The Arrow of Pi Beta Phi - January-1907

Alumnae Department Directory

VICE PRE SIDENT-Mrs. May C. Reynolds, Fostoria, Ohio.

ALUMNAE EDITOR-Ethel Rous Curryer, 721 E. 15th St., Indianapolis, lod.

A. LPHA pnOVINCE

SECRETARy-Edna L. Stone , 1618 R 1. Ave., Washington, D. C. VERllONT-Mary E. Colburn, Union Village, Vt.

MARYLAND AND SoUTKEAST-M. Alice Wood, 1st and Chestnut Aves., Baltimore, Md.

PENNSYLVANIA-Grace Woodard, Bradford, Pa.

NEW YORK-Laura E. Single.r, 407 Prospect Ave., Syracuse, N. Y.

MASSA CHUSETTs-Elizabeth Loales, Phoenix, Ariz. BETA PROVlNCE

SECUTAltV-Katharinc Stevenson, 2319 College Ave ., Indianapolis, Ind. OHIO-Mrs. R S. Belknap, Painesville, Ohio.

ILLINOIS-Mrs. Fannie Hurff Glidden, Kewanee. lit.

INDIANA-Fannie Miner, 519 E . Walnut St ., Indianapolis, Ind.

MICHIGAN-Mrs. Benha Myers K emp to n, Hillsdale, Mich

WISCONSIN-Iva A. Wel sh , 416 N. Liv ingston St ., Madison, Wis.

GAMII A PROVINCE

SECRETARy-Maude Miller, 217 N. 13th St., St. j ose ph , Mo.

IOWA-May Belle AJlstrand, Waterloo, la.

KAN SAs-El sie Evans, 704 S. 4th St., Leavenworth, Kan

NEBRASKA-Mrs. Frances Brown, Jr., 1638 D. St., Lincoln, Neb. LoUISlANA-Alice Monroe. 847 Carondelet St .• New Orleans. La . TEXAs-Kate B. Sockwell, 2]6 Swiss Ave., Dallas, Tex.

MISSOURI-

MtNNESOTA-Cora B. Marl ow, 909 F ou r th St., S E., Minneapolis, Minn ARKANSAs-Mrs. Hattie Speer Merriman, Fort Smith, Ark. KENT UCKy-Ma rtha Taliaferro, Roseville, III.

DELTA PROVJNCE

SECRETARy-Mrs. Louise F. Marshall, Tucson, Ariz. COLORApo-Mary Wallihan. :zOO \V. 5th Ave .. Denver. Colo. CAUFORNIA-He len M. Sutliff, Leland Stanford University, California.

ALUMNAE CLUB SEClI.llTAlUEB

BURLINGTON, VT.-Mary Gregory Waddell, 56 Elmwood Ave. WASHINGTON, D. C.-FJorence Frisby, 1607 31st St PHILADELPHIA, PA -Ethel Griest, 2231 \V allace St. NEW YORK CITy-Dora R. Nevins, 324 3rd St., Brooklyn. SYRA CUSE, N. Y.-Eva Roe, 115 O str ander Ave BOSTON, MASS .-Ruth P. Dennis. 19 Kenwood St .. Brookline. BALTIMORE, MD.- Blanche G Reisinger, 235 E. Lafayette Ave. COLUMBUS. D.-Mrs. Arthur J ohnson, 157 Latta Ave. ATHENS, OHIO-Frieda Coult r ap. CHICAGO, ILL -Anna M. McMahan, 3946 Drexel Blvd. GALESBURG, In .-Mildred Brown . CARTHAGE, ILL.-Mrs. Katharin e Griffith Hill. INDIA"NAPOLlS, IND.-A l ice Good. FRANKLIN, IND.-Gladys Miller. DETROIT, MICH .-France s A. Fo ster, 124 Charlotte Ave. HnLSDALE MICH.-Mrs. F. B. Meyer. MINNEAPOUS, M ·.NN.-Alice E. Thompson, JOI Ave., S . E . DES MOINES, IA .- h.irs. Anna Ro ss Clarke, 1510 Ninth St. BUv.LINGTON, IA -Mrs. Edna Uhler Gilman. MT. PLEASANT, IA ._Mrs . Mattie Stearns Gloeck ler. INDIANOLA, IA.-Anna Wright Dowell. AllES, IA.-Lola A. Placeway. IOWA CITY, IA.-Mrs. George W. Ball. KAN SAS CITY, MO.-Clarabel Denton, 2726 Wabash Ave. ST. loUIS, Mo.-A. Fr ed. Becker, 5870 Cabanne St. ST JOSEPH, Mo.-Mrs. jessie L. Gaynor, The Gaynor StudiO. LINCOLN, NEB.-Ada Waugh, 1642 G St. COUNCIL BLUFFS AND OMAHA-jessie Nason, 2554 Manderson, St., Omaha. LAWU NCE, KAN.-Lma Marsh. NEW ORLEANS, LA .- May O. Logan, 1539 Philip St. DENVER , COLO.-Mary E. WaJlihan, 206 W. Fifth Ave . BOULDER, CoLO.-Mrs. Edith McClure, 2227 8th Sl

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VOL XXIII JANUARY, 1907

To Ih e Alumnae of Pi B ela Pili

The united eff ort of the working force o f the Alumnae Department to rea c h all alumnae during th e past three months. with the me ssage which Convention made possible, ha s it s reward in the present enrollment of mo re th an one th o us and me mbers . This wo rk is no t yet fitli shed an d we hope to repo rt a greater growth and enthusiasm as the year g rows older.

The amendments to th e sta tute s provide the nucleu s of a stro nger organization which 111USt devel o p if the need s of the fraternity are und e r st ood and s upplied. Many clubs have made reque st s for certificate s and it is to be hoped that none will neglect thi s requirement . The fir st and greatest in spiration in the work of the clubs is the chapt er neares t; then to look to more than local conditions,-for neith e r ch apter no r club ma y consider its individual g rowth only, each ha s greater re s pon s ibilities wh ich mu st be rec ognized if th e best re sult s are t o be attained. The stud y o f the constitution is necess ary for the chapter 's success, and it cannot be less important to the club whose membe rs, having had the chapter expe ri e nce, are able t o suggest new lines of growth .

What thi s department may do for the fraternity, is not to be mea sured by any achievement yet realized , becau se of the divided: intere s ts of the alumnae . The new rulin g, that members of chapters, both graduat e and under g raduat e mu st be enrolled in thi s department for four years after leaving college, will aid greatlythe s pirit of unity in the organization. The an swer to the questi o ns of ho w and how much the department will grow, depend s

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upon our willingness to keep in touc h with the activities of college life after our stud ent days, to consider th e influence of the teachin gs of Pi Beta Phi in th e problems of stud e nt life upon which the best thought o f educators is being concentrated, and to s uggest and create ways and means of in c reasi ng the power of thi s inAu e nce; to r ecogn ize as perso nal, th e re spo n s i bility o f su stainin g the sta ndard s of the fr ate rnit y, and of stimulating the ambitions and intellectual intere sts o f the undergraduates.

This iss ue of the ARROW v o ices the g ree tin gs of many who have long been identified with Pi Beta Phi, and of a larger number, who have more recently affiliated with h e r intere s t s, and from all comes the message of fraternity s pirit.

The sec retaries of th e departm ent are mo st g rat e ful to the alumna e for the respo nse given to th ei r effort s , and ask the assistance of all in furth e rin g the intere s t s of the work.

M ' Y COPELAND REYNOLDS.

A rchifeclure as a Profession for Wo m en .

(W ITH A PROLOGUE)

When the college day s are over, the young man chooses his busines s as a matter of course, and it is not an easy thing to do. But with the young woman the choice is mo re de libe rate if the imperativ e ques tion of bread and butter , and pe rh aps repaying college expen ses, does not confront her. The fir st que stion is, "Shall she choose a spec ial business?" If she fe els that the family income is not large, with the younge r member s of the family t o be educated, it is ri ght that she should do something to bring in a pecuniary return. Then comes the question , "\¥ha t sha ll she do?" Some women see m to arrive at the so luti o n by what might be called a natural se lection; some one thing seems to appeal to he r , o r there is a place waiting for her to fill, but . most women make a more intentional choice. In doing so, a gi rl must fir st con s ider h e rse lf , her capabilities and he r resourc es;

how much of herself she is willing to give; how much time she is ready to spend in special preparation after her regular college course; and how much patience she has to wait f or res ults. Or perhaps she is looking for a profitable occupation to fill in a few years until some greater int e res t may come into her life. She s hould face the que s tion fairl),. The business w o rld is no bed of ro ses, least of all for a woman. If she enter it , s he must expect to wo rk hard and steadily and regularly, perhaps t o endu re supercilious s miles of s keptical friend s . She must expect to do a man's work with a woman's stre ng th, and if s he is to have a 1ittl e ga iety, that mean s a draft 011 her reserve energ ies .

In the o ld en day s man was well intentioned when he tried to keep his womankind from any contact with the rough world. For it is a hard world. Each new come r mu st measure herself to the standards al ready se t . One is sorry to see the young gi rl, fre s h her schoo l day s , fall into step and keep the pace of the striv in g mas s . It may be o nl y a bit of sent iment, but I s h o uld like to shiel d my young sister if I could. The sweet oldfa sh ioned woman in the home, who has t ime for othe r people, is coming into fashion again. Her shadow falls before her. She, alone, can so lve so me of th e pressing \voman's problems, if s he retain the mastery of her own time and dC\'otc it to what see m s mo st worth while to her. In the small village as well as in the g reat city, there is a crying need for the educated eye that sees, and hand that is willing and ready to do. There are so many things that busy people pass by unnoticed, or, if seeing, are powerle ss to do f o r lack of time.

The fortunate girl, who fr om childhood ha s had her small respon s ibilitie s in the hou se hold and received a recompense, call it an allowance o r what you will, which she learns to s pend wisely, has had an exce ll ent whether she is to become a bu s iness woman or a hou sew ife. Such a system gives a girl her independence in a rati o nal way, while s he is at home, and the essence of a bu s in ess training for her later life .

It would seem that the bu s ine ss which comes neare s t to \voman' s particular sphe re is planning th e house in which she lives.

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Why s hould not a woman be an architect? She may s urely, if s he will. But let the will be s trong and the pre s everance assured, for the field is very broad and the requirement s many. If thi s be her choice s he mu s t have a thorough preparation by all mean s , although ju s t what thi s may mean d e pend s on the individual. A good college cour se is e ss ential. There are s elfmade women as well as self-made men , but a wo m an mu s t conserve her energie s . and a broad culture is the fir s t e ss ential to a succes s ful architect.

The girl who is fond of geometry and tak es delight in working out original demonstrati o n s, will find that same deli g ht in working out the plan of a hou s e. giving a symmetry and beauty to the whole, with never a stray corner wa s ted. She s hould be of an inve s tigating turn of mind, never giving up a thing because some one tell s her it cannot be done She will find that thert is a correct solution to every problem; that de s ign is an accurah. science; and s he will learn to know at a glance what is poss ible to given conditions. She mu st train the eye and hand to work together and never be sati sfied with le s s than the best.

The student must learn how the ma sters solved the prob lems in the past and how far we can apply the same principles today. In geometry we never think of hunting a new s olution each time we work out an old propos ition. Problem s repeat them selves con stantly to an architect. It is much better to know a good s olution that has been proven than to s trive after something original. When the s tudent ha s gathered her information, s he mu st be able to pre sent her idea s in a logical and beautiful way. Form, color, and compos ition are the mean s of expre ss ion; watercolor, pen and ink, pencil or crayon th e medium. Each period and civilization had its own language. She mu st learn at leas t the alphabet of these and become familiar with a few. A study of Greek proportion and Greek feeling is the foundation of our s cience. The Gothic builder s , with their balan c ing of part again s t part, and making stone into lace work s how another pha se, and have left mo s t beautiful work.

But the poetry of the de sign is unavailin g if the s trength of the mat e rial s be inadequate. In the old day s when builder s were

n ot so econom ical they built so that th e eye assured th em of s ufficient st re ngth . But now th e re must be no wa s te o f materials. The u se o f iron and s teel further complicate s matter s and makes a sc ience in it s elf.

Perhaps thi s will g iv e an idea of what th e good school attempts t o tea c h, toge th e r wi th so me outl in e of the buildi ng trad es. For an architect mus t und e r s t a nd t ech nica ll y half th e trad es in the lab o r unions and put in practice nea rl y all o f th e art s . There a re seve ral good technica l sc hools in the country which g iv e the s tud ent thi s necessa ry tr ai nin g, in so far as a trainin g may be given, th o u g h it is a litt le like learnin g to s wim or ro w before goin g into the water. They teac h the s tr oke, and s how what o ne is aim in g to do,-a necess ary knowledge. If th e s tud e nt ha s had some practical trai n ing in 3n office before ente rin g th e tech nical schoo l it is very h e lpful. It gives some pegs, so t o speak, on which to hang the knowledge ga in ed. But a woman ente rin g o ne of the se schoo ls find s h e r self in that lo ng suffe r in g cla ss-the min o rity , and soon di s cover s that s he is a "Co ·ed" with all that signifi es in th e East, which is va s tl y different fr om the id ea it convey s in the \ ¥es t. Neverthele ss, s he is permitted to e nter and to wo rk , and s he receive s the awards that s he full y earns . Inde ed, s u c h ha s been the reco rd of th e few women in the archit ect ural co ur ses that much is expected of th em. O ft en the s tudent ha s the oppo rtunit y o f making ca ref ul s tudie s or mea s ured drawings o f some good o ld colonial b ui ldin gs on t hi s s id e, o r a trip fo r s tudy and s ketching o n th e continent, all o f which is immensely helpful.

After all thi s preparation, the student, and especia ll y the woman, is lik e ly to beg in actual work ,,, jth less pay than a s te nog rapher, wh o ha s spe nt s ix mo nth s at a busines s college. Then it beco mes a matter of years o f regular work , ma s terin g the customs and traditi o n s o f an office and some of th e littl e peculiariti es o f th e co ntract o r, that is , gai nin g what is co mmonly known as "experience."

But the work it se lf is wo rth all th e tro ubl e to o ne wh o love s it, fo r it s possibilities are e ndl ess . There is a fa s cination in working out eac h new problem that come s; th e re is wide variety, even

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in the same class of work, and a field for all one's powers. It has its limitations and its drudgery, of course, but I doubt if there is any business that is such a constant delight in the doing.

Several years' working experience in an architect's office is sential before one can undertake re spo ns ible work. And here is the greatest difficulty in a woman's path. A few offices in the country expect some of the draftsmen to be women and are planned accordingly. Fortunate is the woman who finds such a onc . Many others will accept women draft sme n . Generally, if a man ha s work he needs done he will take any a ss istant who -can do it. But there are many offices that are closed to women. Other architects say they would gladly employ a woman, but that their offices are not so arranged that it would be pleasant for her, which settles the matter. I have been told,-but this wa s an exceptional casc,-that the se nior partner wi s hed to swear or smoke if he chose, so he could not employ women . There a)-e even some cities, one in the East to my knowledge, where the offices are practically closed to a woman, though she may go into business for he rse lf if s he chooses . There are a few women in the country who are established architects, and doing a satis factory business, if not amassing a fortune.

Perhaps interior decoration appeals to more women than the building of houses On the whole it is perhaps more practicable to many women. There is not so much preparation required, nor so much responsibility in carrying out the work. Sometimes th is includes all the interior finish and woodwork, as well as wall treatment and furniture, so metimes only the decoration. Th is is very interesting work and it is in great demand in these days when a house is furnished all through at one time and the owner is more willing to pay for it than to work out color schemes and wall spaces for himself. It has the advantage that while a hou se is only built once, it has to be redecorated every few years, and this branch see ms to be conceded as properly a woman's work.

When a hou se is built, especially a country house, the grounds must be laid out and the approaches arranged. The terraces, pergola and garden make a fascinatin g problem. Here th e n is

fL OR EN CE

HA YDEN

Ohio Be u

another profession that often fall s to an architect, and one that a woman might well adopt, that of land scape architect ur e She .:ould extend thi s to the s mall garde n and its arrangement. Elizabeth could plan her own, but there are many people who would g ladly be r elieved of the work of deciding what to plant and where to put it. I might add that it would be a boon to the neighbor as well; there are s uch possibilities in a garde n and so few arc realized.

In any of its phases the architect must constantly meet the laborin g man, and perhap s there is no one else who has so little confidence in a woman's ability. It is a bit di sco ncerting to have the foreman on a job doubt your knowledge of a set of drawings, which you yourself have made, and as the office boy lounges through the room, asks him "Is it thu s and so ?" The youth nonchalently glances at the drawing and says, "Oh, yes, that's right," and the man goes away sa ti sfied. But afte r he has carried out one set of drawings , he never doubts you again. He becomes one of your staunch supporters and wm not allow othe rs to question your ability. The bu sine ss man is not so easily convinced. If he doubts you there is nothing to be done, he will probabl y take hi s work to a man. One might say that woman is the stranger coming into the busine ss world, like the hunter from an alien tribe, and mu st stand the old te st that distrusts every man until he ha s proved him se l f. When she has o nc e shown beyond a doubt that she can do a thing well, she is g iven the opportunity for doing, and opportunities are the steppping stones.

ETHEL BARTHOLOMEW.

Iowa Gamma

A Pi Phi Arcqilecl.

FLORENCE KENYON HAYDEN

Can a woman be thoroughly successfu l in business, come into daily eontact with the blunt and sordid commercial world, a3d ye t retain those fine sensibilities and that essentially feminine

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delicacy whi ch co ns titut e .perhaps her g re ates t charm as a w oman? It may be cD:lservatism, or it may be o ld-fashion ed prej udice . call it what you wish, but 1110st of us sec retly be l ieve that the answ e r to th e qu esti o n is "No !" So it IS with a f Cd in g o f pride that Ohio Beta looks t o Fl o r e nce Ke ny o n Hayd e n as a most dolightful exce pti on to the general rule . Yet s he is n ot the ordinary exceptiona l woman, fo r there is about her personality that I' jf ftc sais quai," which mak es it imp css ible to mee t her and :lOt be impressed with it. Th oso o f us \\ ho kn ow he r be st sincerely be li e v e that ther e is no thing which s he cannot do, and we have y e t to be disillusioned, that is, if OUr confiderce in her is t he illusion which she mod es tly in s is ts that it is . of us ca n do <>:1 e o r two things indiffere ntly well, but a n yt hing that Kenyon Hayd e n does. is done superl ati ve ly well. Wh ether it be t o star in amateur thea t rical s, s in g, play, write d story .. act as toa s tmistress at a banqu et , draw up th e p lan s and spec ifi cations fo r a building , th e result is the sa me , satisfactory in (. ver y res.pect. Her professional w o rk is, lik e eve ry th ing e lse that s he does, charact e riz ed by brilliancy a nd o riginal it y. She is an igable worker, and unlike most people who work hard , she spares anyone but herselE. It was r ea ll y h e r steadfa st to the most d ifficult kind of difficult work that prevent ed her fr o m rece ivin g a diploma from th e un ive rs ity . The course which s he t ook is conceded to be the h a rd es t in th e c urriculum, and o ne und e r which: th e mos t superb he alth is bound to s uff e-r to some ex t en t. It was no wonder, then, th a t a s tud ent o f Kenyon Hayden's type, th e consc ie ntiou s st ud ent wh o does twic e th e amo unt of work actually req u ired. sho u ld be unabl e t o s tand the st rain. But after all a mere diploma is no t esse nti a l, when O:1e has witho ut it tho kn ow ledge that it sy mboli zes. A nd that th e tru st ees and faculty o f th e O hi o State C niv e r si t y r ealiz ed thi s, is show n by th e fact that when the Woman's became a n immediate possibility instead of one of th oir golden dreams, th ey a wa rded th e co ntrac t t o Kenyon I-l ayde n , wh o had been ou t of college a little less than thren years and wa s ineX"peric nced \v he n compa red with th e o ld and establi s hed a rch itect s w ho had

bid against her. The statement in a recent issue of the ARROW that she had been awarded the contract in connection with two women colleagues is erroneous. Tho fact is, that two o r three yea rs ago. when a woman's dormitory was a remote possibi lity but :lOt a probability. Kenyon and two other women students were asked to draw up tmtative plans. But her present contract is entirely different. If we were proud of he r the!1,-and we surely were-it were needless to say that "proud" does not press our f eelings at

Besides the honor of being awarded th e contract for the Woman's Building she has recently been given charge of the designing and of the Ohio Exhibit in the Mines and Metallurgy Building at th e Jamest ow n Exposition. These havo bee:1 her most conspicuous successes so far , and when you remember that tI,ey come n ot at the height of a career, but almost at it s very beginning, you will agree that wo are justified in our anticipations for her future.

:We wish you could all have th e pleasure of going through some of th e beautiful that she has built in the city of Columbus. It has always been the lam('t1t of the house-keeper that no architect ever seemed able to comprehend that one o r two closets in a hou se \Vero not sufficient to contain the ward· robes, the lin e n, and all the o th er impedimenta which every hou s e· hold must possess. But la ck of closet room was o nl y one of the many things that the average architect could not appreciate, and it is in remedying such defects that "Mi ladi " architect has succeeded. Here is where the "eternal femini:1e" manifests itself in Ken yo n Hayden's work. Clever, original, ornamental and best of all absolutely practical featur es abound every nook and cranny of her houses. The Ladies' Home Journal cou ld save time and money on its articles about "How to Make Home Attractive ," if they would reduce it to thi s formula "Employ Kenyon Hayden as your architect. 1I But not being Pi Phis, its editors might think suc h a statement would savor of an advertisement, so we must leave them to th e (frar of their ways.

