The Arrow of Pi Beta Phi - January-1904

Maggie Campbell

Fraternit}! Directory

FOUNDERS OF FRATERNITY

Monmouth, Ill. Libb ie Brooks-Gaddis

Ada Bruen-Grier

Clara Brownlee-Hutchinson

Emma Brownlee-Kilgore

_ Avon, III

Belleview, Pa.

Monmouth, III

Monmouth, III Fannie Whitenack Libby

... .Red Wing, Mon. Rosa Moore 207 W 55th SL, New YorK City. Jenn ie Nicol (deceased)

Ina Smith Soule ....

Monmouth, Ill.

Jennie Home-Turnbull 2546 N. 32 St , Philadelphia, Pa. Fannie Thompson (deceased).

Nancy Black - Wallace Glenosborne, Pa

GRAND COUNCIL

PRESIDENT-Elizabeth Gamble, 49 Alexandrine Ave., West, Detroit, Mieh. VICE PUSrDENT-Mrs Mav C. Reynolds, Fos toria, O

SECRETARy-Mary Bartol-Theiss (Mrs. Lewis E. Theiss), 64 W. IC»9tb St, New York City.

TREA suuR-Ma rtha N. Kimball, Box V , Leadville, Colo.

EDITOR-Florence Porter Robinson, 543 Marshall St., Milwaukee, Wis,

HISTORIAN

Su san W. Lewi s, 5605 Madison Ave., Chicago, Ill :

CATALOGUER

Mary Bartol ·Theiss, 64 W. l09th 3t., New York City.

CORRESPO N D ING SECRETA R IES

ALl>lIA -' l t OVLN CE

PRE SIOExT-Anna M o rri s Jack son, New York C ity

VERM ON T ALPHA-Middlebury Coll .! ge, Bertha C. Dun ca n, Middlebury. Vt.

VERM ONT BETA-University of Verm ont, Emma B can, 411 Main St., Burlingt on, Vt.

COLUMBIA ALPHA-George Wa s hington University. Ad e le R. Taylo r , 2705 P. St., Wa s hingto n, D. C.

P ENNSYLVANIA ALPHA-Swarthmo r e College, Elizabeth E. Johnso n ,. Swarthmore, Pa

PENNSYLVANIA BETA-Bucknell University. Flore nc e L. Baco n, Lewis· burg. Pa.

P ENNSYLVANIA College, Ge rtrude H ell e r, Carlisle, Pa.

OHIO ALPHA-Ohio Unive r s it y Mary T r eudley, Athen s, Ohio.

OHIO BETA-Ohio State University. Katherine Banc r o ft, 58 1 F r ank lin AYe ., Columbus. Ohio.

N EW YORK ALPHA-Syracuse L illian Neff, 112 \Va ve rly A\·e., Syracu se, N. Y.

NEW YORK BETA-Barnard College, Mary W Murtha, 93d St. and B r oa dway, New York City.

MA SS ACHUSETTS ALPHA-Bo s ton tJn ive r s ity, Lilli a n Horne, 1 2 S om erse t St., Boston, Mass

MAR YLAND ALPHA-Woman's College of Baltimore, Ire ne T. Fenton, 2223" N. Ch a rl es St., Ba ltimore , Md.

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P RESlDENT-E lda Smith. 71 0 S. 6t h St., Sp r ingfield, 111.

ILLINOI S BETA-Lombard Co llege, Delia Conger, ,381 N. Prairi e St., Galesbu r g, III.

I LLIN OIS DELTA- Knox College, Clara L ind ley, Whiting Hall, Galesbu rg, III.

I LLINO'S Epsll.ON- No r thwe s tern University, Marie Hammond, 225 K edzie Ave., Evanston, Ill.

I LLI NOIS ZETA-Uni ve r s ity of Illi n ois, Kate Man n , 209 E. Green St., C h a mpai gn, III.

AL PHA-Frank l in College, Gr ace Brya n , F r ankli n , I nd.

I ND IANA BelA-Un i ve r s ity o f Indiana , Gra ce Gr ayb ill. Bloomington , Ind.

I NDIANA GAMMA-Univer s ity of Indianapoli s, L ulu B Kella r , Butler Co llege Residence, I ndianapoli s , Ind.

MI CHIGAN ALPHA- H illsdale College, Evelyn Gates, Hi ll sda le, M ic h

MI CHIGAN BETA-U niv e r s it y of Mi chiga n , Rh ea L yter, 406 Packard St.,. Ann Arbor, Mich

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P R£SlD£:s"T- S ue Stone, Columbia, Mo.

I OWA ALPHA-Iowa \Ve s leyan Unive r sity, Ste ll a Gu t h r ie, M t. P leasan t,. I ow a.

I OWA BETA- Si m pson College-Ruth Bake r , I ndia n ola, 1a.

I OWA ZETA-Iowa S tate Univer s ity, Sadie Holiday, I owa City, l a.

WI SCONSIN ALPHA-Uninr s ity of \ Visco n s in , Rose Wellman, 233 Langdon St. , Madison, ,"Vis.

M ISSOURI ALPHA-Unive r s ity of Mi ssou r i, Be t ty W illiams , Col u mbia, Mo

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P RESIDF.NT-Anne Stua rt , 1906 D. St. , Linco ln , Ne b

L OUISIANA ALPHA-Newcomb College, Genevieve L . J ackso n , 11 38 Wa shingto n Ave., New O rl eans, La.

KA NSAS ALPH A- K a n sas Un ive r si t y, L es ley Hill , Lawren ce, Kan sas

N EBRASKA B ETA- U ni ve r sity of Neb r aska, Ka te H eacoc k, 307 N . 24th St.,. L inco ln , Neb.

T EXAS ALPHA-Univer !' i ty of T ex as, Fay Kincaid, P i B e ta Ph i Lod ge, Guadalou pe St., Austin, T exas.

CoLORADO ALPH A- U n ive r sity o f Color ado, C la ra Mor se, Boulder, Colo.

COLOR.ADO BETA-Denve r Uni ,te r sity, Len a H arpe r , 1512 Fillm o re St. , Denve r , C.... lo.

CALIFORNIA BETA-Un iver s ity o f Cali fo rn ia, C lara Cooper , 2428 Coll eg e A ve., Be r ke ley, Ca l.

Alumnae Association Director1!

PRESIDENT-Mrs. May C. Reynolds, La Rue , Ohio. ALUllXAE EDIToR-Iva A. 'Welsh, 41 6 N. L ivingston St., Madi so n, Wis ,\ LPlI ,\. ."HO\TINeE

S£CRETARY - M. I da Hodge, 70 Bell Rock St., Malden, NEW YORK-Leora Sherwood. 1514 S. State St. , Sy r acuse, N. Y PENNSYLVANIA, NEW J ERSEY, DEL.'\WARE-Grace Woodard, Hamburg, N Y

DI STRICT OF COL U MBIA. MARYLA:-lO A:\,O THE SOUTHEAST-Edna L Ston e, J6 18 R. I. Ave., \Va s hingto n, D . C. R. S . Belknap, 120 Bank St" Paine s v ill e, O. VERMoNT-Mary E. Colbu r n, Un i o n Village, Vt. MA SSA CHUSETTs -Elizabet h A. Coates, 857 Brid ge St., L owe ll, Mas s.

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S ECRETARy-Kat h a ri ne 2.1 19 Coll ege Ave., Indi anapo li s, Ind. I :-.'DIANA-Fannie Miner. 519 E. \ Valnut St., Indianapolis, Ind. MI CHIGAN-Marga r et COllsin-Robinson, Kalamazoo, Mich

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SECRETARy-Maud Mi ll e r , 217 \V' 13t h St , St. Jo se ph , Mo B. T uggle , 3028 Harri son St ., Kan sas City, Mo .

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SECRETARy-Mr s. Ida Smith-Griffith . Lawr en ce, Ka s. R OCKY MOUNTAIN STATEs-Mary C Trayl o r, 1384 S Pearl St., Denver, Colo. PA CIF IC STATEs-Elizabeth Kennedy, Fre sn o, Cal.

ALUMNAE CLUB SECRETARIES

BOSTO N, L . Ray, 23 L yle St., M alden , :M ass. NEW YORK C ITy- Mr s. Laure tta S. Dutt on, llO Gardiner Place, Montclair , N J V\'ASHINGTON , D C.-Lola M Evan s, 2227 13th St. N \V. B ALTIMORE, MD.-Mr s. Hel e n Grant, Mt. Wa shington, Baltimore PHILADELPHIA , PA .-Be s s Well s, Moorestown, N. J. COLUMB US, O.-Mr s. F. D . Connolley, 1507 Michigan Ave.. ATHE NS, O .-Ma z ie Earhart. FRANKLIN, IND.-Anna Mo rri s. IN DIA NAPOLI S, IND -Fannie Miner, 519 E. \ Va ln ut St. DETROIT, MICH.-Cl a ra Foster, 124 Cha rl otte Ave. CHI CAGO, I LL.-Mar jo ri e L. Fitch, 1803 Ba rry Ave. G ALESBURG, ILL .-Mar th a Arnold. I NDIA NO LA , lA. - Flora Sigler. DES M OINES, lA .-E lla J. Cummins, 424 28 th St. MT. PLEASANT, IA .-M. Blanche S wan . KA NSAS CITY, MO .-N elle Tayl o r, 3031 W a bas h Ave. L INCOLN, NEB.-Bessie Turner, 1527 L St. LAWItE NCE, KAs.-Harriette Miles , Larnard Ave. BOULDER, CoLO.-M r s. Edit h McClure, 2227 8th St.

VOL. XXI

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JANUARY, 190i r- NO.2

MOJ! Cope /and . R epn olds

Grand Viu P r esiden J

L. May Copeland was a stude nt at Hillsdale College from 1886 t o 1888 and was initiat ed into Pi Beta Phi as a charter member of Michigan A lph a, May tw enty-fir st , 1887. On June twelfth, 1895 , she was married to Mr. Chauncey R. R ey nolds, Phi Delta Th eta , and went to make he r hom e in Kansas City, Missou ri . .( After the death of her husband in June, 1896, M r s. Reynolds was for six years a tea cher in the schools of Kansas City. In 1902 she became s up ervi sor of music fo r th e sc hools of Hartford City, Indiana, and at present occupies a similar position at Fostoria, Ohio.

M r s Reynolds' work for the fraternity has been n early continuous. Before h er marriage s he assi sted in the organization of Michigan Beta , and ins tall ed the two chapters in Ohio, her native state. Since th en she ha s served as a member of the literary bureau and has given mu ch time and strength to the interests of the Alumnae Association. Her electi on as Grand Vice-President at the SI. Louis Conv ention is in itself assurance that the interests of the alumnae will be we ll looked after, and that the Grand Council has gained a mos t loya l, int erested and enthusiastic fraternity woman.

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Some Pi Phi Doctors of Philosoph'1!

Mary B. Harris

Mary Belle Harris, Pennsylvania Beta, was g raduat ed in IB94 from Bucknell University, of which her father is president, and a year later received the degree of Master of Arts from the same college with highest hono r . The next year was spent in teaching in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and in the fall of 1896, Miss Harris entered the University of Chicago as a graduate student in Sanskrit, Latin and Greek. From IB97 to 1900 she held the Bucknell fellowship at Chicago, and in June, 1900, received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Since 1900 she has held the position of instructor in Latin at Dearborn Seminary, one of the oldest and most exclusive institutions in Chicago.

Dr. Harris managed the Latin play "The Flight of Aeneas," which was brought out last June at Leon Mandel theater, University of Chicago Her versatility is further show n by a group of three charming little songs r ecentl y published, for which she composed the music .

Dr. Harris was one of the earliest members of Pennsylvania Beta, having been initiated but a few months alter the installation of the chapter. She is a member of the Alumnae Association, has served as vice-president of the A lumn ae Council and has always been a most loyal member of the fraternity.

Y'ro/essor Gertrude H . &ggs

Gertrude Harper Beggs was born at Pleasant Hill, Missouri, February twenty-seventh, 1874, and r eceived her ear ly ed ucation in the public schools of St. Louis and of Cent ral City, Colorado. She fitted for college in the preparatory depa rtment of Drury College at Springfield, Missouri, and passed the first two years of her college course in the same institution In the fall of IB91 she entered Denver University as a junior and was graduated from the classical course in IB93·

GRRTR U DE H BEGGS

MARY B HARRIS ELFRIED ..\ HOCHBA U M- PQP F.

MARY BAKTHO L- THEISS

ED ITH C . BRAMHALL

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After more than fo ur years o f high school teaching in D enver, Miss Beggs r ece iv ed a sc h ola r ship at Yale in the fall of 18gB, a nd has spent three yea r s th e r e in graduate stud y along cla ssical l ines . H e r g raduate cour se has been int errupt ed by a year's work as principal. of the academic department at Stanley Hall, Minneapolis, and by two years as pro fessor of Latin in D enver University. In th e fall of 1903 Mi ss Beggs r eturn ed t o Yale as fell ow in Greek, and la s t Jun e receive d th e degree o f Docto r of Phil osophy, pres ent in g a thesis on "Th e Adnominal Genitive in L ys ia s." E ve n before taking he r degree she was appoi nt ed prof essor of G r eek at Ea rlham Coll ege in Richmond, Indiana , and ent e r ed upon he r d uti es la st Septembe r. Miss Beggs was initiated into Colorado 18gI, and is one of th e most rightfully proud. alumnae of wh om

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Mary Bartol entered B uckne ll University in th e fall o f 1890 with an envi able reco rd for scholar ship , and during her fr es hyear w on second pri ze f o r the best coll ege preparation in a class of fifty-nin e. S he was g rad uated in 1894 summa cum laude, and spe nt th e fo llowing yea r at Bucknell, completing the work .lor the degree of Master of Arts. From 1895 t o 1897 s he was a graduate student at the Un iv e r sity of Mic hi ga n , and did adva n ce d work in G r eek, Latin a nd Romance Languages. During that tim e she was offe red a graduate sc h ola r ship in Greek at Bryn Mawr , but refu sed it. In 1897 Miss Bartol e nte r ed th e U ni versity o f Pennsylvan ia for wo r k in Greek, Latin and comparative philology, and r ema in ed there two yea r s, h old ing th e Bennett fellowship in classical languages du r ing the la st yea r o f he r course. In Jun e, 1899, th e uni ve rs it y g ranted her the degree o f D oc tor o f Philosop hy. Her th es is , " Traces o f H ome ric Influ e nce in the Tragedies o f Sophocles," was conside r ed an exce pti o nally scholarly piece of work.

Afte r receiving her d eg r ee, Miss Barto l wa s appointed to the h ead o f th e department o f Greek a nd Latin at R ock fo rd College,

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and held that position until her marriage, which took place June thirtieth, 1903.

Probably no member of Pi Beta Phi has found time, amid the press of study and other interests, to devote more continuous effort to the work of the fraternity than has Mrs. Theiss. She was one of the char t er members of Pennsy lvania Beta and was its first convention delegate. From 1895 to 1897 she was a member of th e literary bureau, for the two yea r s following was president of Alpha Province, and in 1899 was elected G ran d Secretary by th e Syracuse Convention, in which office she is now serving her third te rm. She has compiled and edited both editions of ou r song book, and the words of many of the favorite songs are from h er pen. For four years she has served as fraternity cataloguer, and has compiled the excellent annual supplements that keep our membership r eco rd up-to-date. As an example of her fraternity spi rit , it may be mentioned that the first edition of the song boo k was published during the year that Miss Bartol was prepa r ing for her doctor's examinations, while the catalogue supplement for 1903 was printed and sent out within two weeks of her marriage.

At the Bucknell commencement last June Mrs Theiss was chosen to deliver the a lumni poem ,-the first time such an honor has ever been accorded to a woman.

Mrs. Theiss belongs to a family with strong fraternity inte rests. Her father, who is professor of mathematics at Bucknell, is a member of Phi Kappa Psi, and her mother is a patroness of Pennsylvania Beta. Her husband, Mr. Lewis E Theiss of the N .....v York Sm" is a member of Phi Gamma Delta, although those who met him at the St. Louis Convention are ready to vote him a most loyal and enthusiastic Pi Phi.

*Professo r Mop Lan s field Keller

May Lansfield Keller was fitted for college at the Girls' Latin School of Baltimore, and was graduated at the Woman's College of Baltimore in 1898 as Bachelor of Arts. She was a g r aduate student in English and German at the U nl-

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versity of Chicago during th e year IB99-1900 and at the University of Berlin in 19QO-OI. In '901-<l2 she held the alumnae fellowship of the Woman ' s College of Baltimore. She passed the last four years at the univer sities of Berlin and Heidelberg. Dr. Keller has this fall been appointed head of the Germanic department of Well s College, at Aurora, N. Y.

Miss Keller is one of th e charter membe rs of Maryland Alpha, Pi Beta Phi, and was actively and constantly engaged in advancing the interests of th e fraternity until her departure to take up university work abroad, in September, '900. While that interest nev er abated it was renewed in personal service o n her return to her own country in June of this year.

Miss Kell e r, after attending Berlin University for a season, went to the University of Heidelberg, from which, in the spring of 1904, she received th e degree of Doctor o f Philosophy in the philological department, magna cum laude. Her specialties are the English; German and French languages. In addition to her exceptional educational equipment, she has traveled in almost every country of Europe, visiting the great educational and art centers of th e old world.

With a genius f or personal adaptation to envi ronme nt , s he unites a re se rve fund of enthusiasm which nukes life worth the living, and duty worth th e doing; so whether climbing the A lps, or digging int o the dry-as-dust matters of philology, or seeing a coronation (as at ?o.1adrid, Spain, 1902), o r visiting the cou rt operas, she managed to gather a fund of knowledge outside of books and formal lines of study which have helped to give her a profound and comprehensive preparation for the successful discharge of life's duties and re sponsibilities

Elfrieda Hochhaum- Pope

Among the graduates espec iall y es teewed by the faculty and students of Northwestern U niv e r sity, Elfrieda HochbaumPope is prominent. When she had comp leted four years of conscientious work in IB99 she had the highest standing of any in

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her cl ass, and wa s e lec te d to Phi Beta Kappa; in the same year s he received the two de g rees of Bachelor o f Philosophy and Master of A rt s, an unu sual hono r. Her thesis, "Th e Influ enc e of the American R e volution on German Literature/' became recogni zed as an authority both in this co untr y and in Germany. Miss Hochbaum s pe nt the year '900-0' in study at the Univers ity of Leipsic, Germany. In '9or she rece ive d a fellowship in German at Cornell University, New Yo rk, and in 1902 obtained there the degree of Doct o r o f Phi losophy. Then f o llowed two years of teaching at Wells Coll ege, e w York , whe re she h eld the chair of German. In June , 1904, s h e was married tC1 Paul Russell Pope, Ph . D., in structor of German at Corn e ll University. She n Ow liv es in Ithaca, wh e r e s h e is engaged in furth e r study at Cornell University and in assisting in th e comp ilati on of German t ex t books

Mrs. P ope is ju s tl y considered a fin e and brilliant woman. Of engaging manners, hi g h id ea l s, and unflin c h ing determination in f ollowing out those id eal s, she is admired a nd loved not only by her imm ed iate friends but by all wh o come in touc h with her.

