The Arrow of Pi Beta Phi - January-1901

of PIBErA PHI

THE ARROW.

O fficial Publication of the Pi Be ta Phi Fraternity.

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A JAP ,\N KSE FESTIVAL,

T o MAR GARET , '"

THE RKLATIO:V OF RKSIDKNT AL U MNAE TO THE A<iI'IVE CHAPTER, 67 A SoCIAL PR OBLEM POR THE FRATERNITY GIRL,

WHAT A Fl'ATKltNITY GIRL THINKSCHAPTER CON CEIT.

A FltKS HMAN' ij IOKA OF FRATER:.IITY Lin:,

A OOL'T SE\' BRAL THIN GS,

EXAMINATION REI'ORT,

ALuMNA E IJEPAIITMENTA L"::1'TER F HO.u SOUTH AIrRTCA.

RItMARh:S BY A "BACI' N UMBER , ".

1'HE TUA:O>K SOI\' INO H.xmnoN AT KANSAS CITY, 79 T HE ALUMNAE A SSOC IATION OF WI SCONS IN ALPHA , 81 AL GM:i'AE PER80NALS,

EDITORIA LS, •

CHAPTKR LETTERS,

EXCHA NGES,

NOTI CES,

EDITORIAL. BOARD.

Editor-in Chief-FLORENCK PORTER ROBINSON, 228 Langdon Street, Madison, Wis.

Business Manage r-GERTRuDE CLARK SOBER ( Mrs. H. A. Sober), 415 North H enry Street, Madison, Wis, OIUI OC UT paJHTfHO co., MA.DllOlf' , WIS.

GRAND COUNCIL ·

PRESIDENT - Elise Bradford, 1522 P. St., 'Vasbing t on, D . C.

VI CE ,PRESIDENT -Eliza.be th Gamble, 702 N. Ave., Wes t Allegheny, Pa.

SECRETARY - Mary Bartol. Rockford College, Rockford, Ill.

TRRASoRER-Ida Greely Smith, 1145 Louisiana St., Lawrence, Kas. ARROW EOITOR-Florence Porter Robinson, 2'28 Langdon St., Madison Wis.

HISTORIAN

SUSAN W. L BW1B, 5003 Madison Ave., Chicago, III.

Rlllmn re Rssociatlon JDirectol!?

COUNCIL.

PRESIDKNT - Fann)' K. R end, Ri c hland,

VJCE PnESIDENT - Mrs. Leila Lan e·Smit.h, Boss H o us e, St. Petersburg, Florida

SECRE7ARY - Anno. S. Hazelton, 121 5-9tb St . , N. W , WaBbington, D. C ..

TREA SVR RR - Mrs. Gertrude Sober, 41:; N H enry St., Madison, Wis.

MARSHAL - Mrs Kat e King Bostw ick Chardon, Ohi o

ALUMNAE EOITOR - Im A.. W elch, 400 N. H eury St., Mad ison, Wi s

CI RCLE

FOUNDERS - Edna H Ri c hard s , Salem , O

ALPHA CIRCLE - (New Yo rk and N e w Eog land ) LilliaoJ. Mc Dowell, 116 \V 13th St., New York City.

BETA C,RCLE - ( Penosylvania, N ew Jersey, Delaware) M Eloise Schuyler , Box 2":19, Lansdowne. Po..

GAM:'dA CmcLR - (Dis tri c t o f C o lumbia, Maryland, and the Southeas t ) Blan c he Reisinger, 235 E L.'l fayette Ave " Baltimore, Md.

DELTA CIRCLR -( Obio ) Ruth U . Bousman , 119 South St., Painesvi lle , Obi o.

EpSILON CIRCLE - (Mic bigan, \ Vi sco nsin, Minnesota ) Bertba Myers, Nor th Adama, Mi c h.

ZETA CIRcLK -{ Indiana ) Katherine StC\' eo80n, 2319 College Ave., India napolis, Iod.

ETA CIRCLE - (Chicago) Miriam Prindle, 1622 Wesley Av e., Evanston, Ill

THETA CIRCLE-(llJ inois ) Lora A. Townsend 844 N. Acad emy St., Galeeburg, Ill.

I OTA CIR CLE - (Iowa, :Misso Ui i and Louisiana) Mrs. May Copeland Ray · nolus, 1225 E. 8th St., Kansas City, Mo.

KApPA CIRCLE - (Oklahoma, Nebraska, Kans:\S ) Maud Mi ile r, 506 N. 9th St , J oseph, Missouri.

LAMODA CmcLE - (Rocky Mo untain States and Pacific Coast) Ru th Bishop , Leadville, C o lo.

CORRESPONDING SECRETAR IES. pnOnNCf:

PRESIDENT - Frances Darlington, Glen Mills. Pa.

VItRMO!lo"T ALPH -\ - Middlebury College , Maude W. Smith, Middlebury, Vermont.

VERMO:O;:T BETA - Unh'ersity o r Vermont, Grace Goodhue, 312 Maple St., BurlingtoD , Yt.

COLUMBIA A LJ'HA - Columbian University, Florence Frisby, lG07 3]st St., WasilingtolJ, D. C.

PENNSYL\' ANIA ALPHA -Sw arthm o re College, Mabel Latim e r, Swar tb · mo r e, Pennsylvania.

PKNN SYLVANIA B 1i.'TA - Buckn ell Unh'ersity, Laura All e n, Lewisburg, Pa.

OHIO A LPH - Ohio Unive rsity. Alinni e Brow n, Ath ens, Ohio

OlUO BETA - Ohio State University, Aliena Mitzenbcrg, 93 King St., Columbus, Ohio.

NEw YORK ALPHA -Sy ra c use Uni"ersity, Edna Maybeo, S Salina Stand Hall Ave., Syracuse, N. Y.

MASS ACHU8E'ITSALPliA-Hoston University, Eleanor Good, 12 S omerset St Boston. Mass.

MAnvr4A!':1> - 'Vomno ' s College o f Baltimore, Katbl een Mallory. 'fb e Woroan's College, Baltimore, Md. nETA VHOYINVIi';

PRESIDENT - Ethel Curryer ,1320 College Ave., Indianapo lis, Ind.

ILLINOIS Btn' A-Lotnburd University, Lillian Harris, Galesburg, III.

ILLINOI S DELTA-Knox College, Aliee Candee Gale, Galesburg, Illinois. ILLIN OIS UDlvcrsity, May L. Doland, 852 Touh ,. Ave ., Rogers Park, Chi cago.

ILLI NOIS ZICTA -Uni , ' ersity of Illinois, Minnie V Bridgeman, 40-1 Johns St., Champaign, Illinois.

I .NDIANA ALPH A- Franklin College, Ali ce Van Nuys, Franklin, Ind .

IN DIANA BIs."'TA- University of Indiana, Anna G. Cravens, [J02 E. Third St., Bloomington, Iod.

IN mANA GAMMA-University of Indiannpolis. Eth el B. Roberts.

MICHIGAN ALPHA - Hillsdale College , Mary A. 'Ve ils, Hillsdal e , Mi c h .

MI CHIGAN' BKTA-University of Micbigan, Dorothy Sass, 400 Packard St ., Ann Arbor, Mich

GAl\ l l'tA PRU\ INC E.

PRESIO E:"T - Olivia Ambler, M ount Pleasant, I o wa.

I OWA ALI'HA - I owa Wesleyan University, Lottie E Burn ap, Hershey Hall, Mt. Pleasant, Ja.

I owA BETA - SilDPflOll College, Marian Cooke, Ind ianola, Ta

I OWA ZETA - I o wa St.ate University.

WISCONSIN ALPHA - Unh'ersity o f Wi sconsin , Vir g inia Hayn e r, State St. Madison , Wis.

MI SSOURI ALPJU - Uni,"ersity of Missouri, Gertrude Bay less, 1316 Bas3 Av e., Columbia, Mo . DELTA l ' IUJ\' I NC":;

PRESJDENT - :Martha N Kimball , Lcadvillp. Col.

LoUISIA:"A ALPHA - Tulane University, Pauline CurrAn , 14.32 Eighth St.. New Orl eans, La.

KAN SAS ALPHA - Kansas university, Eleanor T I Mill e r, 123.3 T ennessee St., Lawrence, Kansas

NEBRASKA BETA - Univ ersity of Nebraska, Grace Andrews, 1636 F. St., Linco ln , Neb .

COLORADO ALPHA - University of Colorado, Maude L. Knapp, 1333 Pine St., Boulder, Colorado.

COLORADO BlITA - D em'e r Unh' ersity, Mary Trayl o r, 603 South Grant Ave., Denver. Col.

CALrFORl'fIA BXTA - Un iversity o f Califo r nia, C lai r e M. Haas, College Ave Ilnd Syh'an \\Tay, B e rkel ey, California.

MA U D

ELIZABETH Kt; NNEDY

MARY lIARTEN Sl'EIN

ELIZABETH ADAM S

JE SS U: PARK S

ELM A K O RDEL..

EVA BRAMLET

TJ-;SSIE H U BER

DORA BRAMLET

L A MILLA MEYER

C LAIRE HAAS

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VOL. XVII. JANUARY, 1901.

THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA.

CliE university of California was founded by State law ill 1868, and in 1 860 united with the old Ca lifornia College, whi ch has been in active operat ion since 1855. The present site of the university at Bcrkeley became thc property of t he state institution by this union. The two hundred an d fifty ac r es of land at Berkel ey form an advautageous seat f or college operations, both from the varied beauty of the scener y and the healthfulness and conve ni ence of the location.

The goyernment of the univ ers ity i s in trusted to a corporat ion sty l ed " Th e Regents of tbe University of California," which in cludes the gover nor and six: other ex-offic io m e mbers and s ixteen members appointed by the governor for a te rm of years. To this body fa ll s the duty of managing the finances, caring for tb e appointing in stru ctors, and determinin g t h e interior organizati on .

It was not until 1 870 that women stude nts were adm i tted to share the advantages of the state in st i tution, and none appeared for matriculation until 1871, when e ight women entered the university as candidates f or a degree. The tota l membership of t he univ ers ity at thi s t. ime did n ot exceed a rew hundred student s.

Th e Unive r s i ty of Ca lifornia ha s th e brightest pos s ible future. This is du e to a great extent to the gene r osity of :Mrs. Phoebe H ear st, who has come forward with a gift of m illi ons of dolJars f or the purpo se of erecting some of th e finest college buildingll the world h as eve r see n. Th e present buildings of the Uni-

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versity of California are inadequate to the needs of the university and are entirely out of harm ony with the beautiful natural surroundings. This fa ct l ed Mrs. H ears t to provide for an international architectural contest of plans for new buildings. Th e plans accepted are simply stupendous and it will take many years befure tL ey are finally comp l eted. But the contest awakened a wide sp"ead in terest in the Uni"ersity of C alifornia, and within the las t f ew yearo its growth has been indeed remarkabl e. For this we are also dee-ply indebted to Benj amin Ide Wh ee l er, ou r new Pres id e nt, whose activity and efficiency have proved of greatest possib le value.

The part of the university dC\' oted to arts, mechanics, anq sciences, is s ituated in Be rkcley, one of th e most bt'Rutiful and picturesque spots in the world. During the architectural contest, many famons architects gathered h e- re from all parts of the world, and one and all pr onounced it an ideal situation for a univ e r sity. A s hort trip across the bay tak es one to San Francisco, where the affiliated o,olleges-Ia\\", Dental. and the lik e--a r e situa r"d . Th e tot.,1 membe r sh ip at p"osent probabl y exceeds three tholl<and st ud ents, fifty-t,,·o per ce n t. of wh o m are A t prese nt Ca li fo rnia ranks fifth in th e li st of unive r s i t ies of th e United ·tates.

Until ve ry rece ntly the re were but v e ry few of the women's fra ternities established in B erk el ey . In 1890 Kappa Alpha Th et a es tabli shcd Il chapte r , and in '9 4 Gamma Ph i B et a ",n, form ed. In ]880 K appa Kappa Gamma s tarted a chapter in Berkeley but it soon di ed and was not reestabli s h ed until 1897. La st s pring D e l ta Del ta D e lr. o"gani ze d a chapte r, and this f all Cal iforn ia B et a of Pi Beta Phi came into ex istence.

Th e re i s no inter-fra te rnity pl edge in regard to inviting fr eshmen to j oin only aft e r a fixed dat e Hu s hin g, up to th e lo st year, ha s no t been very l.. cen, and in mo st cases the girls were already sel ec ted before co llege opened.

Th e m embership of each fraternity rarely exceeds twenty active members, but is usnally kept at a fairly normal rate, varying but s lightly. All of tb e Itirls' fraternities live in their own chapte r h ouses, with the exception of D elta Delta D elta.

The college spi rit in Californ ia is very strong indeed Stanford is B Cl'kci e,Y' s great rival, and kee n and exciting are the yearly contests between the two univer,ities. Although Stanford i s the more wid ely known univ e r sity, yet the palm in scholastic attainment is conceded to Berk eley. In athl et ics the two colleges s tand aoout e,'('I1, but in the annual intercollegiate d ebate Berkeley always comes off the winner.

In the soc ial side of its life, the Un i" e rsity of Ca lifornia has undergone conside rabl e change . Espccially is this true in regard to the treatment of the women students. P erhaps it was natural that at fir st the." shou ld be reg.rded as inte rlop ers . The mell pre fe rred that they s hould reeei" e th e entire benefit of the state in st ituti o n, and wished to confine women to a sphere purely d omest ic. Th erefo re their treatment of the women was not alway s <]lIitc ns C 1ll'tCOl1S ns it might hm"c bee n. Gradually, howc \" c r, thi s "'flS nil changed . Thi s change is dlle largely to the fn ct the typ e of WOIIH' II who {'ntercd th e uni'" c rsity changed. Instead of middle-aged women, devoted entirely to the shrine of l ea rnin g, came .... oung and attracti"e girls, who united with thei r zest for knowledge , a keen enjoyment of social li ft: . Is i t. sllrpl' is in {t t llH t cond iti o ns changed?

-(,Ia i "e Madelein e Haas.

A JAPANESE FESTIVAL.

WEWERE t old it was onp of the sights of Chofu and we must not mi ss it; and since it was to beg i n at dusk we roused ourse lves after the heat of the day and strolled leisurely down the street toward the temple where the f es tival was to be held. It was to be a sort of dance in honor of some poor maiden who, years befo re, had mourned her lo st lov e at the water's edge Dcar by. This express ion of her gr ie f, being cons id e red in som.e way deeply r eligious, he r memory in late r yea rs came to be honored by this anIlual fe st ival.

As we neared the temple, the street became more and more crowded with men, women and children hastening toward the

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same point of interest. The me n and boys came carrying bamboos of various sizes, each pole topped with a tiny pennant of white-- th e sign of m ou rning f o r the holy maiden. Three or f ou r stal wort yo uth s pa sse d u s cach bea rin g s ll c h a po le , bu t of unu sual s ize. Th e large l owe r e nd wa s fitted by a groove over th e man' s l oin -c lo th , whil e its s l end e r top, bending under the slight weight of th e p ennant, t owe r ed seventy or e ighty feet ab ove hi s h ea d To balan ce thi s in s uch a p os ition was a work of skill , n ee din g th e benrer's e ntire attention and cau s ing him to dart fr om one s id e of the st r eet to the other, now forward, now ba ck, whil e h e moved s lowl.v toward the temple, with his head always "ptum ed t o watch the nodding top. An a ss istant ran with eac h man to cl ea r t he way befo r e him, and l end his we ight, when necessa ry, I{ O pu ll th e po l e llpri g ht aga in. lIow tb c6e m en mounted th e ste ps l en din g t o the temple wa s a m ys tery; but mount th ey did, and that t oo in a r e markabl y sh o rt s pace of ti me . A t the to p was a lar!!c ope n COll r t filled n cro\\' d so dense that we co uld sca rcely forc e our way through; but we had 11 0 soo ne r reached a n emin e nce o n the other s ide, than this same conf used crowd seemed to be forming, und e r no o ne's direc tion, into or de rl y rank s and bega n mO\'ing Br omld all in t he same dir ect ion. Soon th e whole CO Ul't Wfi S a ma ss of c ir cl es within circles o f men nnd boy s moving ro und and ro und, ever with ercasinl( sw iftn ess bea rin g aloft th e pol es d escribed above. It wa s a dizz y s ig ht. Th e l ow mo noto ne of the ma ss half si nging as t hey r a n , was interspe r sed ,,·jth sha rp, short shouts of warnin/: fr om those who were st agge ring und e r the tall es t bamboos . and again oll e of t he se , eluding the care of the bearer, toppl e d down, f o rtunatel y hurting no Olle, and was dragged off to on e side. Sudden l y th e mo ring ci rcl es ceased and th e court W88 cl ea r ed for the dan ce of the littl e gi rl s. Th ese all bo r e lant erns of pretty , hapes, lifted abo"e their heads on sl e nd e r bam boo bran c hes The soft light fro m these lant erns r er ea led the bri ght co lo red go,m s of th e i,' li tt le beare r s. Th e pretty sce n e pr o"cd \"pry restful aft e r the sy mpathetic strain we had felt for th e m en in th e ir toil so me spo rt. But soo n thi s dan ce wad over ano th e men began again. ,r e were told

we h ad seen a ll cha nges in t he celebr a t ion, al so t ha t th e f es tiva l w o uld con ti nne as we had see n it, until l ate at night. So, after gl a n c in g in at th e templ e wh e re man y w e re wo rs hipping, we sta rte d h o m e, o u r WRy lyin g righ t across th e court wh e re the dance wa s s till ill prog re ss Thinking t o skirt th e e d ge of the cro wd we s tarte(1 ac ross; b u t ola s, we we re dra wn in to th e vo r· lex, and wer e co nf ront ed imm ediatel y by a man w e ighted down with hi s pol e, who alm os t kno cked u s down in h is effo rts to keep it s ba l an ce. \\" e t ri ed to /l ee bllt wer e pu s hed al o ng by tho se in t he r ea l' a nd on .h c s id es t ill we a lmost gi:n-C up hope of ex tri c at· ing o lll'se h 'es f ro m t he m ass. l-1 o \\' o\' c 1", by care ful dodg ing we fina ll ,Y escnpcd i llto the Opf'11 :l nd we rc gl ad to make our way hOll1c, pleased to h,1\'o scell lhe "sight," a nd eq u all y p lease d to be quiet once UHH'('.