G. S. J.

A Lillie Song of Hope.

Somewhere, the 'tt'cary spirit Shall reach a have" calm Somewhere, the hcort that's broken Shall find a healillg balm.

Somewhere, w ilDt men call failure, j\lla,y be success Hwsl true.

Somwherc, 'he and IG1trel Shall replace the cross alld me.

Sometime, the sky shall bright'" A lid the shadows flee away Sometime, we slUJIl be happy, Forever o.uJ a day.

LEILA PEABODY, Colorado Alpha.

An Alumnae Opporlunil )l.

In a rec ent article in th e "Outlook" by Clarence F. Birdseye on " The Greek Letter Fraternity as a:J Educational Influence" is v o ic ed a message which sho uld appeal to every loyal alwnna, whether of Pi Beta Phi o r a n y o th er s trongly o rganized national frat e rnity . f. Birdseye deals with conditions in men's fraterniti es, but many problems there, slightly modified, are such as mmt be met and solved in those of the women.

A n ew period is opening in the development of the national f r aternity, occasion ed chiefly by the growth in th e size o f our educational institutions, and th e consequent loss of individuali3m in th e relati on of fa cult y and under·graduates Where forme r ly the few pupils in a college knew well a:1d were closely associated

with great minded college teachers, now in many institutions the student never comes in contact with the professor outside of class room and often there he mc-e\s 1I 0 t the head. of departments but younger assistants.

'Alhere then is the twentieth century ::OWlg ma:1 or woman in the larger colleges and universities to get this moral and mental influence but in the college fraternity . How is this influ ence to · be more wisely exerted upon the und ergraduates, than through the sympathy and guidance of the alumni, especially those living in the college town.

The active chapter of a fraternity is merely transient, changing from year to year in membership and general character; the alumnae fo rm the permanent body upon which the world passes judgment as to the merits or faults of the fraternity system . The upper class gi rl s should be the governing body in the chapter, f or a successful chapter must alway; be wi;ely governed. It may succeed, does succeed with careful d;, ection from these older girls, who by experience, often u:1pl easant, have learned the value of doing good college work, k eeping high ideals and stea dy purposes, despite the distractions more and morc attending modern college life. It does not seem fair, how""er, that the burden of th e direction of these younger girls shou ld alway s fall upon one or two busy seniors, when there is in tIM town an alumnae circle composed of fine, strong women, developed in mind and heart, as well fitted to give advice a3 a..'y collego teacher of the older days.

If Our duty as P i Phis ends with comme ncement day; if after that time we say. "I 'Was a Pi Phi," this gift of time and. thought to the lives of our younger sis ters is not required; there is no re3ponsibility and the chapter mly manage as well as it ca:1 without us No loyal alumna will admit this nor f ee l that her p leasure in the frat ernity ended that Jun o day when she received her degree from h e r alma mater. There is the 3ame thrill of pride in the sight o f the arrow o n some fine wOman she meets after school days . as when she saw it for the fir st time on some undergraduate friend, who had seeme;1 t o her to reach Pi Phi

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standard. As long as we fee l pride and pleasure in our .')rority, we owe a duty to it.

The number of chapter homes, scatter ed through the United States, shows that the alumnae have not neglected giving financial aid. But the frater:lity, which i3 t e be th e leading one in thi s era of fraternity develQpment as an educationa l influence, is not to be the orga nization with the n"IDst chapte r h ous es to its cred it, but the one which turn s out th e finest women e v e ry yea r, the one in which tho f ewes t mistakes a re made, in which the f ewest girls leave college before graduation becaU3C o f failure in work , o r ill h ea lth. Failure in h ea lth, t oo, is n o t always caused by th e soc ial life of college; the amb iti ous girl o ften needs r estraint from wiser friend s a5 much as her more carelessly minded .si ster.

Th e alumn ae living far from the coll ege town s can remain in touch in a measure with th e a ctive chapter , but it is for the local alurTY.lae circles to keep in close sympathy with the girls, ready to give advice when called upon and also to offe r s uggestion.; tactfully when needed. The club, which concerned in its own affairs s udd e nl y wak es up some day t o fi:1d that grave m istakes have been made by ac tive members, and which then , not knowing the girls personally or th e condi ti on s cau3 in g the trouble, tri es to help ma tt e rs by O:1e ind igna tion meeting, may expect to find the la t e advice resented . It is better to anti cipate tro ubl es and co rrec t any tnistakes before th ey aT.! made.

One much-rushed freshman in a woman 's college thi s fall, .gave her pledge finally to a fraternity , a .;s ig:-ting as th e c hi ef r eason for her choice, that the aiul1l1lao club eve ry mont h made careful inquiry as to the scholarship o f the active membe r s. In how many uni versities o r co ll eges do local alumnae circles of Pi Beta Phi exerci se this supervision ?

It is for the alumOJae of any 30 rority to recognize that th e a tmosphere of the chapter hou se determi:1es the characte r of the ·chapter·s influence and that t he respon sibili ty is upon th e m. We, alunmae of Pi B e ta Phi , must keep tip with general progress or reform in fratenity lines . Eventually we may porhaps hope to

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have the alumnae st ron g ly o rgani zed in every college town, di· r eet ed a. to th ei r duty to the activ e chap te r by a wisely chosen wmrnittee, which shall hav e carefully inv estigated und ergrad uate conditions in t he thirty-six schools where chapters of Pi Beta Phi a r e loca te".

This is indeed an opportun ity fo r Pi eeta Phi. We are proud t o be th e lir st founded of all women's fraterniti<s. Let u s be fir s t in helping solve eve ry que s tion of vital ed u catio n al import.

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What a Fraternity Girl Thinks

,i\'e h ave rece ntl y ha d impressed on (,ur mi n ds very forcibly th e necessity

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Lillie TJring 3 of ke e ping fraternity affa ir s st ri ct ly within th e frat e rnity. I do not mean our inmost fraternity s{C ret s , n o o ne would think o f t elling those, but little c hapte r matte rs. 1 think we a ll fee l in a general way that there a re a g reat many things tha t sho uld :lever be talked a bout outs id e, but I do n ot believe that as a ge n era l thing we impress it st ro ngly enough On th e as a whole. Things that happen iru frater:1ity meeting, little pe rson a l affairs between the gir ls th e m se lv es, and sma ll e>..-pe ri en ces th ey may have h ad with othe r fraternit y girls o r men, a re talk ed about a.; being good conve rsa ti onal material whe :1 other top ics prove uninteres ting and we are bent on whilil:g away a half hour or two . Haven't we e no u gh to talk about without drawing o n this source and isn't it worth whil e making a spec ial effo rt , both as a whole and as individu al s , to kee p Stich thin gs invi olable? W e are apt to hav e rath e r seve re lessons, some tim es , even within a chapter that fee ls that it has mad e a conscientious e ffort in this re;pee t , that make LI S gi ve thi s subj ect a g r ea t d eal of tho ught. I!lin ais Zeta.

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"What is the best way for a chapte r t o keep in touch with its alumnae? Oug ht the active girls or the alumnae to take the

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Inil;aliw initiative in keepi:lg up this interest?" What chapter ha s no t discusscc:i and re-d iscussed these questions?

The ,problem of keeping up the interest o f th e alum:1ae in the active chapter is a se riou s one. That for the good both of the active gi rl s and of the alumnae thi s interest o ug ht to be s u stained, no o ne can doubt. A gO<Xl method, howeve r, seems lacking as yet. '¥hen a girl leaves college, other inter ests are certain to come irtto her life, and :1ocessarily to take first plac e th e re. Nbt that her fraternity life means less to her but that other things mean more, the proportion i3 changed, inevitably. In the active chapter each year brin gs great changes, and in all too s hort a time every girl who m the graduate ha s even met has gone from college, she is practically unkn ow n and is classed simply as one of "our alumnae ."

That this regrettable state of affairs ex ists is no t, it secms to me, entirely the fault of the active chapter. It may be true that they do :1ot do all that they might and should, but th ey certainly do a great deal considering1 that their active college life is so very full of duties and obligations. It is often th e case that alumnae are sensitive and quick to take cffense when no nc is btended. They forget too 50011 how many things they used t o have o n their mi::1ds, and how easy it was for them to overlook little courtesies. There is n ot a chapter, I feel confident, but is anxiou s to know it s alumnae better and to come closer in touch with their ideas and ideals for Pi Beta Phi. Still one mu s t remember that th e re are perhaps twenty active girls to eac h hunjred alumnae, so it r ea lly seems that the first advances o ught to be made by the alumnae. The: chapter has no way of knowing if an alumna is inte re sted , unl ess she tells them so, and' beyond a doubt they have t oo many things to do to try to keep up the enthusiasm of an uninte rested alumna, if there is such a person. But when the y kn o w, what chapter does not

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rejoi ce U1 ke eping aliv e th e i:1terest o f o ne of the ir dear ';old girls?" l/lilloi.J Epsilon.. :1

A questi o n which has been much agitated, espe<:iaJl y si nce the recomme ndat ion o f th e I nte r- So ro rity Con f e re nce, is that o f

P r e pa r ato ry sc hool so rorities . Should a gir l be· "Pup" Schoo l Scwulu& made ineligible for menlbers hip b a nati o nal Greek l e tt e r sor o rit y beca u se o f h e r membership in a "P rep" school soro rity? \ Ve think not. The girls whom we want fo r Pi Phi-the a ll -a round tnc girls---a re- gi rl s who would be naturaJl y se lected f or member;hip in a ny high school or co Jl ege so r o rity. These g irl s a t the time of th eir atte ndance at th ese "P rep " sch ools ve r y probably .lav e littl e id ea of coming to a univers ity late r I s it probable then that the y wi ll r e fu se to become a membe r of the co ll ege soro r ity on th e chance that some day th ey may e nter a univ e rs ity and may be asked b y a sor ority there ? Is it fair to as k it o f them? Ind eed it see ms t o me that in college as well as in unive rsity life, a soro rity must mea n so much to a girl-mu st fiJI so la rge a part o f he r

We of Missou ri Alp h a· hav e had S0 many of Our best girls come to us member s o f eith e r high school o r coll ege sororit ies, that we feel st rongly o n the subjec t. The;e gi rl s have been among the stro n gest and mos t enth us ia stic g irl s in th e frat ernity. They hav e come t o us with some idea o f the meaning o f Greek lette r life-a.,d wh o can say t hat P i Phi has m ea nt les; t o th em because o f th e ir "P rep" 3c hool so ro rity? Afte r all was no t this a step in th e ir preparati o n fo r Pi P hi ?

M.sso" " A lplra .

Monday n ight is always Je vo t ed t o fratern it y meet in gs, and' every other wee k we have "socia l meeting" in stead of th e bllSi" ness one Two girls h ave charge o f it, and th ey Tlte Socia l Muting t ry to make their "stunt" bette r o r more o rigina:r than th e last. They are limited to fifty cents api ece, wh ic h goes fo r r e fr es hm e nt s. The mee ting; take the

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fonn o f dances , children's pa rti es. fancy dress ball s, card parties, or sewi:lg bees. During th e fall the r irls do th e ir Ch ri stmas se wiag at the se meetings. Th e la s t Ilweting before Chri s tmas we have a tree and Santa Oau s. Ea<:h girl bu ys a te n- ce nt "joke" present fo r some o the r girl whom th e conull itt ee as s igns. and write.; a poe m to go with it. O Uf Chri st ma s Tree is alwa ys o ne o f th e mos t enjoyable events o f th e ye ar. Wi sconsin Alplla.

In all varying phases of our fratcnlity life , o ur little socia l e vents , the striving to be he lpful and un st: ifi s h t o ward O UT s ister s, a nd the man i fo ld ot he r joyful tr oubl es which the e/l Chance frat e rni ty bo n d includ es. I wonder if we a re no t often a little f o rgetful o f that institution t o which Pi Phi owes he r existence, ou r coll ege or univer s it y . I do no t mean the matt e r o f sc ho lar s hip , for up o n this w e hav e always prid ed ourselves, but in th ose numero us o th e r ci rc um sta nces which are a part o f OUr college life, Pi Phi may "do he rself proud"; there is th e dull literary .;oc iet y whic h o ur cnthu .5 ias rn and co-

Qperati o n may rai se to the s tandard o f a fl o uri s h ing o rga :1.izati o n. tthe g lee club and c ho ru s nee d th e st re ngthe nin g a nd harmonizin g inflll C:1Ce o f Pi Phi vo ices; and h ow gratifying it is to hea r that o ur rece nt vi s ito rs wondere.:l wh at could be th e name o f

10 Help " that plea sant girl, with th e gold a rrow pin," wh o s howe d them about the c ampus and building s. The o ve rtax e d matron would have fewer cares if th e P i P hi s under he r charge wo uld always try to obey the some tim es irksome but always necessary rul es. We can give a meas ur e of Our happin ess to the traditional 1100fraternity girl, wh ose anomalou s po s iti o n we in th e j o y o f Pi Phidom can hardly appreciate . Th ese o f cou r se are ju st a f ew of th e thin gs we ca n do and that without taking extra time fr om th e bu sy ro utin e o f o ur student life,-little things which will n o t on ly r end e r Pi Phi more comp le te in its elf , but which will mak e h e r recog nzed by the facult y as absolutely indisp e nsable t o th e we lfare o f the co lleg e. 1I/illois Bela.

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Ma ry land A lpha has a confession t o make and a questio:1 to ask. vVe have been wondering of lat e whether we are doing

A Y:>efinile Objec/ anything really vital as a c hapt e r toward the r ea lizati on o f our aims. O ur conf ess io :1 is that we fear we a re doing littl e more a s a wh o le than eac h individual member co uld do alone and our question is, "H ow ca n we re me dy thi s s tat e o f affairs? What definite things can we do that look to ward th e rea li za tion o f o ur frat e rnit y aspiration s." The life o f an y college girl is a busy ':>n e and i:l th e hurr y and busUe of it all we are apt o nl y in a vague so rt of wa y to th ink ove r such questions as these . Pe rhaps o th e r chapters' hav e had t o fac e thi s very problem. What wa ; you r solut ion o f it?

O ne fa ult of th e frat e rnit y gi rl o f t o-day, n o ticed by an outsi der, is he r critical att itude toward all thi:1gs. This sp irit is

Tire Critica l Spitit f ostered by three thin gs, at lea st: her n ecessa rily critical a ttitud e towa rd the ne w girl in ru s hing season, her ',veil-meant ('/fort to liv e up to her initiati o n vows 3:1d he lp th e ne w girl by friendly critici s m , and he r some tim es s tr ained rela ti ons w ith rival chapters all lead t o thi s s ame re s ult. T oo o ft e n when a g ro up of gi rl s get together th ey begin a whol esale s laug ht e r in words, o f every gir l in their acq uaintan ce who is not there. Common langua ge ca ll s thi s "kn ocking." In a caSe o f on e of our ow n girls why no t ta c tfully set about t o me nd he r fault s, and in a r iva l girl me rely be ful that we do not have to bo th e r about '1,,. defects.

/nd ialJa Gamma.

Chap t er loyalty is o f t\\'o sorts, the loyal t y o f th e alumnae and th e loyalty of the active c hapt e r. Real loy alty involve; se lf sacrifice whe ne ver it is found, and that toward o:1e 's Cllop l et LOfollf fraternity is no excep ti o n .

The a lumnae ca n best prove th ei r fee ling fo r th e chapte r by what th ey do in th e world t o make th ei r chapter

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proud to own them. and b\' their warm inter es t In the chapter itself.

The active chapter best pro ves its lo yalty wh en and every member is willing to gi\'e up something- of her own pleasu re for th e good o f the whole. This in brief ;; chapter loyalty toward th e fraternity.

Pellll syi<'Ullla Alpha.

I rece:1t iy h ea r d a very lovab le Pi Phi girl say: "Oh! I ju st wi s h they'd take o ur Pi Phi chapte rs Ollt o f th e smal! sc hool s and the denominational schoo ls partic u ta rl y. ChapTh. 'Demonino· h .. . B d Lid / I ell te rs 1n testate 110!v e rsl tl es, arnar, e an lo na 0 ege Stanford and like prontinent i:1stitutions give us some prestige; but wha t good does it do us to h av ., c hapters in thi s, that and th e ot he r school maintained by as n,any different churches ?"

Though she was ex treme in both v iews and wo rds, ye t I've hea rd so many sp le ndid Phi Phi's expre s s s ub stant:ally the same se ntiment s, I could not resist saying a word on the other s id e. Did yo u , who feel that way, eve r stop to th:nk that the studen t s in a denominational college went there because it was maintained by th e ir denomination, because they we re loyal to their belief. faithful to th o church of their choice, and willing an J anxious to encourage th03e in charge of it by their support? Eve:l if as some argue, thei r parents sent them, th e)' have the right spirit in th em which will s how itself sooner or later. And the faithful person, girl or man, is th e finest sort of a fraternity perso n. A girl who is faithful to her church, faithful to her frie:1d;, faithful to her coll ege-in sho r t. faithful to anything she believes in , is th e right kind of a girl to make the woman Pi Phi would have her be.

Fidelity is the corn erstone in the foundation of character, and you fi:1d it in the student of th e denominational college . Ethel Vall Chise.

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Something unusual seems to be exp ected of the college graduate. She has had peculiar advantages .cd must hold a poculiar po31tlOn. As a matter of fact, there Ftolunilf as 0 I T Sch I are on y occasIOnal l:1stances where a woman rDlnlng 00 gains pr omi nence aft e r her commencement ard the majority o f us fulfill th e usual de,tiny of our sex i:1 accepting the pos ition of jU:1ior partner in some he me.

Fraternity helps to fit us for our life work in a much more practical way than we full y realize. So many girls come to college from homes where each on e has been the darling of he r family and from mothers who would eac h scoff at the i:lea. that she was weakening her daughter, and yet who keeps her from lear:1ing the simplest rudiments of hou sekeepi ng by doing everything herself, silencing every r e monstrance on the girl's part by the unan,werable argument that she can do it better and tak e less time.

But in the chapter life. in the course )f cookie-shines, spreads, even large recept ion s and a hundred amI on e other ways of entertainment there must be someone who will go ahead and ph'-"as trul y as th e re must be othe rs who can carry out those plans.

The girl , who at home , sat back and le t othe rs do, finds that n ow respon s ibility rc.;ts upon her and that according as ::;he performs her task , there will be succe ss or failure . So s he ri ses to th e occasion and bakes and brew s, contriv es makeshift s and s ucceed s in a wa y which would a stoni sh the hOl11e folks . And then s he g et s to work to put the rooms or hOllse, as th e case may be, into gala dre ss, thereby developing a latent arti stic talent which she had n eve r realized she possesse d. La st of all, her frat e rnity' s guests arrive and howev e r tired s he may be, she co nc ea ls it all and s trive s to make ot he rs enjoy th emsel ves with no th Ollg'ht of her own wearine ss .

Those e ntertained pass judgme:lt in conventional terms as, "a charming affair/' or, "on e of 'h e functions of the year"; but the girl herself know; that above and beyond all thi s, she has acquired a greater confidenc e in herself; a:1d whether she reali zes it or not, she has helped to make hers el f a little bit bette r homekeeper, in th e future . Vcrmo"t Alpha.

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Louisiana Alpha would like t o bow ·.v hat some o f the othe r chapte rs think about taki ng in a girl in he r j uni o r yea r. 1.; it fair to her, Or to ou rselves, simp l y because she has bee n Gid i n . . I , P • Yo ove rlook ed, t o let her shp by U3 enlt r e y. e rJ u n lot CDt hap s sh e was ru she d by o th e r fraternity and h as preferred to remain a "ba rh. " It may be that she is of such fin e character and posses3ed o f suc h q u ali t ies that sh e d emands th e best o r n o thing. I s it not better t o hav e two year s of this girl's college life mad e brighter and be tt e r by P i Beta Phi? Is it not better f or Pi Phi t o take her int o its own ; why sho uld we h es itate?

To be sure there is a n oth er 3ide of the qu es tion . Would this same gi rl accept o ur invitatiOn afte r having been a t college two years without beiilg ask e d before? Then , too, we mu st respect th e wishes o f ou r sisters who were active dur ing this gi rl' s fr eshman and sop homo re yea rs. But it can easi ly be asce rta in ed what th ei r reasons were fo r not a s kin g he r; and if s he was si mply ove rl oo ked, I for one think that it is bette r for Loui s ia na Alp ha and f o r all o th e r chapters to "m ake ha y while th e S l:n shin es."

L(>//isjallG Al pha.

Alumnae Department

Alumnae Clubs

T H E BOSTON ALUMN J\E CLUB

Th e Bos ton Club h as h eld it, meetings as u sual once eac h month. In December w e hav e an extra meeting i., the fo rm o f a Chri s tmas reunion at th e fraternity roo ms, fo llow ed by a dinner and th e u s ual college re uni o n at th e u:liver si t y in the e v e nin g.

We have been very much int e r es t ed in th e rul es adopted by th e Conven ti o n i:1 rega rd to th e alumnae w o rk and th ey rece ive ou r hearty e ndo rseme:1 t, for we believe th a t th ey will s ecure a morc th o ro ugh o r ga nizat ion and bring all th e a lumna e n earer together. We hav e applied fo r charter certilicate a nd feel th at the outlook for th e pre se nt yea r is most enco urag in g.

The a lumnae and a ctiv e chapter he re aTC s tro ng and united in their effort s for th e wine and blu e, and this yea r I11'Os t of our wo rk will be in ass isting the loca l ch apter.

