The Arrow of Pi Beta Phi - July-1900

THE ' ARROW.

Official Publication of the Pi Beta Phi Fraternity.

Edited and Publi,hed by the Wilconlin Alpha Chapter, Vniverflty 0/ Wt.eomin, Maduon [Enw,red at the Xadieoo, Wla. , poIt-04loe u eeeoad-ela. matter.] (

PUBLISHED IN NOVEMBER, JANUARY, APRIL AND JULY,

SUUOR I P'TI ON • • 1 00 P " y e....... S I N Q LE CO" as OliN""

TA81.1E OF OONTIENTS

Ax UI'IDIVIDED Hoo.mOLD, 189 Cou..oJ: BJL\ OX, • • 190

EXPlI:RIBl'f OE8 Il( GREBCE, 193 HIGHBR CRITICI8M, 197 A MasAGB,. • 198

WOMU'S CLUBB Al'fD FRATERNITIES AT THE Ul'Ul'ltRSJTY o. C BICAOO,. •

• h IrrrltRVIJ:W WITH GEl'fBRAL W itTLER, 203 ABOUT MRs. JOSE PHINE MILIt8 W OODWARD, 209 SKLJ'-HELP, • • 213 WHAT A F RATERXITY GIRL THINK&THE VALUB 07 TH.I: SMALL C OLLltGlt, 211 O UR A'ITfTUDE T O WARDS BARB GIRLS,

C O NSER\' ATI8 M , • , 222 FRATERNIT Y PROC RASTINATI ON , 222 FROM THE MOUTH OY A BA BK, 223 IN MBMOR IAM, • • • 224: ALUMNAE DBPARTMENTTRAINING IN DIVID U ALITY HI' CoLLEGE ,

CHICAGO ALUHNA.E CLOB,

PXRSONAL8, •

DIRKCI'ORY 0:1' MEMB ERS,

FRA.TBR!'fITY CATALOGUE,

EDlTORlAL8, . . 24.1 CB.APTB R L:E'rrERBALPHA PROVINCX, BETA PROVINCE, 251 GAMMA PROVIN OE , 259r DELTA. P.RO VINCE, 264: EX CH AN GES, 269 NOTI CES , • 274.:

EDITORIAL BOARD.

Editor in Chi e f - FLOREN CE P ORTER RoBINSON Bus iness Manage r - GERTRUDE CLARK SoBER (Mrs . H. A . Sober). IVA A \V XLSH, A cti n g Editor and Bu s in ess Mana ge r, 406 N orth BenJ'7 Street, MadisoD, Wis.

DJ:lI OCIU.T Pat1fTIlI'Q 00., .,ADlIION , t • •

GI'IAND CDUNCIL

PSB8'DElIT-Elise Bradford, 1522 P. St. , W hington, D. C.

VlOB-PRBSIDDT- Elizabeth Gamble, 702 N. Ave., West Allegheny, Pa.

S.OR:&TASY - Mary Bartol, Rockfo rd College, Rockford, III.

T REASURER - Ida Greely Smith, 1145 Louisiana St., Lawrence, Kas. ARROW EOITOR-Florence Porter Robinson, 498 Milwaukee St., Milwau.. k ee, Wis.

HISTORIAN

B '08Alf W . LEWIS , 5605 Mad ison Ave., Chicago , IU .

Blumn re B990c tatton

COUNCIL.

PR:E8IDBl'fT- FaDDY K. Read, Richland, Mich.

VICE-PRDIDKlfT-Mn. Leila Lane-Smitb,OO Spangler Ave , Cleveland, O.

SBCRETARY - Anna S. Hazelton, I215-9th St., N. W . , Washmgton, D . C.

TREASURER - IVA A. WELSH, 406 N. Heury St., Madison, Wis.

MAB8llAL- )ira. Kate King Bostwick, Chardon, Ohio.

CIR CLE SECBETA.a U'.8.

F0U1fDER8-Edn8 H. Richards, Salem, O.

ALPHA CJRCl.'B - (New York and New England) Lillian McDowell, 116 W. 13th St., New York.

lInA ' CIRCLE - (PenDsylvania, New Jersey, Delawar e) M . Eloise Schuyler, Box 249, Lansdowne, Pa.

Gnuu. eIROL - (District of Columbia, Maryland, and the Southeast) May L. Kellar, Green Ball, Chicago University, Chicago, III.

DELTA CmcLII:- (Ohio) Mrs. Leila Lane Smith, 96 Spangler Ave., Cleveland, Ohio

EPSILON CIRCLE -(Michigan, WiscoDsin, Minnesota) Bertha Myers, North Adams, Mich.

'ZKTA CJRcu-{Indiana) Annie McCollum, 120 Highland Ave., Indianapolis, Ind.

ETA CIRCLE - (Chicago)

'THETA CIRCLE-(Illinois) Lora A. Townsend. 8014 N Academy St., Galesburg, Ill

IOTA CIRCLX - (Iowa, Missouri ) Mrs. May Copeland Reynolds, l2'J5 E. 8th St., Kansas City, Mo

KApPA CJRCLll- (Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska) Maud Miller, Highland, Kansas.

L.uUlDA CIRCLE-(Rocky Mountain States and Pacific Coast) Martha N. Kimball, Leadville, Colo.

CO""ESI'OND I NQ S EC"ETA" I Ea.

ALPIlA. PBOVJl((JX. PaEBJ1)DT-Francee Darlington, Glen M.i1la, Pa. V UKONT ALPHA-Middleb"", College, Edith F. Barrett, Middleb"",. Vermont.

VERMONT BETA.-University ot Vermont, Ivah W. Gale, 391 Maple St., Burlington, Vt.

COLUMBIA ALPHA-Columbian University, Mary Hobgood, 194.62d St., W hlDgton, D. C

ALPHA - Swarthmore College, Mary Cooper Johnson,. Swarthmore, Pellll8)dvania.

PD'KBYLVANIA BETA - Bucknell UniveMlity , Laura AileD, Lewisburg, P ap OHIO ALPHA - Ohio University, Mabel Zoe WilsoD, Atheos, Ohio

Owo BETA-Ohio State University, Edna E. Murray,495 Armstrong St ,. Columbus, Ohio.

N.EW YORK ALPHA-Syracuse University, Grace Huff,622 Irving Ave ,. Syracuse, N. Y.

ldA88ACB'DBBTTB ALPHA-Boston University, Clara NOYe8,12 Somerset St.,. Boston, Mass .

MARYLAl'fD ALPHA - Woman"! College of Baltimore, Kathleen Mallory,. The Woman'a College, Baltimore , Md . BETA PROVINCI'.:.

PRE8IDXI'f'l'-Laura Grimes. Bloomington, Ind.

ILLI.NOIS BETA-Lombard Univeraity, Nanoie M. Buck, 14.27 E. KnOI: St.,. Galesburg, Ill.

ILLlI'fOIS DBLTA-Knol: College, Charlotte Ayres, Whiting Hall, Galesburg, Illinois

ILLINOIS EPSILON-Northwestern University, Florence E. Reynolds,256j Lakewood Ave., Chicago.

ILLllCOIS ZKTA- University of Illin ois, Nell M c Williams, 32 Second South St., Champaign, JIIin ois.

IX1)U.NA ALPHA-Franklin College, Mary Gtiswold Hall. Franklin, Ind.

b OlA.NA B:BTA- University of Indiana , Laura G. Bradl ey, t07 N CollegeAve . , Bloomington, Ind.

bDJA111A GAMMA-University of Indianapolis, Esther Fay Shover, 2033 Broadway, Indianapolis, Ind.

MICHIGAN ALPHA-Hillsdale College, Lutie Myers, 200 N. Manning St.t Hilledale, Mi ch

MICHI GAN BBTA- University of Michigan , Grace Robertson,406 Packard St., Ann Arbor, Mich.

GAJDlA PROVINCE.

PRalDENT - Olivia Ambler, Mo unt Pleasant. I owa.

IOWA ALPHA - I owa Wesleyan UoiV61'8ity, Edna T . Hough, 205 Broad St.,. Mt. Pleasant,Ia.

I OWA BETA - Simpeon Coller. Daisy A. Dent. Indian ola. la.

IOWA ZETA - I owa State UDlversity, Dorothy Scbultz, I owa City, I owa.

W18CON8JN ALPHA - University of Wisconsin, Alma Moser , 415 North Henry St . , Madison, Wis.

MI8&O URI ALPHA-University of Missouri, Gratia Evelyn Woodside, C0lumbia, Mo . DELTA :PROVINCE.

PRE81DBNT - Martha N. Kimball , Leadville. Col.

LoUISIANA ALPHA - Tulane University, Maool Logan, Newcomb College, N ew Orleans , !.a.

RANSAS ALPHA - University of Kansas , Mary J. Spencer, 401 Main St . t LAwren ce, Kansas.

NEBRASKA BETA - University of N eb raska, Grace Reynolds, 407 South 14th St., Lincoln, Neb

CoLORADO ALPHA - University of Colorado, Mina Killg ore. Bou ld e r, Col.

CoLORADO BE'I'A - Denver University, Ethel Antrim, 54. E. Third Ave., Denver, Col.

JOSEPHINE mLES WOODWARD.

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VOL. XVL JULY, 1900. NO.

AN UNDIVIDED HOUSEHOLD.

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WE all realize wbat a power there is in the word loyalty I "To thine own self be true and it will follow as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man ."

·That i. the keynote to allloyalty,-truth to self, the high"'t self, which lives in altruism.

If there is one principle, which counts more than any other in the practical workings of chapter life, it is this spirit of loyalty. It is what i. emphasized in the words, "Every member is your friend, i. interested in you, your work and aspirations. Chapter loyalty i. not tested, whe n everything is harmonious and congenial. It is when the results of a mistake are evident, when every member feels that chapter life is discordant, and when th e re is "the little rift the lute," that the severe test of loyalty comes. Then it is hard not to give utterance to the many bitter things, which seem only nalural, if the cause of the discord is to be found in one person. R.,. member that "once a Pi Phi always a Pi Phi," until formal action has been tak e n and that even after that, for the sake of what pas been, unkind criticism and useless hard words should die. It is right that "the little rift" should "ever widening slowly silence all ." Loyalty to each member, and when some girl has ceased to e njoy such privileges, silence to the world at least

'First, loyalty to self, then loyalty to the chapter and last loyalty to the national frat e r;:i:y. Nothing is SO onco uraging to the

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Grand Council as the manifestation of this and the following in ci d ent will prove a fitting example of l oyalty.

Not long after the convention at Boulde r , a certain chapter, in GammA province, wrote to one of the Grand Officers asking p ermi ss ion to take a step, whi ch m eant much to th e chapter. The Grand Officers r ealized that the posit ion was uniqu e, but personally thought the case involved a bad precedent, but offered to place the question before the Grand Co un cil, for further consid erati on.

It was submitted to the Grand Counci l and th ey d ec id ed that th e requ es t could not be granted. Th e dec is ion r each ed the chap te r and on that ve r y day a letter was writte n from the chapter secr etary to the Grand P resi d ent, fr om whi ch these words ar e qu ote d: "We y i eld willingl y to the d ec is ion of the Grand Council, which we r e alize wa s mad e with the best interests of Pi Be ta Phi in vi e w. The girls of a sk me to a ssure yo u of our love and loyalty and to thank you for the int er eet you hav e sh own in the mat te r."

Only th e chapte r know s how much th e r efu sa l m eant, but for th e sake of th e national fra te rnity, they gracefully yielded.

Such co nfid en ce and l oya lty make of Pi Beta Phi an undivid ed h ouseh old.

-Elsi e Bradford, Columbia Alpha.

COLLEGE BEAUX. '

Y en have died fr om tim e to tim e and worms d evou red them, bu t n ot f o r l ove.-Sh akespe are.

Coll eg e BealL'<-ah hea ven bless th em ! Heaven fill th eir empty purses, F or 'ti s purse str in gs-and not heart st rin gsThat make bu s in ess brisk in hears es .

Th er e a r e always othe r maid ens Who ' ll h elp any man "forget i"

But you n eve r sa w a dollar Volunteer t o pay a d ebt!

• Toast de livered at the thirty ·third acniversary banquet o f Pi Be ta Phi, Lawrence, Kansas. April 24, 1900.

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College loves demand high price., Much ingenious use of "talk"

To pursuade the frugal father

That the co llege girls can't walk,

But must rid e in hacks to parties(Though they play ten nill es of golf; Climb the hill in seven nilnutes, Run tbeir surplus spirits ofI-)

That a coll ege girl's dependent

On a box of chocolate cr eams; That a cos t ly bun ch of flow ers I s the substance of h er dr eams;

That a party every fortnight

Mu st be sandwiched with a driv e ; Th eate r s and concerts nigh t l y

Serve to keep her just alive;

That, whatever else must s nife r, It would never, n ever do

T o retu rn home from a func t i on

And omit the " f east f or two."

Now expenditure, th e b ea u-l et, Mu st record. He dare not fl oun t

Pa te r' s oppetite prodigious, For an itemized account.

Think what courage, think what valor

Such an acti on mu st attend!

W 8 S til er e ever knight of Arthur

Served for more unseJ£sh en d I

Ju st one object-o ur enj oym e ntFor of co urse we'll not supp ose

Th eir own plea sure i s the motive

Of our heroes---<lollege beaux!

How then can we sing their praises, In the measures of a chant I a'elling how th ey teach their pare nta To give up the things th.y want

And donate their hard earn ed money To some college girl's d evice! Surely that were altrui sm Surely that were sacrifice

!Worthy of a glowing e pic ! But alas, not every son Can persuade the frugal fath er 'l'hat his duty must be done

So have pity, gentle maid en s, Though fond hearts you may brenk, You may fracture- a ll unkn ow ingBank accounts-a worse mistake!

For men have died and worms devo ured them, Sad to t ell, 'twas not for love Duns for unpaid bills o'erpowered th em, Wafted them to realms above.

College beaux-ah, heaven bl ess them! 'Tis their wealth I now propose. many we who here addr ess them Cause their joys, but not their woos.

-Adelia Alice Humphrey, Kansas .Alpha.

EXPERIENCES IN GREECE.

DURING th e la s l f e w weeks o f o ur fiv e month s' s tay in Greece, we h a \'e witnessed a num be r of celehra t io ns of re ligi o us and seeular c ha ra cte r wbi cb hav e int e r est ed us very mu ch. Th e very mingling of tb e sec ular w'ith th e r eligi ou s is impressive. We have been tra ve llin g f o r s ix tee n da ys in th e in te ri or of the co untry , and " c r e so f o rtunat e a s to be in Th cbes and Le bad e ia upon th e Gree k Ind cpe n de noo nay , our 7 t h of April , bu t a s t hey s till kee p t o t he old s ty l e, wi t h t hem i t i. 25 th. We w e r e t o s tart with o ur co ach an d f our at t en o' cl oc k in th e mo r ning fr om Th e bes, bu t be f o re tha t h our t h c had begun; ind eed ve ry earl y in t he mo rnin g t h e r e ha d bec n se rvi ce in the churches. Eve r y s ho p in was closed , a thin g by n o means gen er al on Sunda y Flags we re fl y ing and pi ct ur es of t he he r oes o f th e .r evoluti on wer e di s playe d up on t he str ee ts. On our r etUTn fr om a wa lk to a pi c tur esq u e f o nn ta in , wh e re an old trad iti o n says O erupu s clean sed him self af te r th e murd e r of his fath e r, we pa sse d a ch u rch and see in g cr owd s asse mbl i ng, we sto pped to see wha t " ' a s to happen. Th e childr e n of t h e c ity we r e marchin g t o thc chur ch. E ve ry li tt le boy wo r e a rosette of blue and white, th e n at i on a l col o rs, and e ve ry li t tl e girl had he r hair ti ed with blu e rib bo n. Th e l ea de rs of t h e vari ous compani es ca rri ed bann ers and wreath s of gree n o r fl o wers Th e c hur ch wa s s impl y pack ed wi t h peo pl e, and pra yers a nd tb e litan y we re chant ed by th e pri ests. With t ru e Gree k hos pi t ality we wer e gi ve n f ro nt se at s in th e sy na gog u e, bu t un fo r t unat ely we co uld not remain thro ug h t he as we mu st s tar t upo n o ur six-h ou rs' driv e to Le bade ia. But we were mu ch imp resse d with th e r eli g io u s chara cte r of t he ce le br at ion, and as we dr o ve durin g t he da y constan tl y we me t wh ole famili e. of peas ants, a t tired in th e ir bes t a nd wa l kin g o r ri d ;ng on tb e ir donk eys, all going to th e littl e chu rches scat te r ed he r e and th er e. Ever y church doo r was wreat he d wi t h olive br a nches. Th e r eli g io ns se rvi ce comes fi rs t, afte r wa rd t he re i s mer ry m akin g . As we approa ched Le bad e ia la te in th e afte rn oo n, ju st on ts id e t he t o wn

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the road s ide was lin ed with hundreds and hundr eds of people, men, wom en and children, the wh ole population had asse mbled to witn ess athletic contests . Soldiers stopped our carriage, saying we co uld n ot pass through that street until the games were ove r. We were glad to dismount and with tbe r est, wateh the running and jmnping until rain came and the c r owd must disperse.

The Greek l e nt is observed very stri ctl y. Tb e people whom we saw upon our journey, so far a s we could l ear n , ate almost n othing save bread, olives and some vegetables, excepting on Sunday, when tb ey are allowed a more varied menu. M eat and ch eese, milk and eggs are f orbidd en, and when we offered our driver a Huntl ey and Palmer biscuit, before tak i ng it, he ft sked if there wa s any butter. upon it. If there we r e, h e must not ea t it. On th e night of good Friday we w ere in the Petopponesur, at Kalamata. That i s a very holy day with the Greeks, and yet again wjth t he r eligi ou s observance, we found the cu ri ous mingling of the secular element. Early in the eve ning one would have thought i t was a merry f estiva l. Houses and shops in the princ ipal sq uare were illuminated, cr owds of men and boys were gathered and tbere was a co n sta nt succession of hard whi zzi ng £re work s, runrung along the ground, with an occas iona l r ocket Ju st at te n o'clock came a hush. There wa s a sound of sol emn chant in g, and soon came down tbe street a funeral procession. Priests in full r obes preceded a catafa lqu e covered witb Bower.. and g ree n and lights. Upo n it r ested a r epresentat ion of the dead C hri st. Hundr eds of p eople we r e in t he process ion, many ca rr ying ligbted cand l es . Tbey marched about t he city f or nearly two b ou r s, the solemn cbant continuing all tbe tim e. After t we lve o'clock all was qui et f o r the r ema ind e r of the ni ght. Saturday we hurried hack to Athens, to "make the resurrection, " as the Greeks say, tbe re A little before midnight we went to th e squa r e before the Cath edral. It and the adjoining st r ects were throng ed witl . peo ple and lin ed with mounted and unmounted soldier s. Many people stood on balconies and on the Bat r oofs of th e hJl u ses and on church towe r s and every one ca rri ed an unlighted candle. A l arge platfo rm had been

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built facing the cathedral door. It was prettily trimmed with olive branches and electric ligbts, and upon it were allowed to Btand, not onl y Greeks of position, but aloo f or e ign ers like ou r· selves Sbortly before twelve o'clock a r oyal ca rriage drove up preceded by handsomely attired officers, riding sp irited horses The king does not come now, but delegates su ch duties t o the c r own p ri nce, who with hi s two younger brothe r s, mounts the platform. Th en fr om the church door opposite come the m etropolitsn and other high chu r ch dignitari es, in full r obes and bearing aloft a erueifh . They al oo mount the platform and then chant a service. The clock strikes tw elve, bells ring, every· where, the thousands of candles are lighted, and "Christ 08 anestee" i s p r ocl aim ed. The crowds di spe r se, but each p e r so n as he walks or d r ives, car ri es his ligh ted cand l e. I must confess that this seemed rath e r more of a perfunctory service f or f onn and shows sake, than the fun e r al process ion at Kalamata, but it was certainly int e r esti ng. On Ea ste r Sunday churehes are cl08ed After the l ong, strict fa s t and the midnight service of Pa ss ion week , the peopl e giye t he mselves up to mer r y making. Every family has its roa s t lamb Mo rning and aftern oon her e in Ath ens, tho whol e royal family goes around to the various barracks and enter in g on e h ouse af te r anoth e r, i s g r eeted with th e huzzahs of th e soldi e r s and prese nted with flowers. Tho Bold i e r s themselves f east and drink a littl e mo r e than u sual , so tbat they dan ce and si ng ve ry merril y during the afternoon. M onday and Tu esday are al so fete da ys No wo rk is done, no shops a r e open , banks are cl osed and the un warned f o r eig ner i s oometimes not a littl e in co nv enienced . For yea r s it ha s been quite the cus tom f or p eo ple to go from Ath ens on the Tues day to Megara to see the dan cing of the pea sants. They gather in great numbers on the slopes just outside the town , and dance nearly all day l ong. It is hardl y what we would call dancing, and on e wo nd ers if th ere r eall y is much enjoyment in it. :Me n are by them selv es and wom e n and gi rl s by t h emselves, on ly that oc· casionally o ne man will be the l eade r of a company of girls. Th ey form in lines or c ireles and move back and forth with seri ous faces and in a slow kind of way, so m e tim es to the secom·

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panimcnt of a fiddle, sometimes singing in minor key, sometim<J8 with no music. Tho men introduce IL little jumping and a few fancy steps into their dance, but with the women there is nothing but the slow backward and fonvard motion . What makes the scene interesting is the many bright C08twnes of the common peoplo. In Athens 'one sees the national dress but seldom, but at Megara, on this occasion at l east, alm""t all wear it. The women are attirod in th.,jr very beat and the girls display their dowries in the shape of many coins, covering thei r breasta and sometimes fringing the pretty ganze scarfs thrown around their heads. Often they also wesr a so rt of sknll eap entirely made of coins.

One other spectacle we have witnessed within a few days which greatly delighted us. A new law has been passed, according to which on Mond&y and Tnesday and Wednesday afternoons of Eastor week all the boys of the public schools and of the gymnasium of the city, and of such private schools as desire to take part., give aD exhibition of th e ir proficiency in gym . nastic axercises in the old stadium, than which no finer place for such a soone can be conceived. The royal family were pre& ent and thousands upon thousands of spectators. On Slmday afternoo n the prizes were distributed, and from forty-five to fifty thousand people were assembled. On tllBt occasion the primo minister took the place of the king, as the royal family have now gone to Corfu. He stood at a table upon which lay the prizes. In tme Greek style these were s imply wreaths and branches of olive, and al.o diplomas . The various schools march ed in to military musi c, th e standard bearer of each carry· ing a beautiful blue and whit e silk banner. The center of the stadill1n was quite full with all th e boys. There were compa' nies of little fellows and companies o f m en. Some of the older ones went through wand and Indian club exercises, and then commenced the distribution of the prizes. Each schoo l apparently received some recognition of proficiency, but evi· dently n wreath was more honorable than a branch, and a di· ploma had special value. The enthusiasm of the pupils when their school was honored was simply indescribable. Hnndreds

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of hats were thrown high into the air, and myriads of little ftags, before hidden, suddenly appeared, while hurrahs resounded ' on all side6. J..ater the wreaths and branches were fastened to the banne rs, and all the comp ani es marched ar ound in fr ont of the Prime Minister, whom th ey saluted by dipping the Hags and raising t h eir hats It was a ver y Greek seene and most appropriate to the magniJicent old stadium It made us wish we might have witn ebSCd there the great in ternation al gamet! of 1 893.

And n ow we must say goodbye to beautiful Greece, we fear it will be forever, but perhaps some kind fate may bring us here o nce again; f o r, much as we have seen , th e re Brc st ill some places of in terest yet unvisited by us. M eantime we r ejoi ce that more and more travelers are becoming acquainted with the wonderfully beautif ul ruin s and scenery of this classi c land.

-Mary W. D'Ooge, Mi chigan B eta.

THE HIGHER CRITICISM!'

JI:NTI we a r e such a help to each other." How often have you Ea id that to your prospect ive ini t iat,, ! How often have you r epeated th e promise to cri ticise yo ur sister! How ofte n have you said to yourself, "S he is a part of me, and I mu st help h eri" WIl en you len"6 off se lf intros pec t ion, how often do you make yo u rself t h e criter ion of your siste r' s action!

My dear sisters, how often have you done these things! This, I bel ieve, is tbe hard est part of the fulfillm ent of you r vows. It is "tho charge of a siste r's love." Often ou r ini t ia te is made to b eli eve that this h elp is simply the aid a common friendship ClIn give,-the h el p through ad,;ce, through companionship,but it mu st bear a cl ose r strain than thi s. It must be the help that only th e strong.,;t, deepest l ove can give.

I wonder how many of you are mad e to f eel tho responsibility you aro t aking upon yourselves when you acce pt a band of women to whom you are to show this help of which yo u hear "0 much.

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"I like all your members well enough as I moot them now," said a young woman to a sister of yours, "but the question with me is, is my love strong enough to bear that closer inter-

That is the question which ought to appeal to you. Are you strong coough to give and receive the criticism of a mother or s ister ! You are often displeased by the conduct of young women in other circles, but their peculiarit ies must be accepted. If a woman who is bound to you by the ties of sisterhood is not your id eal of what she should he, it is your mission to go to her, love her, and help to overcome the difficulty. This courage is the foundation for a true Pi Phi. There is another loop in this bond, and that i s : Can you bear this higher criticism from others 1 I think that is not so hard. But it is not easy to he told of your faults . My sister, make for yourself an armor of purest love and do these things, and we will not tremble f o r you. If your love and fai.h are strong enough, you are bound to endure. Remem· her always that "fellowship is heave n, and lack of f ellowship is hell; fellowship is life, and la ck of fellow.hip is death; and the deeds that ye do upon the earth, it is for f ellowship 's sake that ye do them."

-N. C. T., Illinois B eta.

A MESSAGE.