- A. K ate Godda r d.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT•

... O \V o f te n w e he'a r sa id of a pe rso n: "Sh e i s o n e yo u would

I,re Jll e m be r ill a c row d! " \Vh at i s it that m akes you sel e ct one s frnn ge l' fr o m n mult i tud e of s trange rs and observ e her more cl oseh- th a n th e res t ? I s it no t th e a tt ra c tiv e forc e exi sting in h e r m ar ked c ha r acte ri st ics o r s tr o ng p e rso nality ? P e rs onnlity1 Y es, th at is t he WO J·d w hi ch d enotes t he un seen for ce hy which s he a tta in s powe r. \Vh et hel' s he be am o ng fri e nd s or s trange rs, i t matt ers not ; t he f o rce is at work, a nd t hr o ug h it s m e ans she i s born e to t he f ro n t. Sh e influ e nces th ose of l ess mark e d personali ty and th r·y co me to r es pec t her judgm ent in all qu es tions of vita l import.

D oes or d oes n ot fr ate rnit y life te nd t o d evelop p ersonality i Doubtless th er e are conditi o n s of frat ernity life wbi ch are favorabl e both f or it s d evc:l opm ent and for its blight, but in the average c hapter what is th e case ? Look into your own midst and ans we r th e qll cs ti on f o r :y our self. \ Vh e n th e num be rs are f ew yon will probably find every member po ssessing qualities essential to life of th e clJapt er . Th es e, through rep eated use,

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have become permanen t possessions and the importance placed upon her part in th e work of the chapter ha s given sta bility and an added co nfid ence to the characte r of eac h girl. Th e re are tendenci es, h owe"er, in a large chapte r which need to be guarded against o r t h e gr eates t good to the greatest number will not be the r es ul t. In eve ry ca se our aim is de,·elopme n t The n see to it, both that e"e ry m e mber i s g iv en the benefit of s uch influences 8S her spec ia l need s req uir e, and also th at s h e be as in t imat ely a ssoc ia ted as poss ibl e with all the ot h e r members of the c hapter. It so me tim es happens that two or thr ee c h apte r members becomc so st ro ngly bou nd to o n c an othe r a s to excl ud e ot h e r f ri e ndships, evc n in th e fraternity Thi s, indee d, is disastrous, f or it usually h a pp e ns that t h e g irl s are of \I 'i d ely diff e r e nt pe r .o na l itics and tho stro nge r tend. to abso rb t h e weaker . At wb en apnl'l from 11(' 1' cOlfll'uci(:, the g irl wh o has lea rn ed to lea ll undul y upo n he r friend brcom'('6 a me re n o ne ntit y . Th e re is n o question up o n which s he fee ls competent to ex press a d ec id ed opinjon and sh e l ea rn s to h e r dismay t h at h e r fri e nd . are all comib in ed ill the o ne g irl 01' the two or three . Let me impr ess upon yo u the n ecess it y of guarding against an yt hin g which will at l e ngth de pri" e you of the s tr e ngth of your perso n n lit." St ri" e to dew lop i t in all poss ibl e ways for it i s truly a charm which notilin!( can r eplace It may be modifi ed, st r eng th e n ed , nnd mnd e swee t " '· by the comb in ed influence o f m a ny st ro ng fri e nd s, but beware o f the n an olY i ng influ e nce of the one fricnd.

be st l' o ng in y out' 0 \\"11 co nvi ct ions . 'Yith out th e m, yo u ('a ll aitain not hing- ; with them, you ca n wor k wonde rs. I t is not enough that yon have possess ion of your id ea , it mu st al so possess yo u. All th e tal ent s in th e world will n ot d o f o r yon w h nt yon ca n do f or ,Yourself with a pos iti" e be li ef t hat mak es you ready to do C\'c l'ythillg, to endure C\-c l'yth ing, and to dar e e" e r yt hin g in i ts behalf. You lllu st beli c' -e in you r se lf or n o one will be li e " e in ,·ou \\1,at "on declare vo u ca n d o, that your fri e nd s will g i\'C' Y Oll to do unl ess fail, you will ri se o n (h e s tl'ength o f one s uccess to attain another.

-M. A. W., 1901. Ve rm ont Alpha.

1'1IE ARROW .

TO MAR GARET.

The First Chapter Bab..,. .

I Il fi \ 'C not see n thy fa ('c. fair

And .'·rt I call thee fair.

I ha\' r not scen th'y glance of ch ildi sh grace, And ,Yet I know t hat whel'e

The dream -moon shines across t h..,. sleep ing eyes, She ki s3f"s th em wilh s i h'e r lips , lo,'e-wi::ic.

I h"'e not secn t hy face, fair Margaret,

. \nd y et I ca ll th ee: fair,

F o r fal' beh i nd old Time ' s yeal'-douded space ,

I knew a g irl fa co, who l'o

Th e sm il e of 10\'e was always g lad and bright; It wa s t hy mot her's face an d so 'tis righ t

To ca ll th ee fail', my de ar, s in ce her own grace :Mu st be re fl ected in t hy bab.y face.

- Agnes Chalmers, Ohio B eta, '95.

THE RELATION OF THE RESIDENT ALUMNAE TO THE ACTIVE CHAPTER . 11'

IS with r el uctance that I wri te up on tbi s s ubj ect for it is o ne t hat is hot h t im e wo rn and d e li cate Th e active girl h ears so ofte n t he phr ase "Once a Pi Phi always a Pi Phi" that sh e im ag i nc'S her r elation to th e c hap te r will always r emain the same. Of co urse the alumna will always hav e an act iv e inter est in her own chap te r and fe e l that i ts joys a nd so rrows arc also h e rs. But it is th e res ident alumna who mu s t con s id er ca r efully at h e r graduation " ' hat is to be t he r el at io n between herself and the cb apter. The g ir ls who h ave been her hosom friends during h e r co ll ege life gather around he r and tell b e r how gl ad they are that s he is to be one of t hcm st ill , a n d her fir st t e mptation is to entcr nnd sou l into fraternity life again. Howm'e r

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helpful the r es ident alumna may be, s h e must maintain a certain amount of reserve, and not be too eage r to take the initiative. She mu s t .I\\,",Ys be ready to help when called up o n fo r assistance, f ol' ," c ry often s h e ha s th e time and r eso ur ces at her comrnand that the activ e h::1\' o not. Then, t oo , \\·hile the latch string of the fraternity room i s alway s hanging out for her, the r esident alumna must appr eciate the kindne ss, but she ought fr equ e ntly to make herself con s picuous by h e r ahsence fr om the m ce tings for th e r e may be matters to b e bro ught up that the girls d o not f ee l fr ee to di sc n ss in h e r presence . Above all else the nltlmna mu s t not g ive the active girls the impression that the y arc n ot able to manage th e affai r s of the chapte r by them se ll' es, f or t ller e i s nothing that the active girls will resent so much as this if they have any feeling of r espons ibility at all. Many arc t h e tim es that the a lumna f ee l s that if s h e cou ld only h ave a VOil'C i n affail'3 would 800 11 set t h i ngs ri g ht ; but she lr!.lll !3t w isf":r h old h e r p e a c f'. remenuberi n g that s he ha s haJ. her "say," a nd that n ow it is SOIll:C on e e l se's tu rn. Finall y, if (h e occasion cw' )' let th p a lumna [ ('('1 that th e llI o:;t emphati c way in which s h e flS an inJividunl ct'm s how h e r di spl e a s ul' e t OW fl1'l..1 tlH: a cti oll 5 of hc)' c hflpt e l' to withdraw het, s upp o rt fl' om t110 flcti\'e ,a id s. - lLE.T.

A SOCIAL PROBLEM FOR THE FRATERNITY GIRL.

WE

know h ow tr11e it i s t hat frat e rnity g irl s aTe critici sed more than o th e r s, and h e n ce, have to be mu ch more careful in th ei r actions . "'h en consider ing a d oubtful mo\'e, tIle effect lIpan the frat e rnity i s II s1Iall y th e first thought, not, "Is it the best thing for my personal But there is really n o nece ss i t,v for this s in ce the fraternity stands for everything noble and true, and that i s what every member is trying to becom e . One cannot go wrong if she co n siders the good of her chap ter.

But there i s a diffi cult,)', an e vil , whi ch both the wom en of the col1ege a s indi \'iduals and ad sororit ies see m (0 ign o r e. If there

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is onc thing' which s trengthen s a woman's character more than anything e lse , that is inte rcourse with men of refinement and good mo ral s ; if th e re is on e thing which t e nd s mo re (.han any othelO to mak e he r s hall o w and fl'i\' o lo us, it is to be in the soci e ty of careless , di ss ipated cr c ature s who attend a university only for the fUll ther e is ill it. the f raternitie s Hnd the so rorities naturally f ee l in s,Ylllpatli y with each other; th e ir interests are mu ell th e :s allie. th ey a rc suppose d to Ge working £0 1' th e s allte ideal s Th o ugh th e re are many refined and noble-minded th e frat erniti es be li e ,·e that th ey have selec ted the best whi c h tli e pineo uffo l'J :; . 1 t is but natural th en, .hat, wh en frate rnity me n sec k th e soci e ty of wom e n, the women whom they se l ect s ho uld be t hose bel o llging to sororiti es ; and in turn , it is not s urpri s ing tha t th cse wome n s hould pr e f e r the company of th e frHt e rnity 111(' 11, Dll t i t o ft en happ e n s tha t n frat e rnit y p osse sse s so me 1I 1C Il wh o ;u e £<11' from th e o c::s i I' c d sta nda rd. Still, soc ie ty rccog lli zes them, and wha t ""c c all th e "ni cest " girl s see m to e llj oy th e ir co mpan y ,

Outoid e rs say, "How call - - go with Mr. - - I She surely can not he lp knowing what a bad fe1l0w he is !" The critici sm is ju s t, bllt a trifle sey e ro, In her own home, the girl ma y refu se a mali' s attC'lltion s and oft'end no on e e l s e by so doing, bllt at school it is an entirely diffe rmlt matter . She can refu se hi s co mpany ( 0 be S lIl'(' , but if s he does, t.h e fl'at e rnil y to whi c h he IJcl 0 ngs ( n o IIUltt C l' how ,,"o rtily the oth e r IIIC'lllbers may be ) illllll <! diateiy Cllts he r, I t is a c ase o f " L,o '"e JII C, lo \'e my dog," and it hu s co rn e to pa ss (hat m en ar e ra t he r e nco llraged in th e ir vi ces than res train ed , s impl y becau se of the f eeling, "'Ve m;,;. s t stand by each other to the elld." She not only is os tra c ized fr om th e ir parti es so long as she maintains her s tand, but is apt t o lose the fri end ' hip of o thor fmt e rnity men, f o r th ey soo n heat' of what s he hn s d one lind di sappl'o'"e, thinking that i f she dares to " insult" on c s et of me n s he will not be m ore erate of the re s t. All la s t, she i s made to f eel th at whil e he r action hllS accomplished no good , i t has ,·eally injllred her in the opin ion of the students with whom s he is thrown in contact. What can be done 1 I s th e re no remedy 1 If the fraternities

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would only tak e a more se ns ibl e vi e w of the case, or if the so rorities would stand firmly together, the difficulty might be removed. But no such thing will ever happen , for no two th ink exac tl y the s ame on th e subject. T o be perfectly plain, the soluti on of the qu es tion res t s with eac h one of u s j DO one else can h elp u s h ere, f or eac h 11111 st decide wheth e r s he is to be a "soc iety g irl," 01', by h er e nd e avor to hav e assoc iates of the purest moral s tanding, run th e ri sk of l os iu g much of th e frat ernity in terco ur se whi ch f orms su dl a deli ghtfu l part of a girl' s coll ege life - E t hel Bond, I owa Zeta.

Wbat a Sirl tblnks,

If a list of " Don'ts" f or chapter guidanoo " ..., re being COUlr piled , I wo uld advis e fir s t and foremost, "Don 't he conce ited." Some chapters boast "\Ve hav e never been refused Chapter ConceI t . by anyone wh om w e as ke d ," and e v en go so far, sometimes, I r egret to say, a s to believe that a girl com es to college with th e sol e id ea of being taken into their frat e rni ty The results of t hi s co nce it ar e that the chapter becomes lazy in rushing, un g uard ed in speaking befor e girls of other fraterniti es, lax in i ts methods, a nd, altogether gets a very fair sta rt o n th e road to d eclin e. Attractive and desirable gi rls are not adm i tted becau se some one s aid tbat they came to college on ly to be taken into Pi B eta Phi, and instead of being va s tly flatt er ed at thi s , th e chapter unm er c ifully blackball s th e gi rl in questi on "to s ho w he r s he can't be too sure."

Of what in est imabl e yalue a good sharp "tak ing d o \vn" wou ld be to s uch a c h apter. I ts eyes would be opened to its O\\"ll fault s, a nd it would se t abollt me nding th em with en e rgy to make up fo r l ost time.

And ju st here, apr opos, a f e w word s may be said of overzea lous ness . i s as harmful in one way as the laziness which ari S<.-s fr om over-confidence is in another The desire to

have all the att ra ctive n ew'comers whether we know them well or not-thi s pledging in ba s te-may l ead to a great deal of repent in g at lei sur e. Go slowl y, p;irl s ; fir s t asce rtain if the person to be vot ed 011 is capable of living up to the ideals of Pi Beta Phi, if congcniality with the othc r mem ber s is possible, and if s he is all right in th ese particular s, do not l e t any petty pe r so nal j ealousies kc e p he r out of your fraternity.

Again I say, if y our chap ter ha s been very success ful, if you lI sua ll.y get th e girl s y ou wallt, do not become conce ited and consequ ently narrow ·mind ed aoout it. Do not ascribe it to the attractiven ess of YOllr chapter alone, bm rath er to the wbole fraternit y , and conside r i t bu t an o th er f eath er added to the lI111 ch bephllncd cap of Pi Dcta Phi.

- Po C., Loui s iana Alpha.

A fraternity has many good p oin ts . To enum erate all would be an impossib ili ty for an in e xp er ienced fr es hman, hut even by h e r t h e re a re a g reat many advantages to be

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Idea of Fratemll,. secn. th e prosa ic h o urs of hard study, Life. th e fraternity g irl rnAl,)' tnI'll with pl e a s ure to h e r sisters, and in me rrim e nt amo ng those s he knows best she can cas t as id e her wo n.'", an d rest. She has abo u t he r a grou p of girl s who lo\"e her, and he r failure 0 1' success is theirs, and the irs hers . So, in stu dy and in plea s ure or so rrow, one bond of sy mpath.v hind s all f o r mu t ual aid and benefit.

Th e young girl in th e so ro rity i s guided and advi se d by her old e r and more experienced sisters; she i s helped many times in hOI' litt.lc t!"ials "lIll pe rplexities .

:Mo l' C'Q ver, th e g irl in a fraterni ty ha s a chan ce in society that th e gi rl oui s irl c d.w s n ot. Th ose of the other sex kn o w wh at a g irl mu st be beIoI'c she ca n pa ss into thi s life ll1(Yste riou s Th ey r ea li ze that s be is a gir l to be sought, and they solicit her company before that of another. The doors of socie ty are thUII thrown open to he r an d s he c nters to become at th e end of four ,Years, a self possessed, graceful, winning young woman.

Th e fact that a girl be longs to a fra ter nity lik e Pi B et a Phi hold s her to th e highe s t type of womanhood. In college she

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must do he r best, she Illu st be a stu d e nt worthy o f the name, in luann c rs lind conduct in soc iety 0 1" elsewhere s he Bl u st 00 CO llr· tcOtlS, kind, wo manly; in life s he mll s t be a woman in the truest Bcnse of t he terl1l; in c \rc rything sll e rnll st ue her UeS't, to herself she mll st be true. If at all Y timo s he ca re less ly fall from these s tandurd s, he r miud turn s t o old Pi j )lli; tli e solcnlll vows, the frat e rnity se rvi ces , the pL'id e for it e r OWIl c hapter, all recur to he r, and the girl pro udl y a"ises Ilnd follow'S Pi Phi' s sta ndard.

Not only arc th e mental und socia l se h 'os o f a fra te rni ty girl d eveloped, bllt he r s piritual se lf as well. Th o lntini, e is r e· membered and ren:'l'cllced; thus Ibe girl lo()k.i 10 hoI' God, 1' 0m,e m bc l' s her uuty to lIim , and 10 IIlHllkilld. rud el' s uc h 111flu enee the highest womanhood must he sought.

Arc not th ese adrflutages great eno ug h to make any girl loya l to he r and prond tha t s h o is a Pi B e ta Phi. c'If th e r e he any virtu e, if there he any prai se, think on these th in gs."

- Fl o ra T. Tickno,·.