The o fficer s of the club are: Mr s. Ida Hodge Be nj am in , pre sident ; Pearl Ba nc ro ft, vice-pres id e nt ; I-f e le n Barrett. sec re tary and treas urer; Ruth P . D e nnis , corr e spon ding sec reta ry . R U TH D ENN I S

Th e lirst even t o f th e se a son to Wa,;hi ngton Pi Phis wa s the rec eption g iv en at th e ll:1iv e rs it y to the ne w g irl s and their mo th 4 e rs. In thi s wa y , th e alumnae as s i st the ac ti ve c hapte r an :1UaJ1y .

Foll owi ng th e suggestions o f Co nv ention, o ur last regular mee ting wa s held in th e interest o f t he active chapte r at Geo rge

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"Vashinglon University. A number o f representatives of the chapter were present. the evening being .spe nt learni:1g the need.; of the active girls and disCllSsi:1g plans for future co-operation.

The Washingloa alumnae have adop t ed all of the amendment.; made regarding alumnae clubs and are in hearty accord with the new movem ent.

FLORENCE E. FRISBY.

THE SYRACUSE CLUB

The Alum.,ae Club of Pi Beta Phi is in a most flourishing condition this year. There are now aoout twenty member s, who meet every ot her Monday t o transact the business of th e club and to e nj oy an ho ur's c hat.

The club gave a very successful ball at the Kanate:1ah Club House a few nights ago , to help the active chap ter in their ru shi ng.

A month or so ago, we all went to call on th e active chapter, one Friday night. taking them a real old-fashioned cookie-shi ne .as a sup rise. The surpr ise came withb o ne of being Hon ti S," as we had somewhat underestimated OU f baby sisters' love for cookie,. We looked at that crumbless tablecloth, after it was all over, and wondere d whether they had had enough, o r too much, Or too little.

'Ve have been seated in a body a fe w feet from the altar, several time s thi s y ear, where we c o uld conveniently watch our white veiled sisters bring the trembling bro thers into Ollr large family.

And the;) we had a virtu OllS attack, just after the act ive delegate to the Conventi o n tl1ade her rep o rt and after we read th e alumnae rul es adopted by the Conventi on, we de<:iJe d to read a book, a chapter o r so each meeting, fo r the better dev elopment o f our mind s . The book chosen was "Coni s ton " ; I think it ha s n't been opened yet, there is always so much (o r many) to talk o ver . and besides , we have all read it at home by this time.

The motion was made and carried that the fint meeting in October be devoted to the int e rests of th. active chapter.

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The motion was made and carried that the first meeti:lg in November be devoted to the 3tudy of the Constitution of Pi Beta Phi.

The secreta ry was instructed to send for a certificate, according to the suggestions of Convention. She has sent for it but it has :lot yet come.

There is nothin g else to say, except that we hav e a great deal <>f fun, a moderate amount of intellectual conversation, a bit o f something good to eat and a hearty wdcome f o r any Pi Beta Phi sister who might happen to st ra y into Syracuse O:l the after-noon of our regular meetings. The next meeting will be on the :seventee nth o f December .

EVA ROE.

THE NEW YORK ALUMNAE CLUB

The New York A lumnae C lub endeavors to bring together socially the member s of Pi Beta Phi living in and near New York , to promote intercourse among them, and to keep alive interest in fraternity work and id eals among those who have lef t th e active li fe of their college chapters. Although there are many Pi Phis livin g in New York our club is a small one, having thi s yea r o nly eighteen members. This is probably becau se th e Pi Phis in New York are not the alumnae of onc chapter with the close associations of college life naturally tendin g to cont inue in the life of an alumnae club , but are for th e most part strangers, coming from chapters scattered through many states. The members of the club feel that it offer s an opportunity for frat e rntty members to meet one another, and wish to make it a of association for members coming to New York, where they will find fraternity friends, perhaps meet old friend s again. We take this opportunity through the ARROW of inviting Pi Phi s in New York to associate themselves in ou r club and meet one another throu gh its means This club meets on tne fir st Saturday of every mO:lth at three o'c lock in the chapter rooms of New York Beta, the "Ma rqu ette," 417 West l20th Street, New

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York. TI,e sec re tary will be glad to ob tain th e names and addresses of members. of the fraternity who have recently come to New York, that an invitation to mee t the club may be se nt to them.

Three meetings of the club have been held. The Novembe r meetin g was devoted to a di s cllssion of the Convent:on of last SU111mer. The delegate o f New York Beta presented a report of her experience, and ou r Province Presid c :1t , Anna M. Jackson, contributed many interesti ng detail s. Smith, Grand Secret ary, sent LIS a report o n new chapters an d the policy of the fraternity in r'cga rd to expan s ion, which wa s s upp leme nted by remarks from Mi ss Bartholomew, and from :Mrs . Theis s , former Grand Secretary . At the December meeting an int e resti ng paper giving fraternity s tati s tics wa s pre se nted by Mi ss vVil so l1 ,. Iowa Gamma.

The club has applied to Mrs. Reynolds for an alumnae club certificate and look s forward to an active life and growth

DORA R eSSE LL NEVI"S.

THE 8.\LTDfORE CLUB

The Baltimore Club of Pi Beta Ph i Alumnae held it s first meeting of th e year on October twenty-fir st at the home of Helen DolI- Tottle.

The most important action was that taken in regard to the suggest ions of Co nvent ion. It was decided that we devote the October meeting to the interests of Maryland A lph a, the January meeting to the s tudy of the constitution and hi s tory o f the fraternity, and the April meet ing to the celebration of Founders' Day.

The prese nt members of the club a re most anxious to enro ll every Pi Phi re s iding in Baltimore and are making a s pecial eff ort in th at direction.

I t is the custom of the club to invite some member of the active chapter t o be present at our meetings. The dele ga te to our last meeting told of the rul es and plan s for ru shing seaso n and the

.alumna e hav e tri ed t o h e lp Maryl a n d Alpha in what e ve r way s th ey c ould .

The o fficer s fo r th e y ear ar e Lu cy pres id e nt , Blan c he Rei s in ge r, se cr etary -tr ea s ur e r.

LA N C II E R E IS I NGE R.

Til E GA L ESHL"RG ASSOC IAT IOX

The G ales burg A ssoc iati o n o f Pi Beta Phi was org anized in D ece mbe r, 1 905 . F o r se vera l yea r s th e alumn ae i" the city had no t take n a ny part in fr a te rnit y affairs , but fo r some time th e re had bee n a fee lin g bo th o n th e ir sid e and on that of th e active chapt e r s, Illin o is Be ta and Illin o is D elta, that some thin g s ho uld be do ne to retain th e inte res t o f th e o ld e r mem be rs o f the fr a te rnit y . An a ssoc iati o n o f fo rmer years had c ease d to exi s t b ecau s e the memb e rs fe lt that th e y were no t gaining much , s impl y fr o m gath e rin g o nce a mo nth to talk o ve r o ld tim es, and th e re see med to be no way o f findin g o ut how the active g irls could be helped when th ey hardl y kn e w them by s ight. It was decided to try a ne w plan , a uniqu e o ne, we believ e, in the annal s of the frat e rnity , and th e res ult s h ere hav e ex ceed e d the fond es t hopes of the promoter s

The Gale sburg A ss ociation o f Pi Beta Phi include s in it s member ship all re s id e nt Pi Phi s t og e th e r with the c hapt e r s of l11inoi s Beta and Illin o is Delta . Thu s the al umn ae and activ e g irl s are as s ociated in o ne o rg anization and in plannin g f o r o ur mo nthly meetin gs th e g irl s of today are working sid e by s id e with thos e of yes terday. The ent e rtainment is furni sh ed in turn by the alumnae, Illinoi s Beta , and Illinoi s Delta , and we m ee t th e fir s t Saturday evening of every month fr o m Octobe r to :'Iiay. It wa s felt that to really s ucceed we mu st have something to work for, and a room has been furni s hed in the Gal esburg City Ho spital, which is kept well suppli e d by de vo ting o:le-third of the yearly du es to its needs.

At the pre s ent time we have not s ucceeded in intere s ting every Pi Phi in the city, yet every month br ings back a few mo re and

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we feel confident that in time they will all be members o f the a ssoc iation. When the que s tion o f joining the National Alumnae Association came up, at fir s t many were q.verse, thinking that we would have to give up our own organization. When we learned that since the alumnae have c harge of at least three meetings during the year, we are e ligible to belong to the national department while retainin g OUT local a ssoc iati o n , it was voted to join and application has been made for a certificate. In thi s way it is hoped that in a little while it may become a fact in Galesburg that o nce a Pi Phi is always a Pi Phi.

MILDRED BROWN.

THE I NDIANAPOLIS

The Indianapolis alumnae have reg ular meetings the seco nd Saturday in each month . Our meetings are arranged on a regular schedule with three business meet in gs during the winte'r.

The actives meet with the alumnae every few month s, so that we keep in close touch with each o th e r. Any vi s iting Pi P hi in the city on the second Saturday will be very welcome.

We have se nt for an alumnae certificate and hope to rec e ive it soon.

The office rs for the year are, Annie McCollum, pre s ident .. Alice Good, sec re tary, and :Mrs. Thornton, treasurer.

ALICE GOOD.

THE HILLSO.-\lE CLUB.

The Michigan Alpha Alumnae Club met December eighth at the home of Mrs. E . T. Prideaux. It was vo ted to apply t o Mrs. Reynolds for a club certificate at once. During the past year the club ha3 been bending al l its energies towards helping the Hillsdale COllege chapter . Last spring as a gift fo r Founders " Day a beautiful library table was se nt to the chapter hall ; this fall , November thirteenth , a progressive dinne r was given at the home of 1\1rs . B . F. Green as a ru s hing party in honor o f the· chapter.

At the las t meeting an election of office rs was held, Mrs. Anna Closson-Green being retained as president, and Mrs. F. B. Meyer elected secreta ry and Mi ss Effie Patch, trea su rer, in place of ?\1iss who re s igned those onerous offices .

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The Pi Beta Phi alumnae residing in :\1inneapoli s o rgani7.ed in a so mewhat informal way in 190 5. The incentive to organiration was the hope of an active chapter at the Unl"crilty of Minnesota, a:1d the work of th e club last year centered around that interes t. There were several mee ting.; of a business or soc ial nature , but the club remained unaffiliated with the national organization.

La st September, after the in stallati on of Alpha, it was the unanim ous wi sh that we organize ourselves 0 11 a more definite basis, and thus make the a ssoc iation more efficient. OUf first meeting was at the home o f Edith Robbins in Robbinsdale, in October . We then decided to re- o rganize in with the revised fraternity s tatut es regarding alumnae clubs. Onr next meeting was on November twenty-fourth, at the home of Esther Friedlander. The new con st itu ti on was formally adopted at this time. The constitution meets the requirements of the s tatute s and includ es s uch other provision s as are necessa ry . The foll ow ing are the officers fo r the yea r: Presidcni, Cora Emilie :Ma rlow; vice-pr es ident, Mrs . Jes s ie Farmer Gamble; sec retarytreasurer, Alice Elizabeth Thompson. TIlese officers constitute an executive committee, which arranges the details of all n-:eetings and has the power to call extra ones at its discretion .

The absence, until this year, of an active chapter at the university has made the of organization no small one. Fi rtee;') or more chapters are repre se nted among our alumnae, who number about thirty-five. Thi s year we hope to include at least twenty-five of the se on our members hip list.

ALICE E. THOMPSON.

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THE ALl::\lNAE

The Burlington Alumnae Club of Pi Beta Phi held it s fir st meeting o f the seaso n at the beautiful home of the president, Lo ui s Blaul. A t thi s meeting a new impe tu s was given the chapt e r by the admission of several alumnae: Mrs. W. L. Cooper. Mrs H. O. Todd. Mrs. C. or. Waite, Mrs Walter Burt, Mi ss Pearl Hayden, Miss Margaret Teuscher and Miss Sadie Buel.

:1\1r s . Blanl's s is ter, Miss Alma Poehler, a Pi Phi of Lawrence, Kan s as, was the guest of hon o r and contributed much to the aft e rn oo n' s enjoyment by her beautiful so ngs .

Afte r the routine work and an hour of Pi Phi music, a delicious lun cheon was se rved and the guests bade adieu to their hostess with a hea rty " Ring. Ching. 01ing."

Miss D o rothy Schu ltz e n te rtained the club d e li g htfully on November twenty-fou rth. A t this meeting, l'1i ss Leila Penrose, Miss Jo sep hine Rurt, Mr s. Co ra Lang and Mrs. Arthur Schramm j o in ed us . But thr ee o r four alumnae remain who have not identified themselves with the club and it is si nce r e ly hoped they will do so before another meeting.

UHLER G[LM .\N

DES MOINES ALUMNAE eLl'B

Our alumnae club ha s not been heard from for som e time , but we have not been inactive. Thi s fall we hav e had the good f o rtune to have a bride in our circle, and we have made the mos t of the circumstance to have so me jo lly times . You all know he r, too, for s he is one of our lo ng .-tim e and most popular girls, :Mi ss Ella J. Cummins that was, Mrs. Theodore Grefe now There is a s usp icion of romance about it , too, f o r the bride wa s principa l of the Olive McHenry school, and Mr. Grefe is pres ident o f the school board The wedding occurred the ni g ht of Halloween During November we gave two partie s-post-nuptials, the fir s t an afternoon at the home o f 1\1r5, Harr y \-Vallace, when ju s t "we

girl s" w ere there to make mer ry; th e seco nd an evening party at the home of Mr. and Mr s Suel Spaulding, wh e n we entertained our hu s bands and fri e nd s t o meet Mr, and Mr s . G r efe . It wa s the fir st affair of the kind we have attempted, and wa s s uch a s uccess that we contemplate future occasions with the same gue st li s t . The fir s t Saturda y in December, our regu lar meeting day, Mrs. Grefe entertained ti S at her new ho me , and we all contributed pi eces of s ilk and se wed bl oc k s fo r her s ilk quilt , The annual Pan-Hellenic banquet is se t fo r Januar y t we ntyfourth . Thi s is always a delightful occasion "When G,reek meets Greek ," Th e Phi Phis o utnumber all of th e o th e r ,or o dt ies.

AKNA R OSS- C LARKE.

LO U I S JA N.\ A LPHA ALL')'lN.\E

Fir st and fo remos t , Louis ian a Alpha, alumn ae and act ive, want to thank you fr om the bottom o f th e ir hearts f o r giving them the 1907 conventi on , Let me say , ri ght here and now, (so that you ca" begin saving up ) , th a t we '"peet you all to join us in making our next convention a reco rd-breaking o ne in th e annals of Pi Beta Phi, and th e re is n o better way of h e lping than by coming down to New O rl eans in per son next Ch ri stma s-w eek. Th e re is room in o ur homes and ou r heart s for eac h and every one-and we want you .

Ru shing seaso n ha s come and go ne and le ft th e alumnae and active of Louisiana Alpha sh a rin g a g reat d ea l of joy and a l ittl e pain with one an ot her . \ ·Ve have five unu suall y e nthu s ia stic fre s hm e n,-wh om we f ee l s ure you will all hea r fr om so me dayFay Dillard, Martha Gilm o re , L o is Janvi e r , J a n ie :'1ill e r and Irvin g Murphy. \V e lost but one ;·rushee.' · I Of our victories you shall all s hare a littl e later and of ou r defeat we h ave been making and are going to mak e suc h inne!" victories as will he lp us to be worthier bearers of th e name and standard of Pi Beta Phi. We are lookin g forward with the g rea test eage rn ess to hearing "how it is" with our s is te r chapters now that the fir st st renuous .........-..

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days are over and we sincerely hope that if they sustain any losses or apparent losses, they will be as specific in writing of them a s they are in writing o f their victories, because it seems to us that losses are ju st a s momentous a s victories in the hi story of fraternity life.

THE DENVER CLeB

The first quarterly meeting of the Denver Alumnae Club was he ld at IUllcheon at the Brown Palace hotel, forty-eight being pre se nt. Active and alumnae members from both Boulder and Denver were with us, and a few from other towns.

After luncheon a business meeting was held, with Mrs. N . H. Bolles in the chair, in the abse nce of the pre s id ent. The mos t impo rtant work w h ich has been done by the D enver alumnae ha s been the building of a bungalow for th e active g irl s of Colorado Beta. There is but a small balance to be paid on the building , and this will be made up by subscriptions among the alumnae.

Colorado Alpha explained the plans f o r their new chapter hou se, for which the g ro und ha s ju st been broken .

The mee ting then adjourned, the date of the next one being fixed for February six t ee nth.

j.\L\RY E. \VALLIH .\N .

THE MILWAUKEE ALUMNAE

On Saturday, December fir st, the Pi Beta Phis who were in l\Iilwau kee for the Thank sgiving sea s on, met at a lun cheon at the Deut sc her Club. Five s tate s , )Iichigan, Iowa, Kan sas, l\eb ra ska and \Vi sco nsin, were rep re se nted by the three active and the tw e lve alumnae members pre sent. The event was so thoroughly enjoyable that it was determined to make th e Pi Ph i lunch eon a feature of each Thanksg ivin g s easo n. The ),Iilwaukee Pi Phis hope that another year the fraternity members from Racine, \Vauk esha, and other adjoining cities can arran ge to be presen t.

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The luncheon was followed by a theater party at the afternoon of "The Grand Mogul."

Pi Phis of the city expect to meet the first Saturday in january at the home of Mrs. James S. Church, 683 Stowell Avenue, for the purpose of organizing a permanent alumnae club. A luncheon will be se rved at half past twelve. The Pi Phis from the neighboring cities are cordially invited to be present and to become members of the new alumnae chapter. Those who can be prese nt Saturday, January fifth, at the luncheon are reque sted to send their name s t o Mrs . Church.

A"NA WEBSTER LYTLE.

THE CLl;R

Another year ha s pa ssed and we arc again cal1ed to g iv e an account of our club and what it ha s accomplished. \Ve feel it has been little compared to what we might have done and have planned to do the coming year.

We are at present in a so mewhat di sabled condition, owing to abse nce from the city of three of our officer s, but as the holidays ap !>roac h they will be flocking back to their homes and we s hall then be ready to take up our work again. OUT president, )'1r s . Eames, has just los t he r mother and we mou rn with her in her deep sorrow-for ou rs is th e loss of a true and loya l friend.

Our active membership numbers about eighteen, the large s t the club ha s ever h ad. We are sewing for charity thi s winter and find it a g reat pleasure to be doing for others who are not so fortunate as we, and really accomplishing things worth while. We aim to keep in touc h with the active chapter and all they are doing, and owing to a scarcity o f good "Houses for Rent" have started a chapter hou se fund in which every alumnae member of Nebraska Beta is to have an interest and we hope within two years to be the first woman's fraterni ty in Lincoln to own a home. We realize that it will be a big undertaking, but others have succeeded, and why not we?

Last spr in g a plan was suggested for our ea rly fall work, that of assuming all re spo ns ibilit y for socia l fun ctio ns give n during

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ru shing week, and it proved to be a very s ucce s sful one, for as it happened, on ly eight of the twent y-four active members o f la st year were able to return to college and with so s mal1 a ci : ,:\pter they would have found it impossible to have accomplished much had they no t had the co-operation of their alumnae .

The new rules adopted by convention for the u se of alumnae clubs a r e a step in the ri g h t direction and we are glad to feel that at last we have a definite work in the rapid progress of our frat ern ity.

G reeti ng s and be st wishes for all Pi Phi s , both active and . I umna e. ANN E STEW ART.

THE CLUB OF LAWREXCE ,

Our club ha s a membership of about thirty and our regula r meetings are fairly well attended. This year th ere is more unity and interest even than before, as we are trying to ra ise funds to built a new chapte r house by next winter. The s uccess f o r n ext year seem s somew hat doub t ful now . but we are by no means hopeless.

Th e alumnae a re closer to the active chapte r th a n eve r before, t wo members belonging to th eir execllt i ve board for chapter hou se management and discipline.

Then. too, the alumnae have this winter given a serie s of receptions in the chapter hou se to the faculty with the hope of bringing the girl s more in touch with them.

N .\D lSE XOWLIN.

P eTSIJn a/s

\ ER).IOST \LPH \

Ina H. Gore, ·OG, wa s married Thank sg ivin g day t o Clifford D ClIshman , Delta Upsilon, ·06.

Octobe r twenty-ninth the chapte r receiv ed a ve ry pleasant. though short, ViSIt, from Jun e R oys-Gage Fannie Sutton-Lake of Co ncord, 1\. H., vi s it ed the Pharetra, November the nineteenth.

CO Ll,;MBlA ALPHA

Edith White and F lorence Ziegenfu ss o f California Beta are spending the winter in Wa s hingt o n. They attended the Army and Navy football game at Philadelphia on December first.

Edna McKnew, '09, is traveling in Europe thi s winter where. she expects to remain for probably a year or two.

Mrs . Wyatt Aiken (Adair Taylor , Loui s iana Alpha) is ill Washington for the winter at the Hotel Richmond.

A nne Margaret Merri11, '08, is taking her junior year at the Unive rs ity of Maine, Orono, but will return to George \\Tashington next winter for her final work and degree.

Adele Ria Taylor, '06 , went to Philadelphia for the Army and Navy football game on Saturday, December fir st.

Clella Stevens, '06, is a ss ista nt-principal of th e high school at her home, Harrison Valley, Pennsylvania.

ALPHA

Edi th O. McCain was married in October to Frederic B. Ja ekel and mo st of th e chapter attended th e recepti on . They are spending some week s in Florida before going to housekeeping.

Anna Morri s Ja ckso n, A lpha Province President, visited u s la tel y.

Mr and Mr s Clinto n Snyder are n ow livin g on Baltimore Avenue, Philadelphia, where they are ke ep ing hou se.

We had a large number of our alumnae with us for pledge day,. December eighth.

Elizabeth K. Carter, '06, who has been ill, is improving .

