsent surr o un d ings . Pres ide n t Brya n to ld m e that it wa s hi s int enti o n t o g h ' e bo th soro riti es c h apte r r oo m s in th e do rmi to r y
]2 Th e r e wer e n ecessa ry ho u se rul es r ega rdin g st ll d y ho ur s, ca llin g, etc.
13. a. Th e mee tin gs a r e co ndu cted in a parliam e ntar y way.
b. R eco rd book is up to d ate.
c Sec r eta r y's boo k wa s prope rly k ept. th o u g h th e Tr cas urer's book needed mu ch i mpro vemen t Su ggest io ns a lo ng thi s line w e re made by t he Prov in ce Pres id e n t.
PI BETA PHI FRATERNITY.
d. Tbe Arrow file is incomplete to the fo1towing extent: 1893-Ja nu· ary a nd November; 1894--April and July; .1897-November; 1000---JuJy ; I OO I-April and July; IOOl-April ; 1905-July.
e. Archives are in good orde r , though the chapter has failed to keep copie8 of the RDn ua l r epo rts of the Cor r espondi ng Secretary to the Grand Secretary, and of delegntcs' r eport!! to Co nve ntion
f. Chapte r is s trong in lown, thirteen active and forty alum nae members living in }' ranklin
g. Chapte r has no method of keeping in tou ch with i ts own nlumnre, except wit.h those who Jiv e in ranklin.
h. In past years there hus been a very flourishin g alumnae club, though in the last year or two the club seems to have los t its fr aternity inte r est. and to have become disorganized.
14 . The chapter was advised to limit its membership an d to be more co n se rvative in its choi ce of members. It was also ur ged to send out an annual l ette r to each o f its alumnle, and to make special preparation for the fraternity examination.
PAN llE J LENIC CoNDITIONS.
Sin ce Indiana Alpha 's only riv a l is a local, there i s n o Pan·Hellenic agreement between th e two. Pi Be la Phi obse n 'es the national rul e, and does not pledge before matriculation.
1. Ent e
INDIANA BETA, UIHVERSITY OF INDIANA , Bloomington, Indi a na.
February 20·24, 1907 .
Entertain ed at the ne w dormitory, where the chapter ha s lived s in ce giving up its hou se in December, 1900. Atte nded an infor mal dan c ing party to meet the men o f the Phi Kappa P s i fraternity , and another gIven to meet the m en from all fr ate rniti es Attend ed a re ce ption to meet the ladi es of the f aculty, th e members of other sororities, the Pi Beta Phi patronesses and alumna!.
II. College of Liberal .drt ,.
1. Size a. 62 professors, 59 men, 3 women. b. 1,084 students, 1,284 men , 400 women. c 19 buildings, all in s p lendid co ndition and thoroughly equipped.
Ill. OMp'er.
I. 22 active m embers.
2. The scholarship of the ch apte r is below that of any ch apte r in Beta Prov ince, t.hough in compari son with the other aororitiC8 in Indiana University, Pi Beta Phi really ranks second in sc holanhip. There were a numbe r of co nditi on s in th e chapter due both to lack 0 1 study On the part. of the girls and to th e fa ct that it is utterly im· JlO98ible fo r the sludenta to gain from the fa culty or Dean of Women any accurate i nformation as to th e ir standing in c lass work. There seems to be absolutely no sym pathy between the faculty and students , and no e n co ura geme nt to 8t rive for high e r 8tandards of acho lanhip . An attitude of "do n 't ca r e" seems to prevail in both fa culty and stude nt c ircle8.
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3. The Pi Beta Phi chapter is on a. par in every respect with Kappa. Alpha. Theta and Kappa. Kappa Gamma, though Delta. Gamma ranks first in scho la rshIp and Pi Beta Phi is second
4. If Indiana Beta 8.8 a chapter could have had its college life at some other institution where conditions are not 80 deplorable as at the University of Indiana, I think that it might now rank with our best chapters. As it is, I would say that it may be cl assed with those chapters whi ch rank second in our fraternity.
5 General characteristics of Indiana Beta: Great congeniality, attractive personalities and very likeable girls, fraternity s pirit and a very great fondn ess for soc ial pleasures.
6. General characteristics ot each of the rival chapters: Kappa .Alpha Theta. and Kappa Kappa Gamma seem to be chi e fly interested in soc ial f estivities, though I suppose that some college work must necessarily enter into their scheme of life. Delta Gamma members are chiefly students.
7. I cannot say that Pi Beta Phi as a chapte r has Rny particular influen ce in th e college world at Indiana UniverSity, though its members are a s wide awake and as keenly interested in the genera l college movements 8S are any other sororities or fraternities there
S There is a Woman's League.
O. Pi Beta. Phi is prominent in all general college organizations, a mao jority of the members belonging to the Woman's League and to the Y. W. C. A. Severa l members belong to the Dramatic Club, otbers to the Art Club, and others to the German Club.
10. At present the chapter lives in the new dormitory, where it has a fine, large and well -furnished chapter room. It is the intention to move into a. chapter house as soon as possible.
13. a Meetings are conducted in a parliamentary way.
b. Record book was not up to date, and the Vice-Pres ident o f the chapte r was asked to g ive it her immediate attention.
c. Secretarys and Trea surer's books were properly kept.
d. Of the Arrow file the foHowing numbers were missing: I S93, 1894, IS95--all missing; 189 7-January, July and April; 189S -January and July ; 1809-Jan uary and July; 100O-July and Novcmber; lOOl-July; l002- July; l003-April and July ; 1904-July.
e. Chapter archives w er e in good order, though the cipher was miss· ing, as were also the minutes of the 19th Convention, copies of the delegates' r eports to Convention, and copies of the an· nual reports of the Corresponding Secretary to the Grand Secretary.
f. Chapter is not strong in town, three active and nine alumnre members living in Bloomington.
g The cbapte r has adopted no method of keeping in touch with its alumnre.
h. An alumnre club ha s been .organized lately a.nd meets every two weeks.
14. An entire Saturday afternoon wa s spent by the Province President in talking very earnestly with the sophomores, juniors and seniors, in an endeavor to better th e conditions exist ing in the chapter and in their university. They were se riou sly urged to rai se their sta ndard of scholarship, to work for far hi gh e r standards of social life and customs than now preva.il there, and to labor for the adoption of a one-year ru shi ng contract
The chapter seemed to be greatly affected and displayed &. very sincere wish to improve along every line. Letters received enry few weeks from their Co rr esponding Secretary show that the chap-
ter did take and maintained a d ecided stand in t.he local Pan-Bellenic for a o ne·year co ntra.et, but f ailed to carry it, sioee both Delta Gamm& and Kappa Kappa Gamma. we r e strongly opposed to it. The cbapte r Jetters al80 m a nifelt a. r e newed interest and pride in the fraternity, and a keen desire to sta nd higber in the BOrority world.
PAN·BD.l.ENIO CoNDITIONS.
]0 1006 Kappa. KapJ?8. Gamma, Kappa Alpha Theta, Delta Gamma and Pi Beta. Pbi obacrved. Simply the nati o nal rulin g, "not to pledge before matriculation," Much dissatisfaction was felt with this plan, and our chapter has been wishing and working f or a one-yea r contra ct.
OlIlO ALI'HA J 01110 UNIVERSITY, AtheDS, Ohio.
I. Entertainment. February 27-March 2, 1907.
E ntertained at the dormitory. Attended a reception given by tbe active chapte r to meet the Pi Beta Pbi patrone sse. and the m embers of Alpba. Alpha. AJpba Attended. a dance given by th e Athens Pi Beta Phi alumnre
II. Oollege of Libera' Art•
1. Size. a; 2 1 professors, 17 men, 4 women.
b. 546 students, 396 m en, 150 women.
c. S buildings, n ea rly all of whi ch are very old, two having been erected in IS04 . Ill Ohap'''-'
1. 17 active m em bers.
2. Scholarship i s very high , three of th e members doing brilliant worle I and with the very best stud ents in college.
3. Pi Beta Phi I S su perio r in both s c holarship and social sta nding to Alpha Alpha Alpha , which is a. Jocal, and ou r only rival th e re
4. Ohio Alpba ranks well with our other chapte r s.
5. General c hara cte ri stics of Ohio Alpha. : High sc holarship, excellent 80cial standing, ma.rked congeniality of m ember s , frat e rnity s pirit.
O General characteristics of Alpha Alpha. Alpha : Good scholarship .
7. Pi Beta Phi'. influen ce at Ohio University is good, the chapter being very democratic, and sta nding well with both fa culty and students.
8 There is no Woman ' s League, and one is not needed, since t he college is small and the wom en students are closely assoc iated with each other, both in the dormitory and in the life of a small town.
9. Pi Beta. Phi is w ell r ep re sented in the Y W C. A., the basket baIl team and th e Literary Socie ty.
10. The majority of the chapter live in the dormitory, while the others have th e ir hom es in Athens. Meet ings are held in the chapter room, which is in one of the college buildings, is of good size and is very ni ce ly furnished..
13. a Meetings are conducted in a parliam e ntary mann e r
h Record book is up to date.
c. Sec r etary's and Treasurer's books are well kept.
d. Th e Arrow tille is in comp lete, th e follo wing numbers mi sling: l S91-October and December; lS 92-April; lS93----0cto-
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bert 1894-Octobe r ; 18 95---Octobe r ; 1897-Janua r Yi 1898January. July and November; 1899--January. April and July; lOOO-Jul y; 1901-January and July ; l002-Januaryj 1906J a nuary and July.
e. Records and archives are in fair ly good condition , the following bei ng missing. 1004 05 r eport o f the Corr espo ndin g Secretary to the Grand Secr etary, and the reports of delegates to Conven. tion.
f. The chapte r is fa irly s tro n g in town , se ven a ctive and twenty alumore m embers re s iding in Athens.
g. Th e chapter keeps in touch with i ts alumnre by m eans of an annual letter
h. Th e re i s an alumnre c lub i n Atbens
14 The chapter was urged to make an effort to com pl ete its 4,..,.010 fi l e and to be carefu l in regard to tilin g c urr ent numben .
PAN ·HELLENI C CoND IT I ON S.
Since Ohio Alpha's o nl y rh'a ) is a l oca l, t her e is no P a n -H ellenic agreement between th e two_ Pi Beta Phi obse rv es nati o nal rulin g and docs not pled ge beCore matri c ulation.
DEPARTMEN T OF M US I C
1 E ntrance Requirement8 and R egulations.
1. There are no requirements Co r admission.
2. Four years' co urse.
3. A dip loma, but no d egree, i s given.
4 Work required in L a nd A. D epartment : Fren ch , German and Engli sh Li terature.
11 pi, B eta Ph , Music SchOO l Students.
Only o ne girl was r egiste r ed in the Sc h ool o f Mu sic. She was not a hi g h sc hoo l grad u ate, but wa s takin g th e cun co urse in mu s ic, and expected to r ece iv e a diploma.
Omo BETA , UNIVEllSITY OF OIliO Colum bus, Ohio.
1 E nter tain ment. April 6·11, 1907
Several soc ial fun ction s had been pl a nn ed by the chapter, but a t th e requ es t oC th e Province Pres ident, none were gi ven.
11. College of Liberal Arts.
1. Size. a. 66 professors, 62 m en, 4 women . h. 560 studen ts, 260 men, 300 women. c 15 buildings.
111 . Chapt er.
1. 17 active members.
2 Scholarship o f the cha pter is atl(we the average, some of the members doing eXCi!ptionally good work.
3 . As far 88 scho lars hip is conC<! rn ed, Pi Beta. Phi ranks as high 8S , i f not higher, than Kappa Kappa Gamma and Kappa Alpha Th e ta, Soci ally o ur c.haple r i s o n a. par with th e othen in university circ les, alth o ugh in Columbus, Kap pa. Kappa Gamma and Kappa Alpha Theta , be ing much older, ha ve f ar greate r social prestige.
4. Ohio Beta aca r ce ly ranka first with our very best chapters, though it is a pret.ty c lose second.
5 General characteristics DC Ohio Beta: Fondneu for social life and more tban average scbolarship.
6. Genera! chara.cterist.ic8 of each of the rival c hapters: Kappa Kappa Gamma and Kappa Alpha Theta both bue good allaround girls, who are very popular in soc ial circles. Delta Delta Delta. being much younger than any of th e olher women ' s fraternities at the Univensily DC Ohio, t. akes lower Tank than the othen, although its memben are good stud ents and stand well with the faculty and student body.
7. The influence of the Pi Beta Pbi c hapter in the ool1ege world is good, ita members being very democratic and baving many friend. among the faculty and students.
8. 10. 13. 14. There i. no Woman's League.
The majority of the chapter have their homes in Columbus. Meetings are h eld in the c h a pter room.
11. Meetings are conducted in a parliamentary way.
b. Record book is up to date.
c. Secretary'. and Treasurer ' s books were in fairly good order.
d. The Arrow file wa s most incomplete, having more missing Dum · berB than h as any other c bapter in this province. Ohio Beta wa s established io 1894, and the foll owing Arrows are miss· ing: 189S-all missing; 1896-all mi ssi ng; I897-Janua.ry and November; 1898-a ll mi ss ing ; 1899- &11 missing; 1900January, April and July; I901-January. July and November; 100Z-January; IOO3-November; 1904-January, April and July ; IOOS-April and July; 1906--July.
e. Owing to the fact that until the last few months the chapter has n ever h ad a c hapte r r oom, with the exception of one year some time ago, the archives were found to be in a sad condition, the following being missing: 1\Hnutes or all Conve nti o n. with the exception or the 19th; all fraternity examination questions except those of th e la st two years; al1 but one copy of the study of Pi Beta Phi (eleven of these having been lost), and aU cop ies of annua l reports of the Corresponding Sec retary to the Orand Secretary.
f The chapter is strong in town, having fifteen acth' e and forty alumnre mcmbers residing in Columbus.
g . The chapter keeps in louch with its alumnre by mean s of an annual banquet at the Fall initiation and by means of the Founders' Da.y cel eb rati on. The active chap t e r is repre se nted at alumnre meetings by two me mbers , and the alumnre club sends representatives to active cha pter meetings.
h There i s an alumnre c lub in Columbus, whi c h meets every two weeks.
The chief critic is m of the cha.pter is in reference to its extreme ca.relessn ess as to records nnd archives. The Provin ce Pre s ident talked very seriously to Ule chapter on this point and urged it to collect old Arrow. from the a.nd in 10 far as possible to complete its file. Now that the cha.pter has a room, it seems &8 if its archives wi1l be more carerully looked. after.
PAN·HELLENrc CoNDITIONS.
For severa.l years the ru s hing sen son has extended. from May ht to November lst, pledgin g date being the da.y after matriculation. Since nearly all of the desirable sorority girls live in Columbus, the rushing begin. in the Spring and lasts through the Summer.
1. entertainment. MaTch 13-16, 1907. ,Entertained at Willard Hall. Attended "Cookie Shine." Attended the· atre party given by the active cha,Pter to see David Warfi e ld in " The Music Master!' Attended a reception given by the chapter to meet the coller faculty and t.heir wives, also the rival IOrorities. Attended a meeting and reception given by the Chicago Alumnre Club.
11. Coll ege of Liberal Arts.
1. Size. a, 56 professors, 55 men, 1 woman b. 854 students, 424 meo, 430 women. c. 7 buildings, 3 women's dormitories.
Ill. Ohapter.
1. 18 active members.
2. The scholarship of the juniors and seniors is very high , while that of several of the frcshmen and sophomores is below the average . The Dean of the Department of Literatur e and Arts assured me that r ecently the chapter had taken too active an interest in the BOCia l life of the college and bad th e refore fall e n from its former Phi Beta Kappa rank.
3. Pi Beta Phi ranks first with Alpha. Phi and Kappa Kappa Gamma, though this s tanding hu been acquired only in the last year and a half. It is said that at present our chapter at Northwestern possesses the most popular and most sought-after freshmen in college.
4. nJinois Epsilon does not rank with our best chapters though it is a close second.
5. General characteristics of the chapter: A noticeable fondness for social life; congeniality of members; strong fraternity spirit, and a very great readiness to accept and use help and advice, if tbey are given in the proper spirit.
6 General characteristics of rival chapters: Alpha Phi, Kappa Kappa Gamma and Delta Gamma are chiefly social. Kappa Alpba Tbeta, Gamma Phi Beta, Delta Delta Delta, Alpba Chi Omega and Chi Omega I am unable to cbaracterize, except to say that they are not the leading sororities at Northwestern.
7. The influence of nlinoi15 Eps il o n in the college is not as marked as it might be if its members would asse rt th e mselves more than they do. For many yean this cbapter bal ranked very high.in scholarship, while now the cha pter I S gradually getting away from that one idea and is beginning to make its influence felt in other lines.
8. There is a Woman's League.
9. Pi B eta Phi is prominent in all general college organizations, most of the members belonging to the Woman'. League, which has fo r its president a member of OUT chapter. Most of the chapter belong to the Y. W. C. A., a member of Pi B eta Phi being Vice-President of the aame. Seven of the chapter are m embe r s of the literary societies, and two are members of the Syllabus Board.
10. About one-third of the chapter live in Willard Hall , while the other live in Chicago or it! suburbs. :Meetings are held in the chapter room, which is in Willard Hall
13. &. Meetings are conducted in & parliamentary manner.
b. Record book i. up to date.
Co Secretary'. and Treasurer', books are in good order.
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d. The Arrow file is incomplete, the following numben being miuing: 1895--November; 1808-Ja nuary; 1899-July and November; 1900-.1uly and November; 1901-.1uly; 1902-April and July ; lOO3-J anuary and July.
e. The missing archives are the minutes of the 17th Convention and copies of Pan-Hellenic rules.
f. The haa nine active and twenty-four a.lumna! members living In and about Chicago, though whether or not these are enough to constitute very much strength in a place of tbat magnitude, I am really unable to say.
g. The c bapter k ee ps in touch with its alumooo by meaDS of an annual pi cni c,. and through invitations to all initiations and parties.
h. Alumnre of JIIinois Epsilon belong to the Chicago Alumnm Club.
14 The chapte r was urged by its Province President to give more attention to college w ork and to choose for its new members girls who are capable of maintainina- a high standard of sc holarship, together with participation in SOCIal affairs. In view of the fact that the chapter has been very se ver ely c riti ci sed for its lack of social stand· ing at Northwestern, it is a pleasure to be able to state that the chapter has in the last year made very marked improvement along that line. In endeavoring to merit praises in stead of criticisms the chapter has been almost too zealous in i ts a.ttention to social festiviti es and has therefore negl ect ed to some extent its college work. The girls were urged to have a good, evenly-ba lanced chapter, and not to neglect one phase of college life for the other.
PAN·HELLENIC CoNDITIONS.
In 1906 th e eight women's fm tc rnitics at Northwestern observed a rush· ing contract of two and one·half weeks in durat i on Pi Beta Phi cons id· ered this very sa tisfacto ry .
DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC
I Entrance Requirements and Regulations
1. There are no requirements for entrance .
2. Four years' course.
3. B. M. d egree is given.
4. Students must fully matriculate in Co ll ege o f Liberal Arts befor e receiving th e d egree of B. M., otherw ise a diploma is given to students completing the course in music No work is required in College of Liberal Arts.
II. Pi Beta Phi MuBio School Btudents.
Three members of Illinois Epsilon are enrolled in the School of Music. Two of these are high school graduates and expect to reo ceive the B. M. degree, while the other one is not a high school graduate and does not expect to complete the course at Northweste rn
WISOON SIN ALPHA. UNIVERSITY Oli'
Madison, Wisconsin
I. Entertainment March 17 -2 0, 1907Entertained at the chapter house Attended 8. reception given by the chapter to meet the faculty ladies, Pi Beta Phi pa.tronesses and members of other so rori t ies.
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II. Oollege of Liberal Art"
1. Size. a, 179 professors, 172 men, 7 women. b. 1,979 students, 1,229 men, 750 women.
c 19 buildings.
