The Arrow of Pi Beta Phi - January-1905

Fraternitr Directory

FOUNDERS OF FRATERNITY

M.ggie Campbell Monmouth, III.

Libbie Brooks-Gaddis Avo n , II I

Ada Bruen-Grier Belleview, Pa..

Clara Brownlee-Hutchinson . . ......

Emma Brownlee-Kilgore . . .......

. ............. Monmouth, 111.

. ......... . ... Monmouth, III

. Fannie Whitenack Libby ........................... .. .. Red Wing, M on.

Ro .. Moore .................... .. ... .. 207 W. 55th S L, New YorK City.

Jennie Nicol (deceased)

Ina Smith Soule Monmouth, Ill

Jennie Horne-Turnbull 2546 N. 32 St., Philadelphia, P a.

Fannie Thompson (deceased).

Nancy Black - Wallace Glenosborne, Pa.

GRAND COUNCIL

Gamble, 49 Alexandr in e Ave., West, D et roit, M ic b.

VICE PRE SIDENT-Mrs . Mav C. Reynold s, Fostor ia, O.

S ECRETARy-Mary Bartol-Theiss (M rs. Lewis E. T heiss), 64 W . Io¢h St., New York City.

TuAsullER-Martha N. Kimball, Box V, Leadville, Colo.

EDITOR-Florence Porter Robinson , 543 Mars h an S t., M ilwaukee, Wis ,

HISTORIAN

Susan W. Lewis, 5605 Madison Ave., Chica go, Ill.

CATALOGUER

Ma ry Bart o l-Theiss, 64 W I 09t h S t. , New York Ci ty

CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES

ALPIIA PRO\' INeE

PR ESIDEN T-A nna Morri s Ja ckson, New Yo rk City

VUMONT ALPHA-Middlebu r y Coll.:ge, Bertha C. Duncan, Middlebury, Vt.

VERM OX T BETA- U niver sity of Vermont, Emma B ea n, 41 1 Main St., Burlington, Vt.

COLUMBI.O\ ALPIIA-Geo rge Wa s hington University, Adele R Taylor, 2705 P. St., Wa shi ngton, D. C.

PE NNSYLVANIA ALPHA-Swarthmore College, Elizabeth E. Johnson. Swarthmo r e, P a.

PENN SYLVANIA BETA-Bucknell University, Flore n ce L. Bacon, Lewisburg Pa.

PE NNSY LVA NIA GAMMA-Dickin so n College, Gertrude Heller, Carlisle, Pa

OHIO ALl'HA-O hi o University, Mary Treudley, Athens, Ohio.

OHIO BETA-Ohio State Uni\'e r si ty, Katherine Bancroft, 581 Fra nklin Ave., Columbus, Ohio.

NEW YORK ALPHA-Syracuse Univer s ity, Lillian May Neff, 112 vVaveriy Ave., Syracu se, N. Y .

NEW YORK BETA-B arnard College, Mary W Murtha, 93d St. and Broa dway, New York City.

MA SS ACHUS ETTS ALPHA-B osto n Unive r sity, M. Lilli an Horne, 12 S o me r· set St., Bos t on, M ass.

MARYLA ND ALpHA-Woman 's College of Baltimore. Iren e T. Fenton , 2223 N. Charles St., Baltim ore, Md.

BETA PROVINCE

P RESIDENT-Elda Smith. 71 0 S. 6th St., Springfield, III .

ILLI NOIS BETA-Lombard College, Delia Conge r , 381 N. Prairie St., Gales· bu rg, III.

ILLIN OIS DELTA-Knox College, Clara Lindley, Whiting Hall , Galesburg, III.

ILLI NO'S EpSlLON - No rt hwestern Unive r s ity, Marie Hammond, 225 K edzie Ave., Evansto n, III.

ILLI NO IS ZETA- U niver s ity of Illinoi s, Kate Mann, 209 E. Green St., Cham· paign, Ill .

INDIA NA ALPHA-Franklin College, Grace Bryan, Franklin, Ind

I NDIANA BETA-Univer sity of Indiana, Grace Graybill. Bloomington, Ind.

INDIA NA GAM MA-U ni versity of I ndianapolis, Lulu B. Kellar, B utl e r Col· lege Residence, Indianapoli s, Ind .

MI CHIGAN ALPHA-Hillsdale College, Evelyn Gates, Hill sdale, Mich

Ml CHIGA N BETA-Unive r s ity of Mi chigan , Rhea Lyler, 406 Packard St., Ann Arbor. Mich.

GAMMA PROVINCE

PRESiDEN T-Su e Stone , Co l umb ia, M o.

I OWA ALPHA-Iowa \Ve s leyan Univer sity, Stella Guth ri e, Mt. Pleasan4 I owa .

I OWA B ETA-Simpson College-Rut h Baker, Indian ola, I a.

IOWA ZETA-Iowa State Unive r sity, Sadie Holiday, Iowa City, l a.

WI SCONSIN ALPl1A-Unive r sity of Wi sco nsin, Rose W ellma n , 233 Lang· don St., Madison, \V is.

MIS SOUR I ALPHA-Unive r sity of Missou ri, Betly Willi ams, Columbia, Mo. DELTA.. PROVINCE

P USJDf.NT-Anne Stua rt, 1906 D. St., Lincoln, Neb.

L OUISIANA ALPHA-Newcomb Co ll ege, Genevieve L Jackson , tIJ8 Washington Ave , New Orleans, La.

KA NSAS ALPHA- Kan sas U ni versity, Lesley Hill , Lawrence, Kan sas .

NEBRA SKA BETA-University of Nebraska, Kate Heacock, 307 N. 24th St., L in col n , Neb.

TE XAS o f Texas, Fay Kincaid, Pi Beta Phi Lorlge, Guadaloupe St. Austin, Texas.

CoLOLO\OO ALPHA-U ni versity of Colo r ado, Clara Morse, Boulder, Colo.

CO LORADO BETA-Denve r University, Lena Harper, 1512 Fillmo re St., Den· ver, C lo

CA LIFORNIA BETA-University of California, Clara Cooper, 242B College Ave , Berkeley, Cal. ,

Alumnae Assocwtion Director}!

PRESIDENT-l\'!rS. May C. Reynolds, La Rue, Ohio. ALUYN'A.E EOITOR-h' a A. \Velsh, 416 N. Livingston St., Madison, Wis.

ALPHA PROV I NCE

SECRETAR\'- M. Ida Hodge, 70 Bell Rock St., Malden, Mass. NEW YORK-Leora Sherwood, 1514 S. State St., Syracuse, N. Y. PENNSYLVANIA, NEW JERSEY, DELAWAJtE-Grace \Voodard, Hamburg, N. Y.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, MARYI.A ND THE SOUTHEAST-Edna L Stone, 1618 R. 1. Ave , \V ashington, D. C. OHIo-MTS. R. S. Belknap, 120 Bank St., Paincs\' illc, O. VERMoNT-Mary E Colburn, Union Village, Vt. MASSA CHUSETrs -Elizabeth A. Coates, 857 Bridge St., Lowell, Mass.

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SECRETARy-Katharine Ste\,emon, 2.119 College Ave., Indianapoli s, Ind. INDIANA-Fannie Miner, 519 E. \Valnut St., Indianapoli s, Ind MICHIGAN-Margaret Cousin-Robin son, K alamazoo, Mich.

PROV I NCE

SECRETARy-Maud l\liller, 217 W. 13th St., S1. Jo se ph, Mo. MI SSouRI-Agnes B. Tuggle , 3028 Harri so n St., Kansas City, Mo.

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SECRETARy-M r s. Ida Smith-Griffith, Lawrence , Ka s. ROCKY MOUNTAIN STATEs-M.ary C. Traylor, 1384 S. Pearl St., Denver, Colo.

PACIFIC STATEs-Elizabeth Kennedy, Fresno, Cal.

ALUM N AE CLUB SECRETARIES

BOSTON, MAss .-Fannie L R ay, 2J Lyle St., Mass. NEW YORK CITy-Mrs. Lauretta S. Dutton, 110 Gardine r Place. Manta clair, N J \\' ASHINGTON 1 D. C.-Lola M. Evans. 2227 13th St. N. \V . BALTUIORE, MD.-Mr s. Helen Grant, Mt. Wa sh ingt on, Baltimore. PHILADELPHIA, PA.-Bess Wells. Moorestown, N J COLUMBUS, O .-M r s. F. D. Connolley 1507 Michigan Ave. ATHENS. C .-Mazie Earhart. FRAN KLIN, I ND.-Anna Morris.

INDI ANAPOLIS, IND.- Fannie Miner, 519 E. ' '' a lnut St. DETROIT, MlcH .-Cla ra Foster, 124 C h arlotte Ave. CHICAGO, ILL .-Marjo ri e L. Fitch, 1803 Barry Ave. GALESB URG, ILL.-Martha Arnold. I NDlANOLA, IA .-F lo r a Sigler. DES MOINES, IA .-E lla J Cummins, 424 28th St. MT. PLEASANT, IA .-M. Blanche Swan . K ANSAS CITY, Mo.-Ne ll e Tayl or, :\031 Wab as h Ave. LI NCOLN, Not-Bessie Turner, 1527 L Sl

LAWRE NCE, KIl s.-Harri ette M iles, Larnard Ave

B OULDER, COLO -Mrs Edit h McClu r e, 222'] 8th SL

VOL. XXI

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JANUARY, 1904 NO.2

Map Ccpe /and -R"1!nokis

Grand Vice President

L. May Copeland was a student at Hillsdale COllege from 1886 to 1888 and was initiated into Pi Beta Phi as a charter member of Michigan Alpha, May twenty-first, 1887. On June twelfth, Iil9S, she was married to Mr. Chauncey R. Reynolds , Phi Delta Theta, and went to make her home in Kansas City, Missouri. After the death of her husband in June, 18g6, Mrs. Reynolds was for six years a teacher in the schools of Kansas City . In 1902 she became supervisor of music for the schools of Hartford City, Indiana, and at present occupies a similar position at Fostoria, Ohio.

Mrs. Reynolds' work for the fraternity has been nearly continuous. Before her marriage sh e assisted in the organization of Michigan Beta, and installed the two chapters in Ohio, her native state. Since then she has served as a member of the literary bureau and has given much time and strength to the interests of the Alumnae Association. Her election as Grand Vice-President at the St. Louis Convention is in itself assurance that the interests of the alumnae will be well looked after, and that the Grand Council has gained a most loyal, interested and enthu sias ti c fraternity woman.

THE A RR O W

Some P i P h i Doclors of P h ilosop h 1!

Mary B . Harris

Ma r y Be ll e Harri s, Pe nn sy lv a n ia Beta , wa s g rad ua t ed in 1894 fr o m Bu ckn e ll Un i ve rs it y, o f whi ch h e r fath e r is pr es ident, and a yea r la te r r ece iv ed th e d egr ee o f Mas t e r o f A rt s fr om the same coll ege with h ig hes t h on o r . Th e nex t yea r was spe nt in t eaching in H opki n sv ill e, K en t uck y, a nd in th e fa ll of 1896, Mi ss Harri s e n tered th e U niv e r si t y o f Ch icago as a g ra du a t e stud ent in Sa nsk ri t, Lat in and G r ee k. From 189 7 t o 1900 she held th e B uckne ll f e ll ows hi p at Chi cago, and in Jlin e , 1900, rece iv ed th e d eg r ee of Docto r of P hil osop h y. Sin ce 1900 sh e h as h eld th e posit io n of in s tru ct o r in L at in at Dea rbor n Se min a ry, o ne o f th e o lde s t a nd mos t e xcl us iv e in s titu tions in Ch icago . D r . Ha rri s ma n age d th e L atin play " Th e F lig ht o f A e nea s, " w hi ch was b rou g ht out las t Jun e at Leo n Ma n de l th eat e r, Unive r sit y o f Chi cago . H e r ve r satili ty i s furth e r sh own b y a group o f th ree c har min g l ittl e son gs r ece nt ly pu b li s hed , for whi ch sh e co mpose d th e mu s ic.

Dr . H a rris was o ne o f th e e arli es t me mbers o f Pe nn sy lvania Beta, hav ing bee n in iti ate d but a few mon th s a ft e r th e in s tallat io n of the chap t er. S he is a m embe r o f t he A lu mn ae Assoc iat io n, h as se rved a s vi ce- pr esiden t o f th e A lumn ae Co un c il and h as al ways bee n a mos t loya l membe r of t he fr a t e rnit y.

Gertrude H . B eggs

Ge rtru de Har pe r Beggs was born a t Ple a sant Hill , Mi sso uri, F ebru ary t went y - seventh , 1874 , and rece ived he r ea rl y e ducati on in th e publi c sc h oo l s of SI. Lo u is an d o f Ce ntral Ci ty, Co lorado. Sh e fitt ed fo r coll eg e in th e p r epa r ato r y d epa rtm ent of Dru r y Coll ege a t S pringfi eld, M issouri , an d pass ed th e fir s t two years o f he r coll ege course in th e sa m e insti t uti o n In th e fall of 189r sh e e ntered Denv e r U ni ve rsity as a juni o r and was g raduate d fr om the cla ssi cal cour se in 1893 ·

GERTRUDE H . BEGGS

IdARY B. HARRIS ELFRIEDA HO C HBA U M-POPE

MARY BARTHOL-THEISS

EDITH C . BRAMHALL

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After more than fo ur yea r s o f high sch oo l teaching in D enver, Miss Beggs r eceived a sc h o la r ship at Yale in the fall of IB98, and has spe nt three years th e r e in g r adua te st ud y a long classical lin es . H e r g ra duate cour se has been int e rrupt ed by a yea r' s wo rk as principal of the academic d e partm en t at Stanley Hall, Minn eapo lis, and by two years as professo r of Latin in Denver University. In the fall of 1903 Mi ss Beggs r eturn ed t o Yale as fellow in Cr ee k, and last Jun e recei ved the degree o f Doctor of Phil osop h y, pre se nting a th esis on " The Adnominal Genitive in Lysias. " Even before taking he r degree she wa s appoi nted prof essor of C r eek a t Earlham Co llege in Richmond, Indiana , and entered u pon he r duties la st September.

Miss Beggs was initiated int o Colorado Beta in Nove mbe r, tSgl , a nd is o ne o f the al um nae of wh o m that chapter can be most rightfully proud

Mary Borlol- Tlt eiss

Mar y Barto l ente r ed Bu ckn ell University in the fall of 1890 with an enviable reco rd f o r sc holarship, and during her fre shman yea r won seco nd pri ze f o r th e best college preparation in a class o f fifty-nin e. S he was g raduat ed in 18g4 summa cum laude, , and spent the fo ll owi ng yea r at Bucknell, complet in g the work fo r th e degree of Master of Arts. From I SgS to I Sg7 she was a graduate student at the Un iv e r sity of 11ichigan, and did adva n ce d work in Creek, L at in a nd R o man ce L anguages During that time she was offe red a graduate scholarship in Creek at Bryn Mawr, but r efused it. In ISg 7 Ba rto l e nt ered the University of Pennsylvania for work in Creek , Latin and compara t ive philol ogy, and remain ed there two yea r s, ho lding the Bennett fellowship in classical languages during the last year of her course. In June, ISgg , the universit y granted her the d eg ree of Doctor of Philosophy. Her the sis, "Traces of Homeric Influence in the Tragedies of Sophocles," wa s considered an excep ti ona ll y scho larly piece of work.

After rec eiving her d eg r ee, Miss Bartol was appointed to the head of th e d epartment of Creek a nd Latin at Rockford College,

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

Probab ly no member of Pi Beta Ph i has found time, amid the press of study and other interests, to devote mOTC continuous effort to the work of the fraternity than has Mrs. Theiss . She was on e of the cha rte r members of Pennsylvania Beta and was its first convention delegate. From IB9s to IB97 she was a member of the literary bureau, for the two years following was president of Alpha Province, and in 1B99 was elected Grand Secretary by th e Syracuse Convention, in which office she is now serving her third term. She has compiled and ed it ed both editions of our song book, and the words of many of the favorite songs are from her pen. For four years she has served as fraternity cata logue r, and ha s compiled the excellent annua l supp lements that keep our membership record up-to-date. As an example of her fraternity spirit, it may be mentioned that the first edition of the song book was published du rin g the year that Miss Bartol was preparing for her doctor 's examinations, while the catalogue supplement for 1903 was printed and sent Qut withi n two weeks of her marriage.

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

Mrs. Theiss belongs to a family with strong fraternity interests . Her father, who is profe ssor 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 Ne-& York 5,,/1, is a member of Phi Gamma Delta, although those who met him at t he St. Louis Convention are ready to vote him a most loyal and enthusiastic Pi Phi.

May Keller

JlIay Lansfield Keller was fitted for college at the Girls' Latin School of Baltimore , and was g raduated at the Woman's College of Baltimo re in IB98 as Bachelor of Arts. She was a graduate student in English and German at the Unl-

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versity of C hi cago during th e yea r 1ll99- 1900 an d at U, e U nive r si ty o f Ber lin in 19<J<Hl1. In 190 ' -{)2 she held the a lumnae fellows h ip of th e W oman's Coll ege of Balti mo re. She passed the la st four yea r s a t th e univ ersi ti es o f Be rlin and H e idelberg . Dr. Keller has thi s fall been appointed h ead o f th e Ge rmani c departme nt of W e ll s College, at Auro ra , N. Y.

Miss Keller is on e o f the chart e r mem be r s o f Maryland Alpha, Pi Beta Phi, and wa s ac ti ve l y and con sta ntl y engage d in ing the interests of th e fraternity until h e r departure to tak e up unive rs ity work abroad, in S eptembe r, 1900. Whil e that inte rest neve r abated it was re newed in personal se rv ice o n her re turn t o he r own co untr y in Jun e o f thi s year.

:Miss Keller, a ft e r attending Berlin U niv e rs it y for a seas o n, went to th e U niv e rs it y o f H eide lberg, fr o m whi ch, in th e spring of '904 , sh e r eceived th e degree o f D oc tor of Philosophy in the philol og ical department, mag na cum laude. th e English, Ge rman a nd French lan guages

H e r specia lti es are In ad dition to he r exceptional ed u cati onal eq uipm ent , s he ha s trav e led in almost every country of E uro pe, vi siting th e great edu ca ti o nal and art centers of th e old world.

With a ge niu s for personal adaptati o n to enviro nm e nt , she unites a rese rv e fund of e nthu si a s m which mak es life wo rth the living, and duty wo rth th e doing; so whether climbing th e Alps, o r digging into the dry-a s- dust matters of p hil ology , o r see in g a coronation (as at Mad ri d, Spa in , 1902 ), o r visiting th e court operas, sh e mana ged t o gat h e r a fund of knowledge o ut side o f books and f ormal lin es o f st ud y w hich ha ve h e lped to give her a profound and comp re he nsive preparation f o r th e s uccessful disc harge of life's duties and r esponsibilities.