PENNSYLVANIA BETA

Blanche Allyn Bane spe nt seve ral days in town during October, vi s iting Fannie Davis-Phillips .

Rebecca Shove spe nt Thanksgiving with Ida Sames in Morristown.

E lla Ga rvin , Ida Sames, Mellie Wes.tcott, Edna Seaman and' U rs ula Parmley vi s ited in Camde n , New Jersey, some time ago; . and Anna Lyell e ntertained th em at a Pi Beta Phi luncheon. .

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Edith Overholt McCain wa s married to Frederick Blair Jaekel, Phi Gamma Delta. on th e sev enth of November.

F. Rebecca Shove, ex-'07, is tea ch in g in th e Friends' Academy, Locu st Valley, L. 1.

Ruth Hammitt, ex-'OG, is t eac hing in th e Phillips Brooks school, Phi la delphia.

The enga g ement o f Helen W. Buoy, '02, and Mr. Edward Burr o w s , '02, Ph i Gamma Delta , of l\1cKee spo rt, Penn ., ha s been ann o unced.

NEW YO RK ALP H A

W ealthy Hon s in ge r has been se nt as a t eac he r t o Nang Chang, Chin a, by the Women's Home Mi ss io nary Society.

Fannie Ladd-Locke is living, s in ce h e r marriage, in Brewerton, .ohi o.

Henrietta Gamb le did not r e turn t o college thi s fall.

Maude Smith is teaching near Sy ra c use

Do ro thy Di c ker so n-I-Ie lmer h as been livin g, s ince her marriage, 'in Sequoit, N . Y.

A nge lin e l\1aine, ex-'07, has been vi si ting us at th e chapter h ou s e.

MA SSACHl.;'SETTS ALPHA.

Lucr etia Ber ry is teachin g in th e Chelsea High School.

Rebecca Berry, '06, is teaching in Pro vin ce tow n, Ma ss. H elen Meserve is teaching thi s yea r at Dover , N H

Elna Coa te s, Vermont Alpha and M assach usetts Al pha , wa ; married Novembe r the tw e nty -e igh th to Charles Alvah Blake . Mrs. Minnie Laird Shirley is teachin g in the hi g h sc hool at Valley Fall s, R. 1.

Mrs. Jeanette Dodge Chapman is livin g in Valley Falls, where her hu sband is principal of the hi g h sc hoo l.

MARYLAND ALPHA

Emily Haskins was married on No vembe r eight h t o Mr. R ob·ert Gawthrop. Amo ng th e bridesmaids were the following Pi

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Phi s, Nellie Biehn, maid of ho nor , Blanche Rei si n ge r, Alice Dunnin g, Olive M as t and Sarah Rupp.

The chapter ha s enjoyed vi s its from th e fo ll ow ing alumnae thi s year: Alice Dunning, Mary Am es -Ha sk in , Mabel Allison, and Emily Haskins-Gawthrop.

O HIO ALP H A

H . Mi se r spen t Thanksgiving at Ellis H a ll, a guest of s everal o f the Pi Phi g irl s .

M abe l R o rick of O hi o 13eta ha s been vi si tin g friends at OhiO Univ ers ity. .

Born to Pa nsy a daughter, Amy Herre hi, Octobe r fift ee nth

We are proud t o ann oun ce to our siste r chapters that three of our girls, Clare Hu mphrey , Mary Simon and Bernice Coul lap, have bee n elected members o f th e Science Club. Also 1fary Chap pe lea r and Maude are members o f English C1uh .

O HIO BETA

Augu s ta Connolley, wh o is teaching in Steubenville . f i hia, spent a few days of la st week at hom e.

A daughter wa s recently born t o Mr. and Mr s . J. Harry Birnie (n ee Mari on Nichols ) .

Martha Jo ne s return ed home fo r th e Thanksgiving v..\ ca U Ci1, fr o m D efiance, Ohi o, where she is teachin g .

Grace Bradford a nd Marga re t Wilc ox visited Ge rtm.'e Jackson at Portsmouth, Ohio, o v er Thank sgivin g .

Blanche M 055 -Connolley ha s a baby gi rl.

A littl e daughter wa s lat ely born to Ruth Houseman-Bel.knap .

ILLINOIS BETA

Ethel Chamberlain , '06, is in co llege at the U nive r s ity o f Chicago.

Ethelwyn Grier, '04, is teaching at We st Henry , III .

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ayres mad e a s ho rt s t op in Galesburg to vi s it fri e nds and L ombard en rou t e t o their new h ome at 2047 W. 30th s tr eet, L os Angeles, Ca lifo rnia

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Delia Conger, '06, is attending college at Wellesley.

Lilli an Courtney is in school at Wolfe Hall, D enve r.

Elsie Garlick is teaching in the Chicago sc hool s and for some tim e has bee n employed in South Englewood.

Eleanor C lay comb of Sycamore, Illinois, spent some time with her sis t e r , L ou ise. at Lombard Hall.

Elizabeth F. Philbrook was married at he r home in Racine, Wi sco ns in, October eighteenth t o !vIr. W. W. Pollock.

Mila and Ruth Parke are at th e Universi ty of Chicago.

Carrie Hurd, in college '05 and '06, ha s spent the past summer and fall tra:--eling in the west.

ILLI NOIS EPSILON

Lenore Negus, '03, who is teaching in Bay City, was back for th e Thank sgivin g vacation.

A t ou r info rmal dance on November sixtee nth , we had the pleasure of e ntert aining Harriet Hill of Illinoi s Delta, Ne llie lI1iller and Marion R oss o f JlJinois Zeta, and Hazel Schelp, Marion Whidden and Selma Vognild of Wi scon sin Alpha.

Gertrude Ahern, ex-tOS, Northwestern School of Mu s ic, is ta kin g a cou rse in mu s ic at Joliet, this yea r.

Faith J loyt, '03, is t eac hin g in Waterloo, I owa.

At th e meeting of the National Association of Collegiate Alumnae recen tly he ld in Evanston, the chapter was very much pleased t o meet and rece ive g r eetings from Anna Webster Lytle, eb ra s ka Beta, '98.

Bess Stipes of Illinoi s Zeta, L o ui se Leavenw o rth o f Minnesota Alpha, and Ruth Cochran of Co lumbia Alpha, ha ve v isite d Illinoi s Epsilon within the pas t few weeks .

ILLINOI S ZETA

Kate Mann. '06. who is t eaching in the Bushnell High School, visited in th e hou se during the Thanksgiving vacation.

Edith Greene, who was at Illinoi s la s t year, was with u s for Thank sgiving vacation .

Angie Stedman, '05, is to married Decembe r se v enternth to Arthur Allen, '04, Delta Tau Delta, o f Peoria, III.

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Born to Florence E. Carte r -Sherman, a daughter, October seventh.

IXDI A X:\, ALPHA

Grace Bryan of 1\1 un c ie. Indiana , s pent th e Thank sgivin g vacati on with her parent s in Fra nklin.

Fay Marshall and rvIary Magaw of Columbia C ity , Ind., s pent Thank sgivin g vacation at their ho mes i n Franklin.

Pro fessor Jean ette Zeppe nfeld wa s entertained at th e ho me o f Mi ss V io la Luken s in Peru. during vacati o n.

Cora Voyles rece ntly vis it ed Pi Phi s ister s in Frank lin.

Lillian Weyl is tea c her of art in the Shortridge High School, In dianapolis j\fay ' OG, is teaching in the C lay t o n High School.

J:\,DIAXA BETA

Opal Haven s, '06, Alice Albert so n, Lela Thiebaud and Della Miller vi sited u s th e week befo re Thank sgivin g.

Kate B lakely was married Novembe r twenty-seventh t o Noble Praig, Delta Tau Delta.

Carolyn Reed is teac hin g in No rth Yernon, Indi ana.

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On ,"Vednesda y, December nin eteenth, Lulu B. Kellar was married to r. Cou rtn ey Wheeler of K oko mo.

Be rtha Empey , now of Illin o is Zeta, vi sited Indiana Gamm a s isters during the Thanksgiving rece ss.

MICHIGAN ALPH ..,

Winifred Whaley, Eli sabeth Dudl ey, Blanche Bradley, Lulu and Blanche Merrifield and Vivian Lyon visited LI S dunng the Thanksgiving va cation.

Born to Glady s Barker-We st , on October twenty-third, a son.

Mrs May Cope land Reynolds s pent a few day s with " '. Annie Vernor announce s her engagement to Charles McKinley.

Elizabeth Robin son , '96, vi s ited the college for a few day'.

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:\!ICHIGAN BETA

Nellie Kellogg, '05, of Battle Creek, Michi ga n, who ha., b<>en teachin g in Cavite, province of Cavite, Philippine I s lan ds, was married in Manila, August fir st , to Louis J . Van Schaick , governo r of the P rovince of Cavite. Governor Van Schaick is a son of Senator Van Schaick of A Tew York .

Madge Sibley, '04, o f Detroit, was married October fifteenth to Dr. Raym ond Habler. Their address is 120 E. 24th s treet, New York City.

Mari e Win so r, '06 , is te a chin g in the high sc hoo l at Mars hall, Michigan . •

L o tta Broadbr id ge, '06 , is t eac hin g in the Delray High Schoo l, Detroit , Michigan. Her addre ss is 308 Vinewood Avenue.

Mary Edwa rd s , '06, is teach in g in the hi g h sc hool at l\1ani stee, Michi ga n.

D o ra Payn e, '06, has re s ig ned her pos ition in Boston and ha!!. accept ed a position in an in s uran ce o ffice in Los Angeles, Cal ifornia. Her addre ss is 858 E. 28th s tre et.

Hel e n B ri ggs, ex-'07, wh o has been teaching in Dund ee Hi g h School, is ill at he r home in Toledo, Ohio, with typhoid fev e r

Eleanor Towar, '03, left No vember twelfth fo r a yea r abroad .

El sa Trit sc hell e r-Ely , '05, ha s moved t o Ruth erf ord, Ne w Jersey.

WI SCONSIN AL PHA

An ne Wright , ex-·04, visited Millie Askew in October.

A dau g hter was bo rn to Virginia Ha yne r -S aund e r s, Novembe r fourth.

Alma Mose r -Reinsch has returned fro m he r trip in South America, France and Spain.

The e ng ageme nt of Millie Askew, '04, t o Mr. Theodore We r de r of Ashland was recen tl y announ ced .

Minnie Lee Dodd, '06, spent Tha.nksgiving at the chapte r house.

Phoebe Becke t , ex- 'O g, wa s mar ri ed to Mr. Charle s Do nald so n o f Oucago, Decembe r fourth.

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MINNESOTA ALPHA

Bessie Tucker, '06, is teaching in the high school at Mabel.

Agnes Watson, '06, is teaching in the high school at Chisholm.

Nellie Heyd, '06, and Edith Garbett, '06, are teac hing in the high sc hool at St. Paul Park.

Florence Burgess, '06, is assis ting in the registrar's office at the University.

Mrs. Marie Palmer Bond expects to spe nd the winter in Salt Lake City.

Mrs. Emily Brooks Harrison has been spending months i3 California.

Mrs. Fannie Edwards Brewster, Illin ois Beta, entertained the active chapter on November s ixteenth at her home on Kenwood Boulewood.

Emma fIart, who ha s been connected with the Cumulative bdex for several years, has gone to he r home in Spring Valley to remain indefinitely.

Clara Edith Bailey is in structor in Latin in the Occidental College at Los Angeles.

Agnes Robinson, who is a graduate vf the J oh:1.ol1 School of Mu s ic, is this year giving her entire time to teaching music. She is organist in the Portland Avenue Church of Christ.

Esth e r Friedlander was elected vic e-p resi dent of the Ce:1tral High School Alumni Association at a recent meeting called by Mayo r Jones.

Mrs Maud Huntley Jenk s, Wiscon sin Alpha, wife of Prof. A. E. Jenks of the Sociology Department, is a welcome addition to our list of faculty wives.

The State Educational Association in December was represented in its discussion s by several Pi Phis: Elizabeth Fass gave a paper before the Science Round Table, and Esther Friedlander one before the Greek R o u:1d Table

Mrs. Emma White Shellenberger, Iowa Zeta, Amy Robbins, Mrs. Adelaide Robbins Gillette, and Cora E. Marlow are doing post graduate at the university.

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Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, mo the r of A li ce E. Thomp30n, '06, di e d Sa turda y, D ecembe r fir st. M rs. T h om p son was much interes ted i:1 Pi Beta Phi; she was gene rous in he r hospi tabity,. and belov ed by all who knew h e r.

IOWA BETA

Co ra Quayle is t eachin g at No rth English, I owa.

B lan che Sp urgeo n is teachin g at Or ie nt , Iowa.

IOWA GAMMA

Mar y Wilson, '06, has given up her positio n in the hi g h sc hoo l a t Moulto:!, Iowa, and is n ow ac tin g as private sec retar y to D ea n Stanton.

Lu e lla Kilbourne, Beth McMullen, and Sophie Hargis a tt en d ed the Y. W. C. A. co nve nti o n at Grinnell in Novembe r.

Mrs Stella · Stinson H a rr is of Fa irfi eld, I owa, speOl t Thanksgiving at th e college.

Lou ise Ro we', '04 , .;pe nt se veral days in Novembe r with o u r chapte r

Mrs. Olive Wil s on Curt is, '8 '1, visited in New O rl ean s recently.

IOWA ZETA

Naomi Stockdale was married Novembe r fo urt ee nth to Wilmot Baughn, S igma Chi, at her home in Esthe r v ill e, Iowa . M r . a nd Mrs. Baugh n will make their h ome in Om ah a .

Ethel Bond wa s m a rri ed in Oct obe r t o Frank Mungle, Ph i Delta Theta.

Bertha Remley is teachi n g at Iowa Fa ll s this yea r .

Sadie H o lida y, ex- 'Ot, s pent Thanksgiving with lts.

J osephin e W o r ste r , ex-'OS, vi sited u s at the time of th e AmesI owa game.

H aze l Hi g ley of Chic ago, ex·'07, spe nt two weeks with us in Novembe r.

Madge Robb of A lbi a made us a s hort vi s it in Novem h" . G r ace Gab ri el, '05 , is t eaching at Le Mar s.

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May Belle AIl.trand and Sara McBride spent severa l days with us this fall. They are both teaching in Waterloo this year.

MISSOII RI ALPHA

Hel en "Vald of Louisiana, l\'1issouri , made a sh o lt visit at the "hapte r house during th e earl y part of ?\'ovember

Among visitors to the chapter during the pa s t month have been Anna Hud s on of Carro llt o n, Mi ssouri , and Jean McCune of Bowli:-tg Green, Mi ssouri Both these g irls were active Pi Phis last year.

For a month o r more, Nevora Full e r, one of vur gi t':s. has been in the hospital suifering fr om t yphoid fev e r. We are glad to say th at s he i. doing ni cely and will be taken to her home th is week. We hope to have her back with liS at the beginning o f th e secO':1d scntester.

Ethel Huds o n of Columbia, Mi ssouri. ha s annollnced her engagement to Mr. Patrick McBain.. The ma rri age will tak, place the twenty-seventh of Dec e mber.

Mary Stephens, one of our town g irl s, held her comin g -out party the fifteentli of November.

The members of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity gave a dan ce on the twenty-third of November for "lary Steph e n;.

Eula of Bowling Green is now makin g a short vi s it at the chapter house.

KAN SAS .\ LPH .\

Mary BlIckles, Lucretia Hart and Margaret Hammond vi s ited at the chapter hou se just before Thanksgiving.

The an:'IlIal Thank sgiving banquet in Kan sas City wa. held Wednesday, November tw enty-eighth, at half past nine in the evening. Sixty Pi Phi s were pre s ent . Th e banquet was served in the Japanese rooms at the Hotel Baltimore.

Saturday afternoon, Novembe r twenty-fourth, our alumnae ente rta ined t,he members of U,e faculty and their wives at the chapter home, to meet the active girls

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F ran ces Newby, '06, who spe nt the pa st mo nth in Ok lahom", City has r e turned to h e r ho me in Kansas City.

Loui se McCracken, '09, ha s moved from L eave nw o rth to Kansas City.

Madge Bulle n e o f Denver, Co lo rado, ha s been vis it in g in Lawrence.

Mr s J. W Green e nte rta in ed th e active gi rl s with a cookieshi ne Novembe r tw en ti eth, as a surprise party for her niece, Elizabet h Steph ens

NEBRASKA BETA

Edna H o lland -De Put ro n is vi s itin g in Lin coln . Th e chapte r en j oyed a visit fr om Gertrude Branch, Michigaru Be t a, a fe w weeks ago.

:Mr s. S ue A s hman -B row n ha s bee n vi si ting he r mot he r in S t .. J oseph, Mi sso uri.

Mabel Lyfo r d a:1d Kate H eacoe k are vi siting at the c hapter house .

Hel en Dolson -Bai rd came down to' spend Thank3giving with he r moth e r in Lincoln and w ill remai n seve ral w eeks.

Mrs. Cooper Df Ottumwa, I Dwa, has been vi s iting in LincDln _

LOUIS

I ANA ALPHA

On NDvember twelfth, Mary Bayne Vaught wa s mar ri ed t o' Wilmer Hayward. Mr . and Mr s. Haywa rd will r es id e in Pensa cola, FlDrida.

In Oc t Dbe r, two Pi Phi babies were added to' the Lo ui siana Alpha "Baby RDll," John Dabn ey i\lill e r, Jr ., SD.l of M r . and 1I1rs . JDhn Dabney Miller, and Helen Rainey Hardie, daughter of 1\lr. and :-Irs. H enry Hardie.

Yi Dla 1I 1urph y is taking a post-g raduate CDurSe a t Tulane . 11r. and :-Ir s. Chauncey Butler spent their honey m oo n ab road and are now residi ng in Tennessee, whe re th ey will make their home. Th e bride's s ister , Be ss ie Dillard, has just return ed from a visit to th em.

The wedding Df Ca rri e Charles t o' Lieute n a nt \ Vise Df the

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U. S . Marine Corps was sole mnize.:! very quietly last September. Mrs. Wi se is with her husband's parents, Admiral and Mrs. Wise, at Old Point Comfort, Virginia.

Erie Waters has returned from her summer home in Cana.:la and is busy giving music-l essons.

Virginia Logan Eskregge is the p r oud mother o f a smal1 son.

Five member. of th e Louisiana Alpha A lumna'e Oub are teaching i:1 the Newcomb night school.

Bemis Sharp is vi siti ng he r brother, Lieutenant Sharp, at Fort Leavenworth , Kansas . •

Laure Beauregard is visiting he r aunt in Baltimo re .

TEXA S ALPHA

May S. Wynn e visited Julia Estil1 duri ng Tha:1k sg iving days.

Pearl Hall and Lucile Pendleton were he re th e last we ek ill November visiting Helen Garri.;on. They are now in Victoria.

Kate Marti:1 spent seve ral weeks with us this fal1.

Nora Hummel came up from San Antonio to see th e Thanksgiving game

Sadie Mi ll spaugh was al so he re for a few day s . She is teaching in San Angelo

Born, a so n, to Aline Harris-McAshan o f Hou ston.

Fa y Hudgins of Texarkana was married to Mr Frank J. F ouke in October .

Mrs J o hn Bennett, Texa s Alpha, was with fri e nd s and r elative s for a few day s in November.

COLORADO ALPHA

Margaret Helps and Maude "{cKenzie went to Denver, r\ovember thirtieth, to attend an alumnae th eatre party, a ucookieshine" at Helen Stidger's, and the r egu lar alumnae lun cheon at th e Brown.

Since our la st ARROW, Claire Hu sted ha s become Mrs. O'Neil. She is living at th e Sh irl ey and expects to be ther e about a year.

Mary D owner and Elizabeth Downer have returned fr om abroad, but do not expect to enter college again .

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Out of town Pi Phis prese nt at our initiati o n were few this year, but there were pre sent Fanny Plummer-Morton, Laura Killgore, Donnie Armstrong. Emma Sternberg and Helen Stidger.

The active girls gave Floye Lewi s a rainbow s howe r at the loJge. A number of the alumnae were present. Floye Lewis will be married to James Giffin the n ineteenth of this month . They will s pend about a month in California.

May Whitmore-Calkins was in Boulder vi s iting f o r severa l days and attended Q Pi Phi thimble party ' Ne have a new Pi Phi baby in Bould e r. Edith Allison-Austin h as a baby girl whom we claim as ou rs .

Clara Morse- V\' inner se nt us a very plea sa nt g reetin g at initiation time w h ic h we read at the banquet. .

Lu ella Corbin, who ha s been s uffering from a nervou s illn ess, is ve ry much better now .

Urs. Lou Clark has gone to East Orange t o make her future home.

Julia McKinley-Denio of Wyoming will spend the Christma. holidays in L on gmont and Boulder.

C laire \ Villiams Humphry ha s retllnied to Denver, having some in Califo mia.

COLOR .\OO UET.\

lI[.rtha Kimball. the Grand Trea sllre r. ha s left college to accept a position as teacher in the Wolc ott School o f Denver.

Loui se J\cil was married t o Clarence Ta s her 0 11 October thirte ent h. Th ey will make their home in Duluth, :\linne so ta.

Edna Stickney i s teaching in Paradox, Co lorado .

C.\lIFQRXI.\ ,\LPH \

l\fyrtle Timmons, '06 . is teaching in San Juan Capist ran o, California.

Edna Reeves, '0 5, is spe nd ing the winter traveling in the east

Ruth Waterh ouse, ex-'OG, ha s been livin g in the chapte r hou se thi s semc3te r and we hope to hav e her with liS for the rest of the year.