" ' he re a new girl is taken into a chapte r and heg ins to attend th e c hapt e r 11I eeti ngs 1 8- i lC is u s naily a littl e tim id a lld f ee ls he r se lf rath e r too in s ig- nifi cH nt at fir st to ex press ho,' op ini o n, eve'll wh e n urged to d o so. By sO lll e urging and finally bec o ming less consc io lls s he adds he r vo ice be f o re s he i s aware, bu t o nce in a while there comes a ne ": girl who S('CIllS to Ile<>d some thin g e l se to get he r inte rested , s he is so reserv ed. How can s ho he brought out 1 Th e old er girls ra c k thei,' brains and perhaps find that the gi" in g of some does the work.

Of te n g irl s eOllle iuto the chapter when they d o n ot know the ot he r:; '·CI'." well; they adm ire th e m. and t hey ha,·c high id eals , and ex pec t a great d eal from t he ir frat e rnity life. It is right that th ey sh ould ex pect" g r eat deal,-\\'e lead them to do so .and it is the bu s in ess of the chapt er to make the mee tings come up to these expectations It is hard <0 d o thi s Wh e n a girl enters the c hapt e r in tb e fall, she find s the meet ings almost ent ir ely d e"oted to the di sc uss ion of n ew names . The girls are excited and i t is alm os t imposs ibl e to kee p good order . Then

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some o f th e c riti c isms may see m hard nnd 111ljn st to new con:er, site tlti llk. the g irl s are tlnr(·llso nable and that tb ey s ho uld ]] ot loo k for pe rf ec tion. It is true tbat we can not expect to finr! any girl p<-rfcet. bllt we all wi s h t o have th ose g irl s who ate co ngen ial to li S. I t i s lInfftil' t o a gir l, \\'110 is n ot co nge nial, for 11 8 to asl;: hr l' to he one of as s0 1l1 e timo or other we s hall all f eci tlt e di sco rd.

I t is durinf! th e winter m o nth s that the girls gain their strcl!gth. Th en when th e ru s hing se aso n is ove r the fr eshmen begin to f ce l th e st r ength of th e bond and the se niors f eel how bat·r! it w illi ", f o r t he m to g ivc lip college life and especia ll y this pal't of it . Xow during th ese m o nth s let the fr es hm en begin to a ct ill dcpendently of th e old e r girls. L e t th em expre ss tbei r op i n io ns frankly. Let them wo rk togeth er, f orm ing tbe close ft ·icn dship s whi ch make th elll s trong in Ih e remaind e r of th e ir college life and will be a pl ens llre to them alway s The fres hme n might b:UHi toge th e r and pl a n thing5 to sUI"pri se th e older

I.et th em also get pra ct ice in committee work.

Th o s e c hapt e r:; whi c h ha,-e bo uses are ind eed f o rtunat c, fo r mnny pr ob l elll s Hre he re so lv ed _ n,'- th e il' m'OI'O intirnntc asso · c iati on wi th th e· old er g irl s th e fr es hmen ga in the st re ng th whi c h will soo n make th em th e lead e rs .

-Colorado Alpha .

THE FRATERNITY EXAMINATION.

Th e r es ttlt {If t he fraternity cxam ination held ill :Marcb, 19 00, s hows th e following s tandings obta in ed by the several chapters :

ALPHA PRQV(XCE.

Exc ell e nt-Ohio Alpba , Penn sylvania Beta , Maryland Alpba.

Good-Columbia Alpha, Vermont Alpha, Vermont Beta. Fair-Pennsyh·ania Alpba, Ohio Beta, Massacbusetts A.lph a, N e w York Alpha. Aaa ow .-2.

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DF.TA PROVINCE .

LxceIJent- )li chigan Heta, Indian a \ Ipha. Ind iana GaJrulUl.

Good-Indiana Illinois Ep;ilon, )lichigan . \.Ipha. Fair-Illin o is Bela, lilin o i - Delta. Illin o is Zeta

G.unu PRO\"ISCE

Excellent-Iowa Heta.

Good-Iowa \ Ipha, Iowa Zeta, Wi scons in \I phn, )li sso uri AI plla.

DELl'.\ PROV]XCE.

Excellent- Kan sas Alpha.

Good-Colorado Alph a, ('0101">,,10 Beta, Xeb.·asb Beta.

Fair-Lo nisiana .\Iph •.

A LETTER F R OM SOUT H AF RI CA.

8XE OF THE best things about be in g a Pi Phi is that no matter how far away one she can always be a Pi Phi. She can th ink about the old Pi Phi friends, and the good old Pi Phi times, and s ing to the hab.\" about the "emblem of sist cr hoo(rs ric, ching." :ll1d 1110 "cookics and not f OI'getting th e Hl iUlr gontic."

If JOu will l et me write a plain letter, ju s t such as I shoul d write to a friend, T try and tcllyoll sornething about our life h er e

Salisbury i s much morc ci\· jlized and lik e ou r towns at home than most .\m e ri cans imagin e it to be . The pc"'Ople nre in the main Engl is h, Scotch, Iri s h, Dutch, and Colonial. Th ey l oo k and nct. talk and think mnch as people do in new towns of other English-speak i ng- co un tr ies . It seemed st rang e , not long ago, when we l1ad guests at dinner that we had no difficultJ whatever in understanding one another-in fact, that we

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all talked alike, with slig ht differences, perhaps, in pronunciation, th ough we had come from thr ee far se para ted parts of the world,-England, Au st ralia, and Am e rica .

Salisb ury people make calls, go to church, go shop ping, have dinn ers, "at homes," and dances, ride bicycles, and play tennis, croquet, golf, haseball, and fo otba ll; and yct I miss the general informal sociab ility of Am eri ca ns. One is im pressed with the lack of soc ieti es connected with th e church for religious and SQcial purposes . A woma n' s lite rar y o r any othe r kind of club i s a thing quite unkn ow n I mi ss, too, the little informal afternoon affair s,-Uthimbl e parti es," and contests of memory or wit so popuJar among ou r women, old , middle-aged and yo ung. . En g li sh st iffn CRs and con ve n t ionality arc not lost in th e colonies. Thi s clW1'3cteristic is il111 stl'ntrd by the str ictness which pre ,"ail s with regard to the wearing of evening dress .

Th ere i s One method h er e in yogue of finding an afternoon 's ente rtainm ent in which we do no t so often indulge in America, -that is go in g to auction sales. l OU see when pro ple want to go home for a vi s it, they u sually dispose at such s al es of most of the household furniture <hey possess I supp "sp it is because th ey go to stay for seve ral mOlllhs, and r ent is too high to leave their h<>tlSes closed till their return. Sometimes, I think, the ' r eady cash is needed f"r the trip. So t he sa le is advertised in th e pape rs or on printed circulars, and m en and WOlli e n turn out at the appointed tim e, and gather at the house where tbe advertised /!:oods are to be sold,-s"me for the purpose of r e plenishing th e ir stock, and others m e r e ly for an opportunity to chat and enj,,'y the exc ite ment of tbe auctioneering.

Rhode s ians are much given to taking bolidays and having all so r ts of celebrat i ons. On the night after the news was r ece ived of the reli ef of Mafeking the town grew hoarse with eheering,fairly went mad. Bon-fires of good fire-wood,-no cheap article he re,-blaz ed over the town, and m en went about setting fire to the tall dry grass in the vacant lots and al"Dg th e roads, t ill the whol e place look ed OD fire. A f ew rockets and Roman candles topped off the illumination Speeches were made, inte rrupted at almost eve ry sentence with excited "Hear! hear!"

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and songs were sung to the accompan imen t of an improv ised band, the regular one htH"ing to the wur, "Rule Bl'itnnnin," "God Sa"e the Quccn," and "The Abscnt·:Mindcd Beggar," were the favorites. The choruses wcre always repeated for the benefit of the crowd, who joined in with a hearty enthus ias m.

T!le twelfth of September was th e day on which the British flag "'as hoisted for the first time on the where now is Sali shu r,v, and j\[ashonaland was made English te rritory. It i s called "Occupation Day," and as th i s year was the te nth anniversary, t\\'o whole days were proclaimed public holidays and given tlLJ lo in honor of the occasion. Out of town Pi oneers wcre enterta in ed at an," of the e ight hotels they chose to name. The were devoted to sports and races, aud the evening enterta in ments were a ball, invitati ons to which were i ssued in the name of the mayor and c itiz ens of Sali sbury, and a very fair display of fire-works, including set pieces r ep resentin g l ir, Rhodes, Dr. Ja meson, and the queen.

Th e dance would have been a true marvel to an yone who kn ew no t hing of the place. As the Pioneers made their way to the imm ense Drill Hall, through streets lin ed with good hrick huildings, and all al;,'o with Cape carts dashing back and forth, looking, with their side lamp s, like ca rria ges on the night of a Univers ity party at homc,-as t hey sa wall tlli s, they could not but be impressed with the difference between that nig ht and the ni g ht ju st ten years be f ore,-n othi ng but the cam p then, and the bare veld.

The hall was gorgeously decorated with flags, a long space outsid e h aving been canvassed off for the s upp e r. The latter was an elaborate sprcad and right daintily served, considering that there were not less than three hundred guests. Th e British South Africa Company furni shed the music, as well as one hundred of th e five hundred ponnds whicb were expe nd ed on the entertainment.

Bnt in spite of all these signs of civilization there are still some things thnt make e,'e n a newcomer f eel that he ha s a part in the infancy of • count ry. E'6Jl"Cially i s this trne on the farms . Whil e th e dwelling-houses in town are of brick,-most

of them o ne·st or ied co ttng cs or bungalaws,-many of the farmh o u ses are of co rru ga t ed iro n, or even of poles pla stered inside and ont \\'i t h llIud, nnd that c he d with l ong grass . Or there may be no hou sc at a ll, o nl y r ound huts such as the natives use, huilt of the same materials as the h ouses ju s t described.

People often ride into town on great lum be ring road wagons. Th ese nr e drawn by s ixteen ox en, bawled at in Dutch by a native boy, whil e the front pair are tugged and turned by another more scantil y clad bla ck cr ca ture . Th e drivers arc usually chosen from th e rath e r int e lli ge nt Cape boys . Donkey wago ns with a doubl e row of donkeys,-a d ozen or sixteen in all,-are often u sed in s te ad of ox wagons.

Th e n at i" es li" e in t he ir settlem ents or "kraal s" at some distan ce fr om toml, but th ey come in to sell their littl e fowls, bundles of wood, sweet potatoes o r oth er produ ce. Th e me n always carry th e sma ll est l oads or none at all , while the women, seld om with out hump s on their ba cks, which on close in spection prove to be pi cc anin s, ba lan ce heavy ba skets on th e ir h eads . In sp ite of th ese bm'd c ns, howe\'c r, th ey walk with appare nt ease .

Th e se n'ants ar e, with f ew exceptions, nAtive boys, and I as· sure you th ey provide servant boy problems as serious as any "girl probl ems " that harass American housekeep er s Bnt the ir funn y way s and the quee r mi s tak es they mak e even when trying <0 do their ver.'· best o ff e r SOIl1C co mp ensat ion by furnishing a ready so urce of amu sem ent What would you think if you had your yeast se n 'e d as soup or yo ur sponge, an r e ady for workin g in<o loa\" es, ni ce ly cooked before you had had time to give it your atte ntion? You cou ldn 't help laugbing if you found your cook ad o rned as to hi s wool with waving featbers. It i s a happ y life after all, this life on an African farm.

-MARTHA SNOW BROWN.

REMARKS OF A " BACK -NUMBER."

WHEN"a iratel'nit," is mentioned, the notion i s immediately conee ived of a being altogether different from the average, either abo,'e or below,-depending largely 011 the point of view.

Pos sibly our concept is marked by qualities of great superiority, while that of a non,believer in secret organizations would probabl,V fall far below the a"erage standard , W ell, both are right and both are wrong, A true fraternity girl should be superior in r efineme nt and breadt h of inte llectual culture to one of more limited oppo rtuniti es, else what benefit can s he ascr ibe to her liberal education 1 Should not her coll ege life bring her something that ca nn ot be r ece iv ed \\;thont 1 And h er f.,.ternity life-<> nght not that to cont ribu te somet hing to the upbuilding of cha racted

But on the othe r hand , there is no denying the fact that a fra te rnity girl may fall far below the standard of mediocrity' even. She may care far more for socia l advancement than int ellect ual growth, She may be extreme ly se lfi sh and arrogant, But fortunately, this is not the rule,

The mistake eons ists in thinking that the mere belonging to a fraternity makes dl e gil·I. Thi s is a "c ry commo n opin ion, esp(-<!ially when we are young in the fraternity life , We are very apt to exagge rate the importan ce of the organization, , (11]at sentence, no d oubt , is wasted, No netive membe., will holi",'e it.) Bnt when we ha\'e grown a few years in knowledg e and exper ienee, we can more calmly judge its place, I do not mean to say that we find we have made a mi sta ke and bave overestimated tbe value of th e fraternity life, Not at all; but we see tbe wh o le in the li ght of a clea r e r judgment and r ealize that it is not tbe all in all, as we thought then, but simply one extremely pleasant and beneficial el ement in the whole, If we never saw things any differell(}Y than when nlshing, I am afraid the fraternity would be doomed, We would certainly merit the oft-repeated accusation "narrow and selfish," Fortunately we bave sa n er moments , And I will say for one th,t

the sanest moment of all has come tc me s ince leaving the chapter. K ow, as nm·er befo re, I appreciate the value of the fraternity and its place ill my life Kow I realize that p e rhaps we were "narrow and se lfi sh ." But I will bear all the blame. It was I who was narrow, not the fraternity that was narrowing . Its id ea ls ca u not be other than broadening and uplifting.

Th e main thing then is to grasp the id ea l. If this could always be done there wou ld be no conce ption of a frat ernity girl below the a,·e rage. All would own he r influ e nce and power.

Let u s see then that the fraternity girl does not narrow he r own life and r e fl ect the fault upou the fraternity, but ra ther that sh e let the id ea l so imbn e her being that s he may grow in st r engt h and beanty and calise the term "na rrow" to disappear from our critics' v oc abulari es .

THANKSGIVING REUNION AT KANSAS OTY_

in the fall arran gements were made by the see ,·et:: taries of Iota and Kappa circles of the Alumnae Association, for a reuni on and banqu et to be held at Kan s as City, :I.fo., during the Thank sg h·ing holidays

No more graphic description of o ur good times could be given than that in the following clipping, fr om the Kansas City Tim es :

"lf ost of the Ollt of town womc n arri"cd in Kan sas C ity by nOOIl of la st Thu rs day and in the afternoon no 'frat' wa s better repre se nt ed at the ball game than Pi Beta Phl. Frida'y afternoon at half pa st one Dr. George ]-1. Coombs del i vered a. talk to the girls in the pal"lor of the Gentes Hou se, and late r the e nti 1"0 representat io n attended the symp hony conce rt , p'ying two l owe r boxes at the Auditcrium theate r, but the event of importance wa s the banqu et at the Co ates House Friday night ,,·hi ch marked the close of th e ,·e tmion Gevers we re laid for twenty-two, and the decorations were carr ied out in the flow e r of the Pi B eta Phi, th e carnation. A more entrancing, 'e nthusing' picture could sca r ce ly have been conce i,'ed than the

twenty·two Pi Beta Phi s, typ ical American girls all of them, who, in th ei r daintiest, most becoming gowns, sat at the feast in honor of the ir beloved fraternity, and toasted it and sang to it and yelled at it and each othe r, for four hours. Th e champion of each state was bound not to be outdone by any of the others and if eve r the chatter, chatter, chatte r , gave the shadow of an opportunity a conglome r ation made up of these yells rent th e air:

Ring, ching, chang, Ho, hippi, hi, Rah, rho, arrow, Pi Beta Phi.

U-U-Un i-ver·ver Versi ty- N-e-bras Ki! 0, my!

..nd ahoye the r est was hea rd:

Rock chalk! Jay IIawk! K. U.!

Tiger, Tige r , M. S. U.! Hell -a-va-Io! Rah! Rah I Hell-a-va-Io! Rah! Rah! Who-ra -w ho-ra!

Illinoi s ; W ah·who-wab!

During the even ing a congratulatory telegram in the form of th e Pi Beta Phi yell was received from Mary Kellogg, Mary Copley and Ruth ]'!umb of I_awrenee, and regrets "'ere r ea d from cbapters and clubs not r epresented at tbe r eunion.

Tbe president, Mrs. W alls, was toastmistress and very gracef ully expressed ber g"atification in being a Pi Pbi, and after a witty desc ription of the duties of the h ome maker call ed upon Mi ss Johnson, who responded with 'A Woma n's Heart, Like the Moon, Is Always C han g ing ; but There I s Always a 1I:an in It.' Oth e r toasts were by Mi ss Smith of Alumnae club, Mi ss }fill e r Kappa circle, and Mrs. Reynolds of I ota circle, whose text was 'Tbe Twent.ieth Century Pi Phi,' a very beautifu l desc ription of what Pi Phi girls are and should be; Mi ss Chambe rlain upon 'Tbe Topeka .AJumnae Club,' and Mi ss Barber of Lincoln (Xeb .) Alumnae club .

)1 05t of tI,e membe rs r et urn ed to the ir homes by Saturday night, but before leaving we nt to the Saturday matinee at the Contcs t o see tho bill 'IV"y Dow11 Ea st.'