Profe sso r Edith C. Bramhall

Edith C. Bramhall, Indiana Beta, was graduated from Indiana State Unive r sity in 1895 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. For the three years following h e r graduation she held a fellowship in hi story in the University of Penn sy lvania, and received th e Master's degree from that univer s ity in 18g6, and in 18gB th a t of Doctor of Phil osop h y . During the foll o wing year she · was fell o w in history at B r y n Mawr College.

For a year Dr . Bramhall t a ught in Ind ianapoli s, and in 19oo was elect ed in s truct o r in Ancient and History at R ockford College. Two years lat e r she was promot ed to be hea d o f the d epa rtment of hi s tory and economics, a position which she s till holds .

Professo r Bramhall has gained in unu s ual degree the esteem of h e r in st ruct or s, her ass oc iat es and h e r stud ents f or g r asp of

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lfRS C ARRIE CHAPMAX- CATT

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MRS. CARRIE CHAPMA N- CATT

h er subject and her unu s ually high standard of scholarly attainment. S he k eeps abreast o f all that is n e wes t and best in hist o ri ca l thought, and finds time in the midst of her t eac hing for a conside r able amount o f r esea rch work. She is a me mber o f the American Hi s to ric a l Socie t y, and ha s travel ed a nd studi ed abroad

Mrs. Carrie Cqapman-Calf

P robabl y n o alul11na o f Pi Beta Phi has equalled th e nat io nal, and even the in te rnati o nal. reputati on o f Mr s. Carrie ChapmanCatt, forme r president of the Nat ion a l \Voman Suffrage Associati o n, secreta ry of the Be rlin Congress o f ' Vomen, and pr es ident of th e Int ernationa l Woman Suffrage A llian ce. It is with v e ry g reat pleasure that we rep rint f ro l11 th e ARROW of Apri l, '900, th e f o ll ow ing account of her li fe and wo rk :

"Car ri e Lane was initiated into Iowa Gamma of Pi Beta P hi at I ow a State College in 1878. Following he r graduation in 1880 she studied law. Later s h e became princip al o f the hi g h schoo l and supe rint e n dent o f schools in Ma son Cit y, I owa, a pos ition she held fo r three yea r s. There she met Mr . Leo Chapman, to whom she was marri ed in 1884. He was ed itor of th e Mason City Republican, and she became j oi nt ow ner an d edit or with him.

On account o f th e ill h ea lth of Mr . Chapman, th ey sold t he paper a bou t a year later and went to California. During that yea r M rs. Chapman had shown ma rked ability as a writer, ahd afte r the d eat h o f h e r husband s he r emained in San Franci sco doing newspape r work, being th e first woman repo rt e r in that city. While in that work h er attenti on was fir st ca ll ed to th e difficult task of working wom en in la r ge citi es to ga in a liv eli h ood and retain their re spectability . As he r sympathies went o ut t o them she sough t a means of relief and very soon fo und h e r se lf a suff ra gis t.

"In 1Sg1 s h e marri ed Mr. George W Catt, president o f th e Atlanti c, Gulf and Pa c ifi c Company, e nginee r s and contractors. He is in full sympa th y with h er wo rk and ha s contribut ed lar ge ly to

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it s fun ds . U nde r he r abl e ma nageme n t as chai rma n of th e nati o nal o rganiz a ti o n com mi ttee, th e annual in com e o f the W o man Suffra g e Assoc iati on gre w fr om $2,000 t o $ 15,000. S he h as lectur ed in nea rl y eve ry s tat e and t e rr ito ry o f th e uni o n in th e inte res t s o f equal s uffra ge."

A li ce S t one Bl ac kw ell says o f he r : " Mr s . Ca lt, in a dditi o n to be in g a good o rga niz e r and e loq u ent spea ke r, ha s in pr e-e min ent d eg r ee th e g ift o f sta tes ma n ship ,-the powe r o f u nd e r standing a n d dea lin g wi se ly with po liti ca l cond it ions, o f lay ing pl a ns on lo ng lin es a nd co mbin inn g all th e eleme nt s th at lea d t o vi ct o r y ."

S he is "an a ll - aro und wo man , a good ho u sek ee pe r , an accompli s he d cook, a n enthu s ias ti c ga rde ner an d c ulti va to r o f fl o w e rs , a ta st eful dr ess ma k e r a n d millin e r ; in fac t , we ll tr ie d in a ll h o us ewife ly art s. "

Th e w i fe o f a man o f mea ns, th e hea d o f a ha ppy h o me, the ce nt e r o f a large soc ial circl e , a nd a woma n o f culture wi t h all that is impli ed b y th e wo rd , she is one o f th e new t y pe o f woman suffrag ist s

Tile "Berlin Congress and Mrs. Calf

It is a g reat pl easure t o be a bl e t o give a numb e r o f ex tra c ts fr om r epo r ts o f th e In te rnati on a l Cong r ess o f W o m en , held at Be rlin las t Jun e Th ese n ot o nl y g ive some idea o f t h e c h a ract er o f t he m eet in gs, but s how th e un ive rsa l es tee m in w hi c h Mr s .

Calt is held :

" Th e A me ri can church was fi ll ed to ove rfl ow n g on the S unda y befo re t he ope n ing o f th e mee tin gs , a nd w h en R e v. A nna H oward

S h aw a r ose t o o ff e r prayer, th e aud ience r ese mbled a field o f w hea t s t ir;e d by a br eeze, as it leaned f o rwa rd to see a w o man p r eac her. It see m ed m ost fi tt in g th a t th e fir st woma n wh o ev er ent er ed a pulpit in Ce nn a n y sh o ul d be S u sa n B. A nth o ny, for a mon g th e ea rli es t d em and s ma de by M r s. S tanton an d he rself in 185 2 was on e th a t wom en sho uld be pe rmitted t o e nte r the ministr y a n d h a ve pa rt in a ll c hur ch cou n cil s . It was a t ouching specta cl e-thi s grand old a pos tl e o f fr eedom , in he r eig ht y-fifth yea r, a s w ith a t o ne o f trium ph in her vo ice she contrasted the

pos it ion of wo men no w a nd ha lf a centu ry ago . Th e in sp iri ng ad d r ess of M r s. Carri e C hapman - Catt, which foll o wed , brought th e au die nce so n ea r t o app lau se th a t Mi s s Sh a w ca me qui ckl y fo r ward t o p r onoun ce th e benedi cti on a nd r equ es t that th ey observ e r eve r entl y th e day an d place. R ev. Dr . Di cki e looke d pro ud an d pl ease d as he o ff e red hi s a rm to Mi s s Anth on y, literall y t o resc ue he r, as th e entire cong rega tion o f w om en p ressed fo rward a nd f a irl y too k he r in th e ir e mbrace ."

" Y o ur hea r ts wo uld have throbbe d with a q ui ckened emo tion if yo u could hav e looked into th e fa ces o f th e int ell igent a nd ea rne st w o me n w ho, f rom all qua rt ers o f th e g lobe, me t o n th e m o rnin g o f Jun e 3 in th e P r inz A lbrec ht H all . T heir se ri o u s dead -inea rn es tn ess im p ressed me g r eatl y

Th er e wa s a lo ng tabl e crow d ed w ith th e r ep r ese nta tiv es o f th e press fr o m many co u ntri es, a nd th ei r enthu s iastic app rec iati on o f o ur vo t e no t to ex clu de th e r eprese nt a tiv es o f th e press fr om

OUf m eet ings was shown in th e exce ll en t repo rt s whi c h have bee n g ive n o f O Uf proce edin gs.

T he Ge rma n law fo rbi ds a fo re ig ne r o r a fo reig n associa ti on to call o r ope n a mee tin g. It mu s t be d on e by a Ge rman o r a

German soc iety; so Dr . Ani ta Augs pur g, p r esiden t o f th e Ge rm an

Suffrage Assoc iati on, call ed th e m ee tin g t o o rd er , th en pa ssed i t o ve r to A nthony, w ho, as chair man of th e tempo ra ry organiza ti on f o rm ed at W as h ington tw o ye ar s ago, p res ided.

' Vhe n she a rose , the re was suc h a de monst rat ion as we seld om s ee in ou r coun t ry . I t w as no t noisy , but ea ch face beamed wi th a fulln ess o f joy an d g r at it u de as th ey loo ked, ma n y of t he m for the fir s t ti me, u po n th e face o f th e bel ove d lea de r WJ10, th ey feel, i s th eir lea de r a lso. As o ne o f th e Ge rma n pape r s said, 'S he is our A un t Su sa n, too.' A m id thi s alm os t si lent enthu s ias m Anth ony'S voice ran g o u t as cl ea r, an d with th e same o ld- ti me , simpl e, bu s in ess-lik e ring, as it d id tw ent y y ear s ago.

T he Be rl in pap ers ar e full o f ex press io ns o f s urpri se a nd prai se o f s uch vi go r o f mind and bo d y in a woman 84 yea r s o f age.

"Durin g th e tw o we ek s' alm os t continu o u s sess ion s o f th e

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present Council, every utterance in favor of suffrage has been received with tumultuous app lause. The Olle evening and one day devoted exclusively to this subject, although coming at the end of a most fatiguing week, brouglit audiences of thousands-at least nine-tenths of them women-and, not sa ti sfied with th e many speeches, they demanded a genera l discussion. At the morning meeting the audience sat or stood from 9 a. m until 2 p. m. without interim f o r lun c heon or rest. Such inten se interest, such wild e nthusia sm, never were seen in the United States outside of a political rally in a heated campaign. Amo ng the speakers were several distinguished Socialists, men and women, who declared that the enfranchisement of wOmen never would come excep t through the Social Democratic party. This statemen t was wildly applauded by a considerable part o f the audience, but they we r e overwhelmed by the cries of the opposition. At last Mrs. Chapman-Catt of the United States was ca ll ed for, and, coming from the audience to the platform, she made a most impassioned plea that the women would not ally themselves with any political party, and sh e warned them that all-Conservatives, Liberals and Socialists alike-would sacri fi ce women without scrup le wheneve r they could advance their own int erests by doing so. She was followed by Miss Anthon)" who, with all the fire of twenty years ago, showed how this had been done again and again by the political parties of the United States. She begged women to put aside all party affiliations, and stand together in one united effort for their own political freedom."

U)lrs . Catt is winning all hearts. Her evide nt ability, her clear, strong, penetrating voice and logica l method of presentati on, together with the winning womanliness of her appearance, hav e impressed everyone . She was pro mptly elected president of th e International Suffrage Associa ti on without a dissenting voice, and everyone is pleased WHh the choice.

\Vhen the time comes for women to hold office in America, we sha ll have some well prepared for s u ch places by the labor and th e diplomacy incidental to leadership in women's organizations. They will not be the traditional young woman with a baby in

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arms, as is so often feared by th e anti-suffragists, but practiced and well-seasoned workers, as well able to serve their country as they are now to serve the cause of women."

"The American delegates, as the German attendants point out, made a general impression, owing t o the supe riority of their oratory, clear, concise statements and distinct, deliberate spe.aking. Mrs. Carrie Chapman-Catt, the Rev. Anna H. Shaw and Mrs. Gilman developed into great favorites with the audiences, and Miss Susan B . Anthony received an ovation whenever she interjected the fewest simple remarks, ofte n writing autographs in the intervals for her Germa n admirers. On the evening of June 18 the municipality gave the de legates a great farewel! r ecep tion at the City Hal!."

"Mrs. Chapman-Catt, who, as secreta ry of th e temporary organization has ca rri ed on the work of calling this conference tcr gether, had the details of the plan of o rganizati on perfectly arranged, and had eve ry n ecessary part of the work so systematized that it was made comparatvely easy to work out a permanent plan. By her clearness and perfect understanding of methods , and by h er ta ct in explai n ing and smooth ing over difficult points, Mrs. Catt has greatly endeared herself to the suffrage women the world over."

"Se cond to Miss Anthony in the popular es timati on have been R ev. Anna H. Shaw and Mrs. Carrie Chapman-Catt, and an equal division of the hono r s may be accorded to them. There have be en few meetings when they were not called upon fOf" speeches, even though they might n ot hav e been on the program for that occasion, and th ey never have fail ed to r eflect the highest credit on the United States . The great executive power of Mrs. May Wright Sewall and her ability as a presiding officer have been referred to in previous letters. The higher education of women in our country ha s had its ablest represe ntative in Dr. M. Carey Thomas of Bryn Mawr College, who, with Miss Mary Garrett of Baltimore, ha s been in attendance thr oughout the Congress. Although president of a woman's college, her address declared in the strongest terms for co-education, and urged the

women of Europe to devote their time and effort, in their respective countries, first of all to opening th e universities to women!'

The Law as a Profession for Women

Of all th e professions or occupations n ow filling up with a daily in creas ing number of women, that of law probably has f ewer recruits than any other, excepting, of course, those that demand physical st rength as a requisite to success. The reasons f or this ar e probably two: first, th e ignorance of the law that is widespread among women, and the dread of its so-called red tape and technicalites, and secondly, the pUblicity that is forced u pon lawyers in performing th e duties of their professions. The doctor, the dentist, the artist does her work in the privacy of her office or studio o r in the home of her patient. The lawyer tries her cases in c rowded court rooms, under the crit ical eye of the judge, with twelve men to bring to he r vicw of the case, and wit h the learning and methods of the oppq.sing counsel to combat, and any show of hesitancy o r self conscious ness would be fatal to the finish of he r work.

The women of this country who study law may be divided into two classes; first, those who do so as a prelimina ry to en te ring the profession as regular practitioners , and secondly, those who pursue the study without any intention of taking up the practice. This article will of course deal with the members o f the first cla ss, although in point of numbers they are greatly in the minority.

Of the second sort 1 may say briefly that the majority of women who study law do so without any intention of practicing. Their numbers are made up chiefly of stenographers o r business women, who take up some one at more branches of the law, quite frequently attending the night schools in our cit ies and seeking to use the knowledge acquired as a means of advancement o r in furtherance of their business. I may add to this list, however, a very few women of property who manage their own estates and whom experience has taught that some knowledge of

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law is absolutely indespensable to the intelligent management of their business interests, and also an occasional student who finds that as a means of broadening the mind and strengthening the reasoning faculties the law has no equal.

But to get back to the woman who intends to practice. 'fhe law has long rank ed at the head of professions for men, and equally high, and equally desirable in my opinio n , does it rank f or a woman, pro'U'ided, th at woman enters the practice with a reverence for the law in her very being, with a knowledge of the difficulties to be overcome, and with a love of study. It has been demonstrated times without number that one must be naturally adapted to any line of work he takes up in order to be a success in that particular line, and I am certainly firm in my belief that no woman can make a success of the law unless she has a great natural liking for the subject, and to this liking must be added a thorough understanding of what she is going into. It takes years of work and years of waiting before what the world calls success is attained, and above and beyond everyth in g else it takes never-ending study . There is an old adage to the effect that it takes five years of work, hard study, and cons tant practice to make a lawyer-not a great law ye r, nor even a good lawyer-but merely to be worthy the na me of lawyer. If a woman thoroughly realizes all this, and still desires to take up the practice, then I take the stand that no work, no professio n, no vocation can quite come up to that of practicing la w.

And now as to the education necessary, and previous training desirable With a good academic education as a basis, from three to four years study at a good law school is necessary with as much outside attendance at court as is possib le . I can not emphasize too strongly the subject of frequent attendance at court. It is a point that is too often ove rl ooked or neglected by young law students, but it is the only way, short of actual practical expe ri ence, in which you may familiarize yourself with court procedure . As to the previous training desirable, th ere is a confli ct of opinion among members of the bar as to the best method of obtaining this. Myself, I believe that one year's Aa.ao ..... -2

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actual work in the office of an attorney of high ability and large practice will teach a young lawyer more of the details of filing suits, and drawing up papers, than s he would lea rn in years of h er ow n budding practice . This training, howe v e r, is equally, if no t morc, effective if it precedes the s tudy of law . I have always co unt ed myself fortunate that years of tra ining in my father' s law office familiarized me to some extent at least with the details of drawing up legal papers, preparing petitions, instructions to jury, bills of exceptions, briefs and tran sc ript s, and that fre q u e nt attendance at court, years before I thought of practicing law, made me co nversant to some s l ight extent w ith court procedure, and aided me materially, when I started into th e practice fo r myself.

T o eve ry woman con templati ng taking up some profession o r line of work,-whether sh e does so from a love of that work, or as a means of earning her daily bread, there are two fa c ts of vital importance-first , the difficulties that she will encounter in that undertaking, and seco ndl y, the compen sation to b e deriv ed therefrom.

The difficulties to be overcome by the young law ye r will depend very materially upon the disposition and temperam e nt of th e woman herself-that is, whether s he is naturally end owe d with the requisites to successf ul law practice, o r whether they must be acquired by sad experience. But this much is necessarys he mu s t be prepared for hard work, and ceaseless study, and for a period of waiting f o r "clients who do not come ." The lawyer who steps into a larg e and lucrative practice di rect from the law school, is lik e the man who never lost a case during a li fe time of large practice-sometimes heard about, but seldom if eve r seen . She must be prepared to do the trivial , petty things, when she longs for the complicated-to straighten out marital infelicities when she longs for the intricacies of great problems. She must keep a cool head , be s low to anger, and must neve r let her sympathy run away w ith h er judgment. She must be a good judge of human nature, and ab le to handle all so rts of people in such a way as to get the most out of them with the least fri c-

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tion. There is another thing that will n ot e ff ec t the woman lawye r o f the futur e, but whi c h th e o ne of t oday has to contend with, and that is the n ot o riet y that is for ced upon h e r. She mu st be prepa r ed to be a n ob ject o f c llri osi ty,-to tr y h er cases bef o re an audience th at is ther e fo r th e expressed purpose of "hear_ ing a woman law ye r," and s he mu s t e ith er actually be, or must appear unconscious o f it aiL Th e self-conscious woman can n e ver make a success o f practicing law. She mu st be abl e to pla ce th e interest of h e r client above h e r ow n, t o stand on the merit s of her casc, and neve r f o r one instant to take advantage

The compensat io ns o f a woman who su rm o unt s th e difficulties of a budding Jaw practice. are so m any and varied, that I hes itate to ent e r upo n them. The financial side, I can not, of course, to uc h upon at a ll , as that will depend upon th e woman herself, and upon he r envir o nm ent s . But aside from thi s, the w oma n who practices law will find that she ha s ente red upo n o ne o f the mos t fascinating of s ub jec ts , indeed she will have to watch to keep it frol11 absorbing a ll h e r e n e rgies. Intellectuall y , she ha s a constant f east. And it s e ffect upon he r character ca n no t be ign o red. S he can not s uccess full y perform h e r duties, and remain narrow minded or into le rant of the frai l tie s of others. Her oppo rtunit es for doing good, for h elping th e h e lpl ess, f o r rightin g th e wronged are unlimited. And by no means leas t, s he will find that s he is a member o f a profession, fr o m th e other members of wh ich s he will receive nothing but the most unfailin g cou rte sy and thoughtfu l cons id eratio n.