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Alice Hayes, '06, and Eugenia Miller, ex-'06, made us a sho rt visit in Octobe r

CALIFORNIA BETA

May-Boggs-Picton t ook lunch with us la st month. Daisy French-Howard has taken up her residence in Berkeley. Estelle Wilson ha, returned from her Alaska" trip and is living at the chapte r house.

Mary Day, Marie Struv e, Bertha Crawford, Madge Smith and Charlotte Walters visited us at the time of the big football game ,

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Convention reports have been sent out to all chapters, to the secretaries of alumnae clubs and to all other persons known to be interested . If anyone who has not received the report desires to have one, copies may be obtained from the editor.

The public, especially that part of it which is intere sted in education and its tendencie s, is just waking up to the significance of fraternitie s in the college life of today . Within the pa st two years probably a dozen article s on thi s s ubject have appeared in the more se riou s magazine s and in the large metropolitan dailies. Of the se none have been so widely quoted and commented upon as that of Mr. Birdseye, in the educational number of the Ou/look for last Augu s t. To the outside public, the striking point of the article is the figure s s howing the rapid growth and present extent and strength of the fraternity sys tem, a system which the Outlook, commenting editorially, compares with doubtful analogy to the "nations" of the medieval universities. The fraternity man or woman finds other and more s uggestive points of interest; the actual need of the fraternity unit in the complex life of our great univer s itie s, the possible service of fraternity to college, Aa.ow-4

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mo st o f all th e large unu sed powers of th e alumnae and the ways in which it may be utilized. Concerning thi s last. r. Birdseye offers so me inten se ly pra c tical s ugges tions of the ends to which alumni effort may be directed:

"Firs t , to a careful s tud y of pre se nt under6'Taclllate c o nditions, and to improvi ng the s e condition s in all their own chapters.

Second, to inciting th e ir 0\\-"11 active m em bers to do th ei r best po ss ible work and get th e be s t poss ible trainin g during their co llege course.

Third , to realize that in many ways th ey are t hei r undergraduates ' on ly hope for true individllali stn.

Fourth, to co-ope rat e in a large way with one another in the s tudy and elimination of the too prevalent wa s te o f liv es during the college cou rse

Fifth, to reach backward into the preparatory sc h oo l s and clean up mora l condit ions there . L et the fraternities, and as well the college s , be judged, not by wealth o r age or numbers, but by the re s ult s which they work out in the live s of their individual member s; by the real value of their output and not by the s ize of their capital o r plant."'

It will be noticed that none of these s uggestion s loo k to the merely materia l well-being of the chapter. Alumni are already c o ntributin g generously of money and financial influence , so generou s ly that it would not occ ur to mo s t chapters that anything m o re could be expected, or to alumni that th e re was occa s ion for further help . We alumni hav e then t o thank :\lr. Bird seye chiefly for thi s, that he ha s pointed out an opportunity for greater u se fulne ss and a definite line of work.

There i s l ittle that is new in hi s program. The governi n g bodies of mos t fraternitie s have lo n g been w o rking o n the s e problems, the Inter-Sorority Conference ha s di s cus s ed them, vi siting delegates have impre ss ed th em 011 the chapters. The merit of his sugge stion s is that they put the re spon s ibility whe r e it properly belongs, with tho se who best unders tand the conditions in each college , whose in fluence i s s tron gest and mos t sympathetic,-the chapter alumni.

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A s ha s been announced hitherto in the ARROW , alumnae script io n s cann o t be dated back of th e ir receipt. There is publi s hed of every iss ue an editi on s ufficient t o meet all rea sonable demand s upon it, that is , t o co ve r pre sent circulation, future: initiations, a s mall surplu s for filling o ut chapter file s and a slight increa s e in the Alumnae A ssoc iation. La st year and thi s, however, the A ss ociati on ha s g rown beyond all expectation, and a great in c rease ha s occurred each year, after the fir st ARROW has been is sued, with the r es ult that the editi o n ha s fall e n s hort.

1t seems but fair under the ClfC1111l stance s that the aumnmre, rath er thaD the active memb e rs, should Jose the ntunbers of the volume. In the fir st pla ce every alumna is notified ear ly in the fall that he r s ubscripti o n is du e , something manifestly impo ss ible to do in the ca sc of the uninitiated fre s hman. Secondly, th e alumnae s ubscribers, with the increa s in g s ize o f the ARROW and the increa sed cos t per pa ge of printin g, are no w r ec eiving their magazines at le ss than cos t, the increa sed expen se being borne entirely by the active m ember s hip.

Thi s is to explain why late alumnae sub scriber s canl10t expect t o receive back number s . It g oe s without saying, a lso, that aU alumnae, like all active s ub scr ipti o n s, cnd wit h the volume. Promptne ss in payment of a lu mnae dues is thus very de sirable.

In the same connecti on it may be well to remind alumnae subscriber s to be s ure that both addre ss and money are s e nt. The rt: have been occas ional co mplaint s that name s are sent without due s, and lately there co me s the s urpri sin g report of due s sent with out name s . While the state secre tarie s may correctly infer the so urce from the postmark or handwriting, and the s ubscriber may th e refore receive he r ARRO W , the chances are much against it. A reminder to exerci se care is therefo re timely.

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Chapter Letters

ALPHA PROVINCE

VEII. MONT ALPHA-MIDDLEBUrV COLLEGE

(Chartered 1893)

When we a're reminded that it is time fo r the chapter letter, we a r e also reminded that it is almost Christmas and we are soon to part for the winter ho li days How short this term has been I Once more the air castle s which we have so elabo rately built h ave fallen and we r ealize how l ittle we have accomplished after all.

OUT social Jife si nce the ru s hing season has not been very exciting. Under the new rules we are allowed few festivities. \Ve had a charming little Hallowe'en party how ever in th e Pharetra, for our own girls and a :lew sub-fr eshmen. also an informa l dance the week befo r e Thanksgiving, The senior class ha s had its election and Pi Beta Phi is well represent.ed on its office roll. Gw endo line T. Hughes was appointed vice president, .Myrtle A. Mosi e r, cla ss prophet, a n d Mabel E. Stevenson, c1as, h isto r ian.

I cannot say that we ha ve done very much for our alumnae, but last spring we did send a letter t o each alumna telling her a s m'Jch of our present chapter life as we thought w oul d be of int e re st to her. Our i dea was th a t by writing similar letters every l ittle while we might keep our graduate s from losing th ei r inh.r est in their fraternity. I think we have succeeded to some extent, for our old girls have taken pa ins t o visit us as often as posr;ble, give us some of their good advice and h elp m in sundry other way S.

Perhaps we might mention the h elp that our alumnae have given us financially. Some of the seniors of last year proposed last spri ng in th e fraternity meeting that the alumnae shoul d feel it th ei r duty and pleasu re to aid the chapter a little in money matters th e first year afrer leaving college This suggestion ha s proven a good o ne, as some cf our la,t year's seniors have most generously shared their fir st month's pedagogic salary with us

Once more V e rmont Alpha sends the h ea rtiest o f Chri s tmas greetings and best wishes for tbe n ew year to all her Pi Phi sisters.

MABEL E ST'<VENSON.

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VDMONT BETA-UNJVEi.SlTY OF VERMONT

(Chartered 1898)

The autumn has passed r apidly and left many pleasant memories to Vermont Beta. The rushing season is over and we introduce to you our pledge, Gena Chapin, whom we are sure will prove an enthusiastic Pi Phi

There have been a good many social doings the past few wf"cks. One night in October we drove to Williston, a few miles out of town, and spent the evening at the home of Sylvia Warren, onc of ou r :lrtive girl!. Another c,' ening we visited one of our seniors in her hom e at Essex Junction. One feature of the entertainment was the prc smtation of Re veries of a Bach elo r. Our regular annual reception to the freshman girls was held Hallowe'e n at the home of one of our ch--arter membe r s, Mrs. Waddell. Many appropriate games and tricks afforded rntertainment fo r t he evening. We celebrated the founding o f our chO\pter November twenty-fourth, by a cookie- s hine at the rooms in the evening.

Two of our m r mbers attend ed initiation of Vermont Alpha and rrport a delightful time. It is so pl e asant to be near another chapter and in direct communication with it.

A new building, Morrill Hall, de st ined for the agricutural drparlment is in process of erection but will probably not be completed before next year.

We have been visi t ed by several of our alumnae: Daisy Russell, Ada Hurlburt Mr s. Waddell , Grace Strong, Gertrude John ston and Alice Durfe..

Gertrud e J o h nsto n , '06, is now teaching in Monticello, NfW York Roberta Campbell has been teaching in East Bane.

After the Christmas vacatio n which is now so near we ar,. planning fo r a Pi Phi Christmas tree.

Vermont Beta sends heartiest wishes fat success and hap'piness to all her Pi Phi sist ers.

HELEN L. ALLEN.

CQLUMBIA

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

(Charte r ed 1889)

Life in the active chapter mean s so much to the girl in college that it would be little to wonder at if so metimes she found herself thinking with somet hing of dread of the t ime when she mu s t drop the work :;0 absorbing and join th e ranks of th ! interested alumnae . Natural as th e existence of this feeling mu st be in Columbia Alpha as elsew here. I believe we h ave it reduced to a comfortable minimum, that is, if en thu s ia st ic 'illppon and constant intercours e count (or anything in making the estimate.

T H E A RR OW

As far back a s I can g o, by per sonal experie nce o r hearsay, we have alway s been able to r ely on ou r a lumnae fo r sympa th etic r es lJo n se of a very practical so rt W e lt o r ganized in to a large a nd fl ou ri s hin g alumnae dub, th ey ha ve kept con s tantl y in touch with li S by allowing us a share in all th eir socia l evening s-by no means dead ones-a nd on the o th er hand by caring enough to a tt e nd our s. It is th ey who wilhin th e pas t few y ears ha,-c launched u s in ou r ru shing by en t er tain ing a ll th e fre shman girl s during t he fir s t week of college, a nd it is th ey who for year s have arr ange d for a nd carried thr ough the annu a l j oi nt cele bratio n o f Founder'S Day.

During th e las t few month s there see nt s to h ave come fr o m so m ew here an added stimulu s to do someth ing more for th e a c t ive c hapte r As :a r esu lt we in vit ed t o attend th e m ee ting held o n e evening at th ei r presiden t 's ho me and th e r e much to ou r delight we r e asked to lay befor e th e m any lin e of the wi nt e r 's activity or an y fut u r e soc ial affair, t o which they mir,-hl le nd u s pra c ti ca l aid We are not bac kwa r d in appreciati n g generos ity of s uc h a nature , W e spoke, and before th e eveninlt h ad ended, committees had bee n appointed and th e fir s t s t e p s tak e n £'J r an affair to be held probably in February , which is n ow filling a ll our mind s with the keenest so rt o f inte r es t.

Sin ce my s ister has been o ne o f o ur r epresen tat ins a m ong -h e alumnae of thi s city and I have lea rned more truthfull y the fraternity s it ua ti o n 9ut sidc of college . I ha ve kar ned al so to r eal ize o f h ow much mutual val ue alumnae an d a ct ive c h ap t er ca n bc t o each other . Th e st r engt h and experience of our o lder girl s who h avc li ve d it all ove r cann ') t h el p but stead y u s in the working out of ou r ow n problems. The cl ose touch that Columbia Alpha c n joys with it s graduate girl s ha s mad e u s f ed. t oo, t h at aur u sefulnes s n eed not end wit h th e close of th e college course.

\V e a r e expecting t o ce leb r ate Christmas th is yea r by a r egul a r jo ll y old-fa shioned party to ·be given at o n e o f th e girl' s h o m es th e '1i g ht a ftpr Chri stmas The atmosphe r e is to be one of , m ys tery fo r we ar p a ll goi ng m asked. \V e havc planned to h ave a Ch r is tm as tree and c\' e n a Yul e log

I would lik e t o take this oppo rtun ity o f introdu ci ng ou r rJp.w m emb o: r of Columbia Alpha, Ruth Millj ce nt D enham, last year a fr es hman a t Smith but now r egularly e n rolled as a stud ent at Geo rg c \Vashington. She has confesse d with cheerful r eadiness that at th e first of th e yea r s h e was dr ead full y lo n esome and h o me s ick fo r th e d o rmit ory life , but that now somehow-well-that fr a t e rn ity is a marvclous substitute.

\ Vith bes t wi s hes to all OUf chap t ers, especially from ou r COOl'e rt from dorm it ory life,

HELEN

MARIE

EVANS. "

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PENNS\,1.VASIA ALPHA-SWARTHMOR.E COLLEGE

(Chartered 18g2)

The ru s hing season term at Swarthmore is almost o\'er anrJ we girls are already beginn ing to br eat he a sigh of relief, and to fee l that at last we can settle down . This year the time of rushing has been greatly shortened, and we are united in the feeling that this is a decided irnpro\'cment. We are thoroughly convinced that a long pledge day nc\' er can do away with the evils of rushing and therefore fee l that a short one is b! tter in every way·

Our alumnae ha ve been most kind th is yea r and their efforts ha\'c been mu ch appreciated. Vie ha\c felt their s upport in many ways. At almost every meeting thi s year two o r three of our old girls ha\:e bee n present. Many of them have come to OUT functions, and more than all we h ave felt their interest and support in all that we do almost more than e\'er before , During the week before pledge day and on that important occasion itself many of ou r old girls were with us, and their help and interest was felt by all,

We girls feel th at the ac tive chapter and the alumnae can and ought to be of untold value to each other. This certainly should be true, for each needs and can do much for the other.

The younger girls need the advice of older heads many times and realiz e that experience often counts where nothing else can. The olde r girls find that by ooming often. and learning to know well th e girls in the active chapte r and by sharing their plan s their own inte r est in the chapte r is greatly st r engt hen ed and imprond. Thus if each ca n only r ecognize th e help that it can give, th e two ought to work together for the best good of Pi Beta Phi. \Vith best wi s hes for our sister chapters.

ANNA E. STUBBS.

PENNSYLVANIA BETA-DU C KNELL UNIVERSITY

(Chart or ed 1895)

Once again our fall term is nearly ove r, and the Christmas holidays are close at hand ; it seem s almost impossible that the thirt ee n weeks a r e so nearly spent, for we have had so many good tim es t ogether.

About the middle of October we had a chicken and waffle dinner at Mrs. Hullis,' and what a good time we had, w e seven Pi Phis and our freshmen! On the tw e nty-fou rth of October we gave a cookie-shine in h onor of Blanche Bane, one of our alumnae who was spe nding a few days in town. It was the first one for this year , and the very first o ne for ou r sophomo re s. \Ve had asked our town alumnae and we thoroughly

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en joye d h ea r ing th em t ell of their days in Pi Phi Th e sp r ea d was g ood and all seemed to ha ve enjoyed th emselv es , especially the sop h omores.

Most o f our spent th eir Thanksgiving vacation here at college and we Pi Phi s who stayed spent the time g etting bett er acquainted with them, and so with sp r e ads, fudge parties and long walks, th e hol iday seemed all too sho rt .

Wit h bes t wishes f or a very s u cces s ful and happy year.

EDNA A . SUMAN

PENN SYLVA NIA GAMMA-DICKINSON COLLEGE

(Charte r ed 1903)

Since ou r last lett e r we hav e adopted into OUf Pi Phi family nine n ew ch ild re n. The initiati on was especially plea sa nt, becau se so many of the a lumn ae were ab le to be present. \ Ve have as guest s, J essie Houck, L Oll Sheets , Kather ine Ki efe r, Bess Craighead, Sarah Black, I d:l Shimme l' Ka thleen Gooding and M a ry Stahr. Although Mi ss Black is Pennsyl\"ania Beta girl we fe el that she belongs partly t o us.

On Thanksgiving the girls who didn 't go home spe nt the even ing in the chapter r ooms Arrangement s had bee n made to ha ve the 3.lurPnae gi rls with us and we liste ned eage rl y to th e tales o f the baby hood days of o ur chapt er \Vhat fin e o ld days th ey mu st ha ve been.

T h er e we looked thr ough Ollr petition to Pi Beta Phi and whe fl we r ead th e splend cd things sai d of ou r gi rl s th en in college, we were made t o f tel ou r respon sib i lity in living up t o th ei r s t anda rd

One evening befo re her wedding we ente rt ai n ed Gertrude Super and su rprised her with a handke r chief show er.

P enn sylvani a Gamma se nds best wishes fo r a merry Chri:;tmas and a joyous bright New Year, to h er sis t e r chapte r s and alumnae.

HELEN KI SNER.

NEW YORK ALPHA-SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY

(Cha rte r ed 1895)

1t seems fitt ing for New York Alpha to gloat just a little ove r the trium phant exit of the Varsity foot ball team; Syracus e 4, \Vest Point 0, is, we think, a t ri fle elatin g

We are still in the th r oes o f ru shing. Pan-Hell enic ha s deC'Teed that pled ge-day is not to come and make u s the happiest of maidens until abo ut the o f February. \Ve had hoped fo r an earlier date . Su ch a late pledge-day, ins t ead of simplifying r u s hing and making it less s trenuo us and tryng. seems to us to fail entirely in its purpose. \ Ve hope for a more

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satisfactory arrangement next year, and fo r a little bett e r understanding between the chapters represen t ed in th e associat io n

We have lately become the happy possessors of a fine , n ew rug fl)r the reception r oom, and are n ow laying plans for a new set of di sh es.

Aside from the numerous ru shing parties, we have not entertained any .as y et. D ecember th e six th , the alumnae of New Yo rk Alpha entertained de lightfully at a dance in ho n o r of th e ac tive chapt er.

Bes t wishes to our sister chapters.

NEW Y ORK BETA-BARNA1I.D COLLEGE

(Chartered 1904)

LoI S H WKS

December find s us ri ght in the mid s t of our ru shing seaso n and with a very h opefu l outl ook

We are fo rbidd en by Pan-H ell enie, as you probably know, to entertain th e same fre s hmen morc than o n ce a J1"rnth so we try to make that affair as n ice as possible.

On October first Mrs. Farnsworth, an alumna of Colorado Alpha. took all out for a sail in her laun ch. \Ve were out fo r th e gr e:He r pa rt o f th e afternoon and took o ur lun ch. havin g h ot tea wh ic h Mr s. rarnsworth kindl y made for u s. This was not a freshman nl shing party but rea l ly an affair for several of t h e upper classmen whom we were rushing.

Late r we h ad a cookie-s hine and all the fre s hmen seemed to enjoy themselves immensely,

We wi s h that you could all meet our two new juni o rs, Alice J. Emerson and Maud Smith, o f whom we are very proud, There have be.'" a grea t many tran s fer s from o th er colleges at B arna rd this year and we fee l tha t we have the "pick" o f the juni o r cla ss in ou r two n e w girls

Our la st ru shi n g "s tunt" was a cotillion and dance given in the Ba rnard th ea t er . We all " oted it o n e of th e best t imes we ha"e eve r h ad and we were very glad to hear that th e fr eshmen all agreed with us. We had about twenty dances , six of which were figures o f th e cotillion. There were three figure s in whi ch th e men favored the girls and thr ee in whic h the girls fav o red the men. S ome of th e favors we r e made by Juli a Freed , to whom the s ucce ss o f the dance is in a la rg e m easu re due, an d some were given by several of the oth er girl s. Then a few of th e out-of-town gi rls stayed at the room s all night, as did one o f th e fre s hmen, and we ce rtainly had one of the jolli es t times possible talking over the n an ce.

On Tuesday o f th e w ee k before Chri stm as we expect t o give a party to the freshmen . We are plann ing to have a tree and a small present for each of the gi rls and a lso a good "spread."

As the ru s hing season is so lon g we all become tired o f th(' n ame o f "f reshman" and so, by way of vacation , I n ne Adams, one of our se n ion,

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had us al!-j ust the chapter-up at her home for a day early in ber. Mount Kisco is a number of mile s from the city and we certainly did enjoy the ten-mile s traw rid e in the country. After th e rid e came a delightful luncheon at Irene 's home. We were glad to have \Villa Wilson, '05. with us for the day. \Ve are planning to have these chapler good times as often as possible that we may no t let lhe int e re sts of ru shing interfere with OUf life as fraternity sis ter s. Too often, we f ee l, the only time we all come tog ether, is for the busin ess meetings. Be sides the u s ual fraternity affairs there are many other soc ial events at college. Next week we have th e Undergraduate Tea to which we invite our outside friends. Then on Saturday, Nov ember twenty-fourth, the juniors gav e a very thrilling melodrama callcd "Angelina, the Orphaned Heiress "

Although the se two months have been a continual round cof teas and parties, we ha\' c becn doing other th ings, too. Sophie Woodman la s t week attended the Y. W. C . A. Conference held under the au spices of the J oint Committee which met in thi s city. She enjoyed meeting Margaret Kyle-Barber, Swarthmor ::-, and Pearl Arc hibald , Nebraska Beta, very much.

] a m vcry sorry that I cannot say a great deal about the New York .alumnae. As far as ollr own alumna e are concerned, a s I said in tb e las t letter, they were very good to us last year, helping furni s h our room s, hav ing m eetings there. coming to our meetings and initiations and doing many little things to help u s. But still we all feel vcry st r ong'y tbe need of a st i:J large r alumnae club and we think that then' ought to be one, e specially as there are so many Pi Phis in Kcw York City. There .are mo re than sixty here and we h ave often thought how delightful it would be if only th ey would join the club.

\ Vith best wi shes from York B eta for a \'ery happy l\pw Year, MAUDE I KLEIN.