Elfrieda Hochbaum- Pope

Among th e graduates espec iall y esteemed b y the faculty and stud ent s o f Northwestern U ni ve r sity, Elfri eda HochbaumPope is prominent. Wh e n she had comp le ted four years of conscientious wo rk in 1899 she had the highe st standing of any in

her class, and was e lected to Phi Beta Kappa; in the same year she received the tll"O degrees of Bachelor of Philosophy and Mas.ter of Arts, an unusual honor . Her thesis, HThe Influence of the American Revolution on German Literature/' became recognized as an authority both in this country and in Germany.

Miss H oc hbaum spent the yea r 19oo-or in s tudy at th e University of Leipsic, Germany. In 1901 she received a fellowship in German at Cornell Unive rsity, lew York, and in I902 obtained there the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Then followed two years of teaching at Wells College, New York, wh e re she held the chair of German. In Jun e, 1904, she was married to Pau l Russell Pope , Ph. D., instructor of German at Cornell University. She now lives in Ithaca, where she is engaged in further study at Cornell U niv ersity and in assisting in t he comp il ation of German text books.

Mrs . Pope is justly considered a fine and brilliant woman . Of engaging manners, high ideals, and unflinching determination in following out those ideals, she is admired and loved not only by her immediate friends but by all who come in touch with her.

Edith C. Bramhall

Edith C. Bramhall, Indi ana Beta, was graduated from Indiana State University in 1895 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. For the three yea rs following her graduation she held a fellowship in history in the Univers ity of Pennsylvania, and r eceived the Maste r 's degree fr om that university in 18<)6, and in 1898 that of Doctor of Philosophy. During the following year she was fellow in history at Bryn Mawr College.

For a year Dr. Bramhall taught in Indianapolis, and in 1900 was elected instructor in Ancient and Mediaeval History at Rockford College. Two years later she was promoted t o be head o f the department of history and economics, a posit ion which she still holds.

Professor Bramhall has gained in unusual degree the esteem of her instnlctors, her associates and her students for grasp of

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)IRS CARRIE CHAPM o\!\' - CATT

MRS. CARRIE CHAPMAN-CATT

her subject and her unusually high standard of scholarly attainment. She keeps abreast of all that is newest and best in historical thought, and finds time in the midst of he r teaching for a considerable amount of research work. She is a member of the American Historical Society, and has traveled and studied abroad.

Mrs. Carrie C/iapman-Calt

Probably no alumna of Pi Beta Phi has equalled the national, and even the internati o nal. reputation of Mrs. Carrie ChapmanCatt, former president of the National Woman Suffrage Association, secretary of the Berlin Congress of \;Y omen, and president of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance. It is with very great pleasure that we reprint from the ARROW of April, 1900, the following account of her life and work:

"Carrie Lane was initiated into lo,\'a Gamma of Pi Beta Phi at Iowa State College in [878. Following her g raduati on in 1880 she studied law. Later she became principal of the high school and supe rintendent of schools in Mason City, Iowa , a pos ition she held fo r three years There she met Mr. Leo Chapman, to whom she was married in [884. He was editor of the Mason City Rep"blicOI', and she became joint owner and ed ito r with him. On account of the ill health of Mr Chapman, they sold the paper about a year late r and went to California. During that yea r Mrs. Chapman had shown marked ability as a writer, and after the death of her husband she remained in San Francisco doing newspaper work, being the first woman r eporter in that city. While in that work her attention was first called to the difficult task of working women in large cities to gain a livelihood and retain their respectability. As he r sympathies went out to th e m she sought a means of relief and very soon found herself a suffragist.

"In 1891 she married M r . George W. Catt, president of the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Company, enginee r s and contractors. He is in full sympathy with he r work and h as contributed largely to

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its fund s. U nde r her able m a na geme nt as chai rman o f th e nati ona l o rganizati o n comm ittee, th e an nu al in come o f th e Suffra ge Association grew fr om $2 ,000 to $15,000. S h e ha s lectur ed in nea rl y eve ry state and te rri to r y o f th e uni o n in th e inte res ts o f eq ual suffrag e."

Alice Sto n e B la ckwell says o f h er : Catt, in addition to being a good o rgani ze r a nd e loq u ent speake r, ha s in pre-eminent degree the gift o f sta te sman ship ,-the power o f und e r s tanding and dea ling wisely with political condi t io n s, o f layi n g plans on lo ng lin es and combin inng all th e eleme nt s that lead to victory."

S h e is Ha n all-arou nd woman, a good hou se keeper, an accomplished cook, an enthu s iast ic g ard ene r and c ultiv ato r o f flowers, a ta stefu l dressmaker and miltin e r ; in fact, well tri ed in all hou sewifel y arts,"

Th e wife o f a man of mea ns , th e head o f a happ y h o me, the cent e r of a lar ge soc ial c ircl e, and a W0111an o f cu ltur e with all that is implied by the wor d , sh e is one o f the n ew type of woman s uffragi s ts .

Tf?e "Berlin Co ngress and Mrs. Calt

It is a g rea t pl easure t o be able t o give a numb er of ex tra cts fr om r epor t s o f th e Int e rnati onal Cong r ess of \ '1omen, h eld at Berlin last Jun e. Th ese n ot onl y give some id ea o f th e character o f th e m eeti ngs, but s how the universa l es teem in which l\1rs. Ca tt is h e ld:

" Th e Ame ri ca n chur ch was filled to ove rR ow n g on the Sunday before th e opening of the meetings. and wh e n Rev. Anna H owa rd

S h aw arose t o o ff e r prayer, the audi en ce r esemb led a field of w heat s tirr ed by a breeze, a s it lean ed fo rward to see a w o man pr eac h e r. It seemed mos t fitting that th e fir st woman who e ver ente red a pulpit in Ge rmany sh o uld be Susan B. A nth o n y, f or among th e ea rli es t demands mad e by Mrs. Stanton and her s elf in 1852 was o ne that women should be permitted to ent e r the ministr y and have part in all c hurch cou n c il s. It was a t o uching specta cle-this grand old apostle o f fr eedom , in her e ighty-fifth year, a s with a to ne o f triumph in her voice she co ntrasted the

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posItion of women now and ha lf a ce ntu ry ago . Th e in sp iring address of Mrs. Ca rri e C hapman-Ca tt , which fo ll o wed, brought th e aualence so n ea r t o applause that Miss Shaw came q uick ly f o rw ard to pronounce the benediction and r eques t that th ey ob· se rv e reve rently the day and place . R ev . Dr . Dickie looked proud and pleased a s he offered h is arm to Miss Anthony, literall y t o re sc ue h e r, as the entir e congregat ion o f women pressed fo rward and fairly took he r in th ei r em brace ."

"You r heart s would have throbbed wit h a quickened emot io n if yo u co uld h a ve looked into the faces of th e int elligent a nd earnest women who, f rom a ll quarte rs of th e g lobe, met o n the morning of Jun e 3 in the Prinz Alb r ec ht Hall. Th e ir ser ious dead-inearnestness impr essed me great ly .

Th e re was a long tabl e c rowded with th e rep resentativ es o f th e press fr om many count ri es, and the ir e nthu siastic appreciation o f our vote not to excl ud e th e rep resenta tives of the press fr o m our meetings was shown in th e excellen t repo rt s w hi ch have bee n given of ou r proceedi ngs .

The Ger man law forbids a f oreigne r o r a f o re ig n association to call or open a m ee tin g. It mu s t b e d one by a German o r a German soc ie t y; so Dr. Ani ta Augspurg, president o f th e Ge rm an Suffrage Association, ca ll ed the meeting to o rd e r, th en passed it over to 'Miss A nthony, who, as chairman of th e temporary o rga nization formed at Washington two years ago, presided.

Wh en she arose , there was s uc h a demonstration as we se ld om see in our co untry. It was no t n o isy, but each face beamed with a fulln ess o f joy a nd grat itude as the y looked, many of th em fo r the fir st tim e, upo n th e face of th e bel oved leader w h o, they f ee l, is th e ir leader also. As o n e of th e German papers said, 'S he is ou r Au nt Susan, too.' Amid t hi s almost sil ent enthu s ia sm l\1 iss Anthony's voice ran g o ut as clear, and with th e same o ld-time, s impl e, busine ss -like ring , as it did tw ent y yea rs ago.

The Berlin pap e r s are full of expressions o f surprise and pra ise o f s uc h vigor o f mind and bo dy in a woman 84 yea rs of age.

"During the tw o w eeks' almost continuous sess io n s o f th e

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present Council, every utterance in favor o f s uffrage has been received with tumultu ous applause. The one eveni ng and one day devoted exclusive ly to this subject, although coming at the end of a most fatiguing week, brought audiences o f thousands-at leas t nin e-te nth s o f them women-and, not satisfied with the many speec hes, they demanded a general discussion. At the morning me eting the audience sat or s tood from 9 a. 111. until 2 p. m. without interim for luncheon or res t. Such inten se interest, such wild enthusiasm, never were seen in the United States outside of a political rally in a h eated campa ign. Among th e speake rs were seve ral distinguished Socialists, men and women, \vh o declared that the e nfranchi sement of wOmen n eve r would come except through the Social Democratic party. This sta t eme nt was wildly applauded by a considerable part of th e audience, but they were ove rwh elmed by the c ri es o f th e oppos iti on. At last Mrs . Chapman -Calt of the United States was called for, and, coming from the audience to the platform, s he made a most impassioned plea that th e women would not ally themselves with any political party, and she warned them that all-Conservatives, Liberal s and Socialists alike-would sacrifice women without scruple whenever they could advance their own interests by d o ing so. She was followed by IVliss Anthony, who, with all the fire of tw e nt y years ago, showed how this had been done again and again by the political parties o f the United States. She begged women to put aside all party affiliations, and stand t oget h e r in one united effort fo r th eir ow n politica l freedom."

Catt is winning all h ea rt s . Her evide nt ability, her clear, strong, penetrating voice and logical method o f presentat ion, together with the winning womanliness of her appearance, have impressed everyone. She was pr omptly elected president of the International Suffrage Association without a dissenting v oice, and everyone is pleased WI til the c ho ice .

\Vh e n the time comes for women to hold office in America, we shall have some well prepared for such places by th e labor and th e diplomacy incid ental to leadership in women's organizations. They will n ot be the traditi onal young woman with a baby in

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arm s, as is so of t en feared by the anti- s uffra gists , but pra cticed and we ll- season ed workers, a s well abl e to serve their country as th ey are now to se rve th e ca use o f women."

"Th e American delegates, as th e German atte ndants po int out, made a general impr ess io n , ow ing to the s uperiority of th e ir or3tory, clear, co nc ise statements and distinct, de liberate speaking.

Mrs . Carrie Chapman-Catt, the Rev. Anna H. Shaw and Mrs. Gilman developed into great fav o rite s with th e audiences, and Miss Susan B. Anthony rece ived an ova ti o n whenever she inte rjected the fewest si mpl e remark s, o ft en writing a utog raphs in the interval s fo r her German admi rers. On the eveni ng of June 18 th e municipality gave th e delegates a g r ea t far ewe ll rece ption at th e C ity Hall."

"Mrs. Chapman-Catt, wh o, as sec r eta r y of th e temporary organization ha s ca rri ed on th e work of caning this conference together, had the details of the plan of organization perfectly arranged, and had every nece ssa ry part of th e work so systemat iz ed that it was mad e co mparatve l y easy to work out a permanent plan . By he r clearn ess and perfect understanding o f methods, and by he r ta ct in exp lai n ing and smoothing o v e r difficult points, Mrs. Catt ha s g reatly endeared he rse lf to th e suffrage women the world ove r."

"Second to :Mi ss Anthony in the po pular es timation have been R ev . Anna H. Shaw and Mrs. Carrie Chapman-Catt, and an equal divi sion o f th e ho no rs may be acco r ded to th em. There have be en few me etin gs when they were no t called upon for speeches, even though they might n o t hav e been on the program for that occasion . and they ne ver have failed t o r efl ec t the highest cr edit on the United States. The great executive power of Mrs. May Wright Sewall and her ability as a presiding offic e r have been referred to in previous lette r s. The higher education of women in o ur co untry has had its abl es t repr ese ntative in Dr. M. Carey Th oma s of Bryn Mawr Coll ege, who, with Miss Mary Garrett of Baltimore, has been in attendance throughout the Congre ss . Although presid ent of a woma n's coll ege, her address declared in the sLrongest term s fo r co-education, and urged the

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women of Europe to devote their time and effort, in their re spectiv e countries, first of all to ope nin g the universities to women."

The Law as a P r ofession for Wome n

Of all t he professions o r oq:upations now filling up with a daily in c rea s ing number o f women, that of law probably has fewer rec ruit s than any ot her, excepting, of cou rse, those that demand physical stre ngth as a requisite t o success. Th e reason s for this are probably tw o: first, the ignorance o f the law that is widespread among women, and the dread of its so-ca ll ed red tape and technicalites, and publicity that is for ced upon lawyers in performing the duties of their professions. The doctor, the dentist, the artist does h er work in the privacy of he r office o r studi o o r in the home o f her patie nt. The law ye r tries he r cases in crowded court rooms, under the c ritical eye of the jud ge, with twelve inen to bring to her view of the casc, a n d with the learning and methods of the opposing counsel to combat, and any show of hesita ncy o r self co nscio usness would be f a tal to the finish of h e r work.

The women of this count ry who s tud y law may be divid ed into two classes; first, those who do so as a preliminary to ent e ring the profession as regular practitioners, and second ly, those who pu rsue th e study without any intention of taking up the practice. This article will of course deal with the members of the first class, although in point of numbers they are greatly in the minority.

Of the second sort I may say briefly t h at the majority o f women who study law do so without any intention of practicing. Their numbers a re made up chiefly of stenographe rs o r business women, who take up some one or mo re branches of the law , quite frequently attending the night schools in our cities and seeking to lise the knowledge acqui red as a means o f advancement or in furtherance of th ei r business. I may add to thi s li s t, however, a very few women of property who manage th ei r own estates and whom expe ri ence 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 st r engthening the reasoning faculties the law has no equa l.

But t o get back to the woman who intends to practice. The law has long ranked at th e head of professions for men, and equally high, and equally desirable in my opin io n, does it rank f or a woman, pro'v'ided, that woman enters th e 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 lin e of \\"ork he takes up in o rd er 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 .s:he has a great natural liking for the subject, and to thi s liking must be added a thorough understanding of what she is goin a into. It takes years of work and years of waiting before what the world ca ll s success is atta in ed, and above and beyond everything e lse it takes never-ending study. Th ere is an old adage to the effect that it takes five yea r s of work, hard study, and constant practice to make a law yer-not a great lawyer, nor even a good la wyer-but merely to be worthy the name of law yer. If a woman thoroughly ·realizes all this, and still desires to take up th e practice, then I take the stand that 110 work, no profession, no vocation can quite come up to that of practicing la w.

And now as to the education necessary, and previous training desirable. \Vi th a good academic educat ion as a basis, fr om three to four years study at a good law schoo l is necessary with as much outside attendance at court as is possible. I can not emphasize too st rong ly the subject o f frequent attendance at cOtlrt. It is a point that is too often overlooked o r neglected by young law students, but it is the o nl y way, short of actual pract ical expe ri ence, in which you may familiarize yourself with cou rt procedu re. As to the previous training desirable, there is a conflict of opinion among members o f the bar as t o the best method of obtaining this. Myself, I believe that one year's '-..0,,-2

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actual work in th e offi ce of an attorney o f high abilit y and large practice win t eac h a young law ye r m o re of the details of filing suits, and drawing up papers, than s h e w ou ld lea rn in years of h er ow n budding pra ct ice . This training, howeve r, is equally, if n o t mo re , e ff ec tiv e if it precedes the stud y o f law. I have alwa ys co unted m yself fo rtunat e th a t years of training in my fath e r's law o ffice familiari ze d me to some extent at least with the d eta ils of drawin g up lega l papers , preparing pe titions, instructions to jury, bills of exception s, bri e f s and tran sc ript s, and that frequent attendance at court, year s before I thought of pra c ticing law , mad e me conversant to some slight extent w ith court procedure, and aided me mate rial1y , wh en I started into th e practice fo r myself

T o eve ry woman contemp lating taking up some profession or lin e of work,-whether s he does so from a love o f that work, or as a means of earning he r daily bread , there are two facts o f vital importan ce-fir st, th e difficulties that she will e ncou n ter in that und e rtaking, and seco ndl y, th e com pen sat ion to be deriv ed therefro m .

Th e difficulti es to be ove rcome by th e young lawyer will dep end very mat e riall y upon th e di sposition and t e mperament of the woman h e r self-that i s, wh et her she is naturally endowed with the req ui s ites to success ful law practice, o r whether th ey must be acqu ir ed by sad ex p e ri en ce . But thi s mu ch is ne cessa ryshe mu st be prepa r ed for hard work, a nd cease less study, and for a pe ri od of waitin g f or "clie nts who do not come." The lawyer wh o st eps into a larg e and lu c rativ e practice direct fr om the law school, is like the man wh o n eve r lost a case during a life time o f large practice-sometimes h ea rd about, but se ld om if eve r see n. She mu s t be prepared t o do th e trivial , petty things , when sh e longs fo r the comp licated-t o st ra ighten o ut ma rital infelicities when she longs fo r the intri cac ies o f g r eat probl ems. She mu st keep a cool head, be s low to anger, and must never le t her sympathy run away with her judgment. She mu st be a good judge o f human nature, and able to handl e all sorts of people in such a way as to get the mos t o ut o f them with the least fric-

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tion. There is another thing that will not effect the woman lawyer of the future, but which the one of today has to contend with, and that is the notoriety that is forced upon her. She must be prepared to be an object of curiosity,-to try her cases before an audience that is there for the expressed purpose of "hearing a woman lawyer," and she must either actually be, or must appear unconscious of it all. The self-conscious woman can never make a success of practicing la w. She must be able to place the interest of her client above her own, to stand on the merits of her casc, and never for one instant to take advan ta ge

The compensations of a woman who surmounts th e difficulties of a budding law practice, are so many and varied, that I hesitate to enter upon them. The financial side, I can not, of course, touch upon at all, as that will depend upon the woman herself , and upon her environments. But aside from this , the woman who practices law will find that she has entered upon one of the most fascinating of subjects, indeed she will have to watch to keep it from absorbing all her e n e rg ies . Intellectually, she has a constant feast. A nd it s effect upon he r character ca n n ot be ignored . She can 110t successfully perform her duties, and remain narrow minded or intolerant of the frailties of othe rs. I-Ier oppo rtunit es for doing good, for helping the help less, for righting the wronged are unlimited. And by no means least, she will find that she is a member of a profession, from the othe r members of which she will receive nothing but the most unfailing courtesy and thoughtful cons id e rati on.

The objection is frequently made that the woman in business unsexes herself, that she loses her womanly qualities and is not accorded by her business associates the respect that the woman in the home is given. A careful consideration o f these criticisms will invariably disclose the fact that they are made by persons who have absolutely no knowledge of the conditions that they so lea rn ed ly discuss and so positively condemn. The woman in the practice of law will find that s he has to deal and come in contact with the very finest men of the country, gentlemen who are unfailin g ly courteous in every instance .