Th e ob j ec ti o n is frequently made that the woman in bu s in ess un sexes h e rsel f , that s he loses h er womanly qualities and is no t accorded by he r bu s in ess assoc iates the respect that the woman in th e home is give n. A ca reful conside rati o n of th ese critic isms wi ll invariably disclose the fact that th ey are made by persons who hav e absolutely n o knowledge o f the co nditions that th ey so learn ed ly discuss and so pos itively co nd e mn. Th e woman in th e practice of la w will find that s h e h as to deal and COme in contact with th e very fin es t m en o f th e country , gentlemen who a re unf ai lingly cou rt eo u s in eve ry instance.

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That the law is a lu crative occupatio n for women, and that they may successfully compete with men in a profession that has so long been looked u pon as essentially a masculine prerogative, has been demonstrated. The number of women practicing law is small, but the proportion of th ese who are winning Hfame and fortune" is gratifying to those who hav e the interests of the porfcssional woman at h ea rt.

The cOmmon idea that you have to constantly combat prejudice, and fight for every inch of recognition you ob tain , is erroneous. At the present time I know of no field where the outlook is any better, or of no one for whom the future looks any brighter than for the woman who adopts the law as her profession.

GRATiA EVELYN WOODSIDE, Missou,' Alpha, I900.

Some Pi Phi Professional Women

Dr. Afary AI. Wolle

Mary Wolfe was born and grew up in the littl e town of Lewisburg, Pa . Her father was a man of some prominence in the state, having at one time been a candidate for the governorship of Pennsylvania . She received' her preparatory education at Bucknell Institute, in Lewisburg, and during her prepa ratory course took seve ral prizes, onc of which was the prize for the best scholarship in the senior year. In th e autumn of 189 2 she entered Bucknell University and during her junior yea r became one of the charter members of Pennsy lvania Beta, whicn was established in '895. She was graduated from Buckne ll U niversity with the d'egree of Bachelor of Arts in 1896. While in college, the junior prize in Oratory and the second prize in Psycho logy fell to her lot. Being very fond of athletics, she was made captain of the college girls' basket ball team in her senior year. She entered the medical department of the University of Michigan in the fall of 1896 and was graduated in medicine from that university in June, 1899·

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On August 14th , ' 899, Dr. Wolfe was appoi nted an assistant physician at the State Hospital for the Insane at No rristown , Pa ., a position wh ich she continued to h old until February 1st, 190', when , at the ea rl y age of twenty-six, she was promoted to the position of chief physician of the Women's Depa rtment. The Norristown State Hospital is by far t he largest hospita: fo r the in sa ne in Pennsylvania and is one of th e larg est in the United Stat es . In the ' '''omen's Department, o f which Dr. Wolfe has charge, there are ove r twelve hundred women patients and she ha s about one hundred a nd fo rty nur ses under her imm ed iate supervision as well as th ree ass istant physicians. The positio n of chi ef physician at the )1o rr istown State Hospital is unique irr that it is equivalent t o th " t o f supe rin tendent in other h ospitals fo r the insane and Dr . Wolfe's stand in g is uniqu e in that she is th e o nly woma n physician in the Un ited Sta t es that holds such a position, as she is directly responsible t o th e Board of Trustees and n ot to a man superint end ent.

Dr. Pqocbe R. Morris

Dr. Phoebe R. Norris was born in Maryland, but spent h e r girlhood in Pennsy lva ni a, where she received her academic training at Juni ata College . After teaching three years in th e public schools of Pennsylvania, she came to Washington to enter th e government se rvice as a clerk in the treasu ry . Ponderin g on the prob lems o f life, Dr . No rri s became deep ly Impr esse d with the urge nt n eed for wome n physicians and she decided to ad op t this arduous profession for a life work. She entered the medical school of Columbian, now George Wa shington Unive rsity, and was graduated in ISg1. The o nl y other woman in the class was also a cha rter meJ,llbe r of Columbia Alpha, Mrs . D. K. Shute, then Augusta M. P e ttigre w.

For three years after receiving her med ical degree Dr. Norris retained he r position in th e tr easury, doing pos t-graduate work during he r lei sure h ours . In addition t o this she had the valuabl e expe ri ence of almost a year's work in the Polyclinic and

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other in s titution s o f Bost on before entering o n th e struggle of profess ional work. What these st ru gg les were, she pa!ses ove r in un comp lainin g si lence . Suffice it to say that if, for a young man, th e first years of hi s ca ree r as a physician arc full of un ce rtainti es, di sa ppoi nt me nts and anxieties. fo r a woman ther e is adde d th e di sadvanta ge of he r sex. Yet t he g r ea t e r the obsta cle., so muc h the mo re triumphant is suc cess whe n it s hows its fa ce at la st; and s uccess h as crowned th e faithful work o f Dr . NorrIs. In addition to her practice, sh e serves o n the staff of the Crittenton H ome and the Woman 's Clinic.

The fr ate rnit y id eals are an eve r prese nt motive powe r with Dr. No rr is, whose vicw of li fe is well summa ri ze d in her o wn w o rd s: HI co ve t the simple lif e mo re than the diversions of socie ty, di sci plin e myse lf in thin kin g much upon the uni ve rsa l broth e rh ood of man , and th e n am happ il y cont ent in th e com pany o f " f e w Pi P his ,"

-M. f. K :

Gratia Evelyn Wood s id e, attorney-at- law, with office in the Carleton building , St. L o ui s, was born in Salem, Mo., October t wenty- ninth , eig ht ee n hundr ed sevent y- nin e. After attending the public sc hools of he r ho me to wn , she graduat ed from Cent ral College in Lexi ngton , Mo , and entered the la w department o f th e U niv e r si ty of Missou ri in 18gB, graduating in 1 goo. Sh e r eceived th e junio r sc ho lar ship at the close o f her first yea r' s study at th e univ er si t y and was second for both the val edictory and se ni or essay medal in a class of fift y men. Miss Woodside was admitted to th e bar of th e Supreme Court o f Missouri in Jun e, 1900 , and is the o nl y woman who ha s ever tried a case before that body.

After being admitted to th e bar she practiced with her father, a circuit junge, until Januar y, 1903 , when she located in St. Loul>, wh e r e she has had a most success ful practice. She has the distin c tion of being the only woman law ye r in St. Louis and has

Gralia E Wood:Jide

A WILSON

ALDA WILSON

GRATIA E. WOODSIDE

only one rival in th e entir e s tat e. Miss Woodside became a Pi Phi in t h e fall o f '99 and has a lw ays been most e nthu siastic, as aU who attended conve nti on in St. Louis can tes tify fo r all will r emembe r the e n ergeti c Gra nd Guide.

Elmina Wil so n,

AIda Wilson

Miss Elmina Wilson (B C E., '92, C E. , '94) and i\liss AIda Wil so n (B. C. E., '94) are two of the hon o r ed alumn ae o f the Iowa State College. E lmi na Wil son was th e first woman in the co untr y to g radu ate from a full coll ege cou rse in civ a e ngin ee rin g, and probably no ot he r women have done so much work in engineering lin es as the se two.

Their early life was spent at Harper, I ow a. Afte r graduating fr om co ll ege Elmina Wil son h eld th e posit ion of instru ct o r in the Civil Engineering department o f th e Io wa State Coll ege until 1902, when s he was promoted) to an assistant professorship. She had es pecia l charge of th e labo rat o r y and drafting room work, and her services were considered indi spe nsable. During this p e riod Miss Wilson al so took advanced work at different times at Cornell U niv e r sit y, Armour Institute, a nd the Massachusetts In s titute o f Technology, besides which she was employed during part of he r va cations in structu ral drafting offices.

AIda Wilso n , af t e r graduation, t ook ad'vanced work in archit ec tural lines at the Ma ssac hu setts In st itute of Technology , and until 1903 wa s actively and successfully engaged at work in the offices of various archite cts.

In 1903- 4 the Misses Wilson spent a yea r traveling in Europe, giving especial attention to the study of architecture. Their tour extended to Greece Since returning to America they have been engaged rspectively in structural engineering and in architectural work in New York city No better examples can be found of th ose refin ed, intellectual American girls who today are capable of engaging with the highest credit in the most scientific professions.

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Tqe Work of a Pi Ph,

(Reprinted in part from the ARROIV for January, 1902.)

Those of 1. C. days will remember Mrs. Gayno r as Jessie L. Smith, the leader of the univer sity choir in Iowa City. Th ey will remember, too, he r work outside of college as a teacher of music and director of a piano quartette.

Gaynor's professional career, however, commenced some tw elve years since, when she settled in St. JDseph, :Missouri. H e re she organ ized the first musical club which now has fo rty m embe rs , and composed her first work, "An Album of Songs," consisting of "Night Hath a Thousand Eyes," "If I were a Bee," "And 1, " "Lullaby," "Cradle Song," and "Sleep Song."

Like most young writers lIfrs Gaynor had a trying experience in submitting her fir s t composition to a publisher. Accompanied by a prominent business man, she went to the office of Summy, The Chicago publisher, to sing a few of her songs. Summy hesitated and asked if she sould se ll one hundr ed copies at one dollar each. Visions of friends martyred in her cause rose before the young composer's eyes, when her business friend came to the rescu e. "All that Mrs. Ga)110r doesn't sell, the Piano Company will take."

Said Summy: "A woman of such staunc h friends must have merit."

A fter the book had been published a few months he wrote, "Never mind your one hundred copies; your book is a success."

Thus encouraged in her first attempt Mrs . Gaynor went to Chicago for a yea r of study. During this time she wrote the "Album of Rose Songs," so named for her littl e daughter Rose. Continued success led to he r remaining permanently in Chicago. lt was here she met Mrs. Alice D. Riley, who now writes the words to Mrs. Gaynor's music .

Their first work together was the child song "Je ru shy." This was soon followed by a book o f "Kinderga rten Songs," which

are now used in Chicago and other schoo ls of the west. The demand for this style of composition was such that M r s. Gaynor has been lit erally thrown into the field of children's songs . The "Playtime Songs" were n ex t published, the most popular of which are "Gingerbread "Jap Doll" and "Slumbe r Boat."

In 1900 "The House that Jack Built" appeared. This is a charming little opera by !llrs. Gaynor, with a definite plot worked out from 10ther Goose melodies by Mrs . Riley. During the winter o f 1900 th e ope retta had a run of eight performances with such success that it is now in th e hands of a professiona l ger.

Meanwhile Gaynor carried on her regular work of teaching and lecturing in Chicago, being associated successive ly with Mrs. Starrett's School for Girls, Regina Watson's Piano School, the Chicago Conservatory of music in connection with Leopold Godowsky, the voca l department of the Training School of Chicago, and the Free Kindergarten Association.

As a teacher Mr s. Gaynor ha s a method of he r own. "Music," she says, "should be a means of expression . Since children demand expression of all the emotions, they must learn to formulate their musical thoughts as well as th ose o f speec h. Therefore a child must learn to sing as he learn s to talk. Moreover, he must be able not only to read the musical thoughts of others but to write his own, ju s t as he learns to write his mother tongue. My pupils compose exercises to practice just as they construct grammatical sentences to parse. Thus they learn not only to perceive th eir own defects, but by comparison to appreciate the true worth of the masters ."

To express it theoretically: "The materia l of which music is made is the diatonic scale which expresses exact tone relationship. To discern exactly the relationship of one tone t o another is to have an educated musical ear. To develop the hearing ear into absolute accuracy o f discernment is the first duty of eve r y teacher of music."

CATHERINE SOUTHER.

What a Fraternit'}! Girl Thinks

HPeace on earth , goo d will to m en." Last yea r Califo rn ia Beta had a C hr is t mas tr ee Th e ce le brati o n oceu rr e d o n th e return fr o111 th e Chri s tma s ho li days, as th e ex aminations

A Pi Phi Clzristmo s Tree took place un t il th e ve ry eve of Chri st mas , making sll c h an eve nt im poss ible be fo re college cl osed . W o uld it n ot be a charm ing far ewe ll a n d qu it e in kee pin g wi th th e sp iri t of th e season to ha ve, be fo re we leave fo r Ollr homes, in th ose co ll eges wh e re suc h is poss ibl e, a "fraternal famil y" ce lebrati o n o f t he Y ul e- ti de? W o ul d n ot th e bon d of f r iends hi p a nd sis t e rh ood be m o r e cl os el y dr aw n by ob se rvances sllc h as th ese?

C a lifor n ia Beta.

With th e h o lid ays approac h in g, Indi a na Gamnld w o nd e rs wh a t o th e r c ha pt e rs do t o ce le brat e thi s j oy ful tim e O f course there is the trad itio na l Chr istmas tr ee an d the Onf! ""vo!' of mo re mode rn Chri st ma s box, but th ese a re selfi s h Celebrating devices . It see ms that with our high id e al s of woma nh ood we shou ld pa u se occas io n all y ami d coll eg e gai eti e s and give a th oug ht to pe rsons less fo rtun ate than o urse lves. Th is yea r o n e of our g irl s co n ce ive d th e ide a o f doing a little c ha r ity wo rk. The Ci t y C h a rit y Or g anizati o n ass ign ed t o us a c e rtai n poo r fa mi ly fo r wh ose C hr is tm as joys w e will be held r espon sibl e. S o in s t ead o f labor ing o ve r gift s fo r ea c h othe r, w e bro ught o ur mo ney and e n e rgy t ogeth e r o ne afte rnoon and s pent th e tim e in d'ress ing d o lls and making cl othes for little ' childre n. We hope their Chri s tma s will be a s merry as ou rs

Perhaps other chapters have b ett er p lan s. We should be glad to hear of them.

INdiana Camilla

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What shall be the attitude o f t h e college frat ernity t o th e numerous preparatory schoo l organizations which masquerade un ..

High School Fraternities der th e name o f " fr ate rnit y?" The question is fast becoming a matte r o f conside rabl e impor. lance. In these high sc hools and "p rep" sc hooh, o rgan izat ion s are spri n gi ng up lik e nox ious weeds; eve rywhere w e see and hear o f th em.

The res ul ts are a n ythi ng but grati fyi ng. Th ey ape college fraternities in a way that wou ld be ridiculous were it no t so detrimental to u s. T o think of yo un gste r s of fou rtee n and fifteen att empti ng to imitate college life is amusi n g, but when we s to p to consider that suc h imitatio ll seizes upon the wo rst features of coll ege an d fraternity li fe a nd emp hasizes those alo ne, th e matter becomes a larmi ng. These juvenile Gree ks,-w ith due apologies to th e H elleni c clan,-see with envious eyes t he gay good times o f college people, and pe rfo rce, must ha ve s imil a r am useme nts. Th ey see onl y t he exte rnal s id e of fra te rnit y life, and think because parties a nd "s pr ea ds" are of frequent occ urr ence, they are th e frat e rnit y's raisen d'elre. That th e re is a se ri o ll s side to fraternity lif e. that it presupposes a ce rtain amount o f maturity, t hat it s aspirations ar e exa lt ed, neve r ent e rs th ei r heads. Frat ernity to th em mea ns merely soc ial gaiety, and Greek lett ers cover a multitud e of follies, as is prove n by th e mushroom c rop of these hi g h sc hoo l societ ies

Now what are we to do abo ut it? On e c hapt e r, o r on e frat e rnit y, ca n do bu t littl e. But if th e Greek world at larg e wo uld tak e th e matt e r up , so me thing definite could be accomplished. The dignity o f frat e rniti es in genera l is j eopa rdiz ed by th ese in· fantile o rganizati o n s. People who are no t familiar with college fraternitie s will think we ar e but children of a large growth, and our dignity cannot h elp but suffer. Let us discountenance the preparato ry sc hool "frat ernitie s." Could not some result be obtain ed if the next Pan-Hellenic conference were to conside r the matter ? What do the other chapters think upon th e subject?

Ohio Beta

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This yea r in the Univers it y of Texas the four women's frat e rn ities entered into an agreement not to invite freshmen to join

Fora La/e . P ledge Daf them before Kovember nineteenth . This arrangement ha s no t proved an e ntire s uc cess. We feel that six weeks is too s hort a time for each member of the chapter th o r oughly to know a girl. With four fraterniti es in the univer sity the supply of eligible freshman material see ms inadequate . One girl is often rushed by two o r even three fraternities. They are stimulated to a certain extent by rivalry. vVith the time for making acquaintances so short, attention is ofte n concentrated on the few who are made prominent early in the season, and little notice is taken of the less conspicuous members of the class, in whom, did we know them better, we might find all the desirabl e qualities.

A sho rt and violent ru shi ng season is an inju stice to the freshman. It often reacts unfavorably on her character, giving her an undue sense of her own importance . She fails to realize that the fraternity is honoring her , and not she the fraternity . It is an inju s tice to the chapter which is forced to ente rtain more frequently and more lavishly than otherwise, often to the detriment of their studi es and the duties of th e membe r s to themselves. It is a lso a sacrifice of dignity .

If n o student co uld be asked to join before the beginning o f the sophomore year, those whose scholarship was below the s tandard would be weeded out There would be tim e really to know th e freshman, to study her ta stes, to find if sh e were really congenial. Then the division of e ligibl e freshmen between the fraterniti es would come about more naturally. Th ey would seek their levels. \\' hile there are many girls who are available mat e rial f o r more than one fraternity (as th e re are ideals that are common to all) who would be loyal members of whatever they might join and who would conform to the ideals of that chapter, yet a thorough acquaintance would show some characteristic which would affiliate them more with one group than with another. The y would g r avitate naturally to those whose tastes w e re more nearl y theirs. A year does not seem too long for this.

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Th ese arguments are based on theory, no t practice. Will any chapter that has tr ied the p la n suggested repo rt as t o it s success ?

Texas Alplla.

Colorado Alp ha would lik e t o draw th e at t enti on of every Pi Phi to a n article published in t he la st is sue o f th e Delta Gamma Allc ll ora, entitled. "A Pl ea fo r In d ividu a l RushIndividual Ru s hing ing . " \ Ve read it in c hapte r meeting and it me t with th e entire app rova l of eve ry gi rl. W e think t hat if fraternit y girls wou ld on ly foll ow thi s sound and sane way of ru shi n g inst ead o f the frantic course o f tea s . drives and lun ches, th er wou ld lea rn to know th e gi rl whom th ey are ru s hing fa r better than the)' can possibly under the p r ese nt m ethod.

T o see a g irl in her every-day clo th es . to study with h e r and to be friends with he r on th e firm bas is o f ordi nar y coll ege life a nd work, is to know th e real girl, not th e dressed- up girl with he r socie ty manners on. Vve recommend this individual ru shin g to every chapte r of P i Beta Ph i .

Colorado Alplla.