SO:l>fE months ago the R oyc r oft Compa ny of New York publi shed a pamphJet entitled, "A Message to Garcia," and its th e me has rung in my brain persistently through th e long weeks of work when ove r and ove r again I bave found to my so rrow how few have learned the l esso n itB pages teach. Let me urge those who can obtain a copy to read the article in question; the terse, sharp style of the compos itio n is well suited to the theme and adds a li terary interest to the striking pages, while the thought is one which is duplicated in the experie n ce

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of eve ry one who has worked much wi t h others. F or those who have not the opportuni ty of seeing th e pamphl e t I may insert here the s tory whi ch serv es to ill us trate the m oral:

Garcia was hid de n so me wh ere in th e mountain s of Cuba. It was im pe rati ve tha t a messa ge be sent him and that a t onoo. A man was reco mm end ed to th e P resi d ent a s suitabl e for th e important and dan ger ous mi ssion. B eing a sked if h e co uld take a message t o G arc ia he simpl y , wi t hout qu es ti on , d elay o r show , too k th e message, f ound G arcia and r eturn ed . Th e wri te r th en g oes o n to sh o w ho w many "G arci as" th ere are in th e life of every o n e and how f ew are ca pabl e of takin g or eve n a t t em p t ing t o tak e the m essage, and says that tha t wea kn ess in th e c haracte r is th e chi ef r easo n wh y so man y fail whe n op po rtuni ties f or 8Uccess are ly in g thi ck around.

Have you in all yo ur e..xpe ri en ce i n coll ege o r out f o und any on e u po n wh om yo u co uld d e pe nd co nfid en t ly in a ny g iven work in th e s u ccess of whi ch he is n ot di rec tl y inte r ted? L ong· f ello w had sur e ly h a d so me e..xperi enee of thi s when h e makes Standis h say : " If you wis h a thin g well d on e, d o it yo ur· self. " Y our c hurch c h oir i s small bu t ha s some good voioos ; h ow man y m e mb ers can yo u he s ure h e at re hea rsal ready t o d o th eir utm oet? Th e ro ll c all of eve ry soc iety, soc ial o r b enevol en t, sb ows man y ab sen tees, and th at too j ust wben a fu ll m ee tin g i s moet necessary . W hy can we n ot f eel th at h avi ng j o in ed a soc iety whic h we conside r wo rth y our t im e and money, we h a ve a seri ous obli ga ti o n t o meet in uph oldin g i ts in te r ests at a ll t im es? A small thin g in itself, but life is mad e u p of t rifl es . A g ain , of mor e im por tanee t han a tte ndan ce, whal i s it ra t he r than our in a bili ty o r un wi llin gness to carry a m .... sage t o Gar cia tha t mak es it so diffi c ult fo r t he pres idin g offi ce rs t o arran ge commi ttoes, th a t each member will indi o f eel a respons ibili ty in th e s uccess of h er d epartm ent! Im agi ne, i f yo u ca n, a phil anthropi c soc iety wh ose m e mbers are acc ustomed to d o simpl y and we ll th e du ty that com es n ext wi t h· out fu ss , j ea l ou sy or d el ay. It s influ ence woul d be un botmded . Did yo u "ver t ry t o searc h ou t t he reaso n wh y someo ne in yo ur c lass is so f3.r beyond t he ot h ers in a ttai n ments; or hav.

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you simply taken for granted that she is brighter, more gifted than the rest! Nine times out of ten you will find that she ie not the most clever girl; sbe is simply tbe one wbo has learned that tbe best, most methodical disposal of her time and energy is her message to Garcia and sbe is tsking it.

Can those wbo are teaching measure tbe possibilities in Il!) average Higb school clasa of wbicb eacb individual studies hi. lesaon with the zeal and self reliance sbown by tbe president's messenger! I would feel my life work accomplished if I could impress indelibly upon tbe beart of every pupil under my care tbat the one tbing in life wortb wbil e is to do well witbout question tbe thing under hi s band. It i s the lack of training in this direction that makes so many blind to their best inte]' e;,ta. The great thing they are looking for they will he glad to undertake, but they think the littl e things at hand are not wo rth doing w ell, and finally they wonder why tbey have not boen successful. If I can be implicitly depended upon to do thoroughly anything I und ertak e,-and this implies a full con· sciousness of my limit ations, in nndertaking,-tben I may feel that my life has been true to its greatest end.

This leads to auother thought not far removed, the n ecess ity for a l ong and patient ploddin g. \V e will n ot be honored with adyancement in any line until we are r ady for it. W e too often f ee l that should tbe higher position be offered we could afterward strive to fill it acceptahly and do not r ealize that we must first, lik e the nautilus, grow too large for the old sh ell before we can move into the new. See n in this light the sl ow, steady grind that before seemed so monotonous has a new mean' ing and a new value.

'Ve all of tIS have ou r ambition s, and perhaps th e disappoint· ment of the delay will be li ghtened if we remembe r that it i. ouly as we climh higher that our horizon broadens . The climbing in real life is slow and hard, hut we are ascending the Delectable M ountains and the vi ew fr om th e t op is of the Promised Land.

-Pi Beta Phi.

WOMEN'S CLUBS AND FRATERNITIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.

CHE

U n i versit y of C hi cago ope ned in t he fall of 1 892 with f ew of i ts depart m en ts full y orga niz ed a nd still f ewer of its buildin gs co mpl eted . Th e large numb er of w<) m en who appli ed f or a d mi ss io n f or t he fi rs t t erm m ade n ecessary t h e ea rly completi on of t he wom en's dormit o ri es, B eec h er, K elly, and F oster hall s. Abou t th ese t h ree h ouses cluste r all t b e t radi· ti ons <)f th e ea rli est st u de nt soc ial li fe of t b e U ni,·ersi ty H ere were qui ckly est ablis hed clubs, th e Mortar &ard in F oste r, th e Qu ad r a ngle r s, ill K e ll y , an d th e E sote ri c, in B eec her; and here too were soo n f oun d re present ati ves of th e women's fra ter uiti es, witb pin s co n cealed or worn co nspi c uous ly as circ ums t a nces mi g ht see m t o d emand. The a tt itud e t ow ard fra· t e rniti es tak eu by th e wome n d ean s di sco ura ge d an y wo uld -be organizers and mad e th e m f ee l t hat i t would be wi se r t o wait nutil se ntim en t mi g ht change and th e stud e n ts th ruse lv es f eel the n eed of so r ori ty ti es . :Me anwhil e th e sec r et c lubs fl ouri sh ed and w e re to lera ted ruld even en co w'a ged as th eir usefuln ess in th e soc ial li fe wa s r ecogniz ed. M en 's fra te rni t ies wer e cstabli s lte d one aft er th e oth er, and in t he a bse n ce of c lass o rgani za· ti o n, and co nsC<ju entl y of cla ss a nd co ll ege spirit, t he c lub and fraterni t y spiri t t hrive d.

Durin g t he e ig h t yea rs of life of t he U ni" e rsity m os t of t h e wo men 's irat emi t ies h a ve b ee n repr ese n te d , and Pi B eta Phi h as n ot bee n be hind. Th er e ha " e hee n fi ftee n or t we n ty of our m em bers wh ose Dallles ha ve bee n e nr oll ed u po n t he books f or a lo nge r o r s h orter tim e . So me of th ese ha " e co m e fr olll other in t i t u t io ns t o co mpl ete th e ir work at t his U nivers ity , so me to tak e graduat e wo rk, a.nd oth ers, so me of o ur tBa c he r g irls , t o spend a f ew w ee k. in th e a t tra ctiv e work of t he s umm e r quru-t er.

Probably

B eta has had m or e r eprese n ta t iv es at t h e Uni" ers ity of C hi cago t han a ny oth e r cha p te r. Five of h er AR ROW z.

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members have taken their bach elor' s degree h e re, two of whom. Mary and Susan Lewis, hav e received that badge of high schol: arship, the key of Phi Beta Kappa . Two others, teachers, havs spent some weeks in graduate work in the University labora· tories.

Illinoi s Epsilon has been well r epresented from year to yeal' and has always shown a true fra terna l interest in any of our girls who hav e been in th e University of Chicago f or any l e ngth of time.

Pennsylvania Beta has sent o n e of h er m embers, of whom we are all proud. Mary Belle Harris has held a fellowship for two years and will teach two c1a..'geS in the University during the com ing summer quarter.

Th e Pi Beta Phi s have never formed a club n or h eld regular meetings, but have met in a social way from t im e to time. At present five are taking college work.

Th e secret clubs have increaEed until they are seven in num· ber. Th ey appear to be fraternities in every r eepect except that they are simply local. Th e qu estion of all owi ng women's fraterniti es is sure to come up again and again. New girls on ent er ing the University frequently ask why frat erniti es are not present, and th e faculty acknowledge it to be an unsolved problem.-A. A.

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AN INTERVIEW WITH GENERAL WEYLER.'

liE HAVANA of five years ago has pa ssed into hi story. The green and sca rl et of th e Spani sh unHorm no l onge r gleams on the Prad o; th e dingy blue cotton of the Cuban home guards i s forgotten; the red and gold flag of Spain no longe r fl utters from the housetop .

Lik e the man who ha s bee n sick unto death, the i sland i s conval escin g. Reorganization i s taking pla ce . Out of the wr eck of its former self C uba is building a n ew stru ctur e.

The man wh o did much t o bring h e r to d est ru c tion was the chief figure of the C uban in surr ectio n in April of ' 96. The beautiful I l e of the S ea still b ears hi s scars; the man, save for th e wrong h e did , is we ll nigh f org ot.

I was se nt to Cuba by the Cin ci nna t i Commer cia l Gazette to secure a vi ew of affairs th ere, soc ial, military, and political. Of my experie nces i n th e i slaud , t h e picture with all i ta contradic. tion s of the see min g and th e rea l , a s Gen. W eyl er came to me in the thron e r oom of t he pala ce in Havana wh er e I awaited an inte rvi ew, ri ses vivid ly .

Th e s had ows of the " r eat court-yard of the Capta in Gen e ral' s palace l oo ked gratefully in viting as I step ped from the g lare of th e afte rn oo n snn and passed beneath the pillared archway of th e palace entral,ce, on whose k eystone was ch iseled the arms of Spain.

·Mrs. J osephine Mil es Woodward, Kansas Alpha., Pi B eta Phi , rep.. resenting the Cin c innati Commerc ial Gazette. was the first and 80 tar 88 we know the only woman war correspondent se nt to Cuba during th e late entanglement. H e r work was eminently satisfactory, and worthy or the enviable re pu tatio n she bad already acquired atter years of newspaper work

Upon request for something of h e r expe ri ence for the Arrow, sh e b as very grac tously su bmitted a desc ription of her first in te rvi ew with Gen. We y ler, and we count oursel ves fortunate Indeed tn being thus favored.

PI Beta Phi haa great cause to be proud of th e representative women ot today found upon her roll s.

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I had come to inte rvi ew Yal ar iano W eyler y Nicolan, Marquis de T en e rife, Gobernad or-G ener al d e la I s la de Cuba .

I had d ec lined with thanks tho offe r of a l ette r of introduc. tion f"om th e Consul G en eral to t h e Ca pta in General, pref erring to ac co mpli sh my object unaid ed if poss ible, and t es t what man· n er of trentm en t would be acco rd ed an Am e ri can n ewspaper woman whose professio nal card and perso nal manner were her only in troduct ion and h er onl y r ecomm e nda t ion.

I had with m e only my faithful inte rpr ete r, E chalbe. It was f our o'clock in tbe aft ern oo n, and tb e crowd that e ve ry day packed the audi ence ro om of tb e pala ce had t hinn ed o nt, l eaving only a f ew p oliti cia ns and offic ial s l oun gi ng abont, some on important, some o n indiffere n t missions.

Tb e day before, at two o'c lock , I bad passed on tbe broad, cool, marbl e stairway that led to tbe Ca ptain General's rooms, a l ong line of w ee pin g wome n, l eadin g Ii bt l e childre n, wbom vVeyler's edicts tbr eat e ned to make fatherless. W om en so bbing and s hadin g th eir sad eyes with t he f old s of their mantillas, li t tl e cbildre n wh ose t ears bad fallen as th ey h ea rd the story of tb eir moth ers' woes , b onni e littl e c r ea tur es ,,·ith satin skins and dove-like eyes, that mu st ha,'c m o ved a h ear t of stone

Tb eir bigh-h eeled slip pe rs click ed down th e marbl e ste ps, soundin g stran gely out of uniso n with the so rrow d epi cted o n th eir d elicate fac es .

But today th ere wa s only the so und of th e wa te r s of t h e fountain falling in th e marbl e b as in of the co u"tya rd , only the rustling of t he oleand ers and th e laurel s, o nl y the sce nt of r oses and h eli otro pe wafted up from the ga rd en to mingle with the ar oma of a half-hundred ciga rettes blown fr om th e mouths of as many Spanis h guards s tati oned al ong th e corrid ors and s tair· wa y .

Tho red and gold flag of Spain flap ped lazil y ill t h e breeze above the pala ce entrance.

And so I waited . A half-hour went by, t he n anothe r , and an oth er , but I was n ot disco uraged.

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205 and sincere solicitude from the officers of the guard and the Captain General's aides-de-camp. They were more sorry than they could tell that the Senora was obliged to wait so long. The officer of the day h eld my card between his fingers and made innum erabl e trips to tbe sw inging doors that divided the waiting room from the Captain General's priva.te office, returning to me with dep recating smiles and shrugs of his shoulders.

At la st an electric bell, touched from tb e inside room, jangled on t he stillness of the outer chamber, and it was announced that the Captain General would receh-e me immediately

I was ushered into a big, handsome, airy room, tiled in blue and whHe, and furnished in willow ware. The big desk of the Captain General occupied one corner, facing the center and length of tbe room. The chair at the desk was vacant, and I was waved onward, and given a seat amid the red and gold splen· dors of the great throne room. It was a room of magnificent distances, th e walls lined with portraits of Spanish royalty, King Alfonso's portrait ha nging ahove the r oy al chair, whose face was turned toward the wall, to remain so until a sovercigu of Spain should occupy it.

There was a short, impressive wai t, the silence broken only by the faint murmur of voices at the further end of the long sbuttered gallery which circled the inner walls of tbe palace overlooking the court, and by the clanking spurs of a solitary officer who walked the gallery's length.

Then suddenly a narrow panel in the end of the room was opened, and a little man with quick, sharp step came toward me.

He was obliged to walk the entire length of the room before he reached me, and I looked him well over as he came.

Conld it be possible that this slender, delicate, undersized man with courteous bearing and simple, straightforward manner, was he of fame, "tbe Butcher!"

Before he reached me I saw that he wore side whiskers, plain black clothes with no military i nsignia whatsoever, and that he had a heavy, protruding chin. He gave my hand a strong, firm grasp, look ed directly into my eyes and bade me b e seated, with some pl easa nt words of welcome spoken rapidly in the beautiful

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Spanish tongu e He continued to look directly at me throughout the interview, as if it seemed poesible to make me understand his language the aid of my in terprete r. On the contrary, how eve r, he was more difficult than the av erage, f or he was the only Spaaiard I met who did n ot gesticulate. But it gave me an excell ent oppo r tunity to etudy his fa ce, and I took care to l ose n one of i ts meaning.

There was nothing hum orous in that face, n othing trifling in the manner, and yet it was altogether the face and manner of an educated, well-bred gentleman. His face was seamed with many lin es, and hi s gla n ce was as quick as the Bash of a sti letto. At the same tim e there was a kindl y g leam in the eyes suggestive of th e man aside fr om tho officer, but not e xt ending to the l ower part of too face, which was stern and tmr ele n ti ll g to the point of cru el ty It was eminently an intelligent face H e impressed me as be in g in d ea dly earn es t, and n ot afraid of himself or anybody else.

The inte rvi ew, which lasted n early an hour, h as n o present in terest, as it related to internati oua l politics, and mo..-ements of the a rm y at th e t im e. Th o Capta in G en eral talk ed fre ely , and apparen tly un constrainedly and honestly.

At the end of the iute r view, Gen W cyler offered to conduct me through the palac e. I was delighted. W e pa ssed throug h the narrow panel by which h e had entered the tbrone roo m and entered a r oom of sp le ndid proporti ons, tiled in blue and white, and furni shed afte r the mann e r of all C uban bedrooms wi t h bra ss bed stead canopied in whit e larl eta n and la ce, ca ugbt back with blue satin bands and r osettes. From h ere we passed into the Capt.1in General's dressing r oom, where all the furniture was of li ght wood and willow and wh ere many s i"'e r uten sils were ranged u pon the tables.

Ente rin g hi pri"ate si tt i ng room, Gen eral Weyl e r went to a l ong, Bnt, table d es k, and openin g a drawer took out a portrait- ' Ilis la test nnd a p e dcet like ness-and , asking me to write my name upon n slip of pnper that he migh t not mi sspe ll it, he wrote carefully across the card, " Bernard o a'l di st inguarda , J osefeno Woodward, Valo W ey l e r," which being translated, means,

ABOUT MRS. JOSEPHINE MILES WOODWARD.

O ff Fo r C ub a . - A t te n o'c l oc k to ni g !Jt M rs. J ose phin e W oodward, alread y wid ely kn owll as tbe soci ety ed ito r of tb e Comm e rcial Gaze tt e, sta rts f or ' ub a, full y suppli ed with cr ed entials from th e au t h ori t ies at " Tas hin gto n tha t will in t r odu ce h er to the auth oriti es of C uba as t h e r eprese ntath 'e of t his pap er . Sh e g oes f or t h e p urpose of securin g a ,i ew of affai rs th er e, soc ial, military and po li t ica l, a s ta ke n by a woman 's eyes , and of pr esen t ing h er obse rva tion s t o t h e r ead ers of th e Co mm e rcial G aze t te Th ose wh o have r ead h er }farga re t K en t l e t ters kn o w that she is able to r ec ord h e r imp ress ion s in vi go rou s langua ge, and will expec t t o be en terta ined as well as info rmed , an expectati on in whi c h th e r e i s n o r easo n to t hink th ey will b e disapp ointed.

" M rs W oodward will re ach Tampa , F la., Tu esday and will remain th er e tw o days, se ndin g he r fir st sp ec ial fr om tha t point. Sh e h as planned t o l ea, e Tampa by st eam er Thursda y , h oping to r eac h Havana abou t six o' cl ock on Frid ay morning, April 3, in tim e to breakfast with Ge n. W eyl er.

" H er t rip will co ve r a bo u t thr ee week s and th e r eaders of the Co mm er c ial Gazet te ,,;11 ha '\' e th e wh ol e sto ry of her experi en ces fr es h fr om h er p en. "

"Mrs. J osephin e W oo dward, wh o is within th e enemy' s lin e in C uba , is sendin g di spa tc h es th a t may be r elied upon. Th e first thin g sh e declares is tb at bot b sid es hav e b ee n lying about t b e si t uati on. Thi s id ea had already got in to t b e h eads of the Am eri can p eo pl e, and th ey will readil y b eli eve t h e r eport se nt b""k by thi s energ e ti c and bra \' e wo man . B y th e way, in speaking of thi s matter , th e J ournal wants t o call the a tte ntion of i ts read· e r s to tb e fact that :hir s Woodward i s a Lawrence woman She is the daught er of Col. J. D. M il es of Lawre n ce, and a graduate of t h e sta te univ ersity. Sh e ha s b ee n o n th e staff of the Cincinnati Comm e r ci al Gazette f or sev eral years, and was sel ected by that paper to inves tigate t h e C nban diffi culti es. Wh en news'

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paper read ers see anything concerning the situation from her th ey will not hav e to write back to find out whether it is true or not."

"Another woman has distinguished h erself as a war corresp ondent in C uba. She is },irs. Josephin e Woodward of the CiD> cinnati Commercial Gazette. Her l etters are among the most readable that have heen written from Cuba . She obtained con· siderable informatio n that other correspondents had in so me case. passed by, in others have not had access to. Th e question whether a woman can be n war correspondent may be r egarded as settled."

Mrs. Woodward's L ette r.-"If there ha s been a more lively and life-like sketch of Captain General 'Veyler printed tha n that contribnted yeste rday to the Commerc ial Gazette by Mrs. W oodwarJ, it has not fallen under our eYei! . You were told the things you wanted to know, the appearance of the man, the sound of hi s voice, his manner of speech, hi s opin i ons of the Cuban situation, and perhaps, most of all, his opin io n of the con rse of events in the Un ited Stat es, and of vi ews in the United States. His smnrning up of the pani sh characte r was piC>luresque and graphic, and hi s dismissal, with a wave of the hand, of the in tervention of the United States-"Tbis is ollr affair"-thoroughly marked a Spani sh grandee .

"He ought to be a s ubsc riber for life to the great two-cent daily of the Ohio Vall ey in r eturn for the admirable way in which hi s personality and sur r oundings we r e given our readers."

"The Commercial Gazette's spec ial from Mrs. Josephine Woodward, dated Havana, April Ii, says in part: 'The Span· iards li e and the Cubans li e . You pay your money and you take your cho ice The deadly hatred b etween these two pe0ples must be tak e n into consideration and used as a commo n di· viso r of the statements given out by both. Gen. Weyler, ac,

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211 cording to his story, has and moot of the insurgent forces by th e Spanish arm y in the provin ce of Pinar d el Rio Th e la test fr om the in surg ent f orc es is that, with fresh supplies of ammuniti o n, tbey arc moving slowly but surely, on Havana Y este rday I went by rail t en mil es out to " strongly f o rtified outpost. P eo pl e at my hotel thought it a f ool hardy adventure fo r a woman . I met nothing but tb e most courteous tr eat me nt. Th e tow n is powe rfull y f o r t ifi ed will accompli s h wond ers if hc f o r ces t hi s lin e If he tries to f orce i t and fail s, th e r es ult will h<> yery serio us. W ey le r say, Ma cro ,,;ll n e ver esc apo fr om the Spani sh ne t n ow set for him "(Mrs. W oodward i s a daught er of Col. J. D. of this c ity, and was se n t by h e r paper t o C uba to find out t he t ru e co n · diti o n of affairs th ere. Sh e is t h e first woma n to have bee n se nt to t h e i land i n t ha t capacity, a nd t ell s a ve ry in te r est in g sto ry <If t he ly in g don e by b ot h si d es in or der t o make i t appear t hat victory is with th em .-Ed. )"

Th e most e nt e rtainin g and m ost th o roug h Iv consc ien t io us l et· t ers from C uba ha,·o bee n t hose of J osep hin e ' V oodward to the Co mm e rcial Gaz ett e . Th e.v were bri g h t a nd witty , te rs e and p oin ted, comp r eh cn ive and chatty-in eyery way wort hy the pencil of th e brilliant and pa i nstak in g writer.

Of Inte r est to J osephine W oo dward lect ur ed b ef ore th e ·Wo ma n's Press Club yesterday aft ern oo n. The air tendance was h ette r than at any preced in g lect ur e of the co urse -and g r ea t in te r est wa s manifes ted n ot o nl i n Mrs. I'i' ood ward's " ubj ec t, ""'o me n, N ews paper s and O t her Thin gs," but in the -app earan ce on th e lect ur e platform of " woman whose n ewspape r work is and has l o ng bee n so uni ve rsa ll y r es pected . I Vopd ward was in t rodu ced by )Ii ss Th al hei me r , pr es i· de nt of the Press Club. Th e lect ur e was full of pra ct ical co m· ment on the wo r k of the r epo rt er, th e making of the n ewspa pe r itself and o n the different d epar:ments and d epartm ent h ea ds

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which go to mak e up th e ma chin ery and the personn el of the daily n ewspaper. She t old a nmnbe r of the ludi c r ou s incidente· which th e r eporte r me ets in hi s daily round and at the d es k , and rea d some f ew peculiar co n tributio n s ( which n ever saw th e light of publi ca tion) in illustrati on of the stup end ous ign orance· of th e average woman on th e subject of th e workings of th e· n e wspap er office . In addition to th e thoughtfulness of h er pa· p er , M rs. W oodwa rd prese nt ed the club with a l ectur e ori ginal and r efr es hing to a degree

Mrs . Josphine 'Yoodward d eli"er ed wha t pr oved to he one of th e m ost brillian t l ec tur es of tbe co urse of the W o man' s Press Club yeste rday ait ern oo n. "Journalism as a Profession" was tbe wisely c hosen th eme Sh e sp ok e of the softening effect j ourn ali sm ha s u pon one's characte r as th e write r comes in contact with humani ty . In r ega rd to people criti c ising n ewspapers s h e said that it was nec essary to feed th e public mind, and the editor was tbe great "chef" prov iding an ample menu. O ccasi onall y the public mind r eiu se d to se lect, and blamed th e caterer f or indiges tion. Those who would h ave certain d epartments of th e gre.,t dai li es suppressed are lik e the drunkard who wants tb e wo rld to stop rai sin g grapes and barl ey so h e will not have to o vercome hi s appetite Sh e adm i tted that there was the daily "gri nd, " and enliv en ed h er d escripti on with many amusing in· cid ents, to u ching al so up o n th e life of a soci ety reporte r. A woman j ournali st sho uld demand no co urt es ies furth e r tban exi s t between gentlemen; flatt e ry sh ould n eve r turn h er h ead ; tb e r e sh ould be self-respect, and n ot self-assGrt i on. In closing sh e outl in ed the diff ere nce h e tw ee n F r e nch and Am eri can newspapers, considering th e f o rm e r the more literary.

M rs Woodward's Wi tty Address.-Th e short address of Mrs. J ose phin e W oodward, of th e Cin c innati Co mmercial Tribune staff, caused spirited di sc ussi on at the press meeting this morning, hut it al so caused sp irit ed applause. Th e Ev ening Wisconsin of tonigbt call s i t a razor-edge d add r ess and says :

":llra Josephine '" oodward, of Cincinnati, raised a small-sized stonn by a scathingly witty article on the relMioDS between the club woma.n and the press At the close of h e r speech, 'W oodward was presented with a magnificent bunch of Am ericall Beauty roses by the C in c inna t i club womeIl ."

SELF-HELP.

To the ambitious stud nt a collegiate education is tho one thing to be des ir ed, and while there ar e many who are fortunate e nough <0 have their expenses paid for them during the ir coll ege career, with no other care than dcyotion to s tudy, there nre as many i f not more, who nrc prc\'ented from enjoying th e same pri,-iJege through lack of financial resources. To the class, the following facts, collected tln'ough the cou r tesy of f "i e nds, may ho of nlue.