2. The general atmosphere of the college i s that of a large and flourish· ing University, a noticeable feature is the friendlineS!I and good feeling which ex ists between the faculty and the students A ge neral air of dignity prevails on the campus and in socia l circ les, which is in marked contrast to the slate of affairs in some other state universities.
Ill, OMpler.
1. 19 active members.
2. The scholarship is exceptional1y high, but one member of the chapter doing careless work.
3. Pi Beta Phi, Kappa Kappa Gamma, and Delta Gamma rank first at Wisconsin, Kappa Kappa Gamma being much older than any other sorority t here, and Delta Gamma. having great prestige in Madison.
4 Wisconsin AJpha. rank s favorably with our best chapters throughout the United Sta.tes.
5 General characteristics of Wisconsin Alpha: Good all -r ound girls; high scholarship; social favorites; congeni ality of members; democratic a nd particularly cultured and refined
6 General characteristics of riv a l chapters: Kappa Kappa Gamma and Delta Gamma have much the same type of girls as has Pi Beta Phi. Kappa Alpha. Theta is weak soc ia lly but has many good stude nts. Gamma Phi Beta. sta nd s higher soc ially than in college work. Alpha Phi is mediocre I am unable to characterize the other rivals , which are: ])()lta Delta Delta, Alpha Chi Omega, Chi Omega, Alpha Xi Delta, and Alpha. Gamma Delta
7. The influence of the Pi Beta. Phi ch apter in the co ll ege world is de· cided ly strong and is good in every respect.
8. The Self·Government Association takes the place of the Woman's League at Wi sco n s in. This is thoroughly democratic in i ts nature, its executive board being co mposed of representatives from all soro riti es, from all University gir ls living in Madison, girls board· ing in Madison and g irl s Hving in the dormitory. About five par· ties a year are given by thi s association.
9. Pi Bela Phi is prominent in all general organizations. All are memo bers of the Self·Government Association, one being an officer of the same About one-th ird of the cbapter are members of the Y W. C. A. The chapter is well represented on the class 'basket ball teams, the bowling league and in inter ·sorority organizations. One member is presid e nt of the Bowling Assoc iation , while another is Associate Editor of the " Wi sco nsin Literary Magazine," and is also Secretary of the Advisory Board of the Pan Hellenic Association.
10. The chapter lives in a chapter house whi ch is owned by a. stock co mpany of Wiscon s in Alpha alumnre. The company is called the Alpha Association.
1l. The chapter is fortunate in having a most ideal chaperon, ODe who meets all of the requirements socially and who keeps in very close touch with the girls.
12. The house rules are the best that I have found in any chapter house, being most definite and strict as to hours for study, time for receiv · ing caBers, etc.
13 fl. Meetings are conducted in a parliamentary manner.
b. Record book is up to date
c. Secretary's and Treasurer'. books are properly kept.
d. The Arrow file is incomplete to the following ,mall extent : 1902 -Julyj 1903-April, July and Novemberj 1905-January and July.
e. :Mining archive! are as follows: Copies of annual reporta of Corresponding Secretary to the Grand Secretary. Copies of reporta of delegates to Convention.
f. The chapter is fairly .trong in town, six active and fourteen a lumnlB residing in MadisoD.
g. The chapte r keeps in touch with ita a,lumnre by means of an annual banquet in June, and by means of the Alpha Association.
h. There is no a lu mme club in Madison.
14 Afy chief criticism of this chapter is in regard to its rather coDsp i c· UOUI air o f superiority, which is very apt to be in evidence in habitu a lly success ful chapters Wisconsin Alpha. is certai nl y in· debted to its alumne to a very large extent and owes much of it! success to them.
PAN-HELLENIC CoNDITIONS.
At ?t:tadi80n an wome n ' s fra te rniti es enjoy a specia l dispensation granted by the In te r -Sorority Conference, a ll owing them the privilege of sp ring ru shing at the time of the In te r Seholast ic meet. In the fall there i s no pledging before matr iculat ion.
DEPARTlfENT OF MUSIQ.
I Entrance Req"iremera.tB and Regulations
1. Student must be a high school graduate before comp leti ng the course in music.
2 Four yeaTS' course.
3. A diploma, but no degree, i s g ive n.
4. No work in Coll ege o f Li be ral Arts is required
I T. P i B eta Phi MUB1c School Students . There are non e at pre se nt.
MIClIIGAN ALPIIA, Rn.LSDALE Co LLEGE, Hillsdale, Michigan.
I Entertainment. March 2 1·23, ]907 Entertained in the dormito ry. Attended an infor mal tea give n by an alumna:e to meet the alumnre and the patronesses Attended a dinner g ive n by the alumnre Rnd th e active chaple r.
II. of Liberal Arts.
1. Site. a. 9 professors, 6 men, 3 women. b. 250 students, 150 men, ]00 women. c. 6 building1 .
Ill. Ohapter.
1. ] 1 active members.
2. With one or tw o exce pti on s, the scho larship is hi gh.
3. Pi Beta Phi and Kappa. Kappa Gamma. seem to be on a. par.
4 M.ichigan Alpha ha,s as much fr atern ity enthusiasm as any chapte r in the province, and r eally does the very best that it can with the
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material at hand. I caDnot 8ay that it ranks with our best chapten, since 80 few of the right IOrt of girls attend Hillsdale College. However, the chapter is conservative and takes in only the two or three best freshmen girls.
5. General characteristics of the chapter: Studious, sincere and serious, having a great deal of fraternity spirit.
O. General characteristics of rival: Kappa. Kappa Gamma is of the same general type as Pi Beta Phi.
7. The influence of the Pi Beta Ph i chapter in the co ll ege world is good, since the members are worken in all college organizations
8 There is no Woman's League and none is needed at Hillsdale.
9. Pi Beta Phi is very act.ive in both Y. W. C. A. and literary societies, the only general college organizations.
10 Seven of the chapter Jive in the dormitory, the others have homes i n Hillsdale. Meetings are held in the cbapter room, which is in the dormitory
13. a. The meeting which I attended showed a lack of knowledge of parliamentary law.
b Record book was not quite up to date.
c. Treasurer ' s and Secretary's books were in J«>O<l order.
d . The following numbers we re mi ssing from the Arrow file; 1892January, April and July; lS93-July and October; 1900-July and November; 1901-Januaryj 1002-July; 1906-July.
e. Archives were in good order, the following being missing: Copies of annual reports of Corresponding Secretary to Grand Sec· retary, and copies of del egates ' reports to Convention.
f. The chapter is fairly strong in town, four active and twelve alumDl!! members living in Hillsdale.
g. Chapter keeps in touch with its alumnm by means of an annual letter .
h. There is an a l umnre cl ub i n HiIlsda.l e.
14. The chapter was adviseed to continue its poliey of conserva.tism and initiate only the very best girls in college, regardles s of how few there may be.
PAN·HE:I:..LuIC CoNDlTIONS
Rushing conditions at Hillsdale are ideal. The two IIOrorities do no rush· ing at all until Thank sgiving, when invitations to are issued. Alter the invitations are issued , rushing on a very small plan IS begun and la s ts for only a week , or two, or until the invitations are accepted..
OF MUSIC AND A..BT.
1. Entronce Requirements and RegulGtWM
1. There are no requirements for entrance
2. Four years' course.
3. A diploma, but no degree, is given.
4. There is no work required in College of Liberal Arts.
11. Pi Beta PM Murio and Art 8clwol 8tuden.t•.
Two members of Mic.higan Alpha are enrolled in the Music and Art School. Both are high school graduates and bot.h expect to receive a diploma
PI BETA PHI FRATERNITY.
:MICIUGL'" BETA, UNIVElLSlTY 0 .. MICIDOAlf, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
I. Entertainment. March 3l-April 3, 1907. Entertained at the chapter bouse. Attended a. reception given by the active chapter to meet the members of otbe r so r orities, Pi Beta Phi alumme and patrone8ses.
II. Oolleg. of Liberal Arl •.
1. Size. a. 63 professors, all men.
b. 2,911 students, 2, 101 men, 120 women.
c. 17 buildings.
2 . The general atm08pilere of the university is ,that o f a. large, flourishing and cosmopolitan institution.
Ill . Ohapler.
1. 20 active members.
2. The scholarship of the chapte r is n ot e venly balanced, Borne members doing very good work , others receiving numerous condit.iona.
3. Socially. Alpha Phi , $orosis, and Gamma. Phi Beta &eem to rank first, Pi Beta Phi, Kappa. Alpha Theta, and Delta. Gamma. ranking second. In point of scholarship Kappa Alpba. Theta, and Delta Gamma take highest rank.
4. Michigan Beta rank s second to our best chapters.
5. General cha ra cte ri stics of Michigan Beta: Average scholarship; a. fair amount of fraternity spirit; very democratic on the camp us.
6. General character ist ics of rival soro riti es: Alpha Phi and Sorosi8--8ocial; Gamma Phi-social; Kappa Kappa Gamma, Kappa Alpha Theta, Delta Gamma, Alpha Chi Omega, Chi Omega; these latter are arranged in order of precedence as to general standing.
7. The influ ence of the Pi Beta Phi chap te r in the world is good, though it i8 not as strong as it might be if the girls would &ssert themselves more than they do.
8. There is a Woman's League
9. Pi Beta Phi is quite prominent in co ll ege organizations. most of the chapter being members of the Woman's League and being quite ac· tive in the same. Our chapter has more r ep r esentativ es in the Mortar Board, which is an honorary senio r society, than has any other soro rity. Most of the chapte r belong to the Y. W. C. A., which has a member of Pi Beta Phi for its President. Michigan Beta i. also represented in the Woman's Athletic Association and in the German Club.
10. Michigan Beta lives in a chapter bouse which it rents.
11. The hou lC il well chaperoned by the mother of an active member.
12. There are necelsary house rules as to study hours, ca llen etc.
13. a. Meetings are conducted in a parliamentary manner.
b. Record book was n ot quite up to date.
c Secretary'. book was in fairly good order. The Treasurer'8 book was a. model of systematic accounting and was one of the very best in the province.
d. The Arrow file is in complete, the following numbers being mis8' ing : 1891-Junej 189 2-a l1 missing; 1897-July ; 1902-JuIy; 1003 -Novembe r and July; 1905-April.
e The a.rchives we re kept in most excellent order and condition. There were no copies of the a.nnual reports of the Corresponding Secretary to the Grand Secretary, and the Michigan Beta
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c h arter was also missing. None of the active members and none of the alumnre had any recollection of ever baving seen it-so it must have made its disappearance quite a f ew years ago .
f. The cbapter is not strong in tow n, only two active and six aluronie members Jiving in Ann Arbor.
g. There is no alumnre club in Ann Arbor.
My chie f crit icism of Michigan Beta is its lack of l eadershis . It seemed to need three or four strong girls of much force an will power, who should g ive the chapter its proper standi ng at 1I.fichigan.
PAN -HELLENIC CoNDITIONS.
1The women ' s fr ater niti es at Michigan enjoy a spec ia l dispensation which g ives them the privilege of pledging seniors in high school at any time during the yenT. The Fall rushin g u sua lly lasts about ten days, although there is no limit as to time. 1
DEPARTMENT OF MUBIC
r. Entrance Requirements and Regulations :
1. There are no requirements for entra nce.
2 :Fou r years' course.
3. A diploma, but no degree, is give n.
4. No work is required in the College o f Liberal Arts.
II. Pi Beta Phi Musio Students
Only one member of Michigan Beta is enrolled in the School of Music. She is a hi gh school graduate and i s taking Bo rne work in the College of Liberal Arts and some in Music. She is a. tr ans fer from Michigan Alpha.
In concluding my report, I wish to mention the fact that at the request o f our Grand President, I visited. the petitioning group of girls at Washington University, St. Louis, and spent two days with them. Since a cha.rte r already has bee n granted to them, I need not e nter into details concerni ng the situation , but will state simply that I was delighted with the university and its prospects, and was thoroughly pleased with the members of the petitioning group, recognizing the fact that they were g irl s of culture, good family and high scho larship
In conclu sion, also, I wish to say that my visits among the chapters of Beta. Province have been a sou r ce of great pleasure to me. With each cha.pter I have made an effort to get into close touch with its members and have tried to help and encourage them in every way possible. It is certa inl y pleasing to note that a close r relationship ha s resulted fr om these visits, which I trust have been a. means of help and in spiratio n to every chapter in the province.
Respectfully submitted , EDITH
CLARK BURR,
May I, 1907 Pr e8ident of Be ta Province.
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REpORT OF GAMMA PROVINCE PRF.SIDENT AS VISITING DELEGATE TO THE CHAPTERS IN GAMMA PROVINCE.
LoUI S IANA ALPHA , NEWCOMB CoLLEOE, Xcw Orleans, Louisiana.
1. Entertainment February 11 18 , IOOi, Entertained at the home of a n alumna. Attended some of the Mardi Gras festiviti es; valentine lun cheo n in c hapter r oomj info rma.l evening with act ive and alumnre; theatre party and dinner with an alumna; I also attended a meet ing of the Loui s iana AlumDre Club.
II. College o f Liberal Art8.
1. Size. R. 33 women on fa c uIty; no m en.
b 420 women students.
c. There arc (o ur buildings on the ca mpus; th ese are of g ray stone, also brick and slonc.
2. The ge n era l atmosphere of the college is excellent. A fine clllss of young women aUe nd Newcomb
Ill. Oltapter
1. There are ]4 a c tive members.
2. In r egard to scholarship, the Dean said t.here was r oom for improvement as a whole. Some we re doing excellent work, otbers good, and a few only passable work.
3. Soc ially, Pi Beta Phi ranks first at Newcomb, with Kappa Kappa Gamma a close second. Alpha Omi c ron Pi has the best scholar· ship standing.
4. Louisiana Alpha rank s a s one of the s trong chapte r s of the fraternity.
5. Gen e ral characteristics: Attractive, congen ial, refined , extremely fond of soc ie ty, and loyal to their coll ege and fraternity .
O. General characteristics of rival s: Kappa Kappa Gamma is more like Pi Phi than the other frater· nitl es represented at Newco mb, and is fond of soc iety. Phi Mu, Chi Omega , Alpha Delta Phi, and Alpha. Omi cron Pi are in a clau by themselv es and are medi ocr e.
7. The chapter exercises a. good influ ence in t.he co ll ege world , its memo bers taking acti\'e intere st in all COllege affairs.
8. Th e r e is no Woman's Leagu e.
9. The chapter is well repr cse nted in all college organizations; bU l incss manage r for th e college paper; ass istant manager for the college annual ; Pres id e nt of Fren ch Circle; captain of basket baH team, and a few hold class offices
10. As mo st o f the active chapter are r esident members , they have no use for a. hou se, but the chapte r has a. large, pleasant room in the ba.se· ment of the main building, the Dean giv in g each fraternity one for their u se; and here the g irl s gather bet ween cla ss h ours, for lun cheons and fraternity meetings. The alumnre also hold their month l y m eet ings h e re.
13 a. The meetings are conducted in a parliamentary way
b. The record book was not up to date.
c. The Sec retary's and Treasu r e r's books were well kept.
d Th e Arrow file was not complete, the following numbers being mis s ing: 1892-Jnnunry and July; 1804-April; 1899-November
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e Th e mi ss ing archives were as foll ows! No cop ies of reports of chapter d e legates to Conventions prev io us to the year 1906. No cop ies of se nt a nnually to Grand Secretary by c bap t e r Co rr espond m g Sec r etary previous to year 1906 -1907 The first and seco nd Inter -Sorority Co nference minutes No minute s of Conventions pr evious to 17th B ie nnial Convention.
f. The chap t e r is very st ron g in town, el eve n a c tive an d about on e hundred alumne r es idin g in Ne w Orleans.
g. The ch a pter k eeps in to u ch with its alumn le by attending the m onthly m eetings ; by an annual ba nqu et; info rmal teaa, lun ch eo ns and r ecept ion s. A r epresentative is also cho sen each month from the a ctive chapter to r eport to the alumnre ju s t wha.t the cbapter i s doing and plan s to do Thi s keeps both the active and alumnm in very c lose tou ch with one another . h . There is a strong and well o rgani zed Alumnoo Club in Ne w Orleans.
Pan H ellenio Rule8.
Th e fr ate rniti es at Newcomb obse rve the n atio n a l Pan H e ll eni c rule, n ot to pledge before m at ri c ulation. the year 1906·1907 , pled ge day came th e third Monday after matri c ulatio n. Writ te n invi tatio ns were is sued on Saturday; no rushing could be done afte r invitati on s had been iS8ued , and all answers were requ es ted for th e followin g Monday.
After g i vin g the above plan a trial, the fraterniti es decided it was not altoget h er successful , 80 for n ext year pledge day will come on the third Monday after the February exami nations.
TEXAS ALPHA, UN IVERS ITY OF TEXAS, Au stin, Texa s .
r. Entertainment F eb ru ary 10·24,1907. Entertained at the chapte r house. 11 Uended a n initi at io n ; f our o'c lock tea; lun cheo n and card party; informa l evening at the Kappa hou se; r ece pti o n to all frat er nity w omeD ; and the annual hanquet. Durin g my visit in Austin, TU8I, A.1pha held her Hut a nnu al state r eun ion, whi ch was a great success.
If College of Liberal Ar t •.
I. Size. a. 85 on fa c ulty, 67 m e n, 18 wom en.
b 800 students, 525 m e n, 275 women.
c There are four fine, large buildings and two dormitories. All are built of gray brick with ato n e tr immings.
2. The ge ne ral atmosphere of th e coll ege i8 that of a flouri s hing in sti· tution
II f Ohapter.
1. 20 active members and o n e pledge.
2 TIle Dean of Women r epo rted that th e chapter was doing excellent work in coll ege, in fa ct as a fra te rni ty, the best work. Some o f the brighte8t young women bei ng Pi Beta P his.
3. Pi Beta Phi a nd Kappa. Kappa Gamma a r e rivals for first place. though I should g iv e the precede n ce to Pi Phi , in that they have the hold on to wn girls.
4. The chapte r i s a s trong one and ranks with the best cha pters.
5. General characteri8tics: Texas Alpha is a good. all·r ound chap te r ; i ts members are refined,
attractive, congenial, good s tudents, full of fraternity spirit, and lOCial leaden.
6 General characteristics of rivail: The Kappa Kappa. Gamma', are BOCiety favorites and fair students; the Tbeta'. are good stude n ts, but care little for society j Chi Omega, Alr.ha Delta Phi, and Zeta TAU Alpha a.re the other rivals. I am unab e to characterize them .
7 The influence of Pi Pbi in the COllege world i , very good. The Dean of Women said the Pi Pbil had been very helpful to her in her efforts to improve existing condition8, and the chapter through its policy has completely won over the Dean, who several years ago was bitterly opposed to frate rnities entering Texas Unive r sity.
8. There is a Woman's League and a. Pi Pbi is Presideat of it.
9. The chapter figures prominently in all college organizations; Y. W. C. A.; college magazines and annuals j athleti cs, and class orga.niu. tions.
10. The chapter had a very pleasant house n ea r th e ca mpus, and nine members we re living there.
11. The chaperon was a pleasant little woman, but rath er overbearing, and seemed to take littl e personal interes t in the girls. I did not consider the c hapter hou se 8S managed in an ideal manner, the chaperon having charge of the enti re house and finances. the girls merely living with he r.
12. There are necessary home rul es r.egarding study hours, time for re· ce iving callers, etc
13. a . The meetings are conducted. in a. very parliamentary way.
b. The record book was not up to date.
c. The Secretary's and Treasurer's books were properly kept.
d. The Arrow file lacked only ODe number-.July, 1903.
e. Th e archives were not complete. The Baird'! manual had bee n loaned to lome fraternity man and had not been returned ; no ODe knew where it was. There was no cipher . Th ere were no examination qu es tions on file. There were no reports of delegates to Conventions. There were DO copies of annual report. of Corresponding Secretary to Grand Secretary
f . The chapter i8 strong in town, ]0 active aDd 11 alum nre members bei n g residents of Austin.
g The chapter keeps in touch with its a lu mnre by means of an annua l letter and annual state reunion.
h. There is no alumnre club in town, but I made an effort to interest th e town members in one, and they promised to organize Poft-Hellen.ic Rule!.