MASSACHt;S£TI'S ALPHA-BOSTON UNIVERSITY

(Cha rt ered 1896)

Massachusetts Alpha is proud and happy to introduce t o her siste r s in Pi Beta Phi, Helen Br own , Bessie Wheeler, Mildred Skerry, Marion Morton and Eugenia Goodwin of th e class of 1910

Th e initiation ceremony was held at th e home of Edna Cu!lis. '07, in Belmont and th e annual banquet was gin n in the evening at the Hotel We s tmini ster. Over fifty attended. twent y active girls and th e r est alumnae'. \Ve were doubly happy at hav ing with us Mrs. Sykes, who chaperoned us last summer a t our house party, and who seemed quite as pleased to see " her girls" as we were to have her with us.

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Sin ce in itiation w e have settl e d down t o s t ea d y hard work in college and to a qui e t, h e lpful life in th e fratern ity Our me e tings aTC held e ve ry Fr iday a ft e rn oon aft e r th e week 's lesson s a r e o,"e r. The e nte rta inment is provid ed each t im e by a d iff e r e nt cl ass d e le g a ti o n \Ve a T C l ooking fo rw a rd to thi s w'!II!k 's m ee ting when O UT fr es hm e n ha \"c cha r ge fo r th e fir st time

\Ve mi ss France s Mo rr is, '09. f ro m amo n g u s. Sh e w as ta ke n ill befor e pl e dge day with typh o id pneumonia, and was o bl ig ed t o r e turn to h e r h o me in Rapid City, S o. Dak ota , t o rega in h e r s tr engt h .

Th e co lle g e glee clu b un it ed with th e \Vesle ya n gl ee cl ub an d g a ve a co nce rt a nd dan ce in Huntin g t o n C hamber s, a nd the foll o w ing wee k gave th ei r a nnua l con ce rt in J aco b Sl ee per Hall Th e Gam m a Del ta Soc ie ty, an o r g ani za t io n incl uding a ll th e girl s o f t he coll ege , pr esented Tennyson 's " Princ es s" early in D ece mbe r, Ruth Ea to n, ' 09 , l ook the part o f the prin cess, a nd h e r s uccess made u s \' cry prou d o f om so phomore sis t c r

Th e Friday b ef o r e C hri s tma s will o ccur th e al111 113 1 Ga ml'r..a De lta s pread, wh e n th e a l umnae r eturn to gree t o ld a nd n e w fr iend s.

Our Bost o n al umnae cl u b ke ep s in close t o uch with th e acti,,'c chapt er, and w e o w e much of o ur s u cce ss in ru s hing t o th e ir will ing co-ope r a t io n They furni s h u s with a p ian o fo r o ur r oo ms and s t o r e o ur furni t ure d u rng th e s umm e r vacation Th ey a l way s ent e rta in th e ac ti ve c h ap te r wi th a lun c h eon o n Commen ceme nt Day, wh ile F ou nd e r s' D a y is c el e br a t ed by the chapt e r with eithe r a r ecept ion o r a cookie shin e fo r th e alumn ae. In the se and many oth er way s, each chapt e r retain s a d ee p int e r es t in th e other , an inter est whic h we int e nd t o s tre ng th e n a n d in c r ease a s ou r chapt e r gro w s.

And no w as the close o f th e ye ar draw s n ea r Ma ssachu se tt s Alph a e xt end s s ince re wi s hes to all th c chapte r s for a ha ppy , joy fu l Chri s tm as tid e and a s ucc es sful New Year.

BLAN C HE L. M.

MARYLAND ALPHA-W OMAN 'S COLLEGE OF BALTtMOf.lF.

(Chart e r e d 1897 )

It hard :y seem s p ossi bl e t o us gi rl s o f M a ry la n d A l ph a th a t ill t wo s hor t week s Chri s tm as ya cat io n w ill begi n , fo r at thi s t ime last ye ar p le dge da y was long past and all the litt le pl e dgling s had beco me full -Aedge d Pi Phi s. This year, however, we are j u s t in th e m id st o f our two w ee ks rush and have had ju st the one functi on we are allowed. If the fre shmen enjoyed it as much as the a ctive chapter and alumnae who ",{'nt it W1 S indeed a success for we all declared we had had the "time of our lives." We le ft co llege about fo ur Friday aft e rn oon and w ent o ut to the Woodland Hall, a hotel in th e s uburbs of Baltimore, wh e r e we had a g eneral

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good time until a big au to came a nd took us all h ome Salurday. Now that th is function i s o,-er we feel th at the worst is past and a Te awaiti ng with great impatience the a ll impo rtant day.

We were very fortunat e in having with u s on our ho u se p:u t y seve ral of our alumnae, M ay K e ller, Mabel Allison, Mary ou r chaperone, and Jr ene Fenton Ind eed OU T alumnae have been so good to u s this yea r in so many ways and we have see n so much m')re o f them th an we former ly did that we r eally feel lots bett e r united with th e m th a n eve r before P erhap s thi s may be due t o a plan w e ad opted la st , ear which worked so well th at I will pass it on. Th e alumnae cha ptc:..ends a delegate to the meetin gs of th e act iv e c h ap t er and th e active c haoa does the same t o the alumnae and once every six weeks we ha ve a purely social open metting o f th e two c hapt ers . This plan accomplis h es th e double purpose of keepi ng the two chapters in touch each with th e wo rk of the ot he r and o f giv in g a chance for the act i ve gi r ls and the a lumnae t o become well acqua int e d We are anticipating '11any good times t ogeth e r thi s yea r in ou r new fraternity r oom s which \",. hav e j nst furn is hed and which seem complete now that we have our pi'mo, the gift of our a lumnae.

LoUISE

N . VAN SANT.

B IlTA PROV INCE

OHIO ALPH A-<>BIO UNIVERSITY.

(C harte r ed 188g)

l' ortune h as favored Ohio A lph a th is term '\Vhen we las t wrote, &la d but three pl edg es, n ow \\""e have seve n new girls to to yo uEva Mitch e ll , l o n e P erkins, Elizabeth King, In ez Collins, Maude MuHay, H el en Foste r and M ary Connett, who are all enthu sias ti c Pi Phis . Our initiation took place on the t wenty-third of October and was a most d t:lig htful a nd impress ive occasion. Near ly twenty of ou r alufT'.nae we re present and we were all d elighted to have Mrs . Burr, ou r Pr ovince Presi· dent, at ou r initiation. She gave u s an interest ing and helpful talk about what Pi Beta Phi meant t o u s and to olhe r s Sh e also told u s a1)out so me of ou r sister chapters in the wes t which s he had visited. Especially the imp r essed it upon the alumnae to organize and t o help the a..:tive girls more. This wa s inAu etltial in establishing a n a lumn ae a ssocia tio n which ve r y str ong, composed of tw e nty- one membe r s. They med twice a mont h and we can already feel th e deepe r inte r est whic h i s disp layed in the acti\'es chapter.

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Mary H Miser, onc of our la st year's girls, spent Thanksgiving at Ellis Hall, the guest of several of the who remained at the uni versity during the Thanksgiving h olidays.

Clare Humphrey and Maude MuHay entertained the active girls with a unique paper-doll party We all went prepared to look and act Hke paperdolls, our dresses being made of crepe tissue-paper. Everything was carried out so completely and we enjoyed ourselves SO hugely that we advise this kind of a "stunt" to o ur siste r chapters.

Delta Tau Delta entertained us with a dance in the Assemb ly Club rooms and this proved to be one of the most brilliant events of the season On Beta Theta Pi entertained and a large proportion of th05: present were from our fraternity Their house was beautifully decorated with autumn leaves. pumpkins and com. and a fortun e·telier'§ wigwam occupying the comer of one room carried out the spirit of Hallowe'en completely.

Ohio University is advancing r apidly in athletics and we su rel y proud of OUT football team, which has lost only one game this season.

A new women' s donnitory is now being erected on the campus wruch is to be named Boyd Hall, for Miss Margaret Boyd, th e first woman graduate of the university, who was an honorary member of Pi Beta Phi.

With best wishes to all sister chapters for a happy New Year.

EDYTH M. EA'l'OK.

OHIO BETA-QHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

(Chartered 1894)

Were it not for the fact that th e Christmas season is upon UII; and final examinations at hand, it would be hard to realize that a term of the college year h as past, for the t ime ha s gone so Quickly and has been spent so happi ly.

Since ou r las t chapter letter we held our initiation and :mnual ban.."oet o n October twenty·seventh. About thirty Pi Phis enjoyed the feast -Nhich was given at one of the h otels \Ve had the very grc:!. t of enjoying, during our initiation and banquet, a visit from Mrs. May C. Reynold s. our Grand Vice Pre side nt. and Mr s. Edith C. Burr, President of Beta Province . 'We were delighted t o have them with UII; and only wish that their visit might h ave been longer.

Next month our annual formal dan ce i s to be given, and :til usuaJ we expect to have Quite a number of our alumnae enjoy it with us. Several of ou r girls who are t eac hin g out of town are coming t.., ('.olumbus for this, our one big party of this year.

Our alumnae hold a meeting and suppe r sp read every two weeh. In the past it has been their plan to ha ye a joint spread o f the Cictive an'"

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alumnae girls at leas t once a month. These are ve ry enjoyable affai r s, ind eed. especially in th e sumnle r w h en the t able is sp r ea d o n t he lawn. The plan has been cha n ged this wi nte r and t wo active girls are to be in , ·i ted t o each s pread while the joint sp r eads are to be ht' !d les s often I n this way we keep in d ose touch with each other. Th e o!.le r girl s come often t o OU T meetings and o n ce in a while spe nd th e no on h ou r with us at coll ege. W e wi s h morc of them would do th is for we always enjoy it immen sel y.

At last we are th e happy possessors of a f r ate rn ity room at the home of one of our fr es hme n 1t is a large, light r oom at just th e right distance fr om college. ' Ve have had much plea sure in furni shing it anll a r e looking f o rw a rd t o many pleasant h ours to be spent there.

Ohio Be t a "sends a lovi ng C hr is tmas greeting and wis h e-s fo r a ha ppy New Year to all Phi Phis

INDIANA ALPHA-FRANKLIN COLLEGE.

(C ha rt e red 1888)

Jil compa ri son \\ ith the excitement of the ru shing season th r ee months ha ve been ve ry quiet ones. The only entertainme nt we have t'J re por t is a n informal party give n in honor o f th e Indiana Betd and Indiana Gamma gi rl s who attended the Y. W. C , A. sta te convention held in Franklin in November. It was a Illost en joya bl e party, fo r be s ides the vi s ito r s, it was a gathering fo r a ll of ou r alumnae who were <l.t the tim e.

The bond be t ween the active and alumnae chapters of Indi ana IS a stro ng one Quite a num ber of ou r alumnae live in Franklir" and so r e ab le to attend fraternity meetings when they so desire. The alum nae are in vited to our cookie -shines and informal parties. Each com mencement season the active and alumnae gi rl s gi\'e a cookie - shi ne on the college campu s for all visiting Pi Phis.

Indiana Alpha has a house committee, co mposed of three lll!mnae and three ac t ive gi rl s, who manage the sec uring a nd maintenance of a chapter h o use.

Last yea r th e loca l alumnae club entertained the active chapt e r with an eve ning with famous pictures.

Franklin College has introduced a new course of study in the cu rriculum , that o f domestic science. Bertha Miller , one o f ou r alumn ae wh o was graduated fr o m Columbia Un ive r sity last year. w ill have charge o f th is work .

Before closing let me mmtion several honors of o ur chapter For th e past year the p r e sidency of the college Y W C. A has been held by one

HELEN CLA RKE.

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of our girls, and three other Pi Phis hold position s as tutors 1'1 history chemistry and mathematics respectively

The term examinations are near and ou r gir :s are busy preparing for them .

With best wishes fo r a happy year to all Pi Phis.

JULIA LYJ..£ \VI'SON.

INDIANA DUA-INDIANA UXIVEMSlTY

(Chartered 1892)

Thanksgiving vacation is oyer and we have again se ttled down to work. OUT first "Scavenger" is to be read to mght. All the girls busy trying t o think of some good joke on the girls. This yea r has been a happy one for Pi Phi at Indiana Un iv ersity. We have had s o many of ou r old girl s back to visit u s. Those who can't come have written such good letters, that we feci that no matter h ow far away th ey are th ey nenT will f orget us.

OUT town alumnae take a great interest in us, more so Ihis y ear, it seems than ever before. They have formed an alumnae club, which meets every two weeks. They are always ready to give us !'uggestions and we feel perfectly free to go to them for a n y advice. Tiley gave us se \'e ral new pieces of furniture for our parlors this fall and h('lped u s in the rush in many ways. A card party was gi\fc n by one (If them and another planned a dinn e r party which was give n at the chapter house. \Ve all hope that this year will be as promising to Pi Phi everyw he re as it is t o lndiana Beta.

BARBARA VOYLES.

INDIANA GAMMA-DUTLER COLLEGE

(Chartered 1897 )

Since our last letter lndiana Gamma has p :e dgcd o ne new girl-Lilli::m Thornton-and has initiated all her pledges. One of th e alumme offe r ed her home for the initiation and after we had finished we \\l're- invited out to the dining r oom to a mo st delightful sp read which alumnae had prepared for us. We all joined in sing ing some of the dear oM Pi Phi songs and our new girls began to feel at home immediately. Tc tell something of our ways of keeping in t ouch wit h our alumnae is no hard ta sk, f(Jr the bonds between us are vcry close. It is unders tood that the acti';!'! chapte r is invited to the monthly meetings of the alumnae r.hlb. and al· though all do not go, some of u s do, and we never fail to cJ\joy them. The alumnae are always welcomed to our meetings and very ofte n some of them come, so that they always know what we are doing and they are

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always r eady to h elp u s. Eve r y fall th ey e nt.e rtain ou r rU Fhec!' with some fo rmal function and we entertain th em in the spring.

On NO\'embe r nineteenth, together with tbe chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma, we entertained the new chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta at dinner at the Colu mbia Club. M iss Ethel Cu rry e r acted as our c1npe r on and Ethel Woody from our o wn chapter was t oastmis tress.

To keep up a spirit of good com rad es h ip in our own chapV'r we have 3 dinner in t ow n o r a spread at o n e of the girls' homes t:vC' r y month and we succeed wonderfully well in keeping close t ogeth e r, \\ hi c h is always somet hing of a problem to the chapter ha ving no Ou r last m eeting together f o r this term will a Christmas party which {'u r freshm en hav e planned for us.

ILLINOIS BETA-LOMBA.RD COLLEGE

(Chartered 1872)

We have just re covered from fall examinations and are Iccki ng fo rward to a new yea r , a new t e rm of joyful co-operation w ith our new girls.

Our grades have been read in fraternity meeting every month this term and it is needl ess to say that that alone was an ince nti ve to .:itud y and a g ood thing for r esults in examinations.

Since ou r las t letter, many hopes have been fu:filled and a nt ici pations re alized. November twelfth, we initiaterl. OUT five pledges at 'lie- home of Mr s Mar s h, a loyal alumna After the ceremony, thirty Pi Phis sat down to the cookie-shine, as we sang "The Cloth is Now Spre!ld on the Carpet."

Several o f ou r alumnae from out of tow n have visited us this f all and one of our best times was a cookie-shine given in h onor of N('lIie Needham-Ayres and her husband. Mr. Ayres was the only man present and in his speech of appreciation said he was glad to be a Pi Phi brothe r and on the inside, rath er than waiting at the door as in the "good o ld college days "

l11ino is Be ta d eclare s, " To tell o f our ambitio ns, o ur s truggles, and our good times is to tell of our alumnae." They open their h o mes to us for initiations, as sociation me eting s and ent e rtainment. \Ve g o to them for sympathy and counsel.

The Galesburg Pi Beta Phi Association has done much to bring us closer to each othe r The assembly this month with the Knox girls wa3 very successful and it was an inspiration to meet the new initiates of ou r sister chapter and visiting Pi Phis from other colJeges Mis s told us of her trip abroad. Th e Lombard chapter entertains the

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th is mont h and after OUT usual business meeting, we hope t o bave t he alunmae join the active chapters in an informal discussion on "What a fraternity girl thinks "

We a re all interested in OU T P i Phi r oom at the hospi tal and in many ways the aims of the a lumnae are our aims.

A happy New Year to every Pi Phi wherevcr she may be MARION 'WEBSTER

JLLI:iOI S DELTA-KNOX COLLEGE

(Chartered 1884 )

Since the lut lette r ou r time in th e fraternity ha s been spent in initIations and plans for next term Let us introduce ou r new i h :rs: Evelyn Holliday, J essie Arch er, Gladys Van Patt en, Annette Liudner, Lillian Green, Elizabeth Card and Eunice J acobson. 'W e no w n umbe r nin et een and a r e r emarkably congenial considering that ten of U .i wefe just t ken in th is yea r

A few of our girl s h a\'c had the p:easu r e this fall of visiting the Pi Ph is at Champaign and bringing our chapter n ew ideas and i'Jspirations. Aft e r hearing directly of ou r f r aternity girls living in a h oes,. of their own we feel more st r ongly the lack of one with us, but in our (,,'lse it has scemed impossible as yet , as the faculty are n o t in favor of it.

During th e last few weeks class functions have been pre d omi nant in th e soc ial life of Kn ox. Each c lass h as had a dan ce or soc ial (;\·tning and the juniors ha ve in st itut ed the custom of a banquet. Our cha ote r is especia ll y well r epresented in the freshman and junior classes

Th e New Y ea r will h ave come in by the time t his is read so Ill inois Delta wishes all P i Be ta Phi s a pr osperous New Year.

L ULU HINCHLIFF.

ILLINOl5 EPSILON-NORTHWESTERN Uz.;IVERSITY

(Chartered 1894)

Illinoi s Epsilon h as h ad so man y interesting expe r iences si n ce the las t ARROW lette r was written, that one h a rdl y kn ows whe r e t o i::c6 in t o t ell about them. Probably, howeve r, th e matter of greatest importance, after o ur very successful pledge day, is our initiation. Owing t o !.he smallne ss of ou r chapt e r rooms the cer emony and banquet were liven in th'! Evan sto n W omen's Club r oo m s, which were certainly ideal ((lr such an affair. Next to the fre s hm en, th e m se lves, th e thing whi ch pleased us the mo st was that thirty-fiv e alumnae fr o m in o r n ea r Chicago were present at that initiation. I t ce rtainly was delightful to h ave th em back, and to kn ow that even though th ey were now out of college th ey st il! r etained. A ••

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their interest in, and enthusiasm fo r our dear Pi B eta Phi. A s the result of a very stre nu o u s rush ing season, \\c proudly pre sen t to you O!s new Pi Beta Phis, eleven of the best girls in colleg e : Agnes Co:tycr. Katherine Littl e, Mary Beggs, Etta Shoupe , Opal Cranor, F ern Mil: er, 'Mabel Cowdin , Edna Es t e ll e Sibyl Davis, J ess ie Baker and Fran ces 11:111 \ Ve girls consider ourselves unusual ' y fo rtunat e this YCeU' , si nce already we h ave h ad at least s ho rt visits from gi rl s of Hin ois Zda, Ill inoi'i Delta, Wisconsin Alpha , and Minneso ta Alpha. Living 35 o ur girl s do, scattered about in Evanston and Chicago, it is ve r y hard fo r us to entertain in the way that we would like t o, but w e do love to h d.vC th e from other chapters visit u s, and we try always t o make them have the best po ss ible t ime .

Du ri ng th e "p ast year our c hap ter ha s, we feel, be en comins in clo se r touch not only with ou r own alumnae , but with th e member s of th e Chicago Alumnae Club. We have come t o kn o w them better, and as an inevitable consequence to feel a greate r inter es t in them Lat e lc t spri ng, Mr s. McC lanahan, o f I1 : inoi s Alpha, gave an informal re ce ption f o r the North-Shore alumnae an d o ur active chapter, and it was th ere that th e ent husiasm which led to ou r big initiati on sta rt ed. It had been years Olany of o ur Chicago Pi Phis had secn an initiati o n , and if tlJt> y enjoyed seeing one again, even half as much as we enjoyed having at ours, we consider ourselves much more than r epaid fo r all o ur work. Chapters in a s mall t o wn do not r ealizc how much m o r c difficult it is for us to r ea l!y kn o w our resident alumnae, than it is for th e l" to dn so. Chicago is SO big, and our alumnae so sca tte1"e d that no matt e r h ow greatly each of us wi s hed it, it would be impos s ible for all the Chicago a:nmnae ever to meet all of ou r girls at the same time . Considering this fact, we N o rthw est e rn gir:s feel that ou r alumnae are unusually loya\ and h :- Ipful. th ough we wish that we might be able to see more of them l.nd t o know mo re of them personally.

It seems hard to reatize that before we get another ARROW Christmas and New Years will h ave pas sed and we shail all be back hard at work, our lon g-looked for vacatio n a thing of the past. But , even though the greeting will have to be late. Illinois Epsil on wi shes you all a very happy and prosperous year, the best in your hi s tor y as chapters of P i Beta Phi.

AMY BURN BAll ONKEN.