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Th a t th e la w i s a lu c rat iv e occ upati o n fo r wo me n, and that th ey m ay s uc c ess full y comp e t e with m e;" in a pro f ess ion that has so long bee n looke d upo n as esse nti all y a ma sc ulin e prer ogativ e , has bee n de mons trate d. Th e number o f w o men practicing law is sma ll , but th e pro po rti on o f th ese w ho are winning "fame and fo rtun e" i s gratifyin g to th ose wh o hav e th e int e re st s of the porf ess io nal w o man at heart .

Th e CO lllm o n id ea that yo u hav e to co n s tantly combat prejudice, an d fi g ht f o r eve ry inch o f recogniti on yo u obtain, i s e rroneous. A t th e pr ese nt tim e I kn ow o f n o fi e ld wh e r e th e o utl ook is any be tte r, o r o f no o nc f or w ho m th e futur e look s an y bri g ht e r than f o r th e wo ma n wh o ad o pt s th e law as h e r pro fess ion.

GR ATI A EVE LYN W OODS IDE, Missou r i Al pha , 19 00

Some Pi Phi Profess ional Women

Dr. Mary M. Wolfe

Al a r y M W olf e wa s bo rn an d g r ew up 111 th e littl e town o f L ew isbur g, Pa. H e r fat he r was a man of som e prominence in th e s tate , havin g at o ne ti me bee n a ca ndidat e for the gove rn ors hip o f P enn sy lvan ia . She rece i ved he r pre parat ory e du cati on at B uckn ell In s titut e, in L ew is bur g, and during her prepa rato ry course took seve ral pr izes , o ne of whi c h wa s th e prize fo r t he best sc ho la rship in th e se ni or year. In th e autumn of I &)2 sh e ent e r ed Bu ck n e ll U ni ve rsity a n d dur in g h e r juni o r year beca m e one of the chart er me m be rs of Pe nn sy lva ni a Be ta , whi ch was estab l is h ed in 1&)5. S h e wa s grad u a t ed fr om B u ckn e ll U nive r sity w ith th e deg r ee o f Bac h elor of A rt s in 1&)6 . While in co ll ege, th e junio r priz e in O ra tory a nd t he second priz e in Ps yc h ology f e ll t o h e r lot. Be in g ve r y f ond o f a thl e tic s, sh e was made capta in o f th e coll ege g irl s' bas k e t ball t eam in h e r senio r yea r . S h e e nt e r e d th e medi ca l depa rtme nt o f the University of M ic hi ga n in th e fall o f I 8g6 and was g raduat ed i n me di c ine fr om that univ e r sity in June , r8<)9

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On August 14th, 1899, Dr. Wolfe was appointed an assistant physician at the State Hospital for the Insane at Norristown, Pa., a pos iti on which she continued to hold until February 1 st, 15)0 1, when. at the early age of twenty-six, she was promoted to the position o f chief physician of the Women·s Department. The Norristown State Hospital is by far the largest for the in sa ne in Pennsylvania and is one of th e largest in the United States. In the Women's Department, of which Dr. Wolfe has charge. th e re are over twelve hundred women patients and she has about one hundred and forty nurses under h e r immediate supervision as well as three assistant physicians. The position of chief physician at the O\'orristolVn State Hospital is unique itT that it is equivalent to tl1<,t of supe rintend e nt in other hospitals f o r th e in sa ne and Dr. Wolfe's standi ng is unique in that she is the only woman physician in the U nit ed' States that holds such a position, as she is directly responsible to the Board of Trustees and n ot to a man superintend ent.

Dr . Pqoebc R . Morris

Dr. Phoebe R. Norris was born in Maryland, but spe nt her girlhood in Pennsylvania, where she received her academic training at Juniata College. After teaching three years in the public sc hool s of Pennsylvania, she came to Washington to ente r the government se rvic e as a clerk in the treasury. Pondering on the problems of life, Dr. No rris became deeply impressed with the urgent n eed fo r women physicians and she decided to adopt this arduous profession for a life work. She ente r ed the medical school of Columbian, now George Washington University, and was graduated in IBgI. The only other woman in the class was also a charter member of Columbia Alpha, Mrs. D. K. Shute, then Augusta M. Pettigrew.

For three years after receiving her medical degree Dr. NorrIs retain ed her position in the treasury, doing post-graduate work during her leisure hours. In addition to this she had the valuab le experience of almost a year's work in the Polyclinic and

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other institutions of Boston before entering on the struggle of professional work. ' '''hat th ese strugg le s were, she pa!Sses over in uncomplaining silence. Suffice it to say that if, for a young man, the first years of his career as a physician are full of uncertainties, disappoint me nts a nd anxieties, for a woman there is added the disadvantage o f her sex. Yet the greater the obstacles, so much the more triumphant is success when it s hows its face at last; and success has crown ed the faithful work of Dr. o rris. In addition to h e r practice , she serves on the staff of the Crittenton Home and the "V oman's Clinic.

The fraternity ideals are an eve r present motive power with Dr. Norris , w hose view of life is well s lImmarized in her OWI1 words: HI covet the simple life more than the diversions of society, discipline myself in thinking mllch up on the universal broth e rhood of man, and then am happily content in the company of <1 few Pi Phis."

-At. I. K.

Gralia E . Woodside

Gratia Evelyn Woodside, attorney-at-law, with office 111 the Carleton building, St. Louis, was born in Salem, October twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred seve nt y- nine. Afte r attending the public schools of her home to\\"n, she graduated from Cent r al College in Lexington , .. and entered th e law d e partment of the University of in 18g8, graduating in 1 goo She rec e ived the junior scho larship at the close of her first year's study at the univ ersity and was second for both the valedictory and senior essay medal in a class of L.ver fifty men. Miss Woodside was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of l\[issou ri in June, 19oo, and is the only woman who has ever tried a ease before that body.

A fter being admitt ed to the bar she practiced with her father, a circuit ju(Ige, until January. 1903, when she located in St. Lolli'!', where she has had a most successful practice. She has the distin ctio n of bei n g th e only woman lawyer in St. Louis and has

ELMDIA WILSON

."-LUA Wll.SO:S GRATIA E WOODSIDE

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only one riva l in the entir e state . Wcxxlside became a Pi Phi in th e fall of '99 and has always been most enthus iastic, as all who attended conventi on in St . Lo ui s ca n testify fo r all will r emembe r the energetic Grand Guid e

Elmina Wilso n,

AIda J.Vi/so

n

Miss Elmina Wilson (B. C. E., '92, C E., '94) and Miss A Ida Wilson (B. C. E ., ·94) are two of the h on o red a lumn ae o f the I owa State Coll ege. Elm in a Wilson was the first woman in th e country to g raduate from a full college course in ciVil engi nee rin g, and probably no ot he r women have do ne so mu ch work in engineering lin es as th ese two.

Their ea rl y li fe was spent at H a rpe r , I owa. After graduating from college Elm ina Wilson held the position of in st ru cto r in the Civil Engineering department of the Iowa State Coll ege until 1902, when she was promoted' to a n assista nt professorship . She ha d especial cha r ge of the labo ratory and drafting roo m work, and h e r se rv ices were conside red indispensable. During this period Miss Wilson also took advanced work a t different times at Cornell U ni ve rs it y, Armour In stit ute, and the ,Ma ss achu setts In stitut e of TechnOlogy, bes ides which she was emp loyed during part of her vacations in st ru ctura l drafting offices.

A Ida Wilson, after grad u ation, took advanced work in architectural lines at th e Massachusetts Institute of T ec hnol ogy, and until '903 was actively and successfull y engaged at work in the offices o f various a rch itects .

In '903-4 the l\lisses Wilson spe nt a yea r traveli ng in Europe, giving especia l attention to th e st ud y of architecture. Th ei r tour exten ded to Greece. Since returning to Ame ri ca th ey have bee n engaged rspectively in stru ctura l eng in ee ring and in architectura l wo rk in New York city. No better ex ampl es can b e found of th ose r efined, inte ll ectua l American gi rls who today are capable o f engaging with the high es t credit in the mos t scie ntific professions .

Tile Work of a P i Ph.

( R ep rinted in p a rt fr ol11 the ARROW f o r Januar y , 1902. )

Th ose of I. C. days wi ll r e m embe r Mr s. Gaynor as J ess ie L. Smith , th e lea der of the univ e rs ity c ho ir in I ow a City. Th ey will re m ember, too, h er w o rk outside o f co ll ege as a tea c her o f mu s ic and dir ec tor of a piano quartette.

Mrs. Gaynor's professiona l ca ree r, howeve r, commen ced some tw e lve ye ars sin ce, when sh e se ttl e d in SI. J osep h, Missouri. H e re s he o rgan i zed th e fir st mu sica l clu b which now ha s fo rty member s, and compo sed he r fir s t wo rk , ' IAn Album of S o ngs," co ns isting o f UN iglit Hath a Th o usand Eyes," ''If I were a Bee," "A nd I, " "Lul lab y," "C ra dle So ng," and "S lee p So ng."

Lik e most youn g w rit ers Mrs. Gay no r ha d a tr yi n g experience in s ubmitt in g he r first compositio n to a pub l is he r. Accompa nied by a prominent bu si ness man , s h e w e nt to the office of Sum m Y7 Th e Chi cago publisher , to sin g a f ew of her songs . Summy he s ita ted a nd asked if sh e so uld se ll one hundr ed cop ies at on e dolla r eac h. V is io ns of friend s martyred in he r cause rose before th e young compose r' s eyes, when h e r business friend came to th e r esc u e. "A ll that M r s. Gaynor docsn't se ll , th e Pia n o Company wi ll tak e."

Said Summy: "A woman o f s uch sta un ch fri ends must have me rit. II

Afte r the book had been published a few months h e wrote, "Keve r mind you r one hundred copies; yo ur book is a s uccess."

Thus e nc o uraged in h e r fir st attempt Mr s Gayn o r went to Chicago fo r a yea r of study During thi s time sh e wrote the "A lbum o f Rose Songs," so n amed fo r h e r little daughter R ose . Continued success le d to h e r r e maining pe rman entl y in Chi cago. It was here s he met Mr s . A li ce D. Ri ley, who now writes the words to Mr s. Gaynor's mu si c.

Their first wo rk t ogeth er was th e ch ild song "J erushy ." Thi s was soon fo llowed by a book o f "Ki nd e rgart en S o ngs," which

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are n ow used in Chicago and other sc h ools o f the west. The demand for this style of composition was such that Mrs. Gayno r h as been li terally thrown into the field of chi ldre n's songs. The "P laytime Songs" were next published, the most popu lar o f which a re "G in gerbread "Jap Doll" and "Slumbe r Boat."

In 1900 "The House that J ack B uilt " appeared. Thi s is a char ming little ope r a by Mrs. Gayno r , with a defi nit e plot wo rked out fr om Moth e r Goose melodies by Mrs. Riley. During the winter of 1900 the operetta had a run of eight perfo rm a n ces with suc h success that it is now in the hands of a professional m a nage r.

1\1canwhi le )'1r5. Gaynor ca rr ied on he r regular work of teaching and lect uring in Chicago , bei ng associated s uccess iv e ly with Mrs. Sta rr ett's Sc h ool for Girls, Regina Watson's Piano School, the Chi cago Con servato ry of music in conn ec ti o n with Leopold Godowsky, the vocal depa rt men t o f the Training School o f C hica go, and th e Fr ee Ki nd e rgart e n Association. .

As a teac he r Mrs . Gayno r has a method o f he r ow n . "M us ic/' she says , "s hou ld be a means o f expression. S in ce c hildr en demand exp ression of all the emotions , they must lea rn to fo rmula te th e ir mu sica l th oughts as well as those of speec h. Th e re fore a child must learn to si n g as he learns to ta lk. Moreover, he must be able not only to read the musica l t h ough t s of ot he r s but to write hi s ow n. just as he learns to write hi s mot he r ton gue. My pupils compose exe rcises to pract ice ju s t as t hey const ru ct grammatical sent ences parse. Thus th ey learn n o t o nl y to perceive their ow n defects. but by comparison to appreciate the true worth of th e masters."

To express it th eo r etically: "The material o f which mu sic is mad e is th e diatonic sca le which exp resses exac t to n e re lati o nship. T o discem exac tl y th e relationship o f o ne tone to another i s to have an ed ucat ed musical ear . To deve lop th e h ea ring ear into absolute accuracy o f discernment is th e fir st duty o f every teac h e r o f music."

CATHERIN£ SOUTH£R.

What a Fraternit]! Girl Thinks

"Peace 011 earth, good will to men." Last year California Beta had a Christmas tree. The celebration occurred on the return

A Pi Phi Cltr is lma s Tree.

from the Ch ri stmas holidays, as the exa minations took place until th e very eve of Christmas, makin g such an event impossible before college closed. Would it 110t be a cha rmin g farewell and quite in keeping with the spirit of th e season to have, before we leave f or our homes, in tho se colleges where such is possible, a "fraternal family" celebration o f the Yule-tidc? Would 110t the bond of friendship and siste rh ood be more closely drawn by observances such as th ese?

Califomia Beta.

\ Yith the holidays approaching, Indiana Galnmd. wonders what other chapte rs do to celebrate this j oyfu l time. Of course th e re i s the traditi onal Christmas tree and the One Waf of Celebrating more modern Christmas box, but these are selfis h dey ic es. It seems that with our high id eals of womanhood we should pause occasionally amid college gaieties and gi,"c a thought to persons le ss fortunate than ourselves.

This year one of our girls con cei\'ed the id ea of doing a little charity work. The City Charity Organization assigned to us a certain poor fami'" for whose Christmas joys we will be held responsible. So instead of laboring over gifts for each other, we brought our money and energy t ogethe r one afternoon and spent the tim e in dressing dolls and making clothes for littl e children. We hope their Christmas will be as merry as ou rs. Perhaps other chapters bav e better plans. We should be glad to hear of them.

Indiana Gamma.

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,Vhat s ha ll be th e attitude of th e college fraternity t o th e nume r ous preparatory school o r ga nizat io n s which masquerade

H igh School

Fraternilie s

def th e name of "f rat e rnit y?" Th e qu est ion is fast becoming a matter o f considerable impo rtanc e. In the se hi g h sc hoo ls and " prep" sc h oo l! , organizations are s prin gi ng up . like noxiou s weeds; everywhere we see and h ea r of them.

Th e r es ult s a r e anything but g ra t ifyi n g. They ape college fraterniti es in a way that would be rid ic ul ous were it n ot so detrimental t o us. T o think of youngste r s o f fou rt ee n and fift ee n att empti ng to im itate college life is amusing, b ut wh en we s t op to consider t h at s u ch imitation se iz es upon th e wo r st f e atur es of college and frat e rnit y life a nd emp has izes those a lo n e, th e matter b ecomes alarming. Th ese juvenile Creeks,-with due apologies to th e H e ll enic cIan,-see with envious eyes the gay good times o f college people, and p erfo rce, must ha ve simi lar amusements. The y see o nl y the ex terna l side of frat e rnit y life, and' think becau se parties and "sp reads" are of fr equent occ llrr ence, they are the frat e rnit y's raisell d ' eIre. That th e r e is a se r io ll s sid e t o fraternity life. that it presupposes a certai n amount of maturity, that it s a sp iration s are exa lt ed, n eve r ente r s their h eads. Fra te rnity t o them mea n s me re ly socia l gaiety, and G reek letters cover a mu ltitude of f o lli es, as is proven by the mus hr oom c rop of these hi g h sc h ool soc iet ies.

Now what are we to do ab out it? O n e c hapt e r, or on e fraternit y, can do but little. But if the Greek world at large would take the matter up, some thing definit e could be accomplished. The dignity of fraternities in ge neral is jeopardized by th ese fantil e or ganizatio n s P eo pl e who are not familiar with co ll ege frat e rniti es w ill think we are but c hil d r en o f a la r ge g rowth, a nd ollr dignit y cannot h e lp but suffer Let us di sco unt e nan ce the preparat or y sc hool "fraternities." Could n ot some re s ult be obtai n e d if th e next Pan - H ell enic conferen ce we re t o consider the matter? What do the other chapters think up on th e s ubj ec t?

Ollio Bela.

THE ARROW

T his yea r in the U niv e r s it y o f T exas the f o ur wom e n' s frat e rn i t ies en t e r ed int o an agreem en t not t o invite fr es hm e n t o jo in

For a Late. Pledge Day them before J\ ovembe r nin etee nth. This arrangement ba s 11 0 t proved an Sll ccess. We fe e l that s ix weeks is too s h o rt a time for each m embe r o f th e c hapter th o r oughl y to kn ow a girl. With fo ur frat e rniti es in the univ e r s it y th e s u pply o f e li g ible fr es hman material see m s inadequate. One girl is oft e n rushed by two or even thre e f rat e rniti es . They are s timulat e d t o a certain ex t ent by riv a lry With th e ti me for m akin g acq uaint a n ces so s hort, att en ti o n is of t en concentrated o n few who a r e m ade p r o min ent ea r ly in th e season , and littl e notice is t ake n of t he le ss con sp icuous members o f th e cla ss, in whom, did we kn ow th em be tte r, we might find all the des irabl e qualiti es.

A s ho rt and violent ru s hing season is a n injustice to th e fr es hman. It o ft e n r eac ts unfavorabl y o n h e r charact e r , giving her an undu e se n se o f h er own importance. She fail s to r ealize that th e frat e rnity is honoring her, an d n o t sh e th e frat e rnit y . It is an inju s tice to th e chapte r which i s fo r ce d to e nt e rtain mar c frequ entl y and m o re lavi s hly than otherwise , often to the detriment of th ei r s tudi es a nd the duti es o f th e members to themselves _ It is a lso a sacrifice of dignit y.

If n o s tu de nt cou ld be asked t o j oi n before the begi nning of the sophomore ye ar, th ose whose sc h ola r s hip was be low the s tandard would be weeded out . Th e r e wo uld be tim e r eall y to know th e fr es hman , to st ud y her tas t es, to find if s he were r ea lly cong e nial. Then th e division of elig i ble freshmen between th e frat e rniti es would come about marc naturall y. Th ey wou ld scek th e ir levels. \ Vhile there a r e man y gi rl s who a r e available mat e rial fo r m o r c than one frat e rnit y ( as ther e are idea ls that are common to all ) who woul d be loya l members o f wha t eve r the y m ig ht j oi n a n d who wou ld con fo r m to th e ideals o f that chapt er, yet a thoro ugh acquaintance would s h ow some characteris tic which wou ld affi liate them more with o n e group than with another. Th ey wo uld gravitate naturall y to th ose whose tastes we r e mo r e n ea rl y theirs. A yea r does n o t seem t oo lon g fo r this.