The fraternities observe simply the national Pan·Hellenic rule not to pledge before matriculati o n
During the Fan term no rushing parties are given, a. rushing party being defined as a meeting by anyone's invitation, of more than three freshmen, with one or more fraternity members. and no freshman can remain with a fraternity g irl more than three night8 in one week.
The ru shing rules for the year 1907 -]908 will be the &ame as those of the pal t year.
MJ:880URI ALPUA , UNIVERSITY OF MISSO U RI, Columbia, Missouri. I Entertainment. :March ] 7, ]907. Was entertained at the chapter house. Attended a. chalk talk at the university j r ece ption to all fraternity women, alumnse and patron·
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esses j lun cheon at the hotel, gh'en by one of the active girls, dance at the Sigma. Nu house, and a. 4 o'clock tea give n for me by the wife of a fa cu lty member to other faculty women.
11. Oollege of Liberal Arts.
1 Size. n. 56 professors, 50 men, 0 women b. 900 students , 600 men, 300 women.
c . There arc !line lJui1dillglJ built of gray "tu n e, lLisa brick and stone There are two dormitories for men and one for women.
2 The general atmosphere of the cOllege is good.
111. Ohapter.
1 There are 24 nctive members
2 The Dean r eported. the chapter as doing very good work, with no failures. He a lso said that the members had raised their standard of scholar shi p over that of last year
3. Pi Beta. Phi is undoubtedly in the lead at Columbia, but Kappa is a very strong and close ril' al.
4. :Missouri Alpha ranks very favorably with our best chapters
5. Genera l character istics : The members are attractive, congenial, good students and soc ial f avo ri tes, but rather lacking in college spirit.
6. General characteristics of rivals: The Kappas are socia l leaders and good stuHents, but not altogether reliable. The Alpha Psi girh (0. local applying for Theta, and the the only other rival) do not compete with the other two.
7. The iQfluence of the chapter in the college world is fair.
S. There i s no Woman's League, but the fa culty women entertain severa l times a year for a ll young women in college, hoping to bring them in c loser touch with on,e another.
9. Pi Beta Phi takes little part in class or coll ege organizations-none of the women's fra.ternities do.
10. The chapter rents a fine, large house opposite tbe campus, owned and remodeled by the parents of an alumnre member for the use of the Pi Phis, and eighteen girls live in i t. All meetings are held at the chapter house.
ll. The house is well chaperoned by one of the women of the faculty, who is a. Pi Phi.
12. There are home rules regarding callers, hours (or gentlemen leaving, etc., but there is need o( quiet hours (or studying.
13 a. The meetings are conducted in a parliamentary way.
b. The r ecord book was not up to date.
c The Secretary's and Treasurer's books are properly kept.
d. The Arrow files were not complete, the following numbers being missing: 1900-.1anuary; 1901-July.
e The missing archil' es were as follows: No cop ies of reports of ebavter delegates to Conventions. No inter·sorority reports. No copies of annual reports sent Grand Secretary by Corresponding Secretary.
f The cbapter is strong in town, considering the age of the chapter the size of Columbia.. Four neUve and ten nlumnre are to wn members.
g. The chapter keeps in touch with its a.lummB by an annual l etter, and this year wi11 hold their first annual state reunion.
h. There is no alumna! club in town.
PI BETA PHI FRATERNITY
Pa Hellen.ic RuZu.
There i, no Pan Hell enic at the University of Mi8souri j l{appa Kappa. Gamma, the first woman's fraternity eatabli,hed at the university. refusing to call a meeting or attend one sho uld the Pi Phi, call it. All fraternities, though, observe the national Pan-Hellenic rule, Dot to pledge before matriculation.
KANSA.B ALPHA, UNI\"EH8ITY OF KAN8AS, Lawrence, Kansa • .
f. Entertainment.
March 9-13, 1907. Was e n tertai ned at the cbapte r house. Attended a. far cc, foll owed by a "Cookie Shine," gi , ' en by the freshmen; afternoon ca rd party at the home of a patroness; r ecep tion at the chaple r house to all fraternity women, and dinner and lun ch with two active town members.
II College of Liberal Arts.
1. Size. &. 85 professors, 74 men, 11 women.
b. 750 students, 375 men , 376 wom en.
c. Th e re are nine fine buildings, all of gray stone.
2. The general atmosphere of the college is that of a progressi \'e, wide· awake institution.
111. Ohap.er.
1. 26 active members
2. As to scholarship, th e Dea n sa id some of the girls we r e doing excel· lent work, a. few fairly good work , and five fr es hme n , poor work.
3. Pi Beta Phi has always ranked first at Lawrence, Th e ta being ber keenest rival and a very c lose one.
4 Kan sas Alpha is one of our s tronges t chapters
5. General characteristics: Congenial, r efi ned , attractive, fond of soc iety, sp lendid business ability, loyal fraternity and co llege s pirit.
6. General characteristics o f rivals:
Th e Th e tas are str ong soc ially and h e ld the h onors in better sc hol· arship tbe past year Th ey prid e them selves on their faculty "stand-in," and are ve ry politic Kappa Kappa. Gamma , and Chi Omega are in a. class by them selves and are not considered rivals by the otber two.
7 The chapter bas a stro ng influence in the college world.
S. There is no Woman 's League
9. The chapter is prominent in all college and clas8 organif.9tiontl
10. The cbapter rented the only available bouse n ear th e campus, but it was 80 small that only s ix membel'8 were able to live in it . Plans bave been completed for th e building of a. chapter hou se, whicb ilt eventually to be owned by Kansas Alpba , a.nd will be ready for :Fall use The weekly mee tin gs are he ld at the c hapter hOlllC.
11. The house is well cba.peroned by a. moth er of on e of the active house girls.
12. There aTC necessary rul es regarding study hours, caller!', etc.
13. a . The meetings are conducted in a parliamentary way.
b . Th e record book is up to da.te.
c. Th e Secretary's and Treas urer' s books are properly kept.
d. The Arrow files were in bad condition , no o r der in keeping them and many numbers being missing. The following are now
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missing: 1885---Marc h and December: 18BB-Mayand September j 18SB-February; l S89-Feb ru ary j 1892-Ma r c h; 1899-Noyembe rj lOOo-January and April; 1904-Janua ry; 1906-July.
e. The a r chives were in f a irl y good cond iti o n. There was no ci pher. There were no Co nve n tion minutes previous to those o f the St. Louis Conventi o n exce p ting the minutes of 1892. The «6 ," " 7" a nd .f9" exam in atio n que s tions were mi ss in g. There were no co pi cs of reports of chapte r delegates to Con vention s. The re were no co pi es of a nnual r epo rts of Co rrespo ndin g Secretary to Grand Secretary.
f Th e c hapter is very stron g in town , {) nctive and 42 alnmnre living in Lawrence. The st ron gest rival has 28 r es id ent a lumnre.
g. Tbe cbapter k ee ps in t o u c h with its atumnoo by an annual letter, annual banqu et, and t.hrough the Alumnre Association.
h Th e r e is a well-org ani zed A l umnre C l ub in town
Pan H e li enic Rule8
The frat e rniti es at Lawrence obse r ve the n atio n a l Pan -Hellenic rul e not to pledge before matri c ulation
For t h e Fall of 1906 , they ag r eed to try a. fixed pledge day, and the third day a f te r ma t ri culati o n was d ec ided on This plan, however , was not a successful one, the fraterniti es feelin g that pledge day was altogether too earl y and th at ru shing had been too much of a scramble from beginning to e nd
For the F a ll of 1907 , pledge day will come two w eeks af te r m at ri culat ion During the fi r s t week a. fr ate rnity m ay ha.ve but three e ngageme nt s with & ru shee, and all invitati o n s must pass through the hand s o f the P a n -Hellenic A ssociat io n, a nd be written.
Pan Hellenic ha s made two ot.he r ru les:
1. No frat.e rnity g irl may accept a n invitat io n to dine a t one of the men's frat ernity houses unl css a c hapcron is prcscnt
2. No frate rnity g irl may acce pt I\n invitation to a dan ce o r party held on a sc hoo l nig ht, except in the case of t.he big a nnu a l dances.
NEBRASKA BETA, UN r\' ERS1TY OF NEBRASKA , Lincoln , Nebraska.
1 Entertainment. ( M y home town).
It OoUege of Liberal A,.t8.
l. Size. a 88 in faculty , 59 m e n, 29 wom en.
b 1.03 9 studen ts. 34 1 men. 698 wo men.
c Thcre a r e 10 buildings of r ed and gray bri ck and sto n e
2 Th e gene r a l atmosphe re of the coll ege i s t hat o f a wide ·awake and flourishing i ns tituti o n.
1f l. Ohapter.
1. 14 active members and 8 pledges.
2 The Dean reported the members 88 doing good work in coll ege, with no delinquents.
3. In r an kin g fr aternit ies at Nebra ska U niver s ity, Delta Gamma comes first, with Pi Phi and Theta rivals for second place, and Kappa four t h The others, Alpha Omicron Pi , Alpha Phi , Tri Delta , C hi Omega, and Alpha Chi Omega. are in a c lass by themselves and are mediocre.
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4. Nebraska Beta compares favorably with the best chapten of the fra. · ternity.
5. General characteristics: Congeniality. fondness for society. good business ability , loyal fraternity spirit aDd attractive personality.
6. Genera l characteristics of rinls:
The Delta Gammas aTe very fond of society, and good stude nts; the Theta', are students and thoroughly reliable girls; Kappas are fair students, but a pt to be "tr icky;" the otbers I am unable to characteri ze
7. Influ e nce of the cbapter in the co ll ege world i s good.
8. There i8 no Woman's League.
D. Pi Beta. Phi is prominent in ma ny of the general COll ege organization s - Presiden t of the University Club, Pres ident of the Pan-Hellenic, three members in the Dramatic Club, senio r play committee, and a member o f the college basket. ball team.
]0 The c h apte r lives in a rented house a nd m eet ings are held there.
) 1. The h ou se is excell e ntly c haperoned by an aunt of one o f th e alumnre.
] 2. There a re n ecessa ry hom e rules regarding qui et hours, tim e fo r re ce iving ca ll ers, etc
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a. The meetings are conducted in a parli a m entary way
b. Th e r ecord book i s up to date.
c. The Sec r etary's and Treasurer's books are properly kept.
d. The Arrow file is comple t e, with one except ion -No ve mbe r, 1895, being missing.
e. The following archives are missing: Th ere are no co pies of reporu of chapter delegates to Com'e ntions. Th ere are no copies o f annual reports o f Co rr espond in g Secretary to Grand Secretary, except for the year 1904- 1\10 5. The thi rd suppleme nt for the old cata logue is mi ss in g.
f. Th e chapter is fairl y stro ng in town, 6 active and about 26 a lumna, livin g in Lin coln.
g. The active chapter keeps in touch with its a lumn re by men n s o f an an nu a l r euni o n (banque t and dance), annual l ette r and through th e Alumnre Club meetings.
h. There is a n Alumnre C lub in town.
Pafl,-H ellen.ic Ru le•.
Th e fraterniti es at Nebraska obse rve the national Pan -Hellenic rul e, not to pled ge before matriculation. The Pan-Hellenic cond i t ion s a r e very good and are improvin g every year. Two parties are giv e n annually by the Association for th e members of women's fr ater niti es only, a nd no member of one fraterni ty is allowed to take to the party, o r dance with , a nother member of her fraternity. Thi s e n a bl es all th e yo un g women to become acq ua i nted and creates a. very fri e ndly spi rit among fraternit.i es.
We have at Nebraska. University two inter -fr ate rnity organizations, one called the Pan -H ell eni c, th e ot h er th e Inter -So rority Co un c il. The PanHellenic ie, of co u rse, like all othe r P an-He ll e ni c orga ni zation s. The InterSorority Council con s ists of an active and a lumn e member of each woman'" fraterni ty and a member o f the fa cu l ty, who must be an a lumn e fraterni ty woma n and act 88 chairm a n . This cou nc il arbitrates all matters ari sing between fra te rniti es and the Ch a n ce l1or, R ege nts and f aculty, and dec ides a ll ru shin g rul es. All violati on of ru l es are r eported to this Council chair · man, wh o investiga t es them Rnd r e fe r s th em to t he Co un c il , at he r discretion. Rushing and pled gin g beg in s Mond ay, the first day of matriculation w eek , and las t8 until 6 p. m . Saturday of that week, whe n th ere can be no more rus hin g or pledging u n ti l the end of six weeks or mid-semeste r exam in atio ns No stud e nt can be initiated until th e end o f the semeste r and until a ll delin-
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qu en c ies have been removed. No stude nt pledged in violation of these rules may be initi ated until one year fr om date of such viol atio n.
Strict rules regarding the rushing o f High School stud e nts bave been made and al80 governing University and fraternity parti es and fraternity house callers.
:MINNESOTA ALPHA, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA , Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1. Efltertainment. April 3-10 , 1907. Was entertained at the home of an alumna. Attended the annual dance given at the Minnikada Club ; a performance of "Pinafore" given by the students at th e Armory (o ne of the active Pi Pbis being leading Jady); spe nt a day in St. P au l with St. Paul members; dinner with o n e of the active m embers, a patroness, also with a Wisconsin Alpha alumna, and a dance given by Sigma Chi.
II . Oollege of Liberal Ares.
1. Size. a. 132 professors, 112 men, 20 women b 1,40 0 studen ts, 525 men, 875 wo m en.
c. Twenty buildings are located on the campus, all of gray sto n e or brick and sto ne. Eight are used by the College of Liberal Arts.
2. The ge nera l atmosphere of the coll ege is that of a. large and very flouri shi ng institution.
Ill. Ohapter.
1. There are 23 active members , and 3 are post graduates.
2. Th e scholarship st/wding o f the chapter was good.
3. The c hap te r rank s well with Alpha Phi , and Kappa Kappa .Gamma., the two fraternitie s sta ndin g first at Minn esota.
4. Minn esota. Alpha compares favorably with o ur best cha pte r s.
5. General chara.cteristic8:
Good students, congeniality. fond o f soc iety, cha rming hospitality, business ability. and loyal college spirit.
6. General characte ri stics of rivals:
A lpha Phi ranks first at Minnesota, both as a. soc ial leader and in schola rship; Kappa is strong socia lly and has a. st r o ng pull on city girls; the Thetas are chiefly stud e nts ; Gamma. Phi Beta, and Delta. Gamma are good; Td Delta. only fair. Since my visit to Minnesota , Alpha Xi Delta. has established a. chapter.
7. Th e cbapte r has a. good influence in the college world, the members taking active in terest in a ll coll ege work.
8. There is a Woman's League, a strong organizati o n , and only recently they built a. beautiful l arge building on the campus fo r the use of the young women, called Alice Shevlin Hall. It is certainly a building anyone could be proud o f.
9. The chapter takes an active interest in a ll ge n eral organir.a· tiona-.Y. W . C A., dramatic and Jiterary clubs, athletu:s and class o rgani zations.
10 As most o f the chapter live in Minneapolis and St. Paul, they have no use for a chapter house, but they r e nt two small r ooms one block from the c&mpus, and these they u se f or little informal gatherings and their weekly meetings.
13. a. Their meetings are conducted in a parliamentary way. b. The record book is up to date.
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c. The Secretary's and Treasurer's books are properly kept.
d. The Arrow files aTe com plete.
e. The archives are complete and well kept..
f. The chapter is strong in town members---the re being 16 active and about 40 a.lumnre, who aTe resident! of Minneapolis and St. Paul.
g . The town alumne aTe invited to all fun c tions given by the active cbapteT, but since the c hapter hu been re -es tabli hed 80 recently. it bas not yet attempted se nding out the annua l letter to alumnre.
h There is an Alumnre Club in lown.
Pa,, H ellenio Rtdu.
The fra ternities at Minnesota observe the nati o nal Pan Hell eni c rule, Dot to pledge until alter matriculation , and heretofore there has been no fixed pledge day. At the suggestio n and wish of the President, though, April lst was decided. on as the pledge day for the year 1907 -08.
IOWA BETA , SIMPSON CoLLDJE, Indianola, I owa
I Entertainment.
April 11 15, 1907.
Was entertained at the home of an alumna.. Attended a. lun cheon given by the chapter to the six new pledges; initiation and "Cookie Sbine;" informal musicale and reading at one of tbe active girl's bomes, to whi ch a few fra ternity men were invited; and a meeting o f th e Clio Literary Society.
II Oollege of Liberal ArU.
1. Size. a 20 professors, 12 mcn, 8 women.
b. 260 students, 135 me n, ]25 women .
c. There are seven buildings on the ca mpus, o f red brick and stone, beside two gymnasiums (one for men , the other for wom e n ), and th ese ar e frame structures.
2 The general atmosphere of the coll ege i s that of a s mall d e nomina· tional in stitution, badly in n eed of fund s a nd l acking in r ea l college sp iri t. The genera l c lo ss of student is f ai r
Ill . Oh4pter .
1. There are 14 acth'e me mbers.
2. The scholarship s tanding of the chapter was very good.
3 The c hapte r is about o n a par with Tri Delta.
4. Iowa Beta. docs not compare fa,to rably with o ur bes t ch apte r s
5. General c haracter istics:
The members are good stude nts, congenia l, Rnd are very s in cere in all that they und er take. Th ey are ready a nd eage r to accept any suggestion that may be of help to them sel ves or th e ir chap te r , and show a keen interest in th e r e li gious life of the college, and thei r fra tern ity.
O Genera l characteristics of rinl s :
The Tri Delta. gir ls are good students and figure largely in the socia1 life of the co llege. The Alpha Chi Omegas , c h a rtered only recently, are chiefly mus ic students, but havc some attrac tive members .
7 The influence of the chapler in the college world i s helpful in eycry way
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8. Ther e is no League.
D. Pi Beta. Phi is prominent in all ge neral college organizations, the ch a pter being repre se nted in Y. W. C A. wor k , debating and athl eti c team s, litera ry soc iet ies and college magazines.
10. The chapter had n e ith er house nor room , but had sec ure d a. house for th e com ing yea r Meetings were held a t t he homes of members
13 a. Th e m eeti ngs a r e co nducted in a parli amenta ry way.
b. The record book is up to d ate.
c The Sec re ta ry ' s and 'lTeat5Urer 'a books are properly kept.
d. Th e Arrow file is not complete, the foll ow in g numbers being mi ssin g : 1892-J a ou a ry. Ap r il and July ; 1894-April j 1805November; 1896--Ju ly and November j 189 7-January and November j 1899-January j 190o-July j 1901-July.
e. The archives were in s pl e ndi d condition and were almost complete. Th e r e we r e n o cop ies of annual r eports o f Corresponding Secr etA ry to Grand Secretary. There were no co pie s of Convention r eports of cbap te r de legates.
f . Th e cha p te r i s fairly strong in town, seven active and thirty a.lumnre being r es idents of Indianol a. Tri D elta has twentyone a lumn re.
g Th e cha pter k ee ps in touch with its alumnre by means of an annual l ette r and initiati on.
h Th e re i s an Alumnre Club in town, and th ey m eet once a m on th , k eepi ng in c lose touc h with the active cha p te r .
Pan- H ellenic Ru le8
The frat erni t ies at S imp so n observe the nati onal P a n -Hell e nic rule, not to pl ed ge before m at ri culati on.
l!"or the year beginning September, 1906, the fr ate rniti es agreed to try a fixed pled ge d ay, and April 9th , the first Tu esday after the ope ning of the Spring term, was decided upon. This plan proved to be a ve r y un satis fa ctory one, th e g irl s feeling that their year in CO llege h ad been litera ll y thrown a.way, and that they were both m e ntal and phy s ica l wrecks, a fte r their long and s tr enuous ru shing season.