Kn wledge has been g iv en that the self-supportin g el ud e nt i s no l onge.· a sobe r-f aced indivi d ual , n or one to be neg lected b ecau so ,of pec uniary co ndi tions; o n th e contrary, 111any of them have pro'-en to be bright, cheery people, who are ablo to make and keep good fri ends, bes id es ho lding the esteem of both faculty and st ud ents, and oftentimes become popular, not only in the cla ss room, but socially as well.

" In ono of our western college towns it was the custom of a wealthy gentlemen <0 lend money to students on the gnarantee of life in sura nce policies, the nam e of the beneficiary being changed where the money was r efunded "

Thi s is a ve ry s impl e and feasible method of obtai ning the where-withal to meet college xpenses, and we understand i t can be e mploy ed in any locality, througll banking houses or through in d i v idua l s.

At Barnard College a comm it tee composed of alumnae, called, Th e Students' Aid Comm ittee l ends books and money to st ud ents and also procures work for them, such as tutoring, typewriting,

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etc. The club is supported by gifts and dues, and this year an entert";run e nt was given by whi ch several thousand dollars were r ealized.

Several numbers of the program were r endered by singers from the M etropolitan Opera House.

Among the cottages and dormitori es at W ellesley are two of tho f(mner conducted upon the ccroperative plan, in which all of the domestic work is done by the students and for this a reduction of $100 is allowed in payment f or board. The regular charges are $400, of which $175 is for tuition .

The opportunities at these two cottages are much soug ht after and applications for th em are made two or three years in advance of the time at which the st udents enter college.

Th e library always employs stude nt assistants, and they generally devote (l ne hour a day and are paid for as much extra time 8S they are able to give.

A few d epartments employ st ude nt labor, for which the regu· lar amount paid is 15 cent s p er hour.

Tho college has thirty-six sc h ola r s hip funds for undergradu· ates , ranging from $1,000 to $25,000, the income of which is appropriated yearly to n eedy students.

The Students' Aid Society afford h elp to .hose who cannot fr om tbeir ow n r eso urc es meet tbe e ntir e expense of a col· l ege course. In many cases mon ey is loaned in expectation that wb enever th ey are able they will repay the soc iety ."

"Mount Holyoke Coll ege enables students to keep the price for board at a very l ow rate by th e daily w ork reqnired from all. Th e stud ents sometim es ea rn a litJtl e money by tutoring, typewrit, ing , mending and r oom work f o r othe r girls and similar things."

"The method of st ud ent self- h elp most frequently employed at C.ornell University, is waiting on the table in the boarding hou.ses of the city TIlls amounts to the .aving of the cost of b oard and is considered f or til e st ud ent waiter an equitable comp ensati on .

Oth er employment doOne by the women i s the taking care o£ or teaching c hildren , som etimes setting type in th e printing establishments Both men and women do stenographic work and

typewriting to a certain ex te nt. Th e most profitabl e work is that of n ewspaper corr espo nd ence, m ost of th e large n ewspapers of th e co untry maintaining corres po nd e n ts at th e Unive rsi ty. The work i s m os tJ y in th e hand s o f t he me n, bu t tb ere are al so women engaged in th e sa m e occ upati on Tuto ring in coll ege preparator y studi es, and tb er e are many wh o s pend se ve ral hours a wee k in tbi s lin e of wo rk, is th e chi ef m ethod of e(.ud e n t self·help a t Bos ton Unive rsity . S om e girls spend onl y al te rna te yea rs in sc h ool, ea rning m on ey on e y ear , us uall y by t eac hin g , to pa y th e exp en ses of th e next. Many also work durin g th e summ er v acati on a t large summ er h otel s.

O t h e rs ex er cise th eir p e r so nal ta l ent s f o r finan cial be n efi t.

On e girl h as r ecentl y suceeeded v e ry well i n se lling pi cture fram es, whi ch , h e h erse lf paint ed. "

" Th e dinin g r oom of th e N ew En g land Co nse r vat ory of Mu sic furni sh es a numb er of g irl s fi na n c ial a ssi stnn ce.

The a t t e nd a n ts in cloa k r oo m s, o ffi ce a nd waitin g r oo ms ar e n suall y stud ents

Th e mor e ad van ced pupil s ea rn somet hin g t hr o ugh chur clJ p ositi on s and co n ce rt engagem ents

Th e r e is al so in co nn ec ti on t hi s sc h oo l a soc iety whi cb provid es l oa ns t o be paid at ea rli est c on ve ni en ce. "

Whil e L eland Stanfo rd Juni o r U ni" e r sity d oes n ot o ff e r indu ceme nts to t h ose expec tin g t o earn th eir wa y t hroug h coll ege, n eith e r d oes i t di sco ur age su ch stud en ts Th e f ac ulty in coopera t ion with t h e chri st ia n assoc iat ions, r egisters stud e nts a ppl y · in g f o r wo rk , withou t charge, an d g en erall y t h e d emand is equa l t o t he suppl y, but in eac h in st a n ce su peri or qualificati ons are requir ed, as in t ut orin g, cl eri ca l l ab or , t y p e writing and sten og· raph y D omes ti c se rvi ce is in co nsta n t d emand, bu t to t h ose onl y wh o can d o th eir work well."

A clipping fr o m tb e catal og u e of Northwest e rn Unive r s ity explain s itself.

Tb e Unive r s ity r eceives annuall y a con s iderabl e sum of mon ey, to be l o an ed without in te r est to n ecess itou s and d ese rving s tud ents wh o ar e pre paring f or tb e mini stry, o r f or oth e r

forms of Christian work. Loans fr o m this fund are ava ilable to students without distinction of sex .

A Woman's Loan :Fund , contributed by interested friends and guarded with prudent r es tricti on s, frequently enables th e Woman 's Educational Aid A ssoc iation to bo of special servico to students in advanced classes, who, without t im ely aid, wou ld be obl iged to l eave college befo re finishing a chosen course of study. The , ' aluable as s istance already r endered by the fund should commend it to friends of th e University who may be able to increase it by donation or bequest . For furth e r i nformation on the su bject, address Mrs. Josep h L. Morse, Chairman Loan Fund Committee, No. 615 Church street, Evanston.

- um ero us inquiri es are addressed to the authorities of the University by p ersons d es irou s of ca rrying on collegiate studies, lmt who nre without adequate funds to enable th em to defray th eir expenses, asking whether the in st i tut io n furnishes to students means of emp l oyment whi ch will e nable them to support the mse h-es wholl y or in part while e ngaged in th e proseeut ion of their st udi es . It is prope r to say that the University does not undertake to furnish employment to any st ud eut, and it does not e ncourage st ud e nt s to matri culate who are e ntirely without reso urces . It happens each year that n ot a f IV students are abl e to a id t he msel ves ve ry materially by th e ir labor while carrying on their studies, but the student i s obliged to rely on his ab ili ty, industry, and character in all s uch cases . As the 01'l)Ortunities for employment are not offered by the University, th ey must be so ught for by th e students th e mselves .

Ind eed one skilled in any lin e of work, would not find it diffi· cult to earn somethi n g, eepecially in th o trades. "No student should come e"peoling to earn money who can do nn thing well; skill is absolutely essential, as competition labor i s quite as severe in college community as elsewhere."

Th e management of the Ladies' Home J ournal offers excellent opportunities to both young men and young women, for studying not only in schools of fine arts and mu sica l conservator ies, bu l al so commercial and t ech ni ca l sc hoo ls . Their schola rs l1ip list now nwnbers nearly five hundr ed, and are obta ined by see uring a certain number of subsc rib ers and sh o uld one fail in reaching the full numh e r desired, they are paid for the work accomplished in the f orm of a cnsh commission at twenty-five or thirty per cent.

Their booklet entitled, "To College Without Cost," contains a list of r epresentative institutions, bes id es giving full information as to their methods of work, also letters from more than a score of successfu l students who ba"e been enabled to take ad· vantage of tbeir offers. Th ese offers are to la st as long a s tbere are applicants for t hem. It is appropriate to mention just b ere that it is expected the August issne of the Journal contain an article on, "How a Girl Can ,Y ork Her ,Vay Through Col· lege."

From the information giyen no one need be diseouraged in at l east attempt in g to reach the des ired goa l.

Of course i t means hard earnest work, but the reward is \'\'o11h the effort. 'With good health as the first r eq ui site, suc cess is s ure ly in sto re for one po£sessing unfajlin g cou ra ge and patient perseverance, combined with t h orouglrne5s, cheerful ness and genuine good A.

Wbat a 'jrattrnltv Sirl (blnks.

Culture is not merely educat ion. Education is not merely l earn in g.

man 111ay ha,-c a great store of facts in his head, but unless he has the abil i ty to use and apply them they a r e of no profit to him or anyone e l se, and tb at man is n O'l trul y ed u cated. But eve n the man who b as both knowledge and abi li ty, ill other words, who is really educated, may be so la cking ill moral qualities, refinement, st ro ng and "aluable traits of character t hat be cannot be called a cultur ed man.

What the manhood and womanhood of Am rica today want and need more than any other on e thing is cult nre of t he broades t, truest, deepes t natur.e ; c ulture whi c h mea ns t he m ost compl ete dev elopm ent of body, mind a nd so ul for th e p e rf o rm a nce of life's duties.

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The truly great schools ar e tbe on es wbich can furnish the American youth with this culture.

It was a witty remark of th e foreign er who sa id of Ameri cans that th ey are apt to mi stak e bign ess for greatness. And this is certainly tru e in regard to tb e estima te placed upon colleges and univ ersit ies in our land . Th e small colleges are often deprecia(ed and l ooked down up on simpl y becau se they ar e small; and ye t man y of them are trul y g reat and o ff e r pec uliar advantag es which cannot be obtained in th e larger in stituti o ns Tb e s mall American college, es tabli shed by to il, self- sac rifice and h e r oi sm i s like th e private soldi er who wins n o fame, whose name even i s foro-otten bu t wh ose se rvi ce to hj s country is n great and one, a se rvic e that no gene ral co uld perform.

W e d o not judge of a mu sician 's ge niu by hi s inst rum e nt , nor the skill .of the architect by his tools; n e i the r sh ould t h e coll ege be jud ged ent ir ely by i ts s ize, it s memb r ship and en d o,nn ent, bll t by the quality of its di sc iplin e, it s influ e nc e in the f o rmati on of c hara cte r , and its ability to furni s h true culture

An i nst itlltion of l earning ba s an atmo s ph e re pec uliar to it self, an air of culture and r efin em ent p erm eat in g all the vicinity around and awakening l ongings f or in te ll ect ual t hin gs If the colleges are f ew and sca tte rin g , much of thi s in te ll ect ual stimulu s up o n the yo u t h of th e l and will b o wanting.

One of th e greatest advantages of t h e small coll ege i s that i t fit the small pocketbook, and furni sh es th e bl ess ings of a good education to many whose finan ces could no t p.ossibly carry th em throu g h a univ ersity. It is o nly the most sto i cal end uran ce that will brav e a life of toil and p.overty in th e mid st of fellow -stud en ts from wealthy families.

In th e sman sc hool, howeve r , where man y of th e m embers ar e self s upporting, the contrasts are less st riking and the environmen.t i s stimulatin g to n ob le eff ort and th e best vi ews of lile . A s tile college is generally und er church direc t ion or men of Christian prin cipl es, th e influ e nce is of a high mo ral and spiritual s tandard

For the d eveloping of tnt e character, great i s th e value of co ntact with grea ter liv es and mind s. In the univ ers ity the

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classes ar e large, and there is little opportunity for the students to f ee l the individual influ e nce of pres id ent and t e ach e rs; while in the sma ll coll ege, a student rar ely pa sses a four years' course witho ut findin g a perso na l fri e nd in one or mo r e of hi s professors and man y fonn la sting attaclunents. Fri end ships are easily form ed am ong th e , tu den t s themselves, and th e social life i s of t h e most wh olesome, c harmin g nature .

Such a n atm o' ph e r o of comradesbip is ce rt.1inl y fav o rahl e to the de vel opm e nt of a frater ni ty chapter of th e best kind. This statem e nt i s n ot ad\'8 nced as an argum ent in fa,or of es tabli shing mor e frat e rnit y chapters in ,ma ll coll eges, but m er ely as a tru t h co ncern in g some of th e chapt ers which already e-';s t. Man y of th em are of great ,,"lue to th e gen e ral fraternity for th e ir enthusiasm, and l oyalty . Livin g in an in stitution with f ew compani on or rival chapters, inte r est in the frat e rni ty li fe of the college is of th e k ee nest nature ; thus th e:v acquir e enthu ia s m for fraternity intelligence in general. The c hap te r members are chara cterized for excell e nt sc holarship, as most of them a tte nd school for 3n earn es t, defini te purpose. M o&t; of them l ea"e coll ege und er the n ecessity of fi g ht i ng th ei r O\m way in t h e world and a determination to su ccee d

On o n eeds onl y to loo k at the alumni r eco rd "f a small college 01' fraternity c h ap t e r to l ea rn t ha t a gre.1 t propo rti o n do truly succe ed, and a re an honor to their Alma and t heir frat e rnity.

A s yea r by year the world places a higher premium UpOIl true wor t h and excell en ce, i t is to he hoped tha t the small coll ege will r eee i" e i ts due , hare of prai se an d appr ec iat ion.

-Mi chi ga n Alpha.

Mu ch ha s b ee n and i s he in g said ahout fra te rni ty ohl igations, m ean in g our frat e rnity dnti es and our obligatio ns to ODe anoth e r.

We hav e ot h er obligations to th e harbs, and these Ou, Attitud e T o- we are very of,te n di sp""ed to lose si ght of. I n ward Barb Olrls. ( spito of o ur beaut if ul ideal s, fraternity fellow ship t en ds to mak e us thoughtl ess, eve n selfi sh, f o r we find our fraternity life so engr oss in g, our fraternity s iste r s so s atisfy i ng,

that we have no inclination to seek acquaintances elsew h ere . Just why thi s is so would be hard to expla in, s illce a fraternity is much lik e a family, and no one ever find s his brothers and sisters so absorbing tha t he cann ot e nj oy the soc iety of people outside tbe family circ le. Just as life in this great world of ours imposes certa in socia l obli gatio n s upon u s, SO does life in a co ll ege or university, where g irl s are more o r less dependent up on one another for th eir plea sur es, enta il up on us certain d u ties t oward those about u s.

While interfJ-ntern i ty f ee ling cannot, so far as I know, be crit ici sed, the re i s, I am af ra id, more truth in what" A Fraternity Man" said of ns in the April i ssue of the Arrow than most of us would lik e to admi t . Alth o ugh we ar e n ot likely to concede that frate rni ty men are, in their atti t ud e toward barb s above crit icism, i t does not, af ter a ll , affect our own pos i·tion. The fact that tbe barbs of many univ ers iti e have for years handed down as a l egacy from class to cla ss a feel in g of genuine antagonism toward all fraternity members seems to prov e conc lu siy e ly t hat th e re is someth.in g wrong with th e frnt('rn it y pe opl e . And there is. Wh ether consc iously or un conscious ly, fraternity girls draw between themseh·es and barb gir ls a soc ia l dividing lin e t h at is rarely overstepped . Some carry t h e ir di st inction to absurd l engths I eveu know of se ve,·al g irls who up o n entering a fraternity "dropped" girl s with whom they had been v ery fri endly, even prm'ious to thnt time ; and tlus m e rely because t h.., latter happened to be barbs . I deri , ·e much pl eas ure, however, fr oUl the r eflection that not one of these was a Pi Phi. Thero are always a few barb girls who are accepted soc i ally by fraternity girls and ente r ta in ed by them at all their large parties, and the ract that these g irl s are iUI"Rriably pretty, well-dres sed, and of attractive appearance, seems to argue that fraternity girls are snobb ish; but th is i s not so . It is t he fraternity men who are guilty of discrimination ill the first place, th e fraternity g irls s imply including o n their invitati on li sts girls that will be pleasing to the men th ey intend entel'ta ininp:.

Tbe majority of barb g irl s are a jolly, happy lot wbo, while they may not have so many good times as we, h,,·e, ne vertbeless,

pleasures enough to make them soc iall y independent of the vari ous fraternities. But these are n ot an. In almost every coll age there is a small number of girls who a re either umnteresting or el se poor and shabby and, for that reason, r epellant of friendly advances on the part of students who ha w m ore th an th ey Tll€Se are th e girls who do n ot ha ve many college friends, the former because they do not attract o th er girls, the latter b eca use t h ey are handi capped by their poverty. These girls, moro than any others, would be benefited by the brea king down of the soc ial barrier that has for years d ivid ed the barbs on the one side from the fraternity members on the other. In our large r coll eges wh ere the barb girls number seve ral hundreds , too many for one littl e c hapter of fraternity g irl s to be good to, and where discrimination would therefore be a n ecessity, these are the girls to be thought of firs(. It would n ot be with u s a qu estio n of finding friends, for th ose we already have in the frat e rnH y, bnt of giving some pleasure to girls who have very littl e. Nor could tills be eas il y or quickly done . A state of affai rs that has c"x isted for yea rs could not be c han ged in a m<r m en t; h e nce, we should not f eel di sco uraged if our first efforts w ere to PTove un successf ul. Th e girls themselves wou l d come in time to understand the gene r ou s spi rit that prompted our fri e ndl y advances; and in try in g to be good to the m we should r eap a r eward in the respect and approval that we should earn n ot only from the faculty but f r OID other fraternities as well, and from peopl e at large. Not onJy t hi s, but more than ever w e should b ecome what all Pi Beta Phi s sh ould aim to b o,-an influ ence for good in our respective colleges, for we should set an ex ampl e that oth er frat ern iti es mi ght do well to follow, and we sho uld be the means of increasing co ll ege sp irit, f or in prcr p ort ion as we mak e coll ege life plea sa nter f or some of our f ellow st ud ents, they will l ove tbeir coll ege th e more with that d eep, enthusia tic aff ection of which every college feels so ju stly proud. Wh eth er we accomplish thi s or whetb er we merely lay the foundation for it, we shall not hav e been Pi Phi s in "ain. -Kansas Alpha.

" An ar ti cle suitable for th e department, ' What a Fraternity Girl Thinks,''' read the message. At first we were startled, but surely every girl in Pi Phidom so m et imes

Con .e rvatl sm. thi n ks, and so we se nd you one of our musi ngs on conserYatism. By thi s we do n ot m ea n selfi shness but a ce rta in amount of dignified ca uti o n. Sur ely it is better t o occa s ionally l ose a s p ike than to t ompol'aril y f o r sake self-res pect by p o un cing o n some d es irabl e g irl and imploring h er to d o n t he wine and blue . If t he lIew oome r is the kind of girl we r eall y desire,-a bright, womanly g il'I ,-she will only respect u s th e mo r e if we tak e a littl e t im e for mu t u a l observ at ion b ef or e invi t in g her into o ur s ist e rh ood . And wh e n the invitati o n is giv e n let u s not make i t appear that th e futur e happin ess and we lfare of the chap te r depend 011 he r answe r , and that sh e will confer a great ho nor by say ing, "Yes." It i s we who ar e hon orin g h er when we ask h er to s har e the swoot fri end ships and hi g h id ea ls of our frat e rni ty. Any co urse less dignified ,vill sure ly lessen th e es t ee m in "'hich we wi s l, Pi B eta Phi to b e h eld by outsiders. B esi des, an impress io nabl e fr es hm an,-a nd m os t freshm e n are impress io nabl e,- alway s des ir e to be in the select c rowd , and if the g lnm our of conse rvat ism hangs ove r our chap te r sh e will b e but mor e lik ely t o come wh e n we bec kon. It i s not the conseryn t ism of iso lation whi c h we favo r, but the conse rv a tism of self- respecting di gni ty . And in the l ong run w e beli ..-e s nch a p olicy w ill be f o r the best in terests of chapt e r and indiddual.

-I nd iana Alpha

During a brief e x!,<' ri ence as Circl e Secretary, a fcryent wi sh ha s s prung up wi ,thi n me, t ha t eve ry co ll ege had a r equired cou r se in Pun ct uality Our Grand Pr es id e n t in F "umlt y P,. . h er late report lam ents th e sad fact that the na- £rutJ naUOD. ti ona I work is co nt inu ally r eta rd ed hy th e failure of indiddual s to do promptly what is a k ed of t h em. In every Arrow we r ead similor com pl ain ts from th e long-s uff ering edi to rin -c hi ef , and now my own troubl es hav e made me rea liz e 3S ne,er before th e e normity of the crime.

D ou btless i t seems a small ma tte r to pos tpon e a reply or report f o r a f e w d ays, and so, say in g, " 1 will sur ely have more time tomo rr ow, " we beco me abso rb ed in o th er duti es and in a twinkling th e wh ole affair i s f o rgotte n. But , con sid er a moment. The p r oc r ast ina t ion of o ne d e lays th e distri c t sec r etary, h er tardin ess hind ers t he ge neral sec r et ary , and so t he wh ole orga nization s uff ers fr o m th e n eg li ge nce o f o ne wh o may be very i ns ig nificant in h er o wn opini on. B es id es , it i s n o t on e, unf ortuna te ly, but m a ny, wh o a r e gu ilty of this sin; if th er e wer e bu t o n e t his pr<r t es t wo uld h , ·e poo r exc u se f o r be in g

It tak es no lo nge r t o d o a thin g a t o nce than i t will in t h e futu re, and i t Illa y sa , 'e so m e o n e equall y as busy mu c h t im e and anxi ety E" c ry one shou ld r ememb e r t hat f e w, if a ny, of our officers ha , 'c n o thin g to d o bu t pe rf o rm t h e du t ies of offi ce, and also that wo rk, whi c h may not be , "e ry o nero us in it se lf, may become act ually burd enso me wh en crowd cd into an already bu sy lifc. And th e n, ju st thi n k how he lpl ess th ey ar e . Y ou can n eith er shak e n or upbrai d a de lin q ue nt wh o is man y toil es dist a nt , alt houg h , wh e n sh e kee ps yo u wai tin g fo r weeks a nd ma intain s a s t ony s il ence in r es ponse t o you r most e loqu e nt app eal s f o r all a nswer, yo u wo ul d lik e to d o bot h -P ennsylvania B et a, A. A.

R emini sce nces of our c hildh oo d ar e ge n e rall y of a n idca l and hli ful na t u re, so t hat th e statemc n t to t h e co n t ra ry of a ce rt ain Pi Phi " ba by " i s s tartlin g , i f n ot tr easo nabl e "Pr:i! Thi s infant, howe "c r, wa s g reeted upo n he r e ntran ce in to Pi Phi-d om wi t h a most unin te lli g ible e xaminati o n . F ancy taki ng a wri tte n exa min a ti on w he n you are onl y t hree weeks old! Think wh at a c ross bab y i t was which wro t e i ts p a p cr on, "S ol ida ri ty in Pi B eta P h i, " ly i ng o n i ts ba ck wi t h a t wi eted ankl c, afte r f r enzi ed eff or ts t o learn the C h apte r Roll in an hour! S ma ll ,," o nde r t hat t h at baby sho uld l oo k f orward t o it s fu t u re ex iste nc e !

Three m o nths of fr ate rni ty li fe ha ve open ed he r eyes to what a g r eat- heart ed, l ovely thin g a g irl s ' f rate rni ty is,-a thin g whi c h n earl y r eali zes t he id eal of wh at a s i.te rh ood shou ld be,-a fa c-

t or , h owe ver tiny, in spreadin g th e f e llow-feeling with one anoth er whi ch helps t o mak e t h e world in to on e great so ul, ri ch in nobili ty , and truth, and l o ve .

Th e ab ove-m ention ed Pi Phi is no l onge r " th e baby ." The r e ar e t wo youn ge r sist e rs in Columbian Alpha, but with th em, and w ith th e oth er bab i es in th e fami ly of Pi Phi, sh e hopes her life in it m ay be such that sh e ma y n e ver cau se it on e regr et. -F. n., Col o rado Alpha

In mtmorlam .

DEATn is bu t th e veil whi c h covers life t o th ose of us who liv e . W e sl ee p, and it i s lifte d ."

On th e se venth of Jun e at Gree n vill e, Mi c higan, died Mary Elizabeth G leaso n, ag ed t wenty -two ye ars n er childhood and girlh ood we re spent in Savannah, TIL, and in '97 s he cam e t o Kn ox, enterin g t he f res hman class. Sh e was pl edg ed at once to Pi B eta Phi, and f or tw o y ears was a fait hful and activ e me mbe r of Illin ois D e lta . In th e sp r ing of '99 th e symp to ms of that dr ea d di se a se, co n sumpti o n, app ear ed and it soo n becam e e vid en t that s he co uld no t go on with h e r coll ege wo rk.

Early in th e summ e r sh e wen t to B o uld e r, Col o rad o, wh er e s he and her moth er spe nt th e s umm e r in th e hope that th e climate mi gh t benefit h er. Di sa ppoi nted in thi s hop e th ey came bac k t o Illin oi s, bu t soo n went so uth in qu es t of health and spe nt th e wint e r a t S a n An to ni o, T exas . H ere th ey watc hed her fail da y by day, a nd finally , alm os t di sco ur age d , th ey brought her back no r t h to Gree nvill e, :Mi chi g an , wh e re she e nded h e r b ri ef and beautiful life.

n er life has ce rtainl y be en a mos t beautiful one--always happ y and co nte nted, with a s mil e for e ve ryo ne.

T o th ose of u s who kn e w he r best th e loss is to<> gr eat for word s t o expr ess, and in th e fir st ago ny of gri e f we f eel that we can ' t g ive he r up, but as we r eme m be r ho w s he ha s suffe red and

how patient she has heen, always hoping "to be bette r, " we can but Bigh and feel that it wcre better BO

" 1 can not Bay, and I wil! not say, That (B) he i s dea d; (s)he's jllst away Till th e day break and the shadows flee away."

- Charlotte Ayres.

Jllumnat Dtpanmtnt.

I

NDI VIDU ALIT Y IN CO L LEOE."