WHAT A FRATER N ITY GIRL THI NKS

T h ese arguments are bas ed o n theor y, n ot practic e. Wil! any c hapte r that has tri ed th e plan sugges ted repo rt as to it s s uccess?

Tc.1"OS Al ph a.

Co lorado Alp ha would like t o draw th e attention of eve r y Pi Phi to an art icl e publi sh e d in th e la st issue of the D e lta Gamma Allchora. entitled', itA Plea fo r Individu a l RushInd ividual Ru shing ing." \V e read it in chapter meeting and it m et with th e entir e approval of every girl. Vl e think that if frat e rnity girls would on ly follow thi s sound and sane wa y of ru s hin g instead of the franti c cou rse o f teas, drives and lun c hes. th ey wou ld' lea rn to know th e gi rl whom they a re ru s hing far bette r than th ey ca n possibly und er the present method. T o see a girl in he r every-day clothes, to st udy with h e r and to be fri end s with he r o n th e firm basis of ordinary coll ege lif e and work, is t o know th e rea l gi rl , not the dresse d- up gi rl with he r society manners o n. \ Ve recommend thi s individual ru s hing to eve r y chapter o f Pi Beta Phi.

Colorado Alp ha.

During seven tir esom e week s of ru s hing we hav e th o ught mos tl y o f th e g reat di sad va ntages and the nervSeason a us s train caused by Pan-Hellenic rul es. All this is , howeve r, a thin g o f the past. F or tune has so graciou sly cro wned o ur e ff o rts th at we no w f ee l as though th e re are after all certain strong point s in favor of PanHell e nic regulati o ns . Fir s t , eac h freshman ha s va ri ous opportunities to meet th e different fra te rniti es. Sh e sees u s all as we arc , and th e re fo re in he r ow n free choice , so far as it is afforded t o h e r , she find s n o cali se to regret later because she did not have the chance to sec other societies . Again, we have the privilege of getti ng acquaint ed with all the fr eshm en on eq ual footing with the ot h e r fraternities. Hitherto , if a g irl ha s sh ow n striking qualities , if she was popular or from a distinguished family , the natural tendency ha s bee n, perhaps, to get a h old on h e r

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and pledge her as early as possib le for secur it y. OUf long Tu sh· ing season does away with hast y pledges, and th e quiet and plain girls have a chance to revea l their charms as well as th e more striking gi rls do. After all, whether Pan-Hellenic has fo.md its way into our co llege or not, have we not all to keep constantly in mind that o ur aims are n ot toward the popular, beautiful, or distingui shed girls, but that the quiet arc needed along side of the l ively; that the plain girl ca n give as well as receive benefit from th e more attractive; and, finall y, that all working together toward th e same ideals in Pi Beta Phi can be better moulded into true and n oble womanhood?

M assacliusells Alplia.

Colorado A lpha, in thc la st ARROW, brought up th e question of consulting the patronesses in order to ge t th ei r id eas about the ·'rushees." \Ve g irl s her e think that it would be of a good plan We would like our patronesses not An swer to fee l diffident about their like s and dislikes.

Illillois Epsiloll.

Vlfe have seen in these pages from timc to tim e much discussion and co nd em nation of the girl who dcvotes her tim e to 1x>oks to the exclusion of h er socia l interests. \ Ve must Fi rst of all t he S t uden t ce rtainl y ack n ow l edge that the ug rin d" whose horizon i s spann ed by a se ri es of red, brown and green covers is many degrees removed from the ideal college woman.

But at th e" same time, in the reaction from the bookworm toward th e well-rounded college life , the pendulum of public opinion has swung too far. \V e cannot afford , in ou r search for the socie ty. the friendships , the activities which tend to broaden our out look to neglect that vital thing w hi ch lies at the bottom of it all, mind training. Perhaps this is an old st ring which we have c hos en to harp on, but it is growing ru sty from disuse, and the subject is old enough to be new again.

WHAT A FRATER.VITY GIRL THINKS 101

You have all heard the remark, "O h , cut.c1ass to do this or that for the chapter You can afford to flunk fo r th e sake of the fraternity.·' But can you? That is the question. Is it to the best interests of the fraternity for you to subordinate to its activities the thing for which you manifestly came to coll ege? Conscientiou s study i s a most im portant requisite to true c ulture, and that is what Pi Beta Phi wants to see in her members. No chapte r wi s h es to harbor drones .

But it is no better to let the aforesaid pendulum sw ing back too far in the direction of the '·grind" than to have it go too much the other way. Let us be sane about this thing. Let us u se our best judgment in uniting study and fun, thereby becoming morc valu 4 able to ourselves and to Pi Beta Phi.

J/li'lOis Beta.

Nebraska Beta in the l\ovembe r ARROW suggests a problem that is universal, under the head "A Serio us Question." Often an alumna or active member is very influential in A R<ply persuading a certain gi rl to attend h e r college and perhaps talks fraternity to h e r. She knows th e girl in a different way from that in which s he is known in college, and because she sees real worth in her, expects h er chapter to make her a Pi Phi. But the c hapter is n ot impr essed in the same way, and just there the difficulty comes. I s it not fair, both t o ourse lv es and the girl, to r egard h er with an unbiased jud gment? It is sure ly hard to hurt the member who may be her friend, yet s he can n ot but und e rstand that it is just. Then should not ou r fraternity life be so distinctly apart from every other relati on in life that it will not interfere with friendships already formed or with n ew on es? There may be good reasons why a girl should not be a Pi Phi and none at all wh y she may n ot be the friend of a Pi Phi. Shall we not help ourselves and others by widening our circ1e of friends and so make, perhaps, the non -f raternity girl to feel that fraternity life isn't absolute ly essential to her pleasure or usefulness in college.

Vermoflt Alpha.

THE ARROW

Neb r aska B eta has asked th e question: "S hould a girl be made a P i Phi simp ly because s he is an especial friend o f on e of ou r members?" \ Ve mos t ce rt ai nl y wou ld answer ":\0." And yet thi s is o n e of th e most delicate

Our Sisfu's Ftiend questi o ns to d ea l with that arises within ou r frat e nlit y. \ Ve arc so accllstomed to criticise fr eel y all of ou r "rushees" that we sometimes fo r get that th e gi rl we are c riti cisi n g is pe rhap s a dear a nd lif e- lo ng fri end of one of ou r ow n siste r s . \V e arc so int e res t ed in Ollf frat e rn ity and in ju s t OUf littl e imm ed ia t e c ircl e of gir ls that we are too lik e ly afte rward s t o ign or e a gi rl whom we h ave at one time rush ed and in whom we were once deeply interes ted. We again forget that she i a friend of o ne of our Pi Phis and as suc h should be treated in a f ri endl y fa s hi on, th oug h 11 0t effusive ly. Ju st becau se a gi rl is a friend of one of OU f members is the best of reas on s why we shou ld be particularly ca r eful and judicious in ru s hin g he r. W e must r ea li ze that although s h e may be e ntir ely con ge nial to o n e of o ur members, s h e may not be to u s a ll. U n de r s u ch circ ums tan ces it were better n ot to ru s h her at a ll than to ru s h h e r o n ce, then "let h e r down ," f or in this way we n ot onl y ar ous e a nd th e n di sappoi nt ou r sis t e r's h opes, but we also mar the friend's ch ances of joining another frat e rnity il1 wh ich s h e might be entirely congenial. /visco"si" Alpha.

Alumnae Department

P ersonals

VERMONT ALPHA

Farmy Sutton, '98. was married on October twenty-ninth to Harry Lak e. 'nleir home will be in Concord, N. H. Bertha Ranslow- Jocelyn, 'g6, visited Middlebury recently. Lilli e May Neff, ex-'os, is a stu dent at Syracuse Unive rsity.

, 'ER:\lONT BETA

Inez Grout, '0 1, is teaching in Vergennes High School.

Dr and Mrs W. McGibbon have moved to Oma ha , Neb. Mrs. McGibbon was formerl y Mary Grout, 'o J.

Charlotte Hale, '01, is teaching in the H igh School at P itt sford Mills.

Carolyn Preston, '04 , is teaching at her home in FeIchville.

Ethel Stevens, '02, of Williston, visited her college friends for a few days a short time ago.

PENNSYLVANIA BETA

Grace Browning Robert s, '02, was recently married to Dr. Enoch Perrine, a graduate of Brown University and professor of English lit erature at Bucknell. The marriage took place in Philadelphia, and th e ceremony was performed by the bride's grandfather, Rev. B. L. Agnew, assisted by Dr. John H. Harris, presid ent of Bucknell University . Dr. and Mrs. Perrine will make their hom e in Lewisburg.

Ruth H. Sprague, '98, i s teaching Latin and History in the high school at Pittsburg, Pa.

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Genevieve White, '00, re ceive d the degree of Doctor of Medicine from th e Un iv ersit y o f Michi ga n at commencement. She is practicing at Bradford, Pa., where both her father and mother are physicians.

Lu c re tia Snyder-B la ck, ex-'oo, is li vi ng in Sandusky, Ohio, wh e re he r hu sband , Mr . Samue l Black, is s up e rintend entent of the city wate r works.

Dr. Mary Wolfe , '96, o f Norristown Ho sp ital for Insane, spent two weeks in tow n during November.

Bess HarpeJ , ex - 'oo, and Edna An n Innes, ex-'06, vi sit ed their fraternity s iste rs in November .

H elen Buo)" '0 2 , and Carrie Halfp en ny , '02, of Milton, Pa., att ended a cookie-shine at their h ome chapter .

OHIO AL P HA

Mabel Rorick ha s gone to Mexico fo r the winte r .

Born on Xovember twenty-sixth to )[audc Herrold- Merwin, a daughter, Harriet.

Born in September to Carrie Schwefel-Brown, a son, Clyde. Announcements have been recei ved o f th e wedding of Robert Irwin an cf Cora Berkst r esser of Ohio A lpha. They will make their home in \\l es te rvill e, O hi o.

01110 DETA

Laura " 'e ise man-B urk ett o f Cha rl eston, S . C., is vi siting Columbu s re lativ es.

Magnolia Ewalt o f Kebraska Beta expects t o spen d part of the win ter here.

Gertrude Hill-Springe r o f Kan sas Alpha visited us r ece ntly. Alice Mann and Edith Clark-Burr of Illinois Zeta made short visits with Columbus friends.

MASSACHUS ETTS ALPHA

Florenc e Burnham sailed D ece mb e r tw e nt y- first for her winter h ome in Tampa. H er addres s will be 211 West Park Ave., Tampa, Florida.

ALUMNAE DEPARTMENT 105

\ Vhitcomb is teaching in the Evening High School, Somerville, Massachusetts.

Dora Smit h, '04, is teaching in Daniel son, Connec ticut.

Louise Richardson is t eac hing in t he High School, Springfield, lIlassachusetts .

Eleanor Coats is in Island Pond, Ve rmo nt , teaching in the Hi g h School.

Hel en Barrett is t eac hing in Methuen, Mas sac hu se tt s.

A specia l meeting o f th e Alum nae C lub will be held Thur sday, D ece mber twent y- ninth , 1904, fo r th e ben efit of the gi rl s who are away during th e res t of th e year.

).lARYLAKD ALPHA

T he engageme nt of J ose phine Wiley , 0"-'00, to Dr. H o race Snyder ha s bee n annou nced . Dr. Sn y der is professor of chemistry in St. Paul's Preparatory School. Ga r den City, Long I sland.

May Kellar, '98, is professo r o f German in \Vell s College, Aurora , N . Y.

Edna Stone, '00, ha s been visiting in Baltimore.

Alice Wood, '99 , has sp ent a part of th e winter in J\o rfolk, Va.

Lucy Murray , 'O J , is teaching in the \ Veste rn H igh School, Baltimore.

Lamar, ex-'06, has ret urn ed fr om ab road, having sp ent th e summer in Switzerland' and Ital y.

Sarah Rupp, '02, who ha s been suffe rin g fr om n e rvo us prostrati o n fo r the las t three months, is recup erating in the mountain s of Maine.

Sallie J. Hardaw ay, ex-'06, is t eaching at Montarallo, Alabama.

Maud Sope r, '00, is pro fessor of Old T esta m en t Hi s to ry a nd Ex egesis at Kanyama J o Gakimu, Tokio, Japa n .

ILLINOIS BETA

Edi th C ri ssey is spendi ng th e winter in Califo rnia .

Ethel Van Cise, ex-'03, visited college friends in October. Florence King-Bullock ha s r emoved to New York City, which will be her home in the futur e.

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ILLINOIS DEL'1' A

Elizabeth Reinmund, '98, of Columbu s) Ohio J was married Octobe r eighth, 1904, to Mr. George M cGeo rge Mo rris of Cincinnati J Ohio.

Alice Brotherton, ' 98 , and Charl es Farnum, '98, Phi Gamma Delta, we re married in Wav e rl y, Iowa , during the month of Augu st and are n ow living at Brimfield, low • .

Lucia Dewey, ex-'ol, wa s marri ed to Frederick C. Warmann, Sigma Alpha Ep s il on, on November ninth , at he r home in Sheffield, III. Mr and Mlrs. Warmann are n o w living at 304 Barclay St. , Flushing, New York.

Laura Knowl es, '02, visit ed fri end s in Gales burg during the latter part of November.

Fanny Fahne s tock- vViIliam s, '00, is vi s iting he r parents in Galesb urg.

Born to Alice Gale- Wallace on September se venth, 1904, a son.

ILLINOIS EPSILON

Edith 1. Prindle, ex-'03, is teaching se wing in th e Jacob Tome Institute , P o rt Depos it , Maryland

Lucy Deri ckson ha s re turned frol11 Sea ttle , Washington.

Len o re Negus is t ea ching at Elgin, Illin o is.

Carrie l\1a son spe nt 'l11ank sgiv in g in Ch icago visiting fri ends.

Elfrieda H oc hbaum-Pope will spe nd the Chri stma s h olidays with h e r par ents in C hi cago.

J osep hin e Collye r ha s ret urn ed frol11 a \'isi t a t Lin coln , i\eb .

ILLI NOIS ZEiA

lII y ra Cox ha s been visit in g at Cham paig n

\OViliia Garver ha s returned' to her home in B loo min gton after a short visit .

Mila Parks o f L omba rd is attending college h e re.

Winifred Forbes is in s tru c to r of vi o lin at the U n ive rs ity .

Ethel Forbes is instru c t or in French at the U n ivers it y of South Dakota.

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INDIANA BETA

Marion Lockridge, ex-'07, and Claude Ward, Sigma Nu, were married November seventh. They are living in A lexand ria , Indiana.

Delle Miller, ex- '06, will enter Purdue University next term to take a course in music and art.

Helen Tracy Guild and Oscar Pond, Delta Tau Delta, were married in October and are living in Indianapolis. Miss Guild has been cataloguer in Indiana Unive rsity for the last few years .

MI C HIGAN BETA

A son was born to ?\Ir. and 1'lrs . Carl Huber in November.

Ora Follett is at home in Chicago this year studYIng music.

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

Anna Marshall is teaching in Marshall this year .

May E. Loose and Daisy Sabine were here for tlie Chicago game, November twelfth. May Loose stayed with us until Thanksgiving vacation .

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

Sarah Edwards is teaching in Butler, Ind.

Helen Spier is teac hing in Meeker, Colorado.

WISCONSIN ALPHA

Virginia Hayner- Saunde r s has gone to Jom her husband in Wyoming after a long visit with her parents.

Marie Hinckley-Mabbett is visiting h er parents in Milwaukee.

LOUISIANA ALPHA

Anna Lovell-Bliss, '00, who is now living in Crowley, Louisiana, has a little boy.

Celia Rainey ha s entirely r ecove red from h er long illness, and we are delighted to have h er with us again

THE ARROW

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

Celeste Janvier, Stella Hayward, Kate Dilla r d, Ma ry Vaught, and Helen Rainey a r e deb utan tes this winter, and Mardi Gras will probably ha ve seve ral P i Phi quee ns again this wint e r.

KANSAS ALPHA

An open meeting of the a lumn ae was held December twelfth for the active g irl s at th e c hapt er h ouse. The meeting was a "k itc hen shower" for Mary Spe nce r, who is to marry Eugene W a re, Phi Delta Theta, during the Chri stmas h olidays.

Kittie Plumb, Nelle T aylo r and Frances Newby have all bee n guests of Kansas A lpha during the past month.

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

Mrs. Marvin, wife of ex-chancellor Marvin, mo th er of Mrs. Mina Ma rvin vVilcox, and mother-in-law of Mrs. Josephine March Marvin, died in th e latt e r part of November.

TEXAS ALPHA

On Decembe r the third Lula Rose, of Austin, was married to Mr. Kibbe of Brownsville. The wedding was a quiet h ome o ne, with only the relatives of the bride and g room present. Mr. and Mrs. Kibbe will make their h ome in Brownsville.

Flora Bartholomew, Kate Sockwell and May Wynne made us flying visits during the ru shing season.

Mild r ed Durst of Calvert spent Thanksgivi n g with us.

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

Francis Waggener is at h ome for the holiday'.

J amie Armstro n g is the guest of Mrs. Johns of A u sti n

A lin e Harris-McAshan of Houston spen t a week with us las t month.

ALUMNAE DEPARTME N T

COLORADO ALPHA

Born to Marion Withrow -Ew ing, No vembe r third, a daughter. C laire William s-Humphr ey is in Denver again , a n d her health i s gr eatly improved.

Frances Andrews and Ethel Poley have return e d to B o ulder, after ex tensive easte rn trips .

Loui se Nelson vi si ted in Bou lde r in To vem be r.

CALif ORN IA BETA

The engagement o f Katherine J ohnson, ex-'os, and Mr Frederick Hall, a Phi K ap pa Psi o f Co rnell, has been announced.

Mr . and Mrs . Poindexter (O live Gund ry) a r e no w l iv ing in Los Angeles .

M r s. Charl es Mannon , nee Eva B ram le t , and h er baby boy spent se veral days with us this month.

Fl o rence Zeigenfuss, '07, has been c hose n as a c harter member of the University Dramatic Clu b.

D o ra Bramlet, ex- 'o4, of Fre sno, was with us a few days this m onth.

COLO RADO nET A

Louise H. Fou car, '94, was married to Mr. Th om a s K. Ma rshall , A ugus t t wenty - fourth, 1904, at El Paso, Texas.

NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA ALUMNAE

Edith J Clagett , T exas A lpha, Marcia Murray, Colo rad o B eta , '03, Ruth Hammitt, Pe nn sy lvania Beta, ex-'os , and Helen Schaeifer, Pennsylvania Gamma, '03, a r e attending B ryn Mawl College this yea r Dr. Smith , the director o f the college gymnasium, is a lso a Pi Phi and a member of the chapte r at Syrac us e.

Adel ia Alice Humphr ey, Kansas A lp ha, is spending the winter in New York City.

A Ida Wil son, Iowa Gamma, '95, is employed as a daughtsman in an architect's office in New York. With her is her sister, El-

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mina T. Wilson, '92, assistant professor of engineeri ng at Iowa State Co ll ege, now on leave of absence.