All were anxious f or a much sbo rte r ru sb ing r eason for the com ing year, so November 20th was decided on as pledge day; be fore that date only two parties may be g i ve n by each fraternity, in the name o f the frat e rnity. Writ te n invitations are to be iss u ed, and during the time the invitations ha.ve been se nt and answers g i ve l'l, no ru s hing i s allowed.
IOWA GAJd.M.A, IOWA STATE COLLEGE, Ames, I owa.
I . Entertainment. April 15- 19, 1907. Was enterta ined. at the home of a n alumna; attended a "Cookie Shine;" g irls' annua l gymnasium exhibitio n, foll owed by a. band concert; informal eveni ng at the home of a n a lu mna to meet the active and alum n oo member !:!; !.li nu er wit h the S. S. gir ls (a loca l applying to K. K. O. for a charter ); dinner with a Wiscon s in A lph a. alumna; card party given by the domestic scie nce class
II College of Liberal Arts and Science.
1. S ize. a 70 proCesso r s, 33 men, 37 women.
h. 1,400 students, 1,200 men, 200 women.
c. Nine buildin gs are located on the campus, and these are o C r ed brick and gray stone .
PI BETA PHI FRATERNITY.
2. The general atmosph e re of the college is that of a flouri s hing in s ti· tut.ion.
Ill. Ohapter.
1. There are nineteen a ct ive members and six pledges.
2. Tbe registrar reported. th e scholarship standing as being very high. There were no conditio Ds or delinquents
3. P i Beta Phi ranks first at Ames, there are no other national women', fraternities r ep resented , but there are two Itrong loca ls, uS. S ." and Omega Delta , both applying for charters from strong fraterni· ties. "S. S." is th e stro nge r and older of th e two.
4. The cbapter compares favorably with our accond elass chapters.
6. General characteristics: Good students, co ngenia l, sensible, pra ctica l, and fond of society.
6. <noera! characteristics o f rivals: Both have attracti ve looking girls, who are good students and BOCial favorite s.
7. The chapter has an unu s ually strong influence in the college world.
8. There is no Woman ' s
9. Th e chapter takes an active interest in all general college organiza... tions-Y. W . C. A ., literary soc ietie 8, co ll ege magazines a nd pape r, athletic and debating teams, and class organizations.
10 They rented a small h ou se, th e only one available near the campus, and six members lived there, while twenty took their meals there.
11. The hou8e is well chaperoned by an alumnre member.
12. There are nece8eary rules regarding callers, quiet hours, etc
13. a. The meetings are conducted in a parliamentary way.
b. Th e record book i s up to date.
e The Seeretary's and Treasurer'. books are properly kept.
d. The Arrow files are complete.
e. The archives are complete and in good condition, the chapter having a l arge tin ches t.
f The chapter i8 8S strong in town as is possible, since the r e are 80 few de8irable Ames girls who attend the college The onl y two active town m embers being the college Pre siden t 's daugh. ters. There are about fifteen r esident alumnre.
g. The chapte r keeps in touch with ita alumnoo by an annual letter.
h There is a well organized AlummJ! Club at Ames.
IOWA ZETA, STATE UNlVERSITY OF JOWA. Iowa. City, Iowa.
I Enterta.inment
April 19·25, 1907; November 20·21, 1907. Was entertained at the chapter house. Attended a university band concert, followed by an informal dan ce; a se nior breakfast; farce given by a liter ary club; dinner at th e Phi Kappa Psi house ; lun ch with the Kappa girls; "Cook ie Shine" (or the alumnle; lun c h with & Kansas Alpha alumna; & spread given by the fr eshmen, and a reception to all fraternity women.
II . Oolltge of Liberal Ar's.
1. Si.ze. a. 68 in faculty, 50 men, 9 women.
b. 893 students, 433 m e n, 460 women.
c. There are &even buildings on the campu., of gray Btone and bri c k and Btone
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2. The general atmosphere of the college is that of a flourishing institution.
II I. Chapter
1. 25 a ctive members and three pledges
2. The Dean reported that the chapter was doing good work in col1ege.
3. The chapte r now rank s seco nd to Kappa Kappa Gamma, the strop.gest woman's fraternity in the university.
4 The chapter compares very favorably with the best c hapters
5 General c haracteristi cs: Congeniality, fondne ss for society. marked Qusines8 ability, and students.
6. General c haracteristi cs of rivals : The Kappas are soc ial leaders and fine students, in fa c t, splendid. all -round girls; th e Del ta Gammtts aim to be society l ead ers only. and are inclined to be flippant; the TTi Deltas are chiefly s tudents, and do not conflict with the other three fraterniti es.
7 The chapter exercises a good influence in the college world.
S. There is no Woman's League.
9 Pi Beta. Phi is represented in literary, dramatic, athletic, Y. W C. A., and class organizations.
10. The chapter occup ies a rented house near th e campu s, twelve girl s living in the house and seventeen boarding there
11. The house is s plendidly chaperoned.
)2. There are necessa ry home rules rega rding quiet and s tudy hours, time for receiving callers , etc.
13. 8. The m eetings are conducted in a parliamentary way.
b. Th e r ecord book is up to date
c The Secretary's and Trea s urer' s books a r e proper ly kept.
d. The Arrow fil es are almost complete, the following numbers being mi ss in g : IS95--J"anuary and November; 1904-April.
c. Th e archives are co mpl ete and are kept in a large ch est.
f. Th e chapter is fairly strong in town, 6 a ctive and ' 12 alumnre being r es id ents of I owa City.
g . Th e c hapte r k eeps in touch with its a lumn re by the annual banquet and an annual l etter.
h. There is an Alumnre C lub in tow n j th ey meet monthly and keep in close touch with th e active chapter.
Pan·H ellen.ic Rules.
The fr atern iti es at Iowa State University obse rve the nati o nal Pan -H ellenic rule , not to pledge before matri c ulation.
No rules hav e been made by the organization, excepting those regarding ru shin g, ope n ru s hing beginning regi stratio n day, and pled ge day falling on Monday, Septembe r 23rd. Written invitation s are issued in the morning, and th e re caD be no communication with th e rush ees until 5 o'clock the same afternoon.
A six weeks' pledge day wa s tried la st year, but did n ot prove satisfactory, the fraternities liking the ea rly pled ge day better.
The best of feeling ex i sts between fra te rniti es at Iowa City.
1 Entertainment. November 15 -19 , 1907. Wu entertained at the hom e of the sister of a. Pi B eta Phi. Attended an initiation j a te& to alumn re, fac ulty ladi es and members of Alpha
PI BETA PHI FRATERNITY.
Xi Delta.; dinner at t.he borne of an a et h'e member i and t.he annual party.
II College of Liberal Art.,
1. Size. a. 12 in fa culty. 9 men, 3 women.
b. 225 students; one-half are wom en.
c. There are four buHdings. all of bri ck and I tone, and a woman's dormitory.
2. The genera l atmosphere of the college is good, but that of a !mail denominational college
Ill. Chapter
1. 11 active members.
2. In regard to scholarship, t.he Dean said the Pi Phis were t.he best students in college.
3. Pi Beta Phi ranks first all compared with Alpha Xi Delta, he r only rival.
4. The chapter compa r es fav orably with our second class chapters.
6 General characteristics: Broad 'm inded, co nge nial gi rl s; good stl1denta; showing a kee n in· terest in all college and fraternity life
O. General chara cte rist.i cs of rival: Fair studenta, snobbish and rather Jack ing in personal attractiven ess.
7 . The influence of the chapter in the college world is good.
8 'I1lere is no Woman 's Leagu e.
9. The chapter i s prominent in all general college organizations. It has representa.tives on th e Y. W. C. A. Cabinet, Junior Annual, literary socjeties and News staff.
10. The out-of ·town members live in the dormitory They have no chap· ter room, as there was no room availab le for the price the chapter could afford to pay
13. a. The meetings are conducted in a parliame ntary way.
b. The record book is Dot up to date.
c The Secretary's and Treasu r e r's books are ·properly kept.
d . The Anow files are not comp lete, the following numbers being mi ss ing: 1892-Marc h and June: 1893-July and October; 1894-April , July and November; 1805-November; 1903July.
e. The archives were kept in an orderly mann e r and in a large cbest, but I found many things mi ss ing. The chapter has no charter or cipher. There are no minutes of Conventions previous to the one held at Madison, Wisconsin. The 1st, 2nd and 4th Inter-Sorority reporta had not been kept. There we r e no copies of r epo rts o f cha pte r de legates to Conventions. There are no copies of annua l reports o f Corresponding Secretary to Grand Secretary, with the 'exce ption o f the one for the y ea r 1004· 1905
f The chapter :s strong in town and has 5 a ctive and 35 a lumn le members who are re s idents of lit. Pleasant .
g. The chapter keeps in touch with the town alumDIe by means of initiation8 and all BOCial fun ct ions , but does not keep in tou c h with the out-of-town aluJllIlle.
h. There i8 an Alumnae Club in town.
Pan -H ellenic Rulu
The 1raternities at Aft. Pleasant observe the national Pan·Hellenic rule, not to pledge before matriculation day.
BIENNIAL CONVENTION
Asking day for the year 1907-08 ca me on Tue sday o f the week before Thanksgiving Day-pledge da y, th e Saturday before Thanksgiving. As th ere a re but two fra.ternities represented in th e P an- H e lleni c Assoc iation , the mel}lbers find n o diffic ulty in agreeing on different s ubj ect s , and the best of feeling exists between the two
A few rul es h ave bee n made, and these are:
There shall be DO di sc u ss ion of frat ernity s ubj ec t s with High School girls. In ca.se of a. student entering college after work has begun, the asking day shall be s ix weeks from the da te of h e r matriculation.
The fraternity as a. whol e sha ll n ot give more than two parties previous to ask ing day, and there shall not be given mor e than three partie s or entertainments of any kind, by more than thr ee fra.ternity girls to pros pec tive rush ees.
All invitation s issued for membership mus t be written
REpORT OF DELTA PROVI NCE PRE S IDEN T AS VISITI NG DELEGATE TO THE CHAPTERS I N DELTA PROVI NCE
WASHINGTON ALPHA-UN IVERSITY OF WASIlIN GTON
Seattle, Was h
r. Living in S ea ttle, I have bad th e oppo rtunity to vi sit Wa s hington Alpha many times, and I have a.ttended all of th e ir r ece pti o ns. I ha.ve found the atmos ph e r e r efi ned.. The r ece pti o ns h ave bee n simple, but the girls we re swee t and grac ious. My longes t stay wa s a day and a. half, at the c h a pte r h o use. The g irl s were thoughtful h os t· esses, and my stay was a plea sa nt one. This visit wa s my "official" vi s it. I met and talked with the Pres id e nt, the Dean, the Dean of Wom en , and a. number of the in st ru c tors. Th ere w as no special en· tertainment for me, excepting that s eve r a l were invited to dinner . 1T 1. a There are 69 professors, 62 are m en , 7 a r e women.
b. There are 1,264 s tud e nts, 40 pe r ce nt. women.
c. Th ere are in a ll SL,,{ buildin gs besides the dormitories, two of whi ch are frame. Th e others are bri ck and sto ne. The two dormi toties are of bri ck.
2. General atmosphere of th e college is good, marked som ewhat by the Western newness a nd freed om, and especially between the mcn and wome n. The r e i s a. t ende n cy to too much " fu ssin g" and " queen· ing" on the ca mpus, but th e student body rea lizes this, and the fra. · ternities, both men a nd women , are taking a stand agains t it , and the matter i s improving greatly In the pa st there ha s n ot been as much coll ege sp irit as there is in many coll eges, but that, too, is improvin g.
Ill. 1. Th e re are seve n tee n a ctive members of Wa shin gto n A lpha , seven of whom are n ew girl s this year.
2. On the whole th e sch o lar sh ip is high, but not 80 good as last year.
3. The sc ho larship is on a par with th e scholar ship of the othe r fraterni· ties, excepting Delta Gamma, which leads.
4. It is a Uttle hard to find o ut just h ow t he chapte r ranks with the other chapters. It is no' first. The cha.pter a.a yet is not a yea. r old, and n at ur a lly some of the older cbapters would h ave t h e pres· tige. One instructor said th at the Pi Phis held second place here. The Dean o f Women says that she feels th at all the chapters a r e abo ut equal. Pe rso nall y, I am inc lined. to think that the Pi Phi chapte r here ranks a.bout third, t he Kappa and Gamma Phi lead·
ing. There are six sororities in all, five are national, and one is local, comparing with other Pi Pbi c hapters fairly well.
5. Middle class. Better than some, and not 10 good as others.
6. (1) The Kappas are bright, attractive, popular, all -round girls, but Dot very good students; generally caTTy eve rything before them. They have weakened this year.
(2) The Gamma Phis aTe str o ng in number this year. Ha.ve just moved into their new house. They are the only girls who own their own chapte r house. Most of the girls are well to do. Society girl! and pretty good students.
(3) The Delta Gammas have the best scbolarship. Mixed crowd.
(4) Alpha. Xi Delta-new c hapter, hut they bave some very good material. As yet not fe lt or known in college.
Alpha Tau-a. local-bright, popular girh, especially with the men; but no students at all.
Pi Beta Phi, for most part good students; bright, attractive and popular, rising socially, but falling a. little in scholarship
7. I do not know of any particular influence the chapter has in t.he college world; generally speaking, its influence is good.
8. There is a Woman ' s League.
g. The chapter takes part in t.he gcneral college organizations, but is not noti ceably prominent.
10. The chapter lives in a chapter house (a lea sed house) . The meetings are held at the house.
II. The chapter is chaperoned by Miss Brenholtz, an alumnre Pi Phi, and a teacher.
12 There are house rules, regarding the study hour, callers, and going o ut evenings.
13. a. The meetings are not conducted in a parliamentary way, but I am working on t.his matter.
b No entries fo r this year hav e been made as yet in the record book, but I will in s is t upon its being filled out. Of course it i s still ear ly in the year.
c. Both the Secretary's and Trea s urer's books are properly kept.
d. Th e chapter has but four Arrows-just for the time it has been established.
e. The chapter has no c ipher, hi sto rical ske tch , n o r pledging cere· mony. The chapter has the charter, minutes of Conventions, study of Pi Pbi's const i tutions, ritual s, ini tiat.ion ceremony, Baird's Manual , l etter file with letters from national officers, Pan·Hellenic rul es, and Inter -Soro rity conference reports
f. The chapter is not s trong in town. There are Be \'e nteen act.ive members and eleven alumnre members, some o f whom are out of town.
g. The chapter keeps in touch with its alumnre by a. banquet o n Founders' Day.
h. There is an Alumnre Club in town
i. Tbe Pan-Hell enic conditions are good-all the chapters belong, and seem to heed the Pan -H ell enic rulings.
j There is a. Woman's League. It wa s estab li shed by the Gamma Phis.
14. The chapter needs to work together more, and need s more fraternity spirit
1. All the pins are marked with owner's name and c hapter.
2. Scholarship committee appointed
3. The official pledge pin was u sed .
4. Circular letter sent to alumne .
5_ Th e re is no music school.
BIENN I AL CONVENTION
CALIFORNIA BETA-UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. Berkeley, Cal.
I. Entertainment
Arrived in Berkeley on t.he morning of December 3rd. Spent OTe days, a gue s t of the chapte r at the chapter house A tea. was give n in my honor, and several were asked in to dinner and to spend th e evening. Four of the alumB&! took me across the bay to San Fran· cisco for the day, where we went sight-seeing. The girls all very busy preparing for examinations.
11. Oo ll ege of Liberal Arts
] , Size. 8., Number professors, 337-18 women.
b. Number students, 2,696. Forty per cent. women.
2, Genera l atmosphere, good. owing to advantages of city life. Broad· e oin g. but lacki ng a little in college spirit and enthusiasm.
lIT. Chap,
1
Fourteen active members.
2. Scholarship, fairly good.
3. Scholarship, about on a par with rivals
4. Scholarship, compared with other Pi Phi chapters, on a par with the average chapte r .
5. Characteristics of chapter: G irls are congenial. Take part in coll ege activiti es, but not in coll ege po l itics. A little too conservative, l ack somewhat in enthusiasm. Not very good Tushers, I am afraid.
6. Characteri s tics of rival s :
&. Kappa Kappa Gamma. Society gir ls; ordina ry scholarship. b. Kappa Alpha Theta. Good students; fa culty daughters.
c Gamma Phi Beta. Mixed crowd; below stAndar d soc ia lly.
d. Tri Delta. Good , earn est students ; not social, but are entering into things better .
e. Alpha Phi. Pushing. Not square in rushing
f. Chi Omega. Not felt in college activitie s. Loud.
g. Delta Gamma. New, have a good denl of energy, but don't kno w how to ru s h.
h. Alpha Omicron Pi. Socia l crowd
7. Influence of Pi Beta. Phi cbaptcr in college world: Nothing marked
8. There i s a Woman's League.
9. Chapter not especia.lly prominent in college world and activities.
10. Chapter lives in house.
11. Chaperoned by mother of one of the girls.
12. There are bouse rules regarding study hours, time for callers , etc.
13. a. Meetings eQu Id be better.
h. Record book is kept up
c . Secretary's and Trea surer's books are fairly good.
d. Arrow files , one number missing.
e. Archives-no cipher
t Cha.pter strong in and around bay. Fourteen active members, 12 alumnre.
g. Keeps in touch with alumnre by monthly "Cookie Shine;" circula r letter.
h. There is an Alumnre Club.
i. Unsatisfactory. Would like open season bette r .
Arrived Friday e vening, Decembe r 6th, and stayed until Monday evening, December 9th . Sunday afternoon the other sororities were invited in to lak e tea and to m ee t me. I was enterlained in no other way. as the girts were aU bu sy preparing for exa.minatio Ds. Visited classes . Did not talk with Dean. There is no Dean of Women. Tried to make arrangements to talk with some of tbe faculty women , but it could not be arranged.
II Oollege of Liberal Art",
1. Size. a. Profet!8orB, 225 ; men , 217; women , S
b. Students, 1,579; 33 per cent. women.
c. Number of buildings , 20, 18 of which are in the quad. Built of bulT sand s tone, with tile roof8, in mission sty le.
2 General atmosphere: Lots of coHege s pirit. Good atmosphere.
II 1. OMp'er.
1. active, 34 alumnre (scatte r ed).
2. Scholarsbip--good.
3. Ranks close second to Kappa. If the chapter bad a house, would be equal or pe r haps first.
4 Ranks well with other Pi Phi chapters. A good atmosphere.
5. Pi Phi chapter-n ll ·round college girls , good scholarship, prominent in co ll ege affain; charming. gracious and beautiful girls All seem very congenial.
6. Delta Gamma. Popular, good scholarship, hard workers, ene rgetic, good entertainers , democratic, all·round college girls Have nice house.
Alpha Phi. Have best. house, good scholarship, good deal of wealth, good e n tertainers, mixed crowd. Have two g irl s brilliant in literary Jines.
Theta. Have strong faculty backing, good students, democratic, Y. W. C A. workers.
Gamma Phi Beta. Loud. not refined ; scholarsh ip not good.
7. Influence of Pi Deta Phi in college world i s good.
S Yes, there is a Woman's League , a str ong organ izati on.
9. Chapter takes active part in college affairs.
10. Chapter lives in a house. Meetings held in house.
11. House is properly Chaperoned
12. There are house rul es.
13 a. Meetings are condu cted in a parliamentary way.
b . Record book up to date.
c. Secretary's and Treasurer's books are properly k ept.
d. A rr ow files complete.
e. Archives--yes, comp le te
f. No town at Stanford. Few people live at Palo Alto. Chapter str ong in Fresno, Los Angeles, San Di ego. Alumnre scattered.
g. Circula r letler illustrated, sent out once a year
h. There is no Alumnre Club No alumnae li ve at Palo Alto. AJumnlfl scattered.
i Pan·Hellenic co ndi tio ns were satis factory this last year.
j. Already have Woman's League.