Jl

N ARTICLE that appeared in the Educati o nal Review for March of the current year will be of interest to our edu· cators bo t h preEent and future. It is ent itl ed, "Training Individuality in College," and is written by Prof H. de F Smith of Bowdoin College, where the system which h e l,e re describ e. ha s been in force for a numhe r of years wi th unqualified su ce€SS.

In the first part of his nrt ic le, Prof. Smith r ecognizes the prevailing co ndi tion in o u r colleges, especially tbe l arger uni verBities in which so mucb of the individuality of the st udent i s l ost, his originali ty counots for littl e, and h i s pl'Ogress keeps pace only with that of the slow est, to the large size of the classes. Thi B, of course , is due to the faet that the number of st ud ents in creases while the number of i nstructors remains p r actically the same. This evil is not so great in the smalle r co ll eges, but even there the nwnber of instructors has by no means in creased in the same ratio as the number of st ud ents_ So tbat the argument for the smaller college, nam e ly, tb "t students are brought int o close personal co ntact with th e faculty, will not be so effectual in th e futnre as it ba s been in the past.

A quotation from the report of Pres id ent Dw ight of Yale iB given:

" Th e call of the pr esent and tb e coming t ime upon our prof essors and teachers is an impressi ve and imperat ive cal l to enter in to as close r elations as possible with th e individual st ud ents who are und er their personal in st ructi on. No professor or in-

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Btruetor fuliills hill duty to his pupils who sees them only in the l ec ture room, who enters the lect ur e room at t he hour appointed for the exercise, and at the end of the h ou r leaves the college grounds to r eturn again only for a similar exercise on the folday."

The various expedients t hat have been use d to bring pupil and teacher into closer relations Imve o ne and all proved ineffectual. ,"ith the large classes which professors now have, the individual st udent seems to r ema in an ina ccessible quantity, to the detriment of both pupil and instructor.

What is the effect upon the st ud ent of tlus work en masse!

"The boy of moderate parts, when he comes to college, exp ects to find life more earnest and ardent than in the preparatmy sc hoo l. H e Illeans to work and work hru·d. H e does work hard for a time. But he soo n finds that it i s no t absolutely necessary H e discovers that sloth is sec ur e ill numbers, that inattention o nce in a while and the use of mechanical time-saving o ev ices will not spo il hi s standing. In other woros, he can go as fast as the Illaclune goes and have plenty of time to kill besid es . I s i t any wonder, then, tbat he gradually succumbs!" " Ho,," can tlus fresh enthusiasm be prcserved and made to grow as it sbo uld ? Tbe answer "f President Hyd e of Bowdoin is: 'By personal app eals to indh'idual aptitudes; by emp l oying au.xiliary in structors to do tbe work that can not be done in tbe classroom . Wh en a college has taught the r egu lar clas.."CS at th e hou rs requir ed in the sc b edule, it ha s don e only half it s work. Sons of \"ell-t.<rdo :Kew England parents who ba\-e never been obliged to work at anything, who bave begun to go into society, \l'bo find college life crowded with competing and frate nu ty interests, need mucll more tban tbe regular routine of recitations if they are to acquire any vital in terest in scholarly pursuits. Th e attitude of the indi\-idual student is a much more important factor tban the contents of a text-book or l ect ur e inkeeping the eoll ege from becoming unwieldy and inte ll ect ually impotent, a respectable loafing place for a t brong of young fell ows who are pleasantly passing away tbeir time until serious professional training sha n rouse them to r espons ibili ty.' The

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freshman needs, perhaps more than any othe r student, the per· so nal influen ce of the in str uct o r. He need s the searcbing examination of • sympathetic eye; b e nee<ls better teaching than h e over had b fore. Wh o l€Ellle in st ructio n will n ()l; discover hi s difficulties and misconceptions."

Th en foll o w. an account of th e group syste m employed at Bowdoin:

" Th e syst..m emp l oyed at Bowdoin is no l onge r an untried t.h eory; its success is ass ur ed. DUling the p ast three years this plan ha s been followe<! mostly in the language st udi ee, bu t on ly as a step to its application in ot h e r large classes. It means extra w o rk for each st ud ent, but be is not overworke<!. .As extra in · .stru cto r in the department of I _atin and Greek, I am now giving indi"idual instruction in those branches. Th e cia s of s ixty-five .st ud ents is diddcd in to small g roups, in size from five to nin o men. Each group spend, with the instructor weekly one half-hour in Latin, and the same in Greek. Th e size of the grou p depends on the men in it. I make up the groups eal·efull.\' and oftcn change a st ud ent from on e group to another, if I th.ink h e "ill do bottel' work there In this way the in terest and e arn eetness of "erta in students can be mado to st imulate ,others. It i s a prett.v p oo r student who won't work when the atmosphere and sun-oundings in hi s group arc good . tude nts of extraordinary ability ca n be g roupe d together and keel' their pa oo "'ithout in terfe rence Groups arrange<! on this ptinciple have c "id ent ad\"l\I1tages o'-e r those of uniform s i ze, made up alphabetically or "'ithout selection ."

"During the first term of the c'ear the ,cork of these g r oup. i s I_atin ami Greek pl'ose compos ition. If I_ivy i s being read in class, the Latin pl'ooe eOlllpo"it io n is based upon the portious r ead. In tho same way the Greek prose cOIllPosition is based upo n whate"er 3uthor the c lass is 'Working. Th e g roup co u rses must be c l osely cor relate<! with the r egu la r courses, and the in· structors must work with a yicw to mutual ass istance. For eK ample, the passage for translation into Greek, set by the Greek professo r, is based up o n the imm ed ia te work of t h e class, and is a su bject of g enera l discuS$iou and reeitation for some part

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of (me or t wo class exercises. Th e translat ion is then mad e and han ded to m e. I go over the work carefull y with each of the groupe In th i s way I am e nabled to see what eac h man is doing, how he is doing it, and to gi " e him th e help that seems m os t n eeded ."

Thi s method infu ses a fuel in g of r esponsibility into the stu ' d ent. Al so he mu st n ot only bring informati o n into class but h e mus t bring accurate information which will withstand the scrutin y of hi s com pani on c li tics .

In regard to t he teacher:

" Thi s m eth od does n ot r eli eve the professo r in any branch of hi s r egular work, but suppl ements hi s work at the points where he i s hampered by too great numbers. It a greate r preparation by the st ud ent and increases hi s t im e of at. t endance at l east one-half hour iu each branch of st ud.v . This in c rea se of work i s scarce ly f elt, f or th e incr ea se in inter est ke ep!> equal pa ce, as is shown by r egul arity of attendance and by the voluntary expressions of the st ud ent s To th e inst ruct or the work has been a co n stant so u" ce of pl ea sure and in spiration. Th e co nta ct with individual s tud ents, th e perso nal study of eacll man's abilities, the opportunity to help in improv ing methods of study, the finding of an in corrigib l e now and then,-it is all a teacher's work. It might at first thought seem liable to become d ead enin g a.nd monoto n ou s to go ove r the same gronnd day by day. Far from that, it afford s a first-cla ss field f or the exercise and de'-elopment of whate,'e r pedagogica l in stin ct an instructor bas."

If this me thod be impra cti ca bl e ow in g to the l ack of suppl ementa r y i nst ru ctors, Professo r Smith su ggests th e syste m of required writt e n work, in whi c h each s tudent i s held respo n sibl e, during th e year, f or a number of rep orts upon ce rtain subjects which h e llas perso nall y inv estigated. Another method is the studen t club which meets with the teache r at frequ ent in te rvals.

In co n clu sion, Pr ofessor Smith say s : "Sncb m ethods th e college must employ, if i t i s not t o igno r e t he problem that comes with in cl'e8sed numbers and endan ge rs its very existe nce_ I t. pla ce i s be twe en the secondary sc hool and th e univ ersity, or

life. It must co ntinu e th e d isc iplin e that ( he sc hool has begun and awak e n th e r c;; po nsibility whj c h th e futur e c ar ee r will d emand 'Whe n college m ean.s f our years of stead y developm ell t of the iudi,;dual, perfo rm s s uccessfull y thi s tw o-fo ld fun ct io n, and its futur e i s sec ure ."-A . A .

CHI C AGO Alumna e Club ha s had t\\"o very pl ea s ant r e\., llllio llS s in ce th e la s t appe aran ce of th e Arrow. "Altllnna e da y ," April 2 St h, wa s celebra te d by an informal t e a , g iv n at Handel IIall , C hi cago, at whi ch te n diffe r ent chapte r s we re r epr ese nted by fr om o ne t o f our me mbe r s Offi ce r s w ere e lecte d and th e pl a ns f o r th e new y ea,' di sc u ssed .

Th e n ext mee tin g was a pi c ni c at 'Y as hin gro n P ark, hi c ago . Af te r lunc hing un de r t he t rees, we Wer e e sco rted thro ug h th e Chica go 1Jni" erE ity buildin gs by th e Pi Phi s no w atte nd in g t hat in st ituti o n, and EO spe nt a , -e r,Y pl e asa nt af te rn oo n. 'Y e a r C n ow planun g a pi c ni c in E Ysn s to n in th e near futlll "C . -1(jriam E. Prin d le, Sec .

PERSON ALS.

Elizabe th Gambl e sail ed f or Ge rmany fr o m Bal t im or e Jun e 26th.

Yi ola Luk ens, I nd ia na Alpha, ha s r es igne d h er p osi tLo n in Franklin sc h ools and has go n e <to h er hom e at R oam.

Mi ss Ah' a G o rb y , Indiana Alpha, is r coo ' -e riu g fr o m an atta ck of t;,-ph oid f e " e r and has go n e to J\ entucky f or h er health

Mae Carn ey , Iudjana Alpha , and Kath e rin e Grav es hav e retum ed h ome fr o m th ei,' t eac hin g a t 11unci e.

Mrs. J ess ie Smith-Dunkin, Indiana Alpha, '94 , vi s ited coll ege and fri ends r ec ently and we gree t ed h er Pi Phi baby . Mrs. Dunkin' s home is in X c wnrk , N. Y.

Laura Luk e n s, Indiana Alpha, '00 , of R oam, Indiana , vi s ited 11er Pi Phi sis t e rs r ece ntl y

Mi ss Sally Covert, Indiana Alpha, of H om es t ead , Pa., has c ome to Franklin <t o s pe nd th e summ e r with her m oth er.

Mi ss Elfri e da H oc hb a lll11 , Illin ois Ep s il o n, will t e ach in the

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German school at Chautauqua during the July and August .Assembly. H er address will be Roch este r Cottage.

Miss Mary Anderson, Michigan Beta, '99, will spend the summe r ab road.

Mi ss Hel en Wetmore, Michigan Beta, has r et urned to Ann Arbor after a year's abse nce in New York where she st udi ed art.

Alice Josephine Martin, Colorado B eta, wa s married to Mr. T. Bruce King, Beta Th eta Pi, May 9th, at h er home at Univel'Sity Park.

Margaret D.,·is, Colorado B eta, was married to Mr. C. R .

l ckis, Ma y 16th , at Madi S(l Il , "' ebraska.

!'<ATIONAL ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION OF PI BETA PHI.

MEMBERS -1899-1900.

AileD, Florence C Proctor, Vt. Arnold, Frances .... . ............ . ....... 759 K Main St., Galesbu r g, Ill .. Aylsworth, Mabel \V ......• Roseville, Ill.

Bancroft, Sarah Wilmington, D el. BarkeT, Mrs. Jennette S ....... .. ............. . . . ........ . .... Athens, O. Barrett, Mrs C. W ..........• A::t3 La Salle Ave., Chicago, Ill. BaUln, Mrs H. W 1344 E. 9th St., K ansas Ci t y , Mo. Bell, Eliza , Bu cknell In stitute. Lewisburg, Pa. Bingham, Fl o rence L ., , . , lre7 14th St., Washington, D. C. Brown , Mrs. Caroline S Athens, O. Call o w, Lu lu M ........ . . .. ........................... Mt. )forris, Mich . CHrpenter, Elizabeth ... .. ......................... .... .... Athens. O. Carter . Emily \V .............. . .......... 10 Cresent Ave ., Buffalo, N. Y. Cass, Mrs. Pl o rence P 515 W. 8th St., Coffeyville. Kans. Cau, Mrs. Carrie Lane Chapman The W o rl d Building, N. Y. City. Church, May Elizabeth 683 Stowe ll Place Milwaukee, Wis. Clark , Edna 1324 11th St N Washington, D. C. Cl oason , Oda J 611 5th St., Topeka, Kans . Conrow, Mrs H e rman 165 Cleyelaod St., Orange. N. J. Cozad, Lettitia G .. .. ................................. . ... Reynolds. Ill. Craig, Floren ce Athens, O. Crew, Clara .... . ......... .... .... 13309th St. N. W., \Vashington, D. C . Crofoot, Mrs. W. W 93 W. Maum ee Rt., Adrian, Mich. Culver, Elizabeth K

. .. 23:'39 Cal\'e rt St., Ba lti more, Md. Darlington, Frances Glen Mills. Pa. Davenport, B lanche Garfield, N. J. Finn , Mrs. A. E Cherryville, HUDterdoD, Co., N J.

Gardiner, LucyA ...........

. Jamestown, R. I. Gillies , Luv e rDa E . ......

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Evansville, Wis . Gist. Grace .....

.... A tbeDs, Ohio .. Graham, Mrs . Mabel T ...............................

.. Hillsdale, Mich.

.. Atbens, Ohio. Green, M rs. B. F

Green, Mrs J. N Enosburg Falls , Vt. H askell , Quete . . .... . . . . .. .. ... . . University o f Neb ras k a, Lin co ln , N eb. Ha zelton , Anna G 1215 9th St" N. W. , Washington, D C Ha zelton, L illie S 1215 Pth St., N W., W as hin gto n, D. C. Helmick, Mrs. E. A Care Ca pt Helmick, 10th Int., U S. A' I Mantanzas, Cuba, Herrold, Amy Ath ens, Ohio. Hoover, Bertha . . ..... , ........................... .. ..... Athens, Ohio. H oppe r I Mrs. H a rr y S Narberth, Pa. B o ugbto n , Anna Pau lin e . •. Racin e , Wi s. Housman, Ruth 309 Wood St., Painesvill e , Ohio, Houston, Vir ginia M ., " .•.. "" , " , Bellvale, N. Y. Hu ghes, Clara L , . ' " " " So uth Haven, Mi c h Hu mphreys, Leona ......................... "" . . ... ... Plain City , Ohi o. Hut ton I Margaret M" ,. " ,., Whitewater, \Vis.

J ohnso n, H. May ..... . . , ...... . . , .. .. 1412 V S t. N. W " W as hingt on, D . C.

K ella r, May L , , . G r een Hall, Unive rsity o f Chi cago. Kim ba ll, Martha N _ , ", " Leadv ille, Colo.

La mson, Mrs.J. V., , 15 Rialto Building, Chicago, III. lansing. Mae " 18.35 N St., Lin co ln, Neb. Lewis, Susan 'V 5605 Madison Ave. , Chi cago. L illibridge, Dr . Alice .. Nur se ry and Child's Hospital, New Brighton,N . Y. Lytl e. Anna 5 D ove r St , Wellesley, Mass

McCollum, Annie 120 H ighl and Ave., I nd ianapo lis, I nd. McDowell, Lillian J . ... .... • . . . ... 116 VI. Thirteenth St., New York City. M c Dowoll. Mary S • 110 ,Y o T hirteenth St • New York City. McGahey, Mary ............ . .............. .. .. 1200 H St . , Lin coln , Neb. M cGowan, Ruth 1443 Stoughton St., Washing t on, D C. McG r ego r , Nellie B . . ........ . .. . .... 203 B ethesda Av e., Waukes ha, Wi s. McL.:'lugblin, K ate Lewisburg, Pa. Marks, Mrs C. E 73 Dakota A ve .• Co lumb us , O. Miller, Maud Highland, K ana. Matth ews, M. Ali ce . . ... ... . .. ... . . .. ... 920 Locust St., Kansas City, Mo. Monroe, Alice .... . ... . ... . ......... 84 7 Carondelet S t ., N e w Orleans, La. Mower, Muy H e len N ewbe rry, S. C. Myers, Bertha Hillsdale, Mi ch.

N or ri s , Etheld reda . ........ . . ... 134 W . Thirty -second St., Bayonne, N . J . N or ri s , Dr. Phoebe R 613 Flo rida Ave. N. W., Was hingt o n, D C. Pace. Lilli an 503 W. Grace St., Ri c h mond. Va. P erkin s, Mrs. L. H E lmwood Park, Lawren ce, Kan s Plumb, Ruth E Madrono Hall , Palo Alt o , Cal. Porter, K atha rin e ........•.......... 171 0 E. St., E ureka , Cal. Price, Mrs. Nellie Peery ........ ............ .... ....... .. E lk ader, I ow a. Prin dle, Miriam 1622 W esley Ave., Evan s ton, 111. Quaintan ce, Bertha .........••.......... 515 N 13 th St., Lin col n, N eb.

Rakestraw, Lydia ...• Christ iana, FR, Read, K Ri chland, Mi ch. Rei singe r, Bl anche G

235 E. Lafay e tt e Ave ., Baltimore, Md Reynolds, Mrs. May C .. .. . . ... . ... . .. . 12'25 E. 8th St., Kansas City, Mo. Ri c hard s, Edna B Sst.lem , O Rogers , Elizabeth J ........ .... . . ....... 750 P e nn St., Wheeling, W. Va. Ryan, Ja ne •............... Athens, O

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SaV8'J8, Mrs. J R. F San Juan, Porto Rico, care of Latimer & F ernandez.

Schuyler, M. Elo ise lansdowne , Pa. Sbute, Mr•. D . K ...... ......... 1101 13th St . , N. W . • Washington, D . C. Slifer, Grace . . .... .. .... ... ................ ..... ... U o unt Pleasant, Pa . Smith, Mrs. Leila Laue 96 Span g ler Ave., Cl evel and , O. Smith, Ruth Evart, Mich. Sparks, S. F " 913 I St., N. \V., Valjean Flats, ' Vashington, D. C. Stuart, Ann e , , )906 D St. , Lin coln, Neb. Syl \'ester, Mrs . Albert Hal e, . .. BOO Rhod e Island Ave. , Washington, D . C.

T ownsend, Lora . ................ .. .. 8,14 N. Academ y St., Galesburg, Ill. Turner, B essie M 1527 L St., L incoln, N e b. Turn er, Emma Harper .... . .... Sixth Auditor's Office, Washington, D. C.

Walke r, Kat e . \Visner, Neb. Wails, Mrs. Geo . L .... ........ •........ 7 Clinton P lace , Kansas City, Mo. 'Vat k ins. Bertha C . 512 E Market St., Scranton, Pa. Weaver , Mrs A. J Fal ls City, \V eethee, Lu cy .....

. .. Athens, O. 'Vel s h, ha A ... ....

...... 406 N . Henry St., Madison , Wis. Wil e;y , J ose phine V

Vineland , N. J. 'Vilha ms. Eth e lbe rta 920Monroe St.. Ann Arbor, Mic h. Wood , Mary Alic e ... Ch es tnut and First Av e 's , Ha mpden, Baltimo re, Md.

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£atalogut.

VERMONT ALPHA.

Andre ws, Clara Belle, '00

Elba, N. Y. Andrews. Floren ce May, ' 00 Elba, N. Y. Barrett, Edith Flo r ence, '0-.2

Ma nc hester Cente r, Vt . Bisbee, RenB I sabel, ' 00 East P e ppere ll, Mass. Bixby, Lena Mae, '03 Springfield, Vt. Button, Nellie I rene. ' 01

W a llin g fo rd. Vt. ColJins, Be rtha Ruth, '0"2 F e rrisbur g, Vt. Deu el, Anna Keese, '0-2 Hawth o rn e I nn , Gl o u ces t er , Mass. Grav es, D orothy Mary , '01. Bethlehem, N. H. Hadl ey, Nelli e Maria, '01 EastJefl'rey, N. H Hausman, Amelia E lisabeth, 03

East No rthfi eld, Mass Hemenway, Flore n ce May, '00

L Hi g h 8t. Bratt lebo ro , Vt. Kelsey,Bertha Mabe l, '03 Bread Loaf Inn, Ript o n , Vt. Landen, Mariann e Frances, '01 New Hav en. Vt. Mann, !:lara Vincent, '00 Rockland, Mass. Mathison, Margaret Jane, '03

Littl eton, N. H. Munsey. Mary Eva, 03 Sun coo k , N. H. Smith, Maud \Vinifred , '03

...... Midd le bury Vt. Walk er. Flore nce Judith, '01

P emb r oke . N. H. )Veld, Mildred Ahbie , Ol New Ha.,'e n, Vt.

VERMONT BETA.

Carpenter, Edith L Webste r , blass Carpenter, Gene,'a. C Brookfield. Vt. Gale,lvab W " " Newpo rt, Vt Gebhardt, Kathryne K , SheHburne, Vt.

Grout, In ez ..... ..

VERMONT BETA--COotinued.

... Derby, Vt.

Gr o ut, Mary A D erby, Vt.

Goodhu e. Grace A

312 Map le St., Burlio ¥.ton, Vt. Hale , Charl otte F Milton, Vt. Marston, B laDcbe E .•... Li sbon, N. H Rus se ll , Daisy L

23 Hi ck ok Pla ce , Burlin g t on, Vt. Stevens, Etb e l M Willisto n, Vt Talbot, Cora E Sto tt.svill e, N Y

COLU MBiA AL PHA

Bu ck, Katharin e Lin co ln. '03

Fri sby. Florence El iz ab e th, ' 01

Ran ce . Eleanor Wilson

H e ilprin. Frances (speci al )

H o b good, Mary Lu c r e tia , '02

Kni ght. Evelyn Estelle, '0 1

L ynch, Sara Po, ·01

M cGroa rt y, Lu c ina Fran ces. '02

Park inso n, Elsie Elizabeth, '00

Robi ne tt e , R osalie Agnes '00

T urner, Elsie Mo, '0-2

Ban c r o ft. Lu cy

PENNSYLVANIA ALPHA

Wil m ington, D el. Fe r ri er, D ebo rah 0 0 Moorestow n, N. J. G r ies t, Etb el 525 Greenwi c h St ., Rf"ading, Pa. Jnc1( SOD, Annn. M 50 B oc kman St. , N o w Yo rl', N Y. J o h nson, Mary Coo per Langhorne, Pa. Lati mer, Mabe l \V .... ..

1500 D el an o n Ave., W ilm in gton, D e l. McCa in , Edith 0.0 0 AOO8 Pine St , Philud eJp hia, Pa. Rog er s, H elen I ..

.... MerChantvill e, N. J. Smedley, Anna L .... 0 0.0 •••• Willi sto wn Inn, Pa . Stnbl e r, N ora L " 0

P

Charlotte, N. Y. Th omas, D ebo rah G 3402Pacific Av e , Chelsea, Atlanti c C ity, N. J. 'Vall en, Eva .

o

• Penn's Man or , Bu ck 's County, Pa. Wright, I da 24.31 Chu r ch Av e., Flntbush, N. Y.

All e n , Laura h , '01

PENNSYLVANIA BETA.

.. Couderspo rt, Pa. B acon. EdnaL , 02 0 Dividing Cr ee k , N. J. Be ll, L ile Blai r , '00

H o Jliduy s burg, Bl ac k , Sara Martha, '00 .0 0 0 Lewisb urg, Bu oy, H ele n W ., '0"2 0 Miito nt.,Pa _ Davis, J en ni e A., '0 1 , 1734 Broadway, Camden, N J }I"o ust , L Lillia n , '00 1Iolilton, Pa. Carry J. , ' 02 0 0 0 Milton, Pa. MartlD, Eliza J o hnst o n , '00 ..... . ... , . 0

0 Lewisburg, Pa. PhilliPSLEdith Lee , 'Ot. Plym o uth, Pa. P oole y, Emilie L . , '00 ......... . ...

.. .. .............. T e nafly, N. J. Sh epard, Jeannette B, '0"2 264 N 130th St Harlem, N. Y W e lls, B ess H ele n, '0 1. 0 Moo r estown. N. J. \Vh ite , A Genevieve. '00 0 .49 Cong r ess St , Bradfo rd , Pa. Wh eele r Mabe l Eo , '00 ......• 109 E 9th St. , Erie, Pa. W oodwa rd, Grace 8, '00 ....• 0 .41 B oyJston St., Bradfo rd, Pa. ARROW t.

OHIO ALPB.A.

Connor, May Sherwood, '02 ........... . ................... Atbens, Ohio. Connor, Flora. to! •. ....•.

Athens, Ohio. D ean, Minnie Foster I '03 .........•...•........ Athens, Ohio. Fuller, Nellie Mary, '01. . ....

Atbens, Ohio. Harris, Bess Putnam, '02

Athens, Ohio. Nease, Nan Louise, '<Xl ••••

Point Pleasant, W. Va. O'Blenness, Mary, '0'..:1

Athens, Ohio. Scott, Grace GreenwoOO, '02

Athens, Ohio. Wi ckham. Mabel Leone, '01.

Athens, Ohio. Wilson , Mabel Zoe, '00 Athens, Ohio. Wilson . Blanche Nell, '01 ...............

.

Athens, Ohio. Wood, Mary Ellen, '02 Athens, Ohio. Wood, Marne Longfellow, '05 ............ ................. Athens, Ohio.

OHIO

BETA.

Butler, Blanche W. , '01

Wellsvill e , Ohio. Bratton, Alice M., '01 , 1309 Neil Ave., Columbus , Ohio. Conno lly, Augusta, '02 Neil and King Aves., Columbus, Ohio. H olloway , Carrieo, '02 .... ... ... ....... . 69 W. 3rd Afe., Columbus, Obio. Kl ein , Edith , '03 ..... ....... .. .... .... 30,'i W. 7th Ave., Columbus. Ohio. Mitzenberg, Aliena, '0 1 g,q W. King, Ave , Colu mbus, Ohio. Mitze nberg, Fannie K. '03 93 W. King Ave., Columbus, Ohio. Murray, Edna E , '01 495 Armstrong St., Columbus, Ohio. Ni chols, Ada, '02 Chillicothe, Ohio. Weisman, L. A' I '00 .................. .40 W. 3rd Ave., Columbus, Ohio.