Ge rtru de D ec kard- Hendrick s, Indiana A lpha, is c hap eroning Ethel and Bertha Mill e r, both of Franklin, who a re taking graduate work at Teachers' College, Columbia U niversity.

Hettie Anthony , a charter member of Missouri Alpha, is a st udent at Teachers' Co ll ege, Columb ia U niv e rsity.

Alice M. Rohe , Kansa s A lph a, is 0 11 th e staff of the New York Evelling W <>rId

In Memoriam

Evelyn Smith-Clippenger. Michigan A lpha. anr! a grad uate of Hill sda le College in 1&)2, died recen tl y at h e r new h ome in Be l1 e fontain e, Ohio. Durin g he r co ll ege da ys she was known and loved by a large circle of fri end s. She was a very swee t girl, a bright s tud e nt and a loya l fraternity g irl. After her course at Hillsdale s h e took a year o f s p ec ial work at A nn Arbo r , and s ince then ha s taught very successfully fo r seve ral yea rs in Toledo. She had only been married about a year and a half and was ju s t moving into a n ew home when sh e was com pelled to go the hospital , and th ere died. Th e influ ence of her sweet lif e will be mis sed by many.

Editorials

"WHO arc our prominent alu mnae?" sighs the freshman, preparing the fir st time for the ordeal of the fraternit y examination.

"Oh! there's the founders , - and the Grand President-and the Treasurer,-and maybe yo u would coun t the ed itor. They are all on the first page of th e ARROW." Thus vaguely but easily replies the sophomore."

But, Pi Beta Phi has many alumnae who have achieved distinction a long othe r than fraternity Jines. It is true and natural that by far the greate r number of our graduates find as daughters, wives and mothers, that h ome life absorbs all their energies and giycs wide e nough scope for their activities. It is also natural that of those who become breadwinn e rs the great majority devote themselves to the teaching and training of other peop le's babies,--of a younger or an older growth . But since an inevitable result of college training is increased self-reliance and a quickened sense of re sponsibility , many of o ur alumnae, either in the absence of or in additi o n to ho me dl:1ties, have reached out into wider sp he res of usefulness. It is a f ew of these, their efforts and their successes. that the ARROW presents to it s r eaders this 1110nth. That they have st eadfas tly made their way over paths ofte n rugged and sometimes almost untrod den, should prove an e!'cou ragement to the young alumna just starting out and an incentive to th e undergraduate with all the way before he r where to choose.

I T IS perhaps to be expected that the Januar y chapte r letters, written as they are during the "s trenuos ity " of term examinations and Christmas preparations, shou ld s how s igns of

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hasty const ru c ti on. There are in this iss ue some exce llent letters, a few, indeed , w hi ch might almost be taken as models, but th ere are on the othe r hand a number which are p re tty good examples of what the chapte r letter should not be.

What cons titutes a r ea ll y good chap t e r lette r? That it should be correctly spe ll ed, punctuated and capitalized goes without saying. Yet afte r all g ramma ti ca l e rrors are minor matters and easily corrected. It is also obvious that due regard s h ould be paid to the construction of sentences, arrangement of paragraph s, proper use of wo rd s and simila r p oi nt s o f sty le But it is possible f o r the editor to recast sentences, reconstruct pa ragraphs , tran s pose and rearrange, prun e a nd elaborate Pos si bly th e id ea l ed ito r would do a ll thi s. There are, however, two elem ents that no amount of edit in g ca n s uppl y. The first is what we may ca ll the genera l tOile of the l etter, t h e othe r is it s subject matter.

Just what should go into the chapter lette r? Certain ly it should be something more than a boas tful enumeration of athletic victo ri es and college honors won by chapter membe rs, as are some of th e lett ers in the men's fraternity magazine s. No r should it be merely an e labo r ate c hronicle of socia l doings, o f lun cheo n s and spreads and "pink tea s," as are some o f the g irl s chapte r letters. Brag and gush are about equally in bad taste.

"The Substance and Spirit o f the Chapter Letter. " On the whole wou ld it not be a good idea f o r chapters to t ake thi s as the subject of their n ext contrib ution to the ARROW? If it could be talked over in chapte r meeti n g and then w ritten up not as repr esenting the view of anyone girl but as a compos ite o f c h ap ter opinion, we shou ld h ave a "symposium" that ought to have good effect in our chapte r letters.

IT I S ce rtai nl y a pity to find s u ch a paragraph as the following in one of the best of th e m en's fraternity ma gazines.

"TO PROTECT COLLEGE WOM EN.

"In alarm at the alleged moral danger s thought to be surrounding young women in American college s, nine nati onal Greek letter women's fr aterni-

ties ha\'c s tarted a crusade in Chicago aimed at conditi o ns in c"ery coeducationa l college in the United States. Reso lu tions were adopted at a meeting in the Victoria Hotel decla ring for cooperati on with fac ulti es o f colleges to improve socia l conditions, and placing upon the g rand pr eside nt s of t he societies respo n s ibility for the prosecuti o n of t he re fo rm move m e nt.' ·

Co uld a n y thin g be m o r e ab surdl y, mo r e misc hi e vo u sly inacc urate? Th e o nl y exc u se fo r it is that it wa s probabl y inspired by a se nsa ti o nal n ewspap e r articl e, which has a lr eady do ne mo re harm t o th e cause of co-ed uca ti on th a n on e li kes to think of Th e g r ea t es t "m o r a l da n ger" that ha s e ve r come t o th e n oti ce o f th e ·w ome n' s f rate rniti es in ques ti on i s an excess o f soc ial life in some co-ed ucational coll eges, and a ce rtain c ru d it y o f social co nditi on s in ot he rs. If the men's frate rni t ies rea ll y ca re to kn ow w ha t t he In te r -So ro r ity Con fe r ence is tryi ng t o acco mplish, let t hem tum t o t he o ffi cia l r epo rt s of t hat o rgan iza ti o n publi shed thi s fa ll in all th e women's fr ate rn it y j o urn als .

TH E edit o r wo u ld be ve r y g la d to rece ive copies o f th e ARROW {o r Novembe r , 190 1, Janu a r y, 1902, a n d Ju ly, 1903. The editi on f o r th ose issues is co mplete ly ex hau sted and copi es are neede d fo r comple t in g fil es . If an y membe r s h a ve co pies whi ch are o f no fu rt he r u se t o t he m, th ey will be most tha nkfull y r ece iv ed.

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ALPHA PROVINCE

VER:l> IO:-OT _ LI'HA-:l>IIDDLEBURY COLLEGE

(C HARTERED 1893)

Th e first part of the year is always a busy lim e fo r Vermont Alpha, and the week s have passcd so Quickly that we ca n hardly realize that it is time for the chapter letter.

After ou r freshmen were the fir s t event of great importance was our preliminary initiation, when we put the poor freshmen through all so rts of terrible stunts, t o the chant of our dungeon so ng. \V e made it up to them afte rward, however, by a first rate ·'cookie·s hine ."

Two week s after thi s, on th e n ig ht of October t\\cl1ty-cighth, we initi· ated into the real my steries of Pi Phidom Mabe l Boardman, Louise Chaffee , Edith Heaxt, Theod o ra Crane, Theresa Gra\'e s, Mary Kendall, and Jun e Roy s, and seven more loy al Pi Phi s yOll have never seen Our ban· Quet was held on the following e\' ening at the Pharetra Onc of the most e nj oyab le feature s of the occa s io n was meeting so many of ollr alumnae, and our siste r s of Vermont Beta , for there were pre se nt, be s ides our own active chapter, Alice Durfee, Helen Allen, Je ss ie Bat es, Kate Russell 'W1hite, and lne z Gront of Vermont Beta ; Lena Rose man Denio, '96, Fanny Sutton, '98, Dorothy Grave s , '0 1, Lena Bixby , '03, and :Maude Smith Gooding, '03. of our own alumnae.

Our college work has been rather hard thi s year, but we have mingled the plea sures with the duties. We have had two "cookie·shin es" and have given two dances at th e Pharetra. l\'fo s t of the girl s went home for Thank sgiving and brought back so many good things that ou r last "cookie · s hine" was a regular Thanksgi\'ing s pread.

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

Ju s t now we are looking forward with dread to our examinations, but with joy to the coming vacation. Mayall Pi Phis ha,'e a merry, me rry Christma s and a happy New Year.

BERTHA CHANDLER DUNCAN.

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VEIUIONT DETA-UNl\'f.RSITY OF \,£RlIOXT

(CHARTERED J898)

Once again Ver mont B e ta se nd s greetings to h e r sis t e r chapters

The great "asking day" is drawing near for u s and we are very anxious to know whether we s hall get the girl s we want to make true Pi Phis . Our prospect s ar e m o re than good, we think.

\Ve have been honored by a \,is it fr om one of om sis t ers from Ve rmont Alpha, Be ssi e Bump, wh om we enjoyed so \'ery much. Three of our girls attended the initiation at :Middl ebu ry College and all came back the gl owin g r epo rt of what a fine chapter we have at that college.

Our reception to th e fr es hmen girl s took place at the delightful ho me of one of Ollr patro ne ss es , Mi ss Mina \ Va lk cr. A vcry plea sa nt eve ning w as s pent and a fine time r epo rted by all assembled.

Co mparatively little ru s hing ha s been d one t his year but the 10 llg time b e tween the opening of co llege and "a sking day" gives the upper cla ss girl s a good chance to know th e new girl s well .

N.

CQLt:MIJIA ALI'U .\--GEO RGE WA S HISC TOX UXI\'ERSITY

(CHARTERED 1889 )

Since the la s t letter was w ritt e n we han been a \'Cry bu sy and happy little band o f girl s here in Columbia Alpha . Our initiation is long s ince O\' er, and it is with much pride and plea sure that I introduce to you our five n e w s is ters-Ade laid e Albert , Margaret White, :Margare t Merrill , Elin o r Hoyt and H ele n girl s e"e ry one o f them , wh om I wi sh you might all know per sonally.

George \V ashington Uni\' er s ity h as been very gay thi s year, mo re so than eve r before, and the Christmas affair s which are planned wi ll keep u s "ery much occupied during the h olidays. On the se\'c nth of December came wh a t is the mo s t splend id fun c ti on o f th e year with us,-the s tu· dents ' ball, given for th e benefit o f our Uni\'e r sity H ospi tal , at th e New Willard, which ha s th e hand so mes t ball r oo m in t o wn , Se\'Cral o f u s had the pleasure of going to it , and enjoyed it \'Cry much, of course. Over one th o u sa nd dollar s was cleared fo r the ho s pital , so it was a gr ea t sue· ce ss financially , as well as in an artistic and socia l way.

Thi s year our alumnae ha"e adopted the very plea sa nt pl a n of having monthly socia l affairs at th e h o me s o f th e girls, to which the chapter girl s and patrone sses are invit ed , and y o u Olay imagine with how much pl easure we look forward to th ese gathering s, There is usually an in. fo rm a l talk by some one of the members, o r sometime s by an outsider, with mu s ic afterwa rd s, and in th i.s way we ha"e spen t seve ral h appy even-

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ings already. .-\t the last one, which was given at the home of Florence Frisby, Ruth who ha s recently returned from two years abroad, t o ld us in a most interesting way of her experiences as an art s tudent in Paris, and the n ext one wiiJ be equally good if present plans are carried out. It is the best way of bringing together the chapter and alumnae girls. \Ve ha ve been very glad to have with us seve ral times at the se meeting s the three girls from Illin ois Delta, who are at school at the National Park Seminary at Fore s t Glen, near \Va s ilington,-Louise Seacord, Katherine Bagby and Inez \Veb ster. They were also present at our initiation, and senral of us have made pleasant trips out to visit them, w hi ch we hope they have enjoyed as much as we have.

At Thank sgi\·ing time we had a delightful visit from Edith Kelly of Penn sy lvania Beta, who was here for a few days with her mother. We had only one regret-that s he s tayed so sho rt a time that we had little chance to e nt ertai n her as we wished. But she met nearly all of our girls at the junior dance, which fortunately happened to come during the time she wa s here. It was a Colo nial dance, and we have wondered since whether Mi ss Kelly would know any of us again without our powdered hair and patche s.

F o r the fir st time in the hi s tory o f our college a Woman' s League has been es tabli shed this year, and we arc very proud of the fact that ou r chal)tcr president, :McPher so n , i s also president of the League, and that three more of our girl s are among its officers. The purpose of the Leaguc is to promote unity among the girls, both fraternity girls and tho se no t so fortunate. One social meeting has been held recent ly, and it was an unqualified success, especially in gi\ ing us an opportunity to mcet many girls whom we had never kn own before. Our conditions are peculiar in th at there are among the s tudent s many who are in the go\'· ernment offices in the day and only come to college after four-thirty in the afternoon, so that the regular student s see but little of them. It is for the se girls that the league is primarily designed, and its s uccess in this way seems already assured.

Besides thi s our girls are active in all the interests of the college. In the Girls' Glee Club, which is some thing new here, a goodly proportion of the girls are Pi Phis, including the lead er, while in the Dramatic Club the Pi Phi s are prominent. Great thing s are expected of both organization s in the near future.

With all g ood wishes for the happiest of happy Xew Years, in the bond of Pi Beta Phi for Columbia Alpha.

ADELE RIA TAYLOR.

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ALPHA-SWARTHMORE COLLEGE

(CHARTERED 18g2)

Once marc the time for OUf ARRow letters comes around. and as we look back over the time which has elapsed since th e last one we find it full of hopeful impro\' ement. Almost half of that trying lim e between the ope ning of college and pledge day has passed and we feel as hopeful as only Pi Phis can. Before Christmas we are going to have a Christmas feast, the one rushing entertainment which we are allowed by OUf pledge. Of course we intend to make this the greate st success of any of the three given; as it was la s t year and as we hope it always may be.

The happiness of our college life has been overshadowed by the sad announcement that the resignation of OUf dean, Elizabeth Powell Bond, has been accepted. For all those who have li ved under her kindly guiding influence it will be impo ssi ble to find anyone to entirely fill her place as our college mother.

ELIZABETH E. JOHN SON.

BETA-BUCKNELL UNiVERSITY

(CHARTERED 1895)

Time has passed \"Cry quickly and Quietly for us s in ce our last letter. The ru shing season which demanded so much time earlier i s now about over. Now comes the months of working and waiting until June , when we can initiate.

'rVe are v ery glad to il1lroduce to Pi Phidom a loyal new Greek, Mary Georgiana Stanton, '07.

Our soc ial affairs have been very informal, but all the more delightful A "cookie - shine" in honor of Dr. Mary Wolfe, and at which seven of our alumnae were present, was a delightful e\'ening spent in close "fellows hip." Hallowe'en one of our t own girls gne a chafing-dish party, which we all enjoyed. Our "election party" on the evening o f the fourth of November, an old-fashioned candy pull, was voted by all a great success. Birthday spreads, which mean delicious home "goodies," and Thanksgiving boxes have appealed to ou r appetites more than once.

May the New Year bring every Pi Phi its \'ery best gifts.

FLORENCE L BARON.

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COLLEGE

( C H ARTERED 19(3)

Our life during th e fir s t term of this collcgc ycar ha s not bccn intensely exciting but yery plcasant and succcssful.

Hallowe'cn e\'cning El s ie Hoffer entertained the fr aterni ty at her ho me We indulged in the old fa s hioned games, nut cracking and popping corn befo r e the fire-place, telling fortunes and ghost stories. The favor s were in th e fraternity colors

November elenllth Georgia C r ans ton, '06, was initiated at the h o me of one of our members \ Ve were glad to have with us Sara Black of Pennsy l va ni a Beta . After the initia ti on we enjoyed a Pi Phi cookie-shine .

The chapter entertained its patro n es ses, the ladie s of the faculty, and fri en d s o f the chapter at two teas given in the r ooms. The rooms looked very pretty, light ed with candle s Our patronesses have helped u s in improving o ur rooms thi s fall. One pre sented us with a handsome desk chai r, ot her s with china.

\ Ve hope all th e chapte r s ha\'e had great Sll cce!'s on pledging new members and that you llIay find th e re s t of thi s college yea r most happy and profitable.

GERTRUDE H£I.LEIl

OHIO ALPHA-{)mo UNIVERSITY

(C HARTERED 1889)

So many things han happened to Ohio Alpha since the la st ARROW appeared and we have had such a busy time between our college work and our en t ertainm ents.

Firs t and most important, on th e eigh th of October we gave a chafingdi s h party t o th e new girl s and as a result we ha ve two of th e ,-ery nice s t freshmen that ever were, we think-Mary Simon and Clare Humphrey O ur mock initiation f ollowed the next week. which of course was lot s of fun, and ou r r eal initiation the week after This, owing to ideas from the convention, was one of the prettiest initiations th at we have had and I think we enjoyed it more because it was so impressive.

We have been invited t o two r ecept io n s lately On Hallowe'en , Phi Delta Th eta entertained in honor o f their girl friend s and invited the Pi Phi s. A very delightful e\'ening was spent. The Tri-Alphas, the local sorority here, gave an afternoon reception for their patro nesses and the Pi Phi girls. \V e did enjoy s o mu ch getting acquainted with those girls whom we do not see so \'ery often.

One of our old girl s in Columbu s, Grace Sco tt , came down to Athens

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fo r a tw o w eeks' visit and while she wa s here we gnc a "ery informal spread in her honor. It seemed like old tim es a nd very enjoyable old tim es at that.

On the twen ty -second of Tove mber. Mr. a nd Mrs. Harr y Stalder enter· ta ined the Beta Theta Pis and the Pi Beta Phi s. The evcning was spen t in progre ss iv e games and fini s hed lip with fraternity songs and dancing. It is n eedl ess to sa y that we had a fine tim e.

Vle h ave just s tart ed Oll r o ld sys tem of ent e rt ai n ing wh ic h we found so success ful las t year. Two girls at a time enterta in , and our parties come abou t once a month. We ha\'e d ecided to practice Pi Phi song s, and if we continue to Jearn as many as we did this first time, we will soon know all the songs in th e book.

You must not th ink from this that we do nothing but e nt ertain; for we h ave learned t o combi n e good time s a nd h ar d work. 'vV e hope ou r s i ste r c h apte r s have been getting as much enjoyme n t out of the fraternity as we h ave.

MARY TREUDLEY.

OHIO BETA----()HIO S TATE UKIVERSITY

(CHARTERED 1894)

It seems hardly po ss ible that th e Christmas "Exams" and holidays are so near at h and. Time ha s flown ve r y rapidly for Ohio Beta si n ce her last le tter to you. As int ended, we initi ated ou r fo ur pl edges on the e ig hth of October. To think that they h ave been Pi Phi s f o r almos t tw o months now! The sixteenth o f November we held a reception for them at th e home of Clara Schille. \ Ve were very fortunate in having Magnolia Ewalt o f Neb r aska Beta, Helen Crane of Ba lti more, and M r s. Sp ring e r of Kan sas Alpha, with liS on that occa <.; ion. So our fre shmen met siste r Pi Phi s from other chapters, as well as the facuity and th e college me n We have been very lucky o n the score of visitors th is fall. The evening of th e 111in o is-O hio State foo tb a ll game we gave a sp r ead for Magnolia Ewalt a nd fo r Alice Mann and Edit h C lark- Burr o f Illin ois Zeta. M agn o lia ha s planned to spe nd part of th e winter with Colu mbu s relatives, so we h op e t o see a great deal of her.