Am on" tho se present we r e : Lu c ille Lawson, Mi ssouri Alpha, Columbia, )[0.; }Iary Spe nce r, Kan sas Alpha, Law r ence, ]{nn.; Yirg inin D,ve r, ){i sso uri Alpha, I,awrcnce, Kan.; I da Greeley Smith , Orand Tr easurer, Kan sas Alpha, I,awre nce , Kan.; )fa,·y )[cGah ey, K ebra ska B eta , Neb.; L iI J ohn son , )Ii sso m·i _\lpha, Columbia, Mo.; Cecil Prescott Leland, Ran a s Alpha , Eldorad o, Kan.; Jennie Barbe r, N ebr aska ll€ta, Lin col n , X cb. ; ) l ary Chace C ha1D.b erlain , Kan sas Alpha and Illinoi s Zeta , T opeka, Ran . ; H elen B. Sutliff, Kansas Alpha, Lawre nce, linn . ; Jenn ie Sutliff, Kan sas Alpha, Lawrence, Kan.; I.Alui se M oo r e, Kan sas Alpha , Kan as C i ty; G ertru d e H el en B ougbto n, Kan sas Alpha, Lawre nce, Kan ; },{and e :h[iller, Mi sso uri Alpha , St. Jose ph, Mo.; Hetti e Anthony, Mi sso mi Alpha , "\[ a ry , ·ill e, :Mo ; }Irs ll. E. Tann er , Lawrence Alumna e; }Irs F H. Smi<hm eye r, I,a\\Te nCO Alumna e ; Amadn :Fred B ec ke r, J\fi>souri Alpha, S t. I.oui s, Mo.; Mrs . C haun cey R. R ey nold s, )[i chi ga n Alpha, Ran sa s C ity , sec r eta ry of Iota ci r cl e, and :hIrs. Geo rg e I ,onga n Wall s, Kan sa s Alpha, presiden t of th e Kan sas Cit y Alumnae club."

Should the plan of a Thank sg iving r eunion at Kansas City m ee t with th e hearty support of the chapters and cl ubs in Kap pa and I ota circles, no doub t it will become an annua l aff air.

-:\L :\f., Kappa Circle, A. A.

THE ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION OF WISCONSIN ALPHA..

A L UMNAE Associat ion of W isconsin A l pha w as es tab\.. li sbed Jnn e 23, 1900, with the follow ing offi cers : A. Pauline Houghton , presid ent; Elizabeth C h urch Smith , vicepres id ent; Lncret ia Hinckl ey, sec r eta ry; Etta Huenkeme i r , t reasu rer.

The purpose of the a ssoc iation is to maintain the frate rni t y ass oc iations and fri end ships of the alumnae and to secu r e the ir

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mutual cooperation in the advancement of the fraternity at the University of Wisconsin. The life of the organizat ion i s too short to have accomplished very much, but judging from the number who have joined r ecent ly, i t certainly has a bright future .

Thcre are two classes of membership: (a) All ina ct ive members of Wisconsin Alpha of Pi Beta Phi; (b) al\ members of other chapters r es id ent in Wisconsin.

If this article reac hes any Pi Beta Phi living in Wisconsin who has not received a copy of the const itution or been invited to j oin the assoc i at ion , she will receive both if s he sends h er name and address to Uiss Lucretia Hinckley, Ashland, Wis-cons in.

The Alumnae are planning to spend a. few weeks together at one of the Wi scons in lakes imm ed ia tely after commencement, and all members of Wiseon.in Alpha , as well as othe r chapter<, "re invi ted to join the party.

-A . PAULINE HO UOIlTON.

PERSONALS.

At Lewisburg, Pa , October eighteenth, Kate Irene McLaughlin, of Pennsylvania Beta, ,,-as married to :Mr. Harry S. Brown, Phi Kappa Psi, of Philadelphia.

Anna A. N ichols, '99, i. spending the winter in Dinuba, California.

Bertha Ranslow, '94, i s teach ing in Lincoln Academy, King's Mt.,N. C. :hfabel War e, '06, is {eaching and Greek at Unad ill a, N.Y.

Augusta Kelley, '09, is tcaching at Camden, :hfaine. Florence Allen, '98, is teaching Greek and Latin in the Union High School of Ballston Springs, N ew York.

Pres id en t a nd Mrs B r a in erd , of :Mid d lebur y Coll eg e, are r ej oic in g o,'e r a li t tl e da ug hte r. }Irs. Brain er d is a Pi Phi s iste r

MA SSAC H USET T S ALPI L \ .

Cass ie L S o u t he r, ' 00, is te a ching in Franklin, N H

Cla"a E. Noy es , '00, is s tudying rnu s i c at th e B os ton Conservatory

Lu c r et ia E. B e rry, '00 , is t eaching at N orth Attleboro, Mass.

C lara B ell e Cooke , '99, i s s tud y ing at Brid ge wa te r Normal.

Th e engage me nt ha s bee n ann o un ced of Grace El ea no r Smi t h, '00 , t o Mr. Edward C rand o n of E,·e r ett.

J ose phin e Pi cke rin g, '00 , is t ea ching at Gree nland, K. H.

Ma e Lawre nce , '9 8, is t e aching Engli sh in th e Worces t e r High S chool.

Fl o r en ce N. Fla gg, '09, i s t e aching at th e Oxfo rd, :Ma ss., High S chool.

H el e n Eldridge, '0 8, is a t he r home in Jamai ca Plain for th e winte r.

Vera :Uae Kerr, '00, is at Tippecanoe City, Ohio.

Th e en g agern ents have bee n announc ed of Netti e A. Dodge, '01, to Mr. Walter r. C hapman , B eta Th e tn Pi; and of Florence E. Th oma s, '01 , to C harl es L. Hamrnond, a graduate of Ma ss achu se tts In stitute of T ec hnology

ILLIX O I S BETA.

Eth el Van C ise of D enve r , an a cti,' c me mber of Illinois Beta l as t .vear, hn s been vot ed into th e chapt e r of Co lo rad o B e t•.

Mary Warn e r, activ e me mber '99-'00, vi s ited us November ninth.

N elli e C lanton Turn c r ente r s Armour In s titute, Chicago, Janu nry fir st.

Emrna Flinn , J"a Grange, Ill. , s pe n t Novem be r tw e nty-fourth with th e chapte r.

N e lli e Th ompkin s, ' 9 5 , and Edith C ri ssey, '90 , of Avon, are in th e c i ty.

THE ARROlV.

AJ..PlIA.

Rosalie Xixon, '99, has a position in the Lake Charl es High School as professor of Latin and Engli sh Literature.

Anna Shafter Lovell i s traveling in the north and will visit severa] of the eastern coll eges .

Lily JJogan, '97, i s pursuing her studies at Barnard College.

Annie Brnllswig, '02, i s in New Orl ea ns this winter .

ILLIKOIS DELTA.

Dua".ne Phimister of Knox, 1900, h as been spend ing the summer study in g at C hica go Art Institute, and will return again after C hri stmas .

Caroline Galc l ea " es soon for a month's plea s UI'e in Asheville and )Iorgantown, Caro lina.

:M ildred Brown and Lucia D ewey have r et urned for their seniol' ye:ll ' at Srnith.

1[arried Jun e el event h, nineteen hundred, Mi ss Gertrnde Chapin to Frank Thompson. Mrs. Thompson i s a charter memo bel' of Illin ois Delta, being one of its chief promoters. She has been for some time in strll ctor in the Galesburg High School , of which )fr Thompson is principal.

I LLT)lOIS

Mae Doland has l eft for a two months' trip in northern Mi chi· gan.

Alice Doland, '00, i s study ing in Berlin this year .

Elfrieda Hochbaum, '99, who i s st udying in Leipsic this year, has entere d the cla ss of Prof. Sievers, and is the first American woman to be admitted.

MICHIGAN BETA.

On July 25, Eva 1[ay Xichols, ex·'01, was married to Mr. R. Edward Davis.

On September 18th, Lida Whi te of Ann Arhor was married to Mr. Ralph Miller.

Mrs . D ' O oge, wh o spe nt la s t ye ar in Athe ns, whe re Professor D'O oge wa s head of th e Am e ri can School, h as r e turned to Ann Arbor. .

}[rs. K elsey ",ill be in H ome thi s y ea r, a s Prof esso r K else.Y i s head of th e Am e ri can S choo l th e re.

COLO RAO O ALPHA.

J ess ie :IIfeTntos h is go in g to Gal es burg afte r C hristma s to s pe nd th e winte r , and we ho pe she ma y become acqu a in te d with th e Itirl s of Illin ois D elta.

D onni e Arm s trong, 'D 9, is teaching in J.A RS Animas, Col o rado.

Mina Kil go r e, ' 9 9, is t ea ching in I..oveland , Colorado.

Mabe l :Ma rtin a nd :Mil to n Whi ta ker we r e m a rried at the h ome of th e brid e' s pare n ts in DCI,," er l as t Jnl y a nd n o w live in Columbi a, N e w Y ork.

M a rg are t Ham s ay , ' 99, is t eaching in Durango , Colo. Rnth Bis hop, '0 2, i s teac hing in Leadville this wiote r.

Julia McKinl e'y wa s married to Ralph D enio at he r home in Idaho Sprin gs la s t Augu st. Mr. and Mrs. Denio will make th eir hom e in I.oogmont, Col orad o.

A littl e daught e r arriv ed at th e home of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel M cAlli s t er D ece mber fifth .

Ge rtrud e Fitz Randolph C urr e ns is at he r hom e in Elizabeth, Col o rado.

lI[ y rtl e Zi eme r, wbo s pe nt th e s ummer in C alifo rnia, is with u s .gain f or th e winter.

:IIIa y V. H e nr'y and Co nrad Bluhm were married in Augusl and a re n ow at hom e in Hoboke n, New J e rs ey

Editorials.

THE WINTER tcrm just open in g is perhaps the most critical of the year in the life of a chapter Ru shing is over for a season and the g irl s h"'e sett led down to the routine of college work and c hapte r life. It i s now that th ere comes the greatest strain on the loyalty and friendship of the girls. lIIost of us are qu ite capab le of harmony in our good times, but the monotony of daily companionship in hard work is quite another matter. 1"0 the fr eshmen, particularly the wintel' tC1'T1l is likely to hring a feeling of rcaction. The deli"'hts of being ru shed arc O\"er; the first fine enthns ia sm of the initiati o n bas passed away; the girls, dear as they are, ha"e turned out to be pl"etty human afte r all; and the first sentimental atfection conccived for them has not yet passed into the steadfast attachment that comes later. I t i s not strange , perhaps, that the initiate begins to feel her fraternity life a little flat, and to wonder if, after all , it was really worth while. The fraternity honey-moo n i s over It is at this time that the older gir l s s ho uld make eve ry effort to tide the freshman over this period of reaction. Draw h er out in eW01'y way you can See what sh e i s good for, and then set he r to work. En co urage her to H speak in meetin'," 1I.n(1 let her work on comm ittees with the older g irl s . Don't give her all the hard and disagreeable, nor yet always the unimportant tbings to do. Get her inter ested in fraternity history if you can; if there i s correspondence to be done, l et her bave h e r sbare; and particularly, let ber be on tbe lookout f or new frater nity mat e rial f or next year Sbe will be nearest in age to those who are t o come aiter, ber fraternity life with them will be longest, and yonr fr eshman girl, properly trained, i s going to be tbe best ru sher in the c h a p te r.

Thi s sounds perhaps like advocating that tb e freshmen run the chapter. Perisb the suggestion! But don't advise them too much, don't s up erint end them too much, and above all, don't ignore them too much. This winter term is the opportunity of and for the freshmen. 1lay we 811 make tbe most of it!

TlIE PI BETA pur reunion beld in Kansas City Thanksgi\·ing week offe r s some points for cons iderati on. In the fhst place it was n ot a province co nvent ion; there WR S nothing ollicia l o r compulsory about it; it was purely a voluntary gather ing of Pi Phi s, for the purpose of having. good time and gettin g acqnainted with th e ne ig hboring c hapte rs . A province conn' nti on would hardly scr"C the same purpose, nn less we were so tn subdi \'ide ar.d redistrict Ollr prO\' in ces as to bring together tho.e chapters t h at arc tru ly neighbors, who are likcly to meet Pilch ot her at the 1! J' cnt athletic eont('sts and who draw their m.emfI'om the same c i t ies o r regions . Such a "gerrymander" W(' han' IOl1g' thought advisable, both b CCilllSC pro\'incc meetings wOlild tlIlI S Ix> 11I0l'e eas il y man aged and marc economica l, and bccallsc th ey could he made of rar more " allle, becau se the chapters would have a real commun i ty of interest. I t is quite poss ibl e, howc\'cr, that the pro\'incc e, 'e n at i ts best, would fa il of th e r es ults that th e informal r elInion accomplishes. A con\ent ion h as almost n eccssa ril y a cut and dried char acter, it hold s itself down to business meetings, it Illust get th e most that it ca n out of the allotted tim e. At a reunion the girls come beca use t hey want to, stay away if so minded, pay their own expenses and arc paid by the good times th ey get out of it. :Nor do es their informal character preclud e th e id ea of bus in ess m eet in gs if th e girls be so inclined. In a pri"ate letter recei"ed from the secretary of Kapp a C ircle, the writer says : "Of course there was a more serious s id e of it than that d esc ribed. W e had two bu s iness sess ions, and enjoyed r ead ing l ette r s fr om th o e not pre se nt. Especially are we indebted to :Mi ss R ea d for a fine l ette r in r ega rd to alumnae work."

Anoth e r advantage of th e reunion over the province convention i s the participati o n of both alumnae and active members on a f oot ing of happy eq u ality The gi rl s of an older growth nre not 9<.4; off in to sepa rate meetings of their own, are not pres(,Ilt as m e ntors or advisors of the college girls , but are girl s with th em around the banquet table. In the case of tbe Kansas City r c nni on s, if they are mad e a permanent in st itution, th e alumnae

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ar e lik ely to have a mo r e vi t al part. Th e sam e lett e r s ays : " \N o uave some plan s f o r next y ea J', --of an c:xec uti\'e ooard c omposed of r epr ese nta t i" es fr om e ach chapt e r and c lub within the two c il'c1 es,- th o ng h th C'sc plAn s H e no t ye t mature d ."

It see ms to us t hat , t a ke n all in all , th e K a ns as C i ty r euni oll mu st hav e been an i dea l o ne in i ts s piri t and e nthu s ia s m, whi ch ar e of t en far m or e valuabl e than mo re tangible r es ul ts

APROPOS

of th e diffi c ulty of rou s ing th e college girls to the n ee d of some r ef o rm, a non -fraternity woman lately remark ed that of course th e m oveme nt wa s for e-o rdain ed to failur e, - that the fra te rnity g irl s se t th e pace and it wa s impossible to ge t th em inte r este d ; th ey e xi ste d only f o r soc ie ty . One of th e frat ernity wo me n prese nt attemp t ed a vigo r o us denial , bnt wa s s il enced by th e r ej oind e r tha t until fra te rnity girls s howed th em selves in teres t ed in so mething bes ides t ea s and dan ces, the gen er al observ e r would continu e to think that, wha te ve r might be th eir professe d purpose, th e ir rca l aim wa s th e making of soci et y girl s.

Th is is not th e fir s t tim e that th e fraternit y woman has been compe ll ed to li s t e n t o su ch a sse l·t ions; n or will it in all pr obability be the la st. Y et eve ry Pi B eta Phi i s aware of tbeir utter fal s ity. She we ll kn ows tha t n ot onl y ha s her fraternity the hi g hes t of idea l s, but that th e girl s are hon es tly , and according to th e ir lights , livin g up to th ose ide al s, thou gh they do not make an y fu ss about it, or parad e th e ir virtu es in th e f ace of the college publ ic.

Unfortunately thi s public , if un sympath eti c, i s no t unobservant, and is drawing its own concln s ion s fr om s uch s mall data as it has. It sees only the spr e ad s and parti es , th ose exclusive good times which form so much of the vi s ible part of a fraternity girl's exi s tence H e nce s u ch s t ate me nt s a s many of II have doubtl ess been compell ed to li sten to. The li t ter futility of denying such charges is too evid ent. Full explanation is impos s ible and asserti on and r e-a sserti on bardly make convincinfl: argument. Y e t n either Pi B e ta Phi n or any other fraternity

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can afford to allow the opinion tbat they are mere social clubs to become general, and something should be done by the fraternity girls to mak e them sel " es visible 011 otber tban social occasions.

W ould it )lOt he a good resolution for the new yea r and new century if every chapter of Pi Beta Phi should r esolve h encef orth to take as large a part as poss ible in the general life of the college, in tbe literary soc i eties, the musical clubs, the gi rls' athletics, in the settlement or charitable organizations, in the Christian association s, if conscience and creed permit, and in the many activities that make up the sum of collcge li fe This does not mean a YUlgar striving for officcs o r honors,-that is simpl.Y seeking a further aggrandizement of the f r aternity or the individual. It docs mean a hearty co-operation in coUega interests, a u sing of the power and training gained from fraternity life for the greatest good of the greates t number. In thi s way can best be dissipated some of those wrODI( ideas of fraternity g irl s and fraternity life which are in ev itable in the wnd s of those wbo can form their conclus ions on l y hy the outwa r d and visible signs of an inward and fraternal grace.

IT IS enco ur ag ing to note how many of ou r chapters a r e now housed in chapter homes. While there are a few that have po ssesscd bou ses for a numbe r of years, it is on l y very r ece ntly that any very large number of the chapters have ca r ed to nndertake the delights and responsibilities of "a bome of their OIYD ."

Whil e far fr om advocating that every chapte r should live in a chap te r hon se, while admitti ng that in some cases it is inIpossible and in others unadvi sahl e, we firmly beli eve that in most of th e larger univers iti es, a cbapter h ouse, p r ope rl y managed and carefully chaperon ed, i s a great advantage to the chapter, and to the girl offers the best possible sub st itute for her own h om e.

We hope very soon to have r eports from aU the chapters occupying houses , telling of thei r managem ent, the ir advantages and th e ir success or failure, so that as many more as poss ihle may be encouraged to "go and do likewise."