During seve n tires ome weeks of ru shin g we hav e th oug ht mos tl y o f the g reat disadvantages a nd the ne rvSea so n ous strai n ca used by Pan-Hellenic rul es . All this is , however, a thing of the past. F o rtun e has so graciously cro wned o ur efforts th a t we now fee l as th ough th e re a re afte r all certain st r ong points in favor of PanH e ll enic regulations. First, eac h freshman ha s va r io us oppo rtuniti es to meet the diffe rent fr ate rniti es . She sees us all as we are, and ther e fo re in he r own fr ee c hoice, so far as it is a f· fo rded to her , she lind s no cause to r egret later because s he did n ot have the c han ce to see other societ ie s. Again, w e have the privil ege o f getting acquainted with all th e freshm e n on equal footing with th e other fraterniti es. Hitherto, if a g irl ha s s hown s triking qualiti es, if she wa s popular o r from a distingui shed famil y, the natural t en de n cy ha s been, perhaps, to g et a h o ld on her

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a nd pledge her as ea rl y as possib le for sec urit y. O ur long ru s hin g seaso n does away with ha s t y pl edges , and th e qui e t and plain girls hav e a c hance to revea l th e ir cha rms a s we ll as th e m o re s triking g irl s do. After a ll , wh e th er Pan-Hellenic ha s fO'lI1d its wa y into OllT coll ege o r not, have we no t all to kee p con s tantl y in m ind th a t o ur aims are n ot toward th e popular, beautiful, or di stingui s hed g irl s, but that the qui e t a re n ee ded along side o f the l ively ; that th e plain gi rl ca n g i ve a s we ll as receive benefit fr o m th e morc att ra ctive; and , finally , th at all worki n g together toward th e same ideals in Pi B et a P hi ca n be bet te r m o ul de d into tru e ann nob le wom anhood?

Jfassae/lllsells Alp lta .

Co lo rado A lpha, in the la st ARROW, b ro ught up th e question of con s ulting the patronesses in o rd e r to ge t their ideas about the

B't Way of An sw£r "rush ees." W e gi rl s he r e think that it would be a good plan. W e would like o ur patr onesse s not to feel diffid ent abou t t h ei r lik es and di s likes.

Jll i ll ois Epsil o n.

vV e have see n in these pages fr o m time to time mu c h di sc ll ssio n and condem n a tion of th e g irl wh o devotes he r ti me to books to

Firs t 0/ all the Student the excl u sio n o f her soc ia l int erests . \Ve must ce rt ainly ack nowl edge that th e " grind" whose horizon i s spa nn ed by a se r ies of red, brown and green covers is ma n y degrees removed fr om the ideal college wo man.

But at the same tim e, in the reacti o n from the lxx>kworm towa r d the well-rounded college life. th e pe n du lum o f pub li c opinion has swu ng too f ar. \V e cannot afford , in our search for th e society, the fri ends hip s, th e activiti es which te nd to br oade n ou r outlook to negl ec t that vital thing whic h li es a t the bot to m o f it a ll, mind t rain in g. Pe rha ps t hi s i s an o ld s tring which we ha ve chosen to harp o n, but it i s g row ing ru s ty fr om dis u se, and the subjec t is o ld en o ugh to be n ew agai n

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Yo u hav e all hea rd the rema rk, "O h, c ut cla ss to do this or that f o r th e c hapt e r . Yo u can affo rd to flunk for th e sake of the frat ernit y."' But can yo u ? That is th e question. I s it to the best int e res ts of th e frat e rnit y for yo u to s ubordinate to its activit ies th e thing f o r which you manifes tl y came to college? Con sc ientiou s s tud y is a most impor tant req uisit e to true culture. and that is what Pi Beta Phi wants to see in her member s. No c hapter wi s hes to harbor drones .

But it is no better to le t th e aforesaid pendu lulll s win g bac k too far in the direction of the dgrilld" than to have it go too mu c h the ot her way. Let us be sa ne about thi s thing. Let us use our best jud gme nt in uniting st udy a nd fun, thereby becoming more vaJuable t o o ur selves a nd to Pi Beta Phi.

lIIi,lOis Beta

1\ ebra ska Be ta in the X ovcmbe r AnRo\\' sugges ts a proble m that is universal, un der th e head "A Seriolls Question." Often an aluJ11na o r active member is ver y inAu entia l in

A R ep l p pers uading a cer tai n gir l to a tt e nd he r college and perhaps talk s fraternity to he r. She knows th e girl in a d iffe rent way from th at in w h ich she is kn own in coll egel and because s he sees rea l wort h in he r, ex pec t s he r ter to mak e he r a Pi Phi. But the c hapte r is no t impressed in th e sa me way. and ju st there the difficu lt y comes . I s it not fair l both to ou rse l ves an d th e gi rl , to regard he r with an unbi ased j ud gment? It is s ure ly hard to hurt the member wh o ma y be he r fri end , yet s he cannot but understand that it is ju s t.

Th e n s hould not o ur frat e rnit y life be so di stinctl y apart fr o m every ot he r relation in li fe that it wi ll not int e rf e re wit h fr iendships already formed or with new o n es? There may be good reasons why a g irl s ho uld n o t be a P i Ph i and n on e at a ll why she may not be th e friend o f a Pi Phi. Shall we not he lp ourselves and o th e rs by w id enin g ou r c ircl e of fri end s and so make, perhaps, th e non - frat e mity g ir l to feel that fraternity life isn 't abso lute ly essential to he r pleasure o r u se fuln ess in coll ege.

Ver m o"t Al pha .

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Neb ra ska Beta has asked the question: "Should a girl be made a Pi Phi s im ply because she is an especial friend of one of ou r members?" \ Ve Illost certainly would answer "Xo." And yet this is one of the most delicate: Our Sislu's Friend questions to dea l with that arises w ithin our fraternity . We are so accustomed to critic ise freely a ll of o ur Hru s hees" that we somet im es forget that the girl we are crit ici si ng is perhaps a dear and life-long friend of one of our own siste rs. We are so interested in OUf fraternity and in ju st our little imm ediate circle of girls that we are too likely afterwards to ignore a girl whom we have at one time rushed and in whom we were once deeply interested. \ Ve again forget that she is a friend 01 one of our Pi Phis and as such should be treated in a friendly fashion, though not effusively. Ju st because a girl is a friend of one of our members is the best of reasons why we shou ld be particularly ca refu l and judicious in rushing her.

vVe must realize that although she may be entirely congenial to onc of our members, she may not be to us all. Under suc h circumstances it were better not to rush her at all than to rush . her once, then I'let her down." for in this way we not only arouse and then disappoint ou r siste r' s hopes, but we also Inar the friend's chances of joining another fraternity in which she might be entirely congenial. rv iscollsill Alpha.

Alumna e Departm ent

P ersonals

VER)'ION1' ALPHA

Fanny Sutton, '98, wa s married on October twenty-ninth to Harry Lake. Their home will be in Concord, N H. Bertha Ranslow- J oce l),n , '96, visited Middlebury recently. Lilli e May Neff, ex-'os, is a student at Syracuse University.

VERMONT BETA

Inez Grout, '01, is t eachin g in Vergennes High School. Dr. and Mrs. \'1. McGibbon have moved to Omaha, Neb. Mrs. McGibbon was formerly Mary Grout, '0[, Charlotte Hale, 'or, is t eac hing in the High School at Pittsford Mills.

Carolyn Preston, '04, is teaching at her home in Felchville. Ethel Stevens, '02, of Willi ston, visited her coll ege friends for a few days a short time ago.

PE NNSY LVANIA BETA

Grace Browning Rob erts, '02, was recently married to Dr. Enoch Perrine, a graduate of Brown University and professor of English literature at Buck n ell. The marriage took place in Philadelphia, and th e ceremony was performed by the bride's grandfather, Rev . B. L. Agnew, a ss isted by Dr. John H. Harris, pr es ident o f Bucknell Univer s ity. Dr. and Mrs. Perrine will make th ei r home in L ewisburg.

Ruth H. Sprague, '98 , is tea ching Latin and History in the hi gh school at Pittsburg, P a.

Aaaow -3

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Genevieve White, '00, r ece iv ed th e degree o f Doctor of Medicine fr om the Unive rs ity of Michigan at co mmencement. She is practicing at Bradford, Pa., where both her father and m o ther are physicians.

Lu c retia Snyder-Black, ex-'06, is livin g in Sandusky, Ohio, where he r hu sba nd, Mr. Samuel Black, is s upe rintendent ent of the city water works.

Dr. Mary W olfe, '96, o f Norristown Ho s pital for In sane, spe nt two weeks in to wn during November.

Bess Harpel, ex-'06, and Edna Ann Inn es , ex-'06, vi s ited their fraternity s ist e rs in Novembe r.

Helen Buoy, '02, and Carrie HaHp enn y, '02 , of ?\1ilton , Pa., attended a cook ie - s hin e at th eir h ome c h ap t e r.

01110 ALPHA

Mabel Rori ck has gon e to M e xico f o r th e winter .

Born on November tw ent y-s ix th to l\raudc Herrold- Merwin, a daughter, Harri e t.

Born in S eptember to Carrie Schwefel-Brown, a so n , Clyde_ Annou nce me nt s have bee n rece iv ed o f the we dding of R obe rt Irwin and Cora Berkstresser of O hi o A l ph a. Th ey will make th eir ho me in W es tervill e, O hi o.

OHIO BEiA

Laura W e ise man -B urk e tt o f Cha rl eston, S. C., is visiting Columbu s re la tiv es.

Magnolia Ewalt o f Kebraska Beta expects to spend part o f the winter he re.

Gertrude Hill-Springer of Kansas A l p h a visited us r ecentl y

Alice Mann and Edith Clark-Burr of Illin o is Zeta made s hort visits with Columbus friends .

MASSACHUS(TTS ALPHA

Fl o ren ce Bu rnham ter home in Tampa . Tampa, Florida. sa il ed D ecembe r t wen t y-fi rs t fo r her winH e r address will be 211 We s t Park Ave .,

ALUMNAE DEPARTMENT

1I1arguerite Whitcomb is teaching in the Evening High School, Somerville, Massachusetts.

Dora Smit h , '04, is teaching in Danielson , Connecticut . Louise Richardson is teaching in the High School, Springfield, Massachusetts.

Eleanor Coats i s in I s la nd Pond, Vermont, teaching in the High School.

Helen Barrett is tea c hing in Methuen, Massachusetts. A special meeting of the Alumnae Club will be held Thursday, December twenty-ninth, 1904, for the benefit of the girl s who are away during the rest o f the year .

•\I ..\RYLAND ALPHA

The engagement o f J osep hine Wiley, ex-'oo, to Dr. Horace Sn yde r ha s been an n ounced. Dr. Snyder is professor of c hemistry in St. Pau l' s Preparatory Sc h ool. Garden City, Long I sland.

May Ke ll ar, '98, is pro fes so r of German in Wells College, Aurora, !\. Y.

Edna Sto n e, h as been visiti ng in Baltimore. A li ce Wood, '99, ha s spent a part of the winter in Norfolk, Va.

Lucy i\1urray, 'O J. is teaching in the \ Vester ll High Sc h ool , Baltimore.

Lamar, ex-'06, has returned frolll ab road , having spen t the summe r in Switze rl and' and Italy.

Sa rah Rupp , '02, who has been suffe rin g from n e rvous prostration fo r th e last three months, is recuperating in the mountains of Maine.

Sallie J. Hardaway. ex-'06, is teac hin g at :-fontarallo, A labama.

Maud Soper, '00, is professor of O ld T estament History and Exegesis at Kanyama Jo Ga kimu , Tokio, J apa n

ILLINOIS BETA

Edit h C r issey is spe nding the winter in Ca lifo rnia.

Ethel Van Cise , ex-'03. visited college fri end s in October Florence King-B ullock has removed to New York City, whi c h will be h e r home in the future.

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ILl.INOIS DELTA

Elizabeth Reinmund, '98, o f Columbus , O hio, wa s married October eighth, 19"4, t o Mr. Geo rge :'IfcG co rge Morris o f Cincinnati , Ohio.

Alice Broth e rt o n, '98, and Charles Farnum, '98, Phi Gamma Delta, w e re marri ed in Wave rl y, Iowa, during th e month of Augu st and are n o w liv ing at B ri mfield, Io wa.

Lucia D e wey, ex-'o l , was marri ed to Fr ederick C. Warmann, Sigma Alpha Ep sil on , on November ninth, at he r h ome in Sheffi eld , III . Mr. and Mrs. Warm ann are no w living at 304 Barclay St. , Flushing, New York.

Laura Kn ow les, '02, v isited fr iends in Ga les burg during th e laU e r part of ove mber.

Fann y Fahne stoc k- \ Vi lliam s, '00, is visi t ing h e r parents in Gal esburg.

Bo rn t o Alice Gale-Wa llace on September se venth , 19"4, a son.

ILLI NOIS ErSIl.ON

Edith I. Prindle, ex-'03, is t ea ching se win g in th e Jacob Tome Institut e, Port Deposit , Maryland.

Luc y Derickson h as r eturn ed fro m Seatt le, Wa shi ngton

L e no r e Negus is t ea ching a t Elgi n, lllin o is.

Carri e l\1a son spe nt Than ksg ivin g in Chicago v isiti ng fr iends.

E lfri eda H oc hbaum-Po pe wi ll spe n d th e C hri s t mas h olida ys wit h he r par ents in Chi cago.

Jose phin e Collye r has returned from a , 'isit at Li ncoln, Keb.

ILLI NOIS ZETA

Myra Cox h as bee n v is itin g at Champaign.

' Villia Garv e r ha s re turned' to he r home in B loomingt o n after a short visit.

Mila Parks of L omba rd is a tt endin g co ll ege he r e.

Winifred Forbes is in stru ctor of "iolin at the U niver s it y.

E th el F o rb es is in s tru c to r in French at the Unive r sity of S outh Dak ota.

ALUM.VAE DEPARTME.VT

INDIANA B£1'A

Marion Lockridge, ex-'07, and Claude Ward, Sigma Nu, wert married November sc \'c nth . They are Jiving in Alexandria, In· dIana.

Delle l\1iller, ex-'06, will ente r Purdue Unive rsity next term to take a course in music and art.

Helen Tra cy Guild and Oscar Pond, Delta Tau Delta, were married in October and arc livin g in Indianapolis. Miss Guild has been cata logu er in Indiana niversity for the last few years.

)JJClIIGAN BETA

A son was born to and Carl Huber in :\ovember. O ra Follett is at home in Chicago this year studyIng music.

Margaret Cousin was married October twenty-second to Mr. Peter Robinson of Chicago. Their home wi ll be in Kalamazoo, Mich.

An na Marshall is teaching in this year.

May E. Loose and Daisy Sab ine were here for the Chi cago game, November twelfth . Loose stayed wit h us until Thank sg iving vacation.

Nancy Ruth Reddick is to be married to Mr. Herbert Martin of Colorado, December twenty-fourth.

Sarah Edwards is teaching in Butler, Ind.

Hel en Spier is t eaching in ?lieeker, Colorado.

WISCONSIN ALPHA

Virginia Hayner-Saunders has gone to join her husband in \ ¥yoming after a long visit with her parents. ?1arie is visiting h e r parents in Milwaukee_

LOUISIANA ALPHA

Anna Love11 -B lis s, w ho is now living in Crowley, Louisiana, has a little boy .

Celia Rainey has entirely recovered from her long illness, and we are de li ghted to have her with us again.

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Lucy Elliott, '03. is spending the winter in Paris, where she is studying music.

Celeste Janvier, Stella Hayward, Kate Dillard, Mary Vaught, and Helen Rainey are debutantes this winter, and Mardi Gras will probably have several Pi Phi queens again this winter.

KANSAS ALPHA

An open meeting o f the alumnae was held December twelfth for the active girls at the chapt er h ouse. The meeting was a "kitchen showe r" for Mary Spencer, who is to marry Eugene "Vare, Phi Delta Theta, during the Christmas holidays.

Kittie Plumb, Nelle Taylor and Frances ewby have all been guests of Kansas Alpha during the past month.

Mr. and Mrs. Barrow (Edith Riffle) announced the birth of a son in December.

Mrs. Marvin, wife of ex-chancellor Marvin, mother of Mrs. Mina Marvin Wilcox, and mother-in-law of Mrs. Josep hine March Marvin, died in the latter part o f November.

TEXAS ALPHA

On December th e third Lula Rose, of Austin, was married to Mr. Kibbe of Brownsville. The wedding was a quiet home one, with only the relatives of the bride and groom present. Mr. and Mrs. Kibbe will make their home in Brownsville.

Flora Bartholomew, Kate Sockwell and May Wynne made us flying visits during the rushing seasOll.

Mildred Durst of Calvert spent Thanksgiving with u's.

Rosalis Battle of Martin is visiting the chapte r house. We h ope to keep her until the holidays.

Francis Waggener is at home for the holiday'.

Jamie Armstrong is the guest of Mrs. Johns of Austin.

Aline Harris-i\IcAshan of HOllston spent a week with us last month.

ALUMA'AE DEPARTMENT

COLORAOO ALPHA

Born to Marion Withrow-Ewing, November third, a daughter, Claire Williams-Hump hrey is in Denver again, and her health is greatly improved.

Frances Andrews and Ethel Poley have return ed to Boulder, after extensive eastem trips.

Louise Nelson visited in Boulder in November.

CALIFORN IA BETA

The engagement of Katherine John son, ex-'os, and Mr. Frederick Hall, a Phi Kappa Psi of Cornell, has been announced. Mr. and Mrs, Poindexter (Oli ve Gundry) are now living in Los Angeles.

Mrs. Charles Mannon, nee Eva Bramlet, and her baby boy spent several days with us thi s month.

Fl o rence Zeigenfuss. '07 . has been chosen as a charter member of the University Dramatic Club.

Dora Bramle t, ex-'o4, of Fresno, was with us a few days th is month.

COLORAOO BETA

Louise H. Foucar, '94, was married to l\,l r. Thomas K. Marshall , August twenty-fourth, '904, at EI Paso, Texas.

NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA ALUMNAE

Edith J. Clagett, Te xas Alpha, Marcia Murray, Colorado Beta, '03, Ruth Hammitt, Pennsylvania Bela, ex-'os, and Helen Schaeffer, Pennsylvania Ganuna, '03. are attending Bryn :Mawr College this year. Dr. Smith, the director of the college gymnasium, is also a Pi Phi and a member of the chapter at Syracuse.

Adelia Alice Humphr ey, Kansas Alpha, is spending the winter in New York City.

AIda W il son, Iowa Gamma, '9S, is employed as a daughtsman in an architect's office in New York. With her is her siste r, E I-

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mina T. ,\Vilson, '92, assistant professor o f engineering at Iowa State College, now on leave of absence.

Gertrude Deckard-Hendricks, Indiana A lpha , is chaperoning Ethel and Bertha Miller, both of Franklin, who are taking graduate work at Teache r s' College, Columbia U niversity.

Hettie Anthony, a charter member of Missouri A lpha , is a student at Teachers' College, Columbia U niver sity.

A li ce M. Rohe, Kansas Alpha, is on th e staff of the New York Evellillg World.