14. Greatest need is a new house. The present one is too small to ac· commodate the freshmen , and entirely too small for needs of the chapter. I mposs ible for chapte r to entertain in same manner as the ot.he r fraternities.
BIENNIAL OONVENTlON
CoLORADO BETA-DENVErt UNIVERSITY. Denver, Col.
1. Entertai nment.
Arrived in Denver Saturday night., D ecember 14th, and spent the 15t.h, 16t.h and 19th th e re, the guest of Miss Inez Byers, an active member of Colorado Beta.. (The 17th and 18th I spent at BouI· der ). My visit was at a. most unfortunate time, as the girls who w er e not preparing for examinations were starting home for the Christmas holiday s . A "Cookie Shine" had been arranged in my honor for Saturday afternoon, December 14th, but my train being seve n hOUTS late, 1 WD.8 denied the pleasure of being present and meeting all the girls. On account of th e inopportune time of my "i ait this was the only attempt made to the members of the chapter together-thus the purpose of my viSit in a great measu re fai l ed.
11 Oollege of Liberal Art!.
1. Size. a. Number of professors, 25 j m en , 16 j women, 9.
b. Number of students, 500 j 60 per cent. women.
c. There are three buildings--the Liberal Arts building, the theologi ca l building and the observatory. Th ey are built of sandstone and brick There are two dormitories.
2. General at.mosphere is not ideal; good deal of feeling on the part o f non -fraternity girls. General class of students fair .
lIT. Oh"", •.,..
1. Active members, 14 j n ew girls, 4.
2. Scholars hip---above average.
3. About same as rival s in scholarship.
4. Ranks below the best chapters. Wo uld call it nn average chapter.
S. I feel that the best material is not to be found at the University o f Denver, but that the best o f the mater ial the r e i s about equally divided between the two chapters-Pi Phi, and Gamma Pbi Beta. Th e re seemed to be a lack of socia l sta ndards a.nd leadership in the college itself , and this naturally is r e fl ected in the chapters. Not many gi rls of the best famili es in Dcnver go to the University of ])em c r. There is quile an effort made to be popular with the men .
6. Characteristics of the rival chapter-Gamma Phi Beta-more of a social crowd. A little inclined to be snobbish. Not inclined to keep Pan·Hellenic.
1. In fluence of Pi Beta Phi o n college world. The chapter is inclined to be more democratic than the rival chaple r. Loyal to the college and can be depended upon. Raised $1,200 for the University.
8. There i s no Woman's League. The Y. W. C. A. is the only organization that brings the girls together.
9. Pi Phi chapte r takes part in the college organizations In the Glee Cl ub, the Y W. C. A., a.nd the orchestra.
10. Th ere i8 no chapter h o us e. The meetings are held in a litt.Je bungalow of one r oom , which th e c hapter owns. Most o f the girls live in their own h omes . Tho se who do n ot live at home board at Uni\'ersity Park , generally with some Pi Phi.
11. No chapter house
12. No rules.
13. a.. The meetings are conduc ted in a parliamentary way.
' b. Record book is up to date.
c. Secretary's and Treasurer's books are up to date.
PI BETA PHI FRATERNITY.
d. .Arrow file& complete. Not.hing mi ss ing.
e. Archive&----COmpJete.
f. Chapter st.rong in town-a fine aiumnlll. Active in town, 14. Aiumnlll in town, 28.
g. Keep in touch with alumnre by Founder' s Day banquet &nd cirell· lating Je tter. H a ve ha d monthly lun cheon s, but not. this year.
h. Yes, there is nn Alumnre Club.
i. Pan -Hellenic ruling this year unsatisfactory. 11 weeks rushing.
j. There i , no \Voman 's League, the Y. W. C. A. takes its place, h ardly seems necessary to establish one .
14 This chapter i ll laborin g under disadavantagcs, as there is no cbapter house, and the gi rl s cannot have the center of interest tha.t a cbapter hou se gives. The unive rsity has been in debt, and this bu prevented progress. But the prospects are brigbter n ow, for the debt is raised and new buildings are to be added in the near future
1. All pins marked with o wners name and c hapter.
2 Committee appointed to maintain schOlarship
3. Offi c ial pledge pin was used
4. Circular letter was se nt
5 There is a mu sic schoo l, but it does not lead to a degree.
CoLORADO ALPRA-CoWRAJ)()
I. Entertainmen.t.
UN[VERSITY.
Boulder, Col.
Was entertained at the chapter hou se two days, December 17th and 18th. While there an informal tea. was g iven in my honor and I m et a number of girls of othe r fra ter niti es . My visit wa. at a bu sy time; the girls were either studying f or examinations or pre · paring to go home for the holidays.
II. Oollege of Liberal Arts
1. a. Number of professors, 115 j men, 107; \vornen, 8
b. Number o f students, 840 j 33% per cent women.
c. Fourteen bri ck buildings, 3 oottages for women, 1 dormitory for me n.
2. General atmosphere is good. Plenty of college sp irit. Great freedom between men and women. The Dean of women fee ls that cond i · tions are very c rude and raw . but 1 cannot agree with her entirely. She is a conservative New England woman, and she views all with New England eyes.
III. CAap
1. Size--32 active members j 6 are new girls.
2. Scholarship Dean of Women sa id that with material in chapte r , scholarship should be higher. She feels tha.t too much informal entertainment takes up time and strengtb and espec ia.lly n ervou s for ce of the girls, and they therefore cannot accomplish wbat they othe rwi se co uld This is the case with all the so roriti es at Boulder.
3. Scholars hip, compa red with riv als, is on a par. Socially the chapter stands high
4. Ahead or the average chapter, and may be ranked among the better ch apters of the fraternity
5 Char8.(:teristics of Pi Phi chapter: The girls are cbarming, ca n meet people and e nte rtain gracefully. Are popular. Not very athletic.
BIENNIAL OONVENTION
6. Cha.raeteristicB of rival chapters: Kappa. Kappa. Gamma, members very popular, fond of society. Not v ery good in sc holarship.
Delta Gamma, quiet, good students as a rul e, with a number o f excellent ones. Some popular girls.
Chi Omega, energetic, active in college inter es t s, well liked. Quite good scholar sh ip.
Alpha. Chi Omega, quiet girls, little known 8.S yet, good scholarship. D elta Theta (local), quiet, unassuming girls, good sc holarship.
7. In8uence of chapte r on coltege world, good Try to be democratic and nice to non -fraternity girls
8 The re i s a. Woman's League. Pi Beta Phi organized it.
9. Chapter is prominent in all college organizations.
10. Chapter lives in a. very attractive n ew house, simply but nicely furnished. Hou se well kept. Bedrooms dainty M eetings held at house
11. Hou se proper1y chaperoned by charming woman
12 Th ere are house rules.
13 a. Meetings conducted in parliamentary way and in good order.
b. Record book is up to da.te.
c. Secretary's and Treasurer's books up to date.
d. Arrow files incompl ete; two numbers missing.
e. Archives comp1ete.
f. Strong in town. About balf of th e c hapter comes from town and half from out of town
g. Chapter keeps in touch wi th by a.sking alumnre to all affairs; by circular letter, initia.tio n banquet and Alumnoo Association.
h. There is an Alumnre Club in tmvn.
i. Pan·Hellenic conditions are not satisfactory. Rather have open season.
j. There is a Woman's League, organized by Pi Phi.
14. Cho.pt-er n eeds a littl e l ess soci ely a.nd more stud y. More savi ng of nervous force.
Respectfully submitted , RoBERTA GERTRUDE FRYE, December 30, 1907 D eUa Provinc e P'resident.
SummaT)J of the Chapter R eporl. of the Delegale. lolhe T wenlielh Biennial COTll1enlion of Ihe Pi Bela Phi FralermlJ1 , Held in New Orlean , La., De ce mber 30, 1907-January3,1908
ALPHA PROVINCE.
Vr.R.},(ONT ALPHA.
M embers h ip_ 1906-7: 20 members, 6 initiates. 1907·8: 23 m embers, 9 initiates, 5 r es id e nt &ctive, 5 r eside nt alumnre; total membe r ship. D ecemhe r I , 1907 , 89 Honor " 1906 7: 2 elections to Phi B e ta Kappa. 2 class vi ce-p r es id e nts, 1 secretary. I hi sto ri an, I prophet. Vice -pres ident, sec retary. four m embere o f Y W. C A. Cabine t Delegate to con feren ce at Silver Ba.y. Leade r and four members o f Glee Club. Ass istant editor of The CamptU. 2 comm encement speakers.
1907-8 : 2 c lass secretar ies. 2 member s Y. W. C. A Cab ine t 2 m embe r s of board of co ll ege annual. Assistant editor of Th e OampU8 Okapter work Adding furni shings f or fraternity r ooms . A.fter eac h meeting, censors' program Al l fra ter nity pins mark ed with owner's n tlme and cbapte r nam e Commi ttee on scholars hip , con si stin g of one se ni or o r juni or, who reporLB 3 limes a yea r in open meeting.
E,.,tcrtainmenl•. 1906 -7: Annual r eception t o patronesses, faculty and to fr es hmen. R eception and dance in chapter r ooms. Hal1owe'e n party. Valentine party. Informal dan ces Ori g inal play pre se nted by f res hm en. lto und er 's Day celebration. Commenceme nt r ecep tion.
1907 8: Annual reception and dance. Chatlng·dish parties. Lun ch eo n for Vermont Beta..
FratC1"ft i ty roona... Four rooms r ented in Batte H Bl ock, the suite consist· ing of dressing r oom, kitchen, two r ecept ion r ooms
Maintenance of Alumnae l nterffflt Re s id ent alumnre, by entertainments, "Cookie Sh in eS)" initiation and banqu et. Non'resident, by circular lette r and annual a lumn re reunion during co mme n ceme n t week
VERMONT BETA..
MCnlber8 h ip. 1900 7: {) members, 3 initiates. 1907-8: 10 members, 8 in itiates. 6 re s ident acth' e, 4 resident. alumnoo; tota l m embership, D ece m· ber I , 1007, 47
Bonor•. IDOO -7: 2 e l ec ti ons to Pi Beta Kllppa 1 class secre t ary. 1 poet. Sec retary and 1 m ember of cab in et o f Y . W. C. A. I in cas t o f Shakespeare play 1 co mm enceme nt speake r
1907-8 : 1 membe r executi,'c committee of cl ass. Pres ident, vice·pr cs id e nt, secreta ry. 1 member o f cabi n et of Y. W. C. A.
Chapter Work. Study of parliamentary 13.w. All pins o f acth'e chapters mark ed as orde r ed. No scho larship committee appointed in 1906·7, but each g irl gave h er r eco r d in opcn meeting.
Entcrtainmen:tI. 1006 -;: Reception to fre sh men Barge ri de. P a nH e ll e ni c recepti on to scni or class June spread for seniors. 1907 -8: Freshman tea Theatre parties lnformal ente r ta in ments.
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B(EN N IAL CONVENTIO N
Ji'ratern i ty R oo m', R e nt 2 r oo ms in a r es id en ce Ma int enance o f Alumnae [nt e ,.esl. Camping party after co mm encement. In 1906 -7, c irc ular let te r se nt to all a lumn re . In 19 07 -8, all alumn re re o ceived invitation s t o initiation and banqu et
AIA SSA C lllJ 8ETl'S A LPllA
M em ber sh i. p 1906 -7: 2 4 m embe rs, 6 initiates. 1007 -8: 22 member s, 6 ini t ia t es. 6 r es ident a ctive, 0 r es ide nt a lulllnre; to tal m e mbe r s hip , Dece mber 1,1 907, 112.
H onors, 19 06 -7 : 2 el ec ti o n s to Phi B e t a. Kapp a Class pres ide nt, vi cepr es ide nt, tr eas urer , I m e mber of Y W, C. A ca bin e t. Leading role s in coll e ge, junior. seni o r, G e rman , French plays . Chairman of junior dramati cs . 2 in fres hm a n pl ay. Ca pta in o f ba s ke t ball t eam . I pr oc tor . Pr es ide nt of Curre nt Literature Club. I m ember Glee Club. 3 schOlars hip s 2 members of the ex ec utiv e board o f Gamm a. Del ta , a soc ie ty of all co ll ege wom en
1907 -8 : Cla ss trea s ur e r. 2 m e mbers of Y. W . C A. ca bine t 1 in ca s t of co ll ege play Th e two coll ege proctors 1 me m be r of Gamma D e lta boa rd. 6 winn e r s of scho la r ship s.
Chapt er wo rk 1906 -7: Chri s tma s dinn e r fo r poor family S upport of mi ssio na r y fund of th e univ e r s ity. F1 0 we r s to s ick in th e hospi ta l. Fm · ternity m ee ting followed by literary program . All frat e rnity pin s marked. No co m m ittee appoin ted fo r sch o la r s hip
1907 -8: S upport of th e Hi story Professo r s hip Fund. P enn y- box , th e proceed s of whi ch aid in improve m e nts in c bapter r oo m . C hri s tma s dinn e r for th e poo r
E'lt er ta inmen t s 19 06 -7: Sophom or e p a rty Informal dan ce 2 r ecepti ons. Found ers' Day o bse n ·ed by Sha kes pea re pa rt y, foll o wed by "Coo ki e Shin e " Ru s hin g p a rti es
1007 -S: ]<"·rate rnity play R ece ption to patro n esses. Seri es o f inform a l da nces Th ea tr e p a r ty. R ece p t io n t o s tu de n t body a nd fac ul ty. R ece pti o n to m en ' s fr ate rniti es. Ru s hin g parti es . Ji1rat ernity R ooms. R e nted c ha pter roo m in a partm e nt near COll ege. Ma in t enance of A lumnae I nter es t Alu m noo C lu b iss u es prin ted ca r ds givin g d a t es, pla ces o f mee tin g, and prog ram s fo r s pec ia l meetin gs . Invitati o ns i ss ued to all alumn oo within 1 5 mil es o f B osto n to atte nd a nnu a l initi a ti o n a n d banqu e t. Alu m nre g h e cha pt e r fin a nc ia l a id, F o und er s ' Day Comm e nce me n t lun cheo n g ive n Lln nu a lly by a lumn re to ch a pter Alumn re init iat ion, w ri tte n by Ma ssac hu setts Alpha , fo ll ows co m mc n ceme nt lunc heon. R o und r obin let te r to no n ·r es idcnt alumn re
NEW YO RK A LPHA
Mem bers h i p. 19 06 -7 : 28 me mbe r s, 8 ini t iates. 1907 ·8: 31 m e mber s, 12 ini t ia t es. 7 r es ide n t ac tive, 2 1 r es id e nt a lumn re; total m em be r s hip, Dece mber 1, 1907 : 13 7
H onors. 190 6 -7: 1 e lec ti on t o Phi Beta K a ppa.. Class sec r eta ry a nd pro ph e t. 1 me mber or Y w. C. A cab in et. 4 delegates to Y W C. A Confe r e nce a t S ilve r Day. Te nni s c ha mpi o ns hip. 2 m e mbe r s o f ' va rsity ba sk e tball tea m M embe r class bas k et ba ll tea m Me m be r o f O nondaga n board . 2 m embe r s o f Eta Pi Ups il o n (se ni o r soc ie ty )
19 07 -8: Me mber Y W . C A. cabin et M em be r of ca st o f co ll ege pl a y 2 m ember s of ' vars ity baske t ba ll team. 2 membe rs E ta Pi U ps il o n . M e mber ' sopho m ore soci e ty
PI BETA PHI FRATERNITY.
OlLap l er Work. Rusbing monopolized most of the yea r 1906-;. Bible Itudy every Sunday. A few old badges lack cbapte r name Commitlee on scholarship has bee n appointed. E"tertau14nenb. 1906 -7 : Valentine party Japanese p a rty. dinner, and dance during rU Bb ing season. ]'-' reshman party. Reception for patronesses. Reception for c ity s ub-freshmen. Founders' Day parly.
1907·8: Informal during rushing weeks. Reception to seniors of all woman's fraternitie s. Reception to Gamma Phi Beta. during their connn · tiOD. Freshman party. Room. 1906 -7: a rented bo u se, in which 12 Pi Pbi s lived. the mothe r of a Pi Phi acting as c haperon.
1907·8 : Same h o u se, 11 girls li"ing there, a sister of o ne of th e Pi Phis acting as chaperon . Maintenan ce of Alumnae Int ere8 t. Alumne club m eetings every two weeks. Alumnre e ntertain fo r chapter. Alumnre send 2 delegates to acth'e meeting. Non r es ident alumnre r ece ive c ir cu lar letter , invitati on to annual banquet and r eu nion
NEW YORK BETA.
Membership. ]006 7: 18 members, 4
1907 ·S: S members. 1 ini· tia.te. 2 r es ident acti"e, 1 r es id e nt alumnle j total membershi p , December I , 1007 , 31.
Honors 1006 7: I election to Phi Beta Kappa. Step s orator and com· men ceme nt marshal. Pre8ident of Y. W. C. A. Delegate to s tud e nt mi s8 ion· ary convention. Member of ca8t of Latin pla.y. 2 in cast of freshman show Chairman fres bman field day com mittee. Managing editor of Barnard Bull e tin
1007 ·S: Class 8ecretary, hi s torian. Member of Y W. C A. cabinet. Member of cast of senior 8how. TrC3. surer of Athleti c Assoc iation. McUlber class ba sket baH team .
Ohapter Work . Pin s all correctly marked. Scholarship committee reo ports in mecting every half yeRr.
Entertainmef'ts. ]1)06 ·7: Pi c ni c lun c b eo n. Dance. Candy party. Christmas party "Cookie Shine." Theatre party.
100j ·S: Theatr e party. "Cook ie Shine" for alumnre. Reception. J;'raternity R ooms. ]000 7: Sub·rented 3 room 8 in apartment.. 4 girls lived in rooms, the trustee of the r oom8 bei ng cbaper on.
1007 S: R ent r oo m in dormitory. One occupant.
Mai1l.tenan ce of Alumna e Int erut. Resident alumnre and active cha pt.er entertain each oth e r. Round robin lette r sent alumme durin g Summer.
MARYLAND ALPnA.
Member .hip. 1006 ·7: 18 members, 7 initi ates 1907 -8: 18 membeTIII, 5 initiates , 3 re s ident acth' e, 14 r es id ent alumnrej total member8hip , D ecem· ber I , 1907 : 102.
HaMra 1906 -7: 2 clas8 tr eas urer s. Pres ident Summerset Y. 'V. C. T. U. Leading part in se ni o r dramatics Me mber c lass basket ball team 2 delegat-es to Y W C_ A. co nfer ence at Silver Bay. Member executive board of student government.
1007 S: 2 cla 8s sec r eta ri es. 1 trea s urer. Secretary of Y. W. C. A 2 memo ber8 of board of Kalend s (co llege paper).
Ohapter Work 1906-7 : Cha r ge of candy and art booth in annual c har · ity bazaa.r. Bought new rug and mi ss ion furniture for fraternity room .Alumnre furnished a. pi ano. Pins all properly marked. No committee on
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scholarship. 1007 -8: Improved equipment of cozy corner in dormitory. lVhere teas are given.
Entertaift:m ent " Bi -weekly teas in cozy corner. Play and evening party on Founders' Day. Annual banqu e t and cele bration of tenth anniversary of chapter Frat ern ity Roomll. Room r e nted in private h o u se near college, and cory corn e r in end of one hall of d ormitory.
Maintenanc e of Alumnae I n t e r es t Inter chan ge of vi s its at alumnre club and c hapter m ee tin gs Alumnre entertain and aid flna-DeiaJly active cha pter. Full account of chapter sc nt to a ll a lumn re. Linen showe r for every r es id e nt a l umna, telegram for every non-re s id ent alumna , married .