Auowa

flbapttr tttttrS.

ALPHA PRO V INC E.

VllQMONT ALPnA -lUDDLEBURY OOLLEGE.

Vermont Alpha sends greeting to bel' sister cbapters and congratulations Jar thei!" su cce s s in the fall duties. Each cbap· tel' l e tter of the Kov e mber AI"row was filled with good news in re.ga.rd to what had bee n a(: compli s bed and with bright hopes lor the fu tur e

Many pl easant events hav e occ urred in the history of our cbapler since our I.s t l e Ite r. Th e o u e especially enjoyed by all was our anllual banqu e t held Nov e mb e r twenty. fourth, at the Pharetra. Three of OUl' Vermont Bela si s t e rs were with us making us feel mor c de e ply than eve r th e s acredness and firmness of fraternity ties, (or a co mm on lov e and interest make us dear to each other even be fore w e meet . However, this was not the first tim e that we Ve rmont Pi Phis had come together this year, fo r but a few days before our banquet four of our members attended th e initiation aDd ba.nquet of Vermont Beta. where we enjoyed ours elves as only Pi Phis can.

' Ve think we are the most fortunate chapte r on the roll in ha.ving a patroness who shares b e r horne with us. Every two weeks \Ve invite some of our friends there to spend the eveuing , and on Thanksgiving evening she entertained all of us who could not go home.

On Hallowe ' en we entertain e d some members from the meo's fraterni ties with a straw ride to the home of one of our girls who lives eight miles away, where we spent the evening in play_ ing suita.ble games.

Monday eyening we had a "cookie-shine" for the fl oeshmen who had been told nothing o f its meaning.

'Ve are talking now of having a Christmas tree for the Chapter.

MAUDE S M ITH.

YEBllONT BETA - UNIVERSITY OF VERlfOXT

Christmas recess is near at hand and already some of the more fortunate students who have" saved their cuts" for th i s occasion may be seen, with thei r dress suit cases in hand, walking ac r oss the campus in the direction of the station.

Ou r annual initiation and banquet took place November t h e twenty - first , when we received four new girts into our circle,

one sophomore, Frederika Abraham, who en ter ed fr om Mt Holyoke, and three freshmen, wh o are all classical students, Lillian Bean, B e rtha Miller and Carrie Preston .

It is at times such as this that we find it so pl easa nt to be nea r a sis t e r c hapter for four girls from V e r'm o nt Alpha ca me up to belp us. The following Saturday night th ey held th ei r banquet and thr ee of our sisters went down.

Aft e r th e Chris tmas recess we afe intending to have a. "Pi P hi Christmas" when each s ister is to bring so m e thing for our rooms and something pa r ticularly nice for a "real swell cookiesh i ne. "

' Ve wi s h you all a :Merry Christmas and a Happy New Yea r , hoping that nin etee n hundr ed o ne may be ODe of the m os t prospero us year's Pi ]Jeta Phi bas ever enjoyed.

GRACE ANNA Gooonul!:.

COLUMBIA. ALPHA -COLUMBIAN UNIVERSITY.

Rather tban "burn th e midnight oil" in a. vain search for an impressive beginning to the chapter lette r , the corresponding sec r eta ry bas decidod to plunge boldly into the subject and tell you wbat we have been doing since our last letter.

The first r ea l ("aternity event of the year took place on Octo · b e l' thirteenth, when we wel comed into OU I ' circle Josephine Shall enbe rg e r wh o was pl edged to us at the end of last term , 'l' his was follow e d soo n after by two very p leasa nt evenings, when \Ve did a littl e ru sh i ng by entertaining at the home of our pre siden t, Helcn Lee, a number of the fre s hmen and other non · f r aternity girls of th e college. Next, one Satur'day aft e rnoon stands out on ou r calendar -a day wben we had one of our " good old times" at th e ho s pitable borne of Ro s alie Robinette, 1 900 - a. home which we all claim as our owo, since we are al wa ys su re of a wel co me and a good time, th e re.

On the twenty.sixth of November we wer e made happy by placing the wine and blue upon a Dew sister, Clara Tuft s.

"ve al'e now planning for a tea to be given in th e r er.e ption room s of the University Building, to meet the Grand Pre s ident of Pi B et a Phi, and the patrones ses of Columbia Alpha.

In closing, the thought occurs to us that when you r e ad this lette r we will probab l y be st ruggling blindly through the depths of mid-y ear" exams " Begging that you will pause to shed a tear for us, w e promise to do the same for all Pi Phis in like distress.

FLORENCE ELIZABETU F RI S B Y.

ALPHA - SWA RTHMORE COLLEOE.

Greeting fr om Pennsylvania Alpha. to all her dear Pi Bpta Phi sisters. Sbe is sorry not to be able to introduce some new m embers, but the College authorities have said "No invitations until spring." Our Freshman class is an interes ting ODe and when the mu c h-looked-forward-to Pl edge-Day arri ,'CS we hope to have ma.ny with us who will be all the dearer for our long wait.

.. No rusbing" is also the d ec ree , so Pennsylvania Alpha is very l)l'op e r, very studious and mu ch le ss inclined to numerous feast s than was her pr evious custom.

Our original numb er of eight has been reduced by the loss of Pansy Jacksoll. Illness will prevent he r being wi th us for the rema.ind er of the year, but we are made happy by occasional visits from her and very favorable reports.

Th e great a thl etic event of the season -the SwarthmoreHav erfo rd foot-ball game, brought many of our al umna. e back. The joy of seeing them was in creased by the vi cto ry for Swarthmore and in the jolly time that followed there was nothing to mar ou r bappi ness.

We Ilre fortunate in having a number of our Alumnae near Ug and we do enjoy "the old gi rl s" so much Mary Seaman is tea ching in the town of Swart.hmore a.nd "l,I"' rat. " me e tings have becom e almost incomplete w ithout hel'. Although we miss the girls who leCt us la.st year we rejoice in the fact that five of them ar e near enough for us to see them occasionally and that our representati on in "the city" (Philadelphi.) is in c r eas ing.

W e wish you all the bappin ess th.t is our right as Pi Beta Phis.

MABEL WILSON LAT I MER

BETA-BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY.

The day when the c hapte r letter must be written has come and the corresponding secretary is trying to r ecall all ma t.te r s of importance, but it must be confessed that this time they a r e few .

We have initiated our pledg e, Mabel Allison, and she. now an eager and loving Pi Phi, turns to "that whistle clea r, so low and sweet" with steps as fleet as any of us . W e have another pledge. upon whom we expect to put the arrow before another mon th has passed.

Ear ly in Novembel·, Genevieve White and Lile Bell, of the of nineteen hundred, r eturned to us for a s hort visit, during which time we seized. eve ry opportunity to be together and enjoy : each other. One of our town alumnae, Mary Wilson, gave a thimble party in hon o r or the visitors, and we all enjoyed it to the full. We also hau a cookie-sbine, voted by all to be one of the most deligbtful e ver given by our cbapter.

Later, Flora Sigel and Edith :McCain, whom we still claim, a.lthough they now belong to Michigan Beta and PenDsylvania Alpha respectively, were our wel come guests for a very short t.ime.

We are very glau to have with us Kate Goddard, who, siDce her graduation in ninety-seveu, has been a missionary in Chin a and who has returned to America for a. visit.

The Girls' Dramatic club mad e its debut on tbe e\'ening of Novemb er sixt.eenth, and several of our girls covered them sel ves with glory. The Girls' Mandolin and Guitar cl ub gave a "ery successful musicale in Bucknell Hall, December seventh.

With best wish es for the New Year, Pennsylvania Beta says: "Auf wiedersehen "

,LAURA. A LLE!'I.

01110 ALPHA - OHIO UNI,t;BSITY

Aside f!"Om o ur many informal meetings in our c hapter hali, Ohiv Alpha has been leading a very quiet life, socially. We hav e, however, rec ei ved much plea sure and inde>ed, beneht, from tbese meetings, fo r it's in just such informal gatherings that we have learned to kn ow each otber and to value the friendships fo r med by our fl'3ternity bonds. \\1e enjoyed very much tbe gathering together at oud moments during the busy w eeks, to r ead the articles and chapter le tters in the A rrow, being part:cularly impressed witb the al'ticle on the" Use of the Blnck Ball "-ar. article which certainly will make all of us more considerate in the use of such a privilege.

A "hall shower" on the eighth of December was a very enjoyable occasion and added much to tbe beauty of ou r ball. Seve r alof our alumnae were present. The in ev itable cookie-shine was greatly enjoyed and we all agreed it was" good to be there."

'V e are very glad to ha\'c w i th us again Mabel Wi ck ham, of Glen Ullin, North Dakota. Sbe ha s been chosen oue of the class orators for commencement.

Ohio Alpha sends greetillgs to all P i Phis and wishes them a very successful New Year.

MINNIE BROWN.

OHIO BETA -OIIIO STATE UNIVE R SITY.

How swiftly the time passes! We can hardly realizp. tha.t our Christmas vacation is about to begin. Ohio Beta has been very busy and yet what delightful times we have had togetber. On November seventeenth, we held our initiation and we now have the pleasure of introducing to our sister chapte r s Ge rtrude Jack· son and Margaret Arnold, both of wholD are already loyal and enthusiastic Pi Pbis. Instead of tbe u.ual banquet we bad a cookie-shine, after which the initiation seemed quite complete.

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There have been many social doings to make college Iile pleasant at O. S. U. Among them were the Cadet hop and concert given by the Glee club, both 01 which many 01 OUI' girls attended. Many of the fraternity pa.rties are not given until after Christ· mas, however.

Thanksgiving week Kappa Alpha Theta held its Province con · ventioD bere. In the last two yeal"s many fraternities have held conventions, both national and district, in Columbus.

A g r eat interest has been shown this year in football. When O. S U. played Michigan nine hundred students went to Ann Ar bor with the team . About ten of the girls went and were delighted to meet the girls 01 Michigan Beta.

On December twenty-seventh Laura Weisman, '0 0, our delegate to tbe last convention, is to be married to Mr. Burkett, who is teaching in the State University of New Hampshire. This will be our second Pi Pbi wedding and we are looking forwar d to it with a g r eat deal of pleasure. We are sorry to have Laura. move so far away from us and we shall miss her greatly.

Ohio Beta sends best wishes to r a happy New Year to all Pi Phis.

ALLENA MITZENBURO.

NEW YORK ALPHA - SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY

As the time comes round for another chapter letter, we r ealize that the first three months of the college year have gone and we must be preparing for our mid-winter examinations.

Thi s has been ODe of the most successful years in football in the history of our Unive r sity, the team winning seven out of ten games besides tying with Brown. 'V e feel justly proud of tb e work of our team.

The Thanksgiving vacation was spent very quietly here at the cbapter bouse, as Mrs. Havens, the chaperon, and two girls w ere the only ones who remained. 'Ve were only too glad to welcome the girls back after the three days' vacation, for during their absence t.he house was very lonely

Friday, November twenty-third, we gave our annual party in h onor of our Freshmen. This year it was a Thanksgiving party and the entertainment and r efreshments were in acco rdan ce with the day There were about thirty guests present.

Phi Kappa Psi has this winter been giving a series of parti es to which a number of our girls have been invited.

Thu rsday evening, December sixth, occu rred the first junior "Prom" of Syracuse University . This was one of the social events of the year, and our fraternity was well r e prese nted.

Saturday, Decemb er fifteenth, a few o f our g i rls are to entertain som e ot their Phi Kappa P.i Iriends at a chafing-dish party

Z'J{E ARROIV.

During the Thanksgiving vacation we enjoyed caBs from Grace Sheffield, 1900, who is teaching in Newark, New York, and Jessie Wakefield, 1900, who is studying Methods at the Cortland Normal. We girls were v ery sorry not to see Miss Scudder at the c hapter bouse during her visit in Syracuse.

Just now our spa r e time is taken up in preparation for our annual Christmas party which occurs Wednesday, December nineteenth. On this occasion we receive our patronesses, moth ers and fri ends, and this year our Freshmen are to provide the enter tain ment.

In spite of all this gai e ty we do not forget the serious side of college life and we always aim to hold Pi Beta Phi in the front rank New York Alpha wishes all Pi Phis a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year.

LUNETTE HAVENS.

MASSAOUUSETTS A LPHA - BOSTON UNIVERSITY.

Examination time as well as letter tim e is at band. Conse_ quently we are busy thinking of some of the things we ought to have done and have left undon e; but there is left a little time to think of some which have been a cco mplished.

One day in O c tober we went to Hingham and held a "Sardine Party." This re cei ved its name, not from th e entertainment, whi ch was entirely inpromptu and c on s isted in an informal recp.ption, a candy pull, a mock wedding, c ake walks and otber similar diversions. The name ro se from the fact that we stayed over night, and when we wer'e settled w e bore a very close resemblance to sa rdin es Hallowe 'e n was celebrated by a New England supper - baked beans and brown bre ad, pi c kles , oli ves, chestnuts. The barn in which th ese wer e eaten was made to look as nearly like a room as possible, with rugs and portieres, making the enti r e effect cozy and homelike. After the supper we proceeded to the customa ry Hallowe 'e n performances making spirits walk, and learning what the future had in store for us.

During all this tim e we bad not forgotten ou r " spikes" and were preparing for the initiatioD, which took place at the home of Clara Noyes, '99, November fifteenth and sixteenth . About ten o'clock the goat began to be a Ii ttle frisky and he g r ew more and more unmanag eable as it approached that II very witching time of night when churchyards yawn" and at the very stroke of twelve he was let loo se. The girls who survived the attacks of his Royal Highness are Mary Galbraith and Susan Pennell, and t.hey certainly deserve a.ll the praise and affection you ('an give them for the brave manner in which they

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laced the awlul antics of that Billy. Th e next week Vera Sawyer, who could not be pl"esent that night, was made one of us. So now we introduce to you the se three new sisters and two pledge s , Marion Coburn and Ethel Edwards, who will share our joys and SOl" r ows.

One oC th e greatest privil eges we hav e bad this year has been that of knowing so mallY girls fr om the other c hapt e rs. There are Ellen And e rson and Carolyn Kramer of Colorado B eta, Margaret Custer and Vera \Vattl es of Neb r aska B e ta, and Adelaide Chase of llli Il ois Zeta, all of whom al'c settled Ilcar us for the wintel' and call on us fro e quentlYi and then, too, there was Fran.::es Heilprin o f Columbia Alpha, who stayed with us just long enough to make us want h er longer. It i s impossible to tell how mu c h it means t o us to ba\'e these sisters among us. It makes us r ealize a little more the bAight Ilnd breadth and length and depth of our fraternity and gives us a ne w incentive, and strengthens our purpose to live up to its ideals. We leel a special g rat itude to t.he chaptet'S who have sent them to us and we promise you to be good to th e m.

Tha nkful for what bas been, we are, nevertheless, looking forward to a better time to come and ou r wishes are extended to all Pi Phis for a pro s perous and Happy Xew Year.

ELEANOR GOOD.

MARYLAND ALI·UA-TUF. WO.lIA:i'S COI.LEOE m' BALTIMORB

In accordance with the motto, .. Be not too pl'ompt," which our Arrow editor suggests will be appropriate fol' the inscription OD the !ourth shaft of our !uture monument to c hapter co rrespondents, Maryland Alpha's co rrespondent has waited and waited until tbe awful tenth almost stalks before her. And why? Simp ly , friend S, in the vain hopes, that if s he did, something might happ en. But she is now confident that nothing, under th e sun, either n e w o r old, has bappened since the fiT 'st of December, the date upon wbi c h sbe was tempted" to take time by the fetlo c k. ..

Everything, so far as fraternity lir e is conce rn ed, settled down after pledge-day and the following initiation , As a result of thes e two days. on which so rrow und joy seem to meet,- sorrow for those who for varied reason s can never know the blessedness of Pi Beta Phi, and joy fo r those who then for the fit'St time enter into this blessedness - came !orth three new wearers of tbe arrow and one pledgling. For ou r pledglin g we are particularly happy , as she, Ma r y E. Lampton, of Mississi ppi, comes with a heart full of love ror Pi Beta Phi such as is ch aracteristic of the girls o f her siste r state, Louisiana. We hav e also another southern girl to introduce to you, namely , Mary Hearn Lockhart, at Paris, Kentucky. And as if to equalize things, we initiated two northern girls, Emily Locke Haskins, of West Chester, Pennsylvania, and Marion Stoner, of New York.

Anoth e r thing, Co r whi ch we ar e glad, is a visit paid us this f all by one of our former G r and Pr esidents, Miss Turner of Wasbington. From tbis same" City of Pi Phis," Edna Stone and F r ances Reilp rin came over to see us a re w days

As [or co ll ege affairs, we might mention th e ten nis tournament, which r es ulted in the victory of 190:1 ove r 1901, and our .. visi tor's day" upon which, by our r eei tations and by a gener al reception in the evening, w e college girls e ntc r"tained many distinguished and welcome guests.

But th e most distinguish ed and welcome of all the guests whic h w e as a college can entertain i s one that wi ll be with us e r e this l ette r is in you r bands. I m e an the new ce ntur y and all it signifies. 1\Iay it mean to all mankind, to all colleges, and most or all, to eve ry Pi Beta Phi, a new and quick e ned interest in the world's work, and an in c reased joy and happines s in this in· t e r est.

KATHLEEN M. MALL O RY.

BETA PROVINCE.