In Me m oriam

Eve lyn Smith-Clippe n ger, l\lichigan , \Ipha, and a graduate o f Hillsdale Co ll ege in 189 2, died recently at her new home in Be l1 efontainc , Ohio. During h er co ll ege days she was }.mown and loved by a large circle of friends. She was a very sweet girl , a bri g ht student and a loya l fraternity gi rl. After h e r course at Hill sdal e she took a year of spec ial work at Ann Arbor, and si nce then has taught very successfu ll y f o r seve ral years in Toledo. She had only been married about a yea r and a half and was ju s t moving into a new home when she was compelled to go th e hospital , a n d there died. The inAuence of h e r sweet lif e will be missed by many.

Editorials

"W1-IO are o ur pro minent alumnae ?" s ighs the freshman, prepari n g th e fir st time for the ordeal of the frat ernit y exam inati on.

"Oh ! th e re 's the founders,- and th e Grand President-and the 'I'reaslITe f, -and maybe YOll wo ul d count the e ditor. They are all o n the fir st pa ge o f the ARRO W." Thu s v aguely but easily repli es the sop homo re."

But , Pi Beta Phi ha s many alumnae who ha ve achieved distinction a long ot he r than fraternity lin es. It is true and natural that by far th e g r ea ter number o f o ur graduates find as daught e rs, wives and mo ther s , that ho me life absorbs all their energi es and gives wide eno ugh scope for th e ir activities. It is also natural that of th ose who become breadwinners th e gr ea t maj o rity devote themselves to the teac hing and training of other peop les babie s,-o f a yo unger o r an old er growth. But since an in ev itabl e result of col1 ege training is increased se lf-relian ce and a qui cke ned se nse of re sponsibility, man y o f ou r alumna e, eith e r in th e absence o f o r in addition to ho me duties, have reac hed out into wider s pheres of u se fulnes s . It is a few of the se. their efforts and their successes , that th e ARROW presents to it s read e rs thi s 111 0 nth. That they have steadfa stly made their way ove r pat h s of ten rugged and sometimes almost untrodden , should prove an encouragement to the y o ung alumna just starting out and an incentive to th e und e rgraduat e with all the way be fo re her where to choose.

I T IS perhaps to be expected that the January chapter letters, writt e n a s they are during the Ustrenuosity" of term examinations and Chri s tma s preparations, s ho uld s how s igns o f

hasty const ru ction. There are in this issue some exce llent letter s, a few, indeed, which might almost be taken as models, but there are o n the other hand a number which are pretty good examples of what the c hapter lette r should n ot be.

What constitutes a r ea lly good chapter letter ? That it should be correct ly spe ll ed, punctuated and capitalized goes without saying. Yet after all g rammati ca l er ro rs a re minor matters and easily corrected. It is a lso obvious that due regard should be paid to th e construction of senten ces, arrangement of paragraphs, proper u se of words and similar points of style. But it is possible for the editor to reca st sent ences, reconstruct paragraphs, transpose and rea rrange, prune and e laborate. Possibly the ideal editor would do all this. There are, however, two elements that no amou nt of editing can supply. The first is what we may call the ge nera l to"e of the lette r , the other is its subjec t matter.

Ju st what shou ld go int o the chapte r lette r ? Certainly it sh o uld be some thing more than a boastful enumeration of athleti c victories and college ho nors won by chapte r m e mb e rs, as are some of the letters in the me n' s fraternity magazines. No r it be merely an elaborat e chronicl e of social doings , of lun c heons and spreads and "p ink teas," as are some of the girls chapte r letters . Brag and gush a re about equally in bad taste.

"The Substance and Spir it of the Chapter Letter." O n the wh ole would it hot be a good idea for chapte r s to take this as the subject of their next contribution to the ARROW? If it could be talked ove r in chapte r meeting and then written lip not as repre senting the view of anyone girl but as a composite of c hapt e r opinion, we should have a "symposium" that ought to have good effect in our chapte r letters.

IT IS certain ly a pity to find sllch a paragraph as the fo llowing in o lle of the best of th e men 's fraternity magazines.

"TO PKOTECT COJ.LEGE WO!>! EN.

"In alarm at th e alleged moral dangers tho ught to be surrounding young women in American college s. nine national Greek letter women's fraterni-

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tie s hayc s tart ed a c ru sade in Chicago aimed at conditions in every coeduca ti ona l college in th e United States. Resolutions were adopted at a meeting in the Victoria Hotel declaring for cooperation with faculti es of colleges to improve socia l conditions. and placing upon th e grand pre s idents of the societies re sponsibility for the prosecution of the reform movement."

Could anything be more absurd ly, m o re mischievous l y inaccu rat e? The only excuse for it is that it was probably in spi red by a se nsational newspaper article, which has already done morc harm to the cause of co-education than one like s to think of. The greatest "moral danger" that has ever come to the notice of the women's fraterniti es in question is an excess of social life in some co-educational colleges, and a certain crudity of socia l conditions in others. If the men's fraternities really ca re to know what the Inter-So rority Conference is trying to accomplish, let them turn to the official repo rts of that organization publi sh ed this fall in all the women's fraternity j o urnals.

THE edito r would be very glad to r eceive copies of the ARROW fo r November, 1901, January, 1902, and July, 1903. The ed iti on for those issues is completely exhausted and copies are nee ded for completing files . If allY members have copies which are of nO further use to them , they will be most thankfully received.

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ALPHA PROVINCE

VEIOlONT AL.PHA-MIDDl.ElIUHY CO LLEGE

(CHARTERED 1893)

The first part of the year is always a busy time for Vermont Alpha, and the week s have passed so Quickly that we can hardly realize that it is time for the chapter l ette r.

Ailer OUf freshmen were pledged. the first event of great importance was OUf preliminary initiation, when we put th e poor freshmen through all sorts oi terrible stunts, to the chant of ou r dungeon song. We made it up to them afterward, however, by a first rate "cookie·shine. "

Two week s afte r this, on the night of October twenty-eighth, we initiated into the real mysteries of Pi Phido l11 Mabel Boardman, Loui se Chaffee, Edith Heaxt, Theod o ra Crane, There sa Graves, Mary Kendall, and Jun e Roys, and seven more loyal Pi Phis you have never see n Our banQuet wa s held on the following evening at the Pharetra. One of the most enjoyable feature s of the occasion was meeting so many of our alumnae, and our sisters of Vermont Beta, for there were present, besides our own active chapte r, Alice Durfee, Helen Allen, Je ss ie Bate s, Kate Rus sell 'Mhite, and Ine z Grout of Vermont Beta; Lena Rosema n Deni o, '96, Fanny Sutton, '98, Dorothy Grave s, ' 01 , Lena Bixby, 'oJ, and Maude Smith Gooding, ' oJ, of our own alumnae.

Our college work has been rather hard this year, but we have mingled the plea sures with the duties. \Ve have had two "cook ie-shines" and have given two dance s at the Pharetra Most of the girls went home for Thank sgiving and brought back so many good things that our last "cookieshine" was a regular Thanksgiving s pread

Alice Duncan , '06, who was unable to come back at the first of the year, has returned.

Just now we are looking forward with dread to our examinations, but with joy to the coming vacation. Ma yall Pi Phis have a merry, merryChristma s and a happy New Year.

BERTHA CHANDLER DUNCAN.

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V£RlIQS'T

BETA-UNIVERSITY OF VERbiOST

(CHARTERED 1898)

Once again Vermont Beta sends greetings to her sister chapters. The great "asking day" i s drawing near for u s and we 3rc nry anxious to know whether we shall get the girls we want to make true Pi Phis. Our prospects are more than good, we think.

\ Ve have been honored by a visit from one of our sis t ers from Vermont Alpha, Bessie Bump, whom we enjoyed so nry much. Three of ou r girls attended the initiat ion at College and all came back with the glowing report of what a fine cha pt er we h ave at that college

OUf reception to the fre shmen girls t ook place a t the delightful home ()£ one of ou r patrones ses, Mi ss Mina \ VaJker. A very pleasant evening was spen t and a fine time reported by all as sembled.

Comparatively l ittle rushing ha s been done thi s year but the lo ng time between the opening of college and "asking day" gives the upper class girls a good chancc to know the new girl s well.

COLU!ofBIA AU'H .\---GEORG E WASI-IISGTON

U:otI\lER S I1'\'

(CHARTERED 1889)

Since the la s t lette r was wrilten we have been a vcry busy and happy little band o f girls here in Columbia Alpha, Our initiation is long since over, and it is wilh much pride and pleasure that I introduce to you our five new s isters-Adelaide Albert, Margaret White, M argaret Merrill, Elinor Hoyt and Helen :MacLcod,-dear girls C\' ery one of them, whom J wish you might all know per so nally

George Washington Uni\'e r si ty ha s been vc ry gay thi s year, more so than ever befor-e, and the Chr istmas affairs which are planned will keep liS very much occupied during the holidays. On th e seventh of Decembe r came what is the IllO S t splcnd id function of the year with lIs,-the s tu· dents' ball, given for the benefit of ou r University Ho spital , at the New \ Villard, which has the handsome st ball room in town, Senral of us had the pleasure of going to it, and e n joyed it very much, of course. Ove r o ne thousand dolla rs was cleared for the hospital, so i t wa s a great sue· cess financially, as well as in an artistic and social way,

This year ou r alumnae have adopted the vcry plea sa nt plan of having monthly social affairs at the homes of the girls, to which the chapter girls and patrone sses are invited, and you may imagine with how much pleasure we look fo rward to these gatherings. There is u s ually an in(ormal talk by so me one of the mcmbers, o r sometimes by an outside r , with rmu s ic aften\ard s, and in thi s way we have s pcnt sC \'era l happy even·

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iogs a lready , At the last one, which was gil-en at the home of Florence Fri sby, Ruth M cGowan, who has r ecentl y return ed from two years abroad, told u s in a most interesting way of her expe ri ences as an art student in Pari s, and the n ex t onc will be equaJly good if present plans are carried out. It is the best pos5iblc way of bringing together the chapter and alumnae girls. \Ve have been vcry glad to han with us sev eral times at the se meeting s the three girls from Illin o i s Delta, who are at school at the National Park Seminary at Fore st Glen, n ear \Va shington.-Louise Seacord. Katherine Bagby 3nd Inez \ Vebster. Th ey werc also prese nt at our initiati on, and seve ral of li S have made pl easan t trip s out to visit them, which we h ope they ha\'c enjoyed as much as we have .

At Thanksgiving time we had a delightful visit from Edith Kelly of Pennsyh'ania Beta, who was here for a few days with her mother, \Ve had o nly o n e regret-that she stayed so short a time that we had little chance to entertain her as we wished. But s he met n ea rly all of our girls at the junior dance, which fortunately happened t o come during the time she wa s h e re It was a Colonial dan ce, and we have wondered since whether Mi ss Kelly would know any of us again without our powdered hair and patches.

For the first time in the hi st o ry of our college a \ Voma n 's League has been established this year, and we are very proud o f the fac t that our chapter pre s id ent, McPh e r so n, is also pr es ident of the League, and that three more of otlr girls .are among its officers. The purpose of the League is to promote unity among the girls, both fraternity girl s and tho se n ot so fortunate. One socia l meeting has been held recently, and it was an unqualified success, especially ill gi\'ing ti S an opportunity to meet many girls whom we had never known before. Our condi t ions are peculiar in that th ere are among the sttldcllts many who are in the government offices in the day and only come to college aiter four-thirty in the afternoon. so that the r egula r st udent s see but little of them It is for the se girls that the league is primarily ' designed, and its success in thi s way seems already assured.

Besides thi s our girls are acti\'e in all the interes t s o f the college. In the Girls' Glee Club, which is somethi ng new here, a goodly proportion of the girls are Pi Phis, including the leader, while in the Dramatic Club the Pi Phi s are prominent. Great thing s arc expected of both o rg anization s in the ncar future.

With al1 good fo r the happie s t of happy Kcw Ycars, in the bond of Pi BCla Phi for Col\1mbia Alpha.

ADELE RIA TAYLOR.

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.\LPIIA-5W."RTHllORE CO LLEGE

(CHARTERED 1892 )

Once morc th e time fo r OUf ARROW lett e r s comes around, and as we look back OHr the time which has elapsed s ince th e one we find it full of ho peful improvement. Almo s t half of that tcying time between the opening of college and pledge day has pa sse d and we feci as hopeful as on ly Pi Phis can. Before Christmas we are going to have a C hri s tmas fea st. the one rushing ente rtainment which we 3fC allowed by our pledge. or course we intend to make this the greate s t s ucce ss of any of th e three given; as it was year and a s we hope it alway s may be.

The happiness of o ur college life has bee n oHrshadowed by the sad announcement that the re s ignati o n of our dean, Elizabeth Powell Bond, has been accepted For all tho se who han lin d under her kindly guiding influence it will be impossible to find anyo ne to en tire ly fiJI her place as our college mother.

ELIZ \BETH E. J OHNSON.

BETA-BUCKNELL UN IVERS ITY

(C HARTERED

J895 )

Time has pa sse d very quickly and quietly for us s ince our la s t lett e r The ru s hing sea son which demanded so much time ea rlier is n ow about ove r. Now co'me s the month s of working and waiting until J une, when we can initi ate.

We are very glad to introduce to Pi Phidol11 a loyal new Greek, Mary Georgiana Stanton, '07.

Our soci al affair s have be en vcry info rm al, but all the m o re delightful. A "cookie·s hine" in hono r of Dr Mary \V olfe, and at which seven of our alumnae we re pre sent, was a delightful e\'ening spent in close ··fellowship." Hallowe'en one of our town girl s gave a chafing·dish party, which we all enjoyed . Our "election party" o n th e evening of the fourth of No\' ember, an old - fa s hi o ned candy pull, wa s vot ed by all a great s uc cess Birthday sp read s, which mean delici o us home "goodies," and Thank sgiving boxes have appealed to our appetites more than once.

May th e New \'ear bring every Pi Phi it s \'ery be s t gift s.

FLOREN CE L BAROS

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G. \:\I :\I:\-D1CK1XSOX COLLEGE

(CH.\RTERI::D 19(3)

Ou r life during the first term of thi s college year ha s not been inten s ely exciting but very plea sant and success ful.

Hallowe'en e"ening Elsie Hoffer entertained the fraternity at he r home. \¥e indulged in th e old fashioned games, nut c racki ng and popping corn before the fire - place, telling fo rtune s and gh os t s torie s. The favors were in the fraternity colors.

November elennth Georgia Cran s ton, '06, was initiated at th e home of one of our member s. We were glad to ha\'e with u s Sara Black of P ennsylnnia Beta . After the initiation we enjoyed a Pi Phi cookie-shine.

The chapter entertained its patrone sses, the ladi es of the faculty, and friend s of the chapter at two tea s ginn in the room s. The rooms looke d , 'c ry pretty, lighted with candles. Our patrone sses ha\'e helped us in improving our r ooms thi s fall. One pre sen te d LI S with a hand some desk chair, o th ers with china.

\Ve hope all the chapters haH had great s ucce ss on pledging new members and that you may find the re s t of thi s college year most happy and profitable.

GERTRUDE HELLER

01110 ALf'H:\-Q UI Q UNIVERStTY

(CHARTERED r88g)

S o many thing s han happened to Ohio Alpha si nce the la s t ARROW appeared and we ha\'e had stic h a bu sy t ime between our college work and our ente rt ainments.

Fir st and mos t important, on the eighth of October we gave a chafingd is h party to th e new girl s and as a result we hue two of the very nicest freshmen that eYer were. we think-Mary Simon and Clare Humphrey. Our mock initiation foll owed the next week, which of cou r se was lot s of 'fun, and ou r real in itiati on the week a fter . Thi s, owing to ideas fr om the convention, wa s one of the prettie s t initiations that we have had and I think we enjoyed it more because it was so impressi\'e.

\V e have been invited to tw o receptions lately. On Hallowe'en, Phi Delta Theta entertained in h o nor of their girl friends and invited the Pi Phi s. A very delightful evening wa s spent. The Tri -A lpha s, the local sorority here, gave an af tern oon recepti on for their patr onesses and the Pi Phi girls. We did enjoy so mllch getting acquainted with th ose girls whom we do n ot see so \'Cry often.

One of our old girls in Columbu<:, Grace Scott, came down to Athens

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for a two weeks' visit and while she was here we ga\'e a very informal spread in her honor. It seemed like old tiTfles and very enjoyable old time s at that.

On the twenty-second of Nonmber, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stalder entertained the Beta Theta Pis and the Pi Beta Phis. The eHlling was spe nt in progressive games and finished up with fraternity songs and dancing. It is needle ss to say that we had a fine lime.

W e have just started our old system of entertaining which we found so succe ssfu l last year. Two girls at a time entertain, and our parties come about o nce a month. We ha\' e decided to practice Pi Phi songs, and if we continue to lea rn as many as we did this first time, we will soon know all the songs in the book.

You must n o t think from thi s that we do nothing but entertain; for we have lea rned to combine good times and hard work. We hope our si ste r chapters ha ve been getting as much enjoyment out of the fraternity as we have .

MARY TREUDLEY.

OHIO BETA-DHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

(CUARTERED J894)

It seems hardly pos s ible that the Christmas ;'Exams" and holidays are so n ea r at hand. Time ha s flown very rapidly for Ohio Beta s ince her last letter to you. As intended, we initiated our four pledges on th e eighth of October. To think that they ha ve been Pi Phis for almost two months now! The s i xteenth of NO\' embe r we held a reception for them at th e home of Clara Schille. Vie were very fortunate in having Magnolia Ewalt of Nebraska Beta, Helen Crane of Baltimore, and Mrs. Springer of Kansas Alpha, with liS on that occa s ion. So our fre shmen met s is ter Pi Phis fr om other chapters, as well as the faculty and th e college men. We hav e been very lu cky o n the score of visitors this fall. The evening of the Illinois-Ohio State football game we gave a sp read for Magnolia Ewalt and for Alice Mann and Edith C lark-Burr of Illinoi s Zeta. Magnolia ha s planned to spe nd part of the winter with Columbus relatives, so we hope to see a great d eal of h er.

So far there have been se\' eral fraternity parties given, at which Pi Phi was well represented: Kappa Sigma entertained with a formal dance; Sigma Alpha Epsilon, with a Hallow e'en party; Sigma Chi and Delta Tau Delta, with informal dances, 3S well as the usual Battalion hop.

Speaking of Hallowe 'e n partie s reminds us of the delightful evening we spent at the suburban home of Madge Wil son, one of our initiates. We had a very joUy time roa st ing chestnuts, popping corn and dodging after

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s u s pend ed apples. Afterwards we danced and pulled taffy-scurryi ng across the moon li t fi eld s just in time for th e la s t ca r to th e city.

Ohi o Be ta wi shes you all plea sa nt holiday s and a re s tful vacatio n KATHERINE BAN CROFT.