ILLINOIS ZETA-UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOI S

(Cha rt e r ed 1895)

First of all we mu s t introdu ce to you o ur fr es hmen for they are: really a most signi ficant part of our number At th e: first of the: yea r we

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Ste ll a \York of Ottumwa, I o wa. and In ez Turell of Champaign, and on Tu esday, October six teenth. we pledged Ethel Douglas and Mari ")" Goodman o f Chicago, Mari o n Ros s o f Springfi eld , Katherine Fairbrother of Ea s t St. Louis, Ethe l Burkhart of Mari on, a nd G r ace Fitzge rr el1 of Benton On Saturday, <ktober twenti e th , we initiated them, w ·h<.y ha,' c been active members a lo ng tim e now. W e feel well r epaid 1 ')W, fo r our m idnight conve r sa t ions an d sleep less night s during th ose first four weeks, althou gh we were very g lad t o drop to a lower leve l and start in ou r year's work in earne st

We had already begtJo to plan before ru shin g season was \lve r what we should do for the chapt e r and fo r th e alumnae thi s year \Ve oJanned to send aU of ou r alumnae a r eport ouring the year of all . t he fraternity ana i rs Always before we hav e h pt in t ouc h wi th them informally but thi s yea r w e wan t t o be s ure that ev ery o ne is r eac h ed . W e hn e 1 pc"rman e nt building fund su pp o rt ed by o ur a lumna e and last year fOl:r o f our a lumn ae and a busine ss m a n who is a Pi Phi bro th e r bui ' t u ,; ou r present chapter h ouse. We also r ecei ved ve ry material aid f"om many of th e m during ru s hing seaso n

\Ve have planned to make a s pecial celebration o f Found er s' Day thi s yea r . Of course we h ave alway s ce lebrated it in some way. ')·!t t hi s year we want t o ha ve an annual formal party and a banquet at fhRt time and make a special, concerted e ff o rt t o have as many o f our alumnae with us as pos sible.

We have d one littl e cn t e rt a inin g thi s yea r excep t o ur rU iOh ing rartic s.

The night before Thank sgiv inr, however, we had a small v:: r y info rmal dance at our house, and altho ugh it is not very convenient for the effort proved so succ ess ful that we a r e planning mor e t)f We shall also hav e our usual cookie -sh ine th e night before for the OlTi s tmas ho : iday s.

'vV e have had visits fr om scve ral Pi Phis fr o m other chapte r s th is fall. Dur in g the Ill inoi s Y. W . C. A. convent ion we entertainerl Mi sses Linder and Ingersol of Illin ois D e lta, and Mi ss Anthony of Mi s souri Alpha , n ow th e head o f the Household Scienc e Department at IlIin o; s \Vesleyart University At the time of th e l!Iinois-Wisconsin gam e we eJ11ertAined Mi sses Hi nkl ey, Schelp, Wate r ma n , Volkman, K oe n e n and Kel1y o f Wiscons in Alpha, and Mi ss Avery o f Illinoi s D elta . W e enj oyed thi s interchange o f chapte r id eas so mu ch and hope t o see many more P i Ph is from other chapters this year, since we occupy rather a central po,>i t ion right in the h ea rt o f Pi Phid o m .

Lot s SWIGART

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MICHIGAN ALPHA-HILLSDALE COLLEGE

(Cha rt ered 1887)

We wish to introduce to th e Pi Phi world our five new plo:rlges-B css Marjorie Whitney, Dee Baker, Alice Satterthwaite, al"d Pearl Keppl e. We 3re indeed very proud and happy. for not one of our invitations was refused.

On November thirteenth our alumnae gave a dinner for lJ' ! new g ir h and the active chapter at th e h ome of Mrs Green. Mrs. Slf'wart was t oastmist re ss and such a fine one she made! After dinner we pledged the cirl! and it was such a beautiful ceremony. All of th e r esiden t alumnae were present and helped so much to make th e girls realize what : were . entenng upon.

On the fo llowing Saturday night we gave a cookie-shine i:1 OHr room s for the new girls and were SO glad to welcome Mrs. May C. Reynolds. We wish that every Pi Phi could have heard the talk she gave- to us. it was so helpful to th e "o ld" girls as well as the n ew. She impressed upon the minds of our pl edges the duties of a Pi Phi and how much they. iI! Pi Phi! owed to the world, as we never could have done 'Ve a re so proud t o have Mrs. Reyn o ld s among our alumnae-a charv r member of our She certainly is an example o f a true Pi Phi. 1£ only we could become such how happ y we should be

Michigan Alpha. is especially fortunate in having so m;tny resldenJ alumnae They are such a h el p to us, so dependable and :Ilways ready t o give advice. Their home s are always open to us when we want them. We owe much of our success in rushing to our alumnae and they are very I'cnerous to us . In the la s t yea r they have given us some lovely things for our room s, a beautiful library table as well as pictures and chitia We are certainly truly grateful for all they do for us

On la st Saturday night we had another cookie-shine for our visitors, among whom was Miss Martha Down ey of Michigan Beta. We were iO glad to welcome Miss Downey as "on e of us." It is such 3. pleasure to meet Pi Phis of other chapters for it seems to bring us closer together.

Michigan Alpha wishes you all a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year.

CELIA B . RINE.

KtCBtGAN BETA-UNIVnStTY OF MICHIGAN

(Chartered 1888)

Since our last tetter, initiation, held on the th ird of November, has come and gone again Be side many of the "old girls" from the chapter,

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there were here to help us, Maude and Mary Corbett and Mrs. Trip p from Michigan Alpha. Mi ss Thayer from Indi ana Beta. Mr s. Black o £ Pennsylvania Beta and Anne Wright of Wisconsin Alpha. Mrs . Bu rr was here also and gave us an int e re st ing talk at the banquet. Be s irle the five pledges of whom I wrote in the last letter, we in it iated cne ot her, Lois Rix. I need say n o morc in introdu cing her to you t ha ll that she is Pi Phi material through and through.

There have been so m a ny thing s happening this fall that af t e r initiation was over we were all glad to have some time for study withou t in t errupti on from o ut side. Once, howe ver, several weeks ago we came togethe r for a good time with a fancy dre'S s party. It was planned in :1 "ery sho rt time, but in spite of that a11 th e costumes wer; g< c1. Every nationality was represent e d from a n Indian squaw t o a French maid.

We are glad to report that th e largest numb e r of alunUlae we r e back for initiation this year that ha ve come for a long time. ALout thirty of the old girls sat at the t a ble with u s, and joined in our Pi Phi son gs. They have helped us so much thi s yea r and la st in ou r hou se. and making it cheerful th at we feel greatly indebt ed to th em. La st yea r the D etroi t A lumnae A ssocia ti o n took the r esponsibility o f g1l3rriing the hou se fund, and help ing to rai se money t o build o r purcha5c a chapte r house. Man y contributed to the fund and many othe r s promi!'ed to buy shares when we finally became a corporation to sell s tock.

But we do n o t want the alumnae to feel that we value them a:o n e for the help they bring u s in a financi a l w ay. It is good to hav e ther.1 back illst t o i.n e m talk o f old times, and to learn mo re of th t" fra te rnity a nd the chapter. \Ve intend t o follow Mrs. Burr's suggestio n this year and se nd out a letter t o all our alum n ae some time in all about the affairs of th e active chapter. Thi s is in or d er that we may keep up an acquaintance, which might be dropped after th ei r immed iate friends leave college.

\Ve h ope that next year th e r e may be marc than ever at o ur banquet, and that at all times our alul11nae may feel as free to come t o our chapter h ouse as if they were st ill active gir ls Best wishes from Michigan Beta t o all Pi Phi s

WISCO NS IN ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN

(Chartered 1894)

Since her last lette r Wi scon s in Alpha ha s added a stro ng Jr.cmbf'r to Pi Beta Phi, E st her Stavfl1m o f La Crosse. In iti ation was h tld October sixteenth. when we also initiat e d as patroness Mi ss Edith Barber. Earl y in Novembe r we ent ertained for our fr es hmen ?- t our regular fall

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party, and later we gave a re ce pti o n fo r t ow n and faculty p ': ople, to introduce our new chaperone. Mr s. Bashford.

Dai sy Mo se r, o nc of OUT se nior s and our Conventi o n del egah', has been obliged to leave college on account of her eyes . We arc glad lO say that s he wi :1 probably be activ e aga in n ext year.

Delta Kappa Epsilon h as grant e d a charter to a local fraternity. Rho Delta Phi.

During th e Thank sgiv ing re cess a number of the active gi r :s wh o we r e in Milwaukee had a lunch e<ln at the Deut sc h e r Club a nd vi s it (>d the ::I.lumoae who were in the city. An Alumnae Club wa s form e d by the kee alumnae , which is to me et a t th e home of some m embe r t;\'c ry mo ntn th e guests pa yjng a nominal sum which the y will us e for th e 1) " lIcfit of th e active chapter. We have seven alumna e here in Madison, all of w h o m <l.rt: of assista nce to u s during " ru s hing" and at any time WI." cnt e- rt ai p. At commenceme nt th ey manage the banquet and u se the procc'!d!l fo r t he chapter hous e. During th e s umm er we wrote t o all the alumnae we could r each, a nd asked th em to se nd us names of possible and for a dollar to help buy rug s for our house. We sent rushir:g b!ank!l, and got nam es fr o m several alumnae N ea r ly all r ep li ed c nc e and sh owed gr ea t interest in our plan s. Wisconsin Alpha sends greetings to all Pi Beta Phi s.

DOROTHY MARI E BU RKHAlt.

MINNESOTA ALPHA-UN I VERSITY OF MI NN ESOTA

( Re-c hart ercd 1906 )

Once more we find Chri s tma s upon us, and the fir s t ha lf ('I f cur coll eg e year nearly ended. H o w the time flies when we are a l! so b usy !

On October twent y-seve n th we held o ur first initiation and :t was a d elightful o n e in every r espect. After the ce r emonies we S1:: ,.fewn t o a ban q u et; a numbe r of toa s ts followed it, s erving t o work off some th e ov er e n thusiasm. of th e s urplu s enthusiasm o f th e e\'eni ng. W e in i t iate d te:1 ('If th e most bea utiful girls in col!ege-two post-g raduates, two juniors and s ix nir:e young freshmen.

In addition we ha ve tw o new pledge s,-Ruth Chandler of FUiJd dt· L ac, Wiscon si n, and O l ive Schell enb e rger of Minneapoli s. Olive ' s mother was a member of I. C. Soro <: is at Iowa City. Our n ew girl s are a continua l so ur ce o f d e li g h t to us; th ey a r e g oo d s tud ents, p romin e nt ill all coll eg e affairs, and their energies arc untir ing in th e i nt erests of Pi Phi 'Ve ar e \'C r y, ve r y pr ou d of them

"A li ce Shevlin Hall. " th e new women's building. was formally opened Decembe r sixth , a nd th e girls ha\'e taken po ssession. Th.! is

a beautiful addi ti on to the co ' lege buildings. th ough we hated t o see the skele t o n of the " Old Main" lorn down. T h e Y. W. C. A. h:.5 alr early h eld a very profitable bazaar in n ew building.

We h ave another alumna to add to th e r anks. Mr s. J enks, a membe r of Wiscon s in Alpha. M r J enks is professor o f sociology at t.!, ::: UninTsity. We a r e glad to have Mrs J enks li vi ng near th e collegf' ("(.lIter.

Eleanor Ju s t o f IIJinois Ep s il o n ha s been a v isito r at Minn(,30ta {or the pa st week, a nd we a r e trying to indu ce her to extend her visit unti l afur

OU T info rmal part y. One of ou r juniors, Louise Leavenworth, visited Illinoi s Epsilon at the t ime o f th e Chicago-Minnesota game and re po rt ed :'l. m ost delightful tim e

Now th at th e foo t -ba ll seaso n is oye r, college socie t y is in .cull A ll the fraternities are introducing th eir fr eshme n, a nd time s a rc gay. We were to h ave our party December fifth a t th e home of Genevieve \Val ston, but hav e postponed it for two weeks on accou nt of the s udden d eath of Mr s. Th o mp son, th e moth e r o f Alice E. Th o mp so n. one ('If o:.!r c h ar t e r members.

The gi r ls of Minneso ta Alpha will always remembe r Mr s. Thompson as one of the ir stau nc he st fri e nd s. She used h e r en e r gy anrl timo.! in o llr be half, lending u s her home, and exten ding t o u s h er s w'!ct hf),!; pitality, when s h e was scarcely ab le t o be about. M a ny visiting Pi Phi s have enjoyed h e r welcome and will r emembe r cheerfu:, lovi n g di sposi tion.

The baby c hapter wi s he s to t hank a ll her o ld e r s isters fo r the welcome tht")' ha ve given her t o th e rank s of Pi B e ta Phi, a nd ex tend s to them and t o every Pi Phi , the best of wis h es fo r a Merr y, Me rr y Ch r istma s and a Happy New Y ea r .

FLOREN CE LELIA AlIBLE.

IOWA BETA-SIMPSON CO LLEG E

(Chartered 18 74 )

'''I e are n ea r ing th e goal of our fall term , a nd now is th p t im e we hurr y to ga ther together the po rt io n s of knowledge we h ave bf'f'n collec t· ing th e pa st thr ee m o n t h s, and we ru sh back a nd pick up of the fr ag ment s we hav e let fall o r pas sed by unh ee ding ly . But we a rc not wo rryin g , for we have tried to d o our duty and so can look back oye r th e t e rm with pride and p leasure.

We ha ve something e lse whi c h w e can look at with pride and plf'asn r e, we ar e very g r ateful for o ur alumnae club. It is a st r ong chapter, numbe rin g abou t twent y -fi ve m ember s a nd e\'ery member s how s a pe r so nal intere s t in ou r we :fa r e. La st year when we we r e furni s hing our chapte r h o u se the a lumn ae entered into our plan s and helped tiS in many ways. Th ey entertain u s at fi ve o'clock t eas and d inne r s a nd occasiona lly h e lp us

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entertain. We are so proud o f ou r alumnae that we like to have at leas t one pr ese nt wh e n we ente r tain new girls.

Three of O UT girls, J essie Sehec, Marjory \Vood s, and )l'an'1Y \,y hite were delegat es t o th e State Y. W. C. A. Convention at G r innell.

Of late we have been having ou r cha pter meetings o n Saturday afte rnoon s After busihes s session we spend the time making C hri stmas pr esen t s.

'vVe have p lan n ed a se ri es o f rushing partie s , ent!!ftaining on:y a few of the new girls at a tim e in o r de r th a i we may know each one pCTsol'lally W e gave the fir s t of this se ri es last wee k Fir st we took the g irls t o a very exci ting bas ket-b all game, a n d then to the hom e of one 'If O UT girts, to a c h afing dish party. Ther e we "d r esse d up" in th e ridiculous costum es w h ic h we had prepared, and a litt le imp r omtu play was given, which c ulmin ate d in a mock wedding. Th e plea s ure of th e eve n ing was enhanced by the presence of Mr s. Sig:e r , o ne o f our alumna e.

M os t o f the girls are going t o be in t ow n during th e h olidays and seve r al of our o ld girl s ar e coming to visi t , so we are planning iI. week of j ol: ificat ion

I owa B eta wishes all a happy New Yea r U>T 3 SILCOTT.

IOWA GAMMA-IOWA STATE COLLEGE (Re-c hart ered 1906)

Ano th e r ter m is nearly ended, and the girl s o f I owa Gamma are all bu sy with the p ape r s and examinations which alwa ys mark the of t'le term' s work. While we shall all be glad to go h ome a n d a muchn ee ded r es t , a tinge of sadness cannot help creeping into se nior's h eart, when s he t hinks how soon her co:lege days are to be m·er, se parating h e r from the gi rl s she ha s grown to kn ow and love as si ste r s.

The cam pu s is no w in a great st ate of ac ti vity. Wor k on the Y. M . a nd y. w . C. A. building is being pu shed rapidly, and th e e"cav'ltin n s for the new Ag r icultu r al hall are being made. A n ew interurbr.n road i s being const ru c ted , w h ich will conlH' ct the college wi th th e town.

On Kovcmber seventee nth , we gave ou r term party at Smith's ha ll. Several girls from other colleges we r e with us fo r th e event.

Saturday afternoon, December eighth. t he ladies of the fa culty gave the re gula r Y. \V. C. A. party to th e gi r :s at the h ome of Mrs . E. \ V. Stanton , one of our alumnae. Every Olle had a jo lly good time :m (1 left feeling better acquainted with all th e girl s.

Pi Phi ha s a s trong alumnae chap ter he r e. M ost of th e m embers live o n th e campus, but th ere are also a few whose homes are down .'i" n . Th e alumna e and ac t ive members feel very near t o each ot h er. \Ve are always

g:ad to han any of our alumnae present at ou r business meetings, and at social meetings--wh y, we s impl y couldn ' t ge t along without ", "'ill I Thei r advice and assistance hav e al"'3Ys been a g r ea t deal o f help to' u s, and a look o r word of app r obation is indeed worth working for.

The homes of th e alumnae are always to the girls, and many a merry cookie ·shin e and many a serious business meeting have been h e ld. th er e. W e always think of OUT alumnae as a part o f " the girl s,"-the better and w ise r part.

Iowa Gamma sends best holiday wishes to all her siste r chapt.ers.

FLORENCE ?£TTINC£R.

10WA zETA-IOWA S TATE UN I VERSITY

(Chane r e<! 1882)

I owa Zeta is vcry glad of this opportuni ty to speak of the a lunmae, for we have th e ideal kind and we so much app r eciate what they do fo r u s.

As an alumna e c:u b they s tand back of u s in our frat e rnity hou se r angements a nd without their advice and s upport I fear we could have had n o house this year. From time to time th ey hav e entf>rtained us cha rmingly a t their homes and last spring they gave us a de!ightful Quet on Founders' Day . Very often they attend ou r sp r eads, and througho ut the rushing season th ey helped us r eceive a t n ea r :y all of ou r funct ions. So we fe e l vcry fortunate that th ey take such an active interes t in us and also th at we h ave th e opportunity of knowing them so personally Ou r chapter life this fall h as bef:n unu s u ally pleasant. With (!ll r freshmen duly ini t iated we are full of much Pi Phi spi rit and e nthu sias m. W e h ave had many lovely tim es together. every s pre'ld ends in an informal dance fo r ou r house is a rr ange d ve ry nicely for <lancing.

Tn October we ga\·e a r eception t o the faculty ladi es, town la di es and all frat ern ity girls in h on o r of o ur chape r one, Mrs. Hunt. At o ur next sp r ead, th e last before th e holidays. each gi rl makes a pre se-nt to the hou se. The fir s t o f th e formal pa rt ies comes D ece mber fourte-enth a nd many of the girl s are lookin g forward eage rly to th e event.

A s ide from fraternity n ews, we a r e glad to t ell you how much o ur University has g r o wn this yea r . Th e r egistrat io n has r eached twenty-on e hundred. thr ee hundred more t h a n e\'e r before

W e have so me s pl e n di d n ew buildings under way, and a new collegehas been opened in connection with the llni\·er si t y, the College o f Mu sic, whi ch fill s a long f elt want

With best Christma s wi she s t o all.

EDtTH BA LL.

TH E A R RO W

MISSOURI ALPHA-MISSOURI UNIVERSITY

(Chartered 1899)

Since ou r last letter to the ARROW we girls of Missouri Alpha have been as busy as only college girls can be. When it came time to go home for the Thanksgiving holidays we were all amazed to think so much time had gone and lhat half of our fir st se mes t er had passed.

About two weeks before th e holidays 111id ·semes ter "exam;'-' began and every onc worked as hard as possible to get good grades. We are hoping that for a time we shall have no more "exams"-at least not until OUT final s in January.

Some ago we decided to entertain each of the frater:1it ies by giv· ing a little dance for each one at our house. As th e re are eJenn fraternitie s we ha ve been kept pretty bu sy; however , we hav e only four mo r e of the se parties and expect to be through before Christmas. We have enj oye d these little informals so much , as th ey give us an opportunity to meet the freshmen and also give our fre s hm e n a chance to meet all the men of every fraternity. Both the Phi Gamma and Phi Delta Thetas have ginn informal s for the Pi Phis.

I purposely delayed writing this letter after ou r return from Kansas City. so that I mi g ht t e ll alJ -the Pi Phis about our banquet. As you do ubt'es s know, the Kansa s City alumnae are very strong, possessi ng a good many girls from the univer sities of Kansas and Missouri, and with a number of members from other chapters than these two which are neares t . Th ese banquets are a n .mnual in s titution and to keep the alumnae of K;msas City and the ac tiv e chapters of Kansdc; :md Mi!lsou ri clo se together. This year we are pr oud to say our banqll p. f e)lccedelj in number th at of any othe r so r ority. there b ?ing sixty-two peopl!" pr es ent. The bnnqllet wa s pl<lnned by the alumnae and certainly did t!lem cred it. The table was beautifully deco r ated with smi lax. and a large arrow mad e of dark red chrysanthemums he! d the place of honor in the cente r of th e tabl e. T oasts were given b tween each course, Pi Phi songs were St1ng. a nd the chee r given. Pi Phi s of every so rt were th('r(' from the fr es hman to the gray-haired lady who had been an I. C. at Monmouth. Such a ga thering" cannot help but make one enthusiastic and m ore appreciati"e of what Pi Phi means. Vie only wish that aIJ Pi Phis might enjoy such a reunion every yea r

All the girls have r eturn ed n ow an d we are all ready to work for a few weeks before going home for the Christmas h olidays. This year we have been especially fo rtunate in having a number of our ()Id girls visit u s. This keeps u s in close touc h with the gir :s who are no lo nger ir!. school and renews ou r intere s t in each othe r .

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Before 1 close 1 mus t say a few words about ou r alumna :" H ere in Columbia we h ave no o rg a ni zed a lumn ae. Howeve r, we k eep in very -close r e lation t o th e town girl s, who are a lw ays intere s ted and wiiIing to do everything poss ib e to h : lp the chapter. In fact , we girl s Si'l'ply cou ld not get alo ng w i th out our t own girl:.. upon whom we are p" !"haps too w illing to impose.

M ayal l Pi Phi s e n joy th e mer ri es t possib'e Chris t mas a nd the happ ies t ki nd of New Year.