NEW YORK ALPHA.

Barrett. Mary Zuba Titusville, Pa. Bliss, Fannie May . ....... . .... ... . . 207 Columbus Ave. , Syracuse, N . Y. Campbell, Lucie Pboonix, N. Y. Foote , Estella .................. . .. .. .. .... ...... ........ Newark, N. Y. Fulmer, Georgia ....•... ..•...... 1315 Madison St.., Syracuse, N. Y. Havens, Lunette 622 Irving Ave., Syracuse, N. Y. Hawks, Rut.h Phoenix, N. Y. Bill, Eva Elbridge. N. Y. Housinger. 'Velthy B •....................... Rome, N. Y. Buff, L.Grace .. . ....... .. •.....•........................... Rom e, N. Y. Hunt, Grace ..............•.•......................... CamilleJ'8, N. Y. Kenyon, MabeL . ... ...... .. ..... . . .. .. 9 13 Harrison St., Syracuse, N. Y. Mabie, Sp.!'ny E 1008 S. Saline St., Syracuse, N. Y. Madden Frances E .......•.•............................ Jordan, N. Y. Magee, Eva F Scottsbu r g, N. Y. Moore, A. Isabel Rochester, N. Y. Murray, Bertha B , 1508 S State St , Syracuse, N Y Nearing, Char lotteH .........••......... 208Kellogg St., Syracuse, N Y Ol co tt, Lilia Crouse Ave ., Syracuse, N. Y. Randall, Lena Maine ...........

SA Broad St, Oneida, N. Y. Raodall, Be rtrice A • 58 Broad St , On eida, N. Y. Hogerso n, Ella .........

. Bradford, Pa. Sh effield Grace RogeJ'8 N e wark, N. Y. Smith, Maud e L .............•.

... Irving Ave .. Syracuse, N. Y. Vedder, Dertha H Munnsville, N. Y. Williams, Sadie B .

.... Clayton, N. Y. Warner, Alice Westcott St., Syracuse, N. Y. Wright, Miriam .

. Elbridge, N. Y. \Vakefie ld, Jessie 10! Delu.ware St., SyrRcuse, N. Y. White, Maud Mary James St Rome, N. Y. Wightman, Lura West Monroe, N. Y.

Abbott. Florence

ABBO IV.

ltiSSACHU8ETrs ALPHA.

82 Harvard St. , Newtonville, M888 Barrett, Be len D 12 My r tle St., Jamai c a Plain, M888. Ber ry, L uc retia E 62 Heard St., Chelsea, M888. Bu r nham, Flo rence M

. .. Webster, Ma88. Ced erstroro, Etbel J K .• H Cabot St , Eo.bury, Maas. Coats, Elizabe t h A

80 Myrtle St ., Some rville, Mass. Dodge, Nettie A •....... 92 Lowe ll St ,Somerv i lle, Maas. Ford , M i nnie B. .

.......... No rthfi e ld, Ve rm o nt. Gilchrist , Olive B. • 148 Bellevue A ve., Melrose, MM8. Good, El ean or H ingbam, M888. I da M .....• 112 Washington St. Melrose , Ma88. McFal l , Mary 0 90 Fo u rth 8t., East Cambridge, Mass. M oo re, Mabelle 54 Pratt St., AllstoD, Mass. Noyes, Clara E ..

F ranklin, N. H. Pi cke ring, J ose phine A

.. 1 Kenilw o r th St ., Roxbury, Mass. Robinson, Anna A

11 Winter St. , Malden, Mass. Smith, G r a ce E

. 559 Broadway St . , Eve r ett, Masa. 'Swift, Edith T H6 Crafts St , Newtonvill e , Mass South e r , Casaie L .• ' "The Moo rland," East Glo uc ester, M888. 'Tho mas, Fl ore nce E •. 41 Billings St., Atlantic, Mass. Whitcomb , Mabelle 6 15 Be lmo nt St., Wate r t o wn, M888. WiJliama, Avi ce E 24 G r and Vi e w Ave ., Woll ast-o n, M88S MA B YLAND ALPHA.

Belt, Miriam Alic e ' Ve llavill e , Pa. Biebn, N ell ieEdwarda Wes t CheHter, Pa. D enny, l< ' loren ce . . .......... .

. ... . . 1216 Ninth Ave . , Seattle, Wash. Frye, Robe r ta 520 Pike St .• Seattle. 'Wash Land, Martha Mathews Wa l nu t Hil l , Ky. Mallo ry, Kath leen Moo re Selma, Al a. 'Ma r tin , Ma ry ... . . ... ... .. .. 11 South St. Clair St . , Staunton, Va. M iesse, Edi t h D e Witt . .... .... . ... . .. ..... 64 No r th 4th St. , Easton, Pa. Mur r ay , L uc y Em o r y 442 East 22d St., Baltim o re, Md. Oste rstock, Fanny 681 Ferry St Easton, Pa. Rupp , Sar a Elizabeth 109 East Market St. , Yo rk, Pa. Soper, Eth e l Maud And o ver, N J. Sto ne, Edna Livingston 3044 14th St , 'Vashio gtoo, D. C. Ware, Sylvia Evel ina . ................

ILLISOIS BETA.

........... Goodrich, Mi c h.

Alspaugh Charlo tt e Washingto n, Kan. Arn -o ld, Ma rtha 849 N Broad St , Galesburg, Ill. Bu c k, Nanni e Me r . .......• LeRoy, III Fifi e ld, Mae V Bud. , III. Flinn , Emma La Grange. Cook Co. , nl. Harris, Lillian ......••. 54.0 ' V T om k i ns St , Galesburg, Ill. King. Fl ore nce P 610Julian St. , Wauke g an, Ill. Turne r , Ne lli e C

. Unionville, Mo. Van Vi ... Etb e l.

Deadwood. S. D . Warn er, Mary Table Grove, I II. Willis, Leura ..

ILLINOIS DE L TA.

Table Grove, 11 1.

Ay rea, Charlotte, '02

Waahington, Kan. C o llinso D, Lu cy, '03 ..

Cl e burne, Texai . Fahnestock, Fran ces , '00

Galeaburi', D I Gale, Ali ce , ' 02

Galesburg, UI. Oale, Caro lin e, Gale8burg, n l Gaddis, Anna, '03

Av o n, nJ

T H E ARROW .

ILLINOIS DELTA-Continued

Huntington, Genevieve, 'OiL . ....... . . 246 Dayto n Av e ., St. Paul, Hurff, }4"a oni e '0-2 , lI17 Monson St., Peoria, 111. Hurtf, D e lla, .04. .• ...••••••• •.•.... .•••.. 917 M ODson St., Peoria, 111. H e iple, Gertrude, '03 ... . ..... .. ....... . ...... ......... Washington, III. Knowles, wura, '0-2 Rushville, III. Montgome ry, Louise, ' 02 Reynolds, III. McKay, Annn '03 • Galesburg, 111. P r eston, Mary. 'Ot 120'2 Jackson St., Sioux: City, Ia. Phinist er, Duayoc, '00 Galesburg, Ill. Van Clute, Jessie, '02 ... . .. . .. . ....... . .. .... .. . . . .... . . Galesburg, IlL

ILLIKOIS EPSILON.

Baldwin, Florence 1110 Early Ave., Edgewater Station, Chicago, I II. D o land, Ali ce . . ... . .... . ...... 852 Touhy Av e . , lWgel'8 Park, Ch icago, ill. Doland , Grace 8G2 T ouby A ve ., Rogers Park, Chicago, Ill D oland, May 852 T ouby Av e. , Rogers Park. Chicago, Iii. Logoma D, May 1301 Perry Av e , Chicago, 111. Meuller. Hedwig " .2"21 Pine Gro\'e Av e., Chicago, 111. Lenore Wilmett e, 111. O'Dri e n, Nell ........................... . . 4723 Prairie Avo ., Chicago, I II. Prindl e. Isahella 1622 We sley Av e ., Evanston, Ill. }I'Jorence 2564 Lakowood Ave., Edgewater, Chicago, Ill. Smith, Elda ........ . ............... 710 South Sixth St.. Springfield, III. Smith, Elberta 710 South Sixth St Springfiflld. Ill. Starr, Minnie Ind. Th ompson Edith 130"J Church St Evanston, I ll. Tho mpson, Sadie 1302 Church bt.. Evanston, III. \Villiams, Abbie ............. .. 73 1 Morse A \' e ., Hogers Park, Chicago, 111.

ILLINOIS ZETA.

Bak er, N ettie l\iorri so n , I II. Bridgman, Minnie KeAne N. H. Carter, Emeline ........•• 'Vauk eg.m, Ill. D oy le. Katheryo .........•........ Champaign, Ill. Edwards. Grace . . ........................ 130:1 Cass St., La U r ossc . Wis. Forbes , Ethel Urbana, Ill Garver , \Vjllia Bloomington, Ill. Gibbs, Eli zabe th .411.1 ohn St., Champaign, III. Gibbs, L '\ ura 411 Jobn St., Champaign, II I. Hodge, Mrs. Harriet Clifton, Cincinnati, O Henderso n. :Mary Cedar Rapids , la. Lindsay Mabel

Ouargs, I ll. ManD, Alice

Danville, Ill. McIntoBh , lCatheryn Champaign, Ill. McIn tosh, Mabel.

Chnmpnign, ilL Mc'\,illiams, Nell. Champaign, Ill. Monie r, 8..1.ra

Champaign, III. Riley , B

Urbana, III. Stansbury. Alta Cedar Rapids , lao White, Leila

Fairmont, III. INDIANA ALPHA.

Bowse r, E va La. Faye tte. Ind. DeCkRrd, Gertrude

. Franklin, Ind. Dugger. Ju lia

Dana, I nd. Drybread, Grace .

Franklin. Ind. Deane. Ella

Franklin, Ind.

Franklin. Ind. Hall, Mary G

INDIANA ALPH A-Continued.

H and ley , Ma r y H opewell, J ohnso n Co., In d

La Grange , Eleano r

La Grange, B ertha

I nd.

. Franklin, I nd. Long, Myrtle _ La Fayette , I nd Miller, Be r tba

F r anklin, I nd. Mille r I Ghu:1ys

Franklin , I nd McCullough, Ethel.

Franklin, I nd. Puyne, Lilian 24.09 \ Vabash Ave., Chicago , Il l. Ryb uf , I nez

F r ank li n, I nd. Van Nuys, A li ce H opewell, J ohn::JOD Co., I nd. Merrick, Martha

INDIANA BETA.

}"orrest, I nd.

A ldr ich, G r ace ' Vaverley, I nd

Blakeley, Katherine I ndianapo lis , I nd

Bradley , Laura

}"o r t Wayne, I nd . Bryce, Mabel.

Cawlev, Alice

Cra\'ens, A nna

Day, Edwin a

Day, Mary

D el a y, Do r a

Gr iffith Grace

Gu il d , Tracy

H aas , Ha rr iet

Hammersley Ava

Harbison, Ger tr ude

I ndianapolis, I nd .

B loomington, I nd.

I nd

Bedford, I nd

Bedrord, I nd .

L ima, I nd

Veray. In d.

Bl oomingto n , I nd.

. Tipton , I nd.

\ Vashington, I nd

B loom in gton, I nd.

Ha r mo n , E lino r Zi o nsville, I n d

H owe, Alice

H u ff , P ea rl

Leo p old, Sadie

Mi ll e r , Mary

Protslllan , Eleano

Shi r k, Bl:llen

Single , Be r tha

B loom ingto n , I nd.

Vla r reD, I nd

. Renssalae r , In d.

Montmorenci, In d.

. Ve r ay, I nd .

Til>to n, I nd

P aoli , I nd .

Tr aylo r , H elen J asper, I nd

Tr ay lor , Ol h·c

. Jaspe r , In d.

'T ri p pe t , Eth e l B loom ington, I nd.

I NDIASA GAMMA.

Amos. Elhel Rushv i lle , I nd

A r mst rong. K atherine

B urr ell, Ka the rin e

839 Th ird St., Louis vi lle, Ky.

I nd .

Ca r pente r, May Oak Pa rk Ill

H a u k. Mabe L

2208 Broadway, I nd ia n apolis , I n d

H ew itt , Co ra 2135 T albe r t Ave., I ndia n apolis, I nd.

Hac k er, ltl aud

Col u mb us, I nd.

Bu ll , Nena R u shv i lle , I nd. Lockha rt, Jessie .......

. E. S t. Clai r e S t., Indianapolis , I nd.

Patt.el'8O n, E t heL Ir vington, I nd.

Robe r ts. E lhe l

Sco tt , J essie

Suove r Est h e r

. Ir vington , Ind.

Gr oen fi e ld , I n d

2033 Broad way. In d ian npo lis , Ind

SlD all s ti g. Au g u s t a Bl oomi ngton. Ill "Trit t . Florence ............ .. .......... . .................. Ir vingto n, I nd .

V a n Dyke, Louise

3108 N o rlh wes t e rn A ve ., I ndianapolis, I nd.

Bailey, Grace ..

lEE ARROW.

IlICHIGAN ALPHA.

... HilJedaJe , Mich . Bra dley. Blanche HiIIBdale , Mich. ColJin8, Mayte ................•....•...•.......... North Adams, Mich. Cook, Katherio e Homer, Mich

Corbett, Mary

North Adams, Mich. Corbett. Maude N o rth Adam8, Mi c h. Dudl ey. Car rie

Hill9dale, Mich. French, Frances

Hillsdale, Mich. Moore, Mabel

Merriam, Ind. Myers, Lutie

Nash , Mabel.

. Gobleville, Mic h.

Hillsdal e , Mich. Space, Elsie Springville , N. Y Vand e r be rg. Madge

. H o mer, Mic h_ Vern o r. Annie Hillsdal e , Mich. Walrath , Mabelle Hillsdal e , Mic h. Well s , Mary N o rth Adams, Mi ch

MI CHIGAN BETA.

Bennett. Pearl Charlotte, ' 00

... . E co rse, Mich. Bentl ey, Nancy M., ' 00 Marshall, Mi ch. Borries , Mari e von, '03 ....

1430 New Broadw ay, Lollisville. Ky . Bryant, Evelyn Hope. '00 .• 408 Tru mbull Av e , Detroit, Mi ch Carpenter, Anna K, '00 1023 C898 St., Saginaw, Mic h Cass, Belle 523 Packard St., Ann Arbor , Mic h. Clarke, Edith Irene, '02 ........

. ... 1137 J efferson Ave ., Detroit, Mic h. Cousin, Margaret H ele n, '01. .47 Balti mo r e A ve. E., Detroit, Mi c h. F oster , Clara , '03 124. Cha r lotte A ve., Detroit, Mi c h H ea th, Julia Wright, '0 1. 90!4 Exchsnge Ave.• Chicago, Ill. l.oJcg, Gilbe rt a. '03 256 N ort h I o nia St Grand Rapids, Mi c h Rooertsoo, Ch ri s tin e G r ace, '00 1731 Oakdale Av e. , Chicago III. Sass , D o rot hy Mae, ' 0-2 847 Munroe S t ., Chi cago. Ill T owe r , Katbe ri ne Ba tes . 'OS . ...... . .. . .... ... Concord, New Hampshire. Scheurman, Edith Louise, ' 02 418 N. Mi ch igan Ave., Saginaw, Mi ch. Stron g, J ees ie Louise 'm Adr ian, Mi ch. W e t more, Floren <""e Kath e rin e. '00 84 W. Huron 8t' 1 Ann Arbor, Mich. \Vyli e, Katherine Elizabeth , '00 . .. 1233 N . Michigan Av e ., Saginaw, Mich. IOWA ALPHA.

AugspE"rger, Bertha PulUBki, la. Burnop. Lottie Mt. PleMsnt, la. Brenboltz Ma m ie

Mt. Pleasant, la. Cowen, Ethel

Oskai()()83., la. Denninll , Gold ie.

B 08 worth, Mo_ Davis. Bessie

Kn ox vill e ,la. Hills , Mae Mt. Pleasant, la. Bough,Edna Mt. Pl easa nt , I&... Jay , Marie

Pulaski, Ia. Ja cobe. Myrtie

Mt. Pleasant.la. Kirb y, Laura Mt. Pl easant, la. Swan . Grace

Mr. Pleasant,l a. Wilson, Kath eryn Malv er n. la

IOWA BETA.

Cooke, Marion • Indian o la, la. Dent, Blan cbe

Cbariton, I n. Dent, Daisey A

Chariton, la. Hald eman Wilma

St. Charles, la.

Indi anols, Ia. Bancox, Alice

IOWA. BETA-contlnued

Hatfield, Florence ...•. I odianola. lao Hendel'8OD, I nez

Park, Inez

Indianol a , I

Indianola, Ia. Reid, My r tle

I ndianol., I •• VaD Scoy, Blan ch e New Virgini8,Ia. Wagner, Alma

IOWA ZETA.

Vallisca, l ao

Beebe, Goldie , MasoD C i ty I I a. B ond, Ethe l . I owa City, la. Dakin, Dorothy

.Mason City, l a. Erickson. Clara , Anamosa, la. H oward, Ali ce

Marahalltown, la. Hubbel, .Rena

Anamosa, l a. Jasper, Lillian

Newton , l ao K e mmerer, Sadie

Eld r idge , l a. Kemmer er, Leila

E ld r idge , l a. Pinkbam,Leda

I owa City,la. Pontiu8 ,J essie Council B luffs,la. Remley, Bertha

.. Anamosa, la . Schultz, Dorothy Burlington, la. Shepherd, Edith Mason City, l a.

Brown , Ad el ine H

WISCONSIN ALPHA

B erlin, Wis. Cosgrove, Laura Pennoyer Sanitarium, Kenosha, Wis. Cox , My r a

Ha r tland, Wis. Davis, Jessi ca Dayton St., Madison, Wis. Ellsw o rth, Melvina , Algo wa St., Oshkosh, Wis Fergu so n , Bessie Madison, Wis Frase r , S Lake Be u l" h, W is H"yn e r,

State St., Madison , Wis. Binck ley, Ma r ie 249 Hth St , Milwaukee, Wis. 11 u en k eme ier. H e nri e tta Freepo rt, III. MacG r ego r, J essica Platt-eville, Wis. Moser Alma M 415 N. H e nry St , Madiso n, Wis N ew ton. Corde lia Bango r, \Vis Reed, Miriam K

Madison, Wis. Seil e r, Livia E !\.Ima , Wis. Spaulding, Ida Oshkosh Wis. Wells, Jos e phine Po r tag e , Wis W els h, Euni ce W .. . .................... 406 N. H en ry St., Mad ison, Wis.

MISSO U RI ALPHA

Anth o ny, H e ttie Margaret, ' 01 2<X3 N Ave., Mary viJI e, Mo Bayl 688, Gertrude, '02 .

. 1316 Bass Av e. , Columbia, Mo. Becker, Frederi cka A., '01. 3112 Case Av e. , St Louis , Mo Dyer, Virginia , '03 Lawre nce, Kan888. Baywan , R o zina, '03. H o ustonia , Mo. Bud l:tOn, Ethel (s pec ial) .

S . 9th St. , Columbia , Mo . Igleha rt , Ma ry (special ) Columbia, Mo Johnson, L il Mor ton (s pecial) .....

.. . . Walnut St., Columbia t Mo. Lawson. Lu c ille (spec iaL ................................. Columbia, Mo . !Jay , Flore nce, '03 .........•...... Warsaw, Mo. Newell, Anna Gray, '02 826 Clinton St., Car thage t Mo. Stone, Sue, '02 600 S 9th St , Columbia, M o Whit e , l.taura , '03 .......... .

............. .......... \Varaaw , 'Mo. Wood si d e , G r atia Evelyn, '00 Salem, Mo.

LOUISIANA ALPHA.

B utlor, J eannio Y 1608 Ca r ondelet St. New Orleans, La Lovell, Anna Shafter " Crowley, La. May O . . ..........• .. ..... . .... 1529 Philip St., Nnw Orlean::!, La. Shriever, Edna 00"29 Prytaoia St., New Orleans, La. Post, Lily_ Moad • 1660 Dufossat St. , N ew Orleans, La. Waters, Erie 1419 Polyrnin8 8t. New Orleans, La. Ad ele M .. .. .. . ... . .. ... . 38 13 Pr ytania !:it., New Orlanna. La . Rainey, Mary Louise " 2631 Prytania St • New Orleans, L.'\, Rainey, J en ni e .. . . ........ . • ...... 1717 Carondelet St . , New O r leans , La. Stanton, Cora . .. . ' ....

•..... . 3923 Carondelet St., New Orleans, La. Smith. Elizab eth Curran, Pauline 1432 Eighth St., New Orleans, La. Eshleman, Celeste 1las 1.' hird St., N e w Orleans, La.

KANSAS ALPHA.

Ayr es. Elizabeth P lOUt Ve rm ont St ., L awrence. Kan. Boughto n. Gertrude . ................... .. 1126 Ohio !:St .• Lawrence. Kan. Bull e ne r ode ri ca 1576 Li ncoln Ave., Denver, Col. Bunk e r, Marjory .. ..

...... Lawrence , Kan. Chamberla in , Mary Chase ................................. 'l'opeka. Kan . Copley, Mary 800 Louisiana St , L aw ren ce , K an Din 3ffioo r. Kato Maine St., Lawrence, Kan. Dudley, Mary 30:1 Vin e ::it.• Lawren ce , Kan Evans, Elsie 70.3 E. Broadway, Leavenwo r th, Kan. Gibb, Mrs. J. Gordon Lawrence, I{an Hill, Gertrude .........

.. The Capital, Top eka, Ran. Hutchinson, Winslow

1113 Gr(lnd Ave ., Cart.bugo, Mo. Leach. Minnie

Leavenw o r th, Kan. uland, Cecil

Eld o rad o, Kan. Leslio Loren Lea St., Lawre n co , Kan. Manley, N e ttie

JuDction City, Kan . Miller, Eleanor T

. Lawrence, Kan. Moo re, Louise 62 1 Adams St ., Kan sas City, lian. Morse, Laura

425 E. Sherman St., Hutchinson. Kan. Rim e, Edith Box 603 , P o rtland, O r e. Spe ' !cer Mary .401 Main e St., Lawrence, Kan. Tayl or. wttie Alton l Kan. Wilcox, Mrs Al omw Must!otah, linn.

NEBRASKA BETA

Andrews, Grace Fairbury, Neb. Burrus, Lois Geneva, Neb. H e nry, Gladys

" """ Nin etee nth and F Sta , Lin col n, Ncb Hazlewood, Evangeline Osceola, Neb Marshall,Elizabeth ]611 0 St., Lin coln Neb. McGah er ,Florence

Wequetofl s ing, Mich. Mc Pheeley, Kathryn Minden,Neb. Montgomery.Grace , Oak, Neb. Reynolds,Grace " York l Neb. &bin80D,Amy

Trenton , Neb. Sedgwick. Catherine ...

. .. .. . York, Neb. Thom83, Katherine 15)7 B St.. Lincoln, Neb. Waugh,Ada lU 5 H St., Lincoln, Neb Woodward, Darleen . .. ........... T wonty·fourth. and Q Sts., Lin coln, Neb.

Ashl ey, Mabe l.

A r mstrong , Donn y

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.. Onray, Colo.

Greeley, Colo. B ell,Rosetta

B o uld e r, Colo.

Bish op, Ruth 1819 P ea rl St • D e nv e r, Colo. Clark, Mins Grand Junction, Colo. Curre Ds, Ge rtrud e F itz R

. Elizabeth, Co lo . Eld e n I Lu o tn

.Bo u Ide r . Colo. KiiJrcore , Mios .

253 So. Fiftee nth St., D enve r, Colo. !{DUPP, Maud e . B o uld er, Colo. Man o , Jeann e Locl(huv en , Peoo Plumme r, '£ Idah o Springs, Colo. Ramsay, Margaret

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. Durango, Colo .

And ers oo , Ellen 1Y..Q Fillm o re St., De nv e r , Colo. Antrim, E t h eL

........ Mall cos, Colo. Berry, Anna 31 Masonic T e mple, Denv e r ,Co lo. Brewste r , R e b ecca Alice

. The A Idi lle , Denve r, Colo . Broo ks , Bertha

F or t Lup ton, Colo. burkhard, L ids Trinidad, Colo Cockle, Grace Un i\'e rs ity Park, Colo. Deisher, Maud e . .3 123 Pi ne St., St Louis, M o. Dy e r, Margu e rite ..

...... D el N o rt e , Colo. Glasgo w, Agnes 1333 Lafayette St., D c o vc r,Colo. Ri c bf;.rd so n, Alice

. Ar go, C o lo. T aggart , Nanarutb 2(X)l S o Yo rk St , D e nv e r, Colo 'I' r aylo!" Mari' Clark Av e , Den ver,Colo. Van Glid e r, sauo re Stuart 3659 Mano n St. , D e m 'e r, Colo. Wh ee ler , Mabelle

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nCare Eth el Antrim .

ow that the cl ass of 1000 i s success full y g radua te d and abo u t to e nte r the "arious walk s of life, pe rhaps it may not be out of place f o r t he AlT ow to s peak particularly to th e Pi Phi s of thi s class. In the fir st pla ce, don't f orget your own chapt e r. D on't think that beca u se you have sen'ed it faithfully f or f o ur years, yo ur duty ends It is s imply co ntinuin g, but in another f o rm. You ca n ca rry out yo ur loy al ty nnd e n t hu s ia sm in var i ous wa ys; you ca n l oo k up nc'" girls frolll YO Ul' ow n hom es , () r wh e r eve r yo u may be, you ca n he lp yo ur c hapte r finan c ially if it is plarul i ng t o build or purcha se a frat e rnity hom e, and yo u ca n g i" e good advice. In th e seco nd pla ce, yo u c an turn yo ur inte r est and . tte n t io!l t o the Alumna e of ou r fra te rni ty . Joi n

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the Alumnae Association. By this means you receive the Arrow, the various bulletins of the Association, and the Round Robins that are sent out by the va ri ous circlet!. In so doing you will become more and mor e impr esse d with the extent of the organization and th e work that it aims to do.