S o far there have been several fraternity parties given, at which Pi Phi was well r ep r ese nted: Kappa Sigma enterta ine d wi th a formal dan ce; Sigma Alpha Ep s il o n , wi th a Hallowe'en party; Sigma Ch i and Delta Tau Delta, with informal dances , as well as th e u sua l Battalion h o p

Speaking o f Hall owe'en parties r em ind s us of th e delightful evening We spent at the s uburb a n home of Madge \Vil son , on e of ou r init iates. We had a very jolly time r oas ti ng c h es tnu ts, po pping co rn a nd d o dging after .6.&&0",-4

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suspended apples. Afterwards we dan ce d and pulled taffy-scurrying across the moonlit fields just in time f or the la st car to the city.

Ohio Beta wishes you all pleasant and a restful vacation.

KATHERINE BANCROFT

YORK ALPHA -S YRA CUS E UNIVERSITY

(CHARTERED 18g6)

New York Alpha ha s been very bu sy si nce yotl las t heard from her.

vVe d id some very energetic ru s hing during the first half of the semester, and as a re su lt of our labor s we are proud to present to you nine new sis ter s, we think the cream of lhe freshman class: Carlene Barrett, Olive Barker, Myrta Harrington , Lois Hawk es, Henrietta Gamble, Argrette In galls, Elizabeth Mould , Florence R obbins and Carrie Sherwood.

'Ve initiated our pledgiing s Nonmbcr twelfth and had with us at initiation and banquet senral a lum nae and last year's s ister s.

\Ve are to give our u s ual Christmas party December s ixteenth, a few day s befo r e we go home, and we are h op ing that Santa Claus will be kind and bring m any useful gifts for our chapter h ouse.

At a r ecent Pan-Hellenic meeting, all the so r orit ie s a greed t o se t December s ixth as pledge day for thi s year. As our initiati on was al r eady ove r, thi s did not materially affe ct li S, and it was very interesting to watch the smi les and tears, th e sad and glad face s on that day.

Syracuse has been ,·ery enthu sia s tic thi s year ove r ath letics, and we may add, very sllccess ful as well.

\Ve han with us this year Lillian :May Neff, ex-'oS, from Vermont Alpha, which makes our nllmber , with the addition of our nine new girls, twenty- se ven.

\Ve are rej o ic ing in our success so far this year and earnestly wish you th e same feelings.

LILLIAN

NEFF.

XEW YORK CO LLEGE

(CHARTERED 1904)

New York Beta is anxiously waiting the re su lt of the ru shing season, for Monday, D ecember twelfth, is pledge day. As yet we cannot tell how many freshmen we will win, but we are h o ping for the best. Ina smuch as Barnard is primarily a day college, our ru shing parties are restricted to "at home s," card parties, and dances

On December tenth we are to end the ru shing season with our first dance. It promises to be a great success, for we are t o have thr ee Pi Phi

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sisters (rom Pennsylvania Alpha-Jean Leitch, Mary A. Gutelius, and Anna Jackso n, the Alpha Province pre s ident-to help u s Mrs. Louis Springer, a Pi Phi from Kan sas Alpha, is going to be with us, also.

Since Ollf November lette r was written we have initiated two sophomores, Irene B. Adam s and Sophie P. \Voodman and last week we pledged another, Amalie L. Althaus. Since October all but one of our 1904 girls ha ve applied and been admitted to active membership.

0., November nineteenth Ella Reaney gave a euchre party, but it was strictly a Pi Phi gathering. During the Christmas vacation we expect to have two, and possibly three, sisters with us. We are going to postpone our initi ation until after Christmas day, and entertain the visiting Pi Phi s with a big initiati on and cookie- s hine.

MARY N. MURTHA.

MA SS.-\ C HC S ETT S I.PHA-BQSTON UNIVERSITY

(CH.\ RTERED 18g6)

How long it se e illS si nce the la st ARROW letter wa s due! For now pl edge day. initiation and banquet h3\'e come and gone.

Pledge day was really the most exciting of all, for the following events depended upon our success at that c rucial time. Good fortune was with u s as we pledged eight fine girl s. Let me introduce them to you. They are Rebecca Berry , '06. and Blanche Charlton, Carolyn Cook, Helen Ganiard, Harri et Green, Ruth Denni s, Marian Legg and A nni e Jone s, all 'oS girl s

Initiation was held NO\"C1l1ber nineteenth, at the home of Sarah G Pomeroy, Medford, Ma ssachusetts. at which all of th e girls but Harriet Green were intiat ed. This was followe d by a banquet at the Westminster hotel, where fifty-one alumnae and active members enjoyed togeth e r the fe stivities. Vve were so rry that circumstances prnented Harriet from being initiated with the rest o f the girl s. \ Ve h ope, ne ve rth eless , to see her a member of Pi Phi soon after the Chri s tmas vaca tion

At our la st r egu lar meeting we were most delightfully ente rtained by our delegate to Convention who at that time read her report. We had delayed the rep o rt so that the freshmen might have the privilege of hearing it and thu s at th e very beginning of their fraternity life obtain a glimp se of the grand organization of which we are members

As we heard the glowing account of the bu s in ess sess ions and the banquet of the Convention we all wished that when the time comes fo r Pi Phi sisters from all over the country to meet once more we may be of that fortunate number.

At thi s time of the year when good tidings and greetings are being s ent

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from east to west an d back again Ma ssac hu se tt s Alpha wis h es all h er ter chapters a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

M L 1LLIAN H ORNE.

MARYLAND ALPHA-WOMAN'S COLLEGE OF' BALT IM ORE

(C HARTER ED 1897)

Our las t letter t o th e ARRow was writte n during ru s hing seaso n , when all our h opes a nd ene rg ies were s train ed towa rd o n e poi nt. Thi s year pl edge day was the twe lfth of Novembe r, and suc h an improvement upon the spring pledge day of la st year. La st C hr istmas found us s till rushing an d without knowledg e of our outcome, but thi s Chris tmas finds us r ejoicing ove r fou r new s is ter s-Ann Port er, L ouise Van Sant, Lilian Ba ldwin and Ne ll McNutt. So it is with a f eeling o f the g r ea t es t j oy and delight that we are now ab le t o tell you of thi s h a ppy culmina t ion of o ur effort s. La s t Satu r day nigh t at th e home of one o f ou r alum n ae, H e len Doll-Tatt le, we pinn ed a golden a rr ow upon each one

Our college life has been unev entful so far thi s yea r The basket baH teams o f th e different classes ha ve been ch osen and t hey are now pract icing for th e match games which take place after the Christmas h o lidays Th e only dramatic s allowed in th e college are given by the seniors, and on Friday and Saturday night s o f thi s week th ey will give a production o f " Mu ch Ado About Nothi n g." The n ame of th e pl ay had been kept st rictly sec r et until ten day s ago, when o n e morni n g a beau t ifu l po s ter was placed upon the bull eti n board in Gouche r H all s tating th e name and the time it would be given.

M ary land Alpha wishes all Pi B e ta Phis a Illo st ha ppy and pro sperous New Year.

[RENE Tuu. FENTON.

BETA PROVINCE

ILLINOIS BETA-LOMBARD COLLEGE

(CHARTERED 1872)

Aft e r a very s hort inte r va l, as it seems to us, the tim e ha s come for another letter. V./e wonder if th e last two months have gone as quickly fo r th e res t of you as they have for us.

S everal things have happen ed to make the time go so quickly. For one thin g ou r alumnae have been so good to us. Ethel Van Ci se of Denver spent the last two week s of October with us and we did enjoy h er visit

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so. Our fir s t cook ie-s hine was held in her hon o r and we had a jolly time singing afterward .

Two weeks late r we initiat ed Oll T four new pledges and this was whe r e th e alumnae ca me in. H o rt e n se Cowan in vited u s to have the initi at io n at h er hom e a nd when we got th e re c\O e r ything was ready for us as the older girl s h ad arrange d it a ll After Billy had made his bow we had a cookie-s hin e. The dining rOOm was d eco r a t ed with the fraternity co lo r s and carnation s.

Fr a nces Whit e asked us t o have one of OU T fr atern ity meetings with h e r W e did so a nd aft e r wards s he treated u s to a chafing-di sh luncheon

On Hall owe'en we were entertained by Emma Grubb, one of our active girl s , at a candy pull. All the u sua l Hall owe'en g ames an d tricks were played and each of tI S wa s made to walk d own th e ce ll a r stai r s backward w ith a candle in o n e hand and a in the othe r , and a t th e bottom we were r e warded by a glimp se of our fates.

Early in D ecembe r we gave a pro gr ess ive dinner-party. We had a co urse a t the h o me of each o f t he town-girls, changing p a rtn e r s at each place. It wa s great fun a nd eve ryone s eem ed t o e nj oy it. Our Racine alumn ae sent u s th e place card s for two cour ses. So yOll see Ollr s uccess thi s term ha s depended largely o n our alumnae.

Be s ide s th ese th e r e have be en seve ral co ll ege d an ces a nd both men's fraterniti es ha ve had h o u s e-wa rm ings. We ha ve done o ur s hare of studying, too, and are looking forward to many ofllOre good time s in the future.

A m e rry Chri s tma s and a happy New Year to all Pi Phi s wherever they may be.

DELIA CONGER.

ILLtXOI S DELTA-K:'<OX COLLEGE

(C HARTERED IBB4)

B o th co ll ege and fraternity life ha\'e been especially plea sant thi s fall Our chapter, a lth oug h s malle r in numbers than it wa s las t year, is composed of girl s to wh om Pi Beta Phi is very dear and th ey are very much interested in her a d" a n cement.

Since our last le tte r we ha ve initiated nin e new s ist ers into our fraternity life a nd we a r e glad to intro duce th ese girl s o f o ur choice. They are :Mabel And e r so n, O cta Hickok, Mabel Hill, Martha Taliaferro, Monica Smith, Edith Green e, M ildred Toler, Grace Fahn es tock and Ali ce J o hnson

The Pi Phi s hold a numbe r of posi tions 01 h on o r in college this year. Two o f ou r girls are o n the staff of our college annua l, The Gale. On the board of editor s fo r The KJIOX Student, our college paper, we also have a represe ntati ve; a nd their nam es appear a s cla ss o ffi ce rs and chai r. men o f committee s.

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Ma r y Mars celebrated her birthday last month by invi ti ng the Pi Phis and th ei r young men friend s to s pend the enning with her. \Ve had a very enjoyable time and wi s h Mary' s birthdays came more often. Mrs. Clark f.. Carr ha s invited ollr chapter to luncheon tomorrow in h onor of Grace Fahn estock, one of our new sisters.

Knox ha s won the championship of the western colleges in football thi s fall, and in celebration of th e fact the co llege gins the men o n the team a banquet December ninth . Th e classes are t o attend in a body, each with an original Knox so ng. The one who offers the best song will have the hon o r of compo si ng the Knox song, as the be s t one is to be selected for thi s purpo se Each cla ss is very anxiolls as well a s confident O\'er the re su lt of the contest.

We have l1ad tw o enjoyable "cook ie-s hine s," one of which was given at the home of an alumna. Vie are ycry glad to have the s upport of the al um n ae and especially s in ce it is given in such a Joyal way , Illinois Delta wishes joy and good times in the Ch ri s tma s vaca tion now so near.

CLARA LINDLEY

ILLIXOI S

UN IVER S ITY

(CHARTERED ISg.t )

We Pi Phis at Northwestern ha\'c had some Hry intere s ting time s si nce ou r last lett e r. First and foremo s t of them all wa s the initiation. In our fraternity r ooms on Saturday, October fifteenth , we initiated four girls. We want you a ll t o know th em. Th ey are Amy Onken , Myrtelle Rogers, Clara Lucie Gloss, and Ethel Deckard. After the initiati o n we held a banquet at th e Avenue House where CO\'ers were l a id for thirty-four. Our tab le looked ve ry pretty , decorated with Pi Phi color s, smi lax, and carnat ions, but the chief attraction was the toy goat in the middle!

Northwestern ha s been very gay lately with informal dances and parties. We ou r selves have en te r tained twice, fir s t with a da n ce at 'Wilmett e and then with a s pread at the home of Lili Hochbaum. Our dance was o n e of the prettiest info rmals of the season.

We have been very glad to meet Rachel Nicholson of Nebraska Beta who is in Chicag o and ha s visited ou r chapter. \Ve hope to know her better and have her feel that s h e ha s Pi Phi friends h e re a s well as in Lincoln.

Illin o is Ep silon wi shf's that all the P i Phi s may han a happ y New Year. MARIE HAMMOND.

ILLINOIS ZET.-\-(jNIVERSITY OF ILLI!'i'OIS

(CHARTERED 1895)

Th e passing of th e fir st tw o months of college finds us busy with our wo rk, and co unting the da ys until Ch r is tma s vacation. Thing s seem to h ave adapted them selves to th e n ew conditions o f the yea r , a nd the new girl s are no w as much a part o f us as th e o ld girl s ever werc OUf initia· tion thi s year was a great success. Some of the o ld girls were back, and with the town girls, we all a ss embled at the ho u se at fixe o'clock (or initiati o n, fcllowed by a si mpl e banquet. All the Pi Phi repre se ntati\fcs fr om other co llege s wer e call ed in to tell u s about th ei r ow n chapters, and we especially en joyed a s h o rt talk on the growth o f our chapter by one of our charter member s.

W e Illinois peo ple arc proud t o be able to call attention to the record of our football team, who se career we have foll owed with inten se interest We feel , th at as Pi Phi s, we can o nly grow as our uniHr si ty grows, and the development of both ha s pleased us immensely.

Chapters of Phi Kappa P s i an d Delta Kapp a Epsi lo n ha"e been in stalled here thi s year, and we tak e great plea s ure in welcoming them to the university world

Soon we shall be part ing for our Chri s tm as vacation, and altho ugh we look fo rward to ou r visit h ome, we will not be so rry when o n ce more we are all gathered beneath th e Pi Phi roof

A merry C hri s tma s t o all Phi Phi s far and wide.

ALPHA-FR. NKUN

COLLEGE

KATE MANN

(CHARTERE D 1888 )

If we had wait ed just o n e day late r t o mai l o ur last le tte r we could have added anothe r name , th a t o f Jennie Cob le, to ou r li s t o f pledge s.

A s soon as the ru shing seaso n wa s over we bega n planning for initiati on and o n October fift eenth, almost th e anniver sa r y of our la s t initiation, w e pinned the. arrow o n nine enthusiastic new gi rl s. Our chapter nev e r before initi a ted so many in one eveni ng.

One Friday afternoon in October we invited a number of ou r Sigma Alpha Epsi lon and Phi Delta Th e ta friends to go with us to a camp a few miles fr o m t ow n f o r a fall picnic. There w ere boat rid es and walks and ra ces for the mo st of us wh ile a commi tt ee of ou r girl s with a few of the me n fo r as sis tant s sp r ead a mo st delici o u s picnic s upper for u s in the camp kit c hen. We were especia ll y prepared t o enjoy this spread after a

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trolley ride and plenty of out door fun After s upper the whole crowd gathered around huge bonfire s until tim e for the return to town.

On the la s t Saturday night before Thank sg iving we had an early frate rnity meeting and afterwards called on one of our patrones ses. It has been our p lan to call in a body on each of OUf patrone sses at lea st o n ce during each school year.

J ust now everyone is looking forward to Christmas and a ll of our spare time is s pent in making Chri stma s pre se nt s for college fr iends and th e home people. \ ;Ve are planning for a Pi Phi Christmas grab basket t h is year. Each active girl and each p l edge i s to arrange one present, not expending m o r e than a given amount for it. At the last fraternity mee ting befor e the holidays the gift s will be drawn from the basket. In this way each girl can feel that she ha s r eme mb e red every other girl in the chapter with a gift.

\Ve are also stu dying for fraternity examination. If each chapter felt as ours does a bout the fraternity examination we would s urely find some plan by which it wou ld not be necessary for each girl to take time and s trength 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 our h ea rt s we wi s h a Merry Chris t · mas and a Happy New Year for each Pi Phi s is ter.

GRACE BRYAN.

INDIANA BETA-I:-<D1ANA UN IVER S ITY

(CHARTERED 1893)

At the pre se nt writing we are all very bu sy getting ready for the fina l examinations of this term. But we feel that we will be well repaid for the work by the vacation which is coming.

Thi s term has been rather a Quiet one, but very enjoyab le to us all. Our fre shmen s urprised us delightfully la s t week with a Thanksg i ving dinner and we have been singing th ei r praises louder than ever. The wonders of freshmen never cease.

Instead of entertaining each fraternity se parately , a s we sometimes do, this year we have given a series of parties, inviting about half of each fraternity In this way several repre sentatives from each fraternity were present at each party. The fir s t one o f the series wa s a patriotic party. Our "democrat" girls consented gracefully, so we celebrated the election in that way. The house was decorated in Rags of a ll sizes and wate r color flag s on the backs of the program s carried out the same idea. Another of the series was a Japane se party. We tried to make each one something out of the ordinary.

Our Hallowe'en jollification consisted o f a hay wagon ride It was a

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beautiful moonlight night and we dro\-e five miles out into the country, built a large bonfire, and sat around it, drinking cider and eating ginger bread and apples until the weirdness of the dying embers r eminded us that gho s t stories belong to Hallowe'en as well as good things t o eat.

La st " frat" night Ih e first edition of our paper came ou t. We call it the p, Pili Scavenger and it is published once a term. 'We enjoyed it immen se ly and felt dreadfully conceited to think "our girl s" we re so brilliant. I wonder if any of our sister chapters publi s h a paper? If they do perhaps they might give us some new idea s.

Merry Christmas to you all.

IXDJ..\XA

GRACE C. GRAYBILL.

G,HDIA-Bt:TLER COLLEGE

(C HARTERED 1897)

The , -icl 0ry was ours thi s year. Our success was evell greater than we had hoped The contract with Kappa Kappa Gamma closed at four o'clock, Oct o ber th e twenty-second, and before seve n o 'cl ock e ight freshmen had donn ed the wine and blue and wer e seated at ou r banquet table. We are very proud o f our newly initiated sisters, who are: Bernice Russel of Amarillo, Texas, Nina Mae Ely of Brooklyn, Lu ci le Didlake of Monticell o, Jan e Elizabeth Bigelow of Terre Haute, and four from Indianapoli s: Ca th erine Bertha Empey, Anna Burt, and Elizabeth Rawles.

With the pledging season came the announcement of a new club, called ·Sigma Delta Theta This organization is composed of seve n freshmen and four preparatory girls.