L1LL I."X CARXES

KAXSAS ALPHA-KANSAS UX IVER S I TV

(C ha rt ered 1873)

Christmas is coming a nd we have been so busy and a rc g Oi:lg t o be 50 bu sy th at we hardly kn ow \\ h ere t o begin. All of Oli T t weh'E" fre s hmen are safely initi a ted and we- ha ve still anOlhcr pledge. Lu ci!e Dilla rd . We w ere to th e m gi\'e the ir farce soon but so much t o do now that we h ave p os q >o ned it until after Chr is tma s. \V e 'lre bu sy at p r esent getti n g ready fo r th e "Cou nt y Fair ." The r; Phi s will give "The R eve rie s of a Bachelor." the K.1.ppas will give a the Th etas a 5'ide show and th e (,hi OmC'gn<; candy booth.

Th e University ha s o rganized a Dramatic A ssocia ti on whi ch consis t s of fift y and within it is the "Masque Club" where the r ea ll y "ke en" per so n s are admitt ed. Th e UM asque Club" wa s the old orga n izatio n while the la r ge r o n e w as organized thi s yea r S e\'e r a l of ou r girls arc m e m be rs of both and on e of ou r fre shme n is t o t a k e th e leading wom:w':-; pa rt in "David Garrick," the play which they a r e t o p r esen t th is year Th e As sociati on offe r s a se ries o f plays which are to be invitation 2 lf ai r s and everyo ne i s s upp osed t o "gra ft" for th e r are and much soug ht ilwitatio05.

It would take a book t o te ll all th a t ou r alumnae h a\'e do n e for us this year. In the fir s t pl ace they ha ve a rranged it so that w e feel s ure of our house n ex t year which of course is the best thing o f a ll . Th ey hav!" helpe d us make a se t of house rul es which h a\'e sm oot hed ove r thing s in general and h e lDCd u s to act lik e uperfec t ladi es." They h 3Vf' pro mised to giv e with u s a se ri es o f t eas for th e faculty. whereby the gi rl s a nd their professo r s ca n ass um e more informal relatio n s. One of these t eas has already been given and it w as very deli g htful. In spitE' of a raw. rain y afternoon, w e had a large number of guests and th ey seem ed t o h ave a th oroughly good tim e.

The girl s have d one more hou se e nt e rt a inin g than usua l, that is , we often have membe r s of the alumn ae and facu lt y down t o dinner and for th e evening, a n idea which we lik e very much .

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The frat ernity girls are going to give a Pan-Hellenic dance soon and it ha s caused morc exciteme nt among the feminine part of the college than anything that has happened for a long time. This another wi se suggestion from the alumnae.

Thanksgiving C\'C about seventy active and alumnae Pi Phi s of Kansas. and Missouri dined together at o ur banquet in Kansa s City, :md by the numb er of K. U. faces there, it would see m as if O Uf whole chapter had been present. Several of our girls went to Lincoln to th e football game and there the Neb ra ska chapter entertained us beautifully and introduced us to severa l of their alumnae of whom they seem to be a s pro!Jc as we are of ours.

Kansas Alpha sends Christmas greetings, New Years greetings, and every good kind o f greeting to all Pi Phis, active and alumnae AMARETTE \VEAVER.

NEBRASKA BETA-UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA

(Chartered II!gS)

It scarcely seems possible that the holidays are so close at hand and that another chapte r letter is due.

The interim has been a very busy and pleasant o ne for Nebraska Beta. After o ne week of s trenu ous ru shing we had no n e at all until afte r the mid- semes t er reports were out when we were at li berty once more to pledge We now wish to introduce to our sis t ers two more ene rgetic fre shmen, Grace Shallenberger of Alma, and J lenri etta Benedict of Omaha, Nebraska.

One 01 the most pleasant features of our chapter l ife thus far this year was the visit of our Kansas siste r s. On November nineteenth, the day of the Kansas-Nebraska football game, eight Pi Phis came up to get at'"quainted with us and incidentaJly to see the game. \Ve spent a ve ry happy day together and were only sorry, when the train carried them away about twelve o·c1ock th at night, that we cou ld n o t k ee p th entt longer.

What a pleasure and benefit it is to meet th ese other girls! We led th at it makes enthusiasm and spirit keener and the real value of fraternity life more evident.

\Ve have entertained several times informally this faJl. Beside ou r hou se parties, we have given one party at Wal s h Hall for our freshmen.

As fo r our alumnae, Nebraska Beta feels that she cannot express her appreciation of all they do for us. Tho se in th e city gave all our rushing parties l as t fall and all of them are now liberally contributing to ou r bou se fund. Thei r enthusiasm and interest are ever present and when.-

.ever we feel the need of assistance in any way, they are ready on the instanl

The large alumnae circle here in Lincoln keeps closely in contact- ' with the active chapter and 50 both are helped, the chapter being benefited by the increasing strength behind them and the alumnae by having their interest thus sustained.

Nebraska Beta wishes to all Pi Phis a vcry pleasant vaca ti on and ill happy and successfu l New Year.

M PEARL FrrZG£RAW>.

LOUISIANA ALPHA-NEWCOMB COLLECt, TULANE UNIVERSITY

(Chartered 1891)

Since our las t Jetter, Louisiana Alpha has initiated five "goats," n amely Fay DiJiard. Irving Murphy, Martha Gilmore, Lois Janvier and Jan ie Miller, thus making fou rte en loyal Pi Phis in the chapter. At this initiation one of the most interesting things that happened was th e r epo rts of the active members on ru s hing the alumnae and of the alumnae on rush · ing the active. Each girl was to guess which Pi Phi had drawn her name and had rushed her since the initiati on before If she gue ssetl. righ t s h e was entitled to a chance for the prize-a bunch of red carnations. It was great I Besides th e fun derived from it, we found that it brought an active girl into closer r elations with an alumna than perhaps would have happened otherwise.

Two new fraternities were in stalled at Newcomb in O cto he r, Alpha Delta Phi and Phi Mu At present there are six fraterniti e.i· according to installment Pi Beta Phi (1891); A lpha Omicron Pi Chi Omega (1900); Kappa Kappa Gamma (1904); Phi Mu (190'\); Alpha Delta Phi (Jg06). Pan Hellenic welcomed her two new children into Newcomb by giving them a reception in the Chi Omega f(' (' m

At the opening of the opera , P i Beta Phis, as u s ual, wer e prominent and among the debutantes Louisiana Alpha claims some of th e most po(). ular and attractive girls.

Th e chapter has adopted a wedding present to be given tn Louisiana Alpha brides. It is a loving cup, made of Newcomb pottery with three design s: one of carnations, another of arrows and the third the Newcomb sea l. They are so pretty that the Pi Phis are getting mdrried as fast as possible in order to have one sent to them

The active m embe r s and the alumnae are anticipating giving a Christ· mas party to the Newcomb Night School. This school was foundtd for the purpose of glving a free education t o working people: and t!\e interes t taken and the good derived by teachers.-who are Newcomb 1hmnae an 1

offer their services free-as well as by the sc holar s th e ms .: h ·f''I, is r emarkable.

In dosing, Louisiana Alpha se nd s best wishes to all Pi Ph is.

JESSIE TEBCI,

TEXAS ALPHA-UNIVER S ITY OF TEXAS

(C hart e r ed 1902)

Since wntlng the la s t chapter lener. Texa s Alpha has initi:ued her pledges, and added two more to the li st of freshmen, soon to Pi Phis, but as ye t uninitiated The se 3TC Hallet Searcy of Dallas and Louise Andrews of Their sis t er pledge s are Jani e Robinson and Grace Byrne. We are very, very proud of th ese girls, and 3fC sure th c> y will b'O! mos t loya l members.

We had n o mock initiation, but followed the ceremonies with a g rand "cookie-shine," the fir st of the year. Songs and toasts tn the evening's e n joyment.

We have been beautifying the house lately, and its appearanc " is much improved b y gifts fr o m Pi Phi fathers and mothers, as well <!" from th e girls themse lves. Many of ou r al umn ae v isited us Thanksgi"ing week .md it was good indeed to ha ve them back for a while again.

LorriE HAR.RIS.

DELTA PROVINCE

COLORADO AlPHA--(:OLOR.o\DO S TATE UN IVER S ITY

(Chartered 1884 )

The thing nearest all our hearts at pre sent is our new h ou se Today th ey broke the ground, and I suppose t ime will drag whil e the excava tions are being made Every energy is being put forth to raise money Eachgirl gives fifty cents a month that she h as earned in some way, so you can find so me one to do anything you want d on e. Some of the girls shampoo. hair, some wash and iron shirtwaists, mani cure, black shoes, ' hrn s tock · ings. clean r oo ms, patch , do catering and seize on eve r}' 3\'a i labl" occ upa· ti on This has pro ved ve ry s uccess ful as w e ll as very amusing

We have also had two parties given by the tm everyone mu s t go, or at least stnd her money. which is turrctl over te> the house fund. One evening at one of these parties Wl' hemmed a table cloth and a dozen napkins for the house. The al umn ae intend togive a play for the benefit of the house a s soon as Floye Le wis

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They arc a.1I having numerous meetings and we think there is s{Jrnething in the wind, of course concerning the new house.

We had our initiation November tbird, and it was a very pretty onc. Our six pledges are now six )oyal fre shmen who enter into Ill, spirit of 3.!1 Pi Phi doings with zeal. \Vc had (ony-six at our banquet which we held at th e new Gilbert Hall.

This Friday night the \Voman's League gives two little in which Katherine McKenzie and H e len lak e part. Later the dramatic club gives a play in which Rosina Vaughn and Frances V.'altemeyer have parts. We a r e planning to have a bazaar December fifteenth, the proce ds go to the how;:e fund, so each girl is working dil igenty o n pretty tbings.

We have started work on our Pi Phi Christmas tree :Iud we hope a great many of our girls wili be back to en j oy it with us. \V ith warmest wishes for a very ha ppy New Yenr from Colorado Alpha.

ISABEL

M CKENZIE.

COLORADO BETA-DENVER UNIVERSITY

(Chartered 1885)

The first term of the college closes next week, and we ar c <:.II thinking about our "exams." We set tl ed down to work wef'ks ago, ¥'('uging in 3 little excitement here and th e re in the way oi a party or ·'covkie-shine."

We initiated our freshIllll l in Oct obe r and followed ht' initiation with a r eception in honor of the initiates. A great many of th e a lumnae were present to see these new girls put on th e arr ow. How pleased we all are t o ha ve ou r alumnae CODle out t o our initiation .. :It'd r ece ptions. It makes Pi Beta Phi mean so much more to us to fV'1 that we ha\' c women of influence and social standing back of us, :01(1 to think that it is the tie of sisterhood in Pi Beta Phi that binds us logc-ther.

Then the new girls enjoy mee ting the alumnae, and we ".j"., them to feel that they are always welcome.

After we began our work in earnest we m et in a socia l way less ofte n than fo rmerl y, but just a few weeks ago, all of the active girl c came together for a good time, just among them selves, in fancy We had the good time always guaranteed to a Pi Phi when she goes t.) a "cookieshi ne ."

Although the ru sh for new girls is o\'er fo r this yea r , st ill, si nce we hav e kept our eyes open, we have found two fine girls, Bertha Gulette an:l her cousin Elaine Gutette, whom we wi s h to introduce :\5 future Phi Phis On the Friday after Thank sgiving about fifty Pi Phis h"d lun cheon together and the active girls were so glad of this opportunily to med

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with the alumnae. \Ve thought of what th ey had done for us, and how if it were not for them, we would not have that beloved bungl\ low, which we caU our own We feel that that is the grea te st thing th ey have <lone fo r us, but it is n o t aways the biggest things that count most. The r e is not a Pi Phi in Denver who is n ot willing t o give up her time to the girls when they go to her for advice, and they kindly open their bomes to us at any time. It would be impossible for the girls to repay all th e kindnesses of th ese older siste r s, and the only thing they can do is to make them feel welcome when they come among th em, :lOrl list e n and .conside r carefully any suggestions th ey may offe r .

Now just one othe r little scrap of news, and one that makes '':S a ll very proud and happy. Our chancellor was elect ed g ove rnor at the la st election and fr om our knowledge of him, we feel that GO\'e rn o r Euchtel wi ll make on e of the bes t leaders Colorado ha s ever had.

Colo rad o Beta wishes all the chapte rs a happy and s ucce ssful Ntw 'Year.

EDITH AloUE DItESSOk.

(Chartered 1891)

The Christmas vaca ti on is so near at h a nd n o w and everyone is looking forwad to such a happ y time that even th e approaching examinations cannot dampen our spirits

Since our last letter w e have initiated a n othe r member ir'to Pi Phi . \Ve consider ourselves very fortunate in being able t o introdl'C'e to you R oberta R obe rt s of San J ose, Cali fornia. She is not li ving in th e h ouse at present but will be with us after the Chr'stmas vacation.

Nov e mber tenth, the annual foot -ball game was played with the Uni"ersity of California and almost all of our chapter were d eli ghtfully entertainMi a t th e Berke ley Chapter hou se. The night before the game they 'had a "cookie-shi ne," at which we all had a very enjoyable time

About the middle of the semester the Kappa Kappa Kappa Alpha Theta and Pi Beta Phi fraternities entertained the three r.the r fratern iti es in Pan-Hellenic with a dance. As there are a hundred fraternity girls in the University the r e were a good many there Ry getting together in this way we all get acquainted and there 10: a much stronger friend s hip among u s. Next se mest e r the other thre e fr:ttf"m:ties will entertai n us in the same way .

Eizabeth Officer, one of our seniors, was elected to the English Club . Thi s is an honor club for original work in English. California Alpha '!ends a New Year's greeting to you all.

Mn.nHlJ M 1-£APLlY.

CALI FORNIA ALPHA- LEl..A:s'D STANFORD JR. UNIVERSJr i"

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CAUJ'OIlNIA BETA-UNrvElLSJTY OP CALIP'OIl!UA

(Chartered 1900)

The college year thus far has been an unusually bu sy one, So [D4lny events both in college activities and in tbe chapter house have followed in such rapid succession that we can hardly realize that it is almost time for our Christmas holidays and that the year n ineteen hundred six ;5 about to close

On November fiflh we had a second initiati o n at which liTe Ma:1ge Bliven became a Pi Phi California Beta now has a fre s hm:m class of six of whom we aTe very pro ud .

The Prytanean soc iety of the university gave a fete, la s twg one after'noon and evening, for the benefit of the Students' Infirmary fund . All the college girls took an active part in helping to make the aifl.ir a succes s both socially and financially. Pi Beta Phi was well represented on many of the committees.

The Pi Phi soph omore s entertained the chapter at a dance given as a far e well party to Edith Whit e and Florence Ziegenfuss who have gone east to spe nd th e winter in New York and Was hington .

Perh aps the most enjoyable eve nt in o ur chapter life this term was a cookie-shine which we had th e n ight before the big foot-ball game with Stanford. The girls of Californ ia Alpha came up Fr iday afternoon and stayed at the house with us and in the evening we had a rcounion ana HjoJly up." A number of our alumn ae we re here and we all enjoyed a mo st pleasant evening which was spent in singing, dancing and in various "stunts " by the different cla sses, finally ending with a banquet. The next day was Saturday, the day of our annual inte r-collegiate foot ·ball match with Stanfo rd . The air was full of excitement for our enthusiasm over the coming contest knew no bounds. The new Rugby game was played and although the outcome was not what stu dent s of the University of California had looked for, we enjoyed the game and hope fo r a victory next year.

The dramatic socie ty of the nniversity staged the "Mer r y Wives of Winsor ." Ethel M orto n, one of our sophomores, took the part of Anne Page. The production wa s given in the Greek theatre on a beautiful moonlight night and it proved a great success in every particular

The day after Thanksgiving is one of the gala days in the college year. By tradition the junior class has charge of the festivitie s and this year th ey presented a farce which was well written and welt The Juni or Prom in the evening was one of the prettiest dances eve r given by any of the classe s.

The alumnae of our chapte r have no organization because they are

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scattered. A few of the graduate girls live around the bay and they keep in touch with the active chapter by visits to the ho u se and by entertaiding th e girls at lun cheons or dinners. Each year the alumnae send a gift t o the h ouse in the form of table linen or si lverware . The chapter does n othing specia l in return except that we keep a warm placein our h ea rts for all the olde r girls and give them a hearty welcome whenever th ey visit Berkeley and the chapter house California Beta sends very be st wishes for a happy New Ytar to alh Pi Phis .

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Exchanges

Since the is s ue of the November ARROW, the following exchanges have been received and are here acknowledged:

For October: th e Beta Theta Pi, the Cad!!cens of Kappa Sigma, the Key of Kappa Kappa Gamma, the Scroll of Phi Delta Theta.

For November: the Delta of Sigma N u , the Phi Gamma Delta, the Rail/bow of Delta Tau Delta, the Crescen t of Gamma Phi Beta, the Alpha Xi Delta, th e Kana Alpha Theta.

For December: the Scroll of Phi Delta Theta.

The New York Evening Post indicates a determined effo rt and voices a popula r sentim:en t in this editora l note.

N'cws items coming from many loca lities indicate that this is t o be a yea r of acti,'e effort 011 the part of schoo l authori t ies to suppre ss entirel, the high school Greek Ictter fraternities. Des Moines and Omaha are ' the latest cities to adopt a rul e excluding all members of thest' associations absolutely from athletic teams and all other school he.nr.rs It is rather n ot ewo rthy that some of the t cachers and principals most active in this campaign a re thems elv es members of col lege frat ernities. But the elimination of th e frat ernity from secondary sc h ool life is r-ally of a piece with the movement of which leading fraternity men have lon g approved, to prohibit freshmw from joining o r "p ledging" to the collegi ate chapt ers. The f act is that the perparatory school fraternity has every'

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-disadvantage of tbat in the college with n o ne of its genuine bendits. At lbest, the Greek Jetter society is chiefly justified by the fact that students afe bound to Conn clubs or coteries of some sort, and which en · li st th e active help and int e re st of representative alumni art" Its! apt to ' run to seed than othe r s. But the high school " f ra t " h as no r eason for exi s t ence. and the mOl'ement for its supp r ession deserves all t'nrouragement.

The g reet in g of the G rand Pres ide nt of Kappa Kappa Gamma contain s th e f o ll owing excelle nt thought:

Above all, let us remember that we a r e fir st of all w,':n ..:r; secon d college wo men ; and la st, frat ernity women. L et us remember that frat e rn ity ha s no part in college affairs, in co ll ege elections, in behavio r "about the college buildings. Fraternity is a thing apa r t, not t o be thrust in the face of th ose who a r e co-workers in the larg e r body of studen t s. Let us so conduct ou r se lve s that anyone ma y say th at we a r e helpful; g ood to be with; tru e to o ur se lve s as wo men ; tru e t o ou r and ou r associates; it fo ll ows that we will be true t o our fraternity

The mu se of Beta Th eta Pi ha s re ce::I tl y in sp ired a delightful ''fraternity Rubai ya t, o f which th e,e verses are a good samp le.

Now lhe new year r evives th e ru shing fires

And fiercely glows eac h cha pt er 's fo nd de s ire s Whi le eve ry loyal Gr eek, fr o m mo rn till night , Talks , argues, pl eads, s p ends money and per s pir('s-:-

Come, fill t he dates, and in the corner fling Your books,-this is no time for studyi ng For spiking day is n ea ring, and e'e n n ow With Alpha Delt the fre s hman's on th e wing.

The h a nd some yout h we se t ou r h ea rt s upon Smil es at our artful p lea ding-and anon Whil e we are say in g «Gee, thi s is a ci n ch," Off with the Phi Psis or the Sigs has gone.

Som e for th e s tar s o f foo tball pant and some Sigh for the son s o f milli o nair es to come.

But, as for us, let cas h and credit go; Give u s good fellows who can make things hum

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Myself, a fres hm an, blissful hours spe nt With ri vaI frats and heard great argument ... About alumni rolls; but in the end With those who laughed at all my jokes I went .

The while with buffetings I ye t did burn, I journ eyed from the lips of Gree k to learn: "Live for th e love of those who trust you here; Live,-fo r a greater love you ca nnot ea rn ."

A modest co ttage 'neath the campu s brow; A fuddy light ; a Beta dOTg; and thou, My brothers tilting up the roof with so ngAh, college life were pa rad ise e'now.

Ah, make the most of college days you spend 'Ere to th e du s t o f bu s iness you descend, Du s t into dus t to tum and then ce to li ve. Sans song, sans stei n, sans ro ughho u se and sans friend.

Kappa Sigma ha s an honor roll composed of ""e r y c hapter that cl oses the year fr ee o f debt t o the nati ona l treas ury. Might it n ot be more effective t o h a ve a black li st of all c h apte rs still in debt at th e end o f the yea r ?

Kappa Kappa Gamma has sta r ted a sc holarship f""d , which is still t oo sm all to be used. It also has a committee on schola r ship in coll ege and an officer kn own as an advise r of women on social affairs . These see m to be some of the imp rovements authorized by the recent conve:1 tion..

President Ednrund ]. J ames of the U niversity of Illin ois haa la id before the frate rnity me n of the university, a plan for holdin g a natio:tal frat e rnit y convention next year, evide ntl y similar in p urpose to th e Inter-Sorority Conference. The object is to discuss fraternity problems and take s u c h action as w ill promote th e best interests of fraternities in ge:1eral.

Wofford Co ll ege, Spartansburg, S. C, has abolished fraternities by a system of ugradual ema ncipation " cove rin g a period of

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four years . This will rend er inactive chapters of six fraternities, but as the college is not co-educati<>:lal , no women's fratemitie& are affected.

The Caducens of Kappa Sigma for Octobe r and the Delta of Sigma Nu for November appear in new covers of chee rf ul hue and almost identical in design. We wonder if it was an accide:tt or "done apurpose,"

Kappa Alpha Theta has entered Washington University, St. Loui s, the in sta llati on having taken place Novembel' thirtieth.

Kappa Sigma haa lately entered the U niversity of Oklahoma.

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