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HE ARROW ha s been specially fortunate in being able t<> pre se nt so m eth ing fr om the pen of Mrs. Josephine Mil e" Woodward, as we ll as t<> have h er portrait. She is a Pi Beta Phi of ,,-hom we can just ly be proud, and 80 it is with added inter est that we read of h er inte rvi e w wi t h Ge n e ral Weyler.

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lIE EDITOR wishes to impress upon the chapters the importance of sending in the names of their n ewly-elected corresponding secretaries at once. No communicat i ons OT noti ces can be se nt until the li st is complete.

BEFORE the opening of the next sch ool year, it is n ecessa r y for th c ed itor to have a complete list of th e members of each chapte r. L et ea ch co rr espon din g secreta ry ascertain the munbel' of girls returning and send their na.me to the Arrow', at least by October tenth . Thi s i s to e n sure eacb chapte r 's rece iving h e.. s hare of Arrows .

( HE ARROW wishes to thank the members of tbe Washington Alumnae Club for 80 ably ed iting the Alumnae De. partm e nt of this i ssue, as well as cont ributing all articles signed A. A. Thanks arc al so due all those who have fr eely cont ri!>ul ed to it s pages during the pa st yea r. It is a pleasant thing t o know that chapter s and alumnae are r eady to do more than i s absolutely r<,<!uir ed of them. This id ea of h ea rty eo-operation and s'ympath'y ha s been a cause of inspiration and delight in our work.

£bapftr [tUtI'$.

ALPHA PROVINCE.

VERMONT ALPHA - MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE.

Sopbomore.

H01I/OQ RECEIVED: Phi Beta Kappa : Rena I. Bisbee, Clara B. Andrews, Florence If AndrAW8, !;arB. V Mann OTHER F • .4.TERXITlE8 BEPllUENTED: Delta Kappa Epellon, Chi P ,i , Delta Alpha Cui \ iocal).

Once more Vermont Alpha sends greeting to he r siste r cbap· ters. The year just drawing to a close bas bee n a prosperous ODe for us, not only in fraternity Jife, but in college life as well, and never have" dear old Midd 's " prospects been so bright asnow.

Just at present the interest o f everyone is centered in the plans for our approacbing commencement. As Middlebury Colleg e is to celebratl3 its one hundredth annh'ersary this year, extensive pr epa rations are bei ng made for the occasion. The one featur e which is attracting attention and interes t on all sides is the Roman drama t.o be presented by the students on July fourth. A spacious building, Centennial Hall, ba s been erected on tbe campus, to accommoda.t e the many whose attendance is expected at that time.

During Commencement we ek our new library is to be dedicated. We ar e very proud of this recent addition to our buildings. It increases greatly tbe beauty, as we ll a s the utility, of our college born e .

Another gift whi ch ba s made us very happy is that of a new Science Hall, presented by an alumnus of t.he college . Work has been begun upon it already and we are looking forward to th e time when ours shall be the pleasure of using it.

We are rejoicing now in the fact that Mrs. Crane, who has long been a patrone ss in all but name, ha s consented to become ODe in reality . After the business was finished at our last meeting we went to ber home, crept quietly up to the veranda, and while the sweet strains or "So ft through the twilight" were borne upward by the evening breeze, our invitation was given and accepted

One evening recently our f reshmen girls entertained the freshmen of D e lta Upsilon at the Pharetra

Th e senior honors have just been announced and of t he ten elected to Phi Beta Kappa four of them are Pi Phis, OUI'S having th e largest representation of any of the frat e rnities in college.

EDITH FLORENCE BARRETT

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V.E9. 1IONT BETA - UNIVERSITY OF VERlW YT

Juni o r' SOllhonlOrIHI....

a F' reshmen

OTHER F ' RA TER:>;yTt!':S UE PRESESTED: Pbi Dolta Thot", Do lt" P s i (IOCR!), Sigma Phi , Sue mn Nu. Lambdl\ ro t a llocalJ, Alpha l'nu Omega, Ka ppa Sigma, K appa Alpha The ta I II , D elta Delta D elta 12.

V e rmont B e ta i s now looking fo rward to the trials of fina l examinations and the plea s ur es of commencement, and she can look back over a very p leas ant y e a r. F ou nd e r s' day we cele _ brate d at th e hom e of one o f our alumnae, and it is needl ess ' to say that th e occ asi on wa s a very e nj oyable o n e to us a ll. We f ou n d it inter est ing to notice, when we r ece i\'ed the different chapte r letters, b ow eac h c bapt er was to spend the day, and w(, coul d im ag ine how every h eart was s ti r r ed with loya lt y to th e w i ne and blue

On Friday evening, JUlle first, occurred t he a nnu al pri ze r ea ding by y o u ng ladi es c hose n from the fl"e s hmen and so phomo re classes. Two o f QUI' gi rl s too k pad; in th e r ead ing .

The Y. W. C A. has r ece n tly giv e n an ente rtainm en t the proceeds of whi c h are to b e u sed t o send de lega t es to No r thfield. It i s h oped that at leas t fo ur can be sen t . 'V e ex p ect to enter t ain th e faculty and senior class at a reception t. o be g i,"en l i1 ri d ay e v e ning, June th e e i g hth, so we are especially bu s y making ploe parati o ns fo r that

Th e college girls are now prep a ring to p r ese nt Sbake s pere's "Mu c h Ado About N o thing," and th e afTair promi s es to be a .gr eat success.

V e rmont B e ta wishes all a happy s umm er, and Jnay we r e turn to our w o rk with a fresh en thu si asm fOl' Pi Beta Phi Iv AU WINlt' RED GALE .

COLU)IBIA ALPUA - COI.UlJUIAN USIVERSITY.

Almost b e ror e we wer e fully awa r e of t h e approa c h of vaca.tioD, o ur college te r m came to a n end. Those fina l "exams , " which we had an t ic ipa ted , with no feelings o f raptur e, were s afp:ly pas sed and we felt the p leasa nt co n sciousness o f b e ing one step b ig h e r on th e l ad de r. In s p ite o f t b e fact tbat we all bad to work hard towards the close of the year, we managed, as Pi Phi s always do, to h ave a great many good tim es tog e th e r. W e we r e so fortunate as to b e able to celeb rat e Founuers' Day twi ce . Our fir st celebration occ urr ed on th e e vening of the twent y- se v e nth o f April, in the University Building, when we prese nte d to our alumnae in Wa s h i ngt o n o n e of John Kendrick Bang's far ces. Thi s was foll owed by a .. coo kie ·shine "-that tim e honored institution of Pi B e ta Phi , and wound up wit h dancing.

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Our second celebrat ion of Founders ' Day occurred on the tw enty -eighth when eight oC tbe girls of our (bapter went over to Ba ltimore to visit our sisters or Maryland Alpha. This was, surely, a r ed lette r day ot our calendar . We have never ceased speaking of the good times we had on that mem o rable day. Suffi ce it to say-we all went home more in love tban ever with Maryland Alpha, nnd our only regr et i s that we c annot have our other siSLers n ea r enough to becom e b e tt e r acquaint ed.

We aTe DOW ver y bappy in baving anotber d ea r sister Katb. ar i n e Buck, to introduce to you. OUT joy is brightened by the prosp ec t of an initiadon early in the fall, when OU T pledge. Josephine Shallenbe rg e r, alr eady grown d ea r to u s, will be received into our ranks

During the busy days of Commencement We e k we had a most happy day together-a happy day, and yet, a sad day when we r ealize that it was a. "fare well cookie-shine luncheon" to our belov ed senio rs, Elsie Parkinson and Rosalie R obinette, who w e re so soon to leave us. \Ve dared not think o f it, nor can we rea lize yet, what a void th e r e will be in our midst without th ese two girls who have been both the life and suppor t o f OUl" c bap· tel' . W e were particularly glad in having with us on this oc · casion Elise Bradford, Grand President of Pi Beta Phi.

'V e met together at th e home o f Rosalie Robinette, for the las t Lime as a c h ap ter, when we received the non frat ern ity girls of the collegc .

In closing we wi s h you, one and all, a mos t happy vacation . FLO ltESCE ELIZAllET U FilISllY.

PENNSYLVANIA ALPHA - BWARTIBIORE COLLEOE.

J uuiors _ a Sophomores.... 6

Fre.!l hmRn 2

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Kltppa Sigma, Phi Kapp a P s i, Delta Up.ei. I on. Kappa Alpha Thl, ta Kopv a Kap pa Gflln llU\ 9. H onors: Luc), Boncroft., c ommC llccmeut speaker

As many o f our sisters ha\'e probably heard, the future of th e P ennsylvan ia. Alpha chapte r has been threate n ed. Co r the matter of Crate rniti es has been under discussion by th e college au· thoriti es . But now that it has been finally decid ed that we are to r e main, and, moreo\'cr, arc r ecognized by the college author· iti es. of co urse our j oy is unbounded But in the mid s t of all ou r r e joicing: as we write this last cha pte r letter of the present school year, with a severe pang comes the memory of the past weeks or intense anxi e ty and (car for th e future oC our chapter , and it is by r ealizing how we might now be suffering while writ i ng the last l ettcr for the Pennsylvania Alpha chapter that we can sufficiently appreciate the joy and blessing it is to every

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one of us to b e a Pi Beta Phi, and to look forward to confer r ing that bonor upon future students of Swarthmore.

'rbis victory, and it was a bard fought battle, has been won f or us by our alumnae. We did what little we could, but it was through them alone that the future of Pi Phi at Swarthmore was assured. We, the active chapter, f eel overwhelmed wit h ,grati tude to them, and have tried to ex'press our appreciation as best we CQu ld, but our thanks seemed very little in return for s uch hard, earnest work. And we can only repeat to ou r sisters what we said to them, that they have proved tbemsel ves a noble, earnest body of women, of whom any chapter might w ell be proud. They have given us fresh inspiration to keep our chapte r up to the exceedingly high stao(lard they have set for us , and to endeavor to attain the ideals of Pi Beta Phi.

In our letters to our sister chapters we have to l d them of the most important events in Swarthmore life since the last issue of the Arrow, so it is not necessary to repeat them here Only two events ha\'e happened since most of the letters were written. One was a delightful house ' party at the home o f one of ou r girls There was a small dance Saturday evening, the men r eturning to college that night, whil e the entire chapte r staid over Sunday, and eve ry Pi Phi can well imagine the fun

Th e othe r event was a pi cnic suppe r in th e beautiful woods near the college; there was just UIP. chapter there, it was r eall y a jollification over the faculty decision, and afte r we had eaten ,all we possibly could we sang colle ge songs around a bon-fire and had impromptu toasts (which were given (rom a high rock, to which eleva tion the speakers had to be assisted by the toast mistress I) and gav e cheer upon cheer un til the cool evening ,breez es and the l e ngthening shadows warned us to return within th e safe protecting rea c h of our Alma Mater.

Ob, how thank fu l everyone of us feels that in closing this -chapter lett e r we can say "au r evoi r but not good-bye

May the blessings of Pi B e ta Phi b e with you all until next we m ee t.

MARY COOPER JOHNSON.

PENNSYLVANIA BETA - BUCK!'i'EJ.L UNIVERMITY

: Phi Kappa Psi. Sigma Ch i. PbiGamma Delta, Sigma Alpba Epsilon, Kappa Thet!l Delta P il i (local ).

After r ea ding so many bright and inter es ting chapter letters, Pennsylvania Beta comes to the Arrow feeling better' with h e r sisters far and n ea r

W e we r e very glad to re ceive the blue·print of Colorado Beta's Lodg e. We can but envy thos e chapters who have a home or

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their own, (or this blessed privilege is denied us, and we can have Dot even ,. ODe little room before all others" which we can say is ours alone.

We celebrated Founders ' Day by giving a play be lore o ur alumnae aod friends It was our fir s t attempt in that line , but we succeed ed so well that we think may venture it again.

Two of our girls were c bosen (or th e Junior ex h i bition in oratory, and of the thr ee women speakers at graduatioD, two wore the arrow. In the se nior cl ass play also tbr ee of O Uf number covered them se lves and us with gl o r y.

This y e ar lor the first tim e th e college laculty app eared in cap and gown on the co mm e nc e m ent platlorm . I t was a pl e asi ng innovation and add ed mu c h to th e dignity of th e occasion.

Many o f our a l umnae we re wi t b us at Comm e nc e ment, and made our symposium a joy o us affair. We were fortunate in th e pr ese n ce of th e grand sL'C r e tary who gave us a broader vi e w of our fraternity Mrs H S Hopp er, at whos e hom e the r e union of Beta Circle A . A . was h el d in Jun e, was also here. She is one of our patron esses, and a most loyal s upporter of Pi B e ta Phi, as was s hown by h e r kindness in throwing o pen to us her b eautifu l home at Narb e rt.h, Pa .

P e nnsylvania Beta wi s hes you all a happy and restful vac ation.

LA U R A ALLEN

OTUKR FRA.TltJlNlTIK8 R&l'aJ::8EsTED : Beta Thet.a Pi , Phi D e l ta Thet.a , D elta Tau Delta.

Three m o r e weeks o f this happ y college year will complete for the memb e r s o f Ohio Alpha th e terrors of examinations and r o und of fest iviti es us ually atten dant upon th e graduating exe r· T he fa c ulty o f th e O U. hav e al'rang ed for a co mm e nce · meot prog ram, begi nning th e baccalaureate se rmon, to be delivered Jun e si xt een th , by our president, Dr. Super, and c losing with addresses by me mue rs of the senior class on JUDe twenty - first. Contrary to th e u s ua l custo m , the fraterniti es tbis y ear intend giving th e ir final soc ial affairs be fore the las t we ek , thus enabling th e students to atte nd aIL of th e lec tur es , etc.

Ohio Alpha has met with splendid success during th e past year and can look forward to another prosp e r o us ye ar, as s he loses only on e member by graduat.ion and th e r e mainder expect to r e turn next fa ll. Altbough we hav e been very qui et, SOC ially, this year, still eac h we ar e r o f the" win e and blue" h us e xp e ri-

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enced tbe joy of Pi Phidom in our numerous "Dutch treats ,0and "cookie·shines."

We celebrated Found e rs ' Day by giving a Black Cat Party at th e b orne of ODe of our girls, Mabel ,\Vi ck bam , to our gentlemen fri e nd s . A game in bonor of her feli ne maj es ty was the principal feature of the evening.

May fifteenth a happy crowd of Pi Pbis took advantage of the beautiful weather by giving a picni c, which was beld in a g r ove a few mil es from town. We intend giving ou r annual dinne r at the H otel Berry to the alumnae and patroness, June thirtee nth. Obio Alpba c los es with a greeting to all wearers of tbe Arrow, wishing them an enjoyable vacation and unbounded s u ccess for the coming year.

MABEL ZOE WILSON.

ontO BETA-OHIO STATE UNIYERSITY.

Number in chapte r

Seniors

OrnER FRATERSITIEA Rl(PREAE"' TEO: Pbi Gamma Delta, Phi Kappa Psi, Si,ll'maChi. Chi Phi , Phi Delu, Theta, Beta Tll fo tA Pi, Sigma N\!. Alpha Tilil OmfoU"3, Sigma Alpha EpsiloDJ..Phi Delta Phi, D olta Tau De lta. KappA Sillnla, A1Dhu. Zota, Sigma Xi, Kappa Kappa uamma, Kappa Alph a The tll, Delta Dolta Delta.

Th e end of the yeaI' 1 899-19 00 is fast dra,,-ing to a c lose and we have but o lle graduate this year- Laura Anna Weisman, who wa s our delega.te to Boulder last year.

Founder's Day was celebl'ated with a "cookie·shine" at Ora. Blake-Freeman's.

Just now we are very busy planning for a house party. We expect to bave it the first week after co llege closes and hop e to do some profitable ru sh ing

We have had several d elightful teas and informal gatherings with n e w girls, and we f ee l that our prospects are very bright. \V e gave a luncheon in Townshend Hall on High School Day and May Smith, '9 7, entertained the girls in :\Iay.

Dallas Li sle , ' 99, who has been teaching ill Ashland, Kentucky, returns Sunday for the bouse party We have had one dan ce in our gymnasium since our last letter-the Cadet Hopand the Senior Prom comes Jun e 11.

H o ping all Pi Beta Phis will live through tbose much dr e aded exams, Ohio Beta closes . EOSA EARL MURRAY.

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Sophomore.

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OTRU FU.TUlflTlU RnalUl&1II nD : Delta Kappa EpeUOD , Delta Upsilon. Phi "UpailoD, Pbi Kappa P II, Phi Delta Th,ta, Theta P.!\ AJj)ha Pbl."i.,.Ua mma PM Beta. as; Kappa K.appa Gamma. VI; Kappa Alpha Tbe ta ,&; D elta Delta velta, do

The c o rr es p o ndiDg secretary of New York Alpha pauses from ber cramming for finols.- for we are iu the midst of them - to have ber last c hat in the c apacity of amanuensis of her chapter, with all Pi Phid om.

Our last frat e rDity meetiDg fo r th e year was held Friday evening and put us in 0. some\\'hat r etrospec tiv e mood. We caDnot but fee l the advancement we bav e made dur ing th e past y ear along many different lines, but our last gatbering was tired with enthusiasm and p lans for o ur Dext faU 's rushing campaign.

We feel intensely the loss of our seven seniors and several of tbe girls hav e shown their appr ec iati on by ente rtaining them at th ei r hom es in th e c ity Olive Reeve, ex -'99 , gave a dinner in their honor, and Gertrude Bauer, '98, entertained th em info rmally at her home on Fi tch street. Our farewell baDquet to our sisters who al'e not to be with us as active me mbers again, is to be h eld at th e VaDderbilt Hotel JUD e eight h . We make this nnal banquet quite a family r e union-f o r it is an occasion to whi ch evcry alumna of New York Alpha, in fllCt every Pi Phi who is in this part of th e state is invited, and many of them find it con venien t t o attend. Miss Leora Sherwood, '96, is to act as our toastmistress.

We r ecently had the great pleasure o f meeting our honored Pi B e ta Phi, Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt, with whom we became somew hat acquainted through the Arrow. We were too late in learning of her visit to Syracuse to ha"e the pleasure of ente r · taining h e r at our chapter b orne and we r e very much disappointed; how c \'e r w e bJW C tbe promise that at her next visit to the" cit y oC salt " she shall be New York Alpha ' s guest. Mrs Catt came up to ou r Cullest expectations a nd we feel that Pi Beta Phi should be proud of such tIo member and enthusiastic alumna as she truly i s.

Probably tbose cbapte r s wbo do Dot live together as ODe fam · ily-as New York Alpha does-caDnot r eali ze how very domestic our tast es arc and h ow very ent·husiast ic we are for born e improvements. We have been highly ela.ted rec e ntly over some new dining r oom furniture whi c h we have wished for some time.

BeCore my reader shall bave read these pages, we shall all be sepa rat ed for our long vacation, and some not t o r et urn . Our RouDd Robin lette r is the only way we have to know of each Aaao ·.-li.

other's whereabouts But as we part it is always a joy to think that perhaps somewhere in our summe r travels we will be surprised aDd made joyful by the sight of a arrow which always means a. lriend.

L. GRACE HUF•.

To the Pi Phis of 1900, aDd to th e ir admiring UDder-graduate sist ers , Maryland Alpha sends bes t wish es lor a successful life during this and many succeeding happy summers . lnta this world, whi c h has be e n so kind to form e r graduates, Maryland sends forth Edna Ston e o f Washington and E s tella Martin of Staunton, Virginia. They saw the chapte r established, and have shared its joys and disapp o intm en ts. The latter have been fe w, so we shall content ourselves with t elli ng you of only a small number of the joys we ha.v e had since our last letter. Thus you will see how the joys h ave outw e ighed the sorrows.

Just after their r eturn fr om the East e r vacation, the more class gave "London Assurance" in honor o f the the Pi Phi Sophomores especially in honor of the Pi Phi Seniors. The leading lady was a Pi l'hi, Sara E. Rupp, of York, Pa.

The next day after the Flay, eight of the Columhia Alpha. girl s came over to spend Founders' Day with us. It was in the mutual introductions that both chapte r s found Edna Stone so valuab le, since she lives in W2shingtoD, and hence knows the Pi Phis there. Once introdu ced, how eve r, we enjoyed each otb e r ' s compaDY, and felt perfec tly at home with each other as only Pi Phis can .

Shortly afterwards, the el ect ions for editors ot our college y e ar-bo o k for ne xt session were he ld, apd to the wearers of the Arrow we feel tlat it will be of inter e st to know that Florence Denny of Seattle, Wa s hington, is to succe('d Nellie E. Bi e hn as art edito r of 1901, and KathleeD Mallory, Estelle Martin, the as:sistant busin e ss manager of 1900.

The excitement c aused by these elections had scarcely subsided when Field Day was announ ced. The Pi Phis were represented in rela.y-running, broad jumping, and basket ball, by M. Estelle Martin , '00, and Nellie E. Biehn, ' 01.

The evening o f Fi eld Day, our whole chapter was entertained at the borne of one of our alumnae, May L. Kellar, ' 98, and though May was far away at the Chicago University, the bospi-

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tality sbown us by ber family made us feel tbat love for Pi Phis is inborn.

The Junior banquet to the Seniors followed on the next Friday, and eve ry one declared it a thorough success, much of which we feel sure was owing to at.tracti veness of the menu· cards. The conception and execution of thes e was the work of Nellie E. Biehn.

Th e last few w eeks o f college ar e always so full of interest. ing even is, and we would fain tell you of them all; o f the boat· ride down the bay given to some of us Pi Phis ; o f the initiation of Roberta G. Frye, o f Seattle, WaShington; o f the r e union baDquet of '99, with our alumna Helen B. Dallas, toast-mistress, and o f ou r own Jun e banquet, and the j oy of bav ing with us Beall Martin, '98 ; Hel e n Mower, ' 99 j J osephine Wiley, ex- ' Ol j and Pauline d e l esi, ex · ' 02, but lack of s pace for ces us to leave th e description of these to the imagination of Pi Phis who hav e enjoyed similar ex perien ces

So in closing as in beginning, Maryland Alpha sends best wishes fo r a bappy summe r to all Pi Beta Phis.

KATULEEN M. MAL LORY.

BETA PROVINC E

ILLINOIS BETA-LOMBARD COLLEGE .

Number in c hap

OTIIP.. hATEIlNITiE8 RKPaUI:HTE.D : Phi Delta Theta , Delta Theta, Sigma Na. Alpha Zi Delta.

Ere o ur letter r eaches you the rare Jun e days with th e ir roses and farew ells will be past ; another yea r of endeavor and we h ope successes will hav e been added to Pi Phi 's history; another year of growth in not onl y numbers but in loyalty and true w omanliness.

Illin ois Beta feels that a fair share o f thi s yea.r 's honors hav e fall en to her Thr po sition s in regard to the college paperhave been given to her girls and all but two of the six placesOD the annual Townsend contest have been secu r ed by Pi Phi girls. In th e early pnrt of Mayan inter.collegiate oratorical contest was held at Lombard and one of our girls won the second prize.

We lose one senior, Martha Arnold. But we feel very proud of her Out of the thr ee c hosen from the college as speakers OD Commencement day ou r Martha is one. She also takes part in the class play.

Our last meeting thi s year is to be held in the gymnasium

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which w1ll be all decorated tor one ot the recitals; we hope \0 be inspired by the beauty ot the June morning to make the meeting one ot the most memorable ot the year.

This term hns brought most ot the chapter letters and It Is surprising how much closer they draw the bonds. It seems to me that it would be a most excellent thing it they could all be written in the tall, then there wou lt! be more ot a chance tor further i ntercourse; as it is, we just begin to feel acquainted and then the year is e n ded and by the b e ginning ot another so many changes have come tbat we must begin all over again.

On Founders' Day the alumni of Knox and Lombard tained the active chapters of the two college s. There were over seventy Pi Ph is present and we had a delightful time. Among the number was Mrs . Kilgore, one of our found e rs . Sbe gave U8 a lovely talk , told us ahout th e beginnings, and gave U8 some good advice, and many wo rd s o f love. OD e of our own charter memb ers, Mi ss Full e r, was pres ent, and we enjoyed her words of sympathy and her re co llections ot the I. O. days at Lombard v er y much indeed.

We have enjoyed baving with us during a few w ee ks one o f our former girls, Mabe l Griffith. Several rec e ptions have been given tor us thi s term and we regr et d eeply that the e nd Is so n ear, but we look forward to a hap py r e uni on of most of our number n e xt tall. Th e year 1901. will be th e Juhilee·· year ot Lombard , tor next Jun e s he will celeb ra te h er fiftieth birthllay , and we are all making big plans tor the tuture.

Illinois Beta wish es tor each Pi Bet a Phi a happy, resttul vacatioo, aoti closes with tbis message: II Let us in all things keep ourselves loyal to truth, an d the sa.cred prof ess ions of friendsh i p

N A.NIE Mn BOCK.

·iiEPi,a.·sTsi, ·:.&;i.·The't& ' pi,' piii' Deii&', 'Pbl 2 De1ta 'l'beta, Delta Delta Delta, 21.

As ex amination w eek draws n ear we are re minded that Bno th e r chapter letter is due. We have been very busy si n ce we wrote tbe last let t e r to the Arrow, a lthough we have no new sisters to introdu ce to you.

On the twent.y-sevent.h of April we gave our annual dancing par ty. It wns the first time tbat we had entertained during the y ear so we exerted ourselves to make ita success, The n ex t day was Founders ' Day and the Knox-Lombard Alumnae Asso-

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ciation of Pi Beta Phi entertained the two chapters at a luncheon. Toasts were given by members of the different chapters and Mrs . Kilgore, ODe of our fouDders, told .. tbe story of the foundicg of • 1. C.''' We bad aD eDjoyable time and it was a great treat to see so maDY Pi Pbis togetber.