NEW YORK Al.rHA-SYRA CUS E U:-/'IVERSIT\'

(CHARTERED 18g6)

New Yo rk Alpha ha s been ve ry bu sy si n ce yo u last h ea rd flOm h e r. \ Ve did some ve ry e n e rg etic rushing du rin g the fir s t h alf of the semester, and as a r esul t o f our labo r s we a r e pr o ud to pr ese nt to you nin e new s is t e r s, we think the c re am of the fr eshma n cla ss: Carlene Barr e tt, Oli ve Barker, Myrt a H a rr in gton, Lois Hawkes, Henrietta Gamble, Argrette Ingall s, E li zabeth Mould, Florence Robbin s and Carrie Sherwood . \"Ie initiated ou r pJedglings November twelfth and had with liS at initiati o n a nd banquet seve r a l alumnae and last yea r' s s is t e r s.

We are to give ou r usual Ch ri s tm as party December sixteenth, a few day s before we go h ome, a nd we are hoping th a t Santa Claus will be kind and bring many usefu l gifts for our chap te r ho ltse.

At a r ecent Pan-Hellenic meeting, all the soro ri ties O1greed to se t D ece mber s ix th as pledge da y for this year. As our initia t io n was a lready ove r, thi s did n ot ma te r ially affect us, and it was ve ry interesting t o watch the s mil es and t ears, the sa d and glad face s on that day.

Syracu se ha s been ve ry e nth usiastic this year ove r at hl etics, and we may add , vc r y successfu l as we ll.

W e ha ve with us thi s year Lilli a n :'13Y Neff, ex- ' 08, from Verm o nt Alpha, which makes our n umbe r, wi th th e addition of ou r nine new girl s, twenty -seve n.

\Ve arc rejoicing in ou r success so far this year an d earnestly wish yo u th e same feelings.

LILLI.'N NEFF

l\"EW YORK \ RD COI.LEGE

(C HART ERED 190-4 )

New York Beta is anxiously waiti ng the r esu lt o f th e rushing seaso n , fo r M o nday, Decembe r twelfth , is pledge day. As yet we cannot tell how many freshm en we will win, bu t we a re h oping fo r the best. In asmuch as Barnard is primarily a day co ll ege, our ru shing partie s are restricted to "at hom es," ca rd partie s, and dan ces.

On December tenth we are t o end the rushing se a so n with our first dance . It promi ses t o be a great success, fo r we a re to h ave three Pi Phi

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s is ter s from P enn syl vania Alpha-Jean Leit ch, Mary A. Gllteliu s, and Anna J ackso n , the Alpha Pro"ince president-to help u s . Mrs. Louis Springer, a Pi Phi from Kan sas Alpha, is g oi ng to be with u s, also. Since OU T November le tt er was w ritt en we have initiated two so phomores, Irene B Adams and Sophie P. \ Voodman, a nd la s t week we pledged a n ot h e r , Amalie L. Althaus. Since OClober a ll but one o f ou r 1904 g irls have app li ed and been admitte d to active m embers hip On No\' cmbe r nin e te enth Ella R ea ney gave a euchre party. but it was s trictly a Pi Phi gathering. During th e Chri s tma s vac ati o n we expec t to have tw o, and poss ibly three, s iste r s with u s. We are going to postpone our initiation until aftt:r Christmas d ay. and entertain th e visiting Pi Phi s with a big initiation and cook ie-shine.

MARY N MURTHA

MASS \ C H1,; S ETTS ALPHA-BOSTON UNIVERSITY

(CIf.\RTEREO 1896)

How long it see m s si nce th e last ARROW ietler due! F o r now p ledge day, initiation and b an que t h ave come and gone.

Pledge day was really th e most exciting of all, fo r the following eve nt s depend ed up o n our success a t th at c r uc ial tim e. Goo d fo rtun e was with u s as we pledged e ig ht fin e girl s Let me introduce them t o you. They a re Rebecca Berr y, '06, an d Bl an c h e Charlton, Caro lyn Cook, Helen Ganiard , Harri et Green, Ruth De nni s, Marian Legg and Annie J o n es , a ll 'oS girl s.

Initi a ti o n was h eld NO\'e1l1be r nineteenth, at the home of Sarah G P o mer oy, M edford , Massachu se tts. at which all of the girl s but H ar riet G r een were in ti a t ed. This wa s followed by a ba nqu et at the \V estmi nste r h otel, w h ere fifty-olle alumnae and active members e n joyed toge th er the fe s ti y it ies. \Ve we r e so rry that circums tan ces pre\' cn t ed Harr ie t from being initiated w ith th e re st of the girl s Vi e h ope, ne ve rth e less, to see her a member of Pi Phi soon after th e Chri s tmas nca ti o n.

At ou r regular meeting we were most delightfully entertained by Oll r delegate to Convention w ho at that time read her r epo rt W e had delayed ih e report so th at th e freshmen might have th e privilege of hearing it and thu s at the ve ry beginning of their fraternity life o btain a glimpse of the grand o rg an iza ti on o f whi ch we are membe r s.

As we hea rd the g low ing account of the bu sine ss sess ion s and the banquet of th e Convention we all wished that when the time comes for Pi Phi s ister s fr o m all ove r the co untry t o meet once more we may be of that fortunate number.

At thi s t ime of th e year w h en good tidings and greetings are bting sent

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from east to west and back again Ma ssac hu se tts Alpha wishes all her s ister chapters a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Yea r M LILLIA N HORNE.

MARYLAND ALPHA-WOMAN' S CO LLEGE OF BALTIMORE

(CHARTERED 1897)

Our la s t lette r to the ARROW was written during ru s h ing seaso n, when all ou r hope s and energies were s trained toward one point. This year pledge day was the twelfth of November, and suc h an improvement upon the spring pledge day of la st year. La st Christmas found us still rushing a nd with o ut knowledge of our outcome, but this Chris tma s finds us r ejoicing over fou r new sisters-A nn Porter, Louise Van Sant, Lilian Baldwin and Nell McNutt. So it is with a fe e ling of the greatest joy and delight that we are now able to tell you of t his happy cu lmi nation of o ur efforts. La s t Saturday night at the home of one of our a lum nae, Helen Doll- Tottle, we pinned a golden arrow upon each one.

Our college life., has been uneventful so far thi s year The basket ball t eams of the different classes ha ve been chosen and they are now practicing for the match games which take place after the Christmas h o liday s.

The only dramatics allowed in the college are given by the seniors, and on Friday and Saturday nights of this week they will g ive a production o f "Much Ado About Nothing." The n ame of th e p lay had been kept strict ly sec r et unti l t en days ago, when one morning a beautiful poster was placed upon the bulletin board in Goucher Hall s tating th e name and the time it would be given.

Maryland Alpha wishes all Pi Beta Phis a most h appy and prosperous New Year.

IRENE T ULA FENTON.

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ILLINOIS BETA-LOll BARD COLLECt:

(CHARTERED 1872)

After a very short interval, as it seems to us. the time has come for another letter. \V e wonder if th e la st two months have gone as Quickly fo r th e rest of you as they have for us.

Several thing s ha ve h appened to make the time go so quickly. For one thing our alumnae have been so good to us. Ethel Van Cise of Denver spent the la st two weeks of October with us and we did enjoy her v isi t

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SO. Our fir s t cookie-shine was held in her honor and we had a jolly time si nging afterward.

Two weeks later we initiated our (ou r new pledges and this was where the alulTUlae came in. Hortense Cowan invited us to have the initiation at her home and when we got there everything was ready for us as the older girls had a rranged it all. After Billy had made his bow we had a cookie-shine. The dining room wa s decorated with the fraternity colors and carnations.

Frances \Vhite asked liS to have o ne of our (Tatemity meetings with her. We did so and afterwards she treated us to a chafing-dish luncheon. On Hallowe'en we were e ntertained by Emma Grubb, one of ou r active girls, at a candy pull. All the usua l Hallowe'en games and tricks werc played and each of us was made to walk down th e cellar stai rs backward with a candle in one hand and a mirror in the other, and at the bottom we we r e r ewa rd ed by a glimp se of Ollr fates.

Early in December we gave a progres s ive dinner - party. We had a course at the home of each o f the town-girl s, changing partners at each place. 1t was great fun and eve ryone seemed t o enjoy it. Our Racine alumnae sent u s the place cards for two courses. So you see our success thi s term has depended largely on our a lumn ae.

Beside s these there have been se"eral college dances and both men's fraternities have had hOl1se-warmings. We ha"e done o ur share of s tudying, too, and are Jooking fo rward to many more g ood times in the future. A merry Christmas and a happy New Year to all Pi Phis whereve r th ey may be,

DELlA CON"GER.

ILLI N"OIS DELTA-KNOX COLLEGE

(CHARTERED 1884)

Both college and fraternity life havc been especially pleasant thi s fa11. Our chapte r, although smallcr in numbers than it was last year, is composed of girls t o whom Pi Beta Phi is very dear and they are very much interested in her advancement.

Since ou r la st Jetter we han initiated nine new sisters into ou r oily life and we are glad to introduce the se girl s of our choice. They are Mabel Anderson, Octa Hickok, Mabel Hill, Martha Taliaferro, Monica Smith, Edith Greene, Mildred Toler , Grace Fahne stock and Alice J ohnson. The Pi Phis hold a nllmber of positions ot honor in college this year. Two of our girls are on th e s taff of our college annua l, Tlte Gale, On th e board of editors for The Knox Slude,It, our college paper, we also have a repre se ntative; and th ei r names appear as class officers and cha irmen of committees.

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Mary Mar s celebrated her birthday la s t month by inviting the Pi Phi s and their yOllng men fri ends to s;pend the eve ning with her. \Ve had a very enjoyable time and wish Mary's birthdays came more o ft en. Mr s. Clark E. Carr h as invited our cha l> ter to luncheon t omorrow in honor of Grace Fahne s tock, one of our new sis ter s.

Kn ox ha s won the championship of th e western colleges in football this fall, and in celebration of th e fact th e college gives the men o n th e team a banquet December ninth. The cla sses arc to attend in a body, each with an original Kn ox song. Th e on e who olTers th e bes t so ng will have the hono r of composing th e Kn ox so ng, as the b es t one is to be se lected for thi s purpo se. Each class is \"ery anxious as well as confident O\'er the result of the contest.

\Ve have had tw o enjoyable "cookie·shines," one o f which wa s given at the home of an alumna. Vie are very glad to h ave the su pport of the alumnae and especially since it is given in stic h a loya l way.

Illinoi s Delta wishes joy and g ood time s in the Christmas vacation now so near.

CLAR LINDLEY.

ILLI XOIS UN IVER SITY

(CHARTERED IB94)

\Ve Pi Phis at Nort hweste rn hav e had some \"Cry interesting time s since our last lett e r. Fir s t and fo remo s t of them all was the initiation. In our frat e rnity room s o n Saturday, October fifte e nth, we initiated four girls. We want you all to know them They are Amy Onken, MyrteIJe Rogers, Clara Lucie Gloss, and Ethel Deckard After the initiati o n we held a banquet a t th e Annue Hou se where co , ' ers were laid for thirty· four. OUf table looked "ery pretty. decorated with Pi Phi colors, smi lax, and carnat ions, but the chief attractio n wa s th e toy goat in the middle!

Northwestern has bee n very gay lately with informal dances and parties. We ou r se lves ha ve ente rt ai ned twi ce, first with a dance at Wilmette and then with a spread a t th e home of Lili Hochbaull1 Our dance was one of the prettiest informals of the season.

W e have been very glad to meet Rachel Nichol son of Nebraska Bela who is in Chicago and ha s visited Ollr chapter. \V e hope to know her better and ha\' e her feel that she ha s Pi Phi friends here as well as in Lincoln

Illin ois Ep s ilon wj .:: ht' s that all the Pi Phis may ha ve a happy New Y ea r MARIE HAMM ON D

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ILLISOIS ZETA-UNl\' ERSITY OF ILLISOIS

(CH RTERED 1895)

The pa ss in g o f th e fir s t tw o months of college find s li S bu sy with our work. and counting th e day s until Christmas vaca tion Things see m to ha ve adap t ed th em selves to th e n ew conditions of th e year, and the new g irl! are now a s mu c h a part o f li S as th e o ld girls eve r were: OUf initia· t io n thi s year was a great Sllccess. S ome o f the old girl s were bac k, and with the town gi rl s , we all assemble d at th e h ouse at five o'clock fo r initiat ion, fc110wed by a si mple banquet. All th e Pi Phi r epresentati ves fr om othe r colleges were called in t o tell u s about their own chapters, and we e specia lly en joyed a sh o rt ta lk o n the growth o f OUf chapte r by o nc of our c harter members.

\V e Illinois peop le a r e proud t o be ab le to call atten ti on to the r eco rd of our football t eam, who se career we h ave followed with intense interest. ' Ve feel. th a t as Pi Phi s , we can only grow a s ou r uninr s ity grows, and the development of both ha s plea se d us immen sely Chapters o f Phi Kappa P si and Delta Kapp a Eps ilo n h ave be e n installed h e r e thi s year, a nd we take g r eat plea sure in welcoming them to the un inrsity world .

S oo n we s hall be partin g for ou r Chri s tma s vaca t io n, and although we look fo rward to our vi s it h ome, we will not be so rry when once mo re we a re all gathered beneath th e Pi Phi r oo f.

A merry Chri s tm as to a ll Phi Phis far and w id e.

INDIA NA ALPHA-FRANKLIN COLLEGE

(CHARTERED 1888)

KAT E MANN.

If we had waited jus t o ne day late r to mail our la s t le tter we could ha ve added another name, th at o f J e nnie Cob le. to ou r li s t of pledge s.

As soon as th e ru s hing season was ove r we began plan ning for initiat ion and o n October fifteenth , almost th e anniversary o f our la s t initiation , we pinned th e arrow on nine ent h usiast ic new girls. Our c h apte r n eve r before initi a t ed so many in o n e evening.

One Friday afternoo n in Octobe r we in v it ed a number of ou r Sigma Alpha E psi lon and Phi Delt a Theta fri e nd s to go with u s to a camp a f ew mil es from town fo r a fall picnic. There were boat rid es a nd walks and rac es for the mo st of u s while a committee of ou r g irl s wit h a fe w of th e me n for ass is tant s sp re a d a most delici o u s picni c s upp er for u s in the camp kitchen. \ Ve were e specially p r epared to enjoy thi s s pr ead afte r a

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trolley ride and plenty o f out door fun. After sup per the whole crowd gathered around huge bonfires until time for the return to town .

On the la st Saturday night before Thank sgivi ng we had an early nity meeting and afterwards called on o ne of our patrones ses. It has been our plan to call in a body on each of our patrones ses at least once during each schopl year.

I u st now everyorre is looking forward to Christmas and all of our spare time is spellt in making Christmas pre se nts for co ll ege friends and the home people. Vh are planning for a Pi Phi Christmas grab this year. Each active girl and each pledge is to arrange one pre sent , not expending more than a given amount fo r it. At the last fraternity meeting before the holidays the gift s will be drawn frolll the ba sket. In this way each girl can feel that she has remembered eve ry other girl in the chapt e r with a gift.

We are also studying for fraternity examination. If each chapter felt as ours does about the fraternity examination we would surely find so me plan by which it would not be necessary for each girl to take time and st rength for it every year.

It is an old, old greeting but we can sca r ce ly close a chapter letter this late in the year without it for with all ou r h ear t s we wish a Merry Christmas and a H appy New Year fo r each Pi Phi s iste r

GRACE BRYAN.

I ND IANA BETA-INDIANA UN IVER S ITY

(CHARTERED 1893)

At th e present writing we are all very busy getting ready for the final examinations of this term. But we feel that we will be well repaid for the work by the vacatio n which is coming.

Thi s t e rm has been rather a quiet one, but very enjoyable to us all. Our freshmen surp ri se d lJ S delightfully la s t week with a Thanksgiving dinner and we have been singing their prai ses lou der than ever. The wonders of freshmen never cease.

Instead of entertaining each fraternity sepa rately. as we sometimes do, this year we have given a se rie s of parties, inviting about half of each fraternity . In thi s way seve ral repre sentative s from each fraternity were present at each party. The fir st one o f th e se ries was a patriotic party. Our "democrat" girls consented gracefully, so we celebrated the election in that way. The hOll se was decorated in flag s of all sizes and water color flag s on the backs of th e programs carried out the sa me idea. Another of the se rie s was a Japan ese party. We tried to make each one something ou t of the ordinary.

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beautifu l moonlight night and we drove fi"e miles out into th e country. buil t a la rg e bonfire, and sa t around it, drinking cider a nd ea ting ginger bread and apples until the weirdness of the dying embe r s reminded us that ghost s t ories belong to Hallowe'en as well as good things t o eat.

Last ;'f rat" night the fi r st editio n of ou r paper came out. W e call it the Pi Phi Scavenger and it is published once a term. We en joy ed it immensely and felt dreadfully conce ited t o th ink "o ur girl s" were so brilliant. I wonder if a ny of our sisle r chaplers publish a paper? If they do perhaps th ey might give us some new idea s.

Merry C hr istmas t o you a ll

GRACE C GRA YBtU-

GAMM -BUTLER COLLEGE

(CHARTERED J897)

The victory was om s thi s yea r Our success was eve n great er than we had hoped. Th e contract with K appa Kappa Gamma dosed at four o'clock, October the twenty -seco nd , a nd before seve n o'clock eight men had donned th e wine and blue and were seated at our banqu et table. ' W e are very pr oud o f our n ew ly initi ated s is ters, wh o are: Bernice Ru sse l o f Amarillo, Texa s, Nina M ae Ely of Brook lyn , Lu ci le Didlake of M'O nti cello, Jane Elizabeth Bigelow o f Terre Haute, a nd four fr o m Indianapoli s: Cath erin e M cCoy , Bertha Empey, Anna Burt, and Elizabeth R aw les.

With th e pledging season came th e announce ment of a n e w dub, calle d Sigma Delta Theta This o rganization is composed of seven fr es hmen and four pr eparatory gi rl s.

Social life has been at iii heig ht this year, if info rmal affairs be included. There is an unusually good feeling among the memb e rs of differ e nt frat e rnitie s and se vera l pan - Helleni c dance s h ave been given wi th va rying d eg r ees of success.

Some o f o ur girls atte nd ed the Phi Delta Theta ball given during the ir national con ve nti on h el d in this city .

Butler has taken a great interest in athletics this fall, a nd ou r football team did her c r edit, losi ng on ly one game. Now that the basket ball seaso n ha s commenced we wi sh t o do eyen better, for, in the girls' team, we ha'-e bot h co ll ege and Pi Phi t o work for.

We ex t e nd hearty greetings to a ll Pi Phi s and wish them succes s in the n ew year.

LULU B. KELLA R.

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MICHIGAN I\ LPJ-JA-HI LI.SDALE COLI.EGE

(CHARTERED 1887)

Again we send greeting s to our s is ter Pi Phi s and you will be glad to know that there are six more of us th an when la s t we wrote. We hav e olle initiate, Lulu Merrifield . Glady s Barker. o ne of la s t year's girls, has ju st come back to u s after a siege o f typhoid fe\·er And then ou r four new pledge s-Ethel Bi s hop , Polly Branch, Virginia Holland and Ellen Kermen

We had such a plea sant time sec uring the new girls thi s year and feel especially gr a tified at our s ucce ss becau se o f the many good things said about the old girls at the time Is it wrong to feel a little bit proud of ourse lve s?