M em bers hip. 1906 -7 : 15 m ember s. 1 initi ate. 19 07-8 : 13 members. 7 initiates. 12 r es id e nt ac tive, 53 r es ident alumnrej total membersh ip , Decembe r 1, 1 007: 92. H onor!. 1906·7: 1 graduate with di s tin ct io n Claas "i ce- pres id ent, poet Pr es id ent o f Y W C A. Leading in two plays of dram a tic club. Auth o r and l eading part of senior play Pri ze in oratory. Pri ze in Greek.
1907 -8: C la ss vice-president 2 hi ghest scholanhips open to fr es hme n See r etar y of Y W. C. A.
Ohapter W ork. B e ne fit for University Fund, Ben Greet's produ c ti on of "Much Ado A bo ut N ot hing." Not all o ld pins marked with chapter name . Scholarship co mmittee.
Ent e rtain-ment!. ] 906·7: Re ce pti o n to fr es hm en g irls and their mother s . Pi ctjcs, dances. teas and lun ch eo n during ru shin g seaso n. R ece pt ion in honor o f Mi s s Jackson. Ch ri s tm as dan ce. Entertained by De lta Tau Delta . J...ecture. Val entine party. Annua.l dan ce. F o und er s' Day banquet. Informal " Cooki e Shines" at room s.
1007-8: Annua l fre shm e n lun c heon Daily lun cheon in frat ernity r oo ms and teas for fr es hm e n. Co rn ron st Th l"n tr e party. 2 dan ces Hallowe'en party in h o no r o f initia tes and D elta. Tau Delta. Lun ch eo n in ho no r o f Mrs. H e rr o n , Pres id ent of "Co lumbian Wome n ," a nd patronesses. Frat ernity Rooms Rented 8. r oom; 1907-S. in the dormi to ry Main.tenance o f Alumnae !-nt erest. Washington Alumnm Club Monthly soc ial meeting at which 2 alumnre a r e present as d elegates from the Alumnre Cl ub 2 d el egates from active c ha pte r atte nd alumn re m ee ting. Round r obin lette r Alumnae Club pay s greater part o f r oo m rent R ece pti o n to fr esh me n give n by alumnae F ound er s' Day banquet.
ALPHA.
Mem be rs hi p. 1006 -7: 17 m e mbe r s. S initia tes. 1907 -8 : ]1 mrmbers, O initia tes. 0 r eside nt a ctive, 0 r es id e nt alumnre; total membership , D ecembe r 1, 1907, 82. H onor8. ' ]906 7: 2 clasH secretaries. Capta in and 2 m embers o f c i a!!! hock ey teams. 2 m em bers o f 'varsity hockey team. 2 ca ptain s of class basket ball t ea ms . :Me mbe r of at hl e ti c cou n c il. Leader a nd 8 m e mbers of Glee Club. 2 members fr efl hman orato rical t ea m Member o f executive boo.rd of Student Gove rnment Associat ion Pi Phi alumn re sch o lar ship. 1907 8: 6 members o f cl ass h ock ey M a nage r and 4 members of Glee Club Secretary of Somervill e T.Ate ra r y Soc iety. Secretary o f execut ive boa rd o f Stu dent Government Association. M e mber of s taff o f Halcyon (co ll ege annual). M embe r o f sta ff of Ph ren ix (coll ege monthly).
CoLUlfOLA ALPHA
PI BETA PHI FRATERNITY.
Work. Help lIupport College Settlement Association . All pins properly marked Scholarship committee, the chapter pres ident report. twice a semester.
Entertainment.. 1906 7: Dinner, trip to Langhorne, and dance were rushing (un ctioDs. Tea... Dance. Banquet. Bouse party.
1907 ·8 : 2 dances. Supper. Luncheon.
Fraternity Room.. Chapte r house o r room not allowed. Pi Pbi s Tent an especially attra.ctive room in the dormitory and furni s h it for fraternity room.
Maintenance of Alumnae [ntere. ' At Jeut 2 alumnre attend each chapter meeting. Chapter invited to Philadelphia. club meetings. InvitatioDs to all entertainment.!. given by tlcth'e chapter. NOD-resident alum me receive annua l letter and invitati o n to F o unders' Day banquet.
PENNSYLVANIA BETA.
M embership, 1006-7: 15 m embers , 7 ini tiates.
1907 -8: 18 members, 3 initiates. I r es ident active, 7 resident alumnre; total membership, December I, 1907 : 103.
Honors. J906·7: 2 class secretar ies, 2 treasurers and 2 poets. Vice· presid ent and member of cab in et of Y. W. C. A. Delegate to Y W. C. A. convention. President, vice-president and treasurer of Girls' Dramatic Club. Leading parts in all dramatic cl ub plays 2 in cast o f class plays, 1 in Ge rman play Senior represe ntative at sophomore banquet. 3 members of V.Agenda. board. Secretary and treasurer of Co ll ege Girls' Association. Sophomore oratory prize.
1907·8: 2 cla8s trea su r ere, 1 secretary Vice·President Y. W. C. A. 2 del egates to Y. \V C. A. co nferen ce. President, secretary and treasurer of Girls' Dramatic C lub Leading parts in all plays. Junior represe ntative at freshman banquet. 3 members of L' Agenda board. 7 members of intersorority honor society. President, vice ·president of College Girls .A ssoc iation.
Chapter Work E stabli shed Pan Hellenic A ssoc iation at Buckn ell. Visit poor and send flowers. Worked wit.h Civic Club in town improv eme nt. All pins proper ly marked. Committee on scholarship r ecently appointed.
Entertainments 1906 7: Pi cn ic. Initiation banquet. Entertained Pennsylvania. Gamma. "Cookie Shines." Entertained. by 2 men's fraternities. Founders' Day pi cni c. Initiation and sympos i6m. Hou se party.
1907·8 : Reception. Initiation
Fraternity Room8 Forbldden by faculty ruling.
Maintenanc e of Alumnae I nterest. Re s ident nlumnre included in A,11 chap· ter enterta inments. Non resid e nt alumn re invited to initiation and annual symposium. No ci r cu lar letter has been se nt out.
PENNSYLVANIA GAMMA
Membership . ]006 -7: 21 m e mbers , 10 initi ates . 1007 ·8: 14 members, 0 initiates. 10 resident active, 5 res ident alumnrej tota l membership, December I, 1907, 46 . HOMrs. 1006·7: 2 elections to Phi Beta Kappa. Class secretary and historian. Vi ce- presid ent and membe r cabinet of Y. W C .A. Delegate to Y W C. A. conference at Si l ver Bay. 5 members of cast of college play ?I!ember board of Microcosm. Math e matics prize. Patton prize. Essa.y prize. 2 pres idents, 2 treasurers of li te rary soc ieties.
1907 8: 2 class secreta ries, prophet. 2 members of Y. W. C. A. cabinet. 4 m e mbers of dramatic club. Treasu rer of Iiurary society.
BIENNIAL CONVENTION
Chapter Work. After fraternity meet ing. articles are read from old Arrow8, while chapter sew. All pins properly marked. No comm ittee on scholarship Each pledge writes poem, "Pi Phi Initiation, A8 It Appears to Me ."
Entertainment8. 1906-7: Picnics and informal rushing parties. Reception and dance. "Cookie Shines " Banquet during commencement week. Chapter were guests o f Pennsylvania Beta. Card party. Chapter entertained patronesses, by senion nod by freshmen.
1907 ·8 : During rushing season, tea for new girls, r ecept.ion , picnic. Tea. IlCook ie Shine." Card party given for Pi Beta Phi and Phi Kappa. Sigma. Pan-Hellenic dance given by Ch i Omega. and Pi Beta Phi.
P.raternity Rooms. 2 rooms renled
Maintenance o{ Alumnae Int erut. Resident alumnle are personal fri ends, always present at chapter ente r tainments, o ften at chapte r meeting. All non· resident alum nre are kept interested by personal correspondence and by invitations to la rge entertamments.
BETA PROVINCE.
OUIO ALPUA.
Mem,berllhip. 1906·7: 19 members, 10 initiates. 19o7·8: 23 members, 8 initiates. 8 resident active, 21 resident a lumn mj total membership, December I , ID07, 10D
Hono rs. 1906·7: Class orator Vice'president, treasurer of Y. W. C. A. Delegate to Y. W. C A. conference at Lake Geneva, Manager of gir ls' basket ball team. 2 members of English Cl ub . 3 members of Sc ie nce Club. First prize in debating contest.
1907·8: Class vice·president. Vice·president and member of Y. W. C. A. cabi net Leading part in Dramatic C lub play. 2 members of literary board for college annual.
Chapter lVork. Effected keen interest in Y. W. C. A. and literary societics. 4 Pi Beta Phi pins not marked. S c hOlarship committee of three who read grades in meetings at the middle of each term.
b'n'ertainmentlf. 1906·7: Rushing party. Cbaflng·dish party. Enter· tained by Delta. Tau Delta.. Paper doll party. Whist. Japanese party. Dance. Reception and dance in honor of MT8. Burr . 3 card parties. Barn dance Dinner. Freshman tally·ho ride and dinner. Pi Phi camping party. 1907-8: Reception for alurnrue and new girls. Reception and dance. Alurnnm lun cheo n . Dance given by Delta. Tau Delta.
Fraternity Roomll. Fraternity Hall on the campus , lent by the college authorities. In 1007·8, this room is in 'course of remodeling.
Maintenance of Alumttae [nterell' Resident alumnre attend initiati ons, fraternity meetings, parties. Non ·resident alumnae receive circular letter and letters written by initiates.
01110 BETA.
Mem.benhip. 1006·7: 11 members, i initiates. 1907 8: 15 members. 0 initiates. 14 r esident acth-e, 35 resident nlumnre; total membership, De· cember 1, 1907: 75.
Honorll. 1906·7: Class hi s torian 3 members of Y. w. C. A. cabinet. Delegate to Y. W. C. A. confe rence at Lake Geneva. Member of board of The Makio (college annua l }. Treasurer and 7 members of Girls' Glee Club.
1907·8: e l MS secretary and historian. Y. W. C A. president and member of cabinet. :Member of Makio board. President and 6 members of Glee ClUb.
PI BETA. PHI FRATERNITY.
Chapter Work:. All pins are marked with name, but 4 o r 5 la c k cbapte r name. A committee to look after s tandard o f work was established 6ve years ago; r e pom are read in fraternity meeting. 1906 7. Luncheon during rusbing season. "Biddi ng .spread." Initiati on banquet. Formal and informal dances. Founders' Day dinner.
1907 -8: Entertainments limited by Pan -Hellenic rules. Informal dnnce. Luncheon. Rushing parties once a month on Saturday.
Ji'ratern1ty No hou se, u all college women live in town. Chapte r U8e8 a. room in a. Pi Phi home.
Maint enance of Alumna e Int el-es t. Resident slumnre attend fraternity meetiDgtJ and social fun ctions; gave rug and h elped in other ways to furnish r oom. Non-resident alumnre receiye circular letter.
H0ft,(W3. Presid ent and 2 m e mbers of cabinet of Y. W. C. A. Girls' phys· ical director. Vice-president and criti c of literary society. 3 college tutors. 5 delegates to Y. W. C. A. conferenc es.
Ohapter Work. 3 pins are not complete ly marked with name and chapte r name. Censors compose the sc hol arshi p committee; they obtain all grades twice each teon and read them in open meeting.
Entertainm.ent3. 1000 7: Receptton in honor of patronesses. Buckboard ride and progress iv e luncheon. Active and alumnre celebrated Founders' Day together, eac h giving a play. This was followed by a. spread at whi ch the mothers were present.
]007·8: Trolley party Luncheon. Breakfast. Holiday frolic on Hal· lowe'en
Fraternity Ro oms. 1000·7! rented a ten-room hou se, where 8 g irl s and the chaperon lived.
]907 ·8: Temporarily u s ing two r ooms in Chandler Hall. Special rooms are being prepared for Pi B eta. Phi in the new college dormitory.
Maintenance of AlumtlOe lf1t creltt. Annual evening and commencement week spread and picnic fo r resident Illumnre. Each active member wrote 3 or 4 letters, the chapter send in g one to e&Ch alumna.
!NDIA:iA BETA.
Memberlthip. 1906 ·7: 27 members , 15 initiates. 1007 ·8: 20 members , 6 initiates. 2 resident active, 10 resid ent alumnae; total membership, Decem· ber I, 1907, 150.
Honor Secretary of Y. \V C. A. 2 members of the drama.tic c lub Member of inter-class basket ball team. Member German Club. Member of staff of ArbutUB (college annual).
1907 -8 : Member of Y. W. C. A. ca bin et. 2 members o f dramatic c lub. Captain and member of inter ·class hockey team. Member Ge rman c lub, member French club . 2 members Arbutus sta ff Chapter Work . Program after frat e rnity meeting j o n ce a term , th e pro· gram consists of a fraternity paper , "The Scavenger." Each member pa.ya weekly tax for furniture fund . 3 pins not marked. Entertainmentlt. lnforma l donce, driv es, and card party fo r rushing parties. Each fraternit y entertained info rmally. Two dances and receptions to Sorority girls give n for Mrs. Burr. Two formal dance s during the
BIENNIAL OONVENTION
Spring term. E n ter tain ed P a nth egatric, a f a ncy dress ba ll , given by fro. · te rnity g irl s. S hower for brid e. Founders' Day ce le brated by d a nce and sp r ead in Indi a n apo lis, with I ndiana Gamma as hostesses. Party fo r tl ve cha pler a nd al umn a:. A lumn re Club ga ve Thanksgiving dinner. Ji 'ra t eruity ll OOm8 Until C hri stmas 1906, r ented a ho u se whe re 16 g irla lived, wi th the mothe r o f OD e as c h apero n Moved into the co ll ege dormito ry, wh e r e they have th e u se of a la rge r oom as a fra tern i ty room. This is furni s hed by the chapter
Maint enance of A lum nae Int cre8 t. Alumnre club. Thanksg iving dinne r fo r res id e nt aJumnre No n r es id e nt alumnre r ece ive le tte r s , both persona l and c ir cle. Alumn re o ften meet a t banquets in Indian apo lis
IXDlANA G AlL.lIA
M embers h ip 1006-7: 16 members, 6 initiate s. 1907 ·8: 14 mem be rs, 8 initiates. 11 resident active, 33 reside nt alumnre; total membership, De · cem be r I, 100 7 : 90
H o n orB. 1000 -7 : 2 c lass vi ce·pre si de n ts . Trea s urer and vi ce· pres id ent of Y. W . C. A . 2 members o f Dr amatic Club. Assistant in hi s tory. l!:ditor of CO ll ege paper. Edi to r -in -c hi eC of se nior annu a l. Glee club aCCOlllpa.ni s t. S peake r at co llege banqu e t on li'o unders ' Day Student speec h on c la ss d ay. Member of ex ec uti\'e boa rd of Wo man ' s C lub.
1907 -8: 2 c lass vice·presiden ta. 2 members o f Y. W . C. A. ca binet. 2 mcmbers o f Dramatic Club. Assistant in history. Presid e nt and vice· president of Sho r t ri dge Club
Chap ter W ork. Cha p te r assists in Butler Co ll ege settlement work by rumma ge sales and fair s . All pin s purcba sed s in ce the l Oth Bi e nnial Co n · vention have been marked w ith owne r ' s name and cha pte r name. A ll oth e r s, exce pt 2 to be exch a nged, have bee n proper ly marked. Scholarship co mmitt ee has bee n appointed.
E nter t ainmen t s 19 06 -7 : Thea.tre party and dinn e r. 2 dan ces. Reception f o r alumnre and Pi B eta Phi mot h e r s . Found e rs ' Day dinn e r and d a nce . Freshman dance . Ini t iat io n a nd spread Co r Mr s . Burr.
190 7-8: P r ogr essive e uch re party tea k r oast. 2 da n ces. Banqu et. Pratcrnity l lOOrn8. Ch ap ter room in house wh e r e Pi Phi liv es, giving two r ooms for cha p te r use.
Maintenan ce of AlumMe 1n.terut. Acti ve cha p te r atte nd s alumnre meet· i ng. a lumn re present at fr ate rnity meeting. C ircul a r Jetter se nt to alumn re
M lC lllOAN ALPHA.
M embership. 1906·7 : 14 members, 5 initi ates. 100 7-8 : 10 members, 2 initiates. 5 r es ide nt ac tive, 19 r esidc nt a lumn re; t o t a l membershi p Dece m· be r 1, 1907: 128
H onor,. 1906- 7 : 2 clas8 presid e n ts. Vi ce- pres ide n t o f Y W. C. A. 3 l ead ing parts in literaTY soc iety play. 2 prin c ipal parts in an nive r sary play. T ennis ma n ager. Editor o f Collegian Juni o r r espo nse 3 p r es id e n ts of Sodales ( literary soc ie ty ) . Secretary of the orato ri ca l a SlIOC iation.
1907-8: Class president. Vice ' preside nt, treasure r and 2 cabi n e t membe rs of Y. W . C A. Lead in g part in litera r y society play. Vi ce·pre s id e nt of Athletic Associa tion. Loca l edi t o r of the Coll eg ian. Ohapter Work. "CTiti cis m box," in to which each me mber puts one c ritic is m, complimentary o r adverse, of !Orne act ive Pi Beta. Phi These are read at each meetin g. All pi n s proper ly marked. Sch ol a r sh ip committee r epo rting privately twice each semester.
PI BETA PHI FRATERNITY
105
EntertainmCftt.. 1906-7: "Witches' Party!' Progressive dinne r . "Cookie Shine" o n Founden ' Day . Pi Beta Phi and Delta Tau Delta gave reception to college fraternities.
1907·8: Dinner for Mrs. Burr. Tea in honor of Mrs. Burr. Jr'raternity Roo".,.. No chapte r house.
Maintenance of Alumnae /nt ere,t. Frequent ca lla. Alumooo welcome at. all fra ternity meeting8 . Two regular meetings with alumnle each term . Annual letter to atumolt.
MIClIIOAN BETA.
MembeTlhip. 1000 7: 20 members. 7 initiates. 1907·8: 19 members, 6 initiates I resident. active, 8 resident alumuw; total membership, December I, 1907, 146.
H onor.. 1906·7: Cl1t 8s secretary. Y. W. C A. secretary. Leading part in senior play. QDe of the leading parts in German play. 3 members of cast of junior play. 2 in cas t of Woman ' s League play. 2 members of Mortar Hoard (honorary senior society). Group leader in Woman'sl.eague. ' 2 members of Deut.acher Verein. 3 members of Omega. Pbi (honorary liter· ary society).
1907 8: Class historian, secretary of medical cl ass. President and mem· ber of cabinet of Y. W. C. A. .Member of Comedy Club . Part in Deutscher Verein play. Member of Mortar Board. 2 m embers of Deutscher Verein. Secr etary and 2 members of honorary French society. Member of executive board and g l'o up lead e r o f Woman 's League.
Chapter Work. i mprovement in scholarship and cha.racte r. Aroused i n · terest in all fraternity affairs , especially the Arrolo and the song·book Song 'committee starts songs between courses at dinner Interest in Woman's League, athletic association, German and French clubs, and class politics. Chapte r holds Thursday c\' enings for din ncr guests. One fra· ternity pin not yet marked. Comm ittee on scho lar ship.
Entertainments 190 6-7: Germa n. Reception for chapero n. 2 initiations and banquets. l i'ancy dress party. Freshman dinner to freshmen of other woman's fraternities. Engagement spread. Entertained MiBB Gamble and 5 6'irls from Liggett School. COlllm encement reunion.
]007·8 : Informal rushing parties a nd dances Initiation and banquet. Fraternity Roottlf. A new house, leased for 2 years. 13 live in house, 17 board there. Chaperoned. in 1906 -7 by a. Pi Phi motherj in 1907-8 by someone not connected with the fraternity.
Maintenance of Alutnnae I nterest Resident alumnre, by calls and entertainments. Annual letter intended not to give mere statement of facts, but to stimulate intere s t in the chapter and to show pleasure of chapte r in personal co-operation of alumnre .