ILLINOl8 BETA - LO!lBARn COLLEGE

Th e winte r t e rm , after a m ost delight.ful we ek's vacat ion at Thank sgi vin g, i s starting out so happily for Illinois Beta, that we are ce rtain a most pl eas ant year is before us In the first place wh en our te rm 's gra des we r e r eceived we discov e r ed that a Pi B eta Pbi bad bee n tbe hi g h es t . Th e n Martha Ar nold, ' 00, d eci d ed to tak e a Master's Degr ee thi s y ear. Next Nellie Turn e r , one of our most helpful girls of last year is h e r e for a visit. We girls ha ve been gi ving away to our feelings by r e p eated " Ring Cbing Cbing•. " Can you blame us?

A c hange was mad e in the c ollege thi s term b y the resig ns· tion of Miss Maud A. Min e r, ou r Elocution in st ruc tor. In her final r ecita l s , our girls took ve ry prominent parts. Miss Amanda Kidder is h e r successor.

We have se v e ral n ew names fo r ou r Pi B eta Phi roll whom we proudly ask you to salu t e.

On th e afternoon o f Nov ember t h i r teent h, at the h ome of Mrs. Grubb, a patron ess, Mary Elizabeth Stoc kton and Frances R oss took the vows we all so fo ndly c h er ish. W e. th e n w ent t o o ur room , wh e r e Nell e To wn se nd, Eth e lwyn G ri e r, Nellie Needham, Mila and Ruth Park e became pledglings. A cook i e .shin e as usual climaxed all Nov e mber tw e n ty·fourtb, at the h ome o ( Lora Town sen d , one of our most h elpful alumnae, th e last fou r girls were bappy to put on our arrow. To thi s initiati o n we bad invited all o ur local alumnae, so you can imagin e what th e coo kie ·sbine was like s ur · rounded by so many c li eery (ac es. It was an occasion long plann ed for

1'HE AlIRO JV .

The college bas participat ed in many social gatherings thi" term. The students are permit.ted an assembly (our times a term in the gymnasium, and thes e are delightful times, for it is here that you become acquainted with all. Besides this, President Nash gave a most enjoyable reception at bis borne D ece mber seventb.

W e girls are planni ng a Christmas" surprise" for our room, which has become so dear to us that we hav e a regula r meeting on ce a week. Th e n we end with light and our little "talks" that mean so much to us. What would college lire be without fraternity?

A "Happy New Year " to a ll wbo wear the wine and blue.

LILLIAN HARRIS.

ILLINOIS DEI,TA - KN OX COLLEOIo;,

The happy forecas t for a pleasant and profitable year bas so far been quite fulfilled by a s trong cbapter of congenial girls, to whi ch has been added a pledge, Marie Mars.

The college cou rse and college liCe in genera.l hav e undergone a good ma.ny c hanges, and th e social privileges are somewhat res tricted. Our girls have only given one party, a Hallow e'e n celebration.

Th e invitations sent out ror this read : -

"At fou r o 'clock on Friday when midnight's shadows rall, hold yourself in readin ess ror the Pi Phi black cat's call j when you 'll rid e away in silence with the grewsome Pi Pbi gnomes, where the witches and hobgoblins find th e ir dark and drearyhom es. "

And wb en the fat e ful day arrived, two big hay-racks gatbered up the girls and boys and arter an hour 's ride set them down at " Th e Gale Farm," the summer borne of one of our girls, where they had lots of good th i ngs to eat, and later, took advantage of tbe warm moonlight night, the wide lawns and numerou s hammocks j patroniz ed th e fortun e t elle r' s den, and sang or li ste ned to music until twelve o 'c lock, wh en a s pecial car wa.s sen t out to carry us all back to town .

George Candee Gale, class of '94, has taken th e place left vacant for this year by Dr. Cushing. The girls are all working hard at basket ball and bowling and regular gymnasium exer· eises, a part of the co urs e whi c h is receiving more attention than ever before at Kn ox .

The best N e w Year 's greeting we can give you is a wish tbat you may have as delightful a year as Illinois Delta is antic_ ipating.

ALICE CANDEE GALE.

ILLINOIS EPSILON -NORT Il' ·ESTEIiN UNIVERSITY,

The close of the rushing season finds our cha.pter with (ourteen active members To introduce as freshman sisters we have Ella McNulty and Lucy Derickson, who bave already begun to show themselves worthy wearers of the arrow. Tb e initiation was held at the borne of of our active girls. About. twenty were preseDt to see that the" goat" did his duty, and to r ejoice over two new sisters. A banquet followed by toasts c ompleted a most delightful evening.

Northweste rn bas been fortunate in ba.ving two soro rity COllventions this fall, tbose of Alpha Phi and Gamma Phi Beta. We bad the pleasure of enter tainin g Gamma Phi Beta at the home of one of our patronesses, Miss Lunt. At that time we were happily surprised in having with us, from Madison, five of the Wisconsin Alpha girls j and the acquaintance proved so pleas· ant that we b eartily wish we might often have the pleasure of visitors from our neighboring chapters.

We are a.ll rejoicing over the football r ecord which the boys in purple hav e made for Northwestern this sea.son , for this year has been somewhat more successful than several preceding. Th e close of the race for championship found us third and we have already begun to look forward to next fall with bope that we may be the winner.

Th e" Freshies " a.rc very proud of their recent football vi ctory, the resul t of a. chall enge, over the "So pbs . "

A most delightful Christmas vacation for every Pi Phi is the sincere wi sh of Illinois Epsilon

LENORE L. NEGUS.

ILLINOIS ZETA-ILLINOIS STATE UNI VERSITY.

Since the last issue of our magazine, Illinois Zeta bas been fortunate enough to gain six new sisters: Virginia Chester, Winifred Forbes, Edna Sheldon, Sarah Bell '\\all er, Edna White and Said e Wolford. Now counting inactive as well as active members, there are forty wearers of the arrow in Champaign and Urbana.

This chapter, like Missouri Alpha, ha s decided to hold social meetings every two weeks, and a committee of two or more decide upon the special entertainment for the eveni ng. Last time, three of the gi r ls impe r sona ted Mrs. McKinley, M r s. Roosevelt and Mrs . Yates, and i ssued invitations to an "election party." On the back of the invitation was the name of the p e r son eac h was to represent, and as each girl arrived she solemnly announced by the butl e r. After n social time, refreshm e nts appro priate to the occasion were served. Th ese we r e" full dinner pails," which consisted of li ttle pasteboard and r ibbon pails filled

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to the brim with salted peanuts. Tbe whole affair was simple, but was very amusing. PO!:isibly it may suggest something to anotber cbapter. We wish Missouri Alpba would tell us wbat she does at ber social meetingsj perhaps she can give us some new ideas.

Tb e holidays will soon be here , and we hope you will accept our most cordial wishes for a happy and restful vacation.

C. BRIDGEMAN.

INDIANA ALPJlA - }'RANKLIN COLLEGE.

We coulrl scarc ely realize tbat tbe first term of this College year was nearing the close until the examinations were forced UpOD us, and JlOW that they arc over - we breathe a sigh of relief and all are in expectancy for an enjoyable holiday season .

We arc very proud to announce a Dew fraternity sisterSarah Ellis, Crom Kansas, who entered college as a senior at the beginning of the fall term. After her graduation in June, she will go to Sit ver City, ew Mexico, to take the posi tion of Professor of English in the Normal Scbool.

This being the first year we have enjoyed a cbapter bouse our friends have kindly remembered us in the way of pretty pillows and bric·a-brac.

Our senior girls, four in number, have distinguisbed th emselves by donning the customary cap a.nd gown.

One of the very pleasant social events of the term was the rc· ception given by our three pa.tronesses at the borne of one of tbeir number, Mrs . Ragsdale, her pretty borne being beautifully decorated, and the guests, one hundred and sixty in number, spent a very enjoyable evening. Another pleasant occasion was a very informal pa.rty given in honor of Eva Bowser, ODe of our girls who was with us last year.

The alumnae keep "open house" tbe last Saturday afternoon of every month, and on New Year 's Day, receive friends and those interested in the fraternity, and so keep closely in touch with the active girls and their workings.

One of the events of the term has been the founding of an bonorary society known as the Ofergau Literary Society. The membership is limited to twenty·five, only the leaders of tbe tbree upper classes being eligible. Four of the ten charter members were Pi Phis.

Franklin bas bad ample reason to feel proud of tbe work of her football team tbisseason. Until this year tbere bas seemed to be a tendency among our students to neglect atbletics. But for ene , botb tbe student body and faculty members became enthu s iastic over football , and the res ult was a winning team.

Last Saturday evening our appreciat.ion of the hard work done by the boys, was shown by an informal r ecept ion at the college, given by the lac lllty and students.

Indiana Alpha sends greetings to all her sister chapte r·s.

ALICE VAN Nuys.

INDIANA OAlorA - UNIVERSITY Ot' INDIANAPOLIS.

Since the last issue of the Arrow Indiana Gamma has initiated four new girls: Ruth and Grace Hetfield, Jeanette Blair aod Lulu Kellar, 1904 The initiation was held November twentythird, at the house of ou r Provin ce President, Etbel R. Curryer, in Indianapolis, and we were very bappy in baving an unusually large number o f alumnae with us.

Socially Indiana Gamma has been quite active this last term During the rushing season a numb e r of info rma l affairs we r e given, which were v ery pleasant. Octobel" fourteenth Annie McCollum wa s at home to th e active chapter, patron esses and new Butl e r girls. October second Lena Randall entertained us wi th an info rmal dance . October twen t ieth Ethel Roberts ente r_ tained with 0. taffy.pull, and a week later Katherine Stevenson with a marsh-mallow bake; whil e Novembe l" twelfth Mrs. Demarchus C. Bt'own gave us a chafing dish party. Our rushing con. tract closed that night at midnight, so this was an unusually exciting time. The most formal affair of the term was a dance given November ninth at the home of ou r patroness, Mrs. William H Cook, in Indianapolis The ballroom was tastelully decorated in wine and blue, and everyone pronounced the affair a great success

Just at present we a r e look ing forward with a great deal of anticipation to our state r eun ion in February, und with out quite so mu c h eagerness to tbe examination in :Uarch

We Dre also busy now with our literary program for the rest 01 th e school year Following the plan 01 ' 97 - 98 we hav e de. cided to devote the first Monday afternoon o f each month to a literary and social meeting, cove ring in a general way and by schools the his tory of Art, devoting especial attention to the mast e r painters and their pictures. W e hope to have as many of our patronesses and alumnae as possible with us at these meetings, and enjoy a thoroughly good time.

Wishiug you all many happy things in the new century, and especially a merry tim e in your study fo r the examinat ion , ETH XL B. ROBERTS.

1I1OHlOAN ALPHA - UlLLSDALE CULL1:0.K.

l\Iichigan Alpha girls are beginning to r ea lize that vacation again draws near, tho ' it seems but yesterday that we had our first frat e rnity meeting. We hav e been a busy, hardworking lot tllis fall witb enougb fun mingled to ke e p tbings balanced, and we hav e some pl eas ant events to chronicle.

One of these was the initiating of our new patroness, Mrs. Myers. who has e ntered co llege as a stud ent, and o! the two pledg es ab o ut wb o m we told you in our lasl leiter, lIes s Cbapma,n and Luna. French. Luna is th e sister of Frances French who was our delegate to the last conve ntion.

Th e moc k initiation which followed a few days later was no less pleasant to us , tbo' we caDoot speak for the unhappy victims.

We hav e a n e w patrone ss. too, Vinnie Walra.th-Cha se, who was ]ll .dged 10 Pi Beta Pbi but h ad nove r beel} initiated. The week of Thank sg iving we bad two day s of good times entertaining Ka.therine Cook who is t eac hing this year. 'Vh e n she came we escorted be l' at on ce to our room S where we had a little spread in ber honm', Soc ial life has not run very high this fall. The Alpha Tau Omegas have given oue v e ry plea sa nt party. This week Friday eve ning tbe Ladies ' Glee Club will make Ih ei r debut in a concert,

The college has sustained a gre"t loss this fall in tb e dealh of Dr. Ransom Dunn, tbe man who made p oss ible its founding. His funera l wa s held at the college church where the students w ere pres ent in a body. The highest tribut es were paid to his memory.

Another sad occurrence has called fo rth our sympathy . Florence Kepple, one of our pl e dged girls, wa s called home in October by the dealb of h er moth er. She expecls to return at the beginning oC the winte r t e rm.

We just a litLle bit proud bec ause the fa c ulty committee who have the appointm e ut of th e editorial staff of our college paper have seen tit to bestow th e office of upon one of our girls, C8rrip. Dudley. It is a DeW departure to have n girl f or editor, but w e fe elc onfid e ut tha tshe will 011 tbechair witll bonor to hers e lf and us.

We hop e soon to t e ll you a story of a new endowment for th e colleg e , but w e hard ly dare ( o llow the exampl e o( some neW3papers and lell all ab o ut it before il is a realily

MARY A. WELLS.

MI C81O o\.N BETA - USIVERSITY OF )IlCBIOAN.

Th e last two months ha.v e b een ver .v busy ones (or Michigan Beta.. November tenth we went into D et roit for the MichigaoIowa. (outball game. It wa s a happy, enthus iasti c party tllat

started out with banners flying,-it was a tired out, pointed ODe that reached borne about eleven o'clock when we soothed wounded leelings by a spread.

A large delegation of students from Ohio State University came up with their team (or the Ohio-Michigan game on November, twenty-lourth, and many of our Craternities had the pleasure of meeting Bnd entertaining girls from the ir sigtet' chapte r s. Ohio Beta of Pi Beta Pbi was well represented by twelve girls, whom we were very S01"1'Y we could not entertain at OUI' own house "Ve wanted them to see our horne liCe, but since we were preparing (or initiation amI a banquet after it, we were obliged to take them out to dinnet', The game was very exciting, but as n e ither side scored, there was no over each other. 'Ve were very anxious to have the Ohio girls stay for the initiation , but th e ir train left too early for that.

At five o ' clocl< tha.t evening Michigan Beta initiated into the mysteries 01 Pi Beta Phi eight girls: Helen Wattles, Naney Ruth Reddick, Lenore and Mildred Smith, Mary Loo s e, Anna Marshall, Eleanor Towar and Ora Follett. This makes our active chapter eighteen, its normal number. The early hour for the initiation was an innovation, which will probably become a custom, since it gives us the whole e\' ening for our banquet. More II old girls" than usual came back , and as they stayed over Sunday, we had an opportunity to discuss fraternity plans with them.

After all the company at initiation time, the house seemed especially lonely during the Thanksgiving recess, when there were only six girls left. But spreads every night kept up our spirits and Frida.y morning two of our" old girls," Naney Bentley and Evelyn Brya.nt, came out from Detroit tu spend a couple of days wi th us.

On l!'riday, December seventh, in the Watel'man Gymnasium, there was held an Athletic Dance, the first o[ a series given [or th e benefit of the Athletic Association These dances are very popular among the students.

The Freshmen Spread, which is always a great event in a freshman girl ' s life, was given by the sopbomore girls Saturday, December ninth, in the Barbour gymnasium. The llame "spread" is rather misleading, for the affair is simply a large dancing party for all the girls in the university. The sophomore girls have charge of it, while the juniors and seniors act as escorts and fill out the programmes of the fre shmen girls. The s ix hundr ed girls in their light gowns presented a most festiv e appearance wh en all were on the floor togethe r during the grand march.

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Our one thought cow is Christmas vacation, though to some of us it seems only too n ea r when we think of the papers which are due at that tim e May 1901 bring as mu c h h a ppines s and prosperity to Pi Beta Phi as 1900 has brought.

DOROTHY SABS.

OAMnA PROVINCE.

IOWA ALPHA - IO WA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY.

Ru shing is over and as a result we are bappy to introduce to our siste r s in Pi Beta Phi our sister Nellie Durr. Already Nellie ha s shown us that she truly m ea ns to a sister whose heart is wh olly with us and whose interests are with the (raternity at

We have four bright pledglings but before we can initiate any one of them we shall have to wait until the spring term as they are all fr esbmen. Whi le we should love d early to have them with us DOW, still we can hardly regret their being so young in th eir college work, for it meanS that we shall have them three or four years instead of ODe or two

According to th e usual custom Thanksgi ving day was cele. b ra ted at H e r sbey Hall by a delightful banquet at which ODe o f our girls bad the honor of toasting our faculty.

I owa Alpba wishes aIJ Pi Phis a bappy New Year May it be a yea r which shaIJ bring only the brigbt and beautiful into e a ch lire. LOTTIE E. BURNOP.

IOWA BETA - BnlPsoN COLLEGE.

In the mid s t of t h e busy whirl of work and recr eation which always comes to us with th e closing days of a term, we want to paus e long enougb to tell all the Pi Phis about the work and the fun whicb have occupied our c hapte r in the two months since we last Wl'ote our Arrow l e tter.

Th e wee ks have flown by quickly, fiIJed with th e r out ine of college work, but we hav e n eve r been too busy to rem ember the interests of ou r frat e rnity. As a result of our efforts in ODe direction, ther e are two more of Simpson's daughters who wear the arrow,-Nellie Vale aud Laura Johnston,-and we have also two new pl e dges , Ruth Daker and Gertrude Hancox. How glad we are to welcom e them into our ci r cle , to bid them share with us our joys and disappointments!

On Hallowe 'e n we gave our first party of t.he year, a very informa l one, and spent a most jolJy evening . Though our chap· t el' always entertains on Hal!owe'en, and always enjoys the evening thoroughly, w e Celt that our party this year eclipsed even our fo rmer most delightful ODes. It was decidedly a •• Hallow-

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e'en" party j jack-c'-lanterns were in evidence throughout the hous e, and QUI' refreshments were all appropriate to the evening we were celebl·at!ng.