The mo st enjoyable event Michigan Al pha ha s had for a long time was a progres s i \'e dinner given by Ollr re s ident alumnae to the active chapter and the new girls on Nonmber fifteenth A more ni cely se rv ed dinner or a more happy crowd of Pi Phi s than the thirty a t Mr s. Stewart's that ni gh t , I defy you to find. \V e are so grateful to our newly-formed Alumnae Association.

Thi s dinner and a delightful cookie·shinc in our room a re the only special cvents we hayc to chronicle.

During Th anskgiv ing vacation, we were glad t o welcome thr ee of our alumnac-1hry Corbett, E s telle Na s h and Lu cy Baker-\Vhetzel.

\Ve are now bu sy Chri stma s vacation. N cw Year.

in our college w ork and also in planning for our \ Ve wi sh you all a r..lerry Chris tma s and a Happy

EVELYN D. GAT ES.

M IC HI GAX Qt'

(CHARTERED 1888)

On Saturday , October th e twenty -nin th, wc initiated s ix new girl s. They are Mar jo ric L oose, E\·a Hathh om, Charlotte Angstman, Elizabeth Miller, Katharin e Griffith and M a rth a Downey. About of o ur alumnae were bac!.:: i o r initiation and spe nt Sunday with u s. It did se.em so good to haw so many of our old girl s with li S again. Altogeth e r we th ink we had a very s uc cess ful initiation thi s year, and we are ce rtainly proud of our si x fre shm en

\Ve have a new pledge. Anna Kanagde. who wa s pledged a few weeks ago and whom we h ope to init ia t e so me time next se me s t er.

The Thursday after ou r Thank sgiving vacati on we ga\·e a little informal party for our fr eshme n

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At the time of the Chicago- M ichiga n foot ball game we had se\'era) \' isit ors here at OU T chapter house, May Loose, who graduated two years ago, and Daisy Sabine, who was here three years ago; also Miss Gastman from Illinois Zeta, spent the dar with us.

Last week we enjoyed having with liS onc c\'ening Eleanor Ju st from Illin ois Epsilon.

The fre s hman s pread , a dancing party for the freshman girls, given by the sop homore s in which the junior and sen ior girls act as escorts for the fre sh men, is to be giHn December t enth It is the one c\'cnt of the year where all the girls of th e college come togeth e r for a good time . The party is u sually \"ery pretly with th e gymnasium decorated with class colors and the girl s all in evcning dres s.

\V e are looki ng forward eagerly to the approaching holidays and wish all the Pi Phi s a merry Christmas and a happy New Year,

RHEA L. TYLER

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I s it po ss ible that ha s come and gone and that we are already planning for Christmas? Thu s time Hie s, Iowa Alpha has had a pl easa nt fall, though it ha s been rather Quiet.

On Hallowe'en w e Pi Phi girls, pledges, and se\'e ral alumnae, with our mcn friend s, made a jolly party of many carriages and s ingle traps and dron into th c country miles to the beautiful home of Mabel P ayne.

Th e rooms were decorated with brilliant autumn l{'a"e s and the deli · cate green o f smilax. The sepulc hral element was not lacking, for from the corner o f one r oom, th e fo rm of the Pi Phi ghost was dimly see n through branches of leave s.

Everyone voted our evening a success, and at a late hour sa id good· night to ou r hostess and h er mother, who having two Pi Phi daughters, i s very loyal to th e wine and blue.

The e,'ening of Nonmber fifth, Alpha Xi Delta gave a Pan·Hellenic party at the plea san t ho me of one of their members, It was a very ant occasion, for the Greeks se ldom meet in a soc ia l way, and it is good n ow and then to forg e t the rivalry.

Thanksgiving day we had our second initiation for thi s term and we are proud and happy to introduce to all ou r sisters in Pi Beta Phi our new sister, Bertha Snider , who is an assistant in the Conservatory of

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Music We also have two new pledges who will soon wcar the wine and blue, Clara 1f[unz and Mabel Gillaspie . \V'ishing you all a Merry Christmas.

STELLA GUTHRlE

• IOWA BETA-S IMI'SON CO LLEGE

(CIIARTERED 1874)

It seems almost incredible that so quickly the fall term of college has s lipped away and all the girls are planning for Christmas vacation. Our pledge day being the seventeenth of November, Pearl Ru ss el, Ada Proudfoot and Mary Kilburn were introduced into the fraternity world as wearers of the wine and blue, to g ethe r with Mi ss Mary Hunting, the new Latin profes so r, as patrones s. November thirtieth we initiated our pledges and thi s was followed by a cookie-shine and a very good time.

The only large affair we han gi\"Cn thi s term was a regular Hallowe'en party, given to our men friend s, and was as s ucce ss ful as any we have ever gi\·cn.

On the ninth of December we shall have our la s t meeting and are planning for a very good time, although we are very so rrowful over the fact that Marguerit e and Celeste Robin so n will not be in sc h oo l next term, and probably Bernice Halley as well

\Vishing a very merry Christmas and a \"Cry bright, happy and prosperOlts New Y ear to every Pi Beta Phi.

RUTH ETlIERTON BAKER.

lOW ZETA-STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA (CHARTERED 1882)

Our State University this year has a larger attendance than ever before and in all department s the college is thoroughly alive and s pirited. We Pi Phis have had a successful and happy year thus far . Since the las t ARRO\V we have a new Pi Phi to introduce to you, Alice Mayor Edwards of \Vaterloo. who was initiated with our four o ther pledges

The last Saturday in Oct obe r all the fraternity girls of the University were invited to meet Mis s Ruth Paxon. nati o nal s tudent secretary of Y. w. C. A. Mi ss Pax son, as a fo rmer stu dent o f S. U. 1. and a s a fraternity woman, gave us an interesting and helpful talk on fraternity life.

S eve ral of our girl s have taken part in recent farces given by the literary societies, a nd there have been numerous informal doings at the fraternity house s. Friday night, December s ixt eent h, the sophomore coti llion opens the season of the formal parties given in the armory.

Iowa Zeta wishes all her s ister chapter s a sllccess ful and "Happy New Year."

SADIE HOLlD V.

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WISCONSIN' ALPHA -UNIVER SI TY OF WISCONSIN

(CHARTERE.D 1894)

\Vii sco nsin Alpha ha s been vcry bu sy si nce the la s t letter. In the middle of October we gave ou r fall dance to introduce OUf debutantes to ttnivcrsity society, and a week later we had our initiation and a banquet. As this was the anniversary of the founding of OllT chapter we had quite a number of our alumnae with us. Beside the six girls of whom we wrote you, we weTe fo rtunate enough t o pledge Marguerite McLean o f Menominee, Wi sco n si n She is a strong girl for Pi Beta Phi and every Wi scons in Alpha girl is proud to call her a s ister.

OUT social meeting s ha,·c been particularly plea sa nt this fall. The girls all seem to look forward to them with pleasure. At present we are sewing for a. bazaar to be given by the Self-Government Association of the University t o help t oward the \Voman's Building which is to be built here in Madi son.

There was a general exodus o f Pi Phi s at Thank sgiv ing, seven of us going into Milwaukee, and as many to Chicago. The girls who were in Ch icago attended the l uncheon given at Mar s hall Field's by th e C hi cago Alumnae A ssoc iation , where they were delighted to make the acquaintance of Pi Beta Phis from a great many chapters.

ROSE CHARLTON WELLMAN.

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KAN SAS ALPHA-UNIVERSITY Of KANSAS

(CHARTERED 1873)

I t hardly seems pos c; ible that thi s term ha s almost slippe d by and the Christmas holidays are here again. The term ha s been a very plea sa nt one; one of studies agreeably mingled with good times.

From October to Christmas is the season for fall hops, and nearly all the fraternities ha\'e entertained their friend s in this way , The largest party of the seaso n was gi\'en by Mr. and Mrs James Mean s and Mr. and Mrs. Loui s Blaul for two o f our girls, Alma Poehler and Claudia Pendleton. Thi s party sen' ed to open our big new hall where a ll the spring dances will be ginn. We ente rt ained our friends with a hop on November th e eleventh in honor of our freshmen, and th e foll o wing week initiated Mary Buckles and Im ogene Dean.

Our Illost impo rt ant event thi s fall was the annual banquet h e ld in Kansas City on the night before Thanksgiving. We always make great plaml

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for this annual celebration in Kansas City and enjoy meeting the alumnae and Mi sso uri girls so much.

'Ve are very so rry to lose one of our new girls, )Jary Buckle s, who has been obliged to r eturn home on account of ill health. She will be with us again in th e sp ring, however.

Miss Margaret Kyle of Penn sylvania Alpha, national secreta ry of the Young Women's Chri s tian Association, yisited tht! Kansas organization this fall, and we entertained all the fraternity girls the afternoon that she talk ed to th em.

Kansas Uni,' ersity's early pro s pect s in football were well realized. OUT team did excellent work and their only defeat wa s by th e Haskell Indians. The Dramatic club is working hard thi s year and will put on their first play Soo ll after the holidays. Several of our girl s were elected into the dub this fall and will have part s in the play.

:May the New Yea r be a happy and prosperous one to all Pi Phis.

LESLEY HILL.

LOUISIANA ALPHA-NEWCOMB COLL.EGE-TUL." NE UN IVERSITY

(C HARTERED 1891 )

So Illany lovely things haye happened to th e girls of Louisiana Alpha that we can hardly write of th em a ll. But to begin with the be s t: It is almost as a Christmas pre se nt that we give to Pi Beta Phi two new s taunch and loyal girls, Marian B ea n an d Nina Laroll ssini. They were initiated on No\'e mber nineteenth , in our chapter room in Newcomb Hall. We lI sually ho ld o ur initiation s at the home of one of the girls, but we d ecided to have it thi s year at the college, as the campus is so charming at night, be sid es being thor oug hly equipped with all sort.s of instruments of to nure The college buildings are white, and the shadows of the palms and great oaks in the moonlight are \"ery beautiful.

We are vc ry much distressed at not being able to initiate our pledges, Elizabeth Maginnis, Louise \Ve s tfcldt and Carrie Hayward. For reasons they were unable to attend college this year, but we are expecting great thing s o f them, after they once cross the threshold of dear Pi Phi.

Abou t thre e weeks after college opened, Stella Hayward invited all the active chapter, alumnae, pledges and " ru shees " to an informal tea at her home. Several article.c; from pa st "ARROWS," which bo re directly upon the s ub je ct of ru shing, were r ead, and we cheered and sang of Pi Beta Phi to ou r heart s' content. Every moment of the afternoon was thoroughly enjoyable.

On October twenty-eighth Beta Epsilon chapter o f Alpha Tau Omega gave a cotillion, and representati\'es fr om each of the o ther fraternities were in vited There were a great many other Pi Phis there also, and

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we had a d elightfu l time, especially as it was gi\'cn at the home o f one of OUT active members.

Hall owe 'en night we all went up to Ci=Jeste J anvier's, and did eve rything appropriate, from telling ghost sto ries to bobbing for apples. We had a jolly good time, and fini s h ed it off with some Pi Beta Phi songs.

We rccci\'cd an im'i tati on fr om Kappa Kappa Gamma t o help th e m receive at a tca to be give n in honor of Miss Sinclair, an ex-grand treasurer of Kappa, but as Mi ss Sinclair was taken very ill the day of the tea, the ill\' itations were cancelled.

On November th e eleventh we were in\'ited to a dance to be g ive n in our hon or by Mary Ashley Townsend Stanton. The pa rl o r s, library, dining r oom and hall were thrown open, and r ed carnations were everywhere to be seen. The alTair was a great success, and no one who was there will soon forget it.

The next d ay ilt one o'clock the dormitory Pi Phis, Carrie Hopkins, Virginia Handley, Helene 2\largaret Burroughs and Genevieve Jack son, entertained the iJ,cti\ e chapte r at an infor mal luncheon in the chapter r oom a t College. The wine and silve r blue was carried out in the decorations, and palms and carnations wcrc arranged abou t the r oom. After the lunch eon we all went out to the foot ball game between Sewanee and Tulane. That night we went to an in formal party a t J ess ie Tebo ' s, and after turning th e lights O llt, we sa t 0 11 the floor in the fir eli ght and sang our songs, while one of the girl s accompanied us o n the guita r True Pi Be ta Phi se ntim ent s were afloat, and a ft e r it was over we felt much n earer and dearer t o each other than enr before.

Elizabeth Maginnis gave a h Ollse party Thank c;g iying, a nd among her guests were t wo Pi Beta Phi s A sugar pla n tation in the "Garden Spot" of Louisia n a is the grea t est so rt of place to ha vc a party, and we spen t four days and nights of jolly good fun.

The day after pledge day, Helen Rainey invited li S to her home to giv e our new pledge s a hearty welcome, and we did so with all our hearts This was the finale of o ur nl<:hing fcst i\· iti es, and a merry one it wa c;.

Ou r alum n ae here in New Orleans are working tow ar d organizing an associatio n, a nd we s incerely hope for it in th e ve r y near future. Th ey have been wonderfully h e lpful to us this yea r , and we are very a n xious to see them a firmly unit ed body. They ha ve r ented a piano for our use in the c hapte r room ,-something we have n ee ded for so long but cou ld not affo rd , and we appreciate it m o r e than we could e ve n ex pr ess to them

Vie have tw o n ew patronesses to introduce to you, Mr s. C B. Maginnis and Mr s. Alfred Le Blanc, who, we feel, are a great addition to th e c hapter. On th e fourteenth o f D ecembe r there is to be a Pan-Hellenic tea, and we all anticipate it w ith plea sur e.

TH E ARRO W

Wishing every Pi Phi the happiest of Christmas holidays and a most joyful New Yea r , Louisiana Alpha says au revoir.

GENEVIEVE JACKSON.

NEBRASKA BETA-UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA (CHARTERED 1895)

Two more months have sl ipped by and we can sca rcely realize that so l11uch ha s been accomplished. Although the term has been full of pleas· ures and hard work, a most beautiful fall has made it pass a ll too Qu ick ly

Since our la s t letter we have held our initiati on, when we introduced six girl s into t he mys t eries of Pi P h idom . The last two pledged are Pearl Fitzgerald and Alice Carson. Our fre s hmen already show their loyalty to the wine and blue and we hope that they will always maintain thi s same spirit, for s urely stich is the aim of a true Pi Phi.

\ Ve were sorry to have one of our mos t enthusiastic fre s hmen, Myrtle Lawto n , lea\·e u s, and we mi ss her greatly, but expect her back after the h o lidar s.

Mi ss Margaret Kyle, the national s tud ents' sec retary for the 'i. W. C A., visited the A ssoc iati o n in l.i n.oln for five day s and we conside r our selve s fortunate in having had one evening of her time. We reg r et that she could not be with us longe r.

We have been favored with visits from several Pi Ph is f r om othe r chapter s: Nellie Kellogg of l' .'l ichigan Beta, whom we were glad to have with u s during rushing se a so n and initiati on time; J essie Pontius of I owa Zeta , and Je ss ie Nason of California Beta , were here at the time of the the Iowa game, and Josephine Collier of Illinoi s Epsilon, who vi s ited fo r some time in Lincoln. We are always glad to meet our sis t e r s and only wi sh it were possible to see more of them

The socia l life thi s fall has been rather strenuous, although we ha\·e not entertained extensively ourselves. La st month we ga\' e an informal dancing party for Ollr six freshmen, and variou s other affairs at our chapter hou se.

Perhaps the mo s t enjoyable function of this year was the "girls' PanHellenic dance" at the art s tudio of th e univer sity on December third. It was in the form of a ma ske d ball attended by girls only and was lik e any other dance, with the exception of a Virginia reel. Some stunnin g costumes were seen on the Roor and everybody had a thoroughly good time. It was considered a great success both socially and fi n ancially , fo r the proceeds are for a college settlement fund

Our Pan·He ll enic Association here is making great progre ss and sti ll there is much room for improvement. These social functions accomplish a great deal in getting fraternity girls acquainted and in doing awa y

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with that feeling which is so a pt t o exis t where th ere aTC as many a, sen" women ' s fraternities in one college. OUf next party will come in Febru a ry

By the time th is le tt c r is in print the annual coun ty fair, given by th e Y W. C. A girls, will ha ve pa sse d. All the fraternities have sid e s how. of some desc ripti o n and we Pi Phi s are to ha ve ;, A R eve ri e of a Bac h · el o r ," and ex pect t o ha\'e lots of fun.

A merry X ma s and a h appy New Y ea r to all OUf sis t ers far and nca r KATE HEACOC K.

TEXA S ALPUA-UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

(C llARTERED 19(2 )

In our la s t letter we wrote yo u of our e n couraging prospects and o ur hope s fo r s u ccess. Now all th ose h o pes have been r ealize d , and we have t en cha r ming ,new sisters to introduce t o you: Margaret Robe rt so n, Sad ie Millspaugh, B essie oc hr an, Serena Gould, Kate hf.artin, Lucile Mar ch, Elizabe th Evan s, Nellie Harris, Florence Co wan, Addie Mitche ll. Vve feel sure th a t th ey will make faithful, earnest Pi Phi s, for even as pl edges they were un usually enthusiastic, with t he int e r es t s of th e frat e rnity s tr ongly at h ea rt. Aft e r C hri s tma s o ur active membe r ship o f twentyt wo will be inc r eased t o t wen t y-three , when Eva Hum aso n of Colorado Bet a, wh o is n ow atte nding the University, will b e tran s fe rred Durin g th e ru s hing sea son tw o delightful parties were gi ve n in ou r h onor, which we h ea rtily e njoy ed , in spite of the anxiety our fre s hmen caused us. :Mrs. \Vil bough Young of Illin o is D elta ente rt ained u s with a jolly trolley rid e, just s uit ed t o f r es h me n, where popcorn, p ea nut s and h o rn s were very much in evidence ; and Mrs. Boswell, on e o f o ur patronesses, gave a Pi P hi ca rd part y. The hou se was ve ry effec ti ve ly decorated in the Pi Phi colors and r ed r oses, and th e score cards were painted in lo ng, sle nd e r carnati on s. The fir st prize was a hand so me painting o f carn ations, w hi c h L eonore Hummel won and pre sented to th e chapter hou se

The hou se has been fai rl y bubbling on r with g irl s th e p ast m o nth , a s man y of ou r alumnae h ave been back for th e ru s hing seaso n and initiati on. Our H a ll o we' e n party was made unu s u a lly li vely by th e ir a ttendance. \¥e took O Uf fr es hm en seve ral miles out into the country t o a larg e rambling co untry h ouse, a nd to ld fo rtunes a nd ate gumbo under the huge oak tr ees in the dim light of pumpkin lanterns.