S ocia l life has been at it" height this year, if informal affairs be included. There is an unusually good feeling among the members of different fraternitie s and seve ral pan-Hellenic dances have been given with varying degrees of success.

Some of our girls attended the Phi Delta Theta ball given during their national convention held in this city.

Butler has tak en a great interest in athletics this fall, and our football team did her credit, lo s ing only one game. Now that the basket ball seaso n has commenced we wish to do even better, for, in the girls' team, we have both college and Pi Phi to work for.

,\;Ve extend heart y greetings to all Pi Phi s and wish them success in the new year.

LULU B. KELLAR

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MICIIICAX AJ.PHA-IIILLSUAI.E COI.I.ECE

(C HARTERED (887)

Again we send greeting s to our s is ter Pi Phi s, and you w ill be glad t o know that there are six more o f u s th an when la s t we wro te . 'W e ha ve one initiate, Lulu Merrifiehl. G ladys Barker, o n e of la s t year's girls. ha s ju s t come back to u s aiter a siege of typh o id fever . And then o ur four n ew pledge s-Ethel Bi sh op, Polly Branch, Vi rgini a Holland and Ell e n Kermen.

We had s uch a pleasant t ime securing th e n ew girls thi s year a nd feel es pecially g r atified at our success becau se of the many goo d thing s said about the old girls at the time I s it wr o ng to fee l a litt le bit proud of our selves?

The most enjoyable e\'ent Michigan 'Al pha ha s had for a long t ime was a progre ssive dinner given b)' our resident alumnae to the act ive chapter and the n e w girls o n NO\'ember fift eenth. A more ni cely se r ve d dinn e r or a mo r e happy crowd of Pi Ph is th an the thi rt y at Mr s. Stewart's that night, I defy you to find. W e are so grateful to our n ew ly·formed Alum · na e Assoc iati o n

Thi s dinner and a delightful cookie -s hin e in Ollr room a r e the o nly spec ial events we ha \'e to chronicle.

During Th a n skgidng \' acation, we we r e glad to welcome three o f o ur al um n ae- M a r y Corbett, Estelle Nas h a nd Lucy Baker-Whetzel.

\Ve are now busy in our co ll ege w or k and al so in planning fo r o ur Chri stmas vacation. \\ 'e wi:.h you all a Merry Christmas and a Happ y N ew Yea r

EVELYN" D GATES.

l\IICHIGAl\' BETA-UNI\'ERSITY Of l\IlClIlGAX

(C HARTE RE D 1888)

On Saturday , October the twenty ·ninth. we initiated six new girls. Th ey arc Marjorie Loo se, £"a H athhorn, Charlotte Angstman, Elizabeth M iller, Katharine Griffith and Martha Downey. About twenty-five of our alumnae were back for initiation and spent Sunday with us. It did seem so good to ha\'c so Illany of our old girls with liS again. Altogethe r we think we had a very sllccessful initiation this year, and we are cert ainly pro ud of ou r six freshme n

\V e have a new pledge, Anna Kanagde, who was pledged a few weeks ago and whom we hope to initiate some time n ex t semes ter .

The Thursday after Ollr Thanksgi"'ing vaca ti on we ga\'e a little in for· mal party fo r our freshmen.

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At the time of th e Chicago-Mic higan foot ball game we had se\' craJ visit o r s here a t ou r chapter ho u se, May Loose, who graduated two years ago, and Dai sy Sab ine, who wa s here three year s ago; also Mi ss Ga s tman from Illin ois Zela, spent the day with liS.

La st week we enjoyed ha\'ing with u s o ne c\'cning Eleanor Ju s t from Il linoi s Ep s il on.

The fre s hman spread, a dancing party fo r the fre s hman girls, given by th e sop ho m o re s, in which the junior and sen io r girls act as escorts for the fr e shmen, is to be given December tenth It is the one eve nt of the year where all th e girl s of th e co ll ege come t o gether fo r a good tim e. The party is u s ually vcry pretty wi th the gymna s ium dec o ra ted with clas s color s and the girl s all in evening dres s.

'We are looking fo rward eage rly t o the approaching ho liday s and wis h all the Pi Phi s a merry Chri s tmas and a happy New Year.

RHEA L. TYLER

GAMMA PROVINCE

IOW \ ALPHA-IOW.-\ WE SLEYA!\"

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I s it po ssi ble t ha t has come and g o ne and that we are already planning fo r Chri s tma s? Thu s time flie s.

I owa Alpha has had a pleasant fall , th ough it ha s bee n rather Quiet.

On Hall o we'en we P i Phi girl s, pl edges, and se\'eral alumnae, with ou r men friend s, mad e a jo lly party o f many ca rriage s an d s ingle traps and dro\"e int o the cou ntry eleven mile s to the beautiful home of Mabel Payn e.

Th e room s were dec o rat ed with brilliant autumn lea \' cs a nd the delicate gr ee n of s mila x. Th e se pulchral element was n ot lacking, for from the corner of one room, th e form of the Pi Phi ghost was dimly see n through branches of leave s.

Everyone voted our e\"Cni ng a su ccess, and a t a la te hour said goodnight to our ho st ess and her mo th e r, who having two Pi Phi daughter s , is very loyal th e wine and blue.

Th e e\'ening o f November fifth, Alpha Xi D elta gave a Pan-Hellenic party at the pleasant h ome of one of their memb e r s. It wa s a very pleasant occasion , for the Greek s se ld om meet in a soc ial way, and it i s g ood n o w and then to fo rget the ri valry.

Thank sgiving day we had our seco nd initiati o n fo r thi s t e rm and we are proud and happy 10 introduce to all our s isters in Pi Beta Phi ou r n ew s is ter, Berth a Snider, who is an a ss i sta nt in the Conservatory of

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Mu sic. We al so have two new pledge s who will soo n wear the wine and blue, Clara l\hmz and Mabel Gilla s pie.

Wi shing yOll all a Merry Christmas.

IOWA BETA-SI Mf'SOX COLLEGE

(C IIARTERED 1874)

STELLA GUTHRIE,

It seems almost incredible that so quickly the fall term of college has slipped away and all the girls arc planning for Ch ri stmas vacation, Our pledge day being the sc\'enteenth o f NO\'e mber, Pearl Ru ss el, Ada Proudfoot and Mary Kilburn were introduced into the fraternity world as wearer s of the wine and blue, together with Mi ss Mary Hunting, the new Latin professo r, a s patrones s, November thirtieth we initiated ou r pledge s and this was followed by a cookie-shine and a very good time.

Th e on ly large afhir we have given thi s term was a r egular Hallowe'en party, given to our men friends, and wa s as successful as any we have ever given,

On th e ninth of December we ha,'e Oll r la s t m eeting and are planning for a \'e ry good time, although w e are very so rrowful ove r the fad that Marguerite and Cele s te Robin so n will not be in schoo l next term, and probably Bernice Halley as well.

\ Vislting a very merry Christmas and a very bright, happy and prosperous New Y car to every Pi Beta Phi.

RUTIt ETHERTON BAKER.

10W -\ ZET:\-STATE UNI\'ERSITY OF IOWA

(CHARTERED 1882)

Ou r State University this yea r has a larger attendance than ever before and in all departments the college is thoroughly alive and spirited. We Pi Phis h ave had a success ful and h appy year thus far, Since the la st ARROW we ha\'e a new Pi Phi to introduce to you, Alice Mayor Edwards of \V aterloo, who was initiated with our four othe r pledges.

The la s t Saturday in October all the fraternity girls of the Uni\'ersity were invited to meet Mis s Ruth Pax on, national s tudent secretary of Y. \ V. C. A . ?>.Ii ss Pax so n . as a former student of S. U. I. and as a frat ernity w oma n. gave u s an intere st ing and helpful talk o n fraternity life,

Several of our girls have taken part in recent farces given by the li terary societies, and there ha\'e been numerous informal doings at the frat ernity house s. Friday night, December sixteenth, the sophomore cot illi on opens th e se ason of the formal parties gj\'en in the armory.

Iowa Zeta wishes all her sis ter chapters a success ful and "Happy New Year."

SADIE HOLID Y

WISCONSIS ALPHA -USIVERSITY OF WISCON S IN

(CHARTERED 181;4)

\V:i sconsi n Alpha ha s been \"Cry bu sy since the last letter. In the middle of October we ga\'c OUT fall dance to introduce our debutantes to unive r sity society. and a week later we had our initiation and a banquet. As thi s W35 the :mni\'crsary of the fo unding of OUT chapter we had quite a number of Ollf alumnae with u s. Be s ide the six girl s of whom we wrote you, we were fortunate enough to pledge Marguerite McLean of Menominee, \Vi sconsin She is a s tr o ng girl f o r Pi Beta Phi and c"cry Wi sconsin Alpha girl is proud to call her a s i s ter.

Our soc ial meeting s ha\'c been particularly pleasant th is fall. The girls all seem to look forward to them with pleasure. At present we are sewing for a bazaar to be gi\'en by the Self- Gove rnment Association of the University t o h elp toward the \V oman 's Building which is to be built here in Madi so n.

There was a general exodus of Pi Phis at Thanksgiving, seven of u s going into Milwauk ee, and as many to Chicago. The girls who were in Chicago attended the luncheon given at Mar sha ll Fi eld's by the Chicago Afumnae Association, where they were delighted to make the acquaintance of Pi Beta Phis from a great many chaplers.

ROSE CIIARLTON WELI MAN

DELTA PROVINCE

KANSAS ALPIIA-UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS

(C HARTERED 1873)

It hardly seems that this term ha s almost sl ipped by and the Christmas holidays are here again. The term has been a very plea s ant one; one of s tudie s agreeably mingled with good time s.

From October to Christmas is the season for fall hop s, and nearly all the fraternities have entertained their friend s in thi s way. The largest party of the season was gi\'en by Mr. and Mr s. Jame s M ea n s and Mr. and Mrs. Loui s Blaul fo r two of our girls, Alma Poehler and Claudia Pendleton. This party se r\'ed to open ou r big new hall where all the spring dances will be given. \ Ve ente rtain ed our friends with a h op on November the eleventh in h onor of our fre s hmen, and th e following week initiated Mary Buckles and Imogen e Dean.

Our most important event thi s fall was the annual.banquet held in sas City on the night before Thanksgiving. We a lway s make great

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

We are very sorry to lo se one of our new girls, Mary Buckles, who has been obliged to return home on account of ill health. She will be with u s again in the spring, however.

Mis s Margaret Kyle of Penn sylvania Alpha, national secretary of the Young \"'omen's Chri stian Association, visited the Kansas organizatio n this fall, and we entertained all the fraternity girl s the afternoon that s h e talked to them.

Kan sa s University's early prospects in football were well realized. Our team did excellent work and their only defeat was by the Haskell Indians. The Dramatic club is working hard thi s year and will put on their first play soon after the holiday s. Several of our girls were ele cted into the club this fall and will have part s in the play.

May the Xew Year be a happy and prosperous one to all Pi Phis.

LESLEY HILL.

LOUISIANA ALPHA-NEWCOMB

(CHARTERED ISgI)

So Illany lovely things ha\'e happened to the girls of Loui si ana Alpha that we can hardly write of them all. But to begin with the be s t: It is almost as a Christmas present that we give to Pi Beta Phi two new s taunch and loyal girls, Marian Bean and Nina Larous s ini. They were initiated on Novcmber nineteenth, in our chapte r room in Newcomb Hall. \Ve u sually hold our initiati ons at the home of one of the girl s, but we decided to have it this year at the college, as the campus is so cha rming at night, be s ide s being thoroughly equipped with all sorts of in s truments of t orture. The college bui ldings are white, and the shadows of the palms and great oaks in the moonlight are very beautiful.

\Ve are very much distress ed at not being ab le to initiate ou r pledges, Elizabeth Maginnis, Louise We s tfeldt and Carrie Hayward. For various reasons they were unable to attend college this year, but we are eXpe1:ti ng great thing s of them, after they once cross the thre s hold of dear Pi Phi.

About three weeks after college opened, Stella Hayward invited all the active chapter, alumnae, pledges and " ru shees" to an informal tea at her home Several articles from past "ARROWS," which bore directly upon the subject of ru shing, were read, and we cheered and sang of Pi Beta Phi to our hearts' content. Every moment of the afternoon was thoroughly enjoyable.

On October twenty-eighth Beta Epsilon chapte r of Alpha Tau Omega gave a cotillion, and representati\'es from each of the othe r fraternities were invited. There were a great many other Pi Phis there also, and

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we had a delightful time, especially as it was given at the home of one of OUT active members.

Hallowe'en night we all went up to Ci=Jeste Janvier's, and did everything appropriate, from telling ghost stories to bobbing for apples. We had a jolly good time, and fini s hed it off with some Pi Beta Phi songs. \Ve recei\'cd an invitation from Kappa Kappa Gamma to help them receive at a tea to be given in honor of Mis s Sinclair, an ex-grand treasurer of Kappa, but a s Miss Sinclair was tak en vcry ill the day of the tea, the invi t ations were cancelled.

On NO\"Clllber the eleventh we werc in vi ted to a dance to be given in our honor by Mary Ashley T ownse nd Stanton. The parlors, library. dining rool11 and hall were thrown open, and red carnations were everywhere to be seen. The affair was a great s ucc ess, and no one who was there will soo n forge t it.

The next day at nne o'clock th e dormitory Pi Phis, Carrie Hopkins. Virginia Handiey, Hel e ne 1\laury, Margaret Burroughs and Genevieve Ja ckson, entertained th e acti\e chapter at an informal luncheon in the chapler room at College. The wine and s ilver blue was carried om in the dec o rati o n s. and palms and carnations werc arranged abou t the room. A fter the luncheon we a II went out to the foot balJ game betwee n Sewanee and Tulan e. That night wc went to an informa l party at Je ss ie Tt!oo's, and after turning the lights out, we sa t o n the floor in the fire · light and san g our song!', while one of the girls accompanied us on the guitar. True Pi Beta Phi sent im ent s were afloat, and after it was ove r we felt much nearer and dearer to each o th er than ever before.

Elizabeth :Maginnis gave a hOll se party Thanksgiving. and among h e r guests were two Pi Beta Phi s A suga r plantation in the "Garden Spot" of Loui siana is the grea test so rt of place to ha\'e a hOll!"c party, and we spent four days and nights of jolly good fun.

The day after pledge day, Helen Rainey invited ll S to her home to give ou r new pledges a hearty welcome, and we did so with all our hearts. This was the finale of our r.lI':.hing fe s tivitie s , and a merry o n e it wa s.

Our alumnae here in New Orleans are working toward organizing an association, and we si ncerely hope for it in the very near future. They have been wonderfully helpful to us this year, and we are very anxious to see them a firmly united body. They have rented a piano for our use in the chapter rcom,-something we have needed for so long but cou ld not afford, and we appreciate it more than we could even exp re ss t o them.

We ha\'e two n ew patrones ses to introduce to you, Mrs. C. B. Maginnis and Mrs. Alfred Le Blanc, who, we feel, are a great addition to the chapter. On the f ourteent h of December there is to be a Pan-Hellenic tea.. and we all anticipate it with pleasure.

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Wishing every Pi Phi th e happiest of C hr istmas holidays and a most joyful New Year, Loui siana Alpha says au r evoir.

GE:-<EvrEVE J ACKSON.

NEBRASKA BETA-UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA (CUAKTEREO 1895)

Two mo r e momhs have slip ped by and we can scarcely r ea li ze that so much has been accomplished. Although th e term has been full o f pl easures and hard work, a most beaut iful fall has made it pass a ll too quickly.

Since OUf last letter we have h eld our initiation, when we introduced six girls into the mysteries of Pi Phidom. The last two pledged are Pearl Fitzgerald and Al ice Car son . Our freshmen a lready s how their loyalty to th e w in e and blue and we h ope that they will always maintain t hi s s ame spirit, for surely such is the aim of a true Pi Phi.

\Ve were s or r y to ha\'e one of ou r mo st enthusia s tic fre s hmen, Myrtle L'\\vt o n, leave u s, and we mi ss her greatly, but expect her back after the holiday s

Mis s Margaret Kyle, the nati o nal students' s ecretary for the Y. ' V. C. A., vi s ited the A ssociation ill Lincoln for fi.\'e days and we con s ider ours eh' es fortunate in having had one evening o f her time. We regret that she could not be with us longer.

'Ve have been favored \\'ith vi s its from several Pi Phis from other chapte r s: Nell ie Kellogg of l\lfichigan Beta, whom we were glad to have with li S during rushing sea son and initiati on time; Jes s ie Pontius of I owa Zeta, and J ess ie Nason of Ca lifornia Deta , were here at the time of the the Iowa game , and J osephine Collier of Illinoi s Ep s ilon, who visited for some time in L incoln. 'Ve are always glad to meet ou r sisters and only wi sh it we re po ss ible to see more of them

The social life thi s fall has be en rathe r strenuous, although we have not ent e r tained extensiHly o ur selve s. La st month we gave an informal dancing party for our six fre s hmen, and various other affairs at our chapter hou se

Perhaps the mo st enjoyable function of this year was the "girls' Pan· Hellenic dance" at th e art s tudio of the univer s ity on December third. It wa s in the form of a masked ball attended by girls on ly and was like any other dance, with the exception of a Virginia reel. Some s tunning costumes were seen on the floor and everybody had a thoroughly good time. 1t was conside r ed a grea t s llccess both socially and financially , fo r the proceeds are f or a college settlement fund.

Our Pan-Hellenic Association here is making great progress and sti ll there is much room for improvement. These social functions accomplish a grea t deal in getting fraternity girls acquainted and in doing away

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with that feeling which is so apt to exist where there are as many a, sc,"en women's fraternities in one college. Our next party will come in February.

By the time thi s letter is in print the annual county fair , gi ven by the Y. W. C. A. girls, will have passed. All the fraternities have side shows of some description and we Pi Phis are to have "A Reveri e of a Bach· elor," and expect to have lots of fun.

A merry Xmas and a h appy New Year to all our sisters far and near.

KATE HEACOCK.

TEXAS ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

(CllARTERED 1902)

In our la s t Jettcr we wrote you of our encouraging prospects and ou r hopes for slIccess. Now all tho se hopes have been realized , and we han len charming new s iste r s to introduce to you: Margaret Robertson, Sadie Millspaugh, Bessie Cochran, Serena Gould, Kate M:artin, Lucile March, Elizabeth Evans, Nellie Harri s, Florence Cowan, Addie Mitchell. We feel su re that they will make faithful, earnest Pi Phi s, for even as pledges th ey were unu s ually enthusiastic, with the interes t s of the fraternity strongly at heart. After Chri s tma s our active membership of twel1ty. two wjll be increased to twenty·three, when Eva Humaso n of Colorado Beta, who is now attending the Uni\"ersity, will be tran s ferred , During th e ru s hing season two delightful parties were given in our honor, which we heartily enjoyed, in spite of the anxiety our freshmen caused us. Mr s. Wilbough Young of Illinois Delta entertained us with a jolly trolley ride , just s uited to fre shmen , where popcorn, peanut s and horns were very mllch in evidence; and Mrs. Boswe ll, one of our patronesse s, gave a Pi Phi card party. Th e house was very effectively decorated in the Pi Phi colors and r ed ro ses, and the score ca rd s were painted in long, s lender carnations Th e fir s t prize was a hand so me painting o t carnations, which Leonore Hummel won and presented to the chapter house.