This fall w e have had several m eetings with ou r alumnae in the city, talking over a plan which bas almost r eac h ed completion, and over which we fecI that we can properly exult a little. Several of our alumnae conceived the id ea, iaH summer, that it would be a sple-nded thing for QUI' c hapter to refurnish the reception rooms at the Women 's Hall. When the plnn was sug. gested to the active girls, they began the work with enthusi . asm, OUT older members belped and the project will soon become a reality. On n ext Thursday evening we have planned to receive the faculty and trustees of the college, with a few otber friends, in the reception roorns. Though they will never be distinctively Pi Pbi rooms. they will be a. lasting bonor to our chapter, and we feel sure that our" Christmas pt'esent" wiIJ be appreciated by the girls or the school, at least.

During the Thanksgiving vacation we enjoyed a sho rt visit trom May Sedgwick, (lne at our sisters who now lives in Des Moines.

Before this montb 's lette r s are read, we shall have enjoyed th e merry holiday times, aDd have settled down in earnest to our winter's work . The freshness and vigor which the cold. bright winter days give us in our college work, will surely add new zest to our fraternity work and pleasures, and with new enwe will go o n in our endeavor to add some small measure of r enown to our dear Pi Beta Phi.

MARIAN COOKE

IOWA ZETA - STATE UNIVERSITY Of IOWA.

Since the last Arrow It!tter was written, Dorothy Wickersham, '99 , and Lilian Jasper, ex-'02, have made Iowa Zeta a rew days' visit. Coming for the Iowa-Grinnell football game, they were here just in time to be present at the initiation of our three pledges. It seemed so like old times to have them back that there was not one o f us who did not ieel something )ike a touch of homesickness when they left.

Th e chapter has. had its usual number of business meetings and spreads. One o f our new girls. Bertha Hulsebus, displayed her abili ty as hostess by entertain iog us wi th a spread on DeCE'm ber fourth.

Thank sgiving has corne and gone and with it the end of the championship season of 1900, and Iowa' s goal line still uncrossed.

80 far this year, none of the class hops have been given and the principal social events have been fraternity parties. AlUU)w.-4.

Phi Kappa Psi opened its delightful new home with a reception on November filteenth. This wns (ollowed by a dance at the Armory th e next evening. On November twenty-t.hird, Bets Theta Pi gave its annua.l reception and dance for the members of the faculties, other fraternities and students. Phi Upoilon c hapter o( Alpha Chi Rho, which was organized lnst spring, gav e its initial party at the A rm ory on December sevent h. The new (raternity has started with a c hapter roll o( fifteen and its first app earance certainly reflects credit on its members.

During the last two we eks the frat erniti es hav e been worrying the photographers in th e ir untiring and almost hopeless attempts to procure sat.israc tory pi ctu re s for the II Hawkeye," th e Juni or Annual of S. U.1.

It is almost vacatio n, but, much as we s hould lik e to make our plan s for the holiday s, we are compelled to begin to think about th e in ev itabl e" exams." These will, how e ve r, have been forgotten when t he Janua,'y Arrow appears and y o u will all be w ell started in th e new t e rm ' s work.

I o wa Zeta. sends he r greeting to the baby-cha.pter and best wish es to the Pi Phis for a happy and pros pero us New Year.

DOROTHY DAKIN.

WISCONSIN ALNIA - UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN.

This month our chapter letter finds us in the hurry and confusion whi c h is always s u,'e to come ju st berore the Christmas holidays j so many pr ese nts yet to finish, so many " quizzes" and "exams " hanging over us with their awfu l gloom! Yet in eve ry heart th er e is some thrill of joy at tbe return of the happy Yule -t id e.

We hav e to introduce to you another loyal wearer or our golden arrow, Georgia Hudbut, of Racin e , who only last night joined our sisterhood.

On next Friday evening we are to have a little informal dance, and for the occasion several of our alumnae and out of town friends are to be with us. Consequently for the coming few days we are looking forward to a v e ry jolly tim e .

On November seventeenth s ix or our girls we nt to Chicago to witn ess Wi sco nsin 's football victory. Aside f,'om the g l orio us game they had the pleasure of being entertained for a day or two by our sisters at Evanston.

Thanksgiving time wa s made happier for us by a visit from Livia Seiler, '00, who is now teaching at Monroe . Agn es Perry, '98, another ot our alumnae , has also recently bee n with us, Wisconsin now proudly boasts of bel' new Library which was .dedicated tbe nineteenth o( la st October. It is a wonderfully

beautilul buildinl':, perfectly equipped, and certainly an honor to our state. Another though less beautiful addition to our campus is th e new Engiu('cring building

We wish you all, dear sisters, a very bappy Ch ri stmas, and may all success and prosperi ty come with thi s new year.

MISSOURI

V1ROINIA HAYNER.

ALPHA - MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY,

Ju st think o f it, my sisters I Mis so uri Alpha is the proud possesso r of a real Pi Pbi Lodge-a littl e hou se just across the str eet from the camp u s , in which we are to bold QUI' meetings and ha\'e our initiations and "cookie·shines." Although we rent ed it just thl'ee weeks ago, it is almost comple t ely furni s hed, to our friends and patronesses . W e entertained in it for the first time Saturday even ing , with a cbafing dish party.

We have had seve ral" coo ki e-s hin es" since our last letter, and ODe of our pledges, Estella A nderson, entertained us delightfully one afternoon. 'Ve have had one initiation, and it is our pleasure to introduce t o you Lulu Nicbols, of Springfipld, Missouri, of whom we are justly proud.

All is quit!t in university circles since the football season is over. The young wom e n of the university gave a r eceptio n fOJ' the foo tball t eam last Monday evening . One day next week the cooki ng class of M. S . U. will ente rtain the Board of Curators.

Six of OUI' girls bad the pl e asurp. of attendin g the Reunion of Kappa and Iota Ci rcl es in Kansas City at Thanksgiving. We voted it a gnllld s uccess and hope to go again next year.

MissOU1·j Alpha se nd s greetings and best wishes to you all.

GERTRUDE BA YLE88

DELTA PROVINCE .

LOUISIANA ALPHA - NEW CO MB CO LLEGE - T U LANE UNIVERSITY.

Sinre the opening of college our chapter roll has increased until it now num bers twelve, and our frat e rnity room has quite a home -like air on Fl'iday afternoons when we assemble for our meetings, and incidentally lor lots 01 fun and good things to eat.

The first of D ece mber was Tulane night, w h ic h is celebrated every year at the tbeatre named in honor of the university. Twenty Louisiana Alpha Pi Phis, including the active chapter an d some 01 ou r a l umnae, went together. The play was" A Midsummer Night 's Dream" which was admirably staged, and the audience, composed chiefiy 01 the student body and their f r iends, was wildly en t husiastic . After the play, Mrs . Horton,

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one of our gave us a supper at her bouse, which will long be remembered as ODe of the pleasantest affairs Louisiana Alpha has eve r had.

We are all justly proud of Tulane's football team this season. It was not scored against by any of the five teams which it played, but, oa the contral'Y, gained an overwbelming victory each time.

We are watching with grea.t interest the caree rs o f Pi Beta Pbi's lour" debutantes" this winter, and we are all s ure that they will prove shini ng lights in the big world which they have entered just as they did in tbe little college world whi ch they have l eft behind.

Anna Lovell, '00, whose home is in Crowley, passed through New Orleans not long since on bel' way north, and was enthus iasti cally welcomed by all the g irl s with whom she was associated in the c hapter.

And now comes the pleasantest part of a correspondent's duty - that of introducin g to tbe other chapters the" goats" who have recently been taken into our (old. 'I'bey are Beulah Lyon Butl e r and Lu cy Pinckney Elliott, eac h of whom bas ol d e r sis· ters am o ng o ur alumnae, and Laur e T. Beauregard, the grand. daughter o( the Confederate general whose memory is so dear to southern hea rts. Also Jennie Rainey, who was obliged to leave college early last year on account or ill health, bas become an active member this year, much to our delight.

Hoping that those dr eaded "exams" d idn't m a r th e pleasure of anybody's holidays , and wishing all our siste .. s the happiest of New Years, we bid you good. bye.

PAULINE CURRAN.

KAN8AS ALPHA - UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS.

Kan sas Alpha has pa.sed through a ve ry delightful, though busy autumn, in whi e h both work and play ha ve had their full share.

Soon after initiation, we gave our customary hop in bonor of the De w girls.

We have had the pleasure of meeting Miss Stebbins of Illinois Epsilon, who has been visiting here this fall. The Alumnae c ha.pte r gave a very pleasant reception in her honor at the home of Mrs . Bened ict.

A number of ou r girls celebrated Hallowe 'en with a ve ry jolly party at the home of Florence Hawk, fudge and (un was the order of the evening .

Each year new dr amatic talent is b r ought to light among the members of Kansas Alpha, and brilliancy s hown this time is quite marked. It has been the cus tom for our new girls each year to entertain the c hapter with a far ce, and afterward to present it in public for th e be nefit of the Lucinda Smith Buchan

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Memorial Fund which was instituted by ou r Alumnae cbapter. The farce, this time, was" Bianca, " ODe of Louisa Alcott's early _ very earl y _ productions , played wi th g r eat success and many hair-raising episodes.

The universit,y bas just been presented with a very fine bust of Louisa Alcott, by Mr. Elwell of Boston, a perso nal friend of the well beloved authoress of .. Little Women." We also had the unusual pl eas ure o r being addressed by the original of Miss Alcott's "Laurie"-Mr Whitman, an old resident of Lawr e nce. He read to us some lette r s of Miss Al co tt 's , written in the brisqu e, dashing style of .. Jo.··

Kansas Alpha sends best wishes to all her sister chapters.

ELEANOR T ' MILLER.

NEBR tlBKA DJo!TA - UNIV ERSITY NiaJRA.SKA.

It is very hard to b e li e ve that Christmas is so n ea r when w e seemingly "have only just got settled in our work and in o ur hou se. Thi s is our first year in a c hapter hom e, and we realize more and more what we have missed in not having one before.

Since our 13,8t letter, life in U. of N. has been comparatively un eventful except for the exciting contests over the pig-skin.

We are very proud of the record of our t(!am - not a score again st it until the mighty Minnesotans came down and took us by storm. Nearly all of tbe fraterni tif"s had visi tors from their Minn esota chapters, and we were ve ry sorry not to meet any Pi Phis.

Th e University of Nebraska i s rapidly pu s hing to the front rank s, having now twenty-five hundred matriculates, and many implovements in the way of buildings and equiprnents. On December third the new chapel with its splendid pipe organ was formallv dedicated.

Christmas festivities seem to be baving their effect beforehand in the unusual social gaiety. Nearly all of the fraternities have entertained informally or on a large :;('ale, and the annual Freshman and Sophomore hops have come off successfully. The Peishing Ri6es give their annual dance December twentieth.

We have entertained at the chapte r house a number of times, but have given no large party 88 yet.

We are l ooking forward eage rly to our visit from the Grand Treasurer, Miss Smith, whi c h is to occur soon after the holidays. It will be almost like m eet ing members from all our western chapters, wher e she has just visited.

None of the active chapter were able to attend the Thanks · giving Reunion at City, but we had a glowing report of it at a cookie·shine last week from the alumnae who went Thev said they had a glorious time and are so filled with fraternity spirit and pride that we are all inspired with it.

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On November tw e nty. e ighth, Phoebe Doty was marri ed to Mr. Becker at bel' home in David City, where they will be at hom e after Jo.nuary first.

We were delighted to h ea r from our baby c bapter and feel sure that such enthusiasm is !'ure to win.

A Happy New Year to all Pi Phis from Nebraska Beta. GRACE ANDREWS.

COLORADO ALPBA -COLORADO UNIV.t:RSITY,

The holidays are al m ost here again, and Colorado Alpha sends greeting and best wishe s fot" a M e rry Christmas and Happy New Year .

We take pleasu r e in introdu c ing to you another new sister, our baby, Kathryn Burr. The initiation was held during Ida Smith's visit in October. Miss Smith staved with u s a week and ber visit wa s a great b elp to u s. During ber stay we also bad a cookie_shine at the hom e of R ose tta Bell and about thirty Pi Phis and their pl edges participated in a glorious tim e.

Then an evening card party was given in her honor at the hom e of Miss Wangelin.

The past Hallowe ' en will long remain in our memor y as one of the most enjoyable in Colorado Alpha's hi s tory . Ro se tta Bell offered her house for the o ccasio n, and the entertainment mittee did the rest All sorts of tricks and charms were tried until a late hour, aCter which we bad a

We are going to give another cookie-shine Cor our pledges, next Saturday, D ece mber e ighte ent h, at th e rooms of Marion Withrow and Louise Nelson.

December seventh, the Woman's league of the Duiversity gave a play at tbe gymnasium, called The New Woman." It was a decid ed success and we felt very proud of our sister who took part 'The next day, there was a basket ball game between Denver Whee l Club and State University, which was a d ec ided success for the univerSity.

Colorado University has had a great ber ea vement in the recent death of Dr. John Gardiner H e was a dearly b eloved pro· lessor in the university for years. III health compelled him to resign some tim e ago, but the students ever had a faithful friend in him.

We have a new future Pi Phi to introduce to you , the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs . Daniel McAllister, born December fifth. We also have a new pledge, Gretchen Smitb She is taking special work this semester, but we are in bopes that she will be regular next semester, so that we can initiate her.

At our la.st cookie-shine we had the pleasure of baving with us Miss Va r ney of Iowa Alpha, and Miss Stecble of Illinois Beta. Miss Stechle is studyi ng la.w in the university.

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W e are at present. enjoying a. short. visit. from Marie Maxwell Banger, of Denver.

The last of October President and Mrs Baker, gave a reception to students and fa c ulty, in honor of Dr McLean, a former professor who recent.ly resigned to becom e president of the Uuiversity of Idaho.

The weeks intervening between now and the holid a ys give promise of unusual social activity .

MAUDE L KNAPP.

COLORADO BETA - UNIVERSITY 0.'

Sin ce Ollr last letter went to press, Colorado Beta has been honored by a. visit from Miss Ida Smith, the Grand Treasure r She was wi th us B week, meeting the girls informally at the Lodge, bringing us news from the baby chapter at Berkeley and giving us many helpful suggestions. She was also the guest of honor at a banquet given at the Palace Hotel, and attended by our active chapter and alumnae from our own and several othe r chapters - even the patriarch c hapter o f Monmouth was represented As a special privilege we permitted our pledges to attend, so that they might have a better idea of the real meaning of fraternity.

From this bo.nquct wo date the awakening of dormant alumnae interest in the affairs of the active chap t e r Many of the alumnae had not affiliated with us for years, but th e spirit of loyalty which cannot die in a true Pi Beta Phi needed only to be aroused by Mi ss Smith'8 kindly remarks. As a consequence the old alumnae association bas been reorganized for the purpose of aiding the active chapter and maintaining a chapte r hom e. As so many of our girls have homes, either in Denver or University Park, Colorado Beta has DO need for a real chapter hou se, but the little Lodge, which we hav e occupied Cor some time, bas been a pleasant and secluded meeting place.

On October twenty-seventh, we administered to six pledges the first degree of initiation at the home of Isadore Van Gilder. Th e gr eat old stone house with its high walls, unexpected stairways, and underground galleries made an ideal background for all the mystic tortures set forth in Goblinato !;pookioso. On November seventh, at our chapter 'president ' s, alumnae from five chapters witn essed tho initiation of Annette Badgley, Maud Hunn, Mamie WaJliban, Edith Gullette, Marcia Murray and Mrs. Myrtl e H. Ling Colorado Beta is quite satisfied with the results of her rushing and is proud to i,ntroduce these six new wea r ers of the arrow.

We have exchanged social courtesies with two of the men ' s frat ernities, Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Om ega U p sil on Pi. Ethel Vancise of Lombard recently entertained us at an Illinois Beta

cookie-shine." As national an institution as is the Pi neta. Phi cookie-shine, we are surprised to hear fl'om visiting Pi Phis that Colorado Beta bas some unique ceremonies attached to her cookieshine which are not practiced by all chapters.

Our chapter mourns the death of one of our alumnae, Jessie Elvira Poundstone, Illinois W esleya n, '00, who died at her home in Grand Ridge, I llino is, Novembt!f ninth.

At present the most absorbing, if not the most interesting, topic of cODversation is fmonished by the approaching Christmas" exams." We bo.yc every reason to believe that Colorado Beta will come out from the ordeal unscathed.

A .. Happy New Year" and a .. Happy New Century" to all Pi Beta Phi is the wish of Colorado Beta.

MARY CLARK TRAYLOR.

CALIFORNIA BETA - UNIVERSITY O}' CALIFORNIA.

Th e first term of out" Pi Beta Phi life is noW' so rapidly drawing to a close that we can s\!arcely realize tHat our mid· year" exs " are almost upon us. The thought of "cramming 0' is already becoming a nightmare to most of us and the fresh· men are anxiously inquiring of their more experiencE'ld sisters whether" Finals are very hard?"

At this time of the year, however, social life in the university is at its best and California Beta has both received and done its share. A unique and thoroughly enjoyable Hallowe'en party was given at the Chapter House to one of the men's fraternities. The freshmen were put to wurk to decorate the house ar· tistically and they ce rt ainly succeeded- although not without consid e rabl e fruitless grumbling. Besides this we have given several informal teas and some jolly dances.

One of ou r patronesses, Mrs. Creed, sent invitations to the Pi Beta Phi girls for an afternoon tea and musicale at the Ebell Club House, where the girls we re entertained as guests of honor.