ILLINOIS BETA
Member,hip. 1900·7 : 16 members. 6 initi ates 1007 ·S 15 members, 6 initiates. 4 resident active, 16 r esident alumnrej total membership, Decem · ber I, 1907: 2 18 Bonors. 1006 -7 : Salutatorian. Leading part in clu8 play. Second prize in Townsend contest.
1907 -8: First pri7.e in Bartlett Peace Contest Chapter lfork. Pledges required. to learn names, pins and in8ignia. of other woman'8 fraternities, and Pi Beta Phi songs and chapter ron at pledge meetings. Monthly literary program, songs and "Cookie Shine." Aid given to Galesburg Pi Phi Association in supporting ho sp ital room. Represented by a float in a. floral parade given by managers of fr ee kindergarten. Schol·
106
BIENNIAL OONVENTION
ar sbi p committee reporu monthly in open meeting. 3 pins, to be exchanged, nGt marked
Entertainnletl.t 8. 1906·7: Annual re cep tion (or new g irl s. Galesburg Pi Phi Association e nte rtained ru s h ees o f Illin o is Beta. and Illinois Delta. Entertained at dinner by patronesses. Picnic brea.kfa s t. Dinners. f4Cook ie Shines," Pink domino dance. Reception for Mrs. Burr. Founders' Day banquet. Annual da.nce. Commencement reunion.
1907 ·8 : Annual r ece ption to new girls. Dinners. "Cook ie Shines," Entertained Galesburg Pi Phi Association.
Fraternity R ooms. R e nted octago nal shaped room for chapter u se in Pr es ident' s hou se
Maintenan ce of Alumnae [nt ered. Alumnre support active chapter . H elp furni sh fraternity room. Invited to initiati o ns and formal parti es. Gales · burg Pi Phi Association Printed l etter and reun io n for n o n ·resident alumlUl!.
ILLUiOJ8 DELTA.
M emben hip. 1906·7: 20 member s, ] I initiates. 1907 -8: 25 me mber s, 9 initiates. 9 resident active, 30 resid e nt a lumn re; total member s hip, December I, 1907! 147.
H onor.. 1906·7: Class president and vice-president. President and 2 members of cabinet of Y. W . C. A. Member of junior play eRst. 2 m e mbers of sophomore play cast. First pri ze in Women 's Dec lamati o n Contest. Latin prize Member fre s hman ho no r roll. 4 members of board of Gale (college annual). 2 members of editorial sta ff of Knox Student. 5 memo bers of student stock company. Editor of conservatory number of Knox Student.
1907 -8: C lass vice-preside nt, sec r eta ry, tr eas ure r. President. 3 members of cabinet of Y. W. C. A President of sen io r dramatic club. House president of girls' dormito ry. 2 members of editorial sta lT of Knox Student 2 members of board of Gale . 5 members of Student Stock Company.
Chap t er Work. Support room at c ity hospital. Assi st in fr ee kindergarten. 2 pin s are not marked. Committee of 3 reports on scholarship twice a se mester ..
Entertainments.
1900 -7: Banqu et. Formal party. Reception to fa culty. Se"eral house parties.
]907-8: Bouse party .
Fraternity Roo",.. Fa cu lty ruling forbid s chapter hou ses Room rented for meetings.
Ma intertaftC6 of AlumftGe [nt erut. Galesburg Association of Pi Beta Phi, consi8ting of r es ident alumnre, Illinoi s Beta, and Illino is Delta , benefitA active chapters, and inter ests alumnre. Reun ion of chapter. Printed circu· lar letter se nt out at commencement.
ILLINOI S EpSILON.
M ember. hip. 1006·7: 21 members, 12 initiates. 1907 8: 24 members, 9 initiates. 14 r esident active, 28 res ident alumnlle; total membership, December I , 1907 : 94.
HoPWr•. 1906 7 : Class hi storian, chairman social committee. Y . W. C. A. vice-president. M ember SyIJabu8 board.
1907 -8 : Class vice-president, historiaD_ )Iember of Y W. C. A. cabinet. Member of CAst o f German play. Woman editor o f the Xorthwestern. Member of Syllabus board.
PI BETA PHI FRATERNITY.
Clt4pter Work. Annual contribution to support of Northwestern settlement. Refurnished fraternity room8. One pin not marked. ScboJarsllip commit.tee appointed.
Entertuinmen.t.. Reception to all women ' s fraternities to meet Mrs. Burr. Dinner dance. Valentine party. Formal dance. Informal dance. FratentHy Room.. No fraternity bouse allowed, but cbapter roomB Nmted from the university in the dormitory.
Maintenance of AlUmnae Int erest. Fraternity supper spread. Active cha.pter attend meetinga of Chicago Aiumnle Club. Entertain Chicago Club at initiation. No circular letter se nt to alumnle.
ILLlNOIS ZETA.
llembenhip. 1006-7: 26 members, ]0 initiates. ]007·8: 21 members, 8 initiates. 6 r eside nt aeth-e, 22 r eside nt alumnre; total membeuhip, December 1, 1907 : 118.
Honers. 1906-7: ClUB secretary. Member Y. W. C. A. cabinet. Leading Tol e and minor part in Dramatic Club play. Captain class basket baH team. 2 a&8istantB in library exhibit.
1907 -8: Leading parts in 2 Dramatic Club plays. :Member of 'varsity basket ball team. 2 members of class basket ball teams. Chopter Work. 1906-7: Scholarship comm il tee r eporl.B twice a semester. Weekly Bible c lass in chapler house. Chapler broughl Pan·Hellenic to agree to shorlen Tusbing season lo lwo and one·ha.lf weeks. Bible c lass. Woman's League fair Comm ittee on echolarship reads r epo rt in open meeting. Freshmen who do not maintain .tandard of scholarship have their privileges taken away. Pins all properly marked.
Entertainment •. 1006-7 : During rusbing season, informal dance. JapAn. ese tea, picnic s upper, r eceptio n and lun cheo n. Pi Bela Phi and Phi Delta Th ela enlertained by Pi Phi patroness. Thanksgiving dance. Reception to active c hapler give n by a lumna . Enlertained 6 Wi scons in Alpha girls. Reception for Mrs. Burr. Chaple r reunion celebrated by a nnual party , tea, and Founders' Day banquet. Dinner to seniors
1907 ·8: During rushing season , Japanese tea, Kentucky breakfast, recep· tion, infonnal dance, vaudeville show Series of dinners to pa.tronesses, fa c ulty members, and town 8lumnl£.
Fraternity Ro om•. 1906·7. Rent a. hou se in which 20 gir ls live, chaper· oned by tb e mother o f a Pi Phi.
1907 -8: Rent a. house in which 15 girTs live, ch aperoned by a. Michigan Alpha Pi Phi , who is in structor in the ag ri cu ltural department.. Maintenance of Alumnae ( ntcred. Alumme attend frat erni t y meetings and Tushing partiell. Circular letter sent to atumnre in printed form . Chap· t e r reunion.
WrSOONSrN ALPIIA.
Member.hi,J 1906 -7: 20 members, 8 initia tes . 1907 8: 25 memberll, 0 initiates. 6 resident active, 7 resident a lumn rej total membership, Decem· ber I , 1907 ·8, 11 5.
Honor 1906·7: Cla ss vice- president. Senior class poet. lIfember of cast of senior play. Manager of inler ·sorori ty bowling leagu e. Captai n class basket ball team. Member Wisconsin Badger board. Member Wisconsin Literary Magazine board.
1907 ·8 : Leader of univ ers ity Bible class. Part in Barefoot C lub play. Secretary of Self·Government Association. C hapt er Work. Entire house redecorated. Oriental rugs , hall clock, por· tieres and table s ilver purchased. Plumbing and bath room! r enovated .
BIENNIAL CONVENTION
Contribution to crew fund. Christmas dinner for the poor. AJI f raternity badges properly marked. Scholarship committee reports twice a. year. En'ertainment., 1906 -7: Reception for chaperon. for Mrs. Burr. ' Founders' Day indoor picni c. party Spring formal party 1007·8: Reception for fre s hmen. Fall party. Fraternity Rooms. House owned, in which 14 girls and the chaperon live. No circular letter sent to alumn&!.
PROVINCE.
IOWA ALPHA.
M em ber8hip 1906 7: 12 members, 6 initiates. ]907 ·8 : 11 members, 4 initiates. 5 resident acth' e, 37 resident alumnle; total membership. December 1, 1907: 345.
lIon ora. ]906·7: Class secretary. Y. W. C. A. secretary and member of cabinet .Member of cast of class play. Society editor of college paper. H)07 ·8: Y. W C. A treasurer and member of cabinet. Part in clasa play. Assi s tant e4itor and 2 members of stafT of college annual. SOCiety editor of college paper. Pres ident and seCretary of Ruthean society Secr etary of Hypatia.
Chapter Work All pins have been properly marked. Committee has been appointed to maintain the scholarship of the members. Its work baa been sat isfa c tory Entertainment. 1906·7: Rushing party Hal1owe'en party Mock wed· ding. 2 receptions .
1007·8: Supper in the woods. "Cookie Shine." Tea.. Reception. Fraternity RoomlJ. A rented room for frat e rnity meetings. Maintenance Of Alumnae Int erest. Resident alumnre are interested by "Cookie Shines," entertainments, and calls. Non·resident alumnre receive invitati o ns to commencement reunion No circular letter sent out
IOWA BETA.
Membership . 1906·7 : 17 members, g initiates. 1007 ·8: 10 members, 8 initiates. 5 re s ident acti\'e, 31 r eside nt alumnrej total membership, Dece m· ber I , 1907, 2 76.
[Jonora. 1006 7: Class vice pre9ident. 3 member s of Y. W . C. A. cabi· net. Heroine of senior play Captain and 2 members of bask et ball team winning state ch a mpion ship M embe r of student council. Presidents of 2 literary soc ieties. Secretary and treasurer of Oratori ca l Association. 1907 8: Class secretary. Y . W . C. A. secretary and member of cabinet. 4 members of casts of plays given by dramatic club. 2 captains and 6 players of basket ball teams. Secretary of student council. Associate ed· itor of annual.
Chapter Work. All pins have been marked with name, but some lack chapter nam e. Scholarship committee 1906·i r epo rted grades each term Ko committee 1907·8.
E1ltertainment.. 1906·7: "Cook ie Shine." Annual Hallowe'en party. House party. Party for seniors. Reception for Mi ss Stua.rt. "Freshmen !tu nt" on Founders' Day.
1007·8: "Cook ie Shine." Rall owe'e n party. R o u se party. Informal nt s hing parties Entertained Pan ·Hellenic Association at breakfast at Pi Beta. Phi lodge.
Raoma. 1900 7: No fraternity had a house .
1907 ·8: Rented a house where 7 live ; after January 1, 13 wilt live there, chaperoned by an alumna, the president's reader.
Ma intenance of Alumnae I n.tercst. A lumn re Club meets monthly. At each meeting a collection is taken for the benefit of active chapte r . Found· ers' Day "Cookie Shine." Each g irl wrote 5 cop ies of the letter to alumnre. sending with each & li st o f names to whom the r ec ipi e nt should forward the let te r. About sixty Jetters were sent out, each illustrated with kodak views of the sc hool and the girls. Th er e are about 300 alumnre.
IOWA GA1UlA
Me"tbership. 1906 1 : 23 m e mbers, 10 initi ates. 1907·8: 14 members. 0 initiates 2 r es ident active, 13 res id ent alumnre; t otal membership, December I , 1907: 135.
Honors. 1906 -7 : Class pr es ident and vice-preSident. Y W. C. A. vicepresident and 2 members of cabinet. in c lan plays. Member of first hockey team Member basket ba ll team. Member of staff of annual. Presi. dent of literary society.
1907-8: 2 class secreta ries . Member Y. W . C. A . cab in et. Delegate to Y. W. C. A. com'ention. 3 in c la ss pl a.y . 4 on hockey teams. 2 members of first basket ball t eam. Won inter·class tennis Member of Oratorical Council. 3 members of staff o f annual.
Chapter W ork. Twi ce during the term in open meet.ing schola r s hip comJIlittee r epo rts t.he co nditi o n of t.he work of each member in every study pursued All pins are correct ly marked.
Ent ertai n men t s 1906·7: Fall dance. Founders' Da y dance.
1907-8: Open house to all s tud ent.s in co ll ege soo n after moving into th e ne w hou se. Reception in honor of chaperon. Term d a nce.
Frat ernit y Roo ms 1906·7: Rented a small house for chapter room and Pi Phi dining room. 6 alumnre lived t.here
1907 ·8: Rent a hou se which has been remodeled for a chapte r h o u se. 16 active girls live there, chaperon ed by t.he associat.e professor in the Dome s tic Science Departmen t.
Maintenarn: e of Alumnae Int ere8 t. R esident a lumnre are invited to social meetings of chapt.er and entertain for t.hem Several alumnre board with chapter. Many alwnnre are r eached by letter s, but no ci rcular lette r was sent out. Tcrm parti es, football gamcs and college exercises bring back alumn re for r e unions.
IOWA ZETA
Member8hip. 1906 -7: 19 members, 10 initiates. 1907 ·8: 24 members, 9 i n itiates,4 re s ident act.ive, 12 r es ide nt Illumn rej total m ember sh ip, December I , 1907, ]58.
Honor,. 1906 -7: I elec tion to Phi Beta. Kappa. Class vi ce ·pres ident Y. W. C. A. vice-pr es ide nt and 2 cabinet members. Mem be r of cas t of senior play. Pres id ent of University Dramati c Club. Leading part in plays. Captain of bask et ball team. Pres iden ts of 3 literary societ ies a.nd 11 m embers. Member of Writers' Club . M embe r of R eade r s' Club. 3 member s of board of college annual.
1907 -8: Vice-pres id ent of Y W. C. A. 2 lead ing parts in plays. President and 4 ne w members elected to literary society. Pre sident of Epsilon 'I'au.
Ohapter Work. .Arranging n ew chapter hou se Each year a chapter picture given to hou se. Round robin letter during Summer to make ru s hing plan s. Pin s properly marked. Scholar s hip r epo rts are made by Dean of Wom en to chapter pres id e nt, who inierviews the girls priva.tely j a seco nd l ow r eco rd warrants reading the girl's r eco rd in open meeting.
BIENNIAL CONVENTION
Entertainnum ts. 1006 7: Reception , dan ce, dimlcr, pic n ic, Japan ese b r eakfl.\.8t and chafing-di s h parti cs, durin g ru s hing season . Reception for chaperon . Chapter spreads twi ce a month. Chri s tmas party. Easter brea kf ast. Banquet to ce le brate 25th anniversary of th e loca l chapter. Senior breakfas t during co mm e ncement week.
1007 -8: S upper spread, pi cni c, C arniva l of Nations, mu s ica le, Sunday tea durin g ru s hing seaso n . n ece pti o n fo r Dew chaperon. upper s preads after f oot.ball ga mes to out·or town gucstll.
Prat er-nity R oo m s . 1006 7 : Rented a hou se in whi c h II members lived, cbaperoned by an alumna.
1007 -8: Rented a hou se in whi c h 12 live, c hapero ned by a. hou se moth e r not co nn ec ted with the fra te rni ty.
Ma intenance of A l umnae Int erest. An illu s trated Je t.ter in printed (o nn sent to eac h alumna..
},U SSOU IU ALPIIA •
.Me mbership . 1906-7: 2 4 membe rs, 7 initiates. 1907 ·8: 2 4 members, 10 initiates. 2 res ide nt a c tive, 8 r es ident alumn re; total me mbership, De · cember I, 190 7: 80.
H ono r a. 1906 7 : 2 members o f Quadrangle Club. 3 m e mbers of Glee Club.
1907 ·8 : Junio r champio n i n te n ni s. M e mber of Carol Club
Ohapt er W ork All pin s correctly marked. Scholarship committee r eports mo nthly
Entertainmenta 1906 -;: Annual rece pti o n. Hou se dance for each of the ten frat e rniti es. F ound ers' Day banqu et. Spring ru s hing parti es.
1907 ·8 : R ece ption. Open house. Hou se dance for each f r aternity. Prat erni ty /l oom8. R e nted hou se in which 17 girls live, chaperoned by a Pi Beta. Phi, th e assistant sec r eta ry of th e State Hi s tori ca l Society. Maint enance of Alu"mae I nt eres t Alumnre Club, ba'lquets and parti es. Perso nal le tt e r s.
MISSOURI BETA
M embe r 8h ip. 1906 7: 15 m e mbcrs, 15 initiates. 1907 8: 18 m e mbers, 0 initiates. l8 re s id ent active, 2 res id e nt alumnre; t ota l me mber s hip , Dece mber I , 1007: 21. 0"1 H ott()rs. 1906·7 : Cl ass vice·pres id ent :Membe r of cas t o f a nnual play Vice-pres id e nt of dramatic c lub. Co-ed i tor o f the univers ity pub,li cat io n , "Stude nt LjJe." ,_.: ,. ,
1907 -8 : ° 1;I8.8s vice-pres ident. Co·editor of the yea r book, "The Hatc het ." Treas urer of the Glee Club.
Ohapter W ork. 1906-7: Learning new r espo ns ibiliti es, planning furn · ishings for room s in n ew d o rmitory , arra n g ing for ru s hin g.
1907 -8 : Furnishing r oo ms All pins correctly marked. Chapter pres i· d e nt obt a in s quarterly r epo rts of all members and h a ngs th em, in sc hed ule form , on walls of f rate rnity rooms. Weekly lun ch in f rater nity room s. Ent ertainments. 1906- ; : R ecept ion to visiting a nd rP.8id e nt a.lumnae and to th e unive r s ity th e day after in sta llati o n. Initiati o n and "Cookie Shine" o n Founders' D ay . Info rmal "at h o m e" to fac ulty and st ud ents in fraternity room Ru s hin g party. Flower auction fo r furni sh ing n e w r oom Tniti atio n and banquet. Lawn party.
1907 -8: Dance 2 showers fo r bride Reception g ive n by M acM illan d o rmitor y, each woman's frat ern ity r ece i vin g in own r ooms. 1nitiation and "Cookie Sbine " Spread and informal dance.
Fratern.ity R ooJPU. 1900 ;: The use, without rental , o f a sma ll r oom in University Hall, open o nly during the day.
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1907·8: Rent o f two rooms in new dormitory. Mai,..tenance of Alumnae [ nlerut. AU resident alumnte invited to e otertainmentA. Chapte r working to interest Pi Phis from ot.her cbaptere who are in the city. One non-resident alumna, and letters go to ber eo nstantly.
LoUI SlANA. ALPHA.
M emberahip 1906-7: 14 me mbers , 7 initia tes. 1907·8: 10 m embers, 0 initiates. ]0 resident aeti\'c, 71 resident aiumnlll; total membe rsh ip, Dece mber I, 1907: 104.
HOMr. , 1900-7: C l uiJ president, vice-president, secr eta ry, 2 treasurera. Repr ese nted in 2 play s 6 membe r s of basket ball team. Newcomb manager of coll ege week ly. 4 Bub-ed itors o f annual. Vice-pres ident of French ci r cle.
1907 -8: C la N vice· pres id e nt. 2 c la ss editors of co ll ege weekly Newcomb manager of co ll ege weekly. Vice-president of French circle.
Chapter Work Beautifying c hapte r r oom by rug and Newcomb lamp given by J,>&trone8&e8 , newly finished walis, Co pl ey prints, antique furnitur e. Not all PIDS Scho lar sh ip committee. Entertainment.. 1nformal lun cheons. Annual symposium for rushees . Reception to patronesses. Reception for Mi ss Stuart. Founders ' Day lun cheo n . Fraternity Room. Uoom lent by the coll ege. Maintenan ce of AtumnM Int ere.t. Alumnre club actively interested in chapter, aiding in ru s bing, in entertai ning, and financially. Ci r c ular letter.
M1NNESOTA ALPHA.
1906·7: 21 member s, 36 initiates. 1907 -S: 21 member s, 3 initiates. 15 res id e nt active, 47 resident alumnre; t ota l membership , De· cember 1, 1907: 76.