The hou se ha s. been fairly bubbling over with girls the past month, as many of our alumnae have been back for the rushing season and initiati on . Our Hallowe'en party was made unusually lively b) their attendance. took our freshmen several miles out into the country to a large rambling country house, and told fortunes and ate gumbo under th e huge oak trees in the dim light of pumpkin lanterns.

We h ave another wedding to announce to our sisters At half past five Friday afternoon, December the second, Lula Rose was married ' to Mr. Kibbe of Brownsville, Texas, The wedding was a vcry quiet one, 501-

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emnized at the home of the bride, with only the immediate relatives of the bride and groom present. After the ceremony th e bridal party had dinner with the bride's mother, and Mr. and Mr s. Kibbe left that evening for Brownsville, where they will make their home.

Now that OUT pledges have been so happily initiated into the fraternity. our entire thoughts are taken up wit h the approaching term exam ination s and the Christma s holiday s. Thu s, it is in a half ser ious and half fe stive mood th at we of Texas Alp ha extend to ou r s iste r s Christmas greetings and fond wishes for a bappy and pro sperous New Y ea r. FAY

KINCAID

COLORADO ALPHA-UNIVER S ITY OF COLORADO

Echoes of Pi Phi songs and shout s of joy are still ringing in the writer's ears, for Co lorado Alpha ha s this very evening had one of those jubilees so dear to every Pi Phi, a "grab cookie-shine."

Time has pa sse d so quickly since th e last ARROW letter tha t it seems as if not much could have happened since then, and yet during thi s time our chapter has celebrated her twentieth anniversary and ini tiated seven girls.

Ju s t now thimble parties are in vogue at almost any h our of the day, as the girls are busy with Christmas sewing.

We have decided to have o ur tree after we return thi s yea r, as ou t holidays begin so late, and then, too, as some practical mind suggested, we can get things for the hou se so much cheaper then.

N ext week C laire Hu sted, one of our juniors, is going to California for the rest of the year, and we are a ll hop ing s he will become acquainted with some of the Pi Phis there.

\Ve were f ortuna te enough to have Inez Plumb of Kansa s Alpha with us for our big party, and since then we have been doing someth ing which she told u s the Kansas girl s did, and which we have found so enjoyable t hat I think it will not be amiss to tell of it in this letter. Every Sunday morning the girls of the Lodge gather in the reception room jus t after breakfast and sing their favorite hymns and read their favorite Bibl e chapters. We think th e custom a very pretty and helpful one and thank Kansas Alpha for the suggestion.

\Vh e n this letter appears it will be t oo late to wish you a merry Christmas, so Colorado Alpha says to all her s i sters, A mo st prosperous and happy New Year .

CLARA MOR SE.

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COLORADO BETA-DENVER UNIVERSITY

(CHARTERED J885 )

Co lorado B eta feels so ve ry happy th is winte r that s h e wi s he s t o pass h e r happin ess along and allow o th e r s a sh are in it.

F o r many years we have looked forward to the ti me w h en we s h ou ld have a lodg e, but becau se the ho mes of nearly all o f our girl s are in Denver. we ha ve waited a long time in vain. W e h ave n eve r had enoug h girls fr o m a di sta nce t o s upp o rt a chapter house, but at las t we have so mething whic h plea s es li S n ea rly as much.

Thi s {all th e alumnae me t a nd decided t o take defini t e s t eps in r egar d to a lodge Pla n s were drawn up, subsc ripti o n s a sk ed, and n ow as a r esu lt we a r e the prou d lJosse s so r s of a charmi ng little bungal ow. We think it is just abo u t as pretty as any little house could be. It co ntains but o n e lo ng room thirty·six fee t long by t we ntY ·lwo wide. In o n e side is a fine grea t fir e pl ace ju s t r eady to h ear our ghos t sto r ies and secret! as we s it ga th e red about it. Th e windows are high up in th e walls an d are "la tticed " o ff into c unning littl e s quare pane s of gla ss, Th e wood wo r k is d ee p mahogany and the wall s a harm oni ous s hade As a whole th e e ff ect of the interior is very artistic and will be \'c r y comfo r table, wc a re s ur e. The o ut s id e is l ig h t co lo r ed brick, wit h w h ite trimm ings and a green ro o f. W e are h oping t o ho ld o ur fir s t m ee t ing in it D ece mbe r thirly fir st a nd we wi s h a ll our sis ter s might be h ere t o e nl e r it with u s , though I fear a ll might find so me difficulty in getting com fo rt ab le sea h \Ve h o pe that our plea su r e and prid e in this o ur new es t p ossession has no t made thi s littl e d esc ripti on t ir esome ly long for you to r ea d.

COLORADO BETA.

CALIFORNIA BETA-UNIVER S I TY OF CA LI FORNIA

(CHA RTERED 19oo )

The University is n ow the cente r o f the greatest ac tivity , library a nd class rooms are c r owded, no one "c u ts," a nd all appea r wit h eyes needful o f s leep, and in I{cnerai with tir ed. careworn face s. I s it n ecessa ry to say " final exa mination s?"

Th e u s ual eve nts of the fir s t se me ster of college have ta ke n place and were ve r y s u cccssfu l,-the seni o r b a nqu et, junior pro m a nd farce, a nd the so ph omo r e gym-. On November the seve nt ee nth Pi B e ta Phi gave her annua l fa cu lty r ece pti o n from eig ht until ele ve n o'clock in the eve n ing Our tw o new patrones ses , Mr s. Ja cq u es Loeb and Mrs H B. T orrey, ass is ted u s in re ceiving a nd we felt ve ry pr ou d of th e h onor thus confe rr ed upon u s. On the nin e t eet h we gave a jolly littl e dance. Mr s .

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Hir am Van Kirk ha s been elected an hono rary member o f the Prytan ea n society and Be rth a C raw fo rd sec re tary of th e Art Association. Profe sso r Charles Mills Gayley is th e origi n a tor of a n ew organization, the HUni_ ve rsi ty Dramatic Soci ety." Fl o rence Zeigenfus s has been in yited to join as a charter member. Thi s society ha s awakened muc h interest in collegt; circles and we a nticipat e some vcry fin e li te ra ry and dramatic production !. A s us ual we will cl ose thi s te rm with a "cookie -s hine ," dear as an old custom to cnry Pi Phi heart , and as we say good bye until the bright New Yea r, we wish you all a ve ry merry Chri stmas.

CLARA LoUISE

COOPER.

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Sinc e th e iss ue of the November ARROW th e f o llowing exchanges have been r ecei ved and are h ereb y acknowledged:

F o r Sept ember-The Shield of Theta Delta Chi.

For October- The Shield o f Phi Kappa P si , The Scroll of Phi D elta Theta, The Delta Chi Quarterly.

F o r November-The Phi Camilla Delia, The C resc ent of Gamma Phi Beta, The Elellsis o f Chi Omega, The Kappa Alpha Theta, Th e Ra il/bow of D elta Tau Delta, Th e Beta Theta Pi, Th e Sigma Chi Quarterly, Th e Alpha Xi Delta, The Delta o f Sigm a Nu, Th e Al pha Phi Q llart erly

F o r December-The Tridellt o f Delta Delta D elta, The Beta Theta Pi, The Scroll o f Phi Delta Th eta, The Phi Camma Delta, The A lpha Tau O mega Palm, The Record of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, The Delta Upsilo n Quarterly, the Shield of Phi Kappa Psi , Th e Kappa Alpha J o ll",al.

Th e re is certainly a s trong note of common sense in the warning against materialism o f the Shield o f Theta Delta Chi. If th ere is anythi ng directly at variance with the real fraternal spirit, it is ostentation, and yet os te nt ati on is too often the greatest , a s it is the mos t conspicuous, fault of the fraternity. chapter.

We ha ve heard it se ri o u s ly suggested by one standi ng high in knowledge of fr aternity co nditions in the United States, and the tend encies of frater-

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nity spi rit , that it would be well for the authorities of the several instituti ons where fraternities exi st, to set a limit to th e value of property which :l.Oy chapte r might occupy. \Vh ethe r the attempt to impose such a limitati on would not be an unwarranted assumption of authority. and the edict a mere brullmJ {Idme", we do not mean to discuss, but certainly there is r.ause to hope for an effectual prote st fr ol11 so me quarter again st the growing ostentation in the maller of fraternity hou ses . Democracy finds the current against him where part of the s tudent body arc denizens of castles. He meets with but a !ico rnful or partial recognition. In exalting the privilege s of membership in o ur cherished uni ons it would be well for the cause of humanity if we kept in mind the evil of overdoing.

When at an all-university celebration, th e subject of fraternities is presented as Ha topic of general interest," it may be counted as o ne of the peaceful victories of the Greeks. We are glad to reprint a part of Mr. Perkins' address from the Delta of Sigma Nu.

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COSTRIBUTION OF THE FRATERNITY TO LIFE'S EQUIPMENT.

This address was delivered o n Founder ' s Day, :May, 1904, befo r e the student s, faculty and invited friends, of the University of Vermont, by Everett V. Perkins. There were three speakers: an alumnus, a senior and a juni o r, the two latt er being chosen by the student body. It was Mr. Perkin s' part to treat topic or gener a l interest, to the audience, and the prominence of Greek letter socie tie s in the institution and the fact that no similar attempt had been made recently to discuss them, seeme d to ju st ify him in pre senting an article, pertaining t o the college fraternity.

Education may be divided into two kinds. The one kind we gain by hard , unrelaxing effort, the othe r we absorb incidentally, unconsciously. The one kind of education we ob tain by spendi ng considerable sums of money for books and tuiti on, th e o ther we may acquire at in significant cost. The o n e kind of education ou r profes so r s teach. the other we learn partly from our in s tructors, but mostly from ou r fellow studen ts These two kinds of ed uc atio n are somet imes separa ted; they should go tog e ther, the one complementing the other. The scholars of the Dark Ages had the fine s t kind of education with little of the secon d. Abraham Lincoln had the second kind with little o f the fir s t . \Villiam Gladstone, a n ideally trained man, had a happy combination of both Ki nd s. These are the two kinds of education : That of the head and that of the heart. Our studies aim at the development of our mind s; they give us a knowledge o f books. But that other knowledge of equally great importance to a proportionally disciplined person-the knowledge of men , the college curriculum of it-

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self fails to impart. And so the fraternity comes to th e assistance of the college curriculum and says: "You teach the student how to think and reason. You place before him the printed page and show him its mean. iog. You fill his head with the lore of the ages. You do your part well. Now I will take him and tell him how to love and sympathize. I will Jay before him the heart s of his fellows and reveal to him th e ir interpretation. I will build for him channel" by w h ich th e store of learning which yOll give shall Aow out and gladden the broad fields of humanity . And we both will work together and will t llrn Ollt at graduation an all-arou nd 111an,"

Thus the fraternity is a counterpart of th e train ing of th e class-room. It is , ca lly a sc hool in itself, and olTers a kind of instruc tion just as important as that of the college faculty. It teache s, first of all, the lesson of

The friendships formed in college, especially in the college fraternity, are among the truest friend s hips of li fe. Tho se of earlie r days are largely determined by relationship and by the social circles of our families; many of thos e of after years are the artificial ones of busines s or profes s ional connection. But the friend ships of th e fr a ternity chapter are pure and genuine and natural. They grow spontaneo u s ly upon soi l r ich and productive, under skies clear and gracious, in climate s llnny and genial. The friend s hip of th e father and the so n is of a different and larger kind. Its root s are sllnk deep in the hearts of th e race; its iftlit is marc abundant and excellent. But the conditions under which it exists are less favorable. The father is bu s ie d with the dutie s of hi s occupation, the son is engaged i n study and amusement. Their ages, their ta stes are different. But in the college fraternity is a band of men leading a common life, common in both its inne r and ollter relation s. Fraternity men "ha\'e all th in gs common." And there is no ground so ferti le for the fair growth of friendshi p as this community of lives.

J-hllnan in sight is born, certainly not of book lore, but of just such comradeship as this. These tie s of sentime nt bind one so closely t o his iellow s that he may read with ease the sto ry of their inn e r lives. A man n ot only marks the brilliancy of a stud en t in the class-room, and listens t o the cheers that greet hi s prowes s on the athletic field, but he probes the m otive which prompts all this activity. He looks at hi s comrade from within as well as from without. He learns w hy some men succeed and others fail. He comes to understand how to read hi s fellows correctly, how to encourage them in the right, and how to dissuade th em from the wrong.

Such friendships are a constant source of inspiration to the good and honorable in life. Brothers r ejoice with the student in his success. Indeed, the anticipation of th eir joy was haH h is in centive to put forth the effort necessary for success. But this is not all. \Vh en he becomes carc-

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less and erring they do not \' isit his faults with flattery or n eglect, but th eir sympathy and honesty in re yeaiing him his mi s takes attach him to th em the more s trongly \ Vhal an uplifting power is this! Twenty men, urging one to achieve something noble, willing to help him, equally glad with him \\ hen he succeeds, equally so rry with him when h e fails.

,,yh a s hall es timate the value of thi s lesson o f friend s hip to life's equipmen t? Cicero says that th e immortal Gods ha ve given t o u s nothing bet· ter than friendship. except virtue. Kot only does the fraternity man learn the lesson of fri endship, but he holds in lasting posses s ion the love and sympathy of tho se devoted comrades from whom that le sson was derived. And to th em, as long as life shall la s t, he can always turn for renewed help and encouragement.

So, first of all, a fraternity teaches friendship. But it teaches more than mere pa ss ive fri endship . It teaches co-operation. The ideals of the o rg anization l11ust be realized, it s intere s!:s l11ust be perpetuated. One man can not do thi s wo rk alone, a sha re in it devolves on every man. All must co -operate.

Co-operation is one of the greatest lessons a person can lea rn Upon it our whole social order is founded. Upon it depends th e welfare of th e family, the city, the state, th e nation. \Vheth er a man be an engi neer or an artist or a teacher is of secondary importance. He is a citizen first of all, and hi s duties are the duties of citizenship. Although our peaceful and secure society, establi sh ed by th e unselfish and united effort of our fa t h e r s, and handed down t o us a ri ch :md glorious inheritance, does not d emand ou r constant and immediate attention, a nd allow s us a grand oppo rtunity for the exerci se of Oll r talents in the attainment of individual ends, still i ts obligations are no le ss binding. And the fraternity, with the equality of its members and its democratic government, drill s one in th e great principles for which American citizen s hip pre-eminently stands.

Fraternal co-operation teacheS Ee lf-denial, patience, obedi ence, leadership. Individual must be subordinated to the will of the majority. A man, th ough alert and e,·er ready himself and eager f o r the adoption of important measures, must wait for his le ss active comrades. H e ha s to gain the quality of patience which every worker with hi s fellows must po ss ess. As an undercla ssman, a member of the Greek letter society has to obey those who are older and whose experience has been more varied and extended than hi s own. As he advances and shows his capacity, he is given positions of leader s hip . Thu s men learn th e le sson which co-operation teache s, and when the chapter-room changes itself into the senate chamber, and the men who successfully lead their frate rnities n ow while in college become the chosen keepers of a nati on's destiny, the se le ssons will not be forgotten

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There is s till a third subject which the college frat e rnity includes in it, cou r se. This is generous rivalry.

The different fraternity organizations han s imilar aims, th e pursuit of which is liable to bring colli s ion. They each seck to enroll in th eir mem· bers hip th e be s t men in th e entering class, and to gain th e highe s t place on the roll of college honors. Fraternitie s mu s t compete with each other wi se ly. ho ne s tly. success fully This rivalry ca n not w e ll make studen ts ho s tile, dividing them among them selve s; fo r all the members of a modern college, no matter to what fraternitie s th e y mayor may not belong, afC bound together by ties of devoti on t o their Alma Matcr-ti es the severance of which would cause a total di s ruption o f all tho s e Ilumerou s and im'a luabl e activities in which college m e n collectively engage. This ri va lry among the fraternitie s is a rivalry of friend against friend, a ri, ' alry of tho s e who are ever ready to work with joined hands for the glory of their in s titution. Under the se conditions th e most whole ::.o me and profitable competition is learned, that competition in which a contestan t eagerly s tri ves for the prize himself, and s tops not to impede othe rs who seek after the same; in which the winner vaunt s not ove r the defeated, and the defeated loo ks with admirati on upon the skill which was greater than hi s own. Fraternity men, for the mos t part, have come to see that the only way to compete successfu lly with rival s i s to exce l them in real merit, which at length is s ure to gain its proper recognition.

Competition is the great stimulus of the marvelous and manifold activities which characterize the American peo ple. It s tand s for the surviva l of the fitte st. To meet it one mu s t have ju s t that energy and watchfulnes s which the fraternity man acquires.

These are the lesson s then which fraternali s m teache s-f riend ship, co-operation and ri va lry. Friendship, true and lasting; co-operation, st rong and uns elfi sh; ri"alry, peaceable and fair. Can anyone fail to appreciate the importance of les sons like these?

The December number of the Phi Gamllla Delta is largely illustrated with the photographs of its athletic members. Such a number of "Fi ji" athletes must prove a stimulus to the you n ger members, and a "drawing card to future fre shmen.

Ou t of the forty-three Rhodes scholars sent t o Oxford from th e U nit ed States, twenty-thr ee are fraternity m e n. Which seems to indicate that fraternities neither ove rlook th e st udi ous youth nor cause him to neglect his work.

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Among chap te r s recently in sta ll ed may be mentioned one Sigma Chi at Syracuse October , 5, Phi Kappa Psi at Texas and at Illinois October 24, Delta D elta D elta at Pennsylvania, at Iowa State and at Mississippi, all in September, and Delta Upsilon at Ohio State University December ninth.

The eighth tri- en nial counci l of Phi Beta Kappa, the "honor" Greek-letter society, at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., lately was distinguished by the granting of charters to ten chap t e rs as follows: Smith, \Vellesley, H o ly oke and Colorado colleges, Woman's College of Balt im ore, Leland Stanford, Jr., U niversity, and the universities of Ohio, North Car o lina , Texas, and Tulane.

A n ewcomer to the ranks of Ou r exc hanges is the Delta Chi Quarterly, the publicati on o f th e law fraternity Delta Chi. The magazine is nOw in its second yea r of publication and is in every w.ay a credit to th e fraternity it represents.

The November Delta of Sigma Nu is devoted to the alumni and is profusely illustrated. Sigma Nu is most fortunate in having five hundred suc h prepossessing alumni as those whose pictures ar e presented.

COUSINS i!J HALL

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