On the eleveDtb aDd twelftb of May, Beta Theta Pi beld their Di s trict CODvention bere. On tb e evening of the eleventb they gave t.heir Convention dance, which was a very pretty party, and tb e next afterD oon tbey gave a trolley party to the lakes. Througb some of tb e delegates we learned sometbiDg of our otber cbap ters

We are very fortunate this year in only losing two seniors, yet it seems bard to let tbose go. We are very mucb encouraged for n ext year's work as twelve of our girls will be back.

I fear tbis letter is growing too long aDd in order to leave space for otbers, I will close witb greetings to all tbe sister. and wisbes for a 10Dg and bappy vscatioD.

CIIARLOTTE J. AYRES.

]LLINO IS EPSILON - NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY. .... 18

Sophomores . .. ' , 2 Freabmen . .... ', • 8pecillls 1

OTRalt P'ltATEBIUTTE8 B&paUB!fno : Chi j Phi Kappa Siama, Beta Theta PI. Phi Kappa P ili, Delta UpeUon Phi Delta Theta, De ta Tau Delta, Sigma Alpha Epei. Jon, Deru. Sigma NIl . Alpba DeltA Oamm,., Kappa Kappa Oamma. Kappa Alpha Theta, Gamma Phi Beta, Alpba Chi Omega. Zeta Phi Eta, D e lta Delta Delta, Omeaa P.t

First, we want to coDg ratulate Pennsylvania Alpha upon tbe f act tbat the Swarthmore faculty bave de nided to give tbe sororities aDotber chance. We of Illinois EpSilon feel especially happy over the decisioD, because of our fri endship for Amy Young, a form e r Swa.rthmor e girl.

Northwes tern bas been unusually gay these last fe w weeks with the various frat er nity pal·ti es coming in quick succes· sio n.

Perbaps the greatest atbletic event of tbe year was th e sorority race, an established cu s tom in some coll e ges but entirely new to Northwestern. interest was at feve r heat, as each sorority c onfidently expected her r epre:;entative to win. The prize, bowever, was finally carried off by Del t a Delta Delta.

Three ot our girls are going to spend the sum mer abroad. Hedwig Muell e r has already sta rted, wbil e May and Alice Doland leave tbe latter part of Jun e. Those of us who cannot go are planning to co nsole ourselves as best we may by baving " frat " reunion s during the Th is plan proved very

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su ccess ful l ast year as most of us live in Chi c ago, and w e hope to have equally good tim es duriog the coming summer. With b es t wishes for a happy vacation.

FLO RENCE REYNOLDS.

OTRItIt t:o"RATItIlNITlE9 RBPK It8 KST&O : DAlta Tau D e lta, Alpha Tau Phi Dulta Thetll. ::;i g ma C hi, Ka pps Pbi Gamma De lta. Sij'ma Alpba Eps ilon, K.appa Alpha 'i 'h e ta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Alplla Chi Ome ,l(8.

Only a. few weeks of the co ll e g e year ar e l e ft and th en Commen ce me nt with all its joy s and so rrow s will close a most success ful and happy year fo r Illinois Ze ta .

Ju st no w we are unus ua ll y bu .:; y planning a c hapter bouse for tbe coming y e ar Thi s is ou r fir s t att e mpt and we, of course, are looking forward mos t eage rly for its su ccess. Th e b o us e is to b e bui l t this summer and is t o be cO Dv e ni e nt l y loc at ed Dea r the Univ e r s ity . Up to thi s tim e s uc h a thing a s a c hapter hou se was out of th e qu est io n, f or so many of ou r girls we re r esi dents o f tbe town .

Thi s has ind eed been a pr os p e r ous ye ar fo r us . Our m e mbership bas bee n larger tha.n b e r e tofor e, and t,he present circumstan ce s indicate that we will sta rt out with a st r ong chapter in the Fall.

When this Arrow r ea c hes u s, all th o Pi Phis will b e s cattered in ma.ny dir ections, but the sig ht, of thi s boo k will bring back to us with greater intensity th e su ccess ful y e ar, both nationally and a s individual chapt.ers, of Pi Be ta Pbi. L e t success be an imp e tus to us in str e ngthening the nobl e womanhood for whi ch we ar e striving. .

With best wishes for a r es tfu l and pleasant vacation

NELL L. MCWILLIAMS.

INDIANA ALPHA - COLLEGE

Nambillr iD ebapter 11 Seniors ...••.•... •..... , a Juni o r S Sophomore8 .•. .•.•....•..... " 8 E'reahmeo. , ' OTlusa FRAT EaNIT!.!;! REP.asaNT&)) : Phi Delta Tb eta. Sigma .upha Epsi1l)o, Alpha Gamm a Alpha (looa..l)

With mingled pleasure and regret th e co rr es ponding sec ret ary o f Indiana Alpha pens h e r last chapter letter. We have 80 m a ny things to tell we scarce ly know wh e re to begin . Thus rar the spring h b een delightful and many of our girls have i ndustriousl y studied "campen try," but not to the exclusion of other studies as ou r r ecen t monthly grade r e port proved. We are justly proud of our high class rank.

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The annual chapter letters have come and gone and very much we enjoyed our glimpse. into other chapter lives and co lleges. b1ay the custom long e n du re l

'V e bavo a new arr o w- we ar e r to introdu ce to our sisters, and rigbt proudly we introduce ber too - Gertrude D ecb ard is b e r Dam e and sbe ent.ered college thi s spring.

SOCially we bave heen quite active this s pr ing . But beside attending many re ce ptions we have found tim e to givd an aCtern oo n" hen-party," a masquerade, our Founders ' Day recepti o n, and invitations ar e o u t Co r a lawn party in a fe w days, whil e a Commencement pa rty is in process of .evolution. W e enjoyed most our re ception tbe tw en ty- eigh th oC April, for five girls fr om Tndiana Beta and nine from I ndian a Gamm a attended. Ju st b o w much w e enjoyed meeting ou r sisters pen canno t desc ribe . How our tongues Hew!

Ju st now we are looking fo rward to th e appearance of our annual the Blue and Gold." Y ou know Ethel McCullougb i s editor· in-chi ef and anoth e r one of o ur girls alumni ed itor, so our int,e r es t is doubled .

Ella De an e, ou r c hap te r pres id ent , arter an illness of three is again able to be amongs t u s.

On ' he twenty-eigbtb of May one of our g ir ls, Grace D ryb r ead, met with an irr e parab le loss i n th e Budden d eath of h e r rath e r from h e art dis ease . Our hea rts all ache fo r her in her bitterness of bereavement.

Sinr::e writing our last l et t e r our cha pt e r ha s r ece iv ed several b o nors. Bertha Miller has been chosen to give the toast fo r the senior cl ass at th e annual alumni bauqu e t The presi dent o f the Y. W. C. A i s a Pi Pbi as well as tbe pr es id e n t of tbe V,,[unteer Band. Mary Hall bas been cbosen as a delegate to Geneva Con fe r e nce in J uly. Again, one of our gi rl s won from thre e young men th e h ono r s of th e pr i m a ry o rat o ri cal co nte s t and will repr ese nt o ur college at th e s tat e contes t n e xt w i nter

Rut this letter is far t oo long -y e t h o w ca n we make it s horter? W e have so mu c h to t ell.

We join all our sisters in look iog fo r ward with dread to the approaching exams and the parting with our se niors , with joy to the gaieties of Commencement week and d eli ghts of a r estful summer.

MA.RY GRISWOLD HALL

INDIANA OAlIliA - UNIVERSITY OP INDIANAPOLIS.

<>Tum FaA.nUlTI1t8 Hap&UU'T.D: Delta Tau Delta. Phi .Delta Theta, tneme eM, Kappa Kappa Gamma.

It scarcely seems pos8ible that the collep:e year is almost over. During the last few weeks we have received 80 many cbapte r leUers that we feel as though we know you all b e tter than ever before.

What has Indiana Gamma been doing you ask? Things have passed quietly and happily. The campus i8 at its prettiest now, and the beavy rains aTe over, we will again enjoy our tennis and golf, or study o r talk in th e sbade at the old forest trees.

We have busy as well 8S pleasurable hours, and some of the former have been spent in preparing to introduce you to ou r new member, Ethel Amos, and our new pledge, Nena. Hull. We initiated Miss Amos on May twenty first, at the home of Jes sie Scott in Greenfield, where we went to spend the day. After tbe initiation we had a "cookie·shine. " We were royally enter. tained in the afternoon and evening until train time which came all too SOOD.

Indiana's Pi Phis will always have pleasantest memoriea of last Founders ' Day. Indiana Alpha entertained the Beta and Gamma Cbapters. This was the 8econd tim e this year that all th e Indiana chapters have been together. Cora Hewitt, ODe of our members, visited Beta chapter a f e w weeks ago.

On May twenty·ei ghth we gave a musical e , at the home of Mrs. D C. Brown, for 0.11 the girls in College, the Professors' wi VP.S and our patronesses With the exception of two numbers , the entire programme was given by o ur active gi rls <AJmmencement and examination wee k is slowly approaching. We are anxious for the pleasure it brings, but not for the inevitable e xams. We lose three seniors this year, one, boweve r , will r e main in IrVington, and will be with us often even though she i8 not in school.

Indiana Gamma sends best wish es to all Pi Phis tor a pleasant vacation and s ucce ss in th e coming yea r.

ESTHER FAY SHOVER

llIORlOAN ALPnA. - BILL8DALJ: OOLLEOE,

<>Tau lI'lUuanTJ"Q R.P ......T&D: Kappa Kappa Gamma, Delta TaD Delta. AJ· ph, TaD Omeaa aDd Phi Pi Phi (local ),

We can hardly realize that comm ence ment is almost upon us and that we must soon say good· bye to the joys of college and fraternity life; some, only until September comes again. while others - but let's not talk about that.

Michigan Alpha has spent a very happy term. We have had but one drawback to our happiness, the fact that Mabelle Walrath, ODe ot our sophomores, has not been actively with us during the term, because of iII·bealth.

We commenced our spring festiv ities with a party to Kappa chapter of Delto Tau D el to and later entertoined Phi Pi Phi, a local men's traternity. Both affairs were very pleasant.

Just now we are very much ent hused over our plans for Commencement. Tbis is Quinquennial year at Hillsdale and we are planning a reuni on. not only Michigan Alpha alumnae, but of all Pi Pbis ia Michigan. Tbe a ct ive c hapter will e nte rtain with a luncheo n and we will devote ODe aftern oo n to a business session. We are plnnning for a Pi Phi Day " and expect that fraternal enthusiasm will run high . Michigan Alpha has had her picture tak e n, and "mirabiJe dictu," everybody is satisfied. It does the chapter justice to say the least.

What a fine thing that new regulati o n about chapter letters is I I doubt if ever before in the history of the cbapter bav e so many let.ters been received. It is very pl easant to hear fr om so many people who are interested in Pi Beta Phi and a ll that conc e rns her. Our grand president 's letter has been anoth e r sourc e of inspiration to us j and the history I bow glad we are to have that and how much we owe t o ou r historian who has so faithfully prepared it.

Alpha Tau Omega and Phi Pi Phi hav e each entertained witb d elig htful banquets si nc e our last l etter to you . Frances E'rencb did great honor to herself and to Mi c higan Alpha in her response to the toast "The Twenti eth Cen tury Co·ed" at tbe Pbi Pi Phi dinner.

Two rowing crews hav e been organized among the college girls thi s spring and some pleasant bours have been spen t on Baw Beese la ke . A boat rac e between th e sophomore and senior crews will be a ne w aud attractive featur e of local field· day tbis year .

We think that ther e is notbing quite so beautifu l as our cam·

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pus now and the stately seniors in caps and gowns give it just the effect it lacked before they app eared.

This letter will probably not be read until we are all widely separated lor tbe summer and many of us have become alumnae. Tben "Here's to our loved fraternity" and the girls of the wine and bille everywhere . LUTIE MYERS. ![JCHIOAN BETA - UNlVERSITY OF MIOmOAN.

Frell hmen

OTH£.It

REPREMV,NT.EO: Cbi Psi, AIr.ha Delta Phi, Delta Kappa Epsi100) Sigma Phi, Zeta P si , P s i Upsi lon, Beta Theta P , Delta Upsilon, Phi Kappa P s i, Pbl D e lta Th eta. Alpba Th etA Delta Chi. Sigma Chi, Kappa Sigma. Gamma Phi Beta. D l' lta Gamma, Sorosis, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Alpha Pbi, KalJP& A.ipba Theta, D 61t.a De lta Delta. Msdical: Nu Sigma Nu, Phi Bota Si.gma. Phi Beta Pi. Nu Sigma Alpha, Nu Alpha (Jamma, Alpha Eps iloo Iota. Musical: Alpha Chi Omega.

We girls of Michigan Beta are beginning to assume the funereal air which betokens the approach uf final exam inati ons . Our dolorous looks are due not· only to the fact that we are to display our ignorance so soon, but also to the disagreeable knowledge that two weeks will see us scatte r ed to the four winds of heaven, seven not to return. As the scribe happens to be one of the unIortunate seven, the Seniors will have to dis. pense with th e touching little eulogies with which their departure is heralded in the last chapter lette r of the year-for it is not seemly for us to 50und our own praises.

The year has been a very happy one for us, and looking back over it. perhaps the thing that we most enjoyed was our soc ia l hour , ftom 6: 30 to 7 :30 P. M., when the outside girls dropped ln, and we danced and sang and talked as only college girls can. The " old red house in the pines" will be our home for an othe r year. It has become so much a part of our frat ernity iife that it will be a severe struggle to leave it even for the object of our dreams - a house of our own.

All college bas been wending its wa.y r iverward these lovely moonlight evenings, so that college functions have not been very much in evidence. Th e last was the prese ntation of the farce, "Seven, Twenty-Eight," by the Comedy Club on the evening of the 26th of June . . There will be nothing more until the Senior Reception, which occu r s June 19.

We were very glad to have the oppo r tunity of meeting Mrs. Carrie Cbapman Catt, the famous Pi Phi alumna. We feared that b e r larger work would have crowded out bel' interest in Pi Beta Phi, but we were pleasantly disappointed. Before we bad known her half an hour, we bad confided to h er our Irater_ nity aspirations and found her an ardent sy mpathi zer. Such enthusiastic Pi Phis are a l ways gladly welcomed by the Michigan Beta.

OAnnA PROVINCE.

IOWA ALPHA-IOWA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY.

(hnll:. FaA ';ERNIT1D REPIlE8EU'ED ; Phi D o lta Th eta, 13 ; Beta Pi, 12.

At the close of another d elig htful term, Iowa Alpha again .greets all Pi Beta Phi s. This has indeed bee n a bu,y year fo r us , but DOW at the close we Cee l well repaid for our hard work, as our girl" hav e all brought hono r to our chapte:- and dear old lratel·nity.

We have but four senio r girls to lose this year anu because of thi s we are both happy and sad - happy, because o f the honors brought to us by th em i sad, bt!cau se th ey will not return to college next fall. or course others will take their pla ces, but they will be great.ly missed . We are boping that three of our girls who leCt us this y e ar will return next.

We celt"b rat ed "Founders ' Day" by ente rtaining a Cew fr es hmen girls, the faculty 's wives , and our pledgelings at t ea. It was a delightful affair and proved to be quit.e a success We .are now planning for a banquet to be given on June fourth . This is our first atte mpt at entertaining on so large a scale. But if our plans and hopes are realized, it will be quite a s uc.cess. We h ope a great many of our alumnae will be back for it. We are so happy to have Miss Helen Culve r, an alumna of this c hapter and a famous singer, corne back (or Commencement. She givfs a recit.al while here.

So wi th best wish es (or a delightful and love (or all "Who wea r the golden arrow, Iowa Alpha closes.

EDNA FRANC

IOWA BETA - 8IMP80X OOLLEGE

Houoll.

.Numhl'r in chapter

OUKIl PUT IUTIU a a NTJI:l): DelLa Deita Delta.

As this long. expected spring term draw s to a close and thecorTesponding secreta r y o( I owa B eta takes up her pen to write h e r last Arrow letter, s he feels not a little sadness . Four years ot s uch pl easa nt association, such close friendships in the bond of Pi B eta Phi, ar e hard to give up when they mean as much to o()ne as they have to this particular sister . Commencement will

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mean a happy, gay season to us this year, but yet onc which brings all the sadness which comes when we are compelled to say good· bye to those who have been 80 near and dear to us

On Founders' Day we bad a most pleasanl time together. Old girls and new met for an eveni ng of fun . Our alumnae condu cted an old·lashioned 1. C. meeling, lor we have a great many living he re, who were members of tbe fraternity long before its name was changed. We were impressed, however, with the: marked similarity in their method 01 conducting the meeting and our own 01 the present day. The chairman had the sam .. difficulty i n ke epi ng the girls quiet; when one started to talk, they ail had something to say we had a cookie-shine, sang Pi Phi songs, and talk ed together as oniy PI Phis can.

May twenty·fillh, Mary Cooper Johnson, corresponding secretary 01 Pennsylvania Alpba, spent tbe day wilh us. To say tbal we enjoy e d her visil is pUlling it entireiy too mildly. It. Is the first lime that we bave had au opporlunity 01 meeting, in our chapter, ODe of our eastern sisters. As it was Miss Johnsoo's first experience in a typical college with we stern gi rls, ber visit was very interesting to 0.11 concerned. We were quite proud in the afternoon as our chapter, activeand alumnae, met at one of our homes, when Miss Johnson said that she had never seen 80 many Pi Phis together before. The pieasant day wbicb we spent with her, will not be lorgotten very Boon.

Iowa Beta sends greetings to an cbapters, with wishes lor ... pleasant and bappy vacation.

DAISEY A. DENT

IOWA ZETA-UNIVERSITY OF IOWA.

FltAT£RNITrES RSP RElEST&D : IVlppa K&ppa Gamma. Delta Gamma, tHgmL NU t Pbi KapJ)Il Pli , Delta Tau Dtdta. Beta Theta Phl, PhI Delta The ta.

Before the next Arrow reaches you the colleges a.nd universi· ties throughout our states will have clos ed their yenr ls course, and our Pi Phi siste rs will be scatte red far and wide for their vacation . We especia.lly appreciate the summer Arrow because it r eaches . us at a time when we are removed from college life and released from its activity, and when we are growing a bit bomesick for tbe fraternity . We then have more leisure than we have en_ joyed lor some time, and we eagerly devour Ihe pages that bringto us news of ou r sister cbapter!!. and draw us nearer to t.he ODe circle with which we are most intimately associated. Thi.s Commencement takes from our chapter four Seniors, Leda Pink-

bam, Rena Elubbel, Bertba Remley and Dorotby Scbultz . We regret that some of our under·classmen will not return next September. Editb Shepberd win go to Mount Holyoke, and ... blle we shan mis. ber greatly, we rejoice in ber good f"rtune.

I must ten you of one of the most plOO8ant features of Pi Phi social life this spring. The girls took ndvantage of the holiday of May 30th to ente rtain their Seniors at a breakfast given at Minnebaha, a beautiful resort a short distance from the city on tbe Iowa river. A drag collected the girls at seve n o ' clock, returning lor them at eleven. Breakfast was servoo at t'ight. The Senior girls found their places at table especially indicated by litt.le boxes containing in material form the exp ression of the best wishes of their chapter sisters.

The University of Iowa bas entered upon a new era, and bas been passing through a series of progressive movements. She is this year to inu.ugurate a summer school course, for which prospects are encouraging.

Another matter ot appreciation and delight to alumni, stu· dents. and all the friends ot the University. is the p.Ddowment by Mr. Carr, to the sum of fifty thousand dollars. This is the first endowment in the history of our University, Bod we are very proud o f it

Iowa Zeta sends best wisbp.s for a pleasant summer to all the wearers ot wine and blue.

DOROTHY SOHULTZ.

WlSOONSIN ALPflA. - UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN.

Number In chapter

Pbi HeUl. Kappa: Li.,la Selle r. Oracil FUT&IlHITIU RkPIlPICI'fTE.D : Kappa Kappa Oamma. Delta Oamma, Oamma Pbl Kappa Alpba Theta. Alpha Phi, Delta Delta Delta.

Another chapter l e tter must be wri tten before this year, so full of work and play, is quite complete. All the turmoil of examination and Commencement week is passed, and we can take a breath and stop to think of all that we have done since th e last letter was written.

Mignon Wright, whom we have wanted the whole year, is pledged, and is already a most enthusiastic Pi Phi.

Marie Hinckley has been elected to the Badger board, our University annual, and bas also been chosen to attend the conrerence at Lake Geneva. Jessie Davis aod Livia Seiler were in the cast which won second place in the dramatic test. The whole con test was so close that we all held our breaths until the decision was announced. Jessie Davis was also in the class play Commencement week .

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Livia Seiler has carried away the highes t honors by winning Phi Beta Kappa. We are very proud of her.

Eight of the "old" girls w e re back to the alumnae banquet, which we consider th e most successful that we have ever had. There were such good thir.gs to eat, such roasts and toasts, but best of all was the sight of the girls who had come back A few evenings later "we gav e B spread for three of our engaged girls, whom we put under" th e curtain," and made divulg e all sorts oC wonderful secrets about when it happened, what be said, etc. That is a way we hav e at Wis consi n. Some of th e suspects looked longingly at th e trio beneath the c urtain , but maintained a spbinxlike silence. We have bad many other jolly times tog eth e r this semester.

Eight seniors leave college this year, but not the frat e rnity. That will always be part of our lives. We going to keep up a "round ro bin" ju st among us eight.

We have decided to keep ou r house another year. It seems as though we could hardly exist with o ut our cot tage on North Henry street.

Wisconsin Alpha sends wishes to all other Pi Phis for a delightful s umm e r vacation.

ALMA

M Mossa.

lfIl:ISOURI

OTaclt F'It.ATl:aN1T1£8 REPIlQIlNrED: SigmA No. Kappa Sigma , Sigma Chi, KAppa. A lplJa, Heta I'h e ta Pi. Phi Delta Theta , PlJi Delta Phi. Pbi Uamma Delta, Sigma Alpha. EJ)8ilon, Theta Nu Epsilon. Pi Pi Beta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, 11.

For the last time th is year Missouri Alpha has the pleasure of sending her small contribution to the Arrow. How good it is to feel that we are one link in a e bain ext ending allover this continent, each link r esponsive to the slightest touch affecting th e otLers. To us that seems one of the greatest j oys of a fraternity. We do not stand alone Our chapter life is hound to influen ce the whole fra te rnity-and just as aebain is a.s strong as its weakest link-so the fraternity is as strong as its weak. est chapter. Looking at it in this light what a duty is upon each one of us to make our cbapter the s trong es t in the ebain. In looking back over this past year we feel that we indeed have much cause to rejoice. Success bas crowned our every effort-and we una.nimously agree that the first year of our ex· istence has brought unlook ed for joys and unhoped for achievements. We have gained experience, a great deal of it, in the last ten months, aoc feel now that we are older and wiser and

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altogetber more fitted to take up tbe work for next year. Our chief n'gret is that we lose severa l of our girls fo t' good, tbis spring. We bave only one senior wbo will graduate from tbe law department. Considering tbat she is intimately connected witb tbe co rre sponding sec r etary, modesty forbids UB to say more.

Founders' Day we spent at card s with our sister Lucile Law. son.

Since writing you last we have enjoyed a visit from onc of our charter members, Maud Miller of Highlands, Kansas. The week she was with us was one round of gaiety for Pi Phis .

We have tried to be together as mucb as possible the last few months, attending all the impo r t.ant school events in a body.

Our last cookie-sbine for the year (and for some of us it really may be the last) was held Saturday night at the home of our president, and it was certainly tbe most enjoyable one we have bad this ycar, made more so by the fact that in this way we celebrated the anniversa.ry of our birth. .. Cookie-SILine"-wbat m e mories of tbe past that word recalls! All honor to the Pi Phi who first invented it.

But during this time of final examinations, reveries nre DOt for us. The bare fact remains that we have held ou r last meeting, enjoyed ou r last cookie-sbine, and in a. few brief days the girls of Missouri Alpha will ha\'e departed, carrying with them a memory o f the past year which will ever be cherished by them .

Perhaps it is now, just at the close and as we are going to separat,c, we most fully realize the meaning of fraternity life, and of Pi Beta Phi, and what it has meant to us in the past. and what it will mean in tbe future. Will not each wearer of the wine and blue, each ODC to whom the goldE."D arrow means so much, join with Missouri Alpha and make the welkin ring with Ring Ching Ching

Ho Hippy Hi

Rab Rho, Arrow Pi Beta Phi.

GRATIA EVELYN WOODSIDE.

DELTA PROVINCE.

LOUISIANA ALPlIA -TU LANE UNIVER8ITY

OTB.ER F."TaRlrfITIES a ar &UBlfTIW : Kappfl. Alpha , Sigma C h i, Alpha Tau Omqa. Delta Tau Dolta, K3ppa Sill:ma. PM De lt A Theta , Siama Nu, Sirma Alpba Ep8UOIl, Delta Kappa Epsllon, Theta Nu EpllloQ, Alpha Omicron Pi, Chi Omes&.

Colleg. and frat.rnity life have both be .n full of interest and .activity to the South.rn Pi Phis since the Arrow last heard from them.

Of co urse, we celebrated Founders ' Day, and, as usual, with a banquet But this year we had two toast mistresses, who did their duty nobly, each outdoing other-perhaps from a :spirit of from whatever cause, we enjo yed the result.

Not long ago the little circl. of fraternity girls at Newcomb were most del i ghtfull y and originally entertained at a "kettl.<d rum " by the members of our forrner loc al , Delta, in honor of their baving obtained a char t e r from Chi Omega.

Doubtl ess ou r fortunate siste r s envy us in having had the very first view of the recent total eclip3e of the sun, a nd we assure you it was a most glorious sight and well worthy of -envy. The weatber was perfect and our own and the visiting observing parties had every opportunity for obtaining the best photographic views.

After waiting almost a year the administrators of Tulane have elected Professor Alderman, president of the Unive r sity of North Carolina, as the new presid tmt of the university. We .deem ourselves fortunat e in baving obtained a man of such well -known abilities.

B ero r . saying good· bye, we must tell you that Louisiana Alpha has had no less than three weddings since our last letter. \Ve want a180 to introduce to you ou r two initiates,Cora Stanton and Jennie Rainey, of whom we feel justly proud. and who j oi n us in wishing a most happy summer to all readers of the Arrow.