We have another w edding to announce to our s iste rs At half pa s t five Frid ay afternoo n , De ce mber the seco nd, Lula Ro se wa s married t o Mr Kibbe of Bro wn sv ill e, T exas. Th e wedding was a ve ry quiet one, 50 1A••ow-5

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emni zed a t the home of th e bride, with on ly the immediate rel at ives of the bride and groom present. Afte r the ce r emony the bridal party had dinn e r with the bride's mother , and l\h. and Mr s. Kibbe left that evening f o r Brownsville, where th ey will make th ei r h ome

Now tha t ou r pledges ha ve bee n so happily ini t iated into the nit y, ou r entire thought s are t ake n up with the approaching term in a li o n s and th e Chri s tma s h o lid ays. Thu s, it is in a half se ri o us ana h alf fe s tive m ood that we of Texas Alpha ex tend t o o ur sis t er s mas gr ee ting s and fo nd wishes for a h app y a nd pros pe rou s New Year.

FAY KIN CA ID

COLORADO ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO

(C HARTERED 1884)

Echoes of Pi Phi songs a nd s h out s o f j oy are s till ringing in the wr it er' s ea r s, for Colorado Alpha ha s this very even ing had on e of those jub ilees so dear to every Pi Phi, a "g rab

Time ha s pa sse d so Quickly since th e la s t ARROW letter that it seems as if n o t much co uld ha ve happen ed si n ce th en, and yet during thi s time our c h apter has celeb r ated her tw entieth an ni ve r sary an d ini t iate d sev en girls

Ju s t now thimble parti es are in vogue at almost a ny hou r of th e day, as the girl s are bu sy with Christmas se wing

We h ave decid ed to have o ur tree afte r w e r eturn thi s year, a s ou r holiday s begin so late, and then, too, as so me pra ctical mind suggested, we can get things for the h ou se so much cheaper then.

Next week Claire Hu sted , one of ou r juni o r s, is going to California for th e r est of th e yea r , and we are all hoping s h e will become acqua inted with so me o f the Pi Phi s th er e.

We were f o rtunate eno ugh t o h av e In ez Plumb o f Kan s as Alpha with us fo r ou r big party, and since th en we have been doing some th in g which she t o ld us th e Kan sa s girls did, and whic h we have fo und so enjoyable th at I think it will not be amiss t o tell of it in this lett e r Every Sunday morning the girl s of th e Lodge gather in the r ecep t io n r oom just after breakfast and s ing th ei r favorite hymn s and read their fa vo rite Bibl e chapter s. We think the custom a very pretty and h elpfu l one and thank Kansas Alpha fo r the s ugges ti on

When thi s letter appears it will be t oo la te t o wi s h you a merry ma s, So Colorado Alpha sa ys to all her s is ter s, A mo s t pro s perous and happ y New Y ea r

CLARA MOISE.

CHAPTER LETTERS

COLORADO BETA-DENVER UNIVERSITY

(CHARTERED 1885)

Co lo rad o Beta feel s so ve ry happy this winter th a t s he wi s hes to pass h er happin ess along a nd allow othe r s a s hare in it

For many years we have looked forward to the time when we sh ou ld hav e a lodge, but becau se the homes of nearly all of our girls are in Denver, we have wa it ed a long time in vain. We have never had enough girls frolll a distance to support a chapter house, but at last we ha ve some thing which pleases us nearly as much.

Thi s fall the alumnae met and decided to take definite steps in r egard t o a Jodge Plans were drawn up. subsc r iptions asked, and now as a result we are the proud possesso r s of a cha r mi ng little bungalow. We think it is just about a s pretty as any little hou se could be. It contains but one long room thirty-six feet long by tw enty- tw o wide. In o ne side is a fine great fire place just ready to hear our ghost stories and sec r ets as we s it gathered about it. The windows are high up in the walls and are ;' Iatticed" off into cunning little squa re panes of glass. The wood work is deep mahogany and the walls a harmonious shade. As a whole the effect of th e interior is vcry artistic and will be very comfortable, wc are su rc The outs id e is light co lo r ed brick, with white trimming s and a green roof. W e arc h oping to hold our first meeting in it Decembe r thirty-fir st and we wish all ou r s i ster s might be here to en ter it with us , though I fear all might find some difficulty in getting comfortable seah. We hope !hat our pleasure and pride in this our n ewest pos sess ion has not made thi s littl e description tiresomely long for you to read.

COLORADO BETA.

CALIFORN IA BETA-UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (CHARTERED 1900)

The Univer s ity is now the cente r of the greatest activity, library and class r ooms are crowded, no one "cuts," and all appear with eyes needful of s leep, and in general with tired, careworn faces. I s it nece ssary to say "final examinations?"

The usual events of the first semester of college have taken place and were very successfu l,-th e sen ior banquet, junior prom and farce, and the sophomore gym-. On November the seventeenth Pi Beta Phi gave her annua l faculty reception from eight until eleven o'clock in the evening. Our two n ew patron esses, Mr s. Jacques Loeb and Mrs. H. B. Torrey assisted u s in receiving and we felt very proud of the honor thus conferred upon us. On the nineteet h we ga ve a jolly littl e dance. Mrs.

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H iram Van K irk has been elected an hon o rary membe r of th e Prytanean soc ie ty and Bertha Crawford se cre t ary o f t he Art Association . Professor Charl es Mills Gayley is the o ri ginato r of a new orga ni zation, the "Uni. vcr s ity Dramatic Soci ety. " Fl o rence Ze igcnfu ss ha s been invited to joi n a s a cha rt e r membe r. Thi s society ha s awak e ned much inte rest in colIc gt: c ircle s and we anticipate so me very fi ne literary and dramatic pro duc tion !!. A s us ua l we will clo se th is term wit h a I< c ookie-s hin e, " dear a s an old Cll s tom to eve ry Pi Phi hea rt , an d as we s ay g oo d bye until the bright New Year, we wish you all a \'e ry merry C hri stmas.

CLARA LOUISE COOPER.

Exchanges

Since th e iss ue of the Novembe r ARROW th e fo ll ow ing exc han ges have been r ece iv ed an d are he r e by acknow ledged :

For Sep t embe r-Th e S hi eld o f Theta Delta Chi.

For October-The Shield o f Phi Kappa Psi, T he Scroll of Phi Delta Theta , The Delta Chi Qua rt erl),

F or Novem be r-The Phi Camilla De lta , Th e Cresce lll o f Gamma Phi Beta, The Eleusis of Chi Omega, Th e Kappa Alpha T h eta, The Ra illbow of Delta Tau Delta, The Beta Th eta Pi, The Sigma Chi Quarterly , T he Alpha Xi Delta, The Delta o f S igma Th e A lpha Phi Qltarterly

F or December-The Tridellt of Delta Delta Delta, Th e Beta Theta Pi, The Scr oll of Phi Delta Theta, The Phi Comma Delta, The A lpha Tau Omega Pallll, Th e Record of Sigma A lpha Epsilon, The Delta Ups il on Quar t erly, the Shield o f P hi Kappa Psi , The Kappa Alpha J ou n lOi

Th e re is certainly a str ong note o f common sense in the wa rning ag ain st mate riali sm o f the Shie ld o f Th e ta Delta Chi . If th e r e is a n ything dir ec tl y at variance with th e r eal frat e rnal spirit , it is ostentation, and yet oste ntati on is too often the greatest, as it is the most conspic uo us, fault o f the fraternity. chapter.

We have hea rd it se ri ou sly s ugge s ted by onc s tanding high in knowledge of fraternity condi t ions in the United States, and the tendencies of frater ·

oity spirit, that it would be well for th e authorities of th e several instituti ons where fraternities exist, to se t a limit to th e value of prope rty which any chapter might occupy. \Vhether the attempt to impose such a limitation would not be an unwar r anted assumption of authority, and the edic t a mere brulloll {,,'mcII. we do not mean to discu ss, but certainly the r e is r.ause to hope for an effectual protest from some quarter against the growing o s tentation in the matter of fratemity housel). Democracy fi n ds th e cu rr e nt against him whe r e part of the student body are d eni ze ns of castles. He meets with but a scornful or partial recognition. I n exa lting the privileges of membership in Oll T cheri s hed unions it would be we ll fo r the calise of humanity if we kept in mind th e ev il of overdoi n g.

When at an all-university ce leb rat ion , the sub j ect o f frat e rniti es is p rese nted as lIa topic o f ge n era l interest," it ma y be counted a s o n e of the peaceful victories o f th e Greeks. We are glad t o r e print a par t of 1I1r. Perkins' address from the Delta of Sigma Nu .

THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE FR. \ TERNITY TO LIFE'S EQU I PMEN T

Thi s addre ss was d eli vered o n F o under' s Day, May, 1904, before the s tudent s, faculty and invited friends , of the Unive r si t y of Vermont, by Everett V Perkins. Th e re were three speakers: an alumnus, a se ni o r a nd a junior, t he two latter bei n g chose n by th e s tud e nt body. It was Mr. P erkins' part to treat some topic of ge n e ral inter es t , to th e audience, and th e prominence o f Greek letter societies in th e institution and the f act th a t n o s imilar attempt had been made recently to discuss them, seemed to ju st ify him in pre sen ting a n article, pertaining to the college fraternity. Ed u ca ti o n may be divided into two kind s. The one kind we gain by h a rd. unrelaxing effort, the other we absorb incidentally, unconsciously. The one kind of education we obtain by spending conside r able sums of mo ney for books and t uition, the other we may acquire at insignifican t co s t.· The o n e kind o f educatio n our profe sso r s teach, the o th e r w e lea rn pa r tly f r om ou r in s tructor s, bu t mo s tly fr om ou r fellow stud ents These tw o kinds of educa t ion are sometimes sepa rated; they s h ould go together, th e o n e complemen t ing th e o th er. The scholars o f the Dark Ages had the fin es t k ind of education with little of th e seco nd. Abraham Linco ln h ad th e second kind with little of th e first. William Glad stone, a n ideally trained man, had a happy combi n a ti on of both Ki n ds. These are the two kinds of educat io n : That of th e h ead and that of the heart. Our studies aim a t the de\'e lopment of o ur minds; th ey give liS a knowledge o f books . But that o th e r knowledge o f equa lly great impo rtance to a proporti onally disciplined pe r so n-th e knowledge of men, the co ll ege curriculum o f it-

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self fails to impart. And so the fraternity comes to th e assista n ce of the college curriculum and says: "You teach the student how to think and rea son. You place before him th e printed page and show him it s mea ning You fill his head with the lore of the ages. You do your part well. Now I will take him and tell him how t o love and sympat hi ze I will lay before him the hearts of hi s fellows and rc\'ca l to him their interpretation. I will build for him channels by w h ich the store of learning which you give shal l flow out and gladden the bro ad field s of humanity. And we bot h w i l l work together and will turn Ollt at graduation an all-around man."

Thus the fratern ity is a counterpart of the training of the class-room. It is r call y a sc hool in itself, and offers a kind of instruction jus t as important as that of the college faculty. It teaches, first of all, th e lesson of friendl)hip.

The friendships formed in college, especially in the college fraternity, are among the true s t friendships of life Tho se of earlier days are largely determined by relation shi p and by th e socia l circles of our families; many of tho se of afte r years arc the artificial ones of business or profes sional connection. But t he friend s hip s of the fraternity chapter are pure and genuine and natural. They grow sponta llcomly upon soil rich and productive, under skies clear and gracious, in climate sunny and geni al. The friendship of the father and the so n is of a diff e rent and larger kind. It s TOots are sunk deep in th e heart s of the race; its fruit is more abundant and excellent. BlIt th e conditions under which it exists are less favorable. The father i s busied with the duties of his occupation, th e so n is engaged in study and amnsement. Their ages, th eir ta stes arc different. But in the college fraternity is a band of men leading a common life, common in both its inner and outer relati ons. Fraternity men "have all things common." And there is no ground so fertile for the fair growth of friendship as this community of li ns.

Human in sight is born, certainly not of book lore, but of just suc h comradeship as this. The se ties of sen timent bind on e so clo se ly to hi! fellows that he may read with case the s tory of their inne r lives. A. man not only marks the brilliancy of a student in the class·r oom, a nd listen! to the cheers that greet hi s p r owess on th e athletic field, but he probe! the motive which prompts all this activity . H e looks at his comra de fr o m within as well as from without. He learns why some men succeed and others fail. He comes to understand ho w t o read hi s fellows correctly, how to encourage them in the r ight, and how to di ss uade th em fr om th e wrong.

Such friend ship s a r e a co n s tant sou rce of inspiration to the good and honorable in life. Brothers r ejoice with the student in his s u ccess. Indeed, th e anticipation of their joy was half his incentive to put forth the effo rt necessary f or success But thi s is not all. \Vh en he becomes care·

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Jess and erring they do n ot visi t hi s faults with flatt e ry o r neglect, but their sympathy and honesty in renaling him hi s mi stakes attach him to th em the more s trongly. \Vh at an uplifting powe r is thi s ! Twenty m e n, urging one to ac hi eve something n oble, willing to help him, equally glad with him when he s ucceeds, equally so rry with him when he fails.

Who s hall es tim ate the , oaluc of this lesson of friend s h ip to life's m ent ? Cicero says that the immortal Gods ha ve given to u s no thing bet· t er than friendship. except vi rtu e. Not on ly does the fraternity man lea rn the lesson o f fri end ship. but h e holds in la s ting posses sion th e love and sy mpa thy of th ose d e \' oted comrades from whom that le sso n was derived. And to them, as lo ng as life s ha ll la st, he can always turn for renewed h elp and encouragement.

So, fir st of all, a fraternity t eaches friendship. But it teach es more th an mere pa ss ive friend ship. It teache s co-operation. The ideals of the organizati o n mu st be realized, it s interests mu s t be perpetuated. One man can n ot do thi s work alone, a s hare in it devolves on e\' ery man All mu s t c o-ope r ate.

Co-operation is one of the greatest lessons a per son can learn Upon it our whole social order i s founded. Upon it depends th e welfare of th e f am ily, the city, the s tate, the nation. Whether a man be an engineer or an artist or a teacher is of secondary importance. He is a citizen fir s t of all, and hi s duti es are the duties of citizen s hip. Although our peaceful and secu re soc ie ty, e s tab li s h ed by th e un se lfi s h and united effort of our fath ers, and handed down to us a ri c h and glorious inheritance, doe s not demand ou r con s tant and imm ediate attention, and allow s us a grand opportunity for th e exerci se o f o ur talent s in th e attainment of individual ends, still its obligations are no less binding And the fraternity, with the equality of it s member s and it s democratic government, drills one in th e great principles for which American citizensh ip pre-eminently sta nds

Fraternal co -o peration te aches patience, obedience, leadership. lndi\' idual preferences must be subo rd i nat e d to th e will of the majority. A man, though alert and e\'er ready himself and eager fo r the adoption of important meas ures, must wait for hi s l ess active comrades. He ha s to gain the quality of patience which every worker with his fellow s mu s t possess. As an underclassman, a member of the Greek letter society has to ohey tho se who are older and who se experience has been more varied and extended than hi s own. A s he advances and shows his capacity, he is given pos ition s of leader ship. Thus men lea rn the lesson which co-operation teache s, and when the chapte r -room changes itself into the senate chamber, and the men who sllccessfully lead their fraternities now while in college become the chosen keepers of a nation's destiny, these le sso ns will not be forgotten.

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There is sti ll a third su bj ect which th e college fraternity includes in its cour se. This is generous ri va lr y.

Th e different fraternity o rgani za ti ons h ave sim ilar aims, the pursuit of which is liable to bring collision. Th ey each seek t o enroll in their member s hip th e best men in the e ntering cla ss, and t o gain th e highe s t place on th e r oll of college hon ors. Fraterni ties mu s t compete wit h eac h othe r wi sel y. hone s tly, success fully Thi s rivalry can n ot well make stu dents h ostile, di"jding them among them selves; fo r alJ the members o f a modem college, no matter to what frat erni tie s they mayor may not belong, arc bound t ogether by ti es of devotion t o th e ir A lm a Mat e r -ties the severance of which would cause a total di s rupti o n of all th ose num e r ous and invaluable activities in which college men co lle cti,'ely engage, This ri valry among the frat e rnitie s is a rivalry of friend agai n s t friend, a riv alry o f those who are ever ready to work with joined hand s fo r the glory of their in s titution, Under th ese conditions th e 1110st whol esom e a nd profitable compet iti on is learned , that competition in which a contestant eagerly s tri,'es for the pri ze himself, and stop s n o t t o impede others who seek after the same; in which the winner \'au nt s n o t o\'er the defeated, and the defeated look s with admiration upon the skill which was greater than his own, Fraternity men, for the mo st part, have come to see that th e only way t o compe te successfu lly with rival s is t o excel them in real merit, which at lengt h is s ure to gain its p roper r ecogni ti o n, Co m petit io n is the great s timulu s of the man-elous and manifold activities which characterize th e American people, It s tand s (or the su r viva l of the fitte s t. To meet it one must ha\'e ju s t that energy and watchfulne ss which the (raternity man acquires,

Th ese a r e the le sso n s then which fraternalism teaches-friend s hip, co-operation and rivalry, Friend s hip, true and lasting; co-operat ion, stron g and uns elfi sh; ri,'a Jry, peaceable and (air, Ca n anyone (ail to appreciate the importance o( lessons like the se?

The December number o f the Phi Gamma Delta is largely illustrated with the photographs of it s athletic members . Suc h a number of uFi ji " athletes must prove a st imulus to the yo un ger members, and a Hd rawing card to future freshmen. t

Out o f the forty-three Rhod es scholars sent to Oxford from the United States, twenty-thr ee are fraternity men. Which seems to indicate that fraternities neither over look the studious youth no r cause him to neglect his work.

EXCHANGES

Among chapters recently in stalled may be mentioned one Sigma Chi at Syracuse Octobe r I S, Phi Kappa Psi a t Texas and at Illinois October 24, Delta Delta Delta at Pennsylvania, at Iowa State and at 1\1 iss is sip pi, a ll in Septembe r, and Delta Upsi lo n at Ohio State University December n inth

Th e eighth tri -enn ial council of Phi Beta Kappa, the " hono r" Greek-letter society, at Saratoga Sp r ings, N. Y., late ly was . distingui shed by the g ra ntin g of charters to ten chapte r s as fo ll ows: Smith, Well es ley, Mt. Ho lyoke and Colorado co ll eges, W oman's College of Baltimore, L eland Stanfo r d, Jr. , Unive r si t y, and the univ e rsiti es of Ohio, North Caro lina, Texas, and Tulane.

A n ewcomer to the r anks of ou r exchanges is the D elta Chi Quarterly, the pub lication of the law fraternity Delta Chi. The maga zine is now in its second yea r o f publication and i s in eve ry way a cred it to the frat ernit y it represents.

The Novembe r Delta o f Sigma N u is devoted t o th e alumni and is profusely illu st ra ted. Sigma Nu is most fortunate in having fw e hundred suc h prepossess in g a lumni as th ose whose pictures ar e presen ted.

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