The Junior Prom. is to tak(' place next Saturday . Two of our girls are on the committee and they have promised us that this year ' s Prom. will be the best eve r held. Junior Da y promises to be exceptionally successful this year since the fa.rce is pronoun ced unusua.lly clever.

The coming holidays will be a perfect boon to most of us. How we are looking forward to a good rest! Yet mingled with this feeling is one of regret that we must lea ve dear old Berkeley, even though it is to be but f or a few short weeks. Ca.lifornia Beta sends to her sister chapters best wishes for a thoroughly , enjoyable time during th e holidays.

CLAIRl!: MADELEINE HAAS.

PI Bio;TA pur LODGE - USIVERSITY OF CAL1FORNIA

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W e commend the following to our cha p te r correspondenla by way n ot so much of a gentle corrective as of friendly warning. Most of the phrases u sed do not adorn ou r fratern i ty vocab ulary. have non e the less a te "min ology of our own which shows some tendencies in the wrong directi on, and the editor ial in th e Bela Thela Pi may well make us pau se and ponde r a littl e.

In our cbapte r correspondence W6 notice aD increasing tendency to th e use o f slang and oolloquial exp r essioDs The secretaries might p rofi tably examine their letters with a "j e w to t he elimina ti on o f such te r llUl. SOlDe of th em Rre Borne inaccurate, some amusing, but all are inelegant and inapt.

Beta Theta Pi is a fraternity I a brotherhood. It is emphatically Dot a n " orde r" no r a <I frat. " With rare excep ti oDs , the ins tituti oDs of learning t o which our chapters are attached can Dot p roperl y be refe rred to as u schools." Th ey Bre properly colleges or universities. It is not fe li c it OU8 to say o f a se ni o r at a rpnownpd u nh'- ers ity tbat .. h e remained ou t ot school th is year." The perfo rman ce of work at the univ ersity , or the prosecuti o n ot 8 course ot study after a deg ree has been co nfe rred upon the student is ve ry inac c urately described by saying that h e is" pos ting," me aning that b e is takin g the post-graduate work in certain lin es o f study. Students do no t" make" th e ir degrees. Degrees are received by the stud e nts and co nferred usually by th e trustees o f th e co ll ege. N e ither do students" make n societies . Societies aremnde upot students. Common · ly person8are invited to become members o t th e college f raternitios . Th ey are not II bid, II although in BOme places, sad to relat.e, th e sc ra mble fo r me m bers at times resembles an auc ti on. We have indicated here 8 fe w o t the c urren t expressions found in our correspondence which might profit. ably be ommitoo.

Editorial s and contribut ions relative to the training of the fr eshmen seem to be the orde r of tbe day. We print extrac ta from t wo whicb are fairl y r epre sentative, from the Della Upsilon Quarl erly and the Rainbow of Delta Tau Delta respectiv ely. It seems to be a case where "you pays yo ur money and takes you r cho ice."

It is some tim es appalling to a co nse rvative D e lta U. t o hear meo, who have been in the fraternity anywhere from ten days to three weeks, ex·

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pressing themselves with the utmost freedom upon matters of chapter policy, and even proposing instructioDs for deif'gates to the general COD'Vention. The fact is that manyof our upperclassm en have gone altogether too far in the promotio n of broth e rly equaJity and self abnegation Unless a senior is admittedly a fool, he must, after three years' 6 xperienc.:e know more about chapter affairs than a man who has n o t yet passed his novitiate Th e exaggerated ideas of equality, which undoubtedly l prevail in some of our cbapters, can do the cbapter itsel£ nothing but harm, for a freshman is not. by reason of his inexperience, fitted to guide or manage a chapter.

As to the effect of this policy of eq uality upon the man himself, it bas been urged that to encourage a freshman to express his opinions, to advance him to office, and to treat him in every way as th e peer of any member, eDsures his loyalty. The writer has, howev er, known freshmen who, because of th e same policy, nev er were put d ow n, and have, 88 a quence, shown a tendency to ignore or regard with indifference th e traditions and principles of th e fraternity . Familiarity breeds r.ontempt in the mind of youth. C e rtainly world -wid e ex peri e n ce has not taught us that new students should be ranked R8 oqualsof upp e r c1assmen in a university. In England , Fran ce and Germany, problems of student discipline have been studied for some centurios, and the English schools and colleges have evolved th e fag system, which requires an under classmsn, be be nobJeoT gentle, to fetch and carry for his senior, to brush clothes, run errands and make himsel f useful generally. In G erman universities, the freshmen or "Fu c hs , " is obliged to obey, not only one se nior, but each and every senior who may choose to set him a task; he is "little fox" for everybooy. France bas a s i milar order, and our own older colleges have been d ee ply iDfiueDced by th ese systems, and possess th e m, only in a less d eg r ee. Ordinarily a freshman comes from some high s chool, where be is one amODg' a few to whom a college education is possible; perhaps, also, he is an only SOD. Once matri c ulated, he bas showered upon bim the attentions and favors o f tbe rUBhing season, and what wonder is it that he r ega rds himself as a superior person? When you add t o this that he is placed in office in the fraternity and listened to on questions of which, manifestly, he knows little or nothing, tben, if familiarity has not bred contempt or indifference in mind of such a freshman, at least he has missed th e chance of bis Jife kllearn gracefully, and at kindly hands, that the way kl salvation is through the gate of humility, and that a sense of one's own insignificance is a man's first victory. Many an insipient case of egoism and sei:fishnees has been cured by timely administration of discipline.

To some freshmen tbis discipline is not absolutely n ecessary, but Ding errands and making oneself generally useful, ca n hurt no man. The

great majority of fr eshmen, if they are compelled to fa g a little, will derive a positive moral benefit. will respect things fraternal and appreciate chapter offices and responsibilities when they come to them in due course.

No legislation is required to secure these benefits to both freshmen and cbaptt!r. It requires only the kindly, yet firm, insist.ance of upper classmen, backed up, to be sure, by 8 reasonable amount of force. A fr eg hman should be given th e poorer r ooms in the fraternity house, the humbler seat at tabl e; if he must"speak out in meeting." it should be with modesty, and if he bas any consti tuti onal amendments to suggest, it is more seemly that he s ubmit them first to 80mB olde r man for revision. To teach a mao reo spect lor otber8, to prevent selfisbof\8S aod egoism, to teach him to pull with his brethren, let there be some discipline in the chapter. A man must first serve in the ranks before he is worthy of command and responsibilities.

It is after initiati on that the real work on a freshman begins. No mat· ter how desirable 8 man may appear before initiati on, there are sure to appear little things that need to be eradicated from his make-up. His good qualities, as well, need fostering nnd strengthening. The wise chapt.er is th e one that realizes this and pays ci08e attention to the tra:'ling of its freshm en . This duty naturally fa lls upon the upper ·classmen; and in some chapters the head of the chapter gh' es this question his closest per· 80nal attention.

A fr eshman's trials are many. The world of whi ch he has suddenly become a part is untrodden ground to him, and he is liable t o meet with many Blips and falls.

It is at this time his fraternity should help bim m08t. The older men who have been ove r th e ground before can guide him over much o f this rough road. The head of the chapter should keep in c lose touch with him, and point out mistakes. Many a good man has had his whole college course spoiled by 80me mist-ake mad e in his fre shman yearj from th is th e upper cla.ssmen should guard the new man. Th ey should 800 that he does not make the wrong 80rt of friends o r indulge in the usual mistakes80 dear to the hearts o f freshm en.

We have kn own good freshm en who "go stale" f or lack of a little friendly encouragement. There is many a molehill tbat eeems to him a mountain. Tho head of tho ch aptor should always be o.cooesib le to the fresbm en, and even make it a point to talk tbings over with them at Ire. quent intervals. In this way h e can make tbings easier for them, and at the same time be sure that they are developing along proper fraternity lines.

We do not advocate any coddling of a freshman, or preservation in pink cotton. A. a genera) thing be needs to have borne home to his intelli·

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genee the fa ct that a freshman has Be l'e ral thi ngs t o learn. The impres· sion o f his owo i mpo rt ance that he has r eceived fr om the ru shin g seaso n generally n eeds cODsiderable moderation; and we know no one better qualified to r eadjus t this distor t ed vision of his own importance than the sophomore But here comes th e danger of ca rryi ng Lt he fr es hm a n's dfficiplin6 t oo far. Wh e n it is l ound th at tho me th ods adopted are beg inning to ga ll ins tead of stimulate, th ey sho uld be abandoned. Ne ve r sho uld 1\ fr es h man be given ca u se t o cons ide r the fraternal relation o f s mall importa n ce.

Some chap t ers ha ve the custom of imposing u seless and ridi c ul o us r eg ulat ions upon their freshmen fo r th e mere purJX)Se of ma ki ng them realize th eir inferi ority . This c8 nD otbetoos tr ong ly condemned. A sens itive man ma y never be able t o hal'e th e same r egard for his fr ate r nity after such a n experience. Th er e are certa in duties about a ch ap te r h o u se that should naturally fall t o th e part of a fresh mao; this is as it should b e, and seeing that a fr eshm an does th ese thin gs caD hav e n one but a salutary effect upon him. What we do condemn is anything that would make th e fr es hmen f eel at all ou tside tbe frat ernity bond.

Within the chap t e r hall a fr es hman sho uld be o n pe rfec t eq uality with the o ld er men. A. bo ut o ur Fraternity's alta r all class distinction is forgotten; and we ar e s imply a ba nd o f brothers sening th e s am e m istress and workiog shoulder t o s h o uld e r for th e welfare o f Delta Tau Delta.

W e copy t hi s exrtact from Th e Kappa Alpha J ournal , that m ost gallant of contempo r a ri es, partly because we s us pect that it m ay have been put there fo r that purpose, partly because it seems well that a portion at least of these tabulated se n t iIl¥l nts should r eac h as many "sisters" as possible.

The Kappa Alpha hateroity leav es the choosin g o f sisters e ntire ly to the individual membe rs o f the Order, and it has as a body such confidence in the discretion o f its men that it all ows th em the privil ege o f badging such ladies as th e y may deem worthy o t th e h o o o r.

So fat 88 we know, th e privil ege has seldo m if eve r been abused, but the auth o riti es very rightfully contend and insist that the matter is ao important one, and that K A 's s h o uld exercise th e ir very best judgment when they go forth for the purpose o f CbOO8iDg ai.8tcrt!J fo r th e order, wheth er they make th eir d ecis ions by the Aye or the h ear t.

All th ose ladies who are married to members o f th e Kappa Alpha Order may wear any article of the fraternity's jew elry with perfect propriety. Ce ta va 8an, dire.

Only those young ladi es wh o are 80 much in lov e with Kappa Alpha o r Kappa Alphas that they refuse und er any ordinary c irc umstances to wear

the j e welry of any otber frat ernity should be willing to accept as presents or as loans from members or othe r s any arti cle of jewel ry showing the symbolic devices of the fraternity.

It is conside red entirely improper, except in depraved communities, for a young lady to wear or keep on band pins o f more than one fraternity at a tim e, or to challge her fra ternity oftener than sbe cbanges her beau or to cbange ber beau oftener than is absolutely necessary for the peace and dignity of the community . It is improper for a young lady to wear a fraternity pin and a hadge of a ribbon society at the same time unless the owne r of each is one and the same person.

There is 3n exception to the rul es given, however, mad e in l avor of th e young lady who bas a fatber o r a brother who are members of another frat ernity. In such a case she hag a p erfect r igh t in every sense to wear the badges of ber fatber or o f her brother (even it they are of differen t fraternities ) whenever she cares to do so, and at the same time she may legitimately and properly wear the pin o f h e r admirer o f anoth e r fraternity . , and cast her sympathy with such a fraternity.

Much u seless antagonism is causoo and much friction generated among the fraternities by the fickl e ness and instability of the sisters. This state of affairs is heartily to be deplored.

It is the privil ege of a young lady to change her sympathies, of course, from one fraternity to another, but n ot without good and sufficient excuse . Fraternity men think very little o f a girl who is unstable or wishy·washy. It is decidedly best for the young ladies to follow the injunction o f DRvid Crockett," B e sure you're right, then go ahead"; but if it ever does be· come r ea lly necessary for a young lady to change her sympath ies, as in the case of marriage, it is rather becoming in her to r eturn all badges, colors, and othe r fraternity devices given h e r by her fo rm er adLQirer or admirers, and to express to him or to them th e e xact truth of th e matter as it exists in order that DO misunderstanding may occ ur or no wrong con· clusions be drawn.

Th e Alpha Phi Quart erly is largely a convention number, but in addition prints a page or so of "Fraternity Filosofy," pith y sayings distinguished perhaps r ather for brevity tban for wit, and some good edito rial s, one of which we quote.

The question otsp ec ialstudente has not yet been set tled for Alpha Phi. Only two ot our chapters have the privilege of initiating th e m, th ese being in colleges where there are peculiar advantages for such students and where the univ ersities attract women in large numbers for post-graduate work. Other chapters io colleges where such conditioos do not exis t have

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frequently 80ught the privilege of takiDg specials, but the fraternity haa thus far Dot deemed it in accordance with Alpba Phi interesu. to grant such a privilege. It DOW transpires, however, that the term "special" haa various applicatioDs. In Borne colleges it applies to students tiODed at the time o f entrance; in otbers it denotee women of expe ri ence as pedagogues or in the protesaioDs - not necessarily college graduates - who enter the university f o r the pUCJ>088 of doing work along the lin es o f their peculiar interests. In other colleges, however I the term" special n appli88 to girls who matriculate taking a vcry little work, but baving primarily in view all the fun they can get out of college and if possible catch some lra · ternity by wiles of dress, social pos ition o r mon e y. It is against the last named class that the fraternity issues a ban. Alpha Phi is not a social club. In the chapters located in large cities there ar a many temptations to stray from our path of a purely college sisterh ood, but we pass them by as t emptations. For the chapters, however, in colleges where the word II special" has a different application it is proposed to make some provision and for this purpose a committee is now at work. The question is a very important one, and the QUARTERLY urges most care ful procedure.

W e reprint e ntire from th e K appa Alpha Th eta thi s excellenL discuss ion of g e neral c hapt c r g o\·ermn.ent.

The methods o f government in fraternities are as diverse as fraternities themselves The principle of the least government p0f3sible has its adherents, though it seems rather less in vogue than the principle of all the government possible. The conditions are practically the 8ame in the general fraternity and in the local chapter, though, of oourse, the kind o f gove rnm ent, it there is any at all, is varied or is changed more frequently in the latter.

Government where all are on a parity as in a fraternity, is s imply provision made for carrying on business RDd for ca rrying out projects in an orderly manner. The conservation of time and effort is even more important in fraternity matters than in many othe r s, as, locally, at lftRst, the fraternity should have only 80 much o f ei ther as can be spared from the more important duties of school. Good government, then, must take care to haye things accomplished in the simpleet, most expeditious manner possible, with a minimum expenditu r e o f time, energy and patience. A. system in which there is government for government's sake is unfortunate, and is always subversive of the best results. In short, the government should be simply a mechanism driviDg swiftly. surely and noiselessly.

The general government of a fraternity should be at once an aristocracy and an oligarchy . It should be constit uted by a very few of the very best minds in the frate rnity ; all bent upon securing the desired results with

the amalleet amount of government. Sucb a body should be as autocratio as is consisteDt with the spirit ot the fr aternity, standing firmly upon an intelligent rather than upon a traditionsl constitution, and endowed with plenary powers in matters ot !le Derat policy 89 wall as o f detail. Their duties and juri.8diction should be most accurately defined, in Bucb a way as to assure to the chapters entire independence in l<X!al matters under the constitution, and to pe rmit the council to carryon all general busi De88 without the deJay incident to cODsu lting all th e chapters. The peculiar work of the general council of a fraternity should be, in addition to carrying the routine work o f organizatioD, convention, publishing, etc ., the direction o f the general policy o f th e fraternity, especially in the maUer o f ex t ension. The granting of charters espec ially shOUld be the duty of the council alone, 8nd not the privilege of the chapters.

The coostitution of a fraternity should be the simplest, clear est, m08t explicit document that can be written. A venerable constitution that is tradition itself makes very interesting reading, but i t is apt to be much lees effective than a more recent one, written in the light of newer, different conditions. The oonstitution is tbe80le law o f the fraternity. Hence, a thorough study of it should be obligator y upon each new member, and a working knowledge of it, at least, sho uld be expected of every active member. In men's fraternities some knowledge at the constitut ion usually goes with aD acquaintance with parliamentary practice, but in the women'. fraterniti es th ere is too o ften an entire ignorance o f both constitution aod rules . In the chapters, at least, there is generally a vag ue impression that anything that the chapter wishes to do. or can be persuaded to do. is constitutional. Even in the general governmen t o f fraterniti es there have been times when ignorance of the constitution bas been the only excuse for unconstitutional action.

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Chapter correspondents will please remember to write on but one side of tbe paper, to bead cbapte r l ette r s with name of chapter and college a.s tn thia Issue , and to h ave the letters countersigned by the chapter president, as evidence that the ch apte r authorizes the contents of the letter. Failure to comp ly with these conditions will hereafter be treated &.!I an offense punishable by tines. as In cases of tardiness or omission of chapter l etter.

ContribuUoos to the April Arrow are expected from Vermont Beta, Ohio Alpba, Maryland Alpha, Illinois Zeta, Michigan Alpha, Iowa Beta, and Kansas Alpha. These contributions should be In the hands of the editor by the tenth of the month preceding date ot: publtcatlon .Any change of address should be sent imm ediately to the Business Mana ger.

Correspondents w111 please notice that the address of the editor Is now %28 Langdon St., Madison, Wis., and that ot the business manager 18 (15 North Henry St., Madison. All com muni cations should h ence forth be sen t to these addresses.

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