KA.NSAS ALPHA - STA.TE UNIVERSITY. Number in chapter 20

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Ii OTHKK FKATalll'fITrBS RKPUSB1fTCD: Kappa K lI Ppn OammllhKappa Alpha Theta, Pi Beta Ph!l KAppa P s i, P hi (JlLmma Delta , Bttt.a Tbeta Pi, P i Delta rheta, SLgm. -Chi, Sigma "u, Theta Nu EP!lUon.

This letter will b e r ead by Pi Phis scattered all over the .country who are, I hope, enjoying th e ir vacation Commence-

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m ent week is over and Kansas Alpba bas said be r good-byes to her five senio rs. H ow we wi ll miss those girls wbo have wo rk ed so faitbfully for ou r c bap ter f o r th e last fou r years_ Tw o of our senio rs, Fred erica Bullne and Gertrude H ill, have planned to take u p ne wspa pe r work. GCl'trude bas alr ead y 00· cepted a pos i t. io n on .. Th e Topeka Capi ta l," and Frederica will p,-obably be connected wi th the" D en ve r Tin:es." Zilla Smith, sist er of ou r Grand Trea s urer, is to be married on June twe n tietb.

We celeb rat ed Founders' day this y ea r on Ap r il tw e ntyfourth, by giving a banquet. We bad with us alumnae from all o ve r Kansas, and we all feel that this ba nquet wa s th e most success ful reu nion K a nsas Alpha ba s ever held. There were about fifty Pi Pbis wb o sat down to tbe t a ble in th e long dining room or the Eldridge House. Th e table wa s in the s b a pe o f the letter 1T, and was beautifully decora.ted with many r ed and. bl ue shaded candles and red carn ati ons and fe rn s. At, each wa s a carnation and a dainty menu card ti ed w it h wine a nd blue and bea.ring on th e cove r a golden arrow. Af te r dinner was se rv ed we listened to the fo llowing toasts:

Greeting- Mr s. Cl ara Poehler Smithmeye r.

Th e Wille a nd Blue- Miss Ida Smitb.

Shifting o f th e Scenes - Mi ss Wi nslow Hutchinson. College Beaux - Mi.s A de lia Humphrey.

Th e Ideal o f Pi Beta Phi - Mrs. P. Casso

Wh e n Youth 's S wce t· scc nted ':\1auu sc ript ha s Closed - Mr s . Mari e Ann et t a Walk .

First Y ea r Pi Phi-Mi ss Editb R i me.

Ancestors-Mr s. Harriett Tanner.

I bope that all the ot he r cbapters of Pi Beta Pbi had as p lea s ant a celebrat ion of ou r birthday as Kansas Alpha. Th e last Sa.turday ni g ht in Apri l we had a coo kie- s hine at th e ho me o f Gertrude Boughton . For th e enterta inm en t of the evening some o f the girls gave a pantomime production of famo us lo\'e scenes, sucb as th ose between R omeo and Juliet, P ocabontas and John Smith, and Priscilla and J oh n Alden Th e y w e re v e ry pr ett y and some very f unny, espeCially y o ung Lochinvar, who rode on a wildly prancing- broomstick Tuesday night of commencement week we gave another cookie-shine iO! bon o r o f our Seni o rs. Th e F I'csbman girls gave a farcp , a burlesq ue o n four of Shakespea rp.'s heroi nes, Juliet, Portia, Lady Ma c beth, and Ophelia. After the spread we gave eacb of tbe Se-niors a Pi Phi hat pin.

Tbe Senior class of tbe University gave for tbeir class play tbis year the opera , .. Th e Runaway Girl," with local bIts and songs. It was the best Senior play ever gi ven here and the class of 1900 feel justly proud of ·tbem selves. Two of our Seniors were in the cast . j,

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Mr. and Mrs. Green (Mrs. Green is one of our patronesses). gave a dancing party May twenty.tifth, in hono r of three Pi Phis, Frederica Bullne, Zilla Smith, and Edith RifB e . The party was a great success ana everyone declared he had one of the best times of the year.

I wonder if at any oth e r college in the country they have a May pole rush? Ev e ry ye:u h e r e at Kan s as University, the F re shmen raise a Mayp o le and then try to k ee p it up. This year the fun began about. four o'clock in the morning The Fres bm e n put up on the campus a pole made of gas pipe witha thick layer of tar on it, and the class colors Hoa ting from the top . The Sophomores came up the hill on th e run, ru s hed towal'd th e iIl·fated pole and began their scramble to drag down the colo r s The " scrapping" went on till chapel time when the Freshm e n saved thdr Hag by taking it down themselves and presenting it to their chancello r .

The members of Kansas Alpha lOlD me ill best wishes for a happy summer to all othe r Pi Phis.

MARY J. SPENCER

NEBRASKA BETA - UNIVERSITY or NEBRASKA.

Bonor!: Phi Beta Kap.pa-Glad, ! Henr,. OrRIt. FaATltItNtT{gjJ REPK&8lCST&D: l-'hi Dolta Theta, Bigml\ Cbl, 8 8t& Thota PI. Bia"ma Alpba Epsilon, Dolta Tall Delta. Phi Kappa. Pili, AIDha Ta. Omega, KapPIl Sillf· ma , Alpha Tbeta Xi Tau De lta Omicron, Delta UPllilon. Pbi Delta Pbi. Kappa Kappa Gamma, Ka ppa Alpha Theta , Delta Gamma, Delta Delta Delta, Nebraska Beta. has come to the close of a very successf ul year's work and with the r eview for examinations has review ed th e many bappy days of the semester.

On Founders ' Da.y we dined with our p atron and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Sa.wy e r, wh ose beaut.iful home is always open to us. Altbough we enjoyed typical Pi Phi weather- a rain being one of the things we co unt. upon for fe!tal days, our familiarity with this mixture ot water and celeb ration saved us any annoyance.

On the third Saturday of May the Alumnae Club gave us a Dovel and never·to-be forgotten evening at the home of Anne Stuart.

May tenth G ra ce R eynolds gave a vocal recital in the Uni versity Chapel.

Aside from the election of our new chancellor. Dr. Andrews, the last months hav e had many things 01 interest to tbe student body Among these are tbe annual" Senior sneak day," which promises to establish as an institution of the class; the cadets' competitive drill and presentation of prizes by representatives of the women's fraternities; the building of our

n e w c hape l, whi c h will a c commodate th e big organ; the Pan Helleni c; and, of chief interes t to tb e fraternitie s , th e coming out of Om ega. P s i, a frateroi ty form ed o f s e ve ral girls fr o m each <> ( th e e xi s ting c hapters. This inn o \' a t i o D bas been the subj ec t o f a gre at d ea l o f di sc us s i o n fo r and against . Gra ce Andr e ws and Cath e rin e S e dgwi c k are mem be r s from Pi B e ta Phi.

Our Seniors nre to b e with u s a g ain n e xt y ear , a nd, in co ns equ e nce our vac ati o n h o lds n o thin g but pl e a s ure for us

G ladys H e m y has bee n elected to Ph i B e ta Kappa

Th e only girl wh o m we know we shall n o t hav e with us next y ear i s Qu e t e Haske ll , wh o bas gODe to Fran ce for a year ' s trave1.

B e ta se nds bes t wishes fo r a bappy vacation to all Pi Beta Phis.

GRACE REYNOLDS

COLORADO ALPllA- UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO

Nambtir ia chapter 12 Se

Orllata tl'aAT.al'fI'rI:U n&raE8I1iIfTKD: Delta Tau D a ttiL, Si&'ma. !,lpba. Ep UOD, Delta Oamma.H,

Examinations ar e ove r, Comm e nc e ment is at hand, and the seniors s orrowfully (eel that th e y have reach ed. if not the beginning of the e nd, at least th e end of th e b eginning . Colorado Alpha los e s four girls by graduation this year, and in consequence th e chapter has the sam e feeling tbat e a c h chapter experiences each y e ar .

The last sem e ster has been a happy one for us There have b een many social e vents, and our girls have be en mu c h together. In March, w e gave a large r ec eption at the home oC one of our patronesses, Mrs . H . O . DOdge. Th e dining room was very prettily decorated with blue ribbons and dark red carnations. On Class day this year th e seni o r class is to "Loye's Labour's Lost," out of doors. Pi Phis take important parts in the play

On May nineteenth, the Delta Gammas entertained all the fraternities and many ot their friends with a most delightful picnic at Mount Alto Park. All c onvention visitors will remember thIs delightrul spot. A special train bore the viBitora -over the beautilul "Switzerland trail" to their destination where the hostesses had the pavilion prettily decorated. and a "fire roaring in the enormous fire-place. Although the day was unpleasant, no one's pleasure was marred A bountiful luncheon was spread and the aft.ernoon was! spent in dancing. The Sigma Alpha Epsilons have entertained}heir young lady friend.,

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too, at several delightful hous e danc es, anu ga ve a ve ry enjoyabl e picnic at South B oulde r caiion.

Last, but by n o means least, there ar e seven girl s in the Preparat o ry s c hool wb o m we ar e proud to c all our pledl(es. Th ey ar e Lu l u Wang el in, Mabel Pughc, E :l itb Martin, E lsie Whitm o r e-, Elizabeth D owne r , Mar gare t Htl) ps and Eth e l P oley . Colo rad o A l pha wishes all he r sistel's the happif> s t of vacations.

MIN'A !{ILO O RE

COLO ltADA BErA - UNIVERSITY,

Nu mbo r in e hllpt er

Jlllli or'8

Sophomores....

FrelIhmon

Special s :i

OTOEB. l"RA T EII.s"I TrES R .eJ'RESSS T EO: Beta T he ta Pi, Shnna Alpha E psi lon, O mega. lJpaUon Phi , Uamma Ph i llcta.

This quart e r has been one fu ll o f wo r k and pleasure fo r Colorad o Uet a g irls and at p r esent we are pre pa rin g fo r th e co ming Comm e nce me nt ft!st ivitie s. We have th e h onor a nd also the r egret o f having thr ee of our gir ls graduate.

May tw elfth Sigma Alpba Ep silo n e ntertained Pi B e ta Pbi with a tally. ho picnic tw enty mil es into th e m ou ntains , We bad a delightful time and made th ose old bill s echo with Crat e rn i ty so ngs and yells .

'£hi s sp rin g Colo r ado B e ta ba s h ad w eddings and engage me nts galore. Ma y fourte ent h W e e nte l·ta i n e d the Be ta Th eta Pi cbapt el' at Mr s, G eo . Tenn ey's t o do b onor to ou r bride and groom , 1\1r. a nd Mr s. T. Bru ce K ing. Then Mr . and Mr s . Wm . Iliff e nt ertai ned later fo r P i B eta Phi and B e ta Th eta Pi.

Sat u rday aft er no on, Jun e second, w e en t erta in ed our alumnae w ith a m odel in i tiation and cookie -s hin e at I sado r e Van Gild e r ' s born e. About seve nty- five invitations we r e se n t out. They we r e on blue pr in t paper and wr itten in inv isible ink whi c h becam e r ea dable when brought Dear th e b eat. The se r vice was very bea utirul and impressi ve and it r e viv ed th e e nthusiasm in tho se wbo hav e not bad c bapter ti es l or a lon g tim e Probably tb e last affair that we s hall give thi s term is a tea to our Pi Pbi mo tll e r s at t·be .. Lodg e . ..

Th e pro s pec t fo r the University for n ex t year is very flattering . Th e e nco uraging announ ce ment wa s made lately that there woul d be another profess o r and another in str ucto r added to the fa c ulty of Liberal Arts.

We have read the chapter letters, wh ic h w e hav e r eceived with great delight.

Colorado Beta sends best wish es to h e r siste r chapters for a pleasant vac ation and r e newed energy Co r the fall ru s bing.

ETHEL ANTRIM•

Excbangu.

In gmn" the li at of publica t ions r eceived by the Arrow, The Latch Stri ng, publisbed by Beta B et a Chapte r of JCappa K appa Gamma wa s omitted . Th e Eleu s is of C hi Om ega h as a lso bee n r CC i \TCU

O,,;ng to lack of " pa ce, we will l et the foll ow ing el ipp in63 speak f or them se h -c8 :

One o f th e chief rca son s why frat e r nity ruen succeed in th ei r IHe·work: b el t -r tbnn th e man wbo bas bef'n dellied th e priv ilege o f chapte r assoc iati on is tbat a properly spent frat e rn i ty li fe in itself con tribut es greatly to t he development o f su ccess p r oduc in g elemeDts of c hara c t e r. Lawyers of unquest ioned Jegal learn i ng and fo r ens ic ability o f a higb orde r, minis t ers o f profo u nd education and unqu es ti oned piety , skilled in their 'Science and alive with enthus iasm, wr i tt:rs o f rar e powers , all have ended th eir li"es with th e ODe dism al wo rd" failu re."

Th e su ccess ful man mus t be an all round man." H e m u st be Dot onl y br ight . qui c k, r end y and fa cile. but he mu s t be d ee p , pro fo und, patient and indu strious. A nd m a r c t han thi s, he must posses s all the c lemen t s at tru e gentility. A nd among th ese , no ne is of more im po rtanc e than a e e ptihl e and bighly de.ve lo p ed r f"ga rd for tbe ri gh t s o f oth e r s. 10 ta ct , tb at is th o quintessence o f t rue ge ntility. And t hat faculty a college care e r spent i n t he ri g ht kind o f n frat e rnity cbapte r will develop mo r e than anything else. I s h e pro foundl y and deeply religi o u s? Hi s views of th e wo r ld will b", r ende red mo r e cbar i table and his nbi li ty for doing the r e!igious work o f which he dreams will be e nhan ced by a st.udyof t be charact e ri s ti us of bi s m u c h less r el ig ious b r ot h e rs whom he y et lo\"es for the ir many manly qualities and socia l ,"irtucs I s he a budding lawY f'lr, full of disputations, a loyal and eage r partisan o f any cause wh ich he espouses? H e n eeds Rsaociation with th e quiet st uden t , the patien t se ar che r into th o mysteries o f sc ie nce o r the eminently practi cal man preparing for a busi · n ess career. Is h o in c lined t o be careless o f th e highe r devel o pm en t o f his 6piritual nature? A SBocia ti o n with th e future minister who occ upi es the ne)'t r oo m, and wh om he c an't h e lp loving, is bound to d o mu c h to repress tend e ncies whh:h unchecked ma y lead t o se ri o us results Is h e a close stud e nt, inclin ed to spe nd all his time at hi s boo ks o r in laboratory? Contact with the enthusiastic com in g lawyer or editor will bring him out and give him prac ti cal view s o f life

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The ideal c hapter is composed o f div erge nt classes o f men, all under the designation H good moral characte r. " By t his meaDS, if th e privileges o f a c hapter are properly e mbra ced , a g ive and t ake spirit is developed , a conceptio n is aroused th at pe r haps you may be r igh t and J wrong. Given honest men, sincere men, truth seekin g men, and divergent views upon tho r e lative values o f a disse rtati on upo n the finite co ncepti on o f th e. unkn o wable and 8 full dross ball, th e p rop ri ety o f the higher cr iti cism o r the r elativ e valu es of the 8 a lv a ti on Army o r th e Concord phil osopby as ag encies lor wor ld improvement, will be fo r th e betterment o f th e c hapte r and th e futUre liv es of its members. T hus, respect f or the opinions o f others and t ole r snce for othe rs' Ideas will be devel opedj and thus will be acquired a r egard for the rights o f ot h ers both in pra c ti ce and i n theory, with out which no man, howeve r learned, h owe ve r otherwise polished, h oweve r muc h influence be may possess, howe \Ter lo fty his ambitions, ca n e \Te r h o pe to climb t o th e heigbts o f s u ccess with visions o f which h is youth ful hours are wo n t to be r egaled. The undergraduate may not beawar e o f the val ue (If this training; h e may lament that th e chapter is no t more" harmoni o us," but if it is movingupoo the lines indi cated, and bas the ri gbt kind o f mate r ial, it is but ror tbe futu re good o f every member p In fa ct it is ODe o f th e most important pbMes of education acquired in college, one o f t he price less advantages o f fra ternity assoc iatio n - Phi K appa Pst. Shir;ld.

An old quest io n o f conside r able importan ce is the grow i ng custo m am ong ce rt ain frat erniti es o f the ope n pledging of studen t s whil e s ti ll in t he high school. Th e sentiment among frat ernity men in genera l has b ee n opposed to this pra c ti ce, I b e lieve , but for ce o f c ir c umstances occ as ioned by more intense rivalry is tending t o make it an es tablished custom in m o r e than one in st itution. It has generally been conceded that t he r e is a marked d istinction between the pledging o f y o ung men who ar e in the sub ' collegia t e department co nne c ted with an instit uti on where Greek Let· t er Fraternities have established chapters, and the pledging o f pupils whoare still in atte ndance at t he high s chool in the S8me t o wn o r city Th e f or me r are growing up in a fr aternity atm08phe r e and u sually make m or&valuable members of tbe active chapte r afte rw ard, because o f their pre-Jhoinary training. Th e case of th e high school student is diffe r en t. He cannot r eceive t he brotherly advice and at t e ntion with which a pledged man in the p r epara to ry department is favo r ed, n nd sometimes later o n h e becomes undesirable and a hindrance to the general we lfare o f the Chapter by wh om he was pledged, and th e necessity o f dr o ppin g him i8: a pleasant c irc u mstance to neithe r party T oo o f ten his fr aternity ti ons give him an e xagge rated idea o f h is own importan ce , which is detrimental to his future poesibilities T he rem edy is apparently t o be fo und only in an agreement amGng all th e fraternities o f an institution not to

pledge men before they ar e actually enrolled in coJlege.- The Sigma Ohi Quart e rly

Should yoo leave your own instituti on and go elsewhere to college, what is your duty toward th e Dew chapter you find ther e! Have you Bny duty? Bas the chapter Rny duty! Or does obligatio n, both on tb e part of the individual member and the chapte r, cease 8S soon 8S you leave your own cbapter !

Th OBe who answer tbislast qu es ti on in th e affirmative are e ither ultraconservative, o r lacking in true frat erni ty loyalty. It is in accordan ce with the spirit o f our frat ernity t o conside r it an oppo rtunity to mee t, know, and work with anyone of o ur chapters.

Let U8 take tbe liberal view. kn ow our chapt e rs , th en we shall know our fraternity.

It is natural and ri gh t l or o ne t o b e ardent and loyal toward one's own chapter, but when one comes in contact with a sister chapter the same spirit should be preserved toward it. If this is not done, th ere is a double wr ong j the chapter at band is wronged, and yo ur own chapter is perhaps misr ep res ent ed by one of its member!!! showing 80 little interest and loyalty. If ODe belongs t o a fraternity, one belongs to th e aggregate whole quite as mu ch 88 t o the individual part. In a way tbere is DO dhision in a frater· nity, f or it is a unit mad e up of closely joined component parts. Each part must be wo rthy in ord er to make a good whole, and e a c h member shou ld stand by th e whole or anyone of its parts. The oppo rtunity of inter ·chapter affiliation is one of th e best advantages Our frat e rnity oiferli us, therefore let us make the mos t o f it.

On th e other hand, should a member co me to y ou r chapter, whom p er· haps y ou may believe you would not have chosen, make her most welcome j it is part of yo ur fraternity o bligati o n, and your duty to do it glad ly It is right for u s to meet 8S friend s and sisters, o therwis e o ur true aim is loet, and our o rganizati on m!ans nothing We need n o t limit our friend s to just tb ose wh o belong to o ur frat e rnity , but we should know tbe girls in our o wn chapter, and make it a point to affiliate with any chapter we are near. Otherwise we ba\'e Dot tbe true spi rit, and our 101alty is lacking.

Let U8 be broadminded e n o u g h to meet on co rdial foo ting, and extend 8. welcoming band t06 sis t e r coming from another cbapter. Let us help our fraternity to r eali ze its best self , and let us lay aside all petty conservatism.-The Trid e nt.

WH.AT TO GUARD AGAINST.

We are all very much impressed with the pleasures and pri vilege8 wh ich come witb life in 8 sorority those of U8 who bave lived there. The true acquaintance and lastillg friendship which come b eat

from continual M!lociation are privilf'ges to be prized, while the pleasures that a crowd o f congenial girls can bave a::nong them selTed can be appre. ciated only by those who have taken part in th ew, But in th ese very enj oyru en ts, comes the dangers th at should be guarded a ga in st. We are very lik ely to be-come 80 devoted to each othe r Rnd t o ou r own modes ot enjoyment, that we become sell-centered and narrow, aed if this is carr ied to any extent, one of the grea t est benefits of l.\ college education i.s d iminished to a great degree. For college eUucn ti on is intended primarily to be broadening, and should arou se in th e student ao app re ciat ion of the true value of C\'('ry side of life , -an end which is not gained by a girl whose life is narrowed down to g oing to her classes and th en rushing h ome to enjoy herself with" the girls at the hou so," baving little though t or care for what the rest of th e world is doing'. This is a selfish spi rit which reacts first of all on toe girl herself, but is als o felt by outside rs who nr e quick to forget h e r as she fo rg e ts them, aod there is eyen a p oss i· bility that h e r owo fratoroity sisters who live outside th e house will feel thnt ther e is n barrier and tbat the girls in the boese prefer to enjoy thei r good times all to themselves. I do not say tbat these are nec €'ss ary r esu lts of life in a so rority hou se, but th oy arc " e!'y dangcr o u;; ones, and ones that ar e ve ry likely to appear unie:B th e girls ta!{e an ndi\'e in te rest io things which in terest the world ab.::>ut t hem, !llld unless they are characterized by a spirit o f (rif'odlines.3 and sisterhood, w hich is brolld enough to extend be· yond the limits o f t1::. e sorority house, and likew iiie of the so !'o rity its el f.Th e A·ey .

A thing that cannot be empbasized too mu c h is this: ](nf) tlJ about the man be/ore vou, a8k h im to joi n. I lUcan know everything ab ou t him on which his e ligibility to your Dumb e r depends. Nearly every mistake a chapte r makcs can be charged up to this f",ct, this carelessness. Thero nre men in every lratemity who o ught not to he there. We all know tbis. Dut i t is !lot the lauit or the man himself, but of tb e chapler wbich is guilty of criminal negliger.ce. It is ve ry rare that it cannot be told whether or not a man is suitable or not, a little inv est ig ati o n . Here in the Southern colleges where the men do ont come fr om great distances the informatio n is easy to procure. Write to au alunlnus in the town where the man lives. This will tenu to revive the interest o f th e a l umnus and will certainly prove a benefit to t he chapter. It is botter to lose t e n good meo than to get in one who is almost a disgrace to the order. Don't be in too big a hurry. .

The prosperity o f the chapter depends primarily on th e congenin lUy of it. members. I say H chcptcr" because necessarily the men in the same chapter are thrown t ogether more often than are those o f different chapters. They have become a family, a family composed of brothers. in which perfect harmon! should exist. It has o ften been the case that o oe

member destroys the peace and fraternalism o f the entire cbapter . An uDcongenial member could do mOfe harm to th e chapter than anything else, unless it be two un co ngenial members. ..\ad 9 0 I say that congeniality ill th e first to look jor. And a great deal depends on what this word congeniality means. The dictionary defin es it to m ea n: II Participation o f th e same genius. o ri g inal o r nature; natural affinity; sui tabl onoss. " Thoro are many kind s of people in tb e world. but when they follow t he prin c iplcs o f congeniality th ey get along am ong th eznse h'cs very well. An old proverb says II Birds of a feather fl oc k together." And 8 0 tor a chapte r to bo really a unit of a frat ernit y the mem b e r s must be "birds o f a f ea ther." " 'hen this condit io n is satisfied th e fl oc liing t o::tetber, at all ti mes and for all pur poses, will be perfec tly natural."- A.·(t}Jpa .A lp/ta J ournal.

What an e rron eous id ea the non-frat e rnity girl has in thinking that we suppose she is ru s hing us, if she makes any fri endly advances t ow ards us.

The o ther day in talking with one of o ur gir ls who has r(' ccntl y come into our fra ternity , 1 asked her why she had been so cold anJ conserva tive when I tried t o be fri endly last yea r -and thE' same old answer was given me-" I was afraid you would think I was rushing you." This is one r eason there is suc h a barrier between the fraternity girls and the .1 barbs," we are nf raid th ey will think we are rus h ing th e m and v ice ve1 ·sa. This sh o uld not be and the frat e rnity idea in college life s hould not prevent t he girls (rom baving just as dear fri ends among t he I b3rb ' girls.

Th e frat erni ty girl must go more than half way in making th o ad\'ances. Tb e I barb ' will 800n see you are n ot I. rusbing" her and will quickly warm up, making advances t owa rds you. Many a little I barb' around college is lonesome and homesick and needs your sunny" good -morning" to cheer her up fo r th e day's wOI·k. If you are going howe h e r way, ask her to walk with you, because nioe times out of ten, she will oot of h e r own a cco rd, especially if you are with an o ther frat e rnity girl.

These are very little things to do, but what a vast difference it is to one little barb, she feels that s bc is really wanted, and th c rG is some one that cares forb er. A girl wh o has been in the fraternity siDce the be· ginning of th e Freshman year does not r ealize that these things exist, but take the girl who has been a I barb' f or a year or two and she r ea lizes how very thoughtl ess tbe frat ernity girl is and bow uncomfortab le she often makes the' barb' feel.

Our fraternity should make us broader, but in bow many cases does it make the girl narrower. The frat ernity sish,rs should be nea re r and dearer to each othe r than anyone else, yet does that necessitnte their being II cliquey" around colleges? It certainly oug ht not to.- Kappa .Alpha Th eta

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Chapter co r respondents will please remember to write on but one side of the paper, to head chapter letters with DBme of chapter and college as in this issue, and to have the lette rs countersigned by the chapter president, as evidence that the cbapter authorizes the contents o f the letter. Failure to comply with these conditions will hereafter be treated 8S aD offense punishable by fines, as in cases o f tardiness or om i88ion of cbapter letter

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