Honor. 1906 7 : Class treas urer. Member of Y \Y. C. A cabine t. 2 members of Univers ity Dramatic Club. 10 members o f Arcbery Club. 6 members of Tellnis Club . Pres iden t and vice·president of Woma n's League. Senior representative to Se If Go\'ernment Association. 2 assistant editors of Minn esota. Gopher. 2 members of W oman 's Magazine board. 2 assistant editors o f Minnesota Daily. Accompanist, so loi st, treasurer, and 3 members of Glee Cl ub 8 members o f lite r ary soc iety. Member of Quill (girls' pres s club). Member of Sigma Tau (se nior society). 2 members of Alpha Ep· s ilon ( fr eshman soc ie ty).
190i -8 : Class sec r eta r y 2 me mbers of Dramati c Club. 3 members of basket ball squad. Archery Club. Tennis Club. Artist o f 1909 Gopher . Junior r eprese ntative of St ud ent Go\'e rnment Association. l\Iember of Woman ' , League Co un cil. Membe r of staff of Minnesota Da.ily. Treasurer and member of co un c il of Musi ca l Federa.tion. Secretary and 2 members of Political Equality Cl ub. Accompanist and 3 members of Glee Club. Mem · ber of Quill Club. 6 members of literary soc ieti es. Member of Alpha. Ep· silon.
Ohapt cr lVork. Standing comm itlee on s tud e nt's work s. Sta ndin g co m· mittee on alumnm atrairs. Worked to find sati s factory rules for Pan · Hell e ni c Association. Pins all prope rly marked. SchOlarship committee of 2 seniors and I junior r epo rt to chapter meeting. Alumnre also have sc holarship co mmittee
b'nt er t,"nm cn.ts. 1000·7 : Monthly teas for alumnre. Founders' Day banquet, Mrs. Libby guest of honor. Hallowe'e n party Christmas informal. Formal dance. Informal dance.
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1907 -8 : Mo nthly teas fo r alulDDre. Christmas info rm a l. H o u se party for fre shm e n .
Fraternity R oo m Rented
Main'ena. n.ce of Alumnae I n t eres t Mo nthly teas. Ever y g irl in c h a pter calls on at lea st two alumnre e ve ry month. Standing committee on alumnre atTa.irs reports to Ahunn re Club. 1906- 7 lette r sent to alumnre of n ew Minn esota. Alpha. ch a pter. 1907 -8 letter to be se nt to all alumn re of chapter
NEllItASKA BETA
M em bers hip 1906·7: 21 m embers, 10 initiates . 1907 8: 14 member s , 8 pledged. 5 resident active, 23 re sident a lumnre; total member ship, Vecember I , 1907: 106.
H onor8. 1906 7: Class vi ce- pres ident. M e mber of college set tl em e nt board. 2 m ember s of Cornhu s ker board
190 7-8: 3 members of Dra mati c Club. Pr es id e nt of University Girls' iC lub.
Chapter W ork. 3 pin s no t yet marked. Schola r s hip committee, co nsi s ting of a se ni o r who look s over g rad es of active ch a p te r e ve ry two weeks .
Entertainments 1006·7: Ru s hing parties include mu s ical e, dan ce, lunch eo n, hou se warming, sw immin g party Informal dan ce. Each fra · ternity was entertained info rmall y in chapter h o u se . Found ers' Day ce le· brated by r e union, in cluding annual banqu e t and form a l party. "Coo kie Shine" for Kans as Alpha 1907·8 : M o rnin g car d party g i ve n by patro n esses, mu s icale, dinner dance, th ea tri cal g iv en by alumnoo, h o use·wa rmin g, and dinner were ru shing part.ies. "Cooki e Shine" for I owa Gamma. Informal dan cc.
Frat ernity Ro oms. R e nted ho u se , where 12 live and Hi board , wit.h the aunt of an alumna a s chape r o n
Ma inten a n.ce of Alumtlae I nterest. Alumnre Club meets once a month nnd se nd s r e prese ntati ve to cha pter meeting. Acth 'e c hapte r r e prese nted in alumnre meetings. Alumnre g h 'e ru shin g p a rti es a nd arrange banqu e t. Alumn re in vi ted to chapte r parties. Non r es ident alumn re r ece ive l e tte r invi t ing them to F o unders' Day r e uni on. Inte r ested in fund fo r n e w ch a p· t e r ho u sc.
KANSAS ALPUA
M em bers hip. 1906 7: 26 m e mber s, 14 initi ates. 1007 8 : 24 m e mber s. 9 initiates. 11 r es ide nt act iv e, 41 r es id ent alumn re; total membership , De· cember I , 1907 : 264.
Hon ors. 1006·7': Member of Y. W C. A. cabin e t 3 m embe r s of " The Masque. " Leading wo m a n in tw o plays, a nd in ope ra. give n by the Fin e Arts School. Leading wo man in se ni or play 3 m embers o f Quill Club
A s sistant editor of annual.
1907·8 : 2 members of "The Ma squ e." Leading pa rt in ope ra. Me mbe r of Quill Club.
Oha pt er Work 1006 7: Rai s ing fund s to build a cbapte r h ouse. 1007 ·8: Work to r eli eve financial s tr a in fir s t yea r in n e w h o u se. Syste m o f s elf 'llove rnm ent in chap t e r bou se W eek l y Bible c lass. Chri stma s ca rrolling Pin s co rr ectl y marked. Scholarship com m ittee P a n Hellenic does not enfo r ce i ts rul es st ri c tly e nough . Entertaanments 1906·7 : Reception , ch ocolate, l a wn pi c ni c. lun cheon. Sunday nig ht lunch were ru s hin g parties. 3 initiatioD s. 5 '4Cook ie S hines." 3 faculty teas. Annua l d a nce. "The Reveries of a. B ac h elo r " at Co unty Fair Recepti o n for Prov ince Pres id en t
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1907·8: parties consisted of reception, chocolate, dinner dance, card party. all Olght party. Sunday night lunch. Initiation. IlCookie Shine!' Hallowe'e n Utocky party!· Receptions for college people.
Fraternity Room8. 1906-7 : Rented a. bouse occupied by 7 girls, chap· ero ned by mother or one. Proctor was appointed, who reprimanded , or reported to bonae committee, a.ny who broke regulations. 1907 -8: Own house in which 13 liv e. Paid chape r on.
Main.tenance of Alum-Me I nterul. Alumnre attend chapter meetings, initiations and uCookie Shines ," Res ident alumnre and active chapte r ente rtai n (&culty. AlumfUl! invite active gir ls to tea.. House committee, cons ist.ing o f two alumme and two house girls, constructed bouse rules, interviewed procto r , and enforced rules. No n -resid e nt a lu mnre receive postals and letters. Interested in a nnual banqu et and building fund. The sc h olar s hip established in the university by the alumnre in memory of Lucinda Smith · Buchanan, is now self·supporting.
TEXAS ALPHA.
Member,hip. 1006·7 : 25 members, 15 initi ates. 1907 -8: 28 members, 13 initi ates. 10 r esident active, 11 r esident alumnre ; tota l membership, De· cember 1, 1007: 82.
Honor.. 1906 -7: 2 e lec tions to Phi Beta Kappa.. C lass hi sto ri a n and secretary. Member o f Y W. C. A. cab in et. All Pi Phi members of Ashbcl Literary Soc.iety assigned parts in the produ ction of 14Twelfth Night." Member of basket ball team. Member o f tennis squad. Pres id ent of Woman's Council. Tutor in Spanish. Secretary, 3 wardens, and 5 m ember! of A!hbel Literary Soc iety. :Member o f board of Texan (week ly news· paper). Member of board of Cactus (coll ege annual). 4 member s of uRab · bit's Foot," inter·sorority social club. Led grand march in final ball.
]007 -8: Member of board ,o f Magazin e. Pr es id ent of Ashbel I .i tern.ry Soci ety. Lcd grand ma.rch of annua l fr eshman r ece ption.
Ohapter Work. 1906- 7 : Stood for open seaso n in Pan H ell e ni c. Co n · tinual rai s in g of sta ndard of scholar s hip in the uni vers i ty is doing away wit.h much of t he old·time entertai nin g. Grade comm i ttee r epo rted n o fa.ilur es at any term. Chapte r has adopted the plan of having each upper clue gi rl take a. fr eshman as her charge for th e whole year , to look after both soc ia lly and in scholars hip
1907 -8 : In the spri ng, ru s hing committee appointed from town girls. All girls of the chapte r were supplied with Tu s hmg infonnation blanks be · fore June. These blanks , fully filled out, r etu rned during th e s umm e r . Chapter all returned on time in the Fall , with full and concise information concerning fr eshma n girl !. Town girl s had chapte r house in readiness. Chaperon made it a pleasure to invite frc s hm e n to the hOll 8C
According to 8. plan adopted by Pan ·Hellenic, all gi rls ' frat er nity hou ses keep open house (without r e fr eshments) the fir s t Saturday night o r every month, to take the place of Sunday afternoon callin g. Chapter h as planned one ni ght each month set apart f or a kind of 41revival m eeting" o f th e cbapte r; only the girl ! go to the h ouse. a nd the eve nin g is to be spen t. in singing frat e rni ty songs, etc. Some pins of old e r me mbers not marked with chapter n&m e.
Eneertainment.. Banquet to sen iors. State reunion.
Fraternity Rooms. Rented a hou se in whi c h 9 m embers live. Chaperon in 1007·8, recommended by Delln o f Women.
Maintenance of Alumnae I ntcre3t Re s ident alumnre invited to chapter meetings, to meals at the house , a nd on unday afternoons. Circular l ette r se nt Reunion fo r all Pi Beta Phis in Texas Februllry 20-23. 1007. during Mi ss Stuart.'s vi s it. Entertainmen ts dur in g th e reunion consisted of tea.
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at chapter hou se to all fraternity women of college; informa l "a t hom e" to vi s itors in evening; progre ss ive lun cheon; initiation; regular fraternity meeting; banquet at which Miss Stuart and an I. C. fr om Indi a na we re present.
CoLORADO ALPRA.
M em ber8hip 1006·7: 26 members, 8 initiates. 190 7-8: 31 members, 7 initi ates. ) 3 r es ident active, 16 r es id ent a l umnrej total member s hip, December I , 1907: 135.
Hon OT8. 1906-7: 4 class vice -pre s idents. Y W. C. A. vice-pres ident, secretary an d member o f cabi n et Secretary and m ember of executive board o f dramatic c lub. Pre s ident of W omen's Athl etic Associati on. Member o f hockey team. 2 ed i tors of Coloradoan (college annua l ). 2 member s of bOard o f S ilve r and Gold. Secr etary and member of Women' s League board. 1907-8: 2 c lass vi ce- presid en ts. Y. W. C A. secretary, treasure r and member of cab inet. Pr es id e nt a n d 2 members of dramatic c lub . 2 a ssoc iate editors o f a nnu al. Member o f Woman's League board.
Ohap t er W ork. 1906·7: Bought a lot. Planned and built chapte r hou se. Each gir l contr ibuted as muc h as she was able to hou se fund . Eac h gir l earned a nd gave a. monthl y amount. Bazaar.
190 7·8 : Durin g Summer res id e nt m embers made the hou se r eady for occupancy. Payment for hou se and furnitur e. Bazaar. Pins properly marked. Chapter presid e nt acts as scho l a r s hip committee. D e linquen ts se ver ely r eprima nded by senior committee.
Entertainments. ] 006·7: Entertained m en's fr ate rniti es Receptions for Delta. Gamma conven tio n , high sch oo l stud e nts on High School D ay Ca nd y booth at county fair give n by Y. M C. A. and Y. W. C. A.
100 7-8 : Mu s ica le, dan ce, buffet lun cheo n , tea and mock marria ge during r u s hing seaso n Tea and "Cook ie Sh in e" for Colo rad o Beta. H ou sc warming. Monthly "Cookie Sh in e " Fraternity Room s. 190 6·7: Rented a hou se wh e r e 15 g irl s lived. Chape ron ed by Miss Lovelac e, chapcro n fo r 6 yeMs.
1007·8: Own hou se, in whi ch 18 g irl s and chapero n live.
Maintenarn: e of Alumnae I n.terest. Alumn re Club R es id e nt alum nre attend "Cook i e Sh in es," re cept io n s, t ens; h e lp furni s h hou se. No n -r es ident alumnre r ece i ve letters conta ining pi c tures of t h e housc a nd invitation to ini tiation . Every 3 months 8. dinn er in Denver. Large num ber came to house· warming.
CoLORADO BETA.
Membership 1906·7 : 2 1 member s, 9 initi ates. 1007 ·8: 10 m e mbers , 4 initi ates. 7 r es id ent active, 32 re s ident a lumn rej tota l me mbership, Decembe r 1, 190L 122.
H ono rs 1006·7, 3 c la ss officers. 2 Y. W. C. A. officers 3 member s of Dramatic Club 1 in atbl (!tics.
J 90 7 -8: 2 clasa officers. President a nd 2 members of cabin et of Y. W. C. A. Sec r etary of Dramati c Cl ub. Chapter Work 1906-7: Cha rg e of li brary a t Neigh borhood Hou se . Pledged $1,200 towards University Building Fund; paid $250 of pled ge. 1907 -8: Librarian s at Neighborhood House. Booth in Y. W. C A. county fair. Badges pr ope rly marked. Grades have been read in ope n meeting every month.
Entertainments. 1006 -7 : 3 dances. 2 lun cheo n s. Theatre party. 2 r ece pti o n s. Fancy dress party. F ounders' Day celeb r at ion with Colorado Alpha
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1907 -8: 2 dances. E ntertained the three meo's fraterniti es. Afternoon a.nd evening party. Bungalow lun cheo n.
Fraternity ll 00tn& . Own bungalow used as chapter room.
Maintenance of AlulIHJae Denv er AiumD re Club Init.iation and r ece ption Patronesses of forma l dauce. Founders' Day banquet. Circulat.ing letter.
CALLFOIlNlA. ALPllA.
Membership. 1006·7: 17 m embers, 5 initiates. 1007 -8 : 16 membera, 5 initiates. 1 resident. active, 1 r esiden t aluwna; total membe rsh ip, December 1, 1007: 67.
Honor., 1906 -7: 3 members of Y. W. C A. cabinet. Me mber of cast of Sword a.nd Sandals' play . M embe r cast of so phom ore play. Manager of basket ball team. Manager and member of Tennis Cl ub. 2 members of Cap and Gown, senior women' s bonor soc iety. .Member of English Club. Member of German Club. 3 members of Social Service Club. Member of executive board of Musical Club.
1907·8: Member of Y. W. C. A cabinet. Membe r of basket ball squad. Member of Cap and Gown. 2 members of Social Service Club . 3 members of Fren ch Club. Member of GerwaD Club. Member of executive board, ac· compa.nist, and 4 members of :Mu s ical Club. Member of executive committee of Woman's League. Senior representative of Stanford University Wom e n ' s League.
Oho.pter Work. 1900 7: Gift to fund for founding of a Juven ile Republic started by Mr George of the George , Jr. , Republic, and by Dr Gardner, cbapla.in of the university. Dressed Ia.rge number of dolls for tenement children in San Francisco. T ook part in entertainment and Cbristma.s tree for refugee ch ildren. Copies of exam ination qu es tions and of all college periodicals and papers filed fo r c hapter u se
1907 ·8: Dres sed dolls fo r tencment children. Freshman badges Jack c hap ter name. Scholar s hip committee.
b'ntertain.mentB . 1906 7: " Delmoni co supper" for members of Sword and Sandals (me n's dramatic soc iety). Dinner and tally ho given by ICniors Pi Beta. Phi , Kappa Kappa Gamma, Kappa AJpha Theta enter· tained Pan Hellenic with dan ce. Sunset sup per in the hills given by fr es h· men St . J'atrick's dinncr and play given by juniors and so phomores. mal progr ess ive dinner. Informa l party 2 eard parties. Receptio n to chapero n Open house on Founders' Day. }"ormal reception to faculty. I nformal teas.
1907-8: Hallowe'c n party and dinner. 3 fo rmal dinners. Reception to cha.peron. Thanksgiving dinner and party .
Jj'raternity IlOOmB. Rent house fr o m university. ] 2 gir ls live there. In 1906 -7 chaperoned by mother of active me mber ; in 1907 ·8, by aunt of two active members
Maintenance of Alumnae Int ereBt. Annual initi at ion, call s and dinners. Annual letter, illustrated.
CALIFORNIA BETA.
Me mbership. 1906 -7 : ]9 members, 7 initiates. 1907 8: 14 membefll, 4 initiates. 4 resid e nt active, 17 r es id e nt alUmDle; total membership, De· cember ], 1907: 54.
HOMra. 1906-7: Leading part in play by The Players' Club. Prin c ipal part in play of University Dramatic Association. Part in Junior Day cur· tain raiser. Vi ce- pres id ent of Treble Clef ( musical society). M e mber senior advisory board. 2 e l ected tAl Prytanean ( b onor soc iety) M embe r of staff
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of Senior Record. 2 m embe rs of staff of Blu e and Gold 2 m embe rs of board of woman' s day edition of Pelican. 1907 ·8: Assistant to coach in tr a ining choruses. Part in Junior Day curtain raiser. Chairman of committee on arrangements for Prytanea n Fete. Member of Associated Woman Students' Committee.
Ohapter Work. One pin not marked Scholarship committee. Ent er tainm en t8. 1906·7: Reception. 5 dan ces. 2 "Cookie Shines," Ini . tiation banquet. Faculty dinners. Thanksgiving dinner. Founders' Day tea. for alumnre. Open house alternate Sunday evenings. Senior luncheon. "Fraternity evenings" about once a month for more prominent fraternitie s. 1907 ·8: Reception. 4 dances. 2 "Cookie Shines," Initiation banquet. Luncheon for visiting Pi Phi s Fraternity evening. Sunday e vening teas. Fac ulty dinners . Dinn crs and lun cheo ns for ru s hees . Ji'raterni ty Rooms . Rented hou se, in which 12 g irl s Jived in 1906 -7,9 in 1907-8. Mother of active girl is chaperon Maintenano e ot Alumnae I nterest }906-7: Res ident al umn re present at HCoo kie Sbine" and t eas. Alumnre vi sit chapter and aid in rushing. 1907-S : Alumnre Club formed. Alumnre help in rushing. Alumn re pres · ent at every chapter meeting, initiati on banquet and "Cookie Shines."
WASHINGTON ALPHA.
Mem bership. 1906-7: 22 members, 26 initiates. 1907 -S: 18 members, 7 initiates . 11 r es ident a ctive, 5 res ident alumnre; total membership, Decembe, 1, 1907, 35.
HonoTs 1906 -7: Graduale " magna cum lauck," 3 class officers Pres· ident and 3 members of Y. W. C. A. cabi net. Place on senio r crew. In · s tructor in German. Ins tructor in gy mnasium. 2 members of Glee Club
1907-S: 2 members Y W. C. A. cabinet. Member of cas t of play. 5 places in c lass crews Vice ·pres id e nt of Woman's League. Ohapter lVork. Thoroug h st udy of Pi Beta Phi constitution and son gs. Furnished hou se more completely. Sta rled building fund. 4 pins not marked . Scholarship co mmittee reports weekly on freshmen, and monthly to Mi ss Frye .
Entertainments 1906·7 : Installation a nd Founders' Day banquets Formal reception. Informal dance . 2 card parti es. 3 lunc h eo ns and dance given for chapter.
1907·S: Formal dan ce. Informal dance. F irst Wedn esday of eac h month, at home to fr ater niti es, alumnre, and espec ially non-fraternity friends. 2 dances and tea g iven for chapter
Fratern.ity Rooms. Rented house, in which S li'"e and 10 board, Iowa Alpha. alumna a c ting as c haperon.
Maintenance of Alumnae I nterest. A lumn re Club Banqu ets. Chapter meeting and monthly "Cookie Shines." F ou nd e r s' Day banqu et. Non·res ident alumnre r ece ive round rob in l elle r and attend fraternity fun cti